He Yan, known as the largest corrupt official in history, Jiaqing raided and converted the government into 800 million taels of silver, when the Qing government's annual revenue was only 70 million taels, and hezhen's private property was equivalent to the Qing government's fiscal revenue for 15 to 20 years.
Entering the palace at the age of nineteen, he found a luan Yiwei errand through his father-in-law relationship, that is, a sedan who carried the imperial palanquin to the Qianlong Emperor, and at this point, his glorious career as an official eunuch official officially began, and this legendary giant greedy predator stepped onto the stage of history.
Most of people's understanding of Hezhen is fixed in film and television dramas, especially the Hezhen played by Teacher Wang Gang, which is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In film and television dramas, He Yan is a shallow talent, only flattering and patting the Qianlong Emperor's ass, but in real history, He Yan's talent is not inferior to Ji Xiaolan, who is known for his knowledge, and you must know that He Yan's family history is based on learning.
When he was ten years old, his parents died, his family was in a state of ruin, his life was difficult, and even his servants were able to bully their brothers, Hezhen and Helin.
When he was a teenager, he continued to study at the Xian'an Xuegong by selling his property land. Xian'an Xuegong belongs to the aristocratic academies, basically all of them are the children of the Manchu Qing royal family, most of them do not learn no skills, playthings lose their minds, and rarely take the initiative to learn.
However, He Yan was a different kind of disciple among these disciples, he not only actively studied the examination courses in the palace, but also studied the Four Books and Five Classics, the Hundred Sons and Hundred Families, Han Fu, Tang poems, Song Ci, Yuanqu novels, etc. In addition to the commonly used Chinese and Mongolian languages, he also took the initiative to learn Mongolian and Tibetan, mastering these more applicable languages, providing great help for the advancement of his later career.
Soon He yan became the leader of the Xian'an Xuegong, and at this time, he made a surprising move. In addition to studying, He Yan secretly collected Qianlong's poetry and articles, and even imitated Qianlong's font handwriting, carefully pondering Qianlong's preferences.
At that time, the world-famous literary hero Yuan Ming went to the Xian'an Xuegong to visit friends, heard about Hezhen's serious and hard study, personally met with this descendant, the two talked, Yuan Ming believed that Hezhen was talented, and would surely become a pillar of the country in the future, and personally wrote a poem for him:
Young Wen Shili, Tonghou and Champion. Crooked bow Zhu Yan fell, Jianbi Li Moyun.
Yuan Ming's literary status during the Qianlong period was extremely high, and his praise made the yinglian who was a noble middle hall at that time listen to his heart, and this middle hall lord even personally went to the Xian'an Xuegong and summoned this lonely and nameless fallen disciple, which also became the biggest turning point in Hezhen's life.
At this time, Yinglian had just built a mansion, and in order to test Hezhen, he asked Hezhen to write and paint for the garden hall. The wise He yan knew that this was the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time, and it was this opportunity that allowed Yinglian to see his talent, and in the days to come, the two would have more exchanges.
Yinglian admired this talented junior and continued to promote Hezhen, and even when he was fifteen years old, he betrothed his only granddaughter Tohwa. With the help of Yinglian's promotion and guidance, when He Yan was nineteen years old, he found an errand in the imperial palace- Qianlong's royal carman.
If it is said that the promotion of yinglian is the starting point of He yanfei Huang Tengda, then being appreciated as a Qianlong caravan is the result of He yan's long-term efforts to figure out Qianlong's character.
Opportunities are always given to those who are prepared, and after six years of becoming the Qianlong Emperor's caravan, the opportunity for He yan has come.
On this day, when Qianlong went out, he found that the umbrella cover used for the honor guard was missing, and Qianlong Longyan, who had always liked pomp and pageantry and paid attention to etiquette, was furious and casually said an allusion in the Analects: "The tiger is out of the wood, and the turtle jade is destroyed in the tree, who is to blame?" ”
(Translation: The animals ran out and the treasures they treasured were destroyed, whose responsibility was it? ）
With angry words, a group of attendants quickly knelt down, how did these people who could not read big characters know what the Qianlong Emperor meant? You can only kneel down in a hurry to avoid the disaster of killing yourself.
But He yan's thoughts were different, he thought it was a good performance opportunity, even if the emperor blamed, he could only take a risk, so he and Yan Langsheng said: "The pawn keeper can't resign his responsibility." ”
(Translation: It is the responsibility of the caretaker.) ）
The Qianlong Emperor was certainly not pleased, but seeing the handsome and elegant He Yan yi talent, his tone eased up a little, and he asked what He Yan meant by this sentence.
He Yan, who was familiar with ancient books and had poetry in his belly, was not unfamiliar with this, and did not rush to explain this allusion, Qianlong saw that there were such talents in his bodyguard, and he was not to blame for hezhen's recklessness.
Along the way, the Qianlong Emperor summoned He Yan to his side and stayed by his side to talk and relieve his boredom.
He Yan's talent was not inferior to this self-proclaimed most talented emperor in history, Qianlong had the heart to take the hezhen examination, put forward many allusions to the article, and tested the hezhen.
After more than ten years of hard reading, he finally waited for such an opportunity to display his talents, and He Yan answered Qianlong's questions like a stream, and even some of the answers made the emperor look sideways.
He Yan was well-spoken, spoke decently, and would be skillfully flattered, completely unlike those serious ministers in the DPRK, and the more he talked, the more he would be used by Qianlong.
With his outstanding literary style and eloquence, He Yan left a deep impression on the Qianlong Emperor, and soon after, Qianlong left He Yan by his side to serve around.
He Yan's talent is not only flattering, the film and television drama is only deliberately weakened to set off Ji Xiaolan, and the real him in history is the great talent of the country behind corruption and bribery.