In the final analysis, Zai Chun still did not dare to go on a killing spree. The corruption in the imperial court in the late Qing Dynasty was already so bad that it was rotten to the bone from top to bottom.
In the past, Zaichun was still young and politically naive. He always thought that the Manchus and the Eight Banners were the beneficiaries of this big ship.
These people should be in the same boat and want to help each other. They are all the masters of the country. Aren't the so-called Eight Banners just a group of shareholders? The more prosperous the large-scale enterprise of the Qing Dynasty is, the more dividends these shareholders will receive, and the hard-core crops will be able to last for ten thousand years.
But those scholars in the Han Dynasty were not like that. They were just wage earners, who passed the imperial examination and entered the court, and were regarded as professional managers for shareholders.
After finishing the errand, the Qing Dynasty will reward him with some oil and water. In the future, he will be a rich man and a landowner when he returns to his hometown!
According to this logic, professional managers such as wage earners are the most motivated to corrupt, because their rights cannot be hereditary. They can only benefit from their own success in the imperial examination, and their children may not be able to continue to be officials.
Only this kind of professional managers have the motivation for corruption, because the benefits cannot be passed down from generation to generation for a long time.
On the surface, there is really nothing wrong with this truth, but things in the world are often so unexpected.
When Zai Chun actually took office, he discovered that the shareholders of these partnerships were the main force in corruption, and the professional managers who worked part-time were the only ones responsible for the corruption!
The shady story was dug deeper and deeper, and the actions of the royal nobles of the capital seemed shocking. Zai Chun had never seen such a shameless and despicable group of people.
Three million stones of food! Just stolen and sold, these morons directly embezzled tens of millions of dollars!
This is already the case that no one within the Eight Banners is not greedy or corrupt! From the prince to the servants below, there are levels of wealth according to the level.
The case of the Tenth Road Supervisor in the Qinghe Industrial Zone had already made Zai Chun extremely distressed. These shameless scoundrels were simply trying to squeeze oil out of a stone.
Even the workers' charcoal money and food expenses were embezzled, and many lives were lost.
Now there is another big case. They dare to steal the food that the people in the capital need to survive!
I originally thought that by setting up a new stock market for these people and allowing them to earn dividends in the stock market, I could win over their hearts and restrain their evil hands.
But they never expected that not only did they not restrain themselves at all, but they also wanted to eat the new food and drink the old soup pot, and they couldn't waste any money.
The hearts of these people are completely dirty, and there is a stench from the bones and souls!
The only thing that made Zai Chun feel gratified was that Prince Dun, his fifth uncle, indeed had the demeanor of a chivalrous king. No one in all the cases was his slave. Prince Dun was the only prince among the Eight Banners who was not involved in corruption.
Even King Yu, whom he trusted, had a servant who had children in his family. Fortunately, there was only one. It seemed that King Yu was still very timid.
The most greedy one is Chengzhi. There are actually eleven servants of Prince Zheng involved in the case, including treasury managers, treasury books, and second-rate dealers from outside.
This bastard, the truth will kill him! But Zaichun still didn't dare, because if all these people were killed, the Eight Banners would be gone and everything would be in vain.
Since I can’t kill your heads, I’ll take your money. Isn’t Chengzhi corrupt? Aren't you being petty? I'll fine you one million, not even a penny less!
The same applies to the rest of the princes. The amount of money you were forced to donate will now be doubled. No one can escape. This time, I will directly send the new army of the royal forest to collect the money.
The denunciation meeting in the Imperial Ancestral Temple ended soon, and the new Yulin Army escorted these royal nobles back to the palace in squads and platoons.
This group of royal nobles were crying all the way, but they didn't dare to cry loudly, because the emperor said that they had to pretend to be calm and calm after leaving the Ancestral Temple.
If someone leaks the slightest secret, don't blame the emperor for killing someone!
Soon the Ancestral Temple became deserted, and Prince Dun was the only one standing quietly in the square. Zai Chun walked down the steps, "Fifth uncle...nephew, thank you..." After saying a long bow, Emperor Tongzhi unexpectedly Give Prince Dun Yi a deep gift.
There was no hypocrisy in this bow. It was only at this moment that he knew who the gentleman was.
Yi Pei quickly knelt down and returned the salute, "Your Majesty, you are so embarrassed... Your Majesty just did what you should do, and you don't deserve this from Your Majesty!"
"Fifth Uncle, please stop talking about emperors and ministers. You are my Fifth Uncle now, and I am your nephew!"
"My nephew, I beg you... give me some advice. How can we save the Eight Banners? How can we manage them? We can't really kill them all, right?"
The grievances in Emperor Tongzhi's heart suddenly surged up, and tears fell down.
Yi Pei's expression was extremely strange, and his heart was always fluctuating. Some words came to his lips and he swallowed them back. But seeing Emperor Tongzhi's pitiful look, he couldn't help but want to talk.
In the end, he made up his mind. After all, he can call me uncle, and he can call himself nephew. He just bows to this honorific, and I, as an uncle, can't help but speak.
"Your Majesty! I have nothing to say but your Majesty... You see, I don't have any slaves in my hands who are corrupt. That's because I control my slaves strictly, and I still want to be shameless!"
"Your Majesty, please take a closer look. Are there any half-minions of Prince Chun and Prince Gong among these corrupt people?"
The words were like thunder, and Zai Chun was so shocked that he couldn't say a word.
Yi Pei ignored it and continued, "Your Majesty imprisoned the three kings before. They deserved their punishment. I did not judge for them, but your Majesty did not set up a prison at that time. Many of the servants of these three kings were not implicated!"
"The people in the palace have been sold off, but many middle- and low-level servants still continue to do errands! In the Thirteen Treasurys of the capital, people like treasury managers have no share. Why are the lowest treasury clerks and treasury soldiers still there? There are some grain dealers, but none of them have any people?"
"Hey... Your Majesty! In the final analysis, Prince Qing does not count, just Prince Chun and Prince Gong, including Prince Chen, and the late Emperor... they are all descendants of Lord Daoguang, they are all melons on the same vine! "
"We are the real descendants of Aisin Gioro, and we are the ones who truly hope for the good of the Qing Dynasty!"
"Prince Gong and Prince Chun may have different ideas of governing the country from His Majesty, but they have the same mood for the good of the Qing Dynasty. They will not smash their own pots, nor will they destroy their own ships!"
"And who are these people? Since the founding of the country, they have been a group of relatives, not direct blood. Except for Aisin Gioro, everyone in the Qing Kingdom is an outsider!"
"In today's world, besides trusting direct blood relatives, who else can we trust?"
