Speaking of and Shen, does everyone think of the image of He Shen in film and television dramas? In the script, He Shen is an image who often plays tricks and slacks horses, while Emperor Qianlong loves He Shen very much. The three people in the play bring joy and suffering to many people, but He Shen in the play is a very shrewd character, which can be seen no matter if he is in the world or on the horse.
The same is true for Heshen in history. Emperor Qianlong also loved him and became a person who could talk to the emperor. So why did Emperor Jiaqing be heshen after he came to power? To kill? Why didn't the wise Heshen wait for Jiaqing to be comfortable when Qianlong was alive, and directly take refuge in this future emperor?
The life of a corrupt official
He Shen's birth was not very good. His three-year-old mother died of dystocia and his father died of illness when he was nine years old. So He Shen was determined to embark on the road of becoming an official when he was a child. He was able to climb to such a high level entirely by his own hard work and enough luck. In his career, it can be said that he climbed up step by step, and his financial ability was favored by Qianlong. Since then, he has gone higher and higher. Qianlong's side.
Then someone will say, Isn’t He Shen just a little clever? Is there any real ability to learn? In fact, everyone has a one-sided view of Heshen. Not only can he speak well, he has also been proficient in the four languages of Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Chinese since he was a child.
What's more, Qianlong himself in history is very happy and high-profile. A beard and a horse is a great joy, so Qianlong is very good at Heshen. This can be seen from Qianlong's preference for stamping on ancient paintings. Sometimes Heshen made mistakes, and Qianlong would not care about it. It also contributed to He Shen's complacency.
It is this feeling of being under one person and above tens of thousands of people, which made 's official career go so smoothly.So many people gave him gifts. Humanistic desires, so He Shen went further and further on this road of corrupt officials. He Shen used the emperor’s love for him to arbitrarily collect money. According to rumors, He Shen had more money than the national treasury, and his own power became that era. The wealth of the world’s richest man was the total tax revenue of the imperial court at that time for 15 years, which shows He Shen’s greed.
If the road goes too smoothly, it is easy to drift
So why did it go well during the Qianlong period and waited until Jiaqing ascended the throne to give him a white silk? The acceptance of bribes in Qianlong period was still very low-key, and he licked Qianlong frantically. Qianlong loved and hated him even if he knew it, so Qianlong had always treated Heshen as a small punishment and didn't really want to kill him.
Of course, there is another saying that it was a gift to Emperor Jiaqing. After all, corrupt officials in ancient times were inexhaustible, so let them punish corrupt officials. After they died, they would be a gift to Jiaqing. However, Yi Ge did not believe this statement at all. Qianlong was a prodigal when he put it plainly. He had lost all the rivers and mountains that Yongzheng had laid down for him. Qianlong said he was going to the south of the Yangtze River six times to observe people's sentiments, but wasn't he looking for Jiaxi and beauty? There are villains around, how can there be such thoughts?
So when Jiaqing was in power, it was a mess left by Qianlong. Before that, Jiaqing's approach to Heshen was in his eyes, so the times have changed. Qianlong’s playful enjoyment, and the treasury’s Enough money is enough for him, so it's okay for Heshen to be greedy.
But what Jiaqing Emperor needs is money, and money is needed to maintain the stability of the treasury. Therefore, He Shen, who has been pleased with Qianlong, became the candidate of Jiaqing, and he became the one who killed the Jiaqing Emperor.
Summary
Throughout He Shen's life, he has enjoyed most of his life as a corrupt official, but in the end he can't escape a dead word. Although He Shen has made contributions to the country and the people, he can't resist the temptation of interest. In the end, it was nothing more than self-sacrifice, and he died in a cell.
In order to find his position, the official should work hard on the country,Work hard on the people. He Shen was just taking the blame, even if he had already taken refuge in Jiaqing during Qianlong's alive, then he still had to bear the consequences for his greed.
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