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Chapter 911 Yongzheng's Achievements and Faults

"Thank you for your concern, little immortal. I will definitely take good care of my body and will never take any elixirs," Yongzheng said. The little immortal had repeatedly emphasized that elixirs were poisonous, so how could they still take them? It's not like they want to live longer.

"That's fine. In fact, I'm afraid that there are many people who won't listen. Even if they are told that the pill is poisonous, they will still take it." There are such people, and there are quite a few of them.

Just insisting on what you believe is like not understanding what others say. Li Wu doesn't know what to say about this.

Anyway, she has said it and done it, so it is none of her business whether she listens or not.

If she listens, that's fine. If she doesn't want to listen, then don't listen. It's not her life, so she has no right to control it.

The three did not respond to the immortal's words. This was true, but they would not say anything more.

Lest the fairy get angry.

"Let us toast to Emperor Yongzheng," Li Wu said, raising his glass, and the three of them also raised their glasses.

"Then I will now talk about your achievements and faults, Emperor Yongzheng. According to the old rules, I will naturally talk about your achievements first.

Emperor Yongzheng, your achievements mainly include rectifying the administration of officials, implementing the policy of returning land tax and fire consumption tax to the public, changing the system of native officials to officials, establishing the Grand Council and the secret memorial system, etc.

When I talked about your deeds as Emperor Yongzheng, I actually mentioned these as well.

Emperor Yongzheng, you are in the field of economic and tax reforms.

The poll tax was abolished and the ding silver was included in the land tax, which reduced the burden on landless farmers and promoted population growth and labor mobility. It was evaluated as "the ding silver was levied according to the land area, and there was no way to deceive."

There is also the issue of fire consumption being returned to the public, which I have just mentioned.

That is to standardize the collection of local additional taxes, bring the fire consumption silver under central management, and distribute part of it as maintenance silver, which will both curb corruption and improve the treatment of officials.

Emperor Yongzheng established the Grand Council to innovate the political system.

This Grand Council was composed of 5 to 7 ministers who took orders directly from the emperor. It improved decision-making efficiency and strengthened centralization, becoming the core power organ in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.

The secret memorial system was also promoted, allowing more than 1,200 officials to report directly to the emperor and strengthen the imperial power monitoring system.

Regarding border areas and social changes, Emperor Yongzheng abolished the hereditary system of chieftains in the southwest, established management by mobile officials, and strengthened central control over ethnic minority areas. Although this triggered local resistance, it promoted border development in the long run.

There is also the abolition of the slave class, the liberation of the untouchable class such as the musicians, the relaxation of personal dependence, the promotion of social equality, etc. In fact, Emperor Yongzheng has made many contributions, but I will stop here," Li Wu nodded when he talked about Yongzheng.

In fact, the immortal did mention some of these when he talked about his deeds.

After hearing about Yongzheng's achievements, the ancestors in front of the sky curtain nodded, especially the emperors. In fact, they still hoped that the emperor would go to the throne, those who were relatively wise. The incompetent emperors could not go. They disagreed and they had not gone yet. Those incompetent emperors could not even think about it.

Those emperors went there to learn about what other emperors did and to draw lessons from them. It is really not easy to be an emperor. Many times they don’t know whether their decisions are right or wrong.

There is no reference, especially for many founding emperors. It is impossible to refer to all the previous dynasties. However, the good ones will still be referred to.

In fact, there are many generous emperors in the barrage who would share their ideas on governing the country. They were not from the same dynasty, so there was no harm in sharing these. Even if they did not share them, if they could go to the future, in fact, all of them would be told out by the immortals.

Moreover, they also knew the governing philosophies of the previous and later emperors.

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"Now that I have discussed your achievements, let me talk about your faults, Emperor Yongzheng.

Your faults mainly include harsh political means, cruel treatment of brothers and royal family members, widespread literary inquisition, and implementation of superstitious policies.

Emperor Yongzheng, you used harsh political methods. You established the Grand Council and implemented the secret memorial system, which made the decision-making process highly concentrated on the emperor himself and weakened the role of the traditional cabinet.

Although this approach improved administrative efficiency, it also led to officials supervising each other and the political atmosphere was very tense.

Everyone was on guard against each other so as not to offend anyone accidentally, and they lived in fear every day.

And you were very harsh in dealing with your political opponents, such as members of the Eighth Lords Party.

Not only were they stripped of their titles and imprisoned, they also used insulting names and even framed innocent people.

Emperor Yongzheng was also very cruel to his brothers and royal family members. In order to consolidate the imperial power, you took extreme measures against your brothers who participated in the fight for the throne. The punishment was far beyond the scope of political needs, which caused future generations to question your character.

He also attacked other members of the royal family on trumped-up charges and was criticized for "forming a faction to attack dissidents," which destabilized the foundation of his rule.

And you, Emperor Yongzheng, launched a large-scale literary inquisition. Well, this literary inquisition existed in many dynasties, with different levels of severity.

However, Emperor Yongzheng, your literary inquisition is indeed a bit serious.

Closely monitor the thoughts of intellectuals and restrict the free development of culture.

For example, in the case of Lu Liuliang, his family was severely punished and their bones were crushed to ashes!

This is really serious, and it was not just Emperor Yongzheng who carried out literary inquisitions. Many emperors of the Qing Dynasty did the same.

In your later years, Emperor Yongzheng, you became obsessed with the art of immortality and advocated auspicious signs, which led to officials falsifying their political achievements and exacerbating corruption in the bureaucracy.

I have finished talking about your achievements and faults, Emperor Yongzheng," Li Wu breathed a sigh of relief, finally finishing everything, but the rain outside was getting heavier.

I don’t know which scumbag made this sworn oath, it rained heavily every day and there were thunder and lightning.

"Thank you, little immortal. Now that I know about it, I will naturally correct it when I go down," Yongzheng said. Knowing his mistakes, he would definitely correct them when he goes down.

And you can actually ask the people behind him.

"Emperor Yongzheng, you don't have to be so polite. As long as we can help you, our ancestors, it's already very good," Li Wu raised his glass again, and several people also raised their glasses.

He put down his wine glass and said, "Looking at the weather, we definitely can't go out to play today. Seniors, let's eat first. You can read books or do anything you want later."

"Actually, I want to try out the astronomical telescope, little fairy. Can I see anything through the astronomical telescope on this rainy day?" Kublai Khan asked curiously. Wanyan Aguda and Yongzheng also became interested. Not only did they want to know the question, but they also wanted to know it.

Li Wu was confused for a moment. What? An astronomical telescope? She had put it away a long time ago and only used it once. She never used it again. She didn't expect it to be brought up today.

"Well, I don't know either. Xiaodu, Xiaodu, can an astronomical telescope be used for stargazing on rainy days?"

If you have any questions you don’t know, you can ask Xiaodu.

"No! You can't use an astronomical telescope to observe the stars effectively on rainy days."