yongzheng emperor's motto
Yongzheng, a cold-faced emperor, although his reign was much shorter than that of his father Kangxi and his son Qianlong, was a zhongxing figure in the prosperous period of Kangxi and Qianlong.
if the Qing empire is compared to a company, when Yongzheng took office, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy; When he died, he not only made up for the financial deficit, but also made the empire have rich financial reserves, corrected the corrupt official management during the Kangxi period, and implemented a series of far-reaching policies (abolishing the base membership, spreading land into the mu, etc.). However, because the Yongzheng New Deal harmed the interests of the literati and bureaucrats, the iron-faced emperor slandered the whole world. Mr. Er Yuehe wrote "Yongzheng Dynasty", which means to speak out justice for him.
In China's history, there are many outstanding founding emperors who have made great strides and opened up territory. But like Yongzheng, there are very few people who can save the declining political situation by themselves-there are such things in history, but most of the traders are prime ministers. Yongzheng was the only emperor who personally manipulated and corrected the current situation.
Qi Rui watched Yongzheng Dynasty in 24, and what he can still remember and constantly remind himself is a couplet in front of yongzheng emperor's seat mentioned in the book: "Officials are not afraid of my strictness but fear my honesty, and people are disrespectful of my ability and respect my public" (cadres are not afraid of strict leadership, but only afraid of clean leadership; The masses will not respect the ability of cadres, but only respect the public interests of cadres. This pair of couplets is very refined, but it reveals the reason why yongzheng emperor was able to help Kangxi's late political abuses. It was yongzheng emperor's adherence to this principle that clarified the bureaucracy and corrected the political conventions that followed for hundreds or even thousands of years. For example, in the "corruption management" mentioned earlier in this chapter, yongzheng emperor can be described as one of the few politicians who dared to attack corruption management among the feudal emperors of China.
The system designers in the Ming Dynasty believed that officials should be morally perfect, not only the parents of the people, but also live a frugal life and pursue spiritual and lifestyle perfection, so their salaries were very low. What should I do if officials can't live on their salaries and raise a group of accountants, teachers and others by paying their own salaries? Therefore, the official acquiescence in corruption not only saves government expenses, but also facilitates the court to control officials. Yongzheng emperor, however, tried to make it transparent, put forward the policy of returning fire consumption to the public, and at the same time gave officials "yanglianyin"-high salary and yanglianyin was his pioneering work. As you can imagine, if the emperor does not set an example, it will be difficult to carry out such offensive things. Yongzheng emperor's frugal life is a model.