[Qing] If you don't work hard, you will be forced to inherit the throne

Chapter 172

Once, a group of precious donkeys galloped past Yinfeng's eyes, but he didn't cherish them, and even accidentally cheated them.

If there is still a chance now, Yinfeng vowed that he would take good care of the little donkeys, and try to make them able to pull the mill and work without eating grass.

The leader of the donkeys is his dearest third grandfather. The third grandfather has a bad reputation, so let him build a good reputation for the third grandfather. With a good reputation, the third grandfather will not be joined by others Bullied.

Yinfeng smiled and said to Kangxi: "Ama Khan, it's like what Suoxiang said, the establishment of a nursery hall can raise orphans who have lost their parents, and the establishment of a nursing home can promote filial piety, so that the youngsters mentioned in the words of the sages can be raised. The old man has something to rely on, even the money, the courtiers have already donated money, the Qing Dynasty is getting better and better, when there are no more refugees on the street outside, and no one starves to death on the street, that is the real truth Peace and prosperity!" And it was his young and strong Khan Ama who created this peace and prosperity!

Yinzhen told Yinreng: Corruption is rampant in the court, and the bureaucratic style and filial piety formed in the past few decades have had a bad influence.

Xiaomei also told Yinreng: The money came from the third grandpa's subordinates who took bribes and took money from the people.

Not only the subordinates of the third grandpa took bribes and took bribes, but the rest of the party members united in the court, the capital colluded with the local officials, and it was not uncommon for layers of exploitation to happen. Cleaning up the administration of officials has been something that those in power have been doing since ancient times. Everyone knows this Things cannot be stopped, and everyone knows that this must be done.

When the money arrives at Yinfeng, it cannot be returned in the same way. Even if it is returned, the money will not return to the hands of the common people.

That being the case, then put public welfare undertakings on the agenda, and at least give this part of the money back to the people.

The emperor looked unpredictable, glanced at Yinfeng with meaningful eyes, and said to Suo'etu: "Have you thought about the regulations?"

Suo'etu was upright and steadfast, and said without hesitation: "I have already thought about it, and the detailed regulations have been consulted with the cabinet."

Suo'etu, who was full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, made people feel strange, stunned the jaws of all the courtiers, and even made the censors shut their mouths like dumb.

In the minds of everyone, Suo'etu has always been strong in the court, and he will not give an inch when he speaks. These benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom have always been the work of the Han officials, and they are what the censors should say. Today, Suo San's brain is probably bad. He actually imitated that Qingliu Hanchen's accent, he finished what everyone wanted to say by himself, what did the others say?

Lu Dehong, a scholar of the cabinet, took a step forward and read out the statutes written by Suo'etu.

All the ministers whispered, Mingzhu's party members are at a loss for a while, everyone is in danger, and they can only pin their hopes on the elder brother.

Yinti was thoughtful, because he was standing close, his eyes met Yinfeng's in the air inadvertently.

The prince is handsome and elegant, with a charming smile, and there seems to be a scene of lilies blooming behind him, which makes Yinti slightly startled.

Yinti: This smile seems to be impeccable, but why does it have a feeling of "scheming to succeed"?

Suo'etu would do this, and he knew that he was doing things for the prince, but did he do it with Khan Ama's instruction?

If it was just for doing good deeds, for filial piety, for doing good deeds, Yinti would not believe a word of it as the reason Suoetu said.

Yinti was unpredictable for a while, he had never seen through Khan Ama, the emperor was like a majestic mountain in his heart, awe-inspiring, he dared not pry into it, and he could not be as unscrupulous as the prince with Khan. Amma is naughty.

Between him and Khan Ama, the difference between monarch and minister is greater than the relationship between father and son, all of which stem from inner awe.Yinti first regarded Khan Ama as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and then regarded him as his strict father.

Sometimes, he really envied that the prince could get along with Khan Ama so freely, just like a father and son in an ordinary family.

Yinti stared at Yinreng and thought deeply, wanting to see something from his smile: Is it Khan Ama's instruction, or Baocheng broke his own arm?

No, he won't break his own arm. The prince is much smarter than he imagined, and his vision is much wider than him. Suo'etu must have other intentions behind doing so.

Yin Reng remained motionless, no matter how the eldest brother looked at him, he couldn't see any flaws in him.

It is rare for Chaozhong Qingliu to stand up and second Suo'etu's proposal.

Even Wang Xi and Wu Zhengzhi, who had always disliked Suo'etu, looked at Suo'etu who seemed to be out of his mind because of this matter.

No matter what he did it for, it was a good thing, and Suoetu himself was the one who lost.

After the court meeting, Wang Xi and Wu Zhengzhi, the two court officials, and the two cabinet ministers got together to analyze the situation.

Wang Xi stroked his beard: "Suo San has suffered a big loss this time, and it must be of greater benefit to make him do this."

Wu Zhengzhi had a rare sense of humor, and said to this man, "It's impossible for him to really want to cut off his meridians."

Wang Xi guessed: "The emperor will never let His Royal Highness suffer, Suo'etu is also the prince's man after all."

The two old ministers looked at each other, and they became more and more sure that Suo'etu had obtained Kangxi's order to perform a play in the court.

"Now, I'm afraid it's the ease and peace before the storm. It's very false," Wu Zhengzhi said with a smile, "The emperor is determined to forge ahead, and he is in his prime of life. The future can be expected!"

Wang Xi agreed with Ying He: "Just wait, it won't be long before we know what Suo San did."

Wu Zhengzhi: "Why don't you let Ziduan test it out first."

Ziduan refers to Chen Tingjing, a Han official who served as the censor of Zuodu after Yu Guozhu, and one of the pillars of the Qingliu in the court.

On the other side, Kangxi called Yinreng away after the court meeting: "I saw that you were diligent and frugal after getting the money back, and you ordered the people of Yuqing Palace not to waste extravagance. You are finally sensible and know that you should not be prodigal. Who would have thought You don’t worship your own home, but you instigate Suo’etu to do it!”

Kangxi was so angry, if it wasn't for the fact that the child was already grown up, it would be inappropriate to spank his ass, he would have to pick him up and give him a fatherly education.

"The contacts that Suo'etu managed for you are not used in such a way. What do you take them for?" Kangxi has never seen anyone as stupid as Yinfeng, grabbing his own wool and stroking it.

"Khan Ama, they made a mistake," Yinreng said with a smile, "If you make a mistake, you have to beat it. This is what you taught me. You can't make a jade without carving it. This son is carving jade!"

"..." Kangxi was speechless for a moment, and after a long time, he finally said: "They are corrupt and accept bribes, and give you all the bank notes. You can tell me to let me handle this matter, which is better than you. Money wasted."

"Where is this a waste? In the Qing Dynasty, there is still no public welfare undertaking organized by the central court. Only good local officials are fighting alone and working hard. Doing this is beneficial to the national system and the country's fortune. The bank notes are placed in the minister's If you keep them in your pockets, they are waste papers, throw them into the folk, and they will come alive.” Yinfeng blinked, and then raised his signature smile of lilies in full bloom, clean and elegant, not stained with dust, Shining like the brilliance of a saint alive!

"If Khan Ama thinks what your son said is right, you can praise him as 'high morality'!"

With a dark face, Kangxi pointed at him and said bitterly: "Up to now, you are still joking with me, and you are also morally noble, and you are not ashamed to praise yourself! I will be pissed off by you sooner or later."

Yinfeng was helpless, he looked at the old father who was both a father and a mother who raised him up, and coaxed Kangxi: "You are not angry, so stop pretending? Erchen has learned from you for so long, I am no longer as stupid as I was when I was a child, Erchen knows it well."

Every time I look at Yinfeng's "No Desires, No Desires" that everything goes with the wind, and I hang up high without moving, Kangxi feels his fingertips itchy.

Kangxi had a severe headache, and there was nothing he could do about it.

"The things you do are all related to state affairs. You seem to care about the affairs of the Qing Dynasty. When you have something to do, you retreat to the back and let others do it. The benefits are also given to others. What you do is extremely stupid. Yes, I understand in my heart, you are not stupid at all, you just like to pretend to be confused!"

Yinfeng: "..."

He couldn't help but feel uneasy: No way?No way?Khan Ama discovered all of this, did he guess that Gu wanted to be lazy and not work?

Xiaomei also shivered.

"I trained you to be an excellent heir, but in the end I found out that apart from state affairs, you have no selfish desires, such as power and wealth, which ordinary people crave, and you never care about them. Could it be that my prince is really the reincarnation of a saint? Born without desires?"

Kangxi muttered, nagging like an old mother worried about her son.

"Actually, my son has selfish desires, and my son has his own hobbies."

Kangxi counted in detail: "Do you like investigating things, counting, and raising ducks?"

Yinfeng: "..."

"I'm telling you that Suo'etu is going to play today!" Kangxi recalled suddenly.

Yinfeng: If Gu said that Gu likes excitement, playing big games, and watching courtiers sing big plays, will Khan Ama go to grab Eunuch Liang Fuchen again?

[Xiaomei counted her fingers, if the big friend said it, her ass might bloom tonight. 】"Khan Ama, it is more suitable for me to beat them than to ask you to beat them. Now that I have grown up, I want to share your worries, and I don't want to drag you down all the time, making you worry about my son while you are busy with state affairs. That's unfilial!"

When Yinreng spoke soft words, he was very sincere. You could feel his sincerity in his bright eyes. When the father and son talked, the intimacy was so intimidating that it was difficult for ordinary people to intervene.

Kangxi's expression also softened immediately, there was some anger brewing before, but it was pierced in a moment, and then he softened, and he said with disgust: "I have been worrying about you for more than ten years, now I know this is Disobedient? What did you do when you really worried me and get angry? If you are like this, when will I be relieved? Don’t worry about it for a few more years. "

Xiaomei highly praised.

[Big friend is getting better and better at smoothing daddy's hair! 】

Before the emperor was touched for a moment, Yinfeng continued: "I feel that it is not enough for me to restrain them. There are also other corrupt officials in the capital. This matter must be eliminated from the source. It is better to expressly stipulate that it is forbidden to honor superiors." ', those who violate the order will be severely punished, and the Inspectorate will be supervised to provide a channel for reporting. Although this may lead to the possibility of false accusations, the Inspectorate can further improve and verify the authenticity of the report..."

The prince’s small mouth began to babble again, as if this matter is such a simple matter, what to do, what not to do, what consequences, what is the best idea, all have been considered. Holding the emperor in his arms, he said happily, "Khan Ama knows the details, he is a generation of wise kings, and he must be able to know people and do things well. Only a sage king like Khan Ama who is determined to make a difference and strive to make a difference can do it well. Son I'm not hiding behind, but I'm too young to do well, so I have to learn from you."

"Khan Ama went on a tour to the south and wiped out the officials in the south of the Yangtze River. Don't you really plan to clean up the officials in the capital as well? The fighting has stopped, and the timing is just right."

Look at these words, it's so easy, it's the emperor, not him, who will get busy around the time.

"So you do this because you want to clean up the government of the capital and cut off the wind of filial piety?"

"I don't want to be honored by the 'kindness' of the people below," Yinfeng said: "The filial piety that comes from collecting people's fat and anointing is really hot to use. It is the blood of the people, but it hurts the roots of the Qing Dynasty, and after a long time, the roots will rot."

Kangxi hated the arrogance of corrupt officials. He told Yinfeng earnestly: "Thunder methods will shake the roots of the Qing Dynasty. The purge of officials is not a one-time struggle, but a long-term struggle. Before you want to kill people, you must Think about whether they will jump over the wall in a hurry."

Yinfeng hurriedly nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "What Khan Ama said is true, it's my son who didn't think about it."

Kangxi started from the heart of education, and explained the root of the current filial piety in the capital for Yinreng: "The officials in the capital, from the time of the first emperor, were mainly Manchus, supplemented by Han people. Up to now, I have promoted nearly half of the Han officials. I want to speak out widely. Regardless of background, recruit talented people. The princes, nobles, and families of the upper three banners are all married to each other and benefit from each other. The large number of people can blind my eyes. The collusion between the capital and the local area was even more serious before my inspection. Now regular inspections will reduce the number of deceitful things. The humble family wants to stand out, such as Yu Guozhu. It is ordered that filial piety is prohibited, and their fortunes and opportunities for advancement are cut off. After all, as far as my eyes can see, You can’t see the whole world.”

Yinfeng: "Yes, yes, there are also officials selected by the imperial examination who do not know how to do practical things but can write good articles. They are nepotism and order the low-level officials to do things, which also encourages the style of filial piety. To put an end to these, promote Useful people, then add more exams, and you don’t need to take exams to be an official? To be a courteous official, you must understand etiquette, to be an official, you must understand personnel affairs, and to be a financial officer, you must understand accounting. I think 'performance appraisal' is a good word, sweat Amma understand?"

Kangxi: "..."

It doesn’t count if you take the exam for the students of the world, and then for the brothers. The imperial examination is added, and now you want to be an official again!

Kangxi hated iron but steel: "I still think you can come up with some ideas, why can't you pass the exam all day long? Baocheng, you can be more careful!" Offending the world's students is not enough, offending brothers is not enough , but also to offend all the courtiers?

"Then tell me, is there any other way to help you select talents more intuitively? Only by conducting quantitative assessments with clear responsibilities and linking salaries with them, this is called performance, and rewarding everyone for the good and punishing the bad, can you get rid of cronyism The old way, and a good way to carry it out in the long run."

Kangxi was silent for a long time, privately he felt that what Yinfeng said was very reasonable, and looking at the overall situation, he also felt that it was not mature enough to do these things now, it was too early.

"We'll talk about the evaluation of officials later."

It's like cooking. The turbidity of officials is like unwashed dishes before they are put into the pot. They must be cleaned before they can be cooked in the pot to make delicious dishes.

The next day, under the signal of Wu Zhengzhi, Chen Tingjing handed over a memorial.

It is mentioned in the memorial that advocating frugality is a good way to keep officials clean.

Poor people are ridiculed for their frugality, and rich people are admired for their extravagance and waste. This will encourage people's desires and make people pursue wealth for the sake of vanity. Once the door of desire is opened, it will encourage corruption and seek profits. .

The minister invited the emperor to order that people in the world should be proud of thrift, be pragmatic, follow the law, and eliminate the bad atmosphere of chasing profit.

This memorial expresses the aspirations of the clean and honest officials in the court, and Chen Tingjing is the one among the officials who is strict with self-discipline and upright.

Kangxi Zhun played his letter and announced to the court: "From now on, we will advocate the style of diligence and thrift, return to simplicity and simplicity, and rectify the bad habit of chasing fame and fortune."

When Chaozhong Qingliu heard the words, he was stunned: Come, come, come!

Wang Xi and Wu Zhengzhi looked at each other: that's right.

Suo'etu's heart moved, and he was very grateful: Fortunately, fortunately, His Highness learned the news in advance and took us out of this matter!

The courtiers thought they had figured out the deep meaning of the emperor, and immediately got busy.

Those with dirty hands and feet are eager to get rid of the relationship and deal with the stolen goods.

Chaozhong Qingliu is like a chicken blood, and cooperates with the emperor's actions to contribute to the purge of officials in the capital.

Chen Tingjing wrote again: To thoroughly investigate the administration of officials, we must thoroughly investigate from top to bottom. If a subordinate is corrupt and accepts bribes, it must be that the boss himself is not righteous. If the boss himself is clean and refuses to bribe, how can the subordinates take advantage of it?

The Chaotang seems to be a bit of a flyer these days, Yinreng is at ease, watching a big play every day, and after watching the big play, he goes to tell stories to his third and fourth brothers with relish.

Yinfeng said proudly: "In fact, Gu only did one thing, writing a letter to the third grandfather. You see, this matter has been resolved, right? This is called passing on a small conflict with a bigger one. Now no one Pay attention to the fact that Gu's subordinates are filial to Gu, the common people and low-level officials are all concerned about public welfare, the courtiers are all concerned about eliminating officials, and Gu is still young, so he only needs to cheer for Khan Ama from behind."

Yin Mo: Actually... there is such an operation? !

Originally, it was just a matter of the prince's subordinates sending filial piety to the prince, but later on, it turned into a full-fledged purge of officials in the capital? !

Yinzhi worshiped Yinreng even more blindly: "The second brother of the prince is amazing, only you can do this!"

Yinzhen finally understood, it is impossible for the prince to look back and see that some of his subordinates have been corrupted, and then wipe their asses!The prince never cleaned up the "mess" for others, his eyes were always looking forward, and he was always running forward, never thinking of looking behind.

As for the job of wiping buttocks, I left it to Khan Ama...

Yinzhen felt unbelievable: When will the prince be able to send Khan Ama to do things? !

"Khan Amatha, didn't you say anything?"

"He said it!"

Yinfeng coughed lightly, imitating Kangxi's tone and said: "Baocheng, you should be more careful!"

"Hey, Mr. Chen is very active in purging the bureaucracy. He is willing to lead the charge and is not afraid of threats from the powerful. He must have never thought that when the bureaucracy is purged, he will take the exam."