The first dude in the Qing Dynasty

What Yin Zuo said, all the officials who spoke had pale faces, but no one came forward to speak, and even those who had been standing knelt down again.

What can they say?If you are an official and have the qualifications to go to court, which family does not have servants to serve you?Guards, maids, servants, bearers, concierges, cooks... There are all kinds of them, is a hundred or ten too many?And except for a very few "heterogeneous", who doesn't have a group of wives and concubines at home?At least one concubine should be matched with two maids, right?

But so what?They are not guilty!Since ancient times, isn’t this the case for studying and being an official?

Rich families don't need to buy fertile land, and there are thousands of millet in the book.There is no need to erect tall buildings to live in peace, and there is a golden house in the book.Don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when you marry a wife, there is Yan Ruyu in the book.Don't hate to be unattended when you go out, there are so many horses and horses in the book... This is Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng's poem!

Even the emperor said so, isn't it justified for them to enjoy it like this?

As for the relationship between people——ha, you are very capable with the king of the county, if you can suppress this atmosphere, we really thank you!The local officials rely on this to celebrate father, mother, seventh aunt, and eighth aunt in turn. That's a lot of money, but what about their Beijing officials?Prince Jingli, Elder Brother, Clan, Duke...the number is too numerous to count, who dares to pay less respect to one?I don't know why I wear small shoes when I turn back!

In this regard, they have always entered less and exported more!If you really don’t want to be allowed to give gifts, first ask your own uncles and brothers whether they agree or not!

There is also the matter of local officials-I have a higher official position than them, greater knowledge than them, and stronger connections than them, but in the end, a small county magistrate in the local area is richer and more comfortable than us!is this fairThey have a lot of money to make, how about us?Just give some ice and charcoal gifts every year, how much is that?

Of course, these words only dare to go back and forth in their minds, and no one dares to say them in the open—nonsense, which official would say that I am an official just to make money?It must be for the benefit of the people!

Kangxi looked at the officials kneeling on the ground who dared to be angry and dare not speak out, and suddenly felt very relieved: Didn't he want to force me to stop cleaning up the debts owed by the household department?Now is there anyone who dares to mention this matter?Isn't it crying poor?Keep crying!Crying and telling me, do you have too many wives and concubines, are you trying too hard to curry favor with Shangguan, or are you envious of rich local officials?

You all feel that no one dares to mention these unspoken things, right?But today, there is a little Liu'er who is not afraid of anything!

"It's pretty decent." Kangxi was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "But what's the use of just talking about it? Can it be solved?"

Yin Zuo glanced at the officials kneeling at his feet, and suddenly swept away Cai Cai's laziness, and said, "Yes."

Kangxi was slightly taken aback, and said, "Let's listen."

Yinzuo was willing to go all out, smiled, and said: "First, before each official enters the job, he and his parents and clan members all register their property. After the three-year entry period expires, if the family's property is too different from the previous one, far more than Salary, whether received as a gift or otherwise, is regarded as corruption and bribery—dismissal, ransacking of property.”

Let's start with the Qing version of the crime of unknown origin of huge amounts of property.

"Secondly, each official's family account book is for verification. For example, the monthly salary and ancestral property income are 20 taels a month, but the family's monthly expenses are 80 taels, or they have gone to Zuiyue Tower twice-dismissed. The annual salary is 800 taels, but Spend 100 taels to buy a concubine, or pay [-] taels of filial piety to Shangguan—resignation.”

Let's have another big Qing version of corruption.

"Thirdly, give low-level officials the right to impeach their superiors, such as taking hundreds of taels of silver from their own antiques, such as adding a Zhuangzi somewhere under the name of a subordinate, such as using the amount of silver distributed to be withheld—if the verification is true , whoever is defeated, you will sit in that seat!"

Then there is the reward report of the Daqing version-this reward is awesome!

"Fourth, officials at the lowest level, such as county magistrates and county magistrates, set up two posts, chief and deputy. For example, after the inspection by the Ministry of Officials, the county magistrate was dismissed and the county magistrate was replaced."

This can be regarded as the Qing version-two-party system?

"Fifth, every year, people from Beijing will be sent to organize the people of the whole county to vote by secret ballot, and the next county magistrate will be selected from the principal and deputy magistrates, and those who lose the election will be appointed as deputies. If there are dissatisfaction among the people in the fourth floor—dismiss from office.”

Finally, the year-end assessment of the Qing version!complete!

Everyone thought that the sixth prince, who was out of tune, was about to sneer at him or make nonsense, but who would have heard such words, he was so shocked that he couldn't even speak, and even Kangxi was in a daze for a while.

After a long while, someone tremblingly said: "Absurd! Absurd! What's the use of officials doing things like this?"

Yinzuo clicked his tongue twice, turned to the man, and said, "My lord, you don't have a brain when you go out, right? Anyone with a brain can tell that the work of the official department is obviously more arduous. What's the use of the official department?" ', how did you say that?"

"you……"

"What are you?" Yinzuo sneered and said, "I understand what you mean, my lord. Doesn't it mean that although the officials do more work, but the power is less? This is really... the role of the officials, isn't it just Do you choose the officials who are the best for the people and the most beneficial to the court? Which county magistrate is good to the people, do you know who is superior, or do the people know? Or is it up to you to decide on the appointment and dismissal of these officials?"

"you you you……"

"Long live!" Chen Zhuang stood up vigorously, and said in deep pain: "Long live! If the court is really so harsh, I fear...the world's scholars, I'm afraid no one will be willing to be an official, long live!"

Before Kangxi could speak, he heard warm applause. Who else dares to be so presumptuous in the court, except Yinzuo?

Yinzuo put down his hands, wandered to Chen Zhuangyuan from behind, and said, "According to Mr. Chen's auspicious words, I thank you on behalf of the people first! Without these people who came to be officials for Qian Zhongsu and Yan Ruyu, the whole court would not be happy." Is it a clear day?"

"you!"

Yin Zuo didn't seem to see his anger, and said with a smile: "Master Chen, why did you come to be an official? Don't you think that being an official doesn't make money? Why don't you go home and sell sweet potatoes!"

"You! You...uh..."

"Master Chen! Master Chen!"

"Master Chen! Wake up!"

"Long live! Master Chen has passed!"

"..."

"Go and call the imperial physician." Kangxi rubbed his forehead and beckoned, "Yinzuo, come here."

Yinzuo walked up to Kangxi and said innocently: "Huang Ama, my son has a heart attack and hasn't passed away yet!"

That old man's mental quality is too poor, it's none of my business!

As soon as Kangxi stretched out his hand, Liang Jiugong handed over a large plate of oranges, Kangxi took the plate, stuffed it into Yin Zuo's arms, and said: "Your favorite orange, go to the back and let the servants peel it for you, good boy! Go, go! "

It took Yin Zuo a while to react, and a black line suddenly appeared on his head: Mom's!Kangxi is driving him away!

Be good!

Grandpa is nineteen this year!Nineteen!

Angrily, he held the plate and went to the back.

After coaxing away the demon king, the ministers below suddenly felt that the air was much fresher——Long Live Lord has a way!

Kangxi laughed and said, "My little Liu'er, everything is fine, but I have a bit of a temper. My loves, please take care of me."

Ladies and gentlemen: "Hehe..."

I don't want to worry about it...

"I can't help it," Kangxi sighed, "every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite! I have many children, all of whom are well-behaved and obedient, but I just have nothing to do with him... I have been spoiled by me since I was a child, and I can't beat or scold him." No, I flew up to the sky in a balloon a few days ago, my hands were so frightened that I was so frightened that I dragged it down and hit me with a stick a few times. As a result, he was so angry that he didn't talk to me for more than ten days. He also threatened to destroy my internal treasury... Alas! What can I do?"

"Ha ha……"

Let's make it clear...

"Don't worry, dear friends, if someone hadn't gotten involved in him this time, I wouldn't have let him mess around..."

With a swipe, all eyes fell on Mr. Liu who participated in Yinzuo—fucking idiot, dare to shout that he wants to defeat the emperor's inner treasury brother, you come to participate in his extravagance?Are you out of your mind?

Master Liu wants to cry but has no tears: Don't look at me, I really didn't mean to provoke this devil king, I'm the one who is most wronged, okay...

"Then..." An old minister boldly said: "Long Live Lord, what you told the county king..."

Kangxi waved his hand, and said with a smile: "How can you take a child's nonsense seriously? Oh, right? Just now, what did you Ai Qing want to say? Once interrupted by this kid, I forgot everything?"

The old minister looked at Chen Zhuangyuan who had fainted, and then at the back of the palace—the little ancestor was still eating oranges inside!

With a dry cough, he said: "The ministers are saying that clearing up the debts of the household department is a major event that benefits the country and the people. The ministers will definitely support... full support..."

"Exactly! Exactly!"

"The debts accumulated by the Ministry of Households must be cleared to the end, and there will be no tolerance!"

"..."

Up and down in the middle, there was a sudden harmony.

Yinzuo didn't stay behind obediently, but went to honor Concubine De with the oranges he had given him - what he said in the palace was just a happy mouth, not to mention that Kangxi didn't take it seriously, even he himself Not at all.

Just kidding, how could it be possible in the Qing Dynasty to do something that he couldn't even do in his era?That is to say, he is not the emperor, not the prince, and he has not even participated in the government affairs, so he dares to speak nonsense like this.

Concubine De is very busy now, and Yinzhen is going to marry a wife again. Although she is a lucky woman, she can't be negligent, right?And I have to pick a few more outstanding maids to send, so that the branches and leaves spread quickly, my baby is too lonely, and I don't even have a helper in the future...

Yinzuo, who had been out of favor in front of Concubine De for a long time, was peeling oranges while listening to Concubine De, and finally waited for Concubine De to come to an end, complaining: "Emiang, you only have a baby in your eyes now, and your son hasn't eaten for a long time Is it the pastry you made yourself? If the fourth brother really has a few more children, you may not even have a place for your son to stand here!"

Concubine De gave him a blank look, and said: "How old are you, you're jealous of a baby boy..."

Even though he said that, but his son cared about her, he felt sweet in his heart, and pretended to be helpless and said: "Okay, Er Niang will help you make it right now! Do you want chestnut cake? Or osmanthus cake?"

"Chestnut cake!" Yin Zuo said with a smile on his face: "Emiang, don't worry, go make something delicious for your son, and your son will help you look after your baby! Nothing will go wrong!"

"Come on!" Concubine De said: "A grown man knows how to take care of children? Don't make trouble, just make him cry, mother-in-law, thank God!"

Packed up and went to make cakes for his son, then sighed: "Actually, think about it, it's better if Yinzhen doesn't marry Fujin now, otherwise the baby is still so young, occupying the position of eldest son for nothing, and not the heir... Sigh!"

Sighed and went out.

Yinzuo picked up the baby who was crawling around on the couch, nodded his little nose, and said, "Baby, because of you, not only Uncle Six fell out of favor, but also your Ama...Let's go, Uncle Six Take you to play Feifei!"

In the past, I was most worried about my son not having a wife, but now I am even more worried about my grandson being bullied... A woman's heart!

Yinzhen heard the laughter of Yinzuo and Baobao from a long distance away, and when he entered the door, he saw Yinzuo hugging Baobao and dancing circles, with two faces, one big and one small, smiling carefree .

Yinzhen stood at the door for a while, and waited for Yinzuo to find himself before walking over, took the baby, and said: "Playing like this again, be careful that my mother knows, twist your ears off!"

Before Yinzuo could answer, Baby rebelled first, pushing his father's neck outward, trying to jump into Yinzuo's arms and continue flying.

Yin Zuo laughed out loud.

With a dark face, Yinzhen handed the baby to his nanny, and walked inward.

Yin Zuo smiled and followed behind him.

"Fourth brother, have you thought about your baby's name?"

Yinzhen hesitated for a moment before saying: "... Honghui, what do you think?"

"Hui, Guangye, fame is given to future generations, and Guanghui is important to all things..." Yin Zuo smiled and said, "Of course it is a good name."

You can call it whatever you want, just don’t call it Hongli!

He doesn't have much ambition to change history, but he definitely doesn't want to see that man named Hongli ascend the throne-just kidding, as an emperor, you like that man named He Shen, so you keep him by your side, joking and singing ditties Son, it’s fine even if you disturb the foundation, but you know that he is greedy, and you hand over the power to him, making the whole house dark. Are you raising a pet with the country that your ancestors brought down?

As an uncle, I can't stand it!It's a good thing your father didn't know about it, otherwise he would be alive after death!

Yinzhen sighed, then let's Honghui!

Although this Honghui is not that Honghui, Yinzhen can only use this method to miss his eldest son who died young in his previous life.

"When Hong Hui is one year old, I would like to invite the crown prince again, and then you can help me speak well to Huang Ama."

Yinzhen sighed: in this life, my father treats me well, but I just don't like my son... What's wrong?

"It's natural." The two of them have nothing to do with each other, Yinzuo said: "By the way, you married Fang Fujin, baby... Oh no, Honghui, do you want to take it back and raise it?"

"Emiang doesn't allow it." Yinzhen said lightly: "I said that Mrs. Liu's heart is not right, I'm afraid she will raise Honghui astray. But I plan to take him back after the New Year - is it true that a woman's heart is right or not? Can you tell it casually? I don't want to bet on anyone's thoughts, I will tell Liu Shi directly, if Honghui doesn't learn well, or if she is pregnant, I will marry Zhengfei immediately."

Yin Zuo was slightly stunned: Isn't this unfair to Liu Shi?

Before the words could be uttered, Yinzuo took them back by herself - she wanted to be a concubine herself, and since she was a concubine, what was the point of talking about justice?Besides, Yinzhen didn't forbid her to have children, did she?

From another point of view, Yinzhen's words can be regarded as a promise: if you raise Honghui well and don't want children, you are actually Fujin.

It's just a bit cruel for a woman to make such a dilemma.

Yinzhen said lightly: "You don't have to worry about them, each of them is much tougher than you imagined."

Yinzuo smiled and said: "If you want to worry about it, I'm also worrying about my baby. What else does it matter to me!"

What a joke, even if I'm a real brother, it's impossible to admit that I'm worried about your woman. Besides, he really didn't take it to heart, it's just a feeling.

He said again: "Fourth brother, there is a big show going on today, it seems that it has been arranged first... Is it because the crown prince is in a hurry and made a scene?"

Yinzhen shook his head and said, "The prince's account was paid off yesterday."

"what?"

Yinzhen patted him on the shoulder and said lightly: "Don't worry, just wait and see."

With Yinzhen around, Yin Zuoyuan seldom worried about anything, he sneered and said: "Today I went to the imperial court once, and it can be regarded as an increase in knowledge... To be honest, if I didn't know that the crown prince would not let us go, That mess, whoever wants to take it."

He asked again: "After I left, those guys didn't continue to yell, did they?"

Yinzhen said: "I heard Mrs. Liu say before that Han people are influenced by Confucianism, and they always like to make compromises. For example, if you say that this room is too dark, you must open a window here. Everyone will definitely not allow it. But if you insist After the roof was removed, they came to reconcile and were willing to open the windows. I have to say that some of Liu's words are still very reasonable."

Yin Zuo curled his lips secretly: Could it be unreasonable for Lu Xun to say so?

Only Yinzhen continued: "Now you are not only going to tear down the roof, you are going to tear down their houses, how dare they not open the windows?"

Yin Zuo laughed lazily, he couldn't cheer up facing such an imperial court.

Yinzhen knew how he felt, and sighed: "Governing a country is not as easy as you imagined. Who wouldn't want to wipe out these corrupt officials? It's a pity that even Huang Ama has many things that are difficult to do Corrupt officials deserve to die, but the people are innocent, no matter how upset they are, they can’t be pure without seeing them! Think about it, the world is always changing for the better, isn’t it?”

Yes, the world is always getting better and better.

Yinzuo smiled and said, "Isn't there a fourth brother anyway? Just ask the fourth brother not to be blind."

I always feel that this fourth brother should not be worse than Yongzheng in history.

Yinzhen smiled and said nothing, "Why have you been here for a while and haven't seen Erniang?"

Yin Zuo was triumphant: "Make me chestnut cake! Fourth brother, you haven't been treated like this for a long time, right?"

Yinzhen rolled his eyes at him, and said with disdain: "My elder brother eats egg custard made by Erniang every day..."

-

Originally, the investigation of the household department was mostly done to catch Yinreng's braids, but after seeing the current status of the officialdom, Yinzuo was a little discouraged and simply buried himself in his own business.

Firstly, all the crowded places in the front hall were built into concrete roads. I originally wanted to leave the two-mile-long dirt road from Xiyuanmen to Qinzheng Hall, so that the ministers could continue to step on the mud, but I felt free I didn't like it there, so I waved my hand in the end: It's cheap for you, let's fix it!

After the front hall is built, it becomes the rear palace. Yinzuo, who is private first and then public, naturally builds the road near the Yonghe Palace of Defei first, and then talks about other things.

Yin Zuo looked at the blueprint and drew circles, thinking about which places to repair and how to do it, but before it was settled, someone came to the door with money.

So Yinzuo also started to become corrupt, he would fix it if he gave the money, and whoever gave more money would fix it first--anyway, it will be repaired in the end, right?It happened to earn a sum of money to build a few more iron-making furnaces, and by the way, the streets of the capital were also repaired.

If you want to bribe Yinzuo, the number one dude in the world, how can you get rid of the money?Everyone has repaired it. If you don’t repair it, even if Long Live God walks to your door, he will go to another house along the flat and clean cement road!So not only to cultivate, but also to cultivate a beautiful personality!

After the road repair in the harem was almost done, Yinzuo sighed at the whole room: Dad's women are really rich!

After this sum, it didn't cost much money, but it made a lot of money.

With a wave of his hand, he summoned the subordinates of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and said: "Find a shop on the street and open a temporary office... Tell those merchants, Liu Ye, I only recognize money but not people, clearly mark the price, and whoever pays the money will repair the road! "

"What about the road where no one pays?"

Yinzuo said: "I can also repair it, but I will not repair it until the one who paid the money has finished it."

"In that case, the servant is afraid that no one will spend money..."

"Stupid!" Yinzuo slapped him on the back of the head: "Which road is paid and which road is not paid, are you going to post a notice?"

The man smiled and went out to work. Yinzuo was about to go home from get off work, but as soon as he went out, he was staggered by Wangcai.

Yinzuo supported the door frame to stand firm, and by the way also helped Wangcai, and said, "What's the matter? Are you in a panic?"

"Master, master..." Wangcai panted, and said, "Master, the big thing is not good... No, it's not right, it's a very good thing!"

"what happened?"

"Long live, the prince is going to be abolished!"

Forehead?

The news was a bit sudden.

"Didn't you say that the prince's arrears have been paid off? Why did Huang Ama want to abolish the prince? What happened?"

"Slave, I don't know..." Wang Cai was still breathing, and said: "I only know that Long Live Lord was reading the book in Qianqing Palace, and suddenly became angry, saying that the crown prince is unbearable to be a king..."

"Don't you just talk about it?"

Like everyone else, when Kangxi got anxious, he would often say something out of his mouth, and pretended he hadn't said anything after that. Yinzuo himself knew this very well.

"No, it's not!" Wang Cai shook his head and said, "This time it's for real! Long Live Lord has already sent someone to summon all the officials... Otherwise, how would the master think that the slave knows?"

"Oh..." Yinzuo turned to the right: "Then I'll go and watch the excitement."

Wangcai hurriedly grabbed him: "Master! Master, shouldn't you pretend you don't know now?"

"Pig!" Yin Zuo patted his head: "All the civil and military officials in the Manchu dynasty know about it, but I pretend not to know...who are you kidding?"