Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs has undergone many reforms and reorganizations, the result of the reform is that the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is getting bigger and bigger, and it has even become an authority that can compete with the six ministries. How corrupt is the internal affairs department? Daoguang ordered the chef to make a bowl of noodle soup, that is, mutton stewed vermicelli. The emperor also knows that there are only about 40 words among the people. However, the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs told the emperor that a bowl of noodle soup needed 72,000 pieces of silver and requested the emperor to allocate funds.
When Daoguang heard this, he was shocked. What kind of noodle soup costs 72 thousand? The people in the internal affairs department listed the money with confidence. To make a bowl of noodle soup, we need to build a new chef, recruit a number of chefs, recruit some helpers and buy ingredients to buy raw materials. Finally, it was 72,000 yuan. After hearing this, Daoguang said, "Well, go to a small restaurant outside the palace to buy it." . It only takes 40 words.
The people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs went there and soon returned empty-handed, saying that all noodle soup shops in the palace were closed, and only the chef could cook. Daoguang had no choice but to give up the bowl of noodle soup.
In fact, the emperor also knows where the restaurants outside the palace are kept. It is clearly those corrupt officials who are afraid that they have no money to make, deliberately threatening and intimidating, forcing the shopkeeper to close down. However, the emperor had no way to change and stop this phenomenon, which shows that the interior office of the Qing Dynasty was indeed corrupt and dark.