In the Qing Dynasty, in order to monitor and guard against the Han people, the imperial court stationed the Eight Banners troops all over the country. The highest general of the Eight Banners Army is the general, and the highest officer in charge of administration, economy, military and many other affairs in the same area is the governor. From the level, the general is a first-class product, and the governor is a second-class product without the title of Ministry of War. Moreover, the generals are all Manchus, and the governor can hold the post of Manchu and Han. Comparatively speaking, the general is closer to the emperor, and the emperor trusts the general more, so the general's position is higher than that of the governor. But in normal times, the governor has a wide range of affairs under his jurisdiction, involving all aspects, so he has more real power than the general. Because the areas under the jurisdiction of the governor and the generals overlap and the scope of power crosses, conflicts and contradictions often arise in order to fight for power and profit, and this kind of mutual restraint and checks and balances between local officials is exactly what the court wants to see.
General Kui Lun of Fuzhou and Governor Wu Lanna of Fujian and Zhejiang are both stationed in Fuzhou, and their relations are also very harmonious. The two sides looked at each other coldly.
Quelun was born as a military commander, and was relatively clean as an official, but he liked prostitutes. However, the Qing dynasty explicitly prohibited officials from staying overnight for prostitution. The Law of the Qing Dynasty stipulates: "Anyone who keeps a prostitute as an official will be given a staff of 60, and the matchmaker will be reduced by one." Therefore, Quillen's behavior violated the law, and Ulana seized him and prepared to impeach Quillen for misconduct.
When Quillan learned that Urana was going to impeach him, he took the initiative. He played the emperor and reported the confusion of Fujian bureaucrats and the deficit of warehouses under Ulana. He said at the memorial service:
"Since last winter in Fujian Province, rice has been expensive, and robberies have been heard frequently. Bandits haunt every seaport, and even Wuhumen is near the provincial capital. Stolen ships are moored and robbed. ..... I heard that at the beginning of the second month, the committee members went to Funing to buy Gu Mi and helped Zhang Quan by sea. I heard that the ship has been loaded, and I am afraid that foreign bandits (pirates) have not arrived yet. Speaking of local affairs, it is said that warehouses in various counties do not actually store them. I have been in Fujian for seven years, although I have the responsibility to fight things, but I heard that there was a deficit in the local warehouse incident, and the governor tried to make up for it. If I listen, I am ignorant. At this point in the current situation, if it is not as clear as it is, it will bear grace and lose conscience. "
Not long ago, Song Fu, the governor of Zhejiang Province, committed suicide by taking poison for corruption. Ulana is in charge of oversight, and Qianlong is already dissatisfied with him. This time, when he saw Quelun's memorial, he was even more furious with Ulana, and immediately ordered: "In recent years, Fujian's official management has been extremely lax, which is caused by the governor's neglect of rectification at ordinary times. Wolana went to Taiwan Province Province, and it was easier to get there without a toilet. Pu Lin immediately came to Beijing to wait for orders, and Yao Zhuo made up for the lack of Fujian governors. "
Ganlong ordered the governor of Fujian to go to Beijing for investigation. Because of the uprising in Taiwan Province Province at that time, Urana led troops to Taiwan Province Province to suppress it, so he stayed for the time being and let Fujian Governor Pu Lin go to Beijing for orders.
When Quirrell saw it, his resentment was beyond words. He simply set a fire and made a second memorial for the emperor:
"Recently, the number of foreign pirates in Fujian Province has increased. Due to the high price of rice after the disaster in Zhangquanshui, Pu Lin did not handle it properly, so that the poor became bandits. Wu Lana is in Quanzhou, where hungry people are begging for food. Pu Lin extracted the remaining 62,000 yuan from Isobo, Francisco, and sent it there to buy rice to cook porridge ... I inquired about Isobo and said,' This silver coin was originally kept by the governor, but it has not been used yet', that is, this section, Iraq and others are determined to act, and they really can't ask. In addition, Ulana has no patience at all. The money is catered to by Chunhe Detai, and there are many uncoordinated situations. "
This means that pirates are rampant in Fujian, Zhang Quan suffers from natural disasters, and refugees become bandits. Governor Pulin misappropriated the balance of 62,000 yuan for disaster relief and concealed the truth with ulterior motives. Encouraged by Qian Shouchun and Detai, Ulana failed to complete many cases.
Seeing that the problem was serious, Qianlong ordered the removal of Ulana, Pu Lin, Yi Zhebu and Qian, and the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Lin acted as the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. Chang Lin didn't arrive, and Quillen signed it, asking Quillen to severely interrogate Ulana and Pulin.
When He Lv saw that Gan Long really wanted to find out the truth, he didn't dare to neglect. He immediately inspected the warehouse with newly deployed special envoy Tian Fengyi and found that the deficit was very serious. So he played for the third time and reported the results of the inventory:
"The former company has one cloth, and the existing miscellaneous silver 2,516,415; In the fifty-nine years of Qianlong, the amount of land expropriated by each county was142,000 yuan, except that Zhang Quan was flooded. In fact, it should be 1 1.2 million yuan. As of the second day of May, the cashier has received more than 330,000 taels, and the sales have expired, but only three tenths of them have been audited. Obviously, it is the counties that arbitrarily occupy money and grain, so that it cannot be completely solved. ..... is the deficit of the national treasury project in Fujian Province, which is not only warehousing, but also non-real warehousing. Yan Guang, Zeng Yuanji and Luo Jiaxin. The secretary of the vassal department said,' Fujian's warehouses suffered losses, which were untrue in the past, and now they continue to suffer losses, about * * * more than 2.5 million. There are two halls and two counties in the city, granary, where more than 53,000 stones are lost and 78,200 silver is stored. "
After reading it, Gan Long concluded that there must be serious corruption in Fujian. He approved on the throne: "This is a major event, which has already happened in two provincial capitals, two museums and two counties. Don't ask. " He was very angry and asked Quelun and Changlin to continue to dig deeper into the investigation.
After Chang Lin took office, he worked with Quelun to investigate the deficit case, and as a result, more than 30 state and county officials were found involved, almost all over Fujian officialdom. Yao Shu, who just succeeded Pu Lin as the governor of Fujian, was also reported to be suspected of misappropriating state treasury funds. As a result, he was removed from office, and Quelun temporarily replaced the governor of Fujian.
When Quelun saw that the case was getting more and more alarming, he began to be afraid. His original intention of reporting Ulana was only to get him dismissed and driven out of Fujian. He doesn't want to put him to death, because Urana is in-laws of Xiao Shenyang. If he has a deep hatred, it will be bad for him. Chang Lin and Wu Lanna are relatives of Ai Xinjue Roche, so they also intend to protect him, so both Chang Lin and Kuilun turned to protect Wu Lanna and tried to make a big deal out of it.
During the trial, Urana, Prin and Yi Zhebu all put the blame on their predecessors, only admitting their mismanagement and dereliction of duty, firmly denying misappropriation of public funds, and arguing that the 42,000 deficit was misappropriated by a treasurer of the political department named Zhou Jing. Chang Lin and Quelun knew that they were denying and shirking, but they didn't want to delve into it, so they played the trial results accordingly.
Ganlong was over eighty years old at that time, but he was not crazy. He knew at a glance that Changlin and Quelun were interested in maintaining Ulana, especially how could a micro-library collector grab such a huge sum of money? Isn't this an insult to the emperor's IQ? He flew into a rage and ordered the two men to be severely reprimanded: "I want to find out about extortion and bribery, and I won't do it." We should immediately inform Zhou Jing about the use of 42,000 yuan in the short-term treasury. If the minister intends to protect it and remove it for him, what if they are self-righteous? "
After being reprimanded by Gan Long, the two had to continue interrogating Isobo, but he still insisted on the original confession. Treasurer Zhou Jing confessed that the deficit of silver in the national treasury was misappropriated by him to fill the losses of his own bank, which had nothing to do with others. No matter how hard he pushes him, he will not change his mind. Gan Long ordered Izebs to be escorted back to Beijing for interrogation, but Izebs died suddenly on the way. His escort said that he had died of illness. Gan Long didn't believe it at all, but he didn't entangle himself in this matter. Instead, he continued to cling to it and ordered Urana and Prin to be personally escorted back to Beijing for trial.
Seeing that the prevarication could not go on, Chang Lin and Kui Lun had to give the true results of their investigation: Ulana took bribes152,000 yuan, and Pulin took bribes of 22,000 yuan. The provincial judge asked Qian Shouchun to deliberately delay the handling of the fight case in Changtai County, Zhangzhou, resulting in the death of ten people involved in the case in prison. In order to make up for the deficit in the warehouse, Buzheng Yizhebu filled the hole in the warehouse with 42,000 yuan of disaster relief funds.
Gan Long pretends to be a perfect old man. He has always been proud that he has created a rich life. He was going to abdicate, and it was going to end well. However, Fujian people are too corrupt, refugees are everywhere, and bandits are rampant, which discredits his prosperity. He was furious and determined to severely punish these corrupt officials.
Small Shenyang saw that the momentum was not good, and Ulana might lose her head and immediately put in a good word for him in front of Qianlong, but Qianlong's anger was hard to dissipate, so small Shenyang came up with a plan, that is, procrastination. He let the people who escorted Ulana and Pulin walk slowly on the road, dragging them to the meditation position of Qianlong, and the new emperor ascended the throne. At that time, there was an Amnesty, and Ulana's head was saved.
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However, Xiao Shenyang did not expect that Gan Long was determined not to spare these people. Seeing that their own demise was imminent, Urana and Pulin didn't come, so they sent guards around them and rushed to Beijing to arrest them. Little Shenyang has no choice.
After Wulanna and Pulin arrived, Gan Long personally conducted a trial in Fengzeyuan, but the two were still passing the buck, and Gan Long was furious and gave them heavy punishment. After several rounds of tossing and turning, Gan Long was over eighty years old and had no energy to spend with them, so he handed them over to the army for further examination.
After the incident, Ulana and others knew that their crimes were serious and they would be robbed of their property, so they tried their best to hide their property and transport some stolen goods away from the water. However, Qianlong was wily and had long expected that they would do this, so he ordered the provincial governments along the way to intercept their ship luggage and send personnel to seize their property. As a result, huge amounts of property were seized.
Li Tingjing, the magistrate of Suzhou, intercepted two ships in Wula, and copied 550 taels of Siyuan silver, 3 jade bottles with inlaid jade handles 1 12, 3 jade stoves, 494 sheepskins in lime, 567 silks and satins, 4 17 copper and tin utensils, and 402,000 silverware in the house.
In addition to real estate and fields in Beijing and other places, Purin also has a large number of gold and silver jewelry and furs, including: gold ingots and gold leaves * * * weigh 526 taels, Jin Ruyi jewelry weighs 258 taels, silver 2843 14 taels, silver ingots 5 1200 taels, and grain silver1930000 taels. Beads, jade, coral, precious stones, copper and magnetism: 9 coral beads, 7 tourmaline beads, 38 beeswax beads, 5 crystal beads, jade handle 157, 47 white jades, 49 blue jades, jasper 12, 7 small corals and sporadic small gems. Under the satin yarn: dressing gown 13, embroidered robe 46, men's and women's leather garments of various colors 173, fox fur 3 165438, satin of various colors 547, yarn of various colors 485, feather crepe, cotton cloth and summer cloth 49 1 piece.
In the face of such huge assets, Urana and Prin still pleaded not guilty, saying that these assets were the wages they had saved frugally for many years, the money they had saved, and the profits from their investment, and some of them were the dowry of their wives.
Ganlong is mad. He cursed: "What is the difference between this and Tang Yuanzhai's investigation of family wealth and pepper to eight hundred stones?" The two of them take bribes and bend the law, which is simply unreasonable! "
Qianlong refers to the fact that Yuan Zai, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, copied 800 stone peppers from his home when he was convicted of stealing property. At that time, all peppers were imported from overseas, which was extremely expensive. The total amount of 800 stone peppers is now 64 tons, which is an amazing amount.
In Qianlong's imperial edict, Wulanna and Pulin were beheaded, and the money was locked by Toona sinensis and taken to Beijing, handed over to the Ministry for punishment, and then taken back to Fujian for execution. In front of Fujian officials, he was beaten twice, flogged forty times and then beheaded. Gan Long said that his purpose was to make officials "dumbfounded, thinking that power for personal gain is absurd and greedy."
The descendants of Wu Lana, Pu Lin, Yi Zhebu and Qian Shouchun, if they were court officials or Guo Jian students, were all deprived of their official positions and fame, and then sent to Yili.
After the execution of Urana, Pulin and Qian Shouchun, Gan Long did not feel revenge. He vented his anger on Changlin and Kuilun. Finally, Changlin was dismissed for "always defending" and his property in Beijing was confiscated. Quelun, who dismissed the case, was exempted from punishment and temporarily replaced the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang to check the deficit of each state and county.
Finally, Quelun found that there were ten state and county officials with a deficit of12,000 yuan or more, including Li Tongzhi, Shaowu magistrate, Jiangle magistrate, Guo Tingkui, a relegated magistrate, and Yao, a magistrate in Shanghang. And asked them to be sentenced to prison. In addition, Gan and Li Tingcai have a deficit of less than 12,000 yuan, but they are notorious on weekdays, and they are also prepared to severely punish probation. The punishment of other members decreases in turn. The report on Yao Zhuo is unreliable, so he is allowed to continue to serve as the governor of Fujian.
After reading Quelun's paper, Gan Long thought the sentence was too light. He said: "In recent years, Fujian has been seeking for the same purpose, enriching itself and abusing power for personal gain, resulting in a shortage of money and grain in warehouses in the province and more and more rampant theft." Therefore, he decided to increase the punishment. 10 people who had been beheaded were beheaded, and other officials were promoted. After this case, Fujian officials died and were demoted, and Fujian officialdom experienced a formatting.
In this case, Gan Long showed his determination to punish corruption by thunder. However, in an authoritarian society, life and death are taken away from the emperor's mind. In a rage, some innocent officials in Fujian also ate the fish in the pool. Afterwards, it was found that some officials died unjustly, and some of these officials were good officials who were loyal to their duties.
Tian Fengyi, then Fujian's new minister in charge of checking the state treasury, found that the account book was different from the real thing during the verification process, and whether it was more or less, it was judged as a deficit. After these officials were executed, Fujian rechecked the statistics and found that there were hundreds of thousands of surplus in the inventory. However, it is not a blessing to have more thunder and less rain. These officials who died in vain can only blame them for being born in that era.
The ancients had long known the dangers of autocracy, so Wei Zhi warned Emperor Taizong: "If you are kind, you will think there is no reason to be happy. If you are punished, you will think there is no reason to abuse the punishment because of anger." This sentence is a wise saying, but it is so pale and powerless in the face of absolute imperial power. Qianlong is familiar with classics and Wei Zhi's ci. He won't know, but will he refrain from abusing punishment?