震动晚清政局的云南报销案

在云南报销案期间,御史弹劾军机大臣受贿巨万,王文韶因此离开了军机处,李鸿藻承认接受过“炭敬”。奕主张严查“炭敬”之类的贿赂,翁同和等与之多次激烈辩论,使晚清政局产生了不小的震动。最后,慈禧还是采纳了翁同和等人的意见,“炭敬”之类的贿赂不予追究,因为这一类的贿赂由来已久,官场习以为常,清政府的腐败已经积重难返,牵涉的人太多,已经查不胜查了。

The Famous Case for Reimbursement in Yunnan in Late Qing Dynasty

In the case for reimbursement in Yunnan,the Royal Historian impeaches the Military Planning Minister for taking large bribes,and Wang Wenshao was forced to resign from the Department of Military Planning.Li Hongzao admitted that he had received "charcoal" from surbodinates.Yizong insisted on severe punishment of this sort of bribe-taking while Wong Tonghe objected to Yizong's idea, saying that this kind of gift-receiving had a long history and was very common in the officialdom.In the end the Empress Dowage Cixi adopted Wong Tonghe's view,which shows that the corruption in late Qing was too widespread to curb.