Sir, you have to pay more

Chapter 251 The dignity of the court can only be measured by money

The officials in the Hall of Mental Cultivation are not only He Shen, but also Yi Le Tu, Minister of the Ministry of War, Ji Yun, a Bachelor of Attendant, and Song Gui, a Bachelor of the Cabinet.

He Shen didn't see the content of the secret book, so he didn't know what the emperor meant by discussing the crime.

"I'm confused."

Qianlong handed over to He Shen the secret copy of Jia Jia Shikai, the new admiral of Sichuan and the leader of the guerrilla affairs of the bannermen.

Ji Yun, who was the first to read it, shook his head directly, and said, "Your Majesty, I think it is not advisable to replace crimes with money."

Qianlong glanced at Ji Yun who was often scolded by him as a prostitute, and he was not angry, but asked him calmly: "Why is it not desirable?"

Ji Yun immediately explained the disadvantages of this system. It is nothing more than that if Agui intends to rebel, then Agui's party members in the Jinchuan Army will be severely punished. Now the admiral of Sichuan is going to do something to replace the crime with money and openly let these Agui's party members go. Doesn't it seem that the court is not clear about right and wrong.

And once this system starts, it will definitely make the military morale very bad, and the officials and generals will be more unscrupulous and so on.

Qianlong didn't say anything.

What Ji Yun said had some truth, but it didn't suit him.

There are too many doubts about whether Agui really has objections, why Fulehun killed Agui without asking for an order, and whether Fu Changan's death was caused by Agui.

That's why he recalled Fuller Hun to question him face to face.

Before finding out the truth, rashly investigating Agui's remaining party will not help the matter, but will also shake the army, which is not in the interests of the court.

"Your Majesty, I think this method is feasible!"

The speaker was Yiltu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, brother-in-law of Fulehun, governor of Sichuan.

Qianlong said: "Tell me about it."

"The slave thinks that, as the admiral of Sichuan said, the current stability of the Jinchuan army is more important than anything else. If Agui's party members can take the initiative to pay the silver to replace their crimes, the emperor is magnanimous and can't be held accountable. It should be able to minimize the impact of Agui's chaos."

Although he is Fu Lehun's brother-in-law, Yiltu, as Minister of the Ministry of War, still has to focus on the overall situation. The top priority right now is not to pursue Agui and his party, but to stabilize Jinchuan's [-] troops.

This statement fit Qianlong's wishes very well, he couldn't help but nodded, and asked the cabinet scholar Song Gui what he meant, but the cabinet scholar actually knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is holy!"

Qianlong was amused: "What did I say, you just said that I am holy?"

Songgui raised his head and said: "The emperor said that the silver is the emperor's money, I think the emperor is right!"

Qianlong pondered.

Tens of millions of taels of silver were invested in a palm-sized place in Jinchuan. Where did the money go?
It was said that all the civil and military gangs in Jinchuan were as clean as water, but Qianlong himself did not believe it.

So, isn't the money for the crime just to get back the money that the emperor appropriated?
"I think that all officials, regardless of the Banners and Hans, will inevitably make occasional mistakes or be confused for a while. If they are dismissed for investigation, who will take over the work? Is it possible to eliminate all Manchu and Han officials?"

Qianlong determined that the Jinchuan matter should not be pursued any longer, and that members of the party should not be implicated in the name of eliminating Agui's remaining party, and asked the Military Aircraft Department to draft an order to promulgate it immediately.

After drawing up the decree, he looked at He Shen again: "I think this argument about crimes is quite new. You have been in the Ministry of Accounts for a while, so let me tell you what you think."

He Shen's feeling is not new, but a very familiar feeling. With his shrewdness, he doesn't know the disadvantages of this system, but seeing that the emperor seems to support this system faintly, he said in a heartbeat: "Back to the emperor, this slave thinks that it is inappropriate to discuss crimes. It was implemented in front of the Jinchuan army, and it can also be promoted throughout the country. In this way, half of the crime money paid by the offending officials will be reserved for public use to benefit the people of one side. The other half will be used in the national treasury, thinking that the country is in urgent need."

He also said that since the emperor ascended the throne for 40 years, he has shown kindness to the world. He has exempted the world's money and food four times, and exempted the provinces twice.

Now that the national treasury is short of silver due to the war, and the internal treasury is in deficit every year, it is time to take some urgent measures to alleviate the country's urgent need for money.

"Your Majesty, in the past, there were cases in the imperial courts where officials who committed crimes were fined, but the Ministry of Households was responsible for pursuing the payment, and most of the persons responsible for the pursuit were slack."

He Shen further suggested that all the power to collect the crime-related money should be transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then a part of the national treasury should be appropriated according to the amount of money collected.

"well said!"

Qianlong was delighted to hear this, but he said to Heshen: "You go to be the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, manage the bank of the Guangchu Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and go to the military aircraft next month. Discuss the criminal bank system with Yinglian. Draw up a specific charter for me."

After finishing speaking, he thought for a while and added another sentence, "Also, the amount of money for criminal charges cannot be fixed."

Not fixed amount?

He Shen was taken aback, a little confused: "What does the emperor mean?"

Qianlong said: "If the offending officials hand over how much money for the crime, I want them to decide for themselves, and I want me to set how much to pay them. Doesn't it mean that I am asking them for money?"

The three of Yiltu were stunned when they heard this, the emperor is desperately short of money!
There is a fixed amount to pay, as much as you want, and there is always a regulation to follow.

There is no real amount to pay, and there is no upper limit for criminal officials.

Should I pay 1, [-], or [-] million?

How much do you need to pay to satisfy the emperor?

To put it bluntly, the emperor is already shameless.

But who among the three dares to say that the emperor is shameless?
Because they are also shameless.

Ji Yun, a scholar of poets, saw that the criminal silver system was about to be promulgated, and saw that the emperor was so short of money, he knelt down decisively to the ground, and said with a look of anxiety: "Your majesty, I have searched and collected from the "Yongle Dadian" in the National History Museum. At that time, I accidentally destroyed several volumes of books, please fine yourself 5000 taels of silver and put them into the inner treasury, so as to warn myself!"

Qianlong was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand: "Sure, don't be so careless again in the future."

"Thank you, Majesty Long En!"

Ji Yun hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.

Song Gui, a cabinet scholar next to him, was stunned, and he had no time to think, so he kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I also ask you to punish yourself!"

Qianlong was surprised: "Songgui, what mistake did you make?"

Song Gui said with a disturbed face that when he was reading the Emperor Zhu's memorial at home yesterday, he accidentally dropped incense ash on the Zhu's memorial.

"Every time I think about this matter, I feel that I am disrespectful to the emperor. I didn't dare to tell the emperor before that since there is a crime of punishment today, I ask for a fine of 30,000 taels of silver. I will strictly discipline myself and serve the court at the same time."

Qianlong was stunned for a long time, but he asked Songgui: "Your family has 30,000 taels?"

"minister"

Songgui was thinking that he had paid too much, but he had already said the figures, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I should pay the 30,000 taels even if I sell the house and land!"

"It doesn't have to be like this. You also made an unintentional mistake. I will allow you to fine you 10,000 taels in silver. How can you sell your house and land?"

After finishing speaking, Qianlong looked at Heshen, "I leave this matter to you."

"Whoo!"

He Shen responded, but his family has no money, and the little salary is not enough to cover expenses.

Two days ago, a small official from the household department tried to give him a gift, but he scolded him bloody.

In Daping Daying, Sichuan Admiral Jia Jia's son-in-law is studying the quality of shrouds.

The shrouds were sent by Yang Yuchun's father, Yang Tingdong, with a few brothers from the same family. There were ten carriages and more than [-] pieces in total.

The quality of the product is nothing to say, it looks like a so-called Tang suit.

"Not bad."

The admiral looked at a few of them casually, expressed his satisfaction, and asked Yang Tingdong what the unit price of these shroud clothes, shroud caps and shroud shoes were.

Yang Tingdong hurriedly quoted the price, saying that it only cost one or two taels of silver for a set.

"One or two dollars?"

The admiral's smile faltered immediately.

Yang Tingdong was taken aback by this, and he quickly said that if the admiral thinks it is too expensive, he can lower it by more than ten yuan.

They are also a small business, mobilizing a lot of manual processing, and there is really not much profit.

"Cheap, no good!"

The admiral's smile faded away, he waved his hand, and said very dissatisfied: "These shrouds are for the fallen soldiers, and they are the last decency for them. Fill it up with goods! I think at least five liang of silver is worth a set."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the governor and asked, "Isn't it too much to report 50 taels to the household department?"

　This chapter is based on the deeds of real officials, with a little artistic processing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)