As we all know, He Yan was Qianlong's favorite courtier in front of him, and he was also the biggest corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty; he was able to speak eloquently and ascended to power by patting his horse's ass, and Qianlong most admired his appearance of being obedient to his orders; he took Qianlong as a patron, did whatever he wanted in the imperial court, plundered a large amount of people's wealth, bought and sold officials, and many officials in the imperial court dared to be angry and dare not speak out about Hezhen's actions.
Qianlong Emperor (Image from the Internet)
Under qianlong's protection, He Yan did not even pay attention to Jiaqing. Every year, the items of tribute on all sides must be screened by Hezhen, the first-class products and Yan zhan for themselves, the rest of the screening into the palace, some in the palace, and there are in the hezhen family, there are none in the palace, and there are also in the hezhen family.
He yan (image from the Internet)
He Yan was so insatiable, but also from his family background when he was a child, He Yan was very poor from a young age, and he was poor and feared from childhood, so after being elected to the palace, he vowed to honor his ancestors, so after being appreciated by Qianlong, he went all the way up the clouds and became a favorite of Qianlong's side, and he scavenged countless gold and silver jewelry.
In 1799, Emperor Qianlong died and Jiaqing succeeded to the throne.
Jiaqing (Image from the Internet)
Without a patron, He Yan thought that most of the officials of the imperial court were his confidants, and Jiaqing did not dare to do anything with himself for the time being. Who knew that a few days after Qianlong's death, Jiaqing sealed up Hezhen's home and found as much as two silvers, a total of 1 billion taels of silver, which was the financial income of the Great Qing Dynasty for ten years, which made Jiaqing very happy. There is a folk saying: "Hezhen is upside down, and Jiaqing is full.". When the people heard that Hezhen had been taken by Jiaqing, they set off firecrackers in the streets to celebrate! Was he then put on death row awaiting interrogation? The unforgivable sins of Hezhen have left the people in the depths of the waters and have nowhere to seek justice, which is completely caused by Hezhen.
In february 1799, Jiaqing remembered that Yu Washu was a favorite vassal of his father, so he gave Bai Ayayu and let him fend for himself, and eventually died in prison.
After Jiaqing eradicated Hezhen, they worked together to eliminate the officials who had complicity with Hezhen and eradicate the root causes.
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