In the history of the mainland, there were many corrupt officials and traitors, and they basically appeared in groups when the emperor of the dynasty was faint and incompetent, and the government was dirty. Like the Song Dynasty, there were many traitors, and the great traitors Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and others were all officials during the Song Dynasty and The Song Huizong period. Song Huizong was a very strange emperor, he did not love Jiangshan and did not love beauty, but he liked to collect calligraphy and paintings of celebrities, and during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, as long as he wrote a good hand, he could be reused by the imperial court.
In fact, it is not only the emperor who faints that there will be adulterous ministers, but also when some Ming emperors are in the dynasty, such as Hezhen in the Qianlong period. He Yan was the first favorite vassal of the late Qianlong period, and with Qianlong's favor and favor, he was unscrupulous in the middle of the dynasty, and formed a party to privately embezzle the state treasury property. After Qianlong's death, Jiaqing directly copied Hezhen's home, and all kinds of rare treasures and cash silver added up to more than 800 million taels, which was worth the financial revenue of the Qing Dynasty for about 15 years at that time.
Because of the existence of Hezhen, Qianlong's title of "Ming Jun" has also been controversial. However, Qianlong's grandfather, the world-recognized Ming Emperor Kangxi Emperor, also had such a favored traitor and corrupt official Nalan Mingzhu during his reign, and Kangxi also knew in his heart that Nalan Mingzhu was not a clean official in his bones, but he still entrusted him with heavy responsibilities for 20 years, during which he was constantly favored. Why would the Kangxi Emperor, in the name of honesty and justice, do such a thing? Naran Mingzhu's family lineage is very prominent, he is a member of the Yehenara clan (the same clan as Cixi), his grandfather is the leader of the Jurchen tribe, the predecessor of the Qing Dynasty, and his father Niyaha has been following Nurhaci around in the war, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the founding father of the Qing Dynasty. Nalan Mingzhu and Kangxi also have a layer of kinship, his wife Azig is Kangxi's cousin,that is to say, Nalan Mingzhu is Kangxi's cousin.
Because Nalan Mingzhu was born into a famous family and was both literate and martial, Kangxi used the Nalan Pearl very much, and after Kangxi ascended the throne, he made Nalan Mingzhu the Minister of Internal Affairs Langzhong. After that, Nalan Mingzhu accumulated political achievements all the way to the six Shangshu, Wuyingdian University Scholar, Prince Taifu and other important positions, ranked among the more than ten Yipin officials in the country, and was one of the most powerful people in the Qing Dynasty at that time.
Nalan Mingzhu also knew that his greatest advantage was the trust of the Kangxi Emperor, so Nalan Mingzhu had always closely followed kangxi's steps, and when Kangxi dismissed Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, and Shang Kexi San fan, the entire imperial court was arguing about the pros and cons of this matter, and only Nalan Mingzhu alone always firmly supported Kangxi's withdrawal of the domain. After this incident, Nalan Mingzhu became the most favored minister around Kangxi.
However, after a long time in a high position, Nalan Mingzhu's mentality also changed, he initially only tentatively accepted bribes, Kangxi found out that after not stopping or punishing, Nalan Mingzhu's actions began to intensify. Since then, Naran Mingzhu has begun to form a party and private sector, using his position to accept a large amount of treasure cash. Because the minister Jin Fu had bribed Nalan Mingzhu, Nalan Mingzhu supported him in front of Kangxi to build the dam, but the result was that it was not completed for more than two years.
In 1688, Kangxi finally could not stand Naran Mingzhu's party behavior and stripped him of his position, but kangxi used Naran Mingzhu again during the expedition to Kaldan. After Gardan's pacification, Naran Mingzhu returned to the center of power and became the Guanglu Doctor of Zhengyipin, during which he also made small moves, but Kangxi did not punish him and resigned himself. In 1708, Nalan Mingzhu died of illness, and the same dynasty official Guo Xuan's evaluation of him was "yin and evil, intending poison and danger." ”