During the Qianlong Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, he was in charge of the country, the power was tilted, the party was engaged in private affairs, the road was sideways, and the pilgrims did not dare to pick up their fronts. - "What I Heard"
In the history of the Qing Dynasty, many people know that Hezhen was a big corrupt official, and almost everyone shouted and beat the role. However, there are certain reasons why He yan has stood in the court for decades and has not fallen.
He Yan is very greedy for money, but he also has his own set of rules for greedy money, among which there are "three kinds of money" that he rarely touches, or even does not touch, and the third point is even more clever. Today, let's talk.
He yan's bumpy development path
Many people think of the word "corrupt official" when it comes to Wakan, because he has the wealth of a rich country that rivals the country, and most of the historical records of him are "negative" information. However, this was not the case with the early Hezhen, who also had a bumpy struggle.
It is said that although He yan was born in a family of official eunuchs, his parents were also banner people, and he was supposed to live a life like a "young master", but when he was 9 years old, his parents died, and he and his younger brother lived a fatherless and motherless life.
Fortunately, the he family had a loyal old servant who still took care of the two with painstaking care, so that he and his brother did not live on the street and grew up smoothly.
In order to change his destiny, He yan worked hard from an early age to study, hoping to pass the high school examination. However, ten years of hard study did not buy any return, he participated in the imperial examination, but the name of Sun Shan.
If fate continues to develop according to this situation, He yan cannot be linked to the two words "corrupt official", and the reason why he can embark on a career path and have some later deeds is inseparable from his father-in-law.
When he was young, he met Feng Shi, the granddaughter of the Governor of Zhili, and the two soon fell in love with each other. Soon after, the two married, and Hezhen also successfully boarded the big ship of the Governor of Zhili.
With such a background, Hezhen's career path was completely opened, not only inheriting his father's position, but also entering the imperial palace as a royal bodyguard. Of course, Hezhen's entry was based on his father-in-law, but his later development was inseparable from his own skills.
Once, Qianlong
In the main hall, he casually said, "The tiger is destroyed in the tree, and the turtle jade is destroyed in the tree, what is the fault?" For a moment, none of the courtiers above the main hall could pick up the next sentence, but Hezhen did not hurry to pick up the next sentence: "The pawn keeper must not resign his responsibility."
On another occasion, some ethnic minorities came to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty, but some of the languages they spoke were rarely understood, but Hezhen was able to translate them accurately because he was proficient in the four languages of Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Chinese.
After various events, He yan's talent was fully revealed in front of Qianlong, and Qianlong Ye thought that he was a thousand-mile horse. Immediately, the emperor promoted Hezhen to be the imperial bodyguard, and from then on, the legend of Washu's career began.
The shift from "clean officials" to "corrupt officials"
After he was promoted and raised, he also had the idea of "serving the country and the people", and was unwilling to join in the same stream with other courtiers and do practical things for Qianlong. However, with the occurrence of some things, Washu's ideals are also changing.
When he handled some government affairs, sometimes he would appear to be upright, which harmed the interests of many people. In this way, many ministers in the DPRK secretly "put small shoes" on Hezhen, which made Hezhen contradictory between ideals and reality.
If we want to talk about the direct trigger for changing Hezhen from a "clean official" to a "corrupt official," we have to mention the "Li Shuyao" case. Li Shiyao was the governor of Yungui, and during his tenure he embezzled a large amount of silver and silver, and was later impeached to Qianlong.
After receiving the recital, Qianlong sent He Yan to deal with the matter, and through some investigation, He Yan also confirmed Li Shiyao's crime. Originally, this was just a very ordinary corruption case, but it ignited he's desire for corruption.
It is said that after the trial of Li Shiyao's case, He Yan not only withheld some of his property when raiding his home, but also received a lot of rewards from the Qianlong Emperor. Huge sums of money blinded Washu's soul, and since then Heda has embarked on the path of corruption and never returned.
During the heyday of heyday, there were two major channels of interest for the owners, one of which was the "guilty silver" system, which roughly meant: "After an official makes a mistake, as long as he pays a certain amount of money, he can not be punished." ”
Imagine that if an official wants to be exonerated, he must pass hezhen, and "competing for money" has become a common scene in the hezhen mansion. In addition to this channel, overseas trade is also one of the channels of corruption in Wakan.
During the Qianlong period, although the country was closed to the outside world, it still had a part of the trade, and Hezhen was the "foreign minister". Many businessmen, if they want to go to the sea to do business, must get a "certificate" from Hezhen, which involves countless profits.
Of course, in addition to the above two major means, Hezhen has other sources of interest. All in all, during his decades as an official, the amount of embezzlement was huge, and when the Jiaqing Emperor raided his home, he copied a total of nearly 1.1 billion taels of silver from the Hezhen family.
At that time, the annual fiscal revenue of the Qing Dynasty was only 70 million, which was equivalent to the sum of the interests of the 15 years of the Qing Dynasty. Judging from the above introduction, Hezhen is very greedy, and he is still greedy by unscrupulous means, but he also has "three non-greedy".
Hezhen's "Three Non-Greed"
First, Hezhen is not greedy for money. As we all know, since the establishment of the imperial examination, it has become a goal for the people of the world to strive for, especially for the children of the Cold Gate, it is the only way to honor the ancestors.
If He yan embezzles the money of the keju, then it is equivalent to cutting off the way up for these keju disciples, as the saying goes: "Cutting off people's careers is tantamount to killing their parents", so Hezhen became the enemy of the people of the world, and the Qianlong Emperor could not save him.
Perhaps he also figured this out, so he completely avoided this red line when he was corrupt. From this, we can also see how high Hezhen's political emotional intelligence is, and it is not without reason that he can stand in the Qing Dynasty for decades without falling.
Second, the money for disaster relief is not greedy. In many film and television dramas, the money for disaster relief is the easiest to greed, because its amount is huge, and it is difficult to see less money, but it is absolutely not touched for this money and the sun.
For the emperor, the common people were his foundation, and Hezhen was doing things for Qianlong, and he knew that as long as he served the "master", then his career would always go smoothly. Since this was the case, he would not do anything unfavorable to Qianlong.
There is an old saying: "Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn a boat", if the people hate Qianlong, the life of Hezhen will not be good. Therefore, no matter how greedy he was, he would not touch a sum of money.
The third is not to be greedy for what cannot be done. Some officials, their corruption is bottomless, even if they take money, they will not do anything. However, this is not the case with Hezhen, as long as he takes the money, he will definitely get things done, and if he can't do things, he won't take the money.
Just as the so-called: "Instead of one more enemy, it is better to have one more friend", it is precisely because Hezhen "takes money to do things", so he hardly offends people, and he has received relatively few impeachments, which is also one of the reasons for his smooth career, which is quite clever.
It's just that no matter how principled Hezhen's corruption is, there is still a saying in this world called: "It's not that you don't report, the time has not yet come." After Jiaqing ascended the throne and Qianlong died, He yan ushered in the end of his life, and a white silk ended his life.