During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin Dynasty Doctor was the first corrupt official recorded in Chinese history, who was originally a law enforcement doctor, but he could not protect the law and enforce the law with his body, but instead used the corrupt law and sold the law to indulge in corruption. As a result, he was abandoned to the city, and his name was nailed to the pillar of shame of corrupt officials.
At the end of the Warring States period, Guo Kai, the minister of state of Zhao, forced away Lian Po and slandered Li Mu, and was known as the first corrupt official in history to betray the country and seek glory. At the same time, the more well-known to the world is the Southern Song Dynasty's Qin Juniper, who was regarded as a negative example of a corrupt official who betrayed the country and sought glory in history.
There are also Liang Ji of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zu Jue of the Southern Dynasty, Lai Junchen of the Wuzhou Period of the Tang Dynasty, Gao Li of the Northern Song Dynasty, Yan Song's father and son of the Ming Dynasty, and Liu Jin, etc. As for the big corrupt officials of the Qing Dynasty, there are many more, and even the big corrupt officials who are rich and enemy of the country are not a few.
▲ Wakan Zhenrong
It can be said that on the road of bribery and bribery, almost all of them are bottomless wanton embezzlement and wanton bribery, and they have destroyed the foundation of the country without scruples, so they have all fallen into the name of being infamous for thousands of years and being insidious.
However, the same corrupt official also fell into countless insults, but only Hezhen left a praiseworthy side for the world.
So why, then, can Hezhen leave a side worthy of the world's admiration on the road of bribery and bribery, and what does this side refer to?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="46" > refusing to be greedy and refusing bribes</h1>
On May 28, 15th year of Qianlong, He Yan was born in the family of Chang Bao, the deputy capital of Fujian, his mother died of dystocia when he was three years old, and his father died of illness when he was nine years old, thanks to the protection of an old family Member Ding and a partial house of his father, He Yan and his brother and Lin were not swept out of the house.
When He Yan was first serving as a waiter, an official named An Ming gave him a gift, hoping to be promoted to secretary, but he refused, but he told An Ming that he would guarantee Shang Shu Feng's promotion.
▲ Washu stills
Afterwards, An Ming was indeed promoted to secretary. So An Ming sent a jade to He yan to express his gratitude, but he was rejected by He Yan.
It can be said that Hezhen, who has just entered the career, is also a clean and honest official.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="45" > he who embarked on the road of bribery and bribery</h1>
In the first month of the 45th year of Qianlong, he was ordered to learn to walk hezhen among the former imperial ministers, and in the process of going to Yunnan with the punishment department attendant Kaning'a and Jiangnan Province's imperial history Qianfeng to investigate the corruption case of Li Shiyao, the governor of Yungui, he witnessed the luxurious life of the corrupt criminals.
Since then, He Yan began to have greedy thoughts, and the amount of money confiscated and reported by the embezzlers was all decided by the case-handling personnel, which was very convenient for private swallowing, and there would be no sense of guilt, after all, most of these money and wealth were ill-gotten gains.
As a result, He Yan took the opportunity to steal a large share of the property of Li Shiyao and his henchmen.
In April of the same year, for his meritorious service in investigating and dealing with Li Shiyao's case, he was not only rewarded by Qianlong, but also promoted to the rank of imperial chancellor, supplemented the blue flag of Manchuria, and even gave the tenth princess to his eldest son, Fengsheng Yinde. Therefore, it has attracted hundreds of officials to compete with each other.
▲ Wakan Mansion
After that, Hezhen tasted the taste of holding great power and wealth, and his selfish desires became more and more inflated, and he was quite enthusiastic about bribery, bribery, and party formation.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="44" > he has left a praise for "three non-greedy"</h1>
As the saying goes: "There is also a way to the Word." Although He Yan was very keen on bribery during his tenure as an official, he was a corrupt official with principles and a bottom line, and this principle and bottom line were the "three non-greedy" he set for himself.
The first is not to be greedy for money
Because, He yan believes, the imperial examination is an important measure for the state to reserve talents and discover talents, and it is also the cornerstone of the country's stability and development. Once the rules of the game of the imperial examination are broken, there will be a phenomenon that the talented are buried, and the people with incorrect mental skills will enter and leave the temple. As a result, it will inevitably lead to the loss of fairness in the examination and the shaking of the foundation of the country.
Therefore, He Yan believes that keju's money must not be greedy.
The second is not to be greedy for disaster relief money
As the saying goes: "I'd rather be a peaceful dog than a troubled person." He Yan believes that the money for disaster relief is the life-saving money of the people. If the common people have no way to live, it will inevitably lead to civil unrest and even rebellion.
In the event of a civil uprising or rebellion, the imperial court would spend several times more money than disaster relief, which may not be able to settle down, and even shake the state's political power.
Therefore, even if you love money again, you don't dare to be greedy for this disaster relief money.
The third is not to be greedy for money that cannot be sure of getting things done
For things that are not sure to be done, even if others give heavy gifts, he will not accept them.
Therefore, he who is greedy for money is also a big corrupt official who talks about "honesty."
Compared with some corrupt officials today, how many of them can have the bottom line and principles of peace?
▲ Death of Washu
This is also a place where he has been insulted by thousands of people, and rarely has been admired by the world.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="32" > he who has embarked on the road of no return because of greed</h1>
On the third day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Jiaqing, Qianlong died.
On the thirteenth day of the first month 10 days later, the Jiaqing Emperor pronounced the twenty major sins of Hezhen and ordered him to raid his home, and confiscated 800 million taels of silver, while the tax revenue of the Qing court was only 70 million taels per year, and the property copied was equivalent to the sum of the qing government's taxes in 15 years. Shiren said: "He yan fell, Jiaqing was full."
On the eighteenth day, the Jiaqing Emperor "rewarded" the imprisoned Heyan Bai Aya.
After seeing Bai Aya, He Yan took up a pen and wrote a desperate poem:
Fifty years of dreams are true, and now it is a red dust.
He is full of water and dragon days, and he keeps cigarettes as a back.
Subsequently, the 49-year-old He Yan hangliang committed suicide and completed his glorious and short-lived path of a corrupt official.
Therefore, as long as you embark on the road of a corrupt official, even if there has been a spark-like light on the way, it will be difficult to escape the infamy of the world behind you.
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