An egg costs only three or four copper coins. Why can't the Qing emperors afford it?

Because the corruption in the imperial palace in the Qing Dynasty was very serious, the minister in charge of purchasing at that time used the emperor to stay in the palace and didn't know the market outside, making up the price of eggs and telling the emperor that an egg cost more than a dozen taels. Moreover, in the palace, the meals eaten by the emperor and the queen mother are imperial meals, which are not only very exquisite, but also varied in quantity. Therefore, the price of imperial meals for the emperors of the Qing Dynasty was actually more than several hundred thousand taels a year. Of course, this incident caused a lot of jokes at that time. At that time, in order to prove his incorruptibility to the emperor, an official told him that he had just eaten a few eggs at home and went to court in the palace. But this time, the emperor was angry. He thinks you can eat some eggs and go to court. Is this to show off in front of me? At that time, the emperor not only didn't feel the minister's incorruptibility, but even thought he might be suspected of corruption before investigating him. However, officials in the Qing dynasty were not greedy, so the emperor at that time could be said to have caught a corrupt official by mistake. Of course, if you say that the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were so stupid, it must be wrong. Some emperors must have found something fishy, such as Daoguang and Xianfeng. At that time, they even killed many people in charge of court procurement, but the benefits of this link were too great, so it was not eliminated later.

Moreover, Empress Dowager Cixi understood the interest chain here in the late Qing Dynasty, but she didn't know what she was thinking and didn't manage it well. Maybe she thinks the money is too little. Is a real loser, but even led to the emptiness of the Qing treasury, so the reason why Qing is so hateful is because its rulers are stupid.