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Daoguang was the most thrifty emperor in the history of China. According to historical records, Daoguang was emperor for 30 years and spent no more than 202,000 yuan each year, which made all officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs extremely poor and his people had no money at all. Everyone complains.
But the rescue effect of Daoguang may not be obvious.
Li said that Xuanzong once had a black fox hood with a slightly larger satin lining, and Daoguang asked the eunuch to take it out and wrap it in leather. The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that it would cost several thousand taels of silver to make such a change. Daoguang was surprised and rushed to say that there was no need to change it. There was only one pair of trousers on the road, and my knee was accidentally broken. Later, the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs put a round silk on it, which was called "clapping hands". Ministers saw it and followed suit, and decorated a round silk between their knees, which was all the rage.
Daoguang once summoned the minister of military affairs, and it happened that Cao was near the throne. Seeing his sign, Daoguang asked, "Do you pat your pants, too?" Cao Zhengwen said: "If change is expensive, it is better to make up for it." Just ask, "How much is the high five?" Cao Zheng said, "Silver and San Qian." Daoguang was shocked. "Things outside are very cheap. My official position here says I need five taels of silver. "
At this time, Daoguang became suspicious of the people in the interior office and asked Cao Zheng Wen, "How many eggs do you eat?" Cao Wen is a clever man. Afraid of offending the people in the interior office, he said hypocritically, "I was angry when I was young and never ate eggs, so I don't know the price of eggs."
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Fortunately, Cao didn't say. During the Qianlong period, in the first dynasty, Qianlong asked Wang Wenrui, the minister, "You came so early, can you have some snacks at home?" Wang Wenrui replied, "My family is very poor. I only eat four eggs every morning. " The dragon was taken aback and said, "An egg is worth twelve taels of silver. I dare not eat so much. Eat four a day, how dare you call yourself poor? " Wang Wenrui knew what the people in the interior office were doing, but he didn't dare to make it clear, so he said perfunctorily, "The eggs sold outside are all inferior and can't be compared with those supplied in the palace, so I bought all cheap goods, but only a few pence."
Li said that people are stingy when they are old. Palace food, this is an ancient practice. Daoguang sometimes wants to eat something, but when he hears that it is too expensive, he often refuses to let people in the palace buy it. Later, Empress Dowager Cixi was stingy, but she likes to save money. Daoguang's stingy is not spending money at all.
Daoguang's abstinence from food made people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have a headache and complained a lot. However, they still have a way to deal with Daoguang. On one occasion, Daoguang wanted to eat a piece of soup and let the people in the interior office make it according to the formula he said. The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that if the emperor's practice was followed, another kitchen must be built and someone was in charge. In this case, please allocate more than 62,000 yuan to handle this matter. In addition, you need the maintenance fee of 1.52 million. Hearing this, I frowned and said, "I know a restaurant outside the front door that can make this soup, but it costs only 40 pence per bowl." Forget it, let the eunuch buy it every day. "
A few days later, people in the internal affairs office reported that the restaurant outside the front door was closed for unknown reasons. I sighed lightly: "I have been wasting the country's money for the sake of appetite." I didn't expect that I was a chosen son, but I couldn't even eat a bowl of soup. It's re
The people in the internal affairs bureau are actually looking for an excuse to build a kitchen so that they can enrich themselves. Finally, the trick failed, and Daoguang Emperor couldn't even eat a bowl of soup. Later, Emperor Tongzhi got married and wanted to buy a suitcase. At most, there were a dozen taels of silver on the market, and the final reimbursement actually reached several thousand taels.
Volume I also said that when Xianfeng was in power, he was as frugal as his father. Once, the door of the study room was broken, and the internal affairs department asked for a new door. Xianfeng refused to approve, saying that it can be reused after repair. Later, the door was repaired and a fee of 5200 was reported. Xianfeng was furious and asked the relevant personnel what was going on. When the people in the office saw that Xianfeng was serious, they quickly said that the number was wrong, and it was fifty-two. This matter was settled in this way.
Another time, Xianfeng made a New Pants out of Hangzhou yarn because it accidentally burned a hole the size of a broad bean petal. The eunuch said it was lost, and Xianfeng regretted it again and again, saying, "Although the material resources are difficult, it is a pity to abandon it. Try to make up for it. " Xianfeng later learned that the following people actually reimbursed hundreds of taels of silver for this folk prescription. Xianfeng sighed. "It is not easy to be an emperor, let alone a luxury?"
According to another record, when Yan Jingming was the minister of the Ministry of War, he had seen 100 cases undertaken by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, each of which cost 60 taels of silver. Yan Jingming was greatly surprised, so he told Empress Dowager Cixi: "There are no more than six taels of suitcases bought outside, and the disadvantages of the interior office can be imagined." Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head and said, "I'm afraid it's not that cheap." Knowing the truth, Yan Jingming insisted that this was the price. Empress Dowager Cixi is also a stingy person, so she said, "In that case, try to buy me a hundred in half a month."