Emperor Jiaqing felt that the issue of the generals had been dealt with, so he decided to arrest Chang Dankui and Dai Ruhuang to fulfill the wishes of the people. The thief met Liu Qing without attacking, was killed by Liu Qing without hatred and resentment, was appeased and discredited without blaming, these people, all of them are temperamental, eager to clean officials, call clean officials, fear clean officials, and worship clean officials as gods, it can be seen that Qing officials are very few. From this point of view, what Wang Sanhuai said about the official forcing the people is reasonable, right"Bandits"It should be used to suppress and appease, and those who surrender should be properly resettled. Emperor Jiaqing said:
Teach bandits to make trouble, and use officials to force the people to rebel. Last winter, the thief leader Wang Sanhuai Xie Jing, the confession repeatedly came out of this statement, and he was shocked to hear it. It is to suspend the Fa-rectification. Our country has been generous for more than 100 years, and the emperor has been in the carbuncle for 60 years, and the general exemption of money and grain, as well as the deferred loans, are not less than hundreds of millions, and the people are willing to take risks in peace and contentment? The officials who are close to the people cannot proclaim the virtue of the imperial court, and the radical changes have come to this. Ranzhou County exploits the small people, does not enrich itself and half-serves the boss; And the extortion of the subordinates of the superintendent is not safe and greedy, but nothing more than friendship and kun. It is layers of glue cutting, all of them are Hekun alone, and the endless hardship is deserved. Seeing that Dahan has gone, the officials of the provinces have been the best and cheaper, and the people have no trouble in addition to the accumulated habits, so they can survive. "
Jiaqing has made many major measures in a row. Soon, Zhu Jue arrived in Beijing and went straight to the Yongzhong Hall to cry. The emperor took Zhu Jue's hand and cried bitterly, for several years, he has been walking on thin ice, how many grievances he has suffered, and now, he finally has someone to confide in his heart; Although he is pro-government, he is still trembling, waiting to be rebuilt, and he is anxious about how to start. Now that the teacher is here, and the person he trusts the most is here, can he not cry bitterly?
Emperor Jiaqing ordered Zhu Jue to be on duty in the south study and served as the secretary of the household department. Zhu Jue took office and said:"For several years, the people have suffered greatly, and they should reduce taxes and stabilize prices. As for the army's salary, the minister thinks that the army is fine but not too much, so it is not allowed to increase the army's salary; Moreover, there are many people who have been deducted and misappropriated by lieutenant generals and officials, and they should be strictly stopped at the moment. "
Jiaqing said:"It is very true. I thought that if the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, the thieves would have no place to hide, food and clothing. "
Yes, if you give a small amount of money, the people can live and work in peace and contentment. "
Emperor Jiaqing obeyed Zhu Qi's words and talked about late night. One day, in the upper study, the emperor said:"I love this study very much, so I have not let the prince and others as a study now, and it is still used by me. I can't bear to leave this room, I really miss the time I spent with my master. "
Zhu Jue said:"The ministers were very pleased to see that the emperor was now a saint and a bright spirit, and the Qing Dynasty would be prosperous and prosperous again. There is one thing, the minister must play the emperor. In the first vein of articles and poems, the search was too harsh, not only to curb the prosperity of literary governance, but also to put everyone in danger to the literati and students. Writing poems and essays to denigrate this dynasty is like barking a dog. The saint is selfless, like the sun in the middle of the sky, what can't be tolerated? If those poems are destroyed or used to create a great prison, then there are more people who hide them privately, and this is the way to block the water. What's more, more poems are not slandering this dynasty, but just chasing after the wind and shadows, piercing and chiseling. "
So the Qing Dynasty ended when Jiaqing was in power.
The government and the opposition saw that Emperor Jiaqing was close to the virtuous ministers, advocating frugality, diligence and love for the people, so the social atmosphere was gradually improving.
One day, Zhu Jue played to Emperor Jiaqing again:"The emperor, Yin Zhuangtu was praised by the government and the opposition for his uprightness, and the emperor also liked his straightforwardness, so why not summon him to Beijing. "
Yin Zhuangtu, a cabinet scholar, was recalled to Jingshi, who was forced to go home to adoptive his mother after impeaching He Shen and criticizing current politics many years ago. Yin Zhuangtu just arrived in Beijing and saw Emperor Jiaqing, and immediately played to the emperor:
The top priority now is to clear the White Lotus Sect bandits. However, this is not the most fundamental and urgent matter, and the most urgent thing is to rectify the rule of officials. Now all kinds of bad habits are along the way, and the superintendent passes through the prefectures and counties to which he belongs, and there are more than 100 people in his entourage, and there are five or six mansions. They demanded **, so that the state and county used the excuse to apportionment to the people. The big people who went on a business trip to the capital, passed through the following provinces, supervised the Sidao to greet and send, followed every day, did not leave the left and right, and the banquet was continuous, eating and drinking on the way; Everywhere I went, many gifts were given. The laying utensils of the superintendent and the Yamen, the cost of repairing the house, and even the horses fed, the sedan chair riding, the pergola coal at home, etc., are all reimbursed by **, or undertaken by the state and county where they are located, and apportioned to the people. The government set up banquets and songs all day long, and raised excellent talents, and the rewards for each banquet were as much as 100 gold. If these tendencies are not swept away, they will eventually lead to the decline of the country. The atmosphere is becoming more and more flashy, people's hearts are accustomed to cunning, subordinates are able to curry favor with them, and superiors and subordinates are welcome to them. The rule of officials is clarified, the bandits are naturally eliminated, the bandits are just a disease of ringworm, and the treatment of the officials is really a problem of the heart, and they must not hide the disease and avoid medical treatment, so that the disease is terminally ill. "
Jiaqing looked at Yin Zhuangtu's twists and turns, although he felt that it was good medicine, but he felt bitter. Then he said to Zhu Jue:"Yin Zhuang is really a man of bones. "
Zhu Jue said:"What Zhuangtu said, every sentence is critical, and it should be done. "
Emperor Jiaqing then issued an edict calling on the government and the opposition to expose maladministration and plan to impeach corrupt officials.
Sure enough, a series of major cases were revealed one by one.
First of all, Luo Guojun exposed the Zheng Yuantao case, the largest case in the Qing Dynasty second only to Wang Kanwang.
Luo Guojun, a native of Xiangxiang, Hunan, is the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, although he is not a full-time official, but he is still upright, shameful and competitive, strong, and has nothing to rely on. After Emperor Jiaqing called for the issuance of the edict of the first to be exposed, Luo Guojun immediately wrote to impeach Zheng Yuanzhang and said:"Zheng Yuantao, the political envoy, needs to ask for more money from his subordinates before he can take up his post, and the reserve staff borrows the librarians to do it for him, even if he intimidates and extorts the floating income, and the people are tired. "
After Emperor Jiaqing took over, he immediately handed over Zheng Yuanqi to Jiang Sheng for interrogation, and ordered:"The property stolen by Zheng Yuanqi will be strictly investigated, and there is no need to hide it. "
The case was quickly investigated, and during Zheng Yuanqi's tenure as a political envoy in Hunan, he had more than 80,000 taels of silver in the government treasury and 300 dependents in the department.
Emperor Jiaqing ordered Zheng Yuanqi to be beheaded immediately, and ordered:
The officials of Zhuzhi Province, banquet wine and food, the rate belongs to the first county, the first county is reverted to the Zhuzhou County, and the rate is the fat cream of the small people, for the entertainment of the officials, and the victims are still in our people. The encyclical to the provinces must be changed to change the habits and abstain from the precepts. "
After Zheng Yuanqi was beheaded, officials all over the world were stunned.
Immediately, Emperor Jiaqing began to mobilize the provincial officials, reappoint the local officials, and said:"Go to a greedy official, and all surnames will be blessed; Enter a virtuous minister, and one party will benefit. "He first removed Yi Jiang'a, the governor of Shandong, and transferred Chen Dawen as the governor, and then transferred Yue Qi as the governor of Jiangsu, and Ruan Yuan as the governor of Zhejiang. These provinces are the largest provinces, and they are also the places where the Qing Dynasty has the most national financial revenue and the most concentrated talents.
As soon as Chen Dawen arrived, he summoned the county commanders of Jinan, Jining and several counties to his office, and they talked and laughed. Seeing that their bosses were so approachable, and sometimes even whispered, the county magistrates were very happy in their hearts, thinking: We Shandong was Liu Guotai at the beginning, and then Yijiang'a, if we can fish, if we don't fish, we will be poor and reprimanded, and even ridiculed; Now that this great man has arrived, he is so speculative with us that he must be no different from the governors of the past. So these county orders also let down their guards and showed their ability to flatter Yi Jiang'a and others. That night, Chen Dawen said:"Everyone, let's go to Daming Lake tonight to have a drink I heard that the songs and girls in Daming Lake are very cute, why, don't you give these things? "
The subordinates were elated, and immediately got up, and that night, Chen Dawen and others listened to the music with prostitutes, and spent more than 10,000 taels in one night.
On the second day, Chen Dawen sat in the hall of the yamen, and the officials came to see him. Suddenly, he was shocked and said:"What do you have to say, greedy**, eat, drink and be merry, and be seen by me; And if you don't quickly kneel down and confess your crimes, will I expose your crimes and increase your crimes? "
At first, I thought it was a joke, you look at me, I look at you and laugh. Chen Dawen said angrily:"Left and right officials, knock them down and kneel, and put them in chains! "
The sticks of the officials came, and at this time they knew that Chen Dawen had teased them yesterday.
For a time, Chen Dawen ** more than 30 people in Shandong**, and Shandong's historically lax government has been improved.
Yue went to Jiangsu, after the moment"Kiyosuke"Two words to ask for themselves. His wife once saw him drunk and reprimanded:"What you usually hate is extravagance, but now you are drunk and drunk, and although drinking is small, luxury is dyed from small things. If you don't start from small things and start with yourself, how can you obey your subordinates and be official? "Yue Qi was ashamed, and since then, he has stopped drinking for the rest of his life.
After Yue arrived in Jiangning, he immediately sold the horses and Caiyu of the government office, and there were only a few child servants in the official office, and only a few thin horses when he went out, and his clothes were simple. At the same time, he also posted a notice prohibiting the opening of brothels, and no matter the government or the people, they were not allowed to act. Therefore, Wuxia's extravagant style changed due to the arrival of Yue Qi, and Wu Min praised it"Yue Qingtian"。
Ruan Yuan, Yizheng people, Qianlong Shi Jinshi, selected the Hanlin Academy, edited and revised, and supervised the study and politics of Shandong. At a banquet, Emperor Jiaqing said:"You are highly knowledgeable, I have a couplet, how about you are in the next couplet? "
Ruan Yuandao:"Your Majesty, please give the union. "
Jiaqing Road:"Uplink that is'Nguyen Yuan'。"
Ruan Yuan blurted out:"Yes'Yi Yin'。"
Emperor Jiaqing was talented and promoted him to the governor of Zhejiang. Ruan Yuan was honest all his life, immersed himself in books, and diligent in political affairs. His predecessor was very greedy and cruel, and after Ruan Yuan arrived, his subordinates all felt that they had seen the light of day again.
Zhejiang not only has Ruan Yuan, a good official, but also Changlin, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, who was transferred from Yunnan and Guizhou to punish serious corruption. Changlin is different from Ruan Yuan, he is good at private interviews. Soon after taking office, he came to Renhe County, Zhejiang, and heard that Renhe County was corrupted, so he paid a visit.
One night, Changlin saw the county commander's guard of honor swaggering through the city, so he rushed straight over and was ordered to retreat by the officials. Changlin did not retreat, was detained by the official and pushed to the county order sedan chair, the county order opened the sedan curtain, was taken aback, and hurriedly came out and knelt down and said"I don't know that the Governor is here, and the villain deserves death. "
Changlin said:"In the middle of the night, where do you want to go? "
Prefectural Order:"Night patrols. "
Changlin smiled:"At this time, there are only two watches, I'm afraid it's too early to go on patrol, right? And the night patrol is to investigate the traitor, you have such a big pomp, the traitor and thief have long been hidden, what can you inspect? Just go back! "
Changlin did not let the county order return to his home, but let him retreat left and right, and went to a restaurant alone with him in casual clothes, how dare the county order not obey?
When he arrived at the restaurant and sat down, Changlin said to the shopkeeper:"How has business been going lately? "
The shopkeeper's way:"If you return to your grandfather, the small shop will make little profit, and the government will be strict, and you will be greedy and bribed, and even your old capital will be lost. "
Changlin said:"Your little hotel, can you be sent to your head? Greed to you? "
The shopkeeper's way:"His parents regarded wealth as his life, and he had to loot it regardless of the teahouse or wine shop. Every month he sent someone to collect it, and the county government added another layer of blackmail from it, and the small people really couldn't survive. If the guest officer doesn't believe it, look at these accounts. "Speaking of which, he came up with various names of the science school.
Changlin said:"I see that you are also content, the county officials in our place not only pay a lot of taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but also do all other bad things, or your place is good! "
The shopkeeper is busy:"Our parents are not only greedy for money, but also do bad things, let me tell you ...... to listen to the guest officer"
He actually said in one breath the ten bad things that the county magistrate had done.
The county order on the side has long been pale.
Changlin said:"Your county order is so arbitrary, why don't you sue it? Why don't you check it? "
The shopkeeper's way:"The former governor and governor were all in the same pot as this county order, how could they care about him? Now there is an incorruptible governor, but this Ruan Futai always attaches importance to learning, although he is honest and fair, but he doesn't know everything about the following things. As for our people, we dare not sue the officials, from ancient times to the present, how can there be good results for those who sue the officials? "
Changlin repeatedly asked the county order to drink, and the county order ** can still drink. Changlin said:"Let's go. "So he paid and walked out. Outside the door, Changlin said:"The restaurant is talkative, but the governor is not gullible, so don't be angry. It's time to watch the night, so let's take my leave. "The county order asked the governor to rest in the hall, but Changlin refused, and the county order was not easy to force, so he knelt down and left.
Changlin immediately returned to the restaurant, knocked on the door and begged for accommodation, and the shopkeeper of the restaurant said:"This is not an inn, so customers should go elsewhere. "
Changlin said:"Of course I know this is not an inn, and I'm here to protect you. "Although the shopkeeper was very puzzled, he still left him behind.
In the middle of the night, there was a loud knock on the door, and it turned out that it was the county official who came to arrest the shopkeeper"I'm the shopkeeper ......"Before he finished speaking, he was tied up and taken away. The shopkeeper's whole body trembled, and his heart said:"It added to the mess, and said to protect me..."
When he arrived at the lobby, Changlin was pushed in front of the county order, and the county order was shocked and kowtowed. Changlin immediately ascended the throne, seized his seal, and dismissed his office.
The next day, the news of Changlin's punishment of Renhe County Decree immediately spread.
There are more and more incorruptible officials in the local area, and the atmosphere in the capital has also changed greatly. Emperor Jiaqing found that there were many theaters in the capital, and the children of the Eight Banners were chasing the song field, and the customs were drifting day by day, and the livelihood was struggling, so he issued an edict prohibiting acting in the city of Beijing.
At the beginning of Jiaqing's government, the country took a turn for the better.
In March of the fourth year of Jiaqing, Emperor Jiaqing has been in power for three months, and the government and the opposition have praised him, and Emperor Jiaqing is particularly proud, but he is still diligent and thrifty, as always. He reviewed the recitals every day, and gradually, the spearhead of the recitals was pointed at the military circles. First of all, he decided to investigate and punish Jing An, the governor of Huguang, and ordered him to be dismissed and come to Beijing to wait for the decree, but within a few days, he issued another decree:
During Jing'an's tenure as governor, he was incompetent and should have been punished. However, Nian Yi's daily conduct is still a cautious injury, and now the transfer of military supplies in Sichuan Province is very important, and after Jing'an went to Chu to receive the seal, he went to Sichuan Province with the earl to replace Mingxing and take over the military affairs. This is the way to rehabilitation. "
After Wang Jie saw the recital, he went straight to the Qianqing Palace, knelt down and said:"The emperor, the ministers have their own music. "
The emperor said:"Not long after I issued the decree, my subordinates will never face the king alone, do you know? "
The minister was guilty, but the minister thought that this matter had to be discussed with the emperor alone. "
The emperor said:"No, how can I break the rules I just established, don't think that you are the chief military aircraft, you can have this special experience. Back then, Heshen was chaotic, and most of them faced the emperor alone, so that the emperor couldn't help but listen to Heshen, so now all the ministers, big and small, must not face me alone. "
Wang Jie withdrew, and after a while, he met Dong He and Zhu Liqi, and the emperor said:"If Wang Jie has anything to say, play it now. Wang Jie said:"The minister thought that the emperor's treatment of Jing'an was too soft. Jing An is the grandson of the Heshen clan, and he is immoral and incompetent. When he was in Shanxi, he only knew that he was subordinate to Suo, and he enriched himself by conquering the white lotus; He is even more slack and tired in the military, and only knows how to listen to music and watch dramas all day long, and when the enemy comes, he runs, and when the thief leaves, he chases, and people give nicknames'Greeting Uncle'。Such people, the emperor still decreed it'Everyday conduct is still a matter of prudence', instead of severely punishing him, he was transferred to Sichuan Province to purchase military supplies, and the minister thought that it was really inappropriate to do so. "
The emperor said:"It is precisely because he is the grandson of the Heshen clan that he is extrajudicial and shows the world'Benevolence', and take this hope that the Heshen Yu Party can accept the lesson, make a warning for the future, and never pursue the past. So that all ministers, big and small, do not have to be suspicious because of this. "
Wang Jie said:"Both'Do the precepts in the future', and no'Pursue the past'Can you do it in the future? The minister thinks that it is necessary to strictly investigate the past before he can make a precept for the future. "
The emperor said:"I think that the most urgent issue at the moment is to eradicate the White Lotus Sect bandits, if we create a situation where people are in danger, won't it make the situation even more turbulent? "
The emperor would rather suffer severe pain and remove the tumor of corruption than leave the scabies to become an abscess. "
Am I a person who is afraid of pain and risk? You don't have to say it again, I've made up my mind. Now that everything is waiting to be rebuilt, stability is the first, Wang Aiqing must deeply understand my intentions. What does Zhu Aiqing think? "
Zhu Jue said:"The Son of Heaven should be lenient for the people, gentle with the world, and govern the country with benevolence. Now, the wind of greed has been stopped, and the unscrupulous have been retreated. The Son of Heaven should be multiplied by the incorruptible demeanor to nurture it, so that it is on the right track. But the punishment of corruption should not be soft, and for the people of Jing'an, they should pay equal attention to Dewei and should not be too lenient. "
The emperor said:"What the master said is that if Jing'an has any bad deeds, he will not be spared. "
Dong He and Wang Jie looked at each other silently, knelt down and retreated.
Soon, Emperor Jiaqing arrested Qin Chengen. Qin Chengen was the governor of Shaanxi promoted by He Shen and was in charge of Shaanxi Province"Banditry"。Emperor Jiaqing heard that although Qin Chengen was responsible for blocking and suppressing, he let it go"Bandits"In Sichuan-Shaanxi, Chu-Shaanxi, and Jin-Shaanxi, he was very angry because he was afraid of Hui and failed to give relief to the refugees. Emperor Jiaqing issued an edict to dismiss Qin Chengen from his post and arrest Beijing for punishment, and confiscate his family property and hand it over to the Minister of Military Aircraft for punishment. The Military Aircraft Department shall be sentenced to detention in accordance with the law of negligence of military aircraft. Emperor Jiaqing instructed after seeing the twists and turns of the Military Aircraft Department:
Qin Chengen was afraid of dereliction of duty and could not appease the people against harassment, so he should be killed according to the law; But if Qin Chengen is a scholar and has not been in the army, if he fails to block and suppress the bandits, what will happen to Huiling, Jing'an, and Yimian among the ministers? Now Hui Ling has not been severely punished, and he is still allowed to guard the system at home, if Qin Chengen is punished for the crime, it will be like I treat the Han people leniently and harshly, and the same crime will be punished differently, so it is not so fair to show justice. Qin Chengen was dismissed from his post, and he was released with grace, so that he returned to his hometown and guarded the system, and thought about it behind closed doors. After serving the Que, the local governor consulted and sent the officials to lead the introduction, and Hou Zhen used it separately, and all the real estate and fields of Qin Chengen were confiscated, and they were returned. "
In the early dynasty, Wang Jie played:"Your Majesty, punishment and reward have always been based on the law. Like Qin Chengen, according to the law, when the behead, then beheaded, according to the law, when respected, respected; The emperor's decree pardoned Qin Chengen and rewarded him with his family property, which is to show benevolence and love on the national law, and it is inappropriate to steal it, so please think twice about it. "
Jiaqing Emperor Road:"I've said it thoroughly, don't say any more. "
Wang Jie thought: Since ancient times"Unwarranted"There are crimes"There is no excuse for the sin that you want to add"There are now sayings"Unwarranted"The forgiveness of you,"There is no excuse for forgiving his sins"Finish. From this point of view, it is difficult to put an end to corruption in the administration of officials.
At the end of March of the fourth year of Jiaqing, the Hubei political envoy impeached Hu Qihao, a Taoist member of Anxiangyun in Hubei, for handling military salaries, deducting self-fattening, making reimbursements, and giving gifts privately. Emperor Jiaqing immediately instructed the new governor of Hu Guang, Wu Shibu, to visit Hu Qibao and escort Hu Qibao to Beijing immediately. After Hu Qibao arrived in Beijing, he kept silent during the interrogation and did not tell the truth, and Emperor Jiaqing sent another edict to Wu Shibu:"Hu Qihao handled more than 4.19 million taels of military silver in Jingxiang'an and Yun, which was a lot, but because Jing'an and Zu Zhiwang did not seal the bottom account at the beginning of the investigation, Hu Qihao was able to make up for the withdrawal, and it was flawless. Ushbu was promoted from Yu Fu to the governor of Huguang, and he should be sent from Yu to bring capable men, and secretly visited, so that he would not be deceived by his subordinates, and he would not have to be a little favoritistic. "
Soon the Ushbu repeated:"Hu Qihao handled 4.19 million taels of military supplies from Xiangyang Yun, Hubei, and did not pay them according to the routine, and privately deducted more than 29,000 taels of **, and gave them at will. Yongbao accepted 6,000 taels of silver from Hu Qihao, Bi Yuan received 2,000 taels of silver, and after Qingcheng accepted the silver, he had purchased real estate, and loaned more than 10,000 taels, and E Hui received 4,000 taels of silver. "
Emperor Jiaqing was shocked, but he didn't expect that so many feudal officials and generals were involved in this case. Bi Yuan and E Hui are dead, so forget it. How to deal with Yongbao, Qingcheng, etc.? Jiaqing sent an edict to confiscate the family property of Yongbao and Qingcheng, and handed it over to the ministers of the Qincha, Na Yancheng and Songyun, for strict interrogation. Na Yancheng Songyun played Hu Qi as a hanging, Qingcheng, Yongbao and others should be beheaded, and the rest such as the former Huguang Governor Bi Yuan, the former Yungui Governor E Hui should be chased and copied from the house, and Zu Zhiwang was exiled.
After Emperor Jiaqing read the performance, he issued an edict saying:"I originally wanted to degrade Zu Zhiwang for favoritism, dereliction of duty**, but only remembered Zu Zhiwang during his tenure in the Hubei Domain, and he distributed various items in the Quartermaster Bureau, and he was not involved in any malpractice. And when he heard that his reputation was good, he was given grace to make up for it according to the inspection. "
What is even more surprising is the treatment of Qingcheng and others. Emperor Jiaqing said:"Qingcheng should be exiled according to the crime, and the raid of the family property should have entered the palace as usual, but the great-grandfather of Nian Qingcheng, Sun Enke, had made meritorious achievements at the beginning of the country, and there was a princess who married the Yi family, and his ancestor Wang Fu also served as a royal guard. Although Qingcheng was offended by the gift because of his ineffective leadership of the troops, Nian Yi had fought in the past, and he had been injured, so he showed mercy outside the law, and returned the copied property to his family, so that Qingcheng was still serving in the army. "
The same is true for the treatment of perpetual insurance, first and foremost"The"How and how and what it is"But"How how.
There were several students and distinguished guests in Zhu Jue's living room, which was really full of friends and guests. came with his proud protégés Hong Liangji and Zhang Huiyan; His friends and colleagues Liu Quanzhi, Wang Jie, Dong He and several other important ministers of the imperial court. Among these people, Shu Hong Liangji has the most special relationship with everyone. Hong Liangji was the protégé of Liu Quanzhi, Zhu Liqi and Wang Jie during the Qianlong period, and served as Liu Quanzhi and Wang Jie's staff. After He Shen was sentenced, he was recommended by Zhu Jue to enrich the compilation and repair officials of the Record Museum, and soon he was ordered to teach Ji Wei to be a specialist. In the third year of Jiaqing, Hong Liangji was highly appreciated by Emperor Qianlong for his essay "Recruiting Cults" in the examination of Hanzhan members, and was highly praised by Jiaqing, and he became famous all over the world. Now, several of his teachers are close ministers of the emperor, and his future is limitless.
However, unlike in the past, Hong Liangji is not particularly respectful of his mentors today. The conversation didn't last long, and Hong Liangji said:"Several teachers are important ministers in the court, which can be described as a mastermind, and the emperor also obeys the words of several teachers, but why is he indifferent when he sees the emperor regressing? "
Wang Jie said:"Ryogie should not be so rude, and speak with a basis. "
Hong Liangji said:"Obviously, the emperor was too benevolent and handled several recent major cases too leniently, isn't this conniving at the perversion of the law**, and returning to the old path of the emperor? "
Zhu Jue said:"Let the Son of Heaven win the people with leniency. "
Hong Liangji said:"The teacher is benevolent and lenient, and the students also agree with it, but they should not slack off the national law because of leniency, especially in the situation where corruption in the administration of officials is difficult to return. At that time, Kangxi Ye was too lenient, so that the greedy officials were rampant, and Emperor Yongzheng was resolute, killing when he should kill, killing as many as he should, and all kinds of unhealthy tendencies that were once diffused in the officialdom were really given'Kill'Stopped, shocked. In his early years, the first emperor used both leniency and strictness, and he was also very decent in combining rigidity and softness, but in his later years, he Kun was good at dictatorship, so that the world was declining and corrupt. Now, the world has just improved, and the emperor is unreasonably and unprincipledly lenient, and the students think that the wind of corruption will soon be rekindled. "
Zhang Huiyan said:"The students also agreed with Brother Beijiang's high opinion, but thought it was a teacher'Let the Son of Heaven win the people with leniency. 'It's not right. The country has been peaceful for more than 100 years, and it has been cultivated by benevolence, far beyond the Han, Tang and Song dynasties, and the people are accustomed to leniency. "
Zhu Jue said:"The Son of Heaven was a minister. To err is human? If you make a mistake and put it to death, isn't it too harsh to cast a spell? "
Zhang Huiyan then said:"The mediocre and ruthless people are stupid and prominent, corrupting the law of the court, what should be done with the whole? "
Hong Liangji said:"Corrupting the dynasty, how can it be a forgivable and forgivable fault! How can the merits of the past and our ancestors and even the petty labor be used as a worthy of sin! "
Wang Jie said:"I am also worried that if the emperor continues to be so tolerant, the unscrupulous people will have a fluke mentality. "
Hong Liangji said:"What's more, the current improvement in the atmosphere is only superficial, at least it has not fundamentally changed. Just like Wang Zhiyi, a native of Tongcheng, after being promoted to the position of governor of Fujian by the county order, he actually took a broken ox cart, wore tattered clothes, and brought three servants to Beijing to meet the emperor! Isn't this obviously a reputation hunt? It was purely for the emperor to see, and as for what he was like in his bones, it was not clear. "
Zhu Jue said:"That being the case, you can recommend men who are loyal to the country and who are talented and noble. "
Zhang Huiyan said:"Those who should enter the internal government and the external government. "
Hong Liangji said:"All the teachers are now important ministers of the DPRK. The students thought that if they didn't fundamentally change the ranks of officials, the rectification of the bureaucracy would be an empty word. "