The history of the late Qing Dynasty is very close to us, and reading it also creates more helplessness, because the late modern Qing Dynasty is a humiliating history. The reason is that the Qing government had money but had no strength to defend it, so it attracted covetousness and was eventually divided and eaten up. The richest era in the Qing Dynasty was the Qianlong era.
In the Qianlong era, the national treasury was abundant, so he could enjoy a wealthy life without any effort. At the same time, the country was still very prosperous and strong, and he himself traveled many times and visited privately. However, during the Qianlong era, there was another person in who said that he was rich enough to rival a country, and they all underestimated him. This person is Heshen . However, there are unexpected events in people. After most of his life, Heshen was still confiscated by Jiaqing , filling the national treasury. But even so, Jiaqing still did not touch anything from Heshen’s mansion, so he is now staying in , Gong’s mansion, .
Greedy, snake swallows elephant
Today, many people visit Prince Gong’s Mansion because of Heshen, a powerful minister in the Qianlong era. During the visit, you will find that Heshen is really rich. As for Prince Gong’s Mansion, where he lives, many of us now feel pain when we visit, but they live in such a big place.
Of course, Heshen had such a large mansion, which was naturally the result of his "working". Because when Heshen was young, his father died. When the family foundation was almost occupied, it was the old housekeeper and his father's concubine who allowed him to continue to stay at home. Later, he inherited his father's position, and with his personal efforts, he soon came to Emperor Qianlong's eyes.
Within Emperor Qianlong, he observed his words and knew very well how to guess the king's heart. In addition, Emperor Qianlong was not as hard-working as his grandfather, Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Yongzheng and Emperor 4, and he liked to listen to compliments, so Heshen, who was clever and seductive, was very favored by him.
During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, Heshen gradually became a leader from a light chariot commander, and served as the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Revenue. In addition, he lived in poverty at a young age, so Heshen had inexplicable persistence in money, and he was quite good at making money with money. During his tenure, Heshen used his own means to win over money and was very smart. He knew that his greatest reliance was Emperor Qianlong, so Emperor Qianlong became a greedy person, while he was the second greedy person.
But no matter how greedy Emperor Qianlong was or how unsavvy Emperor, he would not easily give Heshen what he should not have given, such as the lucky stone in the palace. According to records, the Fushi was specially carved by Kangxi when he was sick in , Xiaozhuang Empress Dowager , and it contained the meaning of the five blessings. The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was very happy to see this stone and her illness was cured.
This blessing stone was left like this. Emperor Qianlong was very popular with Emperor Kangxi when he was young, so this stone has been passed down from Yongzheng to him. However, during the reign of Emperor Qianlong, he focused more on how he should enjoy himself, so he forgot to take care of this stone. But the shrewd Heshen saw it. At this time, no matter what method he used, Emperor Qianlong could not let go.
Since it is obvious that it cannot be obtained, then go to the "secret way". So, Heshen took the opportunity of repairing the garden for Emperor Qianlong and transported the stone back to his home. To cover up, he covered it with a rockery outside, and then no one else knew the real thing hidden inside.
The reason why Heshen was obsessed with this blessing stone was naturally because he also wanted good luck, such as Prince Gong's Mansion. Although he did not receive the so-called Prince Gong's title during his tenure, it did not prevent him from having such thoughts.
"Fu" stone related to national destiny
But there were unexpected situations in the world. This lucky stone moved the land and did not bring him good luck, but instead had a catastrophe. In 1799, Emperor Qianlong finally died at the age of 89 after being the emperor for several years.Emperor Jiaqing was naturally happy because it meant that he finally became the real emperor of power and would no longer have to be suppressed by Qianlong, and even be suppressed by minister Heshen.
Qianlong was dead, so Emperor Jiaqing naturally did not dare to say anything, but the grudges over the past few years made him vent his anger on Heshen. He tricked him into the palace with the excuse of letting Premier Heshen Qianlong's funeral, and finally searched his house for ten major crimes. It was also during the search of the house that people discovered that Heshen was so rich that he had collected 800 million taels of silver, while the Qing Dynasty's treasury was only 70 million taels of silver tax a year.
So, Heshen was not only "rich enough to rival a country", but several Qing Dynasty did not have money, and it seemed to have surpassed it. In the 18th century, even in Western countries that had completed the capitalist revolution, no one was as rich as Heshen, so he was the richest man in the world at that time. However, his money was all for the Qing treasury and was confiscated.
But during the search of , someone found something, that is, the blessing stone. Emperor Jiaqing knew about it at that time, but he did not dare to move. He is still in Prince Gong's mansion. This lucky stone came from the palace, why did Emperor Jiaqing not dare to move? There is only one reason for , that is, the location of this blessing stone in Heshen’s house is more unique than in the palace, so it cannot be moved. Of course, it is also not allowed to be moved according to the objective conditions at that time.
As mentioned earlier, Heshen uses rockery as a cover. If it is moved out, it will inevitably be damaged. is naturally not allowed to move. Secondly, the lucky stone of happened to be on the central axis of Beijing city , which belonged to what people thought of as dragon vein at that time. According to Feng Shui, if it is demolished, it will affect the national destiny and the blessings of the Qing will be gone.
Under such circumstances, Emperor Jiaqing naturally did not dare to move. After all, he could not bear the charge of the destruction of the Qing Dynasty.
Conclusion
The ancients paid the most attention to luck, and ordinary families attached great importance to it. After all, it is related to the development of the future generations, let alone a country. When Heshen "stealed" this lucky stone, he might not have thought that it had such a great effect, but fortunately it was the meaning, so he attached great importance to it. In the mansion, he must have made some preparations to put it in an excellent position. Therefore, Emperor Jiaqing later did not dare to move easily after seeing this excellent position.
After all, they believe in these luck or national destiny, and As an emperor, Jiaqing is definitely not a fool. If he moves such an excellent position, he will be destined to bear the infamous if he falls into such a good place in the future. So in this case, he would definitely not move without authorization, because he could not bear such a heavy price. But when we look at the later history of , we will find that the development of the Qing Dynasty was more artificial than a blessing. Therefore, when we do something, instead of relying on God that does not exist, we should work hard on ourselves.
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