Throughout ancient and modern times, every dynasty has had corruption, but in terms of the depth, breadth, and success of corruption, He Yan is definitely a person who has never been seen before, who has controlled the government for a long time, and his henchmen have been all over the world, and he has boldly and openly amassed money, and he has also bullied Qianlong's head. Among the 9 wives and concubines of Hezhen, three were the women of the Qianlong Emperor, so it was no wonder that Jiaqing had to kill Hezhen as soon as he came to power.
According to historical records, Hezhen actually looks very beautiful, in today's words, he looks very handsome, charming, and definitely not as fat as an actor. Therefore, later generations commented on why He yan was so favored, because Qianlong liked the beauty of He yan, although this seemed nonsense, but it could also be seen that He Yan was a corrupt official with a good style.
In his lifetime, he was not only corrupt and bribed, he liked money, but he also liked women more, and his pursuit of beautiful women was also very unique. In history, the publicly recorded Hezhen had 9 wives and concubines, including Miss Qianjin, a famous prostitute in Qinhuai yangzhou, and his own daughter, and even a Western beauty, three of whom were qianlong women.
He Yan's wife was Feng Jiwen, the granddaughter of the prime minister at that time, Yinglian, and it can be said that he was inseparable from this wife. Moreover, Feng Jiwen was born into a famous family, so He yan had great respect for him and did not dare to do whatever he wanted in front of him. Let's take a look at how the three women of Qianlong got into the hands of He yan, the first and second were Xiaoying and Ziyan, who were the famous singers of the Qinhuai River at that time, who looked like the country fell into the city and the country was fragrant.
These two were carefully selected by Qianlong Under Jiangnan, jiangning weaving at that time, to give to the Qianlong Emperor, but He Yan saw it and never forgot it, and fell in love at first sight. Later, the two beauties were sent to the Qianlong harem, and He yan still thought about them. Later, he directly spent money to buy the eunuch chief and concubines, managed to get these two beautiful women out of the palace, and then directly took them themselves, became his two concubines, and arranged for them to live in his own courtyard.
This third person, known as the Black Rose, is a typical Yangzhou beauty, this is the salt merchant Wang Rulong in Yangzhou at that time, carefully selected and sent to Qianlong, this is really the country, it is said that the skin is clean, the figure is full and exquisite, and Hezhen is also coveted. This black rose was only entered the palace in Qianlong's later years, and Qianlong also felt powerless in his later years, so every year a large number of beautiful women would be released out of the palace to let them find their own way out.
Perhaps there were too many beautiful women to pay tribute to Qianlong, and the Qianlong Emperor may not care much, but He Yan had been staring at the black rose. Among the next batch of beauties released, He yan bribed the eunuch chief, and once got the black rose out and transferred it to Shu Chun Garden, He Yan's villa, and later directly became his own concubine. I don't know if Qianlong knows these things, and if he knows it, will he kill Hezhen when he is alive?
In addition, He Yan also has five famous concubines, namely Suzhou talented women Wu Qingpi, Chang Ergu, Yangzhou beauty cardamom, as well as his own dry daughter Nalan, and a Western beauty Mary, which can be described as a beautiful blessing.
Only 5 days after Qianlong's death, Jiaqing could not wait to investigate and deal with the dismissal of Hezhen, the crime of raiding the family, and finally the silver of the family was as high as 800 million taels, and the total assets were as high as 1 billion taels of silver, which was almost quite a 20-year financial income of the Qing Dynasty, there was so much money, and I did not know how many women there were in Hezhen. However, in the end, the happiest is Still Jiaqing, "He Yan fell, Jiaqing was full." He has spent his life without worry, and can be said to be the best emperor of the Qing Dynasty.