When it comes to He yan and Ji Xiaolan, the most that everyone thinks of must be "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan", this film and television drama has accompanied many people to grow up, and many people have been misled by this film and television drama, and when looking at these two people, they have colored glasses, but in fact, the two people in history are simply far from the film and television drama!
Stills of He Yan and Ji Xiaolan
Two people who are in great contrast with the film and television drama
Many friends who have watched "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan" have been solidified in their thinking by the roles played by Wang Gang and Teacher Zhang Guoguo, thinking that this is the original appearance of He yan and Ji Xiaolan, but history is not so!
First of all, taking the age of the two people in the film and television drama is not much different, but the truth is not also. Ji Xiaolan was born in 1724, He yan was born in 1750, the difference between the two people is exactly 26 years old, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Ji Xiaolan is the generation of He yan's father.
The second is the appearance of the two people, the film and television drama he yan played by teacher Wang Gang, giving people a feeling of medium height, slightly obese, not that Wang Gang teacher's appearance is not good, but this is far from the historical hezhen.
The real Hezhen was handsome and could be said to be personable, and it is said that he also looked very similar to a concubine who died under the Qianlong Emperor.
Stills of He Yan and Ji Xiaolan
And the historical Ji Xiaolan is not as polite and polite as Teacher Zhang Guoli, but ugly in appearance, fat in stature, and a little greasy uncle feeling.
Again, the knowledge of the two people, in "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan", in order to highlight the protagonist, he positioned Hezhen as a corrupt official who had no culture and would only manipulate right and wrong, but the real historical Hezhen was born in the family of the official eunuch, and the family attached great importance to its education from an early age.
As a result, Hezhen was not only familiar with various Confucian teachings, but also proficient in four languages, including Mongolian and Tibetan, and secondly, he was also involved in poetry and painting.
At the same time, the historical Ji Xiaolan was born in a family of scholars, from a young age, intelligent, known as a "prodigy" by the people around him, but Ji Xiaolan has a hard wound, that is, the calligraphy is not good, to put it easy to understand, that is, the words are too ugly, but fortunately Ji Xiaolan's mind is outstanding, and he has stepped into the road of career with strength.
Ji Xiaolan
Finally, the attitude of the Qianlong Emperor towards the two people, in the film and television drama, compared with He Yan, the Qianlong Emperor is obviously more partial to Ji Xiaolan.
But in history, the Qianlong Emperor was definitely more reused and loved Hezhen, not only because the Qianlong Emperor was a bit "Yan Control", but more importantly, Hezhen himself also had strength.
As we all know, the Qianlong Emperor can be regarded as the best poetry and painting among the ancient emperors, and the comments are written more than the original, so it is very important in the cultural heritage.
According to historical records, once, the Qianlong Emperor wanted to look through the "Mencius" to see the notes in the book, but because the sky was getting dark and he could not see clearly, he ordered the Heyan palm lamp next to him, and Asked Qianlong Emperor which note he wanted to read, and when the Qianlong Emperor finished speaking, Hezhen memorized the annotation of that sentence verbatim, so he was deeply appreciated by the Qianlong Emperor.
Ji Xiaolan
As for Ji Xiaolan, the Qianlong Emperor did not like it very much at the beginning, although Ji Xiaolan rose step by step with his own strength, but the Qianlong Emperor's attitude towards him has always been lukewarm, and he has reprimanded him many times in front of everyone.
According to records, at that time, there was a cabinet scholar named Yin Zhuangtu, who wrote to the Qianlong Emperor, saying that the provincial governors had too poor management of local government affairs, and their reputation outside was not good, and they hoped that the imperial court would verify it, but Yin Zhuangtu could not come up with clear evidence, so the follow-up was not done.
However, some ministers in the court suggested that Yin Zhuangtu be put to death, and Ji Xiaolan felt that this move was extremely absurd, so he repeatedly pleaded with the Qianlong Emperor, but the Qianlong Emperor was furious and rebuked Ji Xiaolan as a literati, whose duty was to compile books, but here he was vainly discussing state affairs.
Although the historical images of He yan and Ji Xiaolan are far from those in film and television dramas, whether it is film and television dramas or folk tales, the open and secret struggles between them are very exciting.
Qianlong Emperor
Capable people are coincidental, accidentally involved in the case
Once, he and Ji Xiaolan served the Qianlong Emperor for dinner together, because Ji Xiaolan usually did not like rice valleys, and loved pork the most, and when He Yan looked at Ji Xiaolan's appearance of eating meat with his head down, he suddenly had a plan and wanted to ridicule him. He said to the Qianlong Emperor that he wanted to take the exam for Ji Xiaolan.
The Qianlong Emperor did not like anything else, so he loved this poem to help him, so he nodded his head in agreement. After receiving permission, Shi Shiran opened his mouth and said Shanglian: three pounds of four two pork belly.
This shanglian of He Yan mentions Ji Xiaolan's favorite food and runs through the numbers, which is obviously satirizing Ji Xiaolan's love of eating meat, and the number is so large that people are "ashamed of themselves".
And want to out of the lower link, the number of battles or secondary, the most important thing is the metaphor behind it, only the irony back, is the real wonderful pair, considering this, Ji Xiaolan opened his mouth to the lower link: five two six money seven onions.
Qianlong Emperor
This link is complete from the perspective of reconciliation, but after careful consideration, it tastes different.
At that time, the ordinary soldiers in the palace had such a small salary for two years, could it be said that after two years of work, they could afford to buy seven onions?
So the Qianlong Emperor said that Ji Xiaolan did not eat human fireworks, where would the onions be so expensive? But Ji Xiaolan did not hesitate to explain that he himself did not know the price of the dishes outside, but the onions in the imperial dining room were this price.
Statue of Ji Xiaolan
As soon as these words came out, Qianlong felt that he was catty, and it must have been someone who took kickbacks from them and used them for personal gain. At this time, He Yan was also directly confused, because the work procured by the imperial dining room had always been the fat difference in hezhen's hands, and Hezhen immediately knelt down and begged for forgiveness, and told the Qianlong Emperor that he would definitely investigate the matter thoroughly.
In the end, He Yan found two people in the imperial dining room to punish, resolved the matter, and then continued to serve as an important position at the side of the Qianlong Emperor.
In fact, the Qianlong Emperor was not unaware of Hezhen's corruption, most of the time he just turned a blind eye, and this time he was broken by Ji Xiaolan in the way of pairs, and the Qianlong Emperor could only conduct a thorough investigation.
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Hezhen's non-greed and greed
With his origin and smooth career, why did he become a corrupt official step by step?
In fact, at the beginning, He Yan was not corrupt at all, and even began to be an anti-corruption expert, when he was only 30 years old, he found out several major corruption cases in the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time, He Yan also held important positions in finance, military, education, culture, diplomacy and other aspects, which is enough to see how much the Qianlong Emperor attached importance to him.
It may also be that it is this value and trust that makes Hezhen gradually lose himself, swim in the ocean of power, and eventually sink to the bottom of the sea, doing shady deeds.
In the late Qianlong period, corruption cases of various sizes were frequent, and officials and officials protected each other, so it can be said that it is even more difficult to thoroughly investigate. In the forty-fifth year of Qianlong, in order to accumulate wealth, He Yan proposed to create a "guilty silver" system.
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What does this system mean? It's like if you've done something bad and don't want to be punished, so pay for it.
The object of the "guilty silver" is mainly aimed at executives and rich people everywhere, and the punishment standard of the "guilty silver" will also be determined according to your identity, income and guilt, so there are 10,000 or 20,000, 300,000 or 400,000, and some people will even take the initiative to ask for more punishment to show loyalty to the emperor.
This has created a phenomenon that corrupt officials are not afraid of fighting corruption and advocating clean government, but they are afraid that they are not greedy enough, and in the end they will not have money to make up for their crimes.
As for the corruption of Hezhen himself, the Qianlong Emperor was like a mirror in his heart, but he not only did not care, but more often he would let his behavior go unchecked, because in the process of hezhen's corruption, the Qianlong Emperor was actually the biggest beneficiary.
Qianlong Emperor
Everyone in the world knows that Qianlong did a lot of great things during his reign, so the period of his reign with the Kangxi Emperor was collectively called "Kangqian's prosperous era". For example, "Six Southern Tours" and "Ten Great War Achievements" are still praised by everyone today, but behind these things, there is no need to use money to support.
In the forty years of Qianlong, the Qianlong Emperor could be said to have entrusted the financial power of the entire country and the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to He yan to take care of, and the national treasury at that time was still in the stage of emptiness, but under the care of Hezhen, it took a few years to take care of it.
At this time, the Qianlong Emperor only cared about spending money, and he only turned a blind eye to how the money came from and whether it had anything to do with corruption.
Therefore, once the Qianlong Emperor needed a lot of money, he would send a signal to He yan, and He Yan also understood God and did things properly to meet the needs of the Qianlong Emperor.
Qianlong Emperor
In the course of the Qianlong Emperor's fifth and sixth southern tour, He Yan did not even use the silver in the treasury, which made the Qianlong Emperor's travel extremely enjoyable, and for most of the imperial family's birthday banquet arrangements, the Qianlong Emperor would also hand them over to He yan to handle, not only the scale was grand, but the written accounts were also clean and beautiful.
Therefore, Hezhen's corruption actually maintained a "mutually beneficial and reciprocal" relationship with the Qianlong Emperor, which not only enriched the national treasury, but also satisfied the qianlong Emperor's pleasures, and finally filled his own pockets.
In addition to getting money from corruption, He yan also knew the truth that "farmers are not as good as workers, and workers are not as good as businessmen", and reinvested the greedy money into various businesses, so that his wealth continued to grow like a snowball.
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After the Jiaqing Emperor ascended the throne, He Yan still maintained private contacts with Qianlong, but unfortunately, he and Qianlong were wise, but they ignored the principle of a dynasty of heavenly sons and a courtier, and repeatedly helped Qianlong control the government and provoked the Jiaqing Emperor who had already ascended the throne, which undoubtedly made the Jiaqing Emperor's heart deeply dissatisfied.
On the third day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Jiaqing, Qianlong died, and within a month, the Jiaqing Emperor laid down the "Twenty Great Crimes" for Hezhen, and stripped Himyan of all his positions and directly gave him death.
And all the family property that he embezzled and bribed before he died eventually fell into the pocket of the Jiaqing Emperor, so the people also had the saying that "Hezhen fell, and Jiaqing was full".
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