After Yinreng's psychedelic operations when he was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, all the officials in the Ministry of Personnel became nervous and spoke and acted cautiously, for fear that they would not do well in some way and make this master unhappy.
I'll write a memorial to complain to the emperor later!
But as the saying goes, what you fear will come to you. Even though the Ministry of Personnel was cautious enough, Yinreng never thought of letting them go.
In the twelfth lunar month, when Kangxi began to write his blessing, Yinreng handed in the summary of memorials he had submitted to the Ministry of Personnel.
Kangxi: “…”
He knew that this brat would not give up.
However, even though he was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but feel extremely angry when he saw what was written in Yinreng's memorial.
When Mingzhu was dismissed from office two years ago, he had already cleaned out the corrupt officials in the court, thinking that in the short term, there would be no more fools like those who sold official positions and titles in the court. Unexpectedly, he still underestimated the greed of human nature.
Kangxi would review the performance evaluations of the Ministry of Personnel over the years every year. He also knew that everyone was selfish and preferred to relax the evaluation standards for people he was familiar with.
As long as it's not too excessive, he will turn a blind eye.
But he didn't expect that the assessment criteria he set were so vulnerable in the face of money and connections.
Kangxi put the memorial aside, tried to calm down, and began to practice calligraphy.
The brush scratched the paper a few times and wrote the word "Fu". Kangxi picked up the paper impatiently, crumpled it up and threw it aside, then wrote the next one.
When he was kneading the seventh piece, Kangxi threw the brush away.
"Preach the decree and announce that Xu Yuanwen and Ordo will come to see you."
This time he only summoned two people to the audience. If he summoned too many, he was really afraid that the brat Yinreng would get what he wanted.
Thinking of this, Kangxi couldn't help but pat his bald forehead. If there was no hair there, he really wanted to pull it out.
From ancient times to the present, emperors have always been afraid that their sons will seize the throne from them, but he was afraid that his son would go too far and make no one in the court willing to follow him.
well!
When Xu Yuanwen and Erdo came out of their respective offices, they knew they were in trouble.
When the two of them knelt in the warm room one after the other, their hearts finally died down.
The two men couldn't figure it out. During the few months that the Crown Prince had been in the Ministry of Personnel, there had been no trouble in the Ministry and no one dared to make things difficult for him. What had happened to make the Crown Prince unhappy?
The prince stabbed them before leaving.
Kangxi didn't let them wait too long. He just threw Yinreng's memorial in front of the two of them and asked them to read it.
Familiar recipe, familiar operation, but the targets were changed from four leaders of the Ministry of Revenue to two leaders of the Ministry of Personnel.
After watching it, the two felt as if they had lost their parents.
They are well aware of the twists and turns in the Ministry of Personnel's assessment, and it is only natural to relax the standards slightly for relatives and old friends.
There is not only intrigue in officialdom, but also human relationships.
Adhering to the principle of "leaving a way out for others so that we can meet again in the future", as long as the behavior is not too excessive, everyone tacitly turns a blind eye.
After all, who hasn’t had a time to ask someone for help?
Even though Xu Yuanwen had already taken the position of Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, he did not dare to conclude that he would not need help from others in the future.
Besides, the performance evaluation of officials is not decided by the Ministry of Personnel alone. In the end, it still has to be decided together with several other departments such as the Manchu and Han Grand Secretaries, the Inspectorate, and the Ministry of Personnel.
Of course, this is a major plan that usually only takes place every three years, and the imperial inspection that takes place every six years is so troublesome.
There is no need to make such a big fuss about the annual year-end performance review.
So at this moment, the two big bosses of the Ministry of Personnel also felt aggrieved.
The Ministry of Personnel is not the only government office that has a backdoor, so why did they only call these two over?
"Do you treat the assessment standards I set as bullshit? You exploit loopholes wherever you can, and if you can't, you misidentify. Where do you place me? Where do you place the honest and upright officials who are dedicated to serving the people?"
The more Kangxi spoke, the louder his voice became.
"Don't tell me you were clueless. If you were, how bold would those people be to blatantly pocket the money? Count for yourselves, how many parasites have been promoted by you over the past twenty years by squeezing out other people's qualifications for promotion?"
The two men knelt without saying a word.
"I regard you as my trusted followers, and you...ah! What can I say about you?"
"...I acknowledge my guilt."
"You know your crime, you know your crime, but you refuse to change even though you know it's a crime, right? When will you change your rhetoric..."
After Kangxi vented his anger, he finally felt much better.
"I'll give you one more chance. Keep the Ministry of Personnel under control. If I find out again that someone in the Ministry of Personnel is taking bribes or using backdoors, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Kangxi's tone in the last sentence was so cold that both Xu Yuanwen and Ordo couldn't help but shiver.
They did not dare to doubt the truthfulness of Kangxi's words at all.
"I obey your order!"
Following the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel became the biggest victim at the end of this year.
At this time of year in previous years, anyone who wanted to use their connections to give gifts to the Ministry of Personnel would be able to get through. But this year, with the warnings from Xu Yuanwen and Ordo, how could they dare to accept the gifts?
Not only do they not dare to accept gifts from relatives and friends, but even the etiquette they should perform during the New Year with their in-laws is as simple as possible.
As the New Year approached, complaints were rampant in the capital.
Soetu and his family all suffered a lot.
Most of the top nobles at the time of the Qing Dynasty's entry into the Central Plains were related by marriage.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has no moral integrity and is trying to show off to them in front of the Emperor, causing the Ministry of Personnel to have a restless New Year. They dare not bear grudge against the Crown Prince, nor do they dare to squeeze Soetu?
Soetu, his son and the women in his family were ridiculed wherever they went.
Even when Soetu's children and in-laws went to his house to pay their respects, the atmosphere was strange, not as warm as in previous years.
With Soetu's ambition, he soon took sick leave.
Yinreng had met Soetu at the New Year's Day state banquet. His face was already very bad at that time. Yinreng also knew that what he did was not very kind to Soetu's family, so he did not dare to rub salt into Soetu's wound.
Unexpectedly, after only two or three days, Soetu claimed to be ill.
When Yinreng learned about this, he sighed deeply while hiding in Yuqing Palace.
He didn't feel very good either.
Soetu was Sony's third son. Since Sony's second son died young, Soetu naturally became Sony's second son.
Yinreng's mother was the daughter of Soni's eldest son Gabula, and Soetu was her uncle.
If it weren't for this relationship, Yinreng really wouldn't want to be tied to Soetu.
It’s not that he is unwilling to be tied to the Hesheli family, but that he is unwilling to be tied to Soetu.
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