Yong is a mysterious emperor, it is also so mysterious, only to reflect the infinite charm of history, he reigned for thirteen years, the biggest thing he did, is to refresh the rule of officials, reverse the financial crisis in the last years of kangxi, therefore, he can be called a politician with quite reform ideas, of course, this is limited to the scope of financial management, in order to achieve this purpose, Yongzheng in the employment of people, can be said to be eclectic, the people used are able to do things, do things, and then look at the "Eight Masters Party", although there are many talents, the power is huge, However, there are not many people who can really do things, it can be seen that the fourth master uses people to take his essence, and the eighth master uses people to take his position, which is very obvious, the fourth master is much smarter than the eighth master, and now yongzheng reuses the case of Li Wei to illustrate the uniqueness of the fourth master's use of people.
First of all, it should be explained that in TV dramas such as "Yongzheng Dynasty" and "Li Wei as an Official", Li Wei is said to be a beggar-born hooligan, nicknamed "Dog", which is not in line with history, Li Wei's family is still relatively rich, and in the last years of kangxi, the family also spent money to buy him a prison qualification, but Li Wei was indeed flexible and principled, and from time to time he also played a little deception, although the official was bought, and he did not know one, but this person was single-mindedly doing things for the Yongzheng Emperor, so he gradually attracted the attention of the fourth master.
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When Li Weiguan was not very old, he showed the true color of not fearing power, and when he was in charge of the treasury, he managed the silver treasury, and once, the subordinates of a certain prince had to collect ten kuping silver for every thousand taels of silver collected, which in the current words were rebates, hardship fees, and the like, Li Wei resolutely opposed it, and wrote on the silver cabinet that a certain prince "won the surplus", indicating that it was illegal income, and the prince heard about it, so he had to give up.
After the fourth master ascended the throne, Li Wei's career changed, in the second year of Yongzheng, Li Wei was appointed as the envoy of Yunnan Province, Yongzheng was promoted to governor of Zhejiang for three years, Yongzheng was promoted to inspector of Zhejiang for four years, concurrently in charge of two Zhejiang salt affairs, Yongzheng for five years, was recognized as the governor of Zhejiang, Yongzheng ten years, was recognized as the governor of direct subordination, all the way up the clouds, can be described as rocket promotion.
In fact, what really reflects Li Wei's deeds is his political achievements in Zhejiang, the core of the fourth master's reform, a very important aspect is to solve the financial crisis since the end of the Kangxi Dynasty, so the Yongzheng dynasty introduced a very important economic reform measure - spreading ding into the mu, and began to implement it with Zhejiang as a pilot, because Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the economic lifeblood of the country, so that a big illiterate Li Dog is specifically responsible for this unprecedented economic reform, which shows the trust and favor of the fourth master for Li Wei. It also reflects the political boldness of the fourth master to degrade talents in an eclectic manner. This article is the original of Fun History, and may not be reproduced in any form without the official permission of Fun History.
What is a stall into the acres? To put it simply, in the past, the state collected taxes according to the head of the population, which led to the landlords controlling a large area of land with a small number of people, the land annexation became more and more serious, the life of the poor and lower-middle peasants was very sad, and in order to pay less or no taxes, the phenomenon of population concealment became more and more common, and many peasants became displaced people in order to evade taxes, which was extremely unfavorable to social order and even the stability of rule.
Therefore, the fourth master adopted a new method, completely abolishing the tax according to the head of the person, and distributing the Ding tax evenly among the fields and acres, and uniformly collecting the land and silver, which is a great measure, because the state collects taxes, and since the Han and Tang Dynasties, it has been collected according to the head of the person, and the fourth master has abolished the poll tax, and the personal control of the peasants in feudal society has been further relaxed, and the situation of population concealment has ceased to exist.
This is another economic reform at the end of the feudal society after Zhang Juzheng's reform at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the use of a whip law, which also led to a significant increase in the Chinese after Yongzheng, and by the Qianlong period, it had reached 400 million people, the labor force was converted into productive forces, and the national wealth could grow by leaps and bounds.
However, those landlords can be miserable, because the Ding tax is apportioned among the fields and acres, and if there are many fields and serious mergers, the natural taxes will be paid more, which can be said to be a heavy blow to those who have vested interests, and objectively it has also alleviated the situation of land annexation. Bureaucrats, landlords, royalty, etc. of the ruling class, and who are the representatives of these people?
Yes, it is a generation of sage kings - eight masters! The Eight Masters Party is the representative of the elite level of the bureaucracy and nobility, and a very important factor for the Eighth Master to be supported by many officials is to indulge these bureaucrats, therefore, the Eighth Master has gained the official heart, but lost the people's heart, on the contrary, the fourth master's measures, lost the official heart, but won the people's hearts, which is also an important reason why Kangxi passed the throne to the fourth master, because only the fourth master can refresh the rule of officials and reverse the financial situation, it can be seen that in addition to being an economic reform measure, it is also a political struggle, and in order to smoothly carry out this economic reform It is necessary to eliminate the obstruction of the representatives of vested interests, the Eight Masters Party.
Of course, the final reason for the peasants to completely get rid of land control is that nearly three hundred years after the implementation of this policy, under the leadership of the Communist Party, the agricultural tax was finally abolished, but the reform measures of the fourth master", "spreading the land into acres", are absolutely remarkable and wonderful in the historical process of the peasants striving to get rid of land control! And the person who carried out this great measure was actually a Li Wei who didn't even know big characters!
Li Dog has no culture, in order to promote the stall into the acre, but also used a lot of "no culture" methods, such as the requirements of the stall into the acre, the benefits are compiled into allegro, or let Mr. Storyteller make up a story, do not look down on this popular method, indeed achieved excellent communication effect, the fourth master has repeatedly told Li Wei to read more, but Li Wei! The most favorite thing to do is to watch the play and listen to the book, through the drama, the story in the commentary, Lord Li can understand a lot of the truth of the world, these books outside the knowledge can be compared to the closed door like dead reading, reading dead books is much smarter, but also because of watching the play, but also by the fourth master reprimand.
In addition to running the "money bag" in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas for the fourth master, Li Wei is also a good financial expert, he is also a criminal investigation expert, in his hands cracked a lot of major cases, the more famous is the "Gan Fengchi case", Gan Fengchi is a big man, has successively worshiped Huang Baijia, a monk with a single thought as a teacher, fine internal and external family boxing, good at guiding the art, the Jianghu people called "Jiangnan Hero", authored the "Flower Fist General Lecture" passed on to future generations. This article is the original of Fun History, and may not be reproduced in any form without the official permission of Fun History.
Who is Huang Baijia? This person is the son of The famous thinker Huang Zongxi in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, who took the anti-Qing restoration as his own responsibility all his life, it can be seen that Gan Fengchi was anti-Qing in his bones, and the history of the wild record records that Gan Fengchi participated in the anti-Qing "Zhu San Prince" case during the Kangxi period, Yongzheng seven years, Li Wei investigated this case and took Gan Fengchi, but it is said that under the inducement of Li Wei, Gan Fengchi finally defected, in this regard, the author believes that this is due to Li Wei's play to the fourth master, is Li Wei's one-sided word, as to whether Gan Fengchi is qing in the end, there is no conclusion, However, participating in such a big case, Gan Fengchi can actually live to be more than eighty years old, which can be said to be a miracle, Gan Fengchi's disciple Lü Siniang, in order to avenge his father's assassination of Yongzheng, has also become a legend of Yongzheng's violent death.
After Li Wei's death, tens of thousands of people in the capital sent him a funeral, which shows that he won the hearts of the people, and why would someone like Li Wei, who was not from the imperial family and who also relied on buying officials to embark on his career path, be reused and won the hearts of the people? The author believes that this mainly depends on the criteria for selecting and employing materials for the fourth master, Kangxi in his later years to select officials, the most important examination of the official's integrity, talent is secondary, and after Yongzheng came to power, he broke this standard, he often said to Li Wei, the integrity of gao jie officials is good, but if only fame and can not do things, like "puppets", the middle is not useful, it is of no benefit to the people's livelihood, therefore, Yongzheng employs people, first of all in talent, as for what qualifications or the origin of the examination, but second, This is very similar to Zhang Juzheng's employment principle in the late Ming Dynasty.
So, when the fourth master did this, he was not afraid of the words behind others' backs and said that he would reuse his cronies? In history, the fourth master is a master who is not afraid of the words behind others, is there still less black fourth master? So, should I use acquaintances? Should I use my loved ones? The author believes that Cao Cheng Xiang actually gave us a very good answer, that is, meritocracy, whether you are an acquaintance, a relative, a benefactor, or an enemy, the ancients also have a very classic summary of the lifting of the sage: "The external lift does not avoid revenge, and the internal lift does not avoid relatives." "Don't care about other people's eyes, but it's really worth thinking about to do it."
Ranked officials, any history is contemporary history, recently there is a TV series is very popular, called "The Name of the People", which tells a story, Secretary Dakang is a reform breaker who can be an official, but why does he know that his early partner Yi Xue is also a reform breaker, that is, he is not recommended to the provincial party committee? In the words of Secretary Dakang's wife, he cherished his political feathers too much, he was afraid that others would say that he recommended acquaintances, he was even more afraid of others saying that he was engaged in gangs, for his own political influence, he had to give up recommending this talented acquaintance or even his relatives, he could not do the best of his talents, in a sense this is also a kind of selfishness, but also a kind of irresponsibility, as a person representing the people's name, he should bear the responsibility of recommending suitable cadres to the people, no matter what kind of relationship this person has with himself, as long as he is ashamed, You can go your own way and let others say it!
The fourth master's special appointment of Li Wei does reflect his unique political vision, just like Li Wei's nickname "Minda", which not only reflects Li Wei's way of being an official, but also fully reflects Yongzheng's criteria for selecting officials, and it is precisely because of this that Li Wei stands out and becomes a generation of able ministers of the Yongzheng Dynasty. This article is the original of Fun History, and may not be reproduced in any form without the official permission of Fun History.