1, Qianlong's death, Heshen's downfall
During the Qianlong period, Heshen was extremely favored, and no one dared to take his edge for a while. Even if Qianlong later abdicated, Jiaqing did not dare to move Heshen during Qianlong's lifetime. Facing the high-ranking Heshen, Jiaqing had long been unbearable, so that Qianlong made an order to deal with Heshen just ten days after his death, and then confiscated his 800 million property.
Some people may find it a little strange. During the Qianlong period, Heshen had been rampant for decades, and Qianlong didn't care about it. How could Jiaqing not tolerate this Heshen? This also starts from He Shen’s family history. He Shen is a close minister trained and promoted by Qianlong. No matter how powerful He Shen later develops, Qianlong still has his handle in his hands, and He Shen cannot be turned in his hands. day. Unlike Jiaqing, he was not close to He Shen, and the emperor was young and energetic. How could he tolerate someone provoking his majesty? It can be seen that the risk of officials doing too much is correspondingly very high.
2. The family property is more than the national fiscal revenue.
The fiscal revenue during the Jiaqing period is about 70 million taels of silver, which is less than one-tenth of the Heshen family property. It can be seen that the emperor in Jiaqing has no choice but no one has a minister. Money, it's no wonder that he couldn't hold He Shen later.
First of all, according to the proportion of national fiscal revenue, China's fiscal revenue in 2019 is about 19 trillion yuan. If it is placed today, the Heshen property is more than ten times China’s fiscal revenue, that would be more than two trillion yuan. The once-famous richest man in the world, Bill Gates, was worth more than 80 billion US dollars in 2016. It can be seen that He Shen is the world's richest man if he counts so.
3. Conversion by silver price
If converted by silver price, one tael of silver in the Qing Dynasty is roughly equivalent to about 200 yuan, and eight hundred million taels of silver is 160 billion yuan, although the amount is not as huge as the proportion of fiscal revenue. , But it should be more than enough to be the richest man in the world.
However, there are still many loopholes in the above two conversion methods. Due to the impact of productivity in different periods, the price of silver always fluctuates. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, one tael of silver was equivalent to more than two thousand yuan, so the silver price is something It is difficult to grasp accurately. The fiscal conversion algorithm is even more subtle. After all, the productivity of the Qing Dynasty is still far from today, and the annual fiscal income gap is not small, and the conversion result is not accurate. However, according to the world's income level at the time, He Shen should be the world's richest man in his time, and the "Wall Street Journal" of the United States also included He Shen as the world's fifty richest people.
Speaking of it, Jiaqing got Heshen such a large sum of money that he should be rich. But in fact, soon after he got the Heshen family property, Jiaqing spent all his money, which led to some people later felt that Heshen was not greedy. So many, but the emperor deliberately fabricated a huge sum of money in order to deal with him. However, judging from the situation at the time, Jiaqing continued to clean up Qianlong's mess after he took the throne, and Heshen's stolen money may not be able to go into his pocket, so it is understandable to spend money quickly.
The above is the author's introduction to the Heshen family property. Interested readers can learn more about it by themselves.
