Everyone knows that He yan is the largest corrupt official in Chinese history, and the money he embezzled in his lifetime can be worth dozens of times that of the treasury of the Qing Dynasty at that time, and the money of 800 million silver has made He Yan the world's first huge greed worthy of the name. So why did Hezhen embezzle so much money at that time? Could it be that Hezhen really loves money to such an extent? Did Qianlong not notice he was at all aware of He yan's corrupt and perverted laws during his reign? Will there be another hidden plot in the Hezhen corruption case?
Everyone knows that Qianlong reigned for 60 years, which can be regarded as one of the longest-reigning emperors in history. His enthusiasm for imperial power is obvious to all, and history records that although the elderly Qianlong passed the throne to his son Jiaqing, he still paid attention to the major affairs of the DPRK, so in the first few years of Jiaqing's reign, although he was named emperor, some of the real power in the dynasty was still in the hands of Qianlong and Qianlong's confidant He Yan.
For this reason, The Jiaqing Emperor's heart was actually very unhappy, the young and vigorous he actually wanted to be a real emperor with real power, and did not want everything to be asked of others, so when the 89-year-old Qianlong died, Jiaqing found more than twenty charges of hezhen and put him on death row within 15 days. After He yan was put on death row, the Jiaqing Emperor went to the big prison alone to see He Yan.
He asked He yan, as a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, the former emperor was not thin to you, why did you embezzle such a huge amount of people's fat and people's anointing, are you so worthy of trusting the former emperor? Are you worthy of the Qing Dynasty? What face do you have to meet the emperor? Every word that the Jiaqing Emperor said to Hezhen was meant to sting Hezhen in prison. After Seeing the Jiaqing Emperor, Ne Zhi and Yan calmly performed the courtesy of the monarch.
Then he calmly said to Jiaqing: I know that I have committed a capital crime, and I also know that it is an unforgivable sin to embezzle so much money. But does the emperor think that I have embezzled so much money for my own sake? How much can I spend in my lifetime? My children and grandchildren probably won't be able to use up the money, right? The former emperor went down to Jiangnan many times in his life to observe the people's feelings, and each time he needed a lot of money, but our treasury was empty, and we could not come up with so much money at all.
Besides, taking the money from the national treasury is easy for many ministers in the DPRK and China to criticize, I am a person close to the former emperor, everyone pushes such a difficult thing to me, what can I do if I am not greedy? I spent so much money on the emperor, didn't the emperor ever become suspicious? In fact, to some extent, my corruption was also tacitly approved by the former emperor. He Yan's words, said that the Jiaqing Emperor did not know how to reply, and the Jiaqing Emperor only felt embarrassed.
He also knew many things that happened to his father during his lifetime, and he also knew that he was telling the truth. But in order to have a sufficient treasury, and for himself to be an emperor who is not constrained by others, he must execute Hezhen in order to make his throne sit more securely. Therefore, letting Hezhen go away as his father was what he wanted to do most at the moment. He Yan also knew that after Qianlong's death, his time would be short, so he was very calm in the face of death.
In fact, all courtiers are in the service of a dynasty, if the imperial court does not need you, the emperor does not need you, then you can only be a stone in the way. He Yan was the biggest obstacle in the heart of the Jiaqing Emperor, so the Jiaqing Emperor charged He Yan with the crime that he could die several times, so he would execute his father's confidant minister less than a hundred days after his father's death.
Is Hekan guilty? He could go to the soup for Qianlong and relieve Qianlong's troubles and sorrows, so he was regarded by Qianlong as the most trustworthy confidant minister, so if he was said to be his greatest sin? He should have unconditionally done Qianlong's affairs as his own!
In fact, it was only with these words that he revealed the real greed of the Qing Dynasty: Qianlong. Although he received so much money, as he said, his greedy money could not be spent by his children and grandchildren. All the money he coveted was for Qianlong's sake. Therefore, Qianlong is the most greedy person, and Hezhen is just his money bag!