I want to ruin the country

The news of the emperor's several trips out of the palace soon spread around the capital, and the story became more and more exaggerated as it spread further and further.

After eating a meal of steamed bread and porridge, Old Man Liu left five taels of silver. Wang Yujin was stopped by the emperor from selling his daughter. The emperor was furious when Zhang Qingxi was kidnapped, and he wiped out the Zhang Moting family who were rampant in the village.

The key point is that Zhang Moting’s youngest son was not implicated. Not only was he not implicated, he was also raised by the emperor so that he could take imperial examinations in the future. If this happened under another emperor, could you believe it?

Seeing that the people were not getting enough to eat, the emperor knelt down to apologize to them, and when the hungry people were oppressed, he stood in the wind and rain to atone for his sins. Who has ever heard of such an emperor?

The Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Shimin only ate locusts that were harmful to people.

Because of this incident, the regent, Minister of Revenue Sai Shang'a, resigned, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture and the magistrate of Daxing County were investigated, and even the soldiers present were beaten with forty military sticks and shackled as a warning to the public.

Putting all these things together, the people understood that this was an emperor who truly cared about the people, who did not speak empty words but only did practical things.

The common people rushed around to tell each other, hugged each other and cried. With such a good emperor, how far are our good days?

After consulting Du Shoutian, Zaiyuan, Wenqing and Su Shun, Yining issued an edict to promote Rui Jin, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, to the position of Minister of Revenue.

Ruijin was fifty-one years old, in the prime of his life. He was a descendant of Kangxi's fourteenth son, Yinti. Although he was also a royal noble, unfortunately he had fallen into decline long ago.

Ruijin passed the imperial examination at the age of 22 and worked hard for more than 30 years before he was promoted to the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, a position he had just been promoted to.

He really wanted to do something, but Sai Shang'a didn't value him, leaving him feeling like a hero with no place to use his talents.

This time, when Sai Shang'a fell, he got a great opportunity.

When I received the imperial edict, I was both surprised and happy. I was happy that I was promoted, but I was surprised whether I could do well the task assigned to me by the emperor.

Sai Shang'a failed in the relief work, and I cannot follow in his footsteps no matter what.

He came to see the emperor trembling with fear.

Seeing his expression, Yining naturally guessed what he was thinking.

"You don't have to look ahead or behind. The top priority right now is to do a good job of distributing porridge and providing relief. Porridge and relief should also be provided as soon as possible to places across the country that are short of food!"

"The slave obeys the order!"

Yining Road,

"Open the warehouse, but you must find out how much grain is actually in it. If anyone tries to take advantage of the situation and deceives me, I'll catch them and blame you!"

Ruijin was shocked again. It was okay to open the warehouse to distribute relief. He could also avoid being greedy or taking advantage of others.

However, the grain transport was under the management of the Governor-General of the Grain Transport System, and under him was the Minister of Granaries. Even gods would not be able to tell how much grain was in their Beijing Granary, Charity Granary, and Changping Granary!

The emperor said that any problems would be his fault, meaning that he had to find out how much grain was stored in these warehouses.

Although he had not been in the Ministry of Revenue for long, he had been in the officialdom for more than 20 years. How could he not know what was going on here?

It is very common for officials to take advantage of each other, collude with each other, and enrich themselves. I am afraid that these things about official granaries in all dynasties have never been figured out. It seems that this heavy burden will fall on my shoulders!

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid the figures in the government warehouse don't match the actual figures!"

Yining looked at him.

"You figure out a way to distribute the grain while checking the warehouse. I want to know how much grain you have received and how much you have distributed.

If you can clarify the matter, it will be a great achievement! If you dare to deceive me, you will have to bear the consequences yourself! "

Ruijin certainly understood, and felt a chill on his neck. He lowered his head and said,

"The slave obeys the order!"

"Of course, you must not slack off in your daily duties. I won't say more!"

Ruijin still couldn't forget to ask for money,

"Your Majesty, there's hardly any money left in the Ministry of Revenue's treasury. With so many things to do and so many places to spend money this spring..."

Yining waved his hand before he finished speaking.

"Don't tell me this. I don't have any money. If I had money, what would I need you to do? Figure it out yourself!"

Why is the emperor so domineering? But Ruijin didn't dare to say anything else and left!

Su Shun came to the Yonghe Palace with four first-class guards.

He came to announce the decree.

"Tulshen accepts the order!"

Tur Shen was a second-class guard and the chief of the Sticking Rod Department. He quickly knelt down to receive the order.

Su Shun read out,

"The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, the edict says,

"Ertul is deeply loyal to his country and diligent in his service. I am delighted and have promoted you to the rank of Third Rank Guerrilla General. You will be transferred to the Fengtai Camp and will take up your post today. I hereby issue this decree. I decree it!"

Tur Shen was so happy that he thought it must be his cousin Mu Zhang'a who recommended him to the emperor. He didn't care about anything else and just kowtowed to express his gratitude!

He got up, took the imperial edict, and thanked Su Shun again. Su Shun was a member of the clan government and his superior. Although he would not be able to control him in the future, Tur was very happy today, so he respected Su Shun very much.

Su Shun said with a smile,

"Congratulations, General Tu!"

Tuer Shen said quickly,

"Thank you, sir. I will prepare some wine for you today. Please do not miss your meal!"

Su Shun laughed and said,

"You can drink the wine, but the handover cannot be delayed!"

Tours disagreed.

"Sir, let them take over first. When we come back, we'll check it out and sign it!"

"Okay, sorry to bother you then!"

Tuersen arranged for his subordinates to hand over the four guards brought by Su Shun, and he and Su Shun went to the restaurant to drink!

Tur was very happy and drank a lot of wine. They talked about everything at the banquet.

"My Lord, I finally made it through!"

"What do you mean?"

"You all know that here, grandma doesn't love us and uncles don't love us. It's so suffocating!"

What he said was true.

The Sticking Office was originally called the Nei Yu Backup Office, and was a department specifically responsible for catching cicadas, catching insects, fishing, and chasing birds around the imperial palace.

In order to better and more timely understand the private speeches of the ministers and grasp the ministers' movements, Emperor Yongzheng gradually transformed the Sticking Rod Office into a secret agency, which became the famous and infamous "Blood Guillotines!"

In fact, to say that they are famous is absolutely well-deserved, but to say that they are notorious would be an unfair treatment of them.

Because the Sticking Rod Office targets officials, not ordinary people, and if you are a good official who is honest and dedicated to serving the country, what can the "Blood Guillotine" do to you?

Only corrupt officials are afraid of losing their heads at any time!

The "Blood Dropper" did play a very important role in the Yongzheng Dynasty. Of course, no matter whether it is a person or a department or unit, as long as they have made achievements, their influence will gradually expand.

The original main functions of the Flying Guillotine were to inquire, monitor, and report secretly.

As they were increasingly valued by the emperor, he gradually gained the right to arrest, interrogate and even punish them.