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”His Majesty's brow is furrowed again. His Majesty is troubled again. It's because Zhang Chang …” Zhang LEqi? ” Rong'er hurriedly changed his words when he recalled that Zhang Leyan had already been stripped of her title.
”No, she was punished, and I don't need to brood over it. I'm worried about the court's matters.” Xuan Ye softly said. His hand gently probed Rong'er's forehead, but luckily, it wasn't burning hot.
Rong'er nodded and said, ”It's the south that's troubling the emperor again.” Rong'er's heart ached as he gently held Xuan Ye's hand with both of his hands.
He softly said, ”That's right, I have nothing to hide from you. I just feel that I, the emperor, am not up to the standard, and have no way to break through the enemy's defenses, even after being pressured step by step by the enemy. I'm really afraid that one day I'll be forced to no longer have a way out, what should I do then?”
”Your majesty has already said it himself. For the time being, you haven't thought of a way to defeat the enemy. But Rong'er has confidence in you, so you will definitely think of it.” Rong'er didn't know about the war, she only knew that she was going to give the Emperor confidence.
”Well, maybe.” Xuan Ye stood up and walked around the room.
Rong'er also sat up. She didn't say anything, only silently looking at Xuan Xuan Xuan. She knew that he was once again thinking about something.
After a long while, Xuan Ye said in a soft voice, ”The treasury is in imminent danger. Some ministers have suggested giving money to the officials. However, this official's appointment is something that I believe should be done, and the examiners should be able to use the talents of the imperial court. My heart is in conflict with this.” Xuan Ye thought for a moment before continuing, ”I am thinking of a plan for the country. There are only two things I would like to consider. Firstly, the long-term plan may not have much effect at first, but it will still hold for a long time. And secondly, the current plan may work for a long time. It may work for a long time, but it can solve the problem that we are facing. I think maybe I really can't say arbitrarily whether I should think about it in the long run or at the moment, but it should be decided at times. For example, in the long run, although there is no benefit in harming the people, it can solve the problem of the empty treasury right now. ”
Rong'er smiled and interjected, ”Yu Dazhi, right now, the country is in danger, so we should consider the current situation, right?”
Xuan Ye nodded his head lightly. ”But I'm also thinking, if this donating official becomes unable to work for the people after taking office and instead arouses the anger of the people, then would it be like lifting a rock and smashing one's own foot?”
”This... Then he would strictly examine the person who donated the silver? Those with bad morals are not allowed to donate? ” Rong'er frowned and asked.
Xuan Ye sighed heavily helplessly. ”Perhaps I really can't think too much about it. The nation is at stake, and the military needs much more.”
Rong'er knew that the emperor already had an idea.
Kangxi, September 13. At the meeting of the Ministry of War, all the serving officials of Manchu government donated guns to supplement their ranks. In addition, the remaining members donated 30 guns, idlers and younger brothers. Donate 40 rods, and you are allowed to enter. Entering the Crown Prince to study, and rich A to donate 40 rods, to the ninth grade to carry.
In October of the thirteenth year of Kangxi, due to the numerous areas of rebellion, the Qing court officially returned to accept large amounts of money and grain in order to pacify the rebellion. The following provisions are made for the donation of persons of different identities:
The present civil and military officials and gentry who donate two hundred taels of silver or four hundred stones of rice shall be allowed to record once; those who donate three hundred taels of silver and four hundred taels of silver or six hundred and eight hundred stones of rice shall record twice and three times respectively; those who donate five hundred taels of silver or one thousand stones of rice shall be granted an additional grade.
Scholars, High Scholars, and Gongsheng donated silver by 80 taels of silver and 150 taels of silver, or rice by 160 taels of stone and 300 of stone, respectively, recorded once and twice on the date of their appointment; those who donated silver by a total of 300 taels of silver or 600 taels of rice by 100 taels of silver were granted an additional rank on the date of their appointment.
The students such as hyperplastic, epiphytic and cyan can be transferred to the Ministry of Rites for study, depending on the number of silver or rice donated.
The wealthy donates one hundred taels of silver, one hundred and fifty taels of silver and two hundred and fifty taels of rice, two hundred stones, three hundred stones and five hundred stones, respectively, to the public for display on the signboard, the honor of the ninth grade and the honor of the eighth grade.
At the same time, there are some restrictions on the qualification of donation. System:
No donation shall be made to any person who has committed heinous acts of embezzlement, lost his town or land, cheated money or grain, cheated in a scientific field, committed evil crimes against the people and any officer who has been stripped of his position at or above the third rank. If, however, he is dismissed for evading theft, delinquency of money and provisions, or for causing malfeasance in public service, he shall be granted the highest honor in the original if the number of his donations varies from the official of the fourth to the official of the ninth rank. He who had been stripped of the service of the High Scholar and the High Scholar would donate one hundred and fifty taels of silver or two hundred and fifty taels of silver.
Over the next three years, due to the shortage of military supplies, there were many changes to the regulations on donation, such as nano-scale rice, straw, birdgun, bow and arrow. In the following three years, more than 2 million silver was donated to the Qing government, while the number of people in Zhixian County had increased to over 500, and the number of students increased to hundreds of thousands. At the same time, the Qing government also set up a discretionary system of recruitment for the Recruitment of People's Recruitment Fields, stipulating that any person who was above thirty years of age as a member of the gongsheng, the supervision, the personnel and the people's reclamation fields would pass on to the official and the soldier departments to test their literary and artistic standards and give them to the county officials, the county officials, the garrison officers, and the head of the department. However, if the local officials are not good at the full number of Reclamations, or have not been able to solve the problem, as usual.
The system of donation lasted until Kangxi was twenty years old and the judgment was settled.