The fourth master of the Qing Dynasty escaped from his concubine

Chapter 21 The Theory of Shepherd Dogs ([-])

"Fourth Master, have you ever heard of a shepherd dog?"

It’s a new word, “What is a sheepdog?”

Sure enough, I met an unknown ancient and had a chance to show off.

"A kind of domesticated dog, used to guard and herd livestock, especially sheep. The brochure says that the accounts should be made public and allowed to be supervised by the people. This is actually a very effective supervision mechanism."

However, it is more applicable to modern democratic regimes rather than autocratic monarchy regimes.

"Then why did you just say that it shakes the foundation of the country?"

It is simply self-contradictory and cannot be justified!
"Accounts like this are equivalent to the rewards and punishments given by officials and nobles to the army. As Laozi and Han Feizi said, "It is an important weapon of the country and cannot be shown to others."

Quoting the scriptures and using the whip to penetrate it, there are two blows!Fourth Master nodded, her knowledge was not what ordinary women should have.

"The people supervise the officials, supervise the sheep and even control the shepherd dogs. This is the prelude to changes. To ensure the safety of the country, control must be firmly in the hands of the shepherd." As he spoke, Lanlan subconsciously held the palm of his left hand. Tight, as if holding the power in the palm of your hand.

Very good, very well said, every sentence is on point.

These words have very high political opinions. It would take a lot of hard work for a man to say them, but it would be hard for a woman who has lived in a house for a long time to say them.

When it comes to firmly grasping control, Yinzhen has only heard the teachings of one person. There is only one person in the world who can say it, and only that one person can firmly grasp control.

"The shepherd is the emperor, the shepherd dogs are the officials, and the sheep are the common people. If the emperor wants to settle down and protect his home, it is inevitable to raise dogs."

This is the first time I heard someone scolding a dog so politely!
"Is this what you said, supporting corrupt officials?"

"Yes. In order to ensure that the blood-stained country will never change color, we must tolerate the existence of this hidden rule of secret collusion and private give-and-take, and also allow it to develop within a controllable range. Even if one day it becomes a disaster, let alone early It has already turned into a huge wave.”

Don't tell me, these words are getting more and more shocking!
Wonderful and profound!
The Fourth Master looked at her in disbelief and grabbed the last sentence, "It's already spread? Are you raving again?"

Luanlan said bravely: "No, everything I said is true."

"It's true, huh, have you ever seen officialdom?" Even though what she said before was very reasonable, after all, she is a woman who has not experienced the world. The fourth master does not want to agree with the following!

Um, you have a bad mouth, it seems like you have a cannon, so you can only get wise in a hurry.

Lanlan calmed down for a while and carefully searched for the little historical details that were left in his mind.

According to historical records, in the 39th year of Kangxi's reign, 23-year-old Yinzhen accompanied Emperor Kangxi to inspect the Yongding River construction site to inspect the quality of the project.

Let’s start from here, I hope history does not deceive others!
"I heard that in the 39th year of Kangxi's reign, I inspected the Yongding River project with the emperor. Although I have not been involved in officialdom, I have seen the dirty things behind the superficial project."

"You mean, all I see are superficial projects?"

Lanlan held his forehead and said, "Not entirely."

"Tell me, what are the dirty things you've seen?"

The fourth master looked like a liar was bragging, and his face was full of disbelief in her.

Gritting his teeth, trying to calm himself down, Roland continued to talk nonsense:

"Throughout the past dynasties, water conservancy projects have been a large expense that is indispensable for the stability of the country. The funds spent on repairing rivers have reached one-fifth of the national tax revenue. Not all of this money is used to repair rivers. Most of them are used to feed people and moths. Long live the Lord can't see these, but he knows them clearly in his heart."

At this point, my rotten head began to break out into thin sweat unconsciously, and the fine hair on my forehead was already wet.

The fourth master was stunned. One-fifth of the tax revenue, except for the people from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the emperor, who else knew the country's financial secrets.

How did she find out?

As she said, finance, "is an important weapon of the country and should not be shown to others."

How did she find out?
As for her statement that the imperial court spends one-fifth of its tax revenue every year to raise moths, this is simply unheard of and shocking!
You must know that one-fifth of the tax revenue is reviewed and approved by him, the minister of household affairs. Has he been fooled by the minions below all these years?
No reason! !
Also, does his emperor, the Holy Lord of Heaven, really let aphids eat away at the Sheji Building?

With suspicion, Fourth Master asked tentatively: "You mean, Huang Ama turns a blind eye to these things?"

He said weakly: "Maybe?"

"Absurd!" The big palm on the document slapped again.

"Pa—" The table legs trembled.

Fourth Master's eyes were opened, and it turned out that these huge moth organizations were the backbone of the building.

A moment of silence.

Lowering his head, Lanlan felt that the rain was about to come and the wind filled the building.

"How did you find out about these things?"

Could it be that he was questioning the authenticity of these words? No, he was questioning the authenticity of her person!
She said too many things that a woman of this era should not say.

how round?
Could it be that if she honestly confessed that she came from a new era hundreds of years in the future, that she knew astronomy, geography, and was almost omnipotent, wouldn't she be burned to death as a goblin by this feudal and pedantic ancient?
Or are you lucky enough to be worshiped as a god?

No, you can't take chances. One wrong step and you'll be doomed!
After much thought, she could only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and racked her brains to come up with words that she almost believed:

"The slave's father was promoted from a boy student to a student officer in the early years, and he was just a supernumerary student without a living. Providing for his family became the first task he faced as a poor scholar. However, fortunately, the internal corruption of the imperial officials gave the public a chance to Eat.”

"What did you say?"

Didn't he starve to death because of the corruption of the imperial court?This is not only ridiculous, it is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!

"I know that such a statement is unbelievable and absurd, but this kind of absurdity exists everywhere in the world."

Regardless of Fourth Master's dumbfoundedness, surprise is the best way to persuade him to defeat surprise in one fell swoop, and he states the historical facts straightforwardly:
"I am responsible for transporting grain from the south to the north, and my father has been making a living at the mouth of the canal for a long time. He is just a small official, but he relies on fourteen tricks to exploit farmers."

"Deliberately hate others, use them to criticize others, openly and covertly criticize them, and suppress them superficially."

"In addition, they also extorted money for housebreaking, money for sifting fans, money for kicking feet, money for pickpocketing, money for wine, money for tickets, money for bedding, etc."

"And asked farmers to submit sample rice, downwind rice, dendrobium-growing rice, and rat-consumed rice,"

"Secretly deducting grain from savings, extorting money according to the amount of stone, and cleverly creating various pretexts to extort money."

"This is just extorting farmers' hard-earned money, and there are a series of rules among their officials for sharing the spoils."

One by one, these pieces of furniture were rotten and piled out like treasures, as if they were criminals who had confessed to their crimes.

But she is confident!
This is not a righteous act of annihilation, nor is it a confession scene. She is just using facts to force Fourth Master to recognize the reality.

"Do you know what you are talking about? You are not asking for trouble! These words you say can put the Qian family in jail and be punished in an instant!"

Ha, "I just put the dirty things in the dark on the table. Some things will not die when exposed to the light."

"Besides, do you dare to touch my father?"

Lanlan took a step closer to Fourth Master, and her tone seemed as powerful as the power behind her.

The latter really didn't know where the former had the confidence to say such provocative words. Tianhuang nobleman's natural arrogance made him laugh loudly and said:
"How dare you not? He is just a ninth-grade official. Crushing him is like crushing an insignificant ant!"

Lanlan looked at the future emperor in front of her with disdain. He was still a hot-blooded boy who didn't know the heights of the sky. She was naturally confident when she dared to speak like this.

"Oh, why are you so immature? You may not know how many hamsters like my father were there in the prosperous times. They are entrenched under the building. You have to know that if you make a move and affect the whole body, the more people there are, the more powerful you are! "Illegal crimes, corruption, and how dare you be so arrogant when you meet an official. It's really unreasonable under the clear sky!"

Such an arrogant tone is all due to the toughness of the background. Fourth Master should not think too much about the power behind her that cannot be underestimated!

At first I thought she was just an ant, a wild cat without claws, but now it seems she is a wolf that can fight back!

Fourth Master held the words in his mouth and asked himself vaguely, "Can't such long-term evils be eradicated?"

The answer to such a question has long been self-evident, but Yongzheng took 13 years to answer it.

Clarify that officialdom is just a beautiful dream.

Eradication is a joke!

Lanlan looked at this immature boy with a look that looked at a pitiful person, and sighed softly: "Hey."

After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he worked day and night, worked hard and slept hard. For thirteen years, his chronic diseases became more and more serious. In the end, he himself became ill from overwork and passed away without curing the already terminally ill imperial court.

If he had also traveled through time and traveled to modern times to see his own history, he would probably be moved to tears by his own efforts.

Sadly, there are some things that just can’t be done no matter how hard you try.

Hearing the outspoken woman in front of him sighing that he should have breathed out, the Fourth Master couldn't help but ask: "What are you sighing for?"

I sigh because your achievements in just thirteen years have failed to achieve success in the area of ​​official corruption. "Sigh, there are some things that even if you have the intention, you are powerless. In fact, there is such an unspoken rule of sharing the wealth that hides evil and people. The existence of history is inevitable, which means that corruption must exist!"

"certain?"

Probably because of his talent!

Fourth Master is already listening with all ears.

"Because, behind it is the foundation of the country! So many poor scholars just study hard and have no social labor to contribute. They are equivalent to the monks raised by the 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties. The common people have become monks (study exams) , who farms, who plows, who weaves, who produces?

"You don't even have children, but instead you ask the last group of working people in the society to raise such a group of people who only know how to eat and chant Buddha all day long. Isn't this a waste of people and money?"

"Thanks to this unspoken rule of fat-sharing, a large number of rice earners have been fed, and they have even been able to live a good and decent life. For example, my father, before he became a minor official, relied on the little oil he wiped out from the manhole. I have married a nine-bedroom aunt, and together with my mother who died young, there are ten mouths waiting for food, all of which are fed."

In this way, I am still a little proud!
The fourth master was silent for a while, secretly remembering these words in his heart, and the emperor's long-cherished wish - to clarify the administration of officials was born.

It was probably this brief moment of calm that reminded Fourth Master that they seemed to be going too far! !

"You have said so much, but you have not mentioned how supporting corrupt officials provides disaster relief?"

Yes, this guy caught his surprise and anger from the beginning, and kept surrounding him with the words "supporting corrupt officials".

Not to mention that it’s rotten, but I haven’t realized that my throat is dry after talking for a long time, and I haven’t gotten to the topic yet!
"Ahem, my method is to put a lot of silver into it, and the more fish will take the bait. This is breeding! Then seize this opportunity to punish him and make him spit out all the money he swallowed last time! In this way, there will be more money for disaster relief, and corrupt officials will be suppressed."

Fourth Master looked at Lanlan with admiration, and couldn't help shouting in his heart: Good, wonderful! !

His eyes were looking at Rotten more and more weirdly, and the thoughts in his mind were getting more and more dirty - so smart, why is she a woman? She should be a man!

Seeing the strange looks directed at her, Lanlan couldn't help but ask: "Isn't what I said bad?"

"well said"

More than good, simply good, not too good. One person is worth the weight of the brain trust behind him. He has a bunch of freeloaders behind him!

“How on earth did you acquire these political opinions?”

The art of the emperor begins with suspicion!
It seemed that he had to spend more words to dispel his doubts.

In a nutshell, thanks to the corruption of the Qing court, you can't say that, you have to talk a lot.

She might as well give some more advice to this eternal emperor, so that she can share in his eternal achievements.

"This is mainly due to the starting point my father gave me. After my father joined the army, he became a small errand officer under the Hedao Tongmen. Although he is just like a waiter in a restaurant, he is an inconspicuous errand boy. Son, there is a lot of oil and water in the river overflowing."

To be honest, Lanlan is really grateful to his father for this not-so-glamorous experience, which would be difficult for others to say.

The fourth master looked at the light in the woman's eyes, and she seemed to be talking about a great person.

But this person, standing at the top of the pyramid, the Fourth Master, seems to be just an ordinary official with good character and status, a drop in the bucket in a huge establishment!
"In Chengde, the place where river officials gather is where merchants gather. All kinds of antiques and curios, flowers, birds, fish and insects, and famous people all gather here."

"For winter mink fur coats, the merchants from Shanhaiguan picked the best ones and sent them to Chengde. The nobles in the capital got the rest from the officials in Chengde, because the nobles in the capital couldn't afford the ones from the Chengde rivermen. Big deal.”

"Actually, it's not just the officials in Chengde who should receive such treatment. The extravagant life of the river channel members in Chengde is just a microcosm of the life of the river channel members all over the world. Do you think this kind of treatment happens to the river channel members?"

"You mean to say..."

Actually, I don’t know what Lanlan wanted to express, so Fourth Master lengthened the ending sound in a pretentious manner.

Probably to maintain his man's self-esteem in front of a woman who is smarter than ordinary men, so that it seems that the two of them are on the same level of thinking!

"That's right, I said that one-fifth of the tax revenue of the imperial court is allocated to the construction of water conservancy projects every year. Have you never thought about why the imperial court allocates such a large amount of money every year?"

The well-informed Fourth Master, who was listening in the court, took this question as a sub-question without even thinking about it, and said casually: "Floods occur frequently, destroying farmland and houses."

No, Lanlan shook his head and rejected it.

"These are just reported at a discount. I think there are two reasons why the amount of money for water conservancy projects is so high."

Lanlan started gesticulating as he spoke, looking like an insightful politician.

"One: The quality of the project itself is not good. Why is the quality of the project not good? Because once the quality of the project is improved, the flood control and water storage capacity of the reservoir will be improved, the losses caused by floods will be small, and the court will no longer spend money on water conservancy. .”

"Second: Deliberately damaging the projects caused flooding, so the court had to spend a lot of money to repair these damaged projects."

"In short, there is no one-and-done project. There are too many variables in the middle. There is only a bottomless pit that can never be filled!"

I don’t know if Fourth Master’s eyes have fallen into a bottomless pit. His eyes are empty and it’s impossible to tell what he is thinking.

I think I grew up in an officialdom, so why don't I have the ability to see through the essence? Moreover, the person who said this is a woman. Doesn't it mean that women have long hair and short knowledge?
It can be seen that knowledge and hair length are not inversely proportional.

"I'm really curious how you came up with this idea? Don't tell me that you grew up watching your father being corrupt!"

"Well, this...my knowledge is indeed due to the education gained from the money my father embezzled..."

There was a pause...

What a quibble, why don't you quibble? I'm running out of words! !

After calming down for a while and thinking about it, an idea suddenly came to my rusty brain, "I was born in an imperial family, so I must have learned a lot. You should understand the principle of "nurturing bandits to respect themselves, and supporting bandits to enrich themselves, right?"

"Actually, everything in this world has the same truth, that is, it keeps repeating itself. The feudal historians will know how to use bandits to ask for money and food from the court, and river officials naturally know how to use water conservancy projects to ask for money from the court."

"The principles are the same. If you read more books, you will naturally understand them. So it is not surprising that I can speak like this."

　When people come, they cheer for you.

　　Those who have tickets will get a ticket.

　　You are 1 years old
　　You are 1 years old
　　
　
(End of this chapter)