Fourth Lord's Black Moonlight Queen

Chapter 770 The Best and Worst King
Fourth master Longyan was furious, and the consequences were serious.

"Ertai, that idiot!"

Angrily, Yin Zhen smashed the blue and white porcelain that he just bought into pieces in his hand.

That's real gold and silver. A plate costs 1000 taels, so the price of the flask must double.

Li Jingui subconsciously hid the plate in his hand behind his back.

"Calm down, I can't blame Ertai. Although he is the governor of Liangjiang, after all, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away."

Lord Kangxi advocated benevolent government, which caused the courtiers to cheat and fill their own pockets.

Originally, after Lord Kangxi came to power, the punishment for corruption was not severe, but with the connivance of the princes, it was even worse.

Although Lord Kangxi created a peaceful and prosperous world with his own hands, it also left serious sequelae: official corruption, tax shortage, and empty treasury.

When Fourth Master took over, the treasury had only 800 million taels of silver reserves, but the deficit figure was astonishingly large.

The majestic Qing Empire was actually empty-handed.It looks very strong from the outside, but empty on the inside.

The fourth master took over the throne with an empty treasury, and first set up an organization to recover the deficit—Huai Kao Fu, and asked the most trusted Prince Yi Yinxiang to preside over the related work.

During the investigation process, Yinxiang found Prince Lu Yunxuan, and the fourth master ordered the house of Prince Lu Yunxuan to be raided.

Therefore, after the fourth master came to power, corruption was almost wiped out, and everyone in the officialdom walked on thin ice, keeping clean and honest, which became one of the great strange things in history.

As a lonely person who protects the common people in the world, the fourth master is destined not to be liked by the aristocratic class, and the clan members have become estranged from the fourth master by a lot.

But even so, the fourth master still ordered that those who owe money to the treasury should all be confiscated and returned to the government.

If the officials who owed money ransacked their homes without money to repay them, if the ransacked houses were not enough, they would be deducted from future salaries.

Once the crimes of the corrupt officials were verified, the fourth master ordered the houses of the corrupt officials to be raided, and even his relatives and descendants were not spared.

Moreover, he didn't look at the feelings of the past at all, and he must be severely punished.

What must be investigated is that he is so poor that his children and grandchildren will become poor.Therefore, fourth master also got the title of "King of Traitor".

In order to rectify the bureaucracy, Li Jingui also helped to make suggestions. She suggested that every time the fourth master sent ministers to check the accounts, he must be followed by a large group of alternate officials.

These alternate officials have different ranks, as long as a corrupt official is found, he will be dismissed on the spot and tried according to the crime.

And immediately select a candidate of the same level as the corrupt official from the accompanying alternate officials to fill the vacancy after the corrupt official was dismissed.

The people who come to check the accounts are all those who are eyeing the corrupt officials, and if there is a problem, they can immediately take the position.

It's so ruthless to check, sometimes, these "substitutes" will chip in money to Fourth Master, begging him to send someone down to check the accounts.

From ascension to the present, in just over five years, the treasury of the Qing Dynasty increased from 800 million taels in the last years of Kangxi to 5000 million taels.

More importantly, the atmosphere in officialdom has changed.It may be an exaggeration to say that the fourth master is in power, and there are no official officials, but it is an affirmation of the fourth master's governance of corruption.

This is the fourth master, ruthless and unreasonable, but a good emperor who will bring peace to all generations.

"Kill! Zhang Tingyu, start a thorough investigation of this case immediately. No matter who is involved, I will judge everyone who is guilty."

Yinzhen slapped the table and shouted angrily.

"When corrupt officials are executed in the future, we can't just let the common people watch it. I want those officials to watch it too."

(End of this chapter)