However, Yongzheng truly trusted and loved Li Wei, and Li Wei was trusted and loved for three main reasons: First, Li Wei was loyal to Yongzheng and tried his best to do things for Yongzheng; Second, Li Wei is very capable and diligent, and he dares to do it. He is not afraid of powerful people and resolutely fights theft and corruption. Thirdly, Li Jue is smart and has a set of experience in managing salt affairs, collecting taxes and managing finances. Li Wei's advantages in these aspects have played a prominent role in rectifying the platform, improving finance, and especially stabilizing the dominant position after Yongzheng ascended the throne.
In addition, at that time, Li Jue was a dry minister personally trained by Yongzheng and belonged to his cronies. Shortly after Yongzheng ascended the throne, Wu Sidao, Nian Gengyao, Li Jue and Tian Wenjing all strongly supported Yongzheng's ruling cause, so Li Jue was competent, professional, loyal to Yongzheng and not afraid of powerful people. Naturally, he was quite popular with Yongzheng.
Li Wei (stills)
Li Wei is neither a trained person nor a senior official. He was born in a well-off family in Fengxian County, Jiangsu Province. He got the position of Foreign Minister by donation, and soon entered North Korea as a Foreign Minister of the Ministry of War (from Wu Pin) and held real power. Because of his outstanding work, in the fifty-eighth year of Kangxi (17 19), Li Wei was promoted to be a doctor of the Ministry of Finance (Zheng Wuping).
Although Li Wei was born in a wealthy family, he was not a prominent family. He has no official background, but he has been promoted quickly. From the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi (17 17) to the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727), I was idle for ten years. He held important positions at all levels and eventually became a governor, a court official and a provincial government official.
Li Wei
Li Wei is obviously inseparable from the cultivation and reuse of Yongzheng. Rapid promotion of officialdom
When Yongzheng was still Prince Yong, he noticed Li Wei and knew that he was brilliant and loyal. Yongzheng paid special attention to Li Wei and personally taught him many times. Yongzheng paid special attention to Li Wei. On the one hand, he loves talents; On the other hand, he is interested in cultivating his talents.
Immediately after Yongzheng acceded to the throne, Li Wei was appointed as Zhili Post Road. At that time, the management of salt affairs in Yunnan was chaotic. Yongzheng was appointed as Yunnan Salt Mail Road before Liwei Zhili Mail Road took office. In the post of Yan Yidao, Li Wei is very bold and has done a good job. He has made remarkable achievements. In the second year of Yongzheng (1724), Li Wei was promoted as the special envoy of Yunnan government, in charge of the fiscal revenue of the whole province, and still managed the salt affairs in Yunnan.
Since then, the management of salt affairs and fiscal revenue has become Li Wei's specialty, and the Yongzheng Dynasty has just been established. At that time, Yong Zhengdi was struggling with a deficit. On the one hand, by copying corrupt officials, collecting money and enriching the state treasury; On the other hand, by managing salt affairs and collecting taxes, the economic and financial income of the court was increased. The court urgently needs officials who are trustworthy and capable of doing things for the court. Li Wei became a very useful official in Yongzheng Dynasty.
In the third year of Yongzheng (1725), Li Wei was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang and served as a local official. In the fourth year of Yongzheng (1726), Li Wei became the governor of Zhejiang and concurrently served as the salt envoy of Zhejiang. He made great efforts to sort out the salt policy, especially to investigate and deal with illegal salt, which blocked the loopholes in the salt policy. The imperial court increased a lot of income in salt policy. Yong Zhengdi is very satisfied with Li Wei's performance.
Yongzheng (stills)
In the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727), Li Wei was promoted to be the governor of Zhejiang, in charge of governor affairs, and became the provincial government. Li Wei rose to the top in officialdom. In ten years, he rose from an official with five qualities to a governor. Li Wei's case shows that you should be promoted quickly, be loyal to the leader, be capable and enterprising, and be able to work in key official duties and key positions. Li Wei has expertise in salt management and taxation. At that time, Yong Zhengdi lacked capable and professional talents that could be trusted completely. Li Wei is a good piece of steel. Yongzheng used it on the blade, so he was promoted quickly.
Li Wei and Wu Sidao (stills)
In the early years of Yongzheng, he inherited the financial difficulties in the last years of Kangxi. Yongzheng needed to improve the financial situation in time, and Jiangnan salt affairs was one of the important economic sources of the court. However, due to the collusion between officials and businessmen, the salt affairs in Jiangnan have been in a state of chaos, and officials have been constantly rectifying, which has increased the income for the court. Li Wei is very useful.
Salt industry is an official monopoly. There were more than a dozen salt areas in Qing dynasty, and Zhejiang salt area was O.
First, strengthen the construction of anti-smuggling team and strengthen the power to crack down on big salt owners. At that time, Shen Shi, a big salt owl, had a salt fleet, several big ships and hundreds of salt protection teams. He is very arrogant in smuggling and often confronts or even attacks the official anti-smuggling team. Li Jue used Han to deal with Shen Shi and finally arrested the big salt owl.
Second, regular officers and men patrol on the way to arrest smugglers. In the fourth year of Yongzheng (1726), in view of the serious situation of illegal salt flooding, Li Jue proposed and was allowed to set up a private patrol survey for officers and men in Chang 'an Town, Haining County, and ordered officials and military representatives such as Changzhen Road and Jingkou to conduct a thorough investigation on land and water, thus blocking the passage of illegal salt from Huaibei to Zhejiang salt sales area and ensuring the sales of Zhejiang salt.
Third, the imperial court patrolled the imperial court, established a patrol mechanism centered on Chang 'an Town, Haining, and asked the imperial court and other officials to order the lieutenant and city guards to arrange land and water troops around Jiangsu, Changsong and Jiangnan towns to arrest smugglers at any time.
Li Jue's achievements in salt control have dealt a heavy blow to salt officials and offended some local officials who colluded with them. However, he was resolute and strictly enforced the law, managed salt affairs for the court, put an end to smuggling and increased the financial income of the court. Therefore, he was promoted and favored by Yong Zhengdi.
Li Wei actively took various effective measures to rectify salt affairs during his tenure as Zhejiang salt envoy: