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crowd "opening the eyes" of the event is "corrupt copy of the home."
Even in several film and television versions of "The Deer and Ding Tale", Wei Xiaobao played by Chen Xiaochun, looking at the silver drooling scene when copying Ao Bai's house, and Wei Xiaobao played by Zhou Xingchi, is making heaven and earth in Ao Bai's house, holding a lot of money. Bai Yin sang the thunderous scene of "sorrowing about the country's hatred", and I don't know how many audiences laughed. And in the real history of the Qing Dynasty, the “house ransacking” was also a common occurrence.
For example, during the Yongzheng period, Li Wei, the governor of Zhili, copied 3,600 taels of "accounting property", and copied 340,000 taels of "cash". All this is considered "corrupt". During the Qianlong period, the corrupt officials Li Shiyao and Wang Shiren were investigated, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the governor of Fujian. In addition to copying large sums of money, they also copied all kinds of fresh "foreign goods", which are almost in sync with Europe on the other side of the ocean. In addition, there is also the governor of Zhejiang Wang Quanwang. There are more than 3,700 ingots hidden in the house of the family. The bigger the official, the more amazing the wealth copied and the more eye-catching.
However, compared with a great greed of the Qing Dynasty, the above ones have become the pediatrics: Emperor Qianlong’s most beloved person during his lifetime, the Qing Dynasty’s "foreman of the military, the minister of the guard, the minister of internal affairs, the minister in charge of the internal affairs"-Niu Hulu·Heshen.
, the famous wild history, was both arrogant and rich during his lifetime. His fall was even more sudden: Emperor Qianlong died on the third day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Jiaqing. Dismiss all official positions in Heshen. He Shen was formally imprisoned on the eighth day of the first lunar month, and the 20 major sins of He Shen were condemned on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Three days later, He Shen was "given order to commit suicide"-this generation of great greed in the Qing Dynasty. Responsible at the box office", life ends here.
But compared to his greed for a lifetime of "worm life", He Shen is more interesting to future generations, but it is his huge wealth. According to the records of "The Qing Dynasty Wild History Grand View" and "Qing Bi Lei Chao" and other materials, the wealth copied by the "Chao He Shen Family" in the Qing Dynasty was "eight hundred trillions of strange". If this amount is true, it is equivalent to the Qing government at this time. Fifteen years of income. Such a large sum of money, according to the saying of "Qingbi Class Banknotes", "to be imported into the inner government", even evolved into a folk song that has been circulating for hundreds of years: Heshen falls and Jiaqing is full.
can be a marvelous scene in the history of the Qing Dynasty, and it is here: theoretically speaking, if Jiaqing took all Heshen's family property photos, it was tantamount to making a huge fortune. Isn't that wealthy? But the fact is that in the year after Jiaqing's "administrative", he often lamented that he had no money. In his more than 20 years in power, "no money" has become a common sight in the Qing Dynasty: the Jiaqing Emperor's clothing, food, housing and transportation have been extremely simple throughout his life, and even the officials of the Qing Dynasty often promote Jiaqing when they go abroad. The emperor "looked at how simple the palace is." Almost every day I save money from the gap between my teeth, but it is still not enough to spend.
So the question is, now that Heshen’s family property is “full”, why did Emperor Jiaqing’s life be so poor? The first reason for
is the exaggerated "Heshen Wealth". Does Heshen's wealth really have "eight hundred trillion"? Take a look at the record of the "Qing Shilu": After Heshen's "fallen horse," he was copied twice. For the first time, more than 200 bracelets, a dozen gems, and millions of taels of silver were copied. For the second time, they copied tens of millions of taels of silver, as well as more than 30,000 taels of gold hidden in the mezzanine of the wall of Heshen’s house. In addition, there were shops in Jizhou, Tongzhou and other places, which were "discounted" for another hundred thousand taels of silver. . The sum of
is of course a large scale compared to the previous Li Shiyao and Wang Qianwang and his ilk, but compared to the "800 trillion" "folklore", there is still a huge gap. And what about Emperor Jiaqing himself? Even though he was determined to kill He Shen, but he really didn’t care about He Shen’s money, he said clearly in the edict: "The reason why I dealt with He Shen was because of the treacherous and sinful crimes. ".
Even, when the deputy general manager of Xianglan Banner, Sabintu, was wise to trace Heshen’s "hidden possession", he thought he had gotten the pulse of Emperor Jiaqing, but he was scolded by Emperor Jiaqing and made a mistake. Sabintu was also "strictly punishable by the Ministry of Communications"-this is not a matter of money.
Therefore, Jiaqing Legal Office and He Shen, since they didn't have money for him, naturally they would not rely on He Shen's money to make up for Daqing's holes, as in many wild history film and television dramas.
And the second reason is more real: Heshen came from greedMoney is simply not satisfied with the "holes" of Emperor Jiaqing.
The development of the Qing Dynasty to the Jiaqing period was already difficult. In addition, when Emperor Qianlong, the Emperor Qianlong, "the Supreme Emperor" was reigning, he did all kinds of things too much. In his later years, he himself admitted that "doing nothing is beneficial, harmless and beneficial." It may be too late to admit that the number of "Xiajiangnan" expenditures is 20 million taels of silver on the surface, which is more than the compensation paid in the first Opium War. Actually it is much more. The related "bad debts", of course, are all carried by Emperor Jiaqing.
In addition, in Qianlong's later years, the "White Lotus Uprising" in the southwest became more and more intense. When Emperor Qianlong was in power, this matter was a nuisance. But at that time Emperor Qianlong was so happy, officials at all levels also concealed all kinds of reports, reporting the good and not the worry all day long. By the time Qianlong and Heshen both passed away, the front line had become a pot of porridge under the confusion of civil and military officials at all levels. Although the Jiaqing Emperor was ruthless afterwards, replaced a large number of incompetent generals, mobilized heavy troops to encircle and suppress, and finally settled down the chaos in the ninth year of Jiaqing, but the Qing Dynasty spent 200 million taels of silver before and after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. indemnity.
There is also the Yellow River flood, which is the cauldron that Qianlong and Shen "jun and ministers" personally threw to Jiaqing. In the later years of Qianlong, under Heshen’s "management", the Governor of the River Channel became a big problem. All the successive Governors were Heshen’s confidants. When he took office, he knew how to eat and take cards. The Qing Dynasty was like a "lifeline" of "river affairs". Quit the dishes completely. During Qianlong’s six voyages to the south of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River sent water many times. During the Jiaqing period, it became an unprecedented disaster: the Yellow River ruptured many times in Henan, Shandong and other places, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was repeatedly cut off, and the city of Beijing was also at risk of "broken blood". Can overhaul!
So, also from Jiaqing's reign to the 9th year of Jiaqing, after five years, invested a lot of money, the Qing Dynasty completed an unprecedented Yellow River governance project. The nine-year project of Jiaqing was successfully closed in Hengjialou. Since then, "the whole river has returned to its old path, and the river has smooth water conditions." In the entire 19th century, Emperor Jiaqing, who had been desperately working for a decade or two, did the most influential and most effective work. Of course, the money has not been spent less.
So, just look at these few things, and if you take out any of them, the money that He Shen "left behind", said to be astronomical, is actually not enough to stuff your teeth. What's more terrible is the socio-economic decline during the Jiaqing period: the rapid increase in population and the intensification of land annexation, the Qing Dynasty, which had a population of more than 300 million during the Jiaqing period, had only 7.91 million hectares of arable land. The pressure on the national economy can be imagined. At this time, Jiaqing is still holding the old thinking of governing the country. The closed-door policy is becoming more and more intensified. The absurd "ban on mining" policy has further curbed economic development. In addition, the extremely strict "ban on farming" policy prohibits inland farmers from leaving the customs for farming. The surplus labor force does not even have a way out of "finding a job". How can this Qing Dynasty not be poor? Adding to the increasing corruption, the ever-increasing gap between the rich and the poor, and all sorts of mixed problems, Jiaqing has been struggling for the rest of his life, even because of the "rebellion of heaven and education", crying and guilty. But in the final analysis, he was able to hand over a complete Qing Jiangshan into the hands of his son, Emperor Daoguang, which was considered very good.
Because "carrying the pot" was originally important, and the idea of governing the country went against the general trend of history. The great pit of governing the country faced by Emperor Jiaqing, even if he copied ten more Heshen's homes, it would still be uneven.
Reference materials: Wei Qingyuan's "Files and Cases of Copying Homes in Qing Dynasty", "Biography of Qing Emperors: Emperor Jiaqing" by Guan Wenfa
