He Yan was a great corrupt official of the Qing Dynasty, and even more famous in Chinese history. He Yan was greedy for countless money in his life, and Jiaqing copied a billion taels of silver from his home, what is this concept? This billion taels of silver was the revenue of the Qing Dynasty's ten-year treasury.
Sigh, this is not a small amount, a big deal. Qianlong knew that He Yan was greedy for money, because Qianlong was not stupid. Qianlong knew that He Yan was greedy for money, so why didn't he kill He Yan? Naturally, there is Qianlong's selfishness.
Qianlong was a good emperor who liked to play, and both of these things needed money. Qianlong fought wars, repaired the Four Libraries, and went down to Jiangnan seven times, and any of these things needed money.
However, the money in the Qing Dynasty's treasury was no longer enough, there was no money to fight, no money to play, this was a problem that Qianlong was worried about. However, Qianlong soon began to smile, because he had Hezhen. He Yan's method of accumulating wealth is very clever, he can get money for Qianlong, as long as Qianlong has money, he is happy, he will not kill Hezhen.
In other words, He Yan is Qianlong's "money bag", who will throw away their own money bag, will you? You certainly won't, and neither will Qianlong.
Naturally, He yan's greed for money caused dissatisfaction among some people in the DPRK, and they opposed He yan, the most famous of which were Ji Xiaolan and Liu Yong.
In the TV series "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan" and "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", the audience saw the situation of Ji Xiaolan and Liu Yong fighting wits and courage, and the two played with He Yan in a group, and the audience was very happy to see it.
However, this is a work of art, not a historical fact, and although Ji Xiaolan and Liu Yong in history fought against Hezhen, they were not opponents of Hezhen at all, and they were simply vulnerable.
Who is Washu? He was the foreman of the military minister, the head of the army, the commander of the infantry, the chief of the ministry of internal affairs, and so on, and he had a lot of official positions, as many as ten fingers could not be counted.
Ji Xiaolan's task was to compile the book, he was the chief compiler of the Sikuguan, there was no real power, and the real power was in the hands of Hezhen. Liu Yong had been a magistrate for a long time, and he did not have the time and energy to fight with He yan, even if Liu Yong returned to Beijing, he did not have the right to fight with He Yan, and the gap between the two was a bit large.
So who is the person who can really break the wrist with Washu? He is Ah Gui. Ah Gui was a military general who fought in the southern and northern wars, made great contributions, and guarded the stability of the Qing Dynasty.
If Qianlong's Jiangshan wanted to sit steadily, they first relied on Ah Gui, and then on Hezhen. Ah Gui held the military power, could fight a good war, and repeatedly reprimanded Hezhen's behavior above the court, which made Hezhen lose face.
However, He Yan had no tricks against Ah Gui, he could not grasp Ah Gui's handle, nor could he find Qianlong to complain, he could only endure. If Ah Gui really killed He Yan in one breath, Qianlong probably wouldn't do anything to Ah Gui, after all, the stability of Jiangshan would depend on Ah Gui.
He Yan was the leader of the civilian officials, and Ah Gui was a military general, and Qianlong was very willing to see them fight, because when they fought, Qianlong's power would be solid. Therefore, Qianlong reused Heyan in order to balance Ah Gui, and reused Ah Gui also to balance And Yan, and only when the two people checked and balanced each other, Qianlong was relieved.
If one day He Yan and Ah Gui get closer, the two have a good relationship, and Qianlong estimates that he will not be able to sleep at night. When you become an emperor, the most important thing is to check and balance, and you can't let one family dominate. Ah Gui suppressed He Yan for thirty years, which made He Yan very worried and afraid, until Ah Gui died, and He Yan was relieved in his heart!
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Twelve Emperors of the Great Qing Dynasty, Biography of He yan, etc