I believe that the once popular "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan" has left a deep impression on everyone. The drama is set in the Qianlong period and shows us the various forms of folk. Among them, Ji Xiaolan, who has sharp teeth, the corrupt official and Yan who has an unhealthy heart, and the emperor who loves to watch the liveliness, all make everyone remember it vividly.
In fact, these characters are real in history. The historical Ji Xiaolan was indeed outstanding in literature and was highly valued by Qianlong; he was indeed corrupt. Since he became an official in the DYNASTY, he has gradually embezzled and accepted bribes, and he is as clever as Qianlong, and he must have discovered what he was doing in private. But he chose to turn a blind eye.
When the Jiaqing Emperor took the throne, found out he was guilty of he yan, and wanted to kill him, he slowly took out a "life-saving edict" given to him by Qianlong, but after he opened it, he was immediately dumbfounded.
He started to study hard, but once he became an official, he began to be corrupt
He Yan was born in a manchu official family, his father was a small official in the dprk, although the family is not very rich, but also let the family have no worries about food and clothing.
Unfortunately, after giving birth to his brother and Lynn, his mother died of illness within a few years. When his father was nine years old, he also fell ill and died. Without the protection of both parents, the situation of the family plummeted. From the previous worry-free food and clothing, it has become a reduction in clothing and food, and poverty and poverty.
When he was young, he and his brother's poor embarrassment, being snubbed made Hezhen mature and stable, more tenacious than his peers. He understood that if he wanted to change all this, he could only completely change all this by studying well and taking meritorious examinations. Therefore, he studied extremely hard and did not forget to read every day.
Before he could take the imperial examination, he met the first nobleman in his life, feng Yinglian, the governor of his father-in-law. At that time, He Yan was still a grass farmer and did not have any meritorious name, but Feng Yinglian took a fancy to him for studying hard, mature and stable, and gave him his daughter Xu.
Thirty-four years after Qianlong, He Yan was full of confidence and went to take the imperial examination, but he fell behind Sun Shan. With the help of his father-in-law, he reluctantly entered the palace and became the bodyguard of the Qianlong Emperor.
Qianlong liked poetry and song, and everyone in the Manchu Dynasty was well known for its literature and martial arts. As a bodyguard by the emperor's side, it is natural to often hear the emperor chanting poems against him. But the guards were just a bunch of rough people who only knew how to fight and kill, how could they accompany the emperor to appreciate the charm of poetry? As for Qianlong's questions about some literary questions from time to time, these guards naturally scratched their ears and scratched their cheeks, and cried bitterly.
But the emergence of Hezhen broke this situation. After reading for many years, he could naturally understand Qianlong's elegant poems and answer Qianlong's profound questions.
This move aroused Qianlong's interest even more, and he thought carefully that such a person was just a small bodyguard, and it was inevitable that he would be too condescending, so he promoted He Yan from time to time, and let him change from an ordinary bodyguard to a military minister.
He Yan, who was reused by Qianlong, also fulfilled his wish to change his destiny and began his magnificent life. Because of the importance of Qianlong, He yan's status in the dprk was extremely high, even surpassing his father-in-law's direct subordinate governor, and for a time there was no difference.
The reused Hezhen was even more diligent and earnest, working hard to do a good job in his duties and being loyal to Qianlong. It wasn't until the corruption of Li Shiyao, the governor of Yunnan, that everything changed.
In the forty-fifth year of Qianlong, someone denounced Li Shiyao, the governor of Yunnan, for embezzlement and bribery, and Qianlong was furious and wanted to send someone to investigate the matter thoroughly at once. But who exactly is it sent? The stakes are high and a capable man must be dispatched.
Thinking about it, Qianlong thought of Hezhen. Naturally, He yan, who had received the holy will, did not dare to be sloppy and rushed to investigate and deal with it. After torturing And waiting for Li Shiyao's cronies, He Yan finally got many evidences of Li Shiyao's corruption.
In liquidating the finances, He yan hesitated and had a selfish heart. With so much property, there were not so many of his own lifelong treasures, and in the face of temptation, He Yan finally did not resist and hid a part of it. It was also since then that Hezhen began the road of corruption and bribery, and he told us from his personal experience that with the first time, it was difficult to stop.
The early experience of a poor and embarrassing life made Hezhen have an extraordinary desire for money and status. After the first time he hid money, he became even more uncontrollable With his position in the imperial court, he was even more fraudulent for money and money, with no bottom line, as long as it was profitable, he would accept the gifts and money sent to the door. In the long run, he has accumulated a lot of family property, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is rich in flowing oil.
Qianlong obviously knew, but why did he not move for a long time
As an emperor of a dynasty, Qianlong had countless channels of access to information, and he could not be unaware of the expansion of he's money and power. But why didn't he take He yan to justice like he did with Li Shuyao? There are two main reasons for this.
One of them was because of the extremely high status of Hezhen at that time. As the king of a country, although he has monstrous power, he is also subject to the restraint of the ministers of the DPRK. He Yan was pulled up by Qianlong, and there was no family power behind him, to put it bluntly, He Yan was a person fighting alone.
Qianlong wanted to use he's position in the imperial court to balance the delicate and delicate relationship between the major families and forces, and to balance other officials.
Second, it is because he has "more wealth and more than billions" and the money obtained by hezhen's corruption and bribery is definitely not in the minority. For the thrifty Qianlong, the existence of Hezhen is undoubtedly a "moving cash cow".
In order to please Qianlong, He Yan was even more stingy in spending money, and what strange things and expenses for the southern tour of the lower Jiangnan Were as long as they could coax Qianlong to be happy. There was such a lord who was willing to spend money, and there was no need to use the national treasury, and Qianlong turned a blind eye.
What exactly was written in Qianlong's "Life-Saving Testament" to He yan on his deathbed
During Qianlong's reign, because he was still beneficial to him by his presence, Qianlong did not blame him and always pretended that nothing had happened. But when the Jiaqing Emperor succeeded to the throne, the good days of Hezhen would come to an end. After Jiaqing sat firmly on the emperor's throne, he immediately packed up and cleaned up.
Why did Jiaqing have to punish Hezhen?
The reason is not just that he is corrupt and bribed. He Yan and The Jiaqing Emperor's teacher Liu Yong were sworn enemies, and both hated each other, one could not see the other. As a student of Liu Yong, Jiaqing naturally wants to be consistent with the outside world.
The second is that Qianlong abdicated the throne, after Jiaqing succeeded to the throne, he also helped Qianlong and overridden Jiaqing's power, which made Jiaqing how to endure? Therefore, as soon as Qianlong died, Jiaqing raided his home and executed him on the charge of corruption and embezzlement.
In the face of the sudden catastrophe, Hezhen did not seem to panic at all. Because he had in his hand the "life-saving will" that Qianlong gave him before he died, he was sure that Qianlong would definitely protect himself, but when Hezhen confidently opened the will, he was completely panicked, only to see that the will was written with three big words" "Leave the whole body".
After seeing Qianlong's will, Jiaqing also chose to give He yan a three-foot white aya and let him break it on his own. The biggest corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty finally got the punishment he deserved and got the retribution he deserved
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