Why did Li _, who can't read, become a favorite of Yongzheng?
Li Wei, 168 1, was born in Tongshan, Jiangsu. When Li Kui jy was a child, his father bought him a diploma for the national examination. At the age of 30, he paid a foreign minister of the Ministry of War and then bought a doctor from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. It is not difficult to see from here that it is the Wei family. Although Li Weigang started as an official, don't doubt his ability to be an official. Li _ is a veteran of the three dynasties, who experienced Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong. Around 10, he jumped from a civilian in Wu Pinping to a governor, from an official to an official, and became a first-class official. This must be inseparable from his ability, so Li Wei became one of the minions of Yongzheng Dynasty. The other three are Nian Gengyao, Long Keduo and Tian Wenjing.
When he was working in Li _ Fu, he didn't like other nobles who were greedy for money, and then he wrote directly to Yongzheng, criticizing that more harm than good, and he was not afraid of powerful people. Yongzheng was moved by Li Wei and began to reuse him. In history, Li _ really began to be an official and made contributions to the emperor, which began with local salt tax and lasted for many years. The management of salt in Qing Dynasty was very strict. In the first year of Yongzheng, Li Wei was ordered to serve as Zhili Post Road, followed by Yunnan Salt Post Road.
Among more than a dozen salt tax areas in Qing dynasty, Zhejiang salt area is the most serious area where private salt overflows, including Zhejiang. Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. Because the profit of selling smuggled salt is extremely high, many people take risks to sell smuggled salt. Yongzheng asked Li to investigate the smuggling of salt. In the third year of Yongzheng, Li Wei was appointed as the Governor of Zhejiang Province and concurrently served as the Salt Administration of Zhejiang Province. At that time, there was a salt owl group with hundreds of members, led by Shen Shi. The group owns several salt ships with private armed forces. When the leader came to arrest them, he fought with them and often beat the leader up and down. He is very conceited and openly challenges the government. Li Wei fought wits with this group of people. On the other hand, Li actively promoted the reform of salt policy and gradually increased salt production and tax. Yongzheng was satisfied with Li and praised him. During his tenure as governor of Zhejiang Province, in order to minimize the losses caused by typhoons, Li Wei raised funds to repair seawalls.
Li _ is not only good at controlling salt smuggling, but also an official who is good at catching thieves. In the sixth year of Yongzheng, there were many bandits in Jiangnan. Yongzheng ordered Li Jue to investigate the theft in seven states and five states in the south of the Yangtze River. Li Wei made an unannounced visit and found out all the details of these bandits. He was shocked when he found out the truth. It turns out that bandits are not easy to catch, but collude with officials. No wonder they can't catch it. They paid bribes to local officials, who found that the body was double guilty. Li Wei wrote to Yongzheng, stating the reasons. The emperor was furious.
Because Li is not afraid of powerful people and smart, he inevitably offended some ministers, or was jealous of them. Li Wei was often impeached by these ministers. Fortunately, Yong Zhengdi always appreciated him, and in order to maintain Li Wei, he often ignored the complaints of ministers. On one occasion, he specially created a position for Li _, which was unique in the Qing Dynasty and only Li _ had done it. The Qing Dynasty has always linked Fujian and Zhejiang provinces and established the post of Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. This time, however,
Although Li was not born in the imperial examination, he was still highly valued by Yongzheng, which had a lot to do with the selection criteria. Yongzheng attached importance to talents. No matter what your background is, I will use it as long as you have the ability and good character. Because of this, Li can stand out from the crowd, from an illiterate to a famous minister.