142 142 Iron-headed
◎Hero! I respect you as a man! ◎
This iron-headed rat is the then Governor-General of Liangjiang, Ashan.
This Ashan's full name is Yilali Ashan, and he is a member of the Manchu blue banner.
He did not take the imperial examination route, but relied on his ancestors' influence to get into the officialdom.
Although this Ashan was just a clerk in the Ministry of Personnel at the beginning, he was promoted quickly. He was soon promoted from a clerk in the Ministry of Personnel to the head of the Ministry of Justice and the deputy director of the Ministry of Revenue.
Looking at this route, it is a bit like Jia Zheng's route.
But this Ashan is obviously much more capable than Jia Zheng.
Because he quickly went from a deputy director of the Ministry of Revenue to a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, and then was promoted repeatedly, and after seven promotions, he was promoted to the position of assistant director of the Ministry of Revenue.
Three years later, he was promoted to the position of Zuodu Yushi. In the 35th year of Kangxi, nine years ago, when Master Kang personally led the expedition against Galdan, Ashan also participated.
Because of this achievement, he was appointed as the Minister of Rites, and the following year he was given the title of President of the Hanlin Academy.
Such a brilliant resume is a very inspiring story for anyone to read.
People will also admire his professional ability because of this rocket-like promotion speed - how amazing must his professional ability be to achieve this level?
Lord Ashan must be a great guy.
Almost everyone thinks so, and Master Kang himself obviously thinks so.
This can be seen from the fact that he was crazy about promoting Ashan.
It must be said that although Ashan is limited in other aspects, he is already professional in flattering Master Kang.
He would seize every opportunity to meet Master Kang and run to Master Kang to show off his presence. For example, during
this southern tour, Master Kang had just left the capital and arrived in Shanxi not long ago, but he came eagerly.
And he did not come alone. He also brought almost all the officials on the southern tour route from Jiangnan to Shanxi.
In fact, several people have already come in the first wave.
Not to mention Li Guangdi, he was originally a direct patrol and was closest to the capital, so of course he was the first to come to receive the car.
Not only did he have to receive the car, but he also had to accompany the driver for a while.
As for official duties, aren't there other staff and subordinates to help take care of them?
Or is it more important to accompany His Majesty on his southern tour?
This is basically the common voice of all officials in the regions that the tour passes through, and everyone does so. However, what no one expected was that this originally annual gathering to show presence and gain benefits would actually turn into a big purge.
Li Guangdi, who was the first to run out to take the reins, fell down, and is now "ill", but he was not sent back to the residence of the Zhili Inspector General - what a joke, this is suspected of corruption, and it must be investigated first.
The second wave to come was the Shandong Inspector General Zhao Shixian and the Governor of the River Zhang Penghe. Governor Zhang didn't have much to say. The old man was still obsessed with how to build water conservancy projects. How could he get more knowledge about water conservancy projects and building materials from Mo Yu?
As for Zhao Shixian, because Mo Yu directly exposed his corruption through complaints, he was inevitably controlled by Lin Ruhai and the Thirteenth Prince. After the case was investigated, they would deal with him as they should.
Since Mo Yu had "taken action" and Lin Ruhai was in charge of the case, the result was definitely a foregone conclusion.
There was no new gossip in the half-month from Zhili to Shanxi. Master Kang originally thought that he could relax for a while and live a normal life during the southern tour.
After all, originally everyone was out for inspection and patrol in a relaxed and happy mood. No one expected that this time Mo Yu was in such a good mood that he would complain about the ministers who came to pay respects to him for no reason. It was really painful but he couldn't stop.
The painful thing is that since this incident, almost all ministers have been cautious when they meet the emperor, fearing that they will be the next to be complained.
During Master Kang's period, officials who were completely innocent can be said to be very rare. The main reason was that Mo Yu had already summarized it based on the information revealed by System 006.
That is, Master Kang began to implement "benevolent governance" at this time, and felt that it was not a big deal for these officials to embezzle a little money.
He probably thought that he had ruled for decades and had made the world prosperous, so he should just lie down and enjoy himself.
Since he was going to lie down and enjoy himself, it was no big deal to let the officials drink some soup as well.
After all, their salaries were not high. For example, Zhao Shixian, the governor of Shandong, was a second-rank official, and his annual salary was only 150 taels of silver. It is conceivable that he could not support his family with such a small amount of silver...
Don't say that this is outrageous, because Master Kang seems to really think so.
If not, why would he feel so uncomfortable dealing with one or two corrupt officials?
He must have felt pity for them because he thought they were not guilty of such crimes.
Sympathizing with corrupt officials means exploiting the people - where does their money come from?
Isn't it all the people's blood and sweat that is plundered from everywhere?
Master Kang, you are so confused.
Whenever thinking of this, Mo Yu gets furious. He really wants to learn from the ancients' way of "risking his life to make direct remonstrations" and give Master Kang some advice.
But thinking of his own relatives, he still silently held back.
This is Master Kang. Anyone who tries to teach him how to do things will not have a good end... He doesn't want to give up the lives of his entire family because of this.
It doesn't matter if his own life is saved, but it would be bad if the lives of Lin Ruhai and his family of three were implicated by him.
Mo Yu silently suppressed the urge to "leave his name in history" and instead provided his father with a list of corrupt officials and their evidence of guilt at the right time.
The results in the past two years are actually quite good, and it is worth continuing to promote and persist.
However, this method also has its flaws, because Master Kang may not necessarily believe them.
There are some people who are only willing to believe what they want to believe.
It is a typical saying of "I don't care what you think, I only care what I think."
According to the historical records provided by System 006, Master Kang truly loved several corrupt officials.
If they were his true loves, even if the other officials were found to have corruption, bribery or other illegal criminal activities with "iron evidence", Master Kang would selectively turn a blind eye and a deaf ear, and be very "blind and deaf".
This was the case with Galin before, and Li Guangdi as well. As for Zhao Shixian, it was even more so. He was impeached repeatedly by several censors but still managed to escape unscathed, and was even promoted to the governor of the river.
He was the governor of the river. The imperial court transferred hundreds of taels of silver from the governor's office throughout the year. It would be easy to make a fortune with this money. It
can be said that as long as you go against your conscience and treat this job as a way to make money instead of serving the people, it will be an easy and lucrative job.
Master Kang actually brought Zhao Shixian, who had a history of corruption, to Jiangnan to do this lucrative job. If it wasn't true love, it would be difficult to end it.
In fact, after Zhao Shixian became the governor of the river, he really started a crazy way of squandering money, so that the four great masters who came later arrested and dealt with him as soon as they came to power.
As for Galin, it was a similar situation. If he and his wife hadn't been so crazy that they wanted to kill his own mother, forcing the old lady to go to the palace to complain, the name card would not have fallen.
Not to mention Li Guangdi.
He and these two people did not violate the same nature of the law, so it didn't matter if the punishment was a little lighter.
But Ashan was different.
This person can be said to have all five evils. He has done many "heroic deeds" that make people's blood pressure rise at the sight of him, and they can't wait to become his own.
[This Ashan is also a talent! I heard that what he likes to do most is to impose taxes on the people under his jurisdiction in the name of the court - and he calls it huohao. ]
[Master Kang Fu Ning always doesn't know. This old guy did so many bad things in the name of Ning that the common people thought Ning was a tyrant. After all, the corvée was so heavy, how could it be something a wise ruler would do? 】
【After this old guy was promoted to the Governor-General of Liangjiang, he let himself go. I heard that he directly asked his officials to embezzle 300,000 taels of silver from the treasury to welcome the emperor. Of course, it would be good if 30,000 taels of the 300,000 taels could be used for the southern tour. 】
【As for where the rest of the money went? 】
【Of course it went into Ashan's pocket. Then he divided a small part of it as meat and bones to distribute to the group of dogs following him, so that he could continue to do this thing continuously. 】
【Jiangnan is a rich place. But no matter how rich you are, you can't stand such a struggle. Be careful that you will be recorded in history books as "the biggest stains in the life of an emperor of all ages". 】
【Tsk tsk tsk, sure enough, this time the old guy Ashan ran so fast again, let me see what this old guy is doing this time? 】
Mo Yu stopped temporarily to summon System 006, and sure enough, System 006 quickly gave him some of the information he wanted.
【Ah! It turns out that Ashan came to pick up the car this time, and actually wanted to complain. 】
【Which hero dares to go against the dignified Governor-General of Liangjiang, Ashan? 】
【Oh, it turned out to be the prefect of Jiangning, Chen Pengnian...】
Mo Yu thought silently for a while, trying to find the information of this Chen Pengnian in his memory, but he always felt that he had no impression.
Fortunately, System 006 would never let him down.
Soon, a set of supplementary materials was placed in his mind.
[What? Ashan wants to take advantage of Master Kang's southern tour to increase taxes in all prefectures and cities, and to increase the fire consumption by 30%? This is simply insane, isn't it? ]
[As a result, Jiangning prefect Chen Pengnian firmly disagreed and even threatened to file a complaint...]
[So this time, Ashan even brought a memorial to impeach Chen Pengnian? This is going to be exciting, let's see how he will perform. ]
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