In the first year of Shunzhi (1644), he entered the customs with the Eight Banners and soldiers.
Born in the fifteenth year of Qianlong (1750), He Yan lost his mother at the age of three, and suffered the first major misfortune of his life at an early age. He Yan's father was a man of peace and integrity, and was a clean and honest official. As the governor of Fujian, He yan's father was rarely in the capital and had little opportunity to get close to the core power layer, so he could not be transferred back to the capital and had no time to take care of he and his brother and family. The stepmother also rarely smiled at their brothers, and the brothers spent every day in the white eyes of their stepmothers, which was very desolate and sad.
It is this family environment that makes Hezhen know the importance of reading. The two brothers worked hard to study, and when He yan was 9 years old (Qianlong twenty-four years, 1759), he was elected to the Xian'an Palace official school with Helin.
When he was 10 years old, suffering struck him again, his father Chang Bao died suddenly of illness during his term in Fujian, and his father did not leave much family property for future generations, so the teenager and Yan could not even guarantee their daily life, and had to borrow money to survive.
In the thirty-second year of Qianlong (1767), he was appreciated by the Minister of internal affairs, Yinglian, and gave his granddaughter Xu to Hezhen, who married the 18-year-old and married Feng Shi, the granddaughter of the university scholar Yinglian. After marriage, he was proud of his spring breeze, and since then he has been studying diligently, preparing for examinations, and fighting for capital for entry.
In the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong (1772), the 23-year-old He Yan was given the position of third-class bodyguard, mainly responsible for the emperor's travels. He Yan carefully served the emperor for 3 years, and in the forty years of Qianlong (1775), the 26-year-old He Yan finally waited for the opportunity to show himself in front of Qianlong, and from then on, the official luck was prosperous, and the luck was good that others could not return to God.
Within a year, he was promoted from a third-class bodyguard to a Qianqingmen guard, a royal guard, and a deputy capital. In the first month of the following year, at the age of 27, he was appointed by Qianlong as a hubu attendant, and within two months, in the surprise of everyone, he was promoted to the rank of minister of military aircraft, which allowed him to enter the central core level, become the emperor's confidant, and begin to manage the central government affairs. In April of that year, he was also appointed As The Head of the Interior Ministry. In August, he also served as the deputy governor of the Yellow Flag. After three months, he was appointed vice president of the National History Museum and was rewarded with a pint of imperial crown. In December, the Qianlong Emperor also put him in charge of the affairs of the officers and men of the Three Banners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and enjoyed the privilege of riding horses in the Forbidden City.
During the year, he was promoted six times in succession, and the speed of promotion was staggering, and his official position and status were greatly improved.
In April of the forty-fifth year of Qianlong (1780), the Qianlong Emperor also betrothed his most beloved tenth daughter, Gu Lun and Princess Xiao, to Feng Shen Yinde, the eldest son of Hezhen, who was only 6 years old at the time. In this way, He Yan and Qianlong became the sons and daughters of the family, and from then on, He Yan became a relative of the emperor and the state.