Chatting with the Qing emperor.

Wanli, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was notoriously greedy for money, and historical records recorded that he dared to abuse power for personal gain. Wanli is quite atmospheric sometimes. The funds for the "three major levies of Wanli" are not reduced by a dime, and the money is not really deducted. However, it also reflects that Wanli is really rich. The key to the revenue of Wanli Emperor in Ming Dynasty came from the exchange of land tax for silver. In the late Ming dynasty, after the orthodox dynasty, the annual income of the inner shipper kept the consumption quota.

In order to abuse power for personal gain, Emperor Wanli of the late Ming Dynasty came up with a strange trick, that is, asking local officials to pay tribute to him on time, and taking the amount of money received as the key criterion for the performance evaluation of senior officials. Even if ordinary people have dogs, they have to pay the corresponding taxes and fees to the emperor. Eunuchs were also sent to all parts of the country to collect mining tax. In this way, in half a year, more than 900,000 taels of silver and 1575 taels of gold were looted, as well as many jewels. The proceeds go into personal public funds and private deposits.

The ways and means of the Qing Emperor Qianlong's abuse of power for personal gain are the rules and regulations of open discussion, which means that senior officials can also confess themselves according to the ways and means of paying money. This kind of rules and regulations made senior officials abuse power for personal gain even more unscrupulously, and Emperor Qianlong also made a windfall and submitted it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for reimbursement.