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Among all the favored subjects of Yongzheng, Li Wei was definitely the most unusual. Its personal label is vulgar and bold. Yongzheng once asked his subordinate Yin Jishan, asking him who he should learn from among the current overseers? Yin Jishan thought about it for a moment and replied, "Li Wei, the subject learns his courage, but does not learn his rudeness." Yongzheng believes that Yin's evaluation is very accurate and vivid. It's just that Yin won't understand why a big boss gets so much attention from Yongzheng? Li Wei came from a wealthy family, and when he was thirty years old, he spent money to buy a soldier, and two years later he donated to Hubu Langzhong. Even he did not expect that it was Yongzheng's succession that suddenly put him into the fast lane of career and became one of the most influential three governors of yongzheng.
Portrait of Li Wei, the Governor of Zhili
First of all, Li Wei's appearance, it is said that Li Wei "has a lot of intimidation, nostrils in the middle, six feet and two villages, acne like money" It is easy to think of this person's appearance, in addition to being powerful, with a heavenly nose, medium height, a face of copper money and large hemp. Fortunately, the long "white and wonderful, waist circumference of ten, good maintenance and weight". Live and loose like the words commonly used in the commentaries: "Axle Man". According to Yuan Ming of the Qing Dynasty, Li Wei was described as "good at sex, set up a brave and healthy camp, recruit soldiers and teach stabbing ... Public approval of the golden armor, the iron ruyi, the altar command. "Yuan Ming, Governor Bingbu Shangshu Li Minda's Biography"
According to Li Wei, "The first time I was summoned, I was asked about my family lineage, and then I asked a lot about the household. It can be said that this was an "interview" conducted by Yongzheng before promoting Li Wei. Yongzheng revealed the results of this interview with Li Wei in the instructions of his subordinate Gao Qikuo: "Li Wei is an outstanding and good member, and it is advisable for him to be entrusted with great care. A "very cherished" can be said that Yongzheng likes Li Wei very much, and Li Wei's personal style also makes Yongzheng's eyes shine.
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Although the work was fruitful, Li Wei also really worried Yongzheng a lot, often writing instructions to him, telling him to get rid of his willful arrogance in the future, "arrogant and arrogant", and "insulting", and it turned out that all those who had been Li Wei's superiors complained to Yongzheng, saying that he had no superiors in his eyes, was arbitrary, and cursed people at every turn. Li Wei belongs to the kind of personality: "I can't be criticized, if you want to criticize me, I will scold you", from a certain point of view, this style of work just caters to the mind of Yongzheng people, that is, the style is simple and rude, but the officer can really do solid work and be productive.
Interestingly, every time Li Wei wants to impeach a magnate, he will inevitably copy a copy for the impeached person to see when he finishes writing the recital, and even Yongzheng feels that this is really "crazy and secretive". The so-called indulgence is that the point is too capable of sniffing, impeaching others is just enough, but also angry with others, Li Wei can be regarded as really willful. When dealing with Gao Qizuo and other leaders, Li Wei often called people "Lao Gao, Old Yang", so angry that these people could only go to Yongzheng to complain. Yongzheng could only warn Li Wei not to "Meng Lang", pay attention to the quality of the officialdom, and not to scold people at every turn. For a while, if no one complained to Li Wei, Yongzheng himself felt a long sigh of relief: "Recently, people have forgiven Ru a lot, and their complaints have not reached before the fall."
When Yongzheng received a reaction to Li Wei's excessively exaggerated folding in the local area, Yongzheng mocked his small people's consciousness: "The acceptance of Chuanma antiques should be checked." Two-sided Qin card, can not be enough? It is the state of the villain's ambition, why not Nair! The so-called "two-sided Qin-using card" in the "Biography of the Qing Dynasty" refers to his travels, playing the two-sided official card of the Qin-used envoy and the yanyi road, which is high-profile and publicity, and is despised by Yongzheng. Yuan Ming confirmed this, and every time he went out, he "took an eight-seat exposed car, went to its curtain, and the strong man was tall and tall, holding a large knife, and the light was as bright as snow." "It caused a commotion in the crowd.
Qing Dynasty officials traveled in pomp and circumstance
Why did so many "shortcomings" make him more and more used by Yongzheng? This alternative bureaucracy is very uncoordinated with all the bureaucracy. In the official arena where many people were born in the imperial examination and talked about Sven and etiquette, Li Wei was simply a "soldier" in the middle of Xiucai, a "soldier" who sat with them and became a high official. Cultivating Li Wei can be said to have cost Yongzheng a lot of energy, and if there is nothing to do, he has to open a "small stove" to teach him a lesson, teach him how to mix in the official field, and pay a lot of spiritual costs. Why was Yongzheng, who was so busy, willing to spend energy on him? In the final analysis, he still likes his daring to think and dare to do what is fundamentally different from other bureaucrats, and it is easier to improve efficiency by being simple and rude, and to promote local reforms.
Years later, Yongzheng revealed the secret of promoting Li Wei to his face. Yongzheng said to Li Wei, "The reason why you have gained my trust is entirely Prince Yi" strongly sponsored before his death, saying that he was talented and could be a great responsibility. Therefore, it has been repeatedly promoted, "making him the governor" Yongzheng only said one of them, and the reason why Li Wei became a high official is that there are still two points below, one of which is indispensable.
The first is to benefit from the Yongzheng employment style: in the instructions to the minister Ortai, it was said: "The only way to rule the world is to use people, and the rest are all branches and leaves." This was not only said to the close minister Ortai, but also emphasized in a compromise to Yin Jishan, the acting governor of Jiangsu: "The responsibility of the degeneration is only to promote the supervision of Several members such as Ru." "The original use of people is only about talents and skills, and never restricts the routine" believes that the use of officials lies in doing things, and as long as they can complete the work, they may be promoted at any time. The chancellor Tian Wenjing was deeply trusted by Yongzheng and asked him to recommend talents from the localities and enrich the ranks of officials, and he confided in him: "It is no harm to use people from all walks of life, and not to know the qualifications, even if there is a huge class disparity. "Li Wei is precisely the biggest beneficiary of Yongzheng's idea of employing people." If Li Wei was placed in the Kangxi Dynasty or later the Qianlong Dynasty, it would be absolutely impossible to obtain such heavy use in the Yongzheng period, and it may even be because of his shortcomings that he was attacked by the bureaucratic clique and had a tragic ending, but it was precisely because of Yongzheng's protection and continuous use that Li Wei became a high official.
Second, it benefited from Li Wei's own achievements: During his tenure in Yunnan, Li Wei impeached many officials, vigorously rectified salt affairs, extinguished salt owls while serving as inspector of Zhejiang, and used his special skills to launch a struggle to punish criminal syndicates and evil forces, solving things that had not been resolved for many years, and was greatly rewarded by Yongzheng: "In addition to rectifying salt affairs, arresting thieves, and ruling officials with an iron fist, Li Wei also has outstanding achievements in farmland water conservancy, and has won the praise of the people as "Li Taibao's supervision of Zhejiang's people's peace of mind." It is precisely by relying on these fruitful achievements that Li Wei has gradually gained Yongzheng's trust.
He is ruthless in his work and dares to impeach people in major cases and even the powerful people in the DPRK and China. Although he is a big boss, he is very smart. Yuan Mei once recorded his brilliance in handling documents, saying that he never read the documents, let his subordinates read them, and where they did not agree, they could correct and change them with their mouths, and the very complex cases became well organized after he changed them by mouth, so that "although confucian officials and officials are terrified, they think that they are given by heaven." "The Biography of Li Minda, The Governor of the Military Department of Yuan Mingzhi
As for the other reason, as shown by Yongzheng earlier, Li Wei had a good opportunity and met the strong recommendation of Yongzheng's most trusted Prince of Yi, Yunxiang, so that Li Wei could enter Yongzheng's vision. And Li Wei should be most grateful to Yongzheng's most important "thirteenth brother" Prince Yi Yunxiang, if there is no strong recommendation from him, Li Wei's level can not go near Yongzheng, let alone reuse. From a comprehensive point of view, Li Wei's success is not replicable, it is a special period, special opportunities, and special personality common factors that have created a "big official Li Wei".