The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 785 Xianfeng's Achievements
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
Kangxi picked up Jinlian with trembling hands.

"Can you... take me there..."

Yinzhen lowered his head tightly.

His father was so angry that he was talking nonsense.

"Losing sovereignty and humiliating the country..."

……

Qing Dynasty, Xianfeng Period
Xianfeng covered his chest with his hands, his eyes wide open.

There is a "ho ho" sound of gas and phlegm in the throat.

Then his body went limp and he fell onto the couch.

At this moment, there was chaos inside and outside the hall, and several imperial doctors rushed in, tumbling and crawling.

Imperial Concubine Yi shouted beside the imperial couch: "Don't make a scene. The master is just in a state of anxiety and distress. Don't worry!"

The eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were in chaos.

Lift the screen, move the table and chairs.

There were also people kneeling on the ground looking at the cracks between the bricks, running around aimlessly.

Several imperial physicians were busy taking pulses, massaging the patient's abdomen, and giving acupuncture.

Imperial Concubine Yi frowned, clutching the handkerchief in her hand and said:
"How is the Emperor?"

The imperial physician who was taking the patient's pulse wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a trembling voice:

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter. It's just that the blood is not returned..."

"It's just...just..."

Imperial Concubine Yi narrowed her eyes and smoothed her temples.

The eunuch beside him took two steps forward and pretended to scold the panicked eunuchs and palace maids, and dispersed them.

"The emperor's health must not be compromised, so you'd better stop using vague words!"

The imperial physicians waved their hands repeatedly to show that they dared not. The leading imperial physician bowed his head and said in a trembling voice:
"Your Majesty was so angry that his body and breath were exhausted, and his blood was stagnant in his upper body... He was weak and fainted... and had hemiplegia."

Imperial Concubine Yi's legs softened and she sat on the couch.

Several imperial doctors pressed his head to the ground and dared not move.

She looked at the unconscious Xianfeng and her mind was in a mess.

Suddenly, she thought of Prince Gong Yixin.

The decision a person makes in chaos is because the decision has been lurking in his heart for a long time.

It's just that he deliberately refuses to use it in normal times.

Concubine Yi looked at Xianfeng.

In that chaotic time, the emperor chose Prince Gong Yixin to handle the crisis.

Do you have other thoughts in your mind?
……

【Qing Wenzong·Xianfeng】

[Military achievements: Taiping Rebellion, ethnic uprisings in various places, and the Second Opium War. Each one had its wins and losses, but ultimately could not save the situation.]

[Evaluation: D level, one point]

[Institutional Construction: Although Xianfeng was mediocre and conservative, he did some practical things during his reign. ]

[Promote Sushun who dares to take on responsibilities, and support Sushun and others in eliminating bad policies. ]

[At the same time, Mu Zhang'a, who had served as the Grand Councilor for more than 20 years during the Daoguang reign, was dismissed.]

[It can be said that in terms of rectifying the administration of officials, his punishment of officials of higher ranks and with greater force was more severe than that of Yongzheng.]

[But there have been no constructive institutional reforms beyond this.]

[None of the problems of political corruption, empty treasury, declining people's livelihood, and corrupt soldiers and generals have been completely solved. ]

[Evaluation: D level, one point]

……

Period of Jihan and Emperor Huai

Liu Chan pointed at the sky and grinned:
"I understand this, it's friendship."

"At least we are doing something, which is better than just giving up and waiting to die."

Zhuge Liang felt that sometimes, in certain situations, the harder you try, the more harm you do.

But I didn't tell this to the emperor.

He hasn't touched this area yet.

……

Qing Dynasty Yongzheng Period
"Ah……"

Yongzheng just sneered.

Hongli shrank his head.

"England, France, Russia..."

Yongzheng closed his eyes and thought.

"We still need to know ourselves and our enemies..."

Hongli whispered:
"Send spies to follow the path of the Han people overseas and infiltrate them."

Yongzheng opened his eyes and glanced at him.

"feasible?"

Hongli pursed his lips and said:
"It shouldn't have been so troublesome...but the appearance is different."

"And for this... we have to use our own family members... and they have to grow their hair."

Yongzheng sneered again.

"My family..."

……

[People's Livelihood and Economy: In order to save the finances, Xianfeng made the following efforts. 】

[Promote donations, which include donations and contributions, and are a supplementary form of fiscal revenue in the Qing Dynasty. ]

【"Donation" means selling official positions and titles. Officials and civilians can obtain certain official positions by paying silver according to regulations. They can also donate official titles, civil and military honors.】

【“Donation” was a reward given by the imperial court to merchants and civilians who served the imperial court. 】【The price was reduced four times in the first, third (1853), fourth (1854), and seventh (1857) years of Xianfeng. In addition to the imperial court, each province was allowed to raise donations to meet military needs. 】

[In the third year of Emperor Xianfeng’s reign, an order was issued to encourage “donations”. According to the amount of silver donated by individuals, they were awarded the title of Salt Transport Envoy, the title of Deputy General, or were awarded the title of Flower Feather, or were awarded the title of Juren, and all of them were subject to the joint examination.]

[In the "Regulations on Donations and Submissions", the preferential treatment for local government donations stipulates that it is allowed to increase the number of places in the imperial examinations at all levels.]

[In order to improve efficiency, Emperor Xianfeng, at the request of local officials, ordered the Ministry of Personnel to directly issue blank certificates, which were filled in by local officials themselves and reported regularly.]

【From then on, donating money to obtain an official position and a title became a direct business of paying money and receiving a license. 】

……

Yanhan·Lingdi Period
Liu Hong was very confused.

Are you trying to make a veiled accusation again?

“Is he really trying hard?”

Everyone looked up at the sky and down at the ground.

Open donations, places...tsk tsk...

Just so that there are no middlemen making a profit from the price difference.

If you don’t explode, who will?

……

The period of Cao Wei and Emperor Ming
Cao Rui stroked his chin, puzzled.

"so……"

What’s the difference between this and cultivating aristocratic families?
Gentry and official position.

Whose name is this land?
……

[In order to obtain greater wealth with less cost, Xianfeng approved the proposal of his ministers to mint large coins.]

[From the third year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign, the Ministry of Revenue began to mint large copper coins worth 1 yuan (one coin was worth 10 copper coins).]

[In the following year, additional copper coins worth fifty, one hundred, two hundred, three hundred, four hundred, five hundred, and even one thousand were minted.]

[In addition to the central Ministry of Revenue, thirteen provinces were also allowed to start minting large coins.]

[In order to make direct profits, not all places mined copper or imported foreign copper, but often melted down the original one-cent coins and recast them into larger coins.]

……

Qing Dynasty, Daoguang Period
Daoguang looked at the two sons in front of him with a complicated expression.

But in the end, he didn't say much, just said bitterly:
"I am always worried about those who donate money to become officials. They are chasing after benefits, and their intentions are obvious at a glance."

"In fact, there are some unscrupulous people who become officials through the imperial examinations, but after all, there are people above them who have the right to be righteous and honest, and they will change their ways after being reminded."

"And the donations have hardly stopped since the Kangxi Emperor started them."

“It’s a last resort.”

"But minting money..."

Daoguang sighed.

"You are stealing profits from the people."

……

[On February 1854, 2, Emperor Xianfeng approved the minting of iron coins, and even approved the minting of large iron coins with a value of five or ten. In September of the same year, Emperor Xianfeng also approved the minting of lead coins.]

[On February 1853, the third year of Emperor Xianfeng’s reign (April 4, 5), Emperor Xianfeng approved the issuance of silver bills, namely “official bills of the Ministry of Revenue”, with denominations ranging from one tael, three taels, five taels, ten taels, and fifty taels.]

[On November 12 (December 24) of that year, Emperor Xianfeng approved the Ministry of Revenue to print treasure notes, namely "Da Qing Baochao", also known as "money notes", with denominations of wen, wen, wen, wen, wen, and wen.]

[In addition to the Ministry of Revenue, the official silver and money shops supervised by the Ministry of Revenue also issued an astonishing number of Beijing money notes, with denominations as high as 10,000 wen.]

[This almost cost-free paper currency has amazing profits. ]

【For example, the cost of making a piece of Baochao is only 1.6 cents. If one million pieces are made, one million profits can be made. If ten million pieces are made, ten million profits can be made. 】

[In addition to the Ministry of Revenue, the sixteen provinces outside Beijing also opened official silver and money bureaus to issue "bureau notes."]

……

During the Song Dynasty and Renzong Period
Everyone had only one idea.

You're invincible kid.

You are invincible.

"He thought the cost of copper was too high so he switched to iron, and then he thought the cost of iron was too high so he switched to paper."

Zhang Yaozuo looked confused and said:
"What does he think of money?"

The development from metal currency measured by weight to precious metals or metal currency measured by quantity, and then to paper currency, is a historical necessity.

The ministers all understood this.

However, considering the economic scale of the Qing Dynasty and the total volume of foreign commodity exchanges, the emergence of paper money was not a bad thing.

But the issuance of banknotes requires careful design.

Among them, a considerable amount of margin and strictly controlled issuance amount are the decisive principles.

You can see the Xianfeng Dynasty...

Whether it was Xianfeng or the officials who requested the issuance of silver notes and treasure notes.

They just wanted to cope with the financial expenditure which they could not afford, but they issued large sums of money, silver bills and treasure notes which they had no intention of cashing.

Needless to say, the consequence of such unlimited short-selling of unsecured paper money is bound to be hyperinflation, which is tantamount to outright plundering of the people.

……

[During the reign of Emperor Xianfeng, the Ministry of Revenue used silver in combination with bills, notes, and large coins to pay for fiscal expenses.]

[For example, military pay was often split between silver and notes, which actually reduced expenditure by half.]

[Another example is river engineering, which costs 28% of silver bills, which actually reduces expenses by 80%.]

[From the third year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign until his death, the Qing Dynasty issued more than 60 million taels of silver, banknotes, treasure notes, and Beijing notes, accounting for 69% of the total treasury revenue during this period.]

【The Xianfeng period was the most chaotic period in the history of the Qing Dynasty in terms of currency system.】

[The turmoil in the financial system during the Xianfeng period also brought great disasters to China's social economy.]

[Evaluation level E·Zero points]

……

Happy April Fools' Day!



(End of this chapter)