During the Qianlong period, the great corrupt official He Yan, with his insatiable nature, accumulated astonishing wealth in just 20 years through corruption and bribery, skillful plunder, extortion, and other means, and was known as the "first greed" in Chinese history.
In the fourth year of Jiaqing, He Yan was convicted of 20 major crimes, imprisoned, and had no family property.
The amount of looted and expansive possessions was staggering. According to the "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty", "there are more than 26,000 gold hidden in the wall, more than 6,000 gold in the private treasury, more than 2 million buried silver in the cellar, and 70 pawnshops and 15 qianzhuang in the nearby Tongzhou and Jizhou areas." Among the treasures in the house, there are more than two hundred stringes of pearls, which are several times more than Ōuchi..."
In short, He yanfu is an enemy of the country, and it is rumored that his family property exceeds the total income of the Qing court for 10 years. Although the credibility is not high, the amount of its corruption can indeed be regarded as the pinnacle of the past dynasties.
This is the origin of the so-called "Hezhen Fall, Jiaqing Full".
(Washu stills)
So, after Hezhen was executed, what happened to his wife and concubine?
First, tie the hair of the wife Feng.
Feng was the granddaughter of The Prime Minister at the time, Feng Yinglian, and when she married Hezhen, he was only a college student studying in the official school. Due to the early death of Feng's parents, the Yinglian family only has two grandchildren left, and Yinglian always hopes to find a good family for Feng.
After investigation, Hezhen entered the field of vision of Yinglian. This young man is not only capable and handsome, but also old and heavy.0 Therefore, Yinglian resolutely married his granddaughter to him.
However, this big girl was unable to accompany Hezhen throughout her life. In the third year of Jiaqing, Feng's younger son died suddenly, and the devastated Feng family fell ill. Deeply in love with his wife, Hezhen, who was deeply in love with his wife, rebuked the heavy gold after doing two consecutive blessing ceremonies for Feng's family in the "Tanabata" and "Ghost Festival" of that year, her condition did not improve, her cough became more and more serious, and her mouth was often full of blood bubbles. Finally, Feng Shi failed to survive the Mid-Autumn Festival, and died that night.
Feng's death was so grief-stricken that he wrote 6 "Mourning Poems" with deep affection, and ordered Feng's residence to be business as usual and never to be inhabited again.
It can be seen that Feng's fate is still good, because she did not live to the fall of Hezhen.
(Chang Er Gu still)
Second, the "Second Lady" the eldest sister.
Chang Ergu is multi-talented, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and poetry, and at the same time knows the book and gets along well with Feng. The most rare thing is that Chang Ergu is still a good financial manager, and he will take care of a huge peace house in an orderly manner, and the daily jindou will be gold. At the same time, Chang Er Gu is also a particularly assertive woman, good at handling various complicated and difficult events. Therefore, as soon as the eldest sister entered the Hefu Mansion, she was favored by Hezhen and became the "Xiannei Helper" of Hezhen.
After He Yan was executed by Jiaqing, Chang Ergu wrote a poem to mourn: "Bai Lian is a king, how about a concubine who is sad?" Poor most is after dusk, and there is no waking up in dreams. Then he ended his life with a white aya and followed wash away.
Third, Jiangnan beauty Wu Qingpi.
Wu Qingpi is a beautiful woman in Suzhou, with a graceful posture, a variety of styles, can poetry and painting, well-behaved speech, and is a beautiful person who is loved by everyone. She was originally the concubine of Wang Qiwang, the envoy of Gansu Province, and a singer who Wang Qiwang bought back from Suzhou at great expense. After Wang Qiwang's corrupt act of "donating to prison and taking out aid" was exposed and beheaded, Wu Qingpi fell into the hands of the attendant Jiang Xi, who, in order to please Hezhen, gave Wu Qingpi to him.
After Wu Qing entered the Hefu, he took charge of the accounts outside the mansion, and the second sister of the chang was inside and outside, and became the financial director of the Hefu.
Wu Qingpi, who was born as a singer, can sing and dance, is good at capturing men's minds, and eventually fascinates Hezhen and becomes hezhen's new favorite.
After He Yan's death, Wu Qingpi did not want to be used as a gift to change hands, nor did she want to experience the pain of the third time to raid the family and bereave her husband, so she also used a white aya for the rest of her life.
(Cardamom stills)
Third, oriental beauty cardamom.
Cardamom is the beauty of Yangzhou, and is the "beauty of the offering" that the salt merchant Wang Rulong has hollowed out and carefully cultivated. When He Yan went down to Jiangnan with the Qianlong Emperor, he "inadvertently" bumped into a cardamom with beautiful appearance, graceful style, and versatility, and he loved her very much, so he took her back to the palace. Wang Rulong also gained an official position as a yanzheng.
After He Yan's death, cardamom "a wisp of green silk fell into the jade building" and jumped off the building to die.
Fourth, "dry daughter" Naran.
Nalan was originally the daughter of Su Ling'a, a native of Jiangxi Province. In order to curry favor with Hezhen, Su Ling'a gave Nalan to Hezhen as a dry daughter. However, the mercurial Hezhen developed Naran into a mistress. In order to block the mouth of those sharp-toothed Imperial History, He yan had to secretly communicate with Nalan and did not dare to accept it as a concubine. After Hezhen's death, Naran hurriedly packed up the finesse, and disappeared without a trace of the smoke, and there was no news after that.
(Naran stills)
5. Palace maidens "Black Rose", Little Warbler and Purple Yan.
These three were all palace ladies who paid tribute to the emperor when Qianlong went down to Jiangnan. "Black Rose" has dark skin but a plump body, and her beauty is unique, which is very attractive to Washu. Xiao Ying and Zi Yan are also rare beauty embryos.
A few years later, all three were dismissed from the palace, and the long-cherished Hezhen could not wait to take them into the palace and become concubines.
However, after Hezhen's death, the "Black Rose" disappeared and disappeared. Xiao Ying and Zi Yan had nowhere to go, and were given money by Chang Ergu and sent away.
6. Exotic Beauty Mary.
He yan also had a Western concubine Mary.
Of course, such a Westerner would not be martyred for Hezhen. Although she was not Chinese, she understood very well the truth that "husband and wife were originally forest birds, and they flew separately in the face of great trouble", and when He yan was imprisoned, the woman disappeared.
However, the so-called prosperity will decline, just as he wrote in his desperate poem: "Fifty years of dreaming true, this dynasty to give up Xie Hongchen." He was full of dragon days and recognized cigarettes as his back. ”
Even if it was as brilliant as Hezhen, it was only a dream for decades, not to mention his wives and concubines.
(Reference: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty)