【Imperial ATM】
Kong Qian, a native of Weizhou, is a temporary worker in charge of local finance and taxation. He is a skilled accountant and cashier, and he is smart and tactful. After Li Cunxu took over Wei Bo, Kong Qian tried his best to please him. "Zhuang Zong and his right and left were all happy with him." Later, he was put in charge of finance and taxation.
During the bloody battle between the Liang and Jin Dynasties along the river, the Hedong Group had to face the powerful Later Liang, resist the Khitan in the north, and suppress the rebellion in the Heshuo area. The army fought for a long time and spent huge amounts of money on military expenditures. In order to demonstrate his outstanding financial ability, Kong Qian spared no effort in people's resources and collected taxes and levies, and actually met Li Cunxu's military needs, so he was deeply favored by Li Cunxu.
As early as when Zhu Wen conquered Heshuo and expedition to Youzhou in the north, Luo Shaowei, then the governor of the Wei Bo Army, had exhausted all his domestic savings in order to supply military supplies. So much so that Luo Shaowei felt that he had made a mistake that was too big to describe, and regretted it endlessly. Finally, he died of illness at the age of 34.
Later, Wei Bojun was also the focus of competition between Liang and Jin. War continued, the economy suffered a severe recession, and the people were extremely poor. For the sake of his own political achievements, Kong Qian did not care about the life and death of the people, imposed excessive taxes, and used all possible means, which caused the people of Weibo to boil with resentment and become full of hostility towards the regime of the Later Tang Dynasty.
Later, it was the rebellion in the Weibo area that sent Li Cunxu into the abyss of eternal destruction. This is something.
When Li Cunxu proclaimed himself emperor in Weizhou, Kong Qian recommended himself and asked to be a "renting envoy" (in charge of taxation). However, people generally opposed it and believed that Kong Qian was not qualified because he was not a Jinshi, not a member of a famous family, and had a relatively high previous position. Low, it is not appropriate to be suddenly promoted to such a high position.
Therefore, the privy envoy Guo Chongtao recommended Zhang Xian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. Zhang Xian was very talented in literature and was highly appreciated by Li Cunxu. Moreover, Zhang Xian's previous position was Secretary of Wei Bo Jieduzhang, which should be understood as Secretary-General of the Provincial Party Committee. Although it is not very accurate, it is still higher than Kong Qian's position.
Li Cunxu then asked Zhang Xian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to concurrently serve as the envoy of Zuyong, and Kong Qian as the deputy envoy of Zuyong.
It was this word "vice" that made Kong Qian unhappy for a long time. From then on, his goal in life was to get rid of this word "vice". For this goal, Kong Qian tried his best, at all costs, and at all conspiracies, and contributed one hilarious joke after another to the boring history.
Zhuangzong entered Bian and Hou Liang perished. Kong Qian sensed an opportunity to make a comeback, so he rushed to Bianzhou to lobby the powerful Guo Chongtao. He put on a selfless face and spoke generously: "Weizhou is an important town, the northern capital of the empire. It is of great importance and must be Only a heavyweight with high moral standing and both ability and political integrity can sit in charge and preside over the work, and I think it is none other than Comrade Zhang Xian.”
Guo Chongtao thought so and was moved by Comrade Kong Qian's noble character, so he petitioned Zhang Xian to be the deputy left-behind officer in Yedu (Weizhou).
A simple understanding is: Zhang Xian was promoted from the director of the Internal Revenue Service to the mayor of a municipality directly under the Central Government and the top military and political leader.
Kong Qian's purpose in recommending Zhang Xian for promotion was to get Zhang Xian out of his position of "renting a mediocre envoy". Although the "rental envoy" and accountant are not as big as the official positions of military and political leaders, they are a coveted job, and they also require high professional skills. After Zhang Xian resigned, the best candidate for the new "Zuyong Envoy" was of course him, the "Zuyong Deputy Envoy".
In order to become a regular employee, Kong Qian worked very hard.
Kong Qian's plan was half successful. Comrade Zhang Xian was appointed as the leader of Yedu, and the imperial court appointed Comrade Douluge, the prime minister, as a temporary envoy and a salt and iron transport envoy.
Kong Qian wanted to cry but had no tears.
He will not give up. Since he can get rid of Zhang Xian, he can also get rid of Douluge, but the specific operations are slightly different.
Kong Qian's method for Zhang Xian was to promote him, but Douluge was the prime minister and served concurrently. He was already a highly respected minister and could not be promoted any further, so he could only be demoted.
So Kong Qianyi devoted himself to the work of the Voluntary Discipline Inspection Commission without hesitation, secretly collecting Douluge's work mistakes or misconduct through various means.
Hard work paid off, and Kong Qian finally caught Douluge's handle: embezzling public funds!
Kong Qian showed Guo Chongtao the evidence he had, which was a note written by Doulu Ge himself, borrowing hundreds of thousands. The history books did not give specific figures and units, but it was a huge sum of money.
Kong Qian also put on a considerate and hypocritical face, saying that Comrade Douluge was the prime minister of the empire and had many things to do and was busy with affairs, while the post of the envoy, although his official position was not high, had a heavy workload. Look, Douluge Comrades often make omissions at work...
Who is Guo Chongtao? During the war to destroy Liang, he made suggestions for Li Cunxu and was deeply trusted. In many things, Guo Chongtao exuded the shadow of Zhang Chengye. Kong Qian's little trick of borrowing a knife to kill someone can deceive Guo Chongtao for a while, but he cannot deceive Guo Chongtao for the rest of his life. Guo Chongtao was vaguely aware of Kong Qian's bad intentions.
But even if Kong Qian's motives were impure, they had ironclad evidence after all. Guo Chongtao could only invite Douluge to drink tea and talk with him.
Douluge actually had no outstanding talents. He was not only average in knowledge, but also average in conduct. The reason why he became prime minister was just because he came from a famous family. Li Cunxu used him as a political vase. In fact, his "famous family" is debatable. His father and ancestors were all minor officials such as governors, and the historical records clearly indicate that he "lost his lineage." In a word, he doesn't know where he came from, so how can he talk about a famous family?
In fact, Douluge's worship of the prime minister was completely a reflection of Li Cunxu's political wisdom.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Cunxu was able to navigate various political forces with ease. In fact, this is the only way for all teams to develop and grow. It is a key link in studying a group, but it is also the most easily overlooked link, such as the ranking of Liangshan heroes.
When Li Cunxu proclaimed himself emperor, Houliang had not yet been destroyed, the Heshuo area had not yet been fully controlled, and the north was still facing the powerful and greedy Khitan. Therefore, when Li Cunxu proclaimed himself emperor, he was still in a relatively weak position, especially for The top of Heshuo Mountain must be given special care and preferential treatment.
In layman's terms, in the senior positions of the central government, enough positions must be reserved for comrades from the former Zhenzhou Chengde Army and Dingzhou Yiwu Army, so that they can enjoy full political voice and social status.
Let’s just take the prime minister who is the “head of a hundred officials” as an example:
The best candidate for prime minister must be someone with high moral character and high prestige, preferably someone who comes from a well-known family and served as a high official in the Tang Dynasty. Talent, learning and character are not important. They are still political vassals anyway. The real power lies with Li Cunxu's direct relatives—— In the hands of Guo Chongtao.
At that time, Li Cunxu had two unofficial candidates in his mind. One was Su Xun, one of the "Six Ministers Carrying the Coffin", the shameless slave who knew how to "worship the palace" and offer "Japanese Painting Brush"; the other was Lu Rubi.
