What the? A crime of secretly hiding Jilin Dongzhu made this great hero ambush him, which was very strange.
In fact, with the death of Qianlong, the road to he as an official came to an end, according to the plot, He Yan was Qianlong's favorite minister, and he was an old minister in the court, Qianlong could not bear to kill such an old minister who was loyal to himself, and there must be objects such as the death-free gold medal (such as the Danshu iron scroll, the death-free gold medal, the yellow horse coat, etc.) that could save Hezhen's life, in fact, there was none.
Because Qianlong handed over the power of life and death to his son, the treasury was empty, and hezhen's family property could just make up for the lack of the treasury, so that the national strength of the Qing Dynasty could still be maintained, so that no one came to challenge its authority. He Yan's crime is to secretly hide Jilin Dongzhu, so what is Jilin Dongzhu?
The Jilin Dongzhu is actually a pearl, and the pearl appeared in the Han Dynasty, and it was acquired on a considerable scale, and it has a very long history to this day.
During the Han Dynasty, there were two places for pearl collection, the pearl produced by this piece in the south belonged to the sea pearl, also known as the south pearl; there was no ocean in the north, so it was all lakes, and the pearls produced belonged to the freshwater beads, also called the north pearl and later called the east pearl, which was the same thing.
Although seawater beads and freshwater beads are pearls, but there is also this difference between them, seawater beads are less produced, generally more precious, a shell can only produce one or two pearls, but these pearls are round in shape, shiny and moist, and look spiritual.
The shells of freshwater beads produce 30-40 beads at a time, and the shape is uneven, it is difficult to pick out more perfect pearls, and the luster is softer than that of sea beads.
Dongzhu's confrontation with the Jin Dynasty in the Song Dynasty has already begun, and after experiencing the three dynasties of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties (the Qing Dynasty actually belonged to the Jin regime, but belonged to the Later Jin, all of which were dynasties established by the Jurchens), the natural value will rise, and the most important thing is that the Kyoto of these three dynasties is all close to the north.
The production of Dongzhu is in the Jurchen tribe, and it is excavated by the Jurchens themselves. Moreover, at that time, the number of merchants in the Song Dynasty gradually increased, and the rarity of things was expensive, so pearls became a necessary cosmetic object for all rich squires and royal aristocrats.
For this reason, Liao made enough efforts in the mining of Dongzhu, which is why the Jin Dynasty was the most ruthless to Liao, because Liao oppressed them fiercely enough. The Jin Dynasty was a dynasty established by the Jurchens, and the Jurchens invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources in the mining of pearls, adhering to the idea that the craftsmanship of the ancestors could not be lost, and the price of pearls was raised.
Mongolia destroyed Jin, the Jin Dynasty defeated with Dongzhu as compensation for defeat, apologized to Genghis Khan, since then the people of the Yuan Dynasty also liked Dongzhu, the Ming Dynasty defeated the Yuan Dynasty, Nurhaci in order to paralyze the enemy, he gave the Dongzhu mined by the Jurchens, for this reason Dongzhu also belonged to the high-consumption luxury in the Ming Dynasty.
This means that the Jurchens attach great importance to Dongzhu, and the Qing Dynasty, as the second dynasty established by the Jurchens, naturally needless to say, the price of Dongzhu has further increased into royal materials, and others cannot enjoy such things. This led to the size of the official position being linked to the Dongzhu, and the more Dongzhu that could be obtained, the higher the status of the natural in the DPRK, making the mining guard of the Dongzhu more rigorous and the control more stringent.
He also set up a special institution, the Ula Governor, to obey the orders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and without the approval of the emperor, the unauthorized mining of Dongzhu was equivalent to the death penalty. There are also institutions responsible for tracking and mining institutions, zhuxuan, as long as you find that the smugglers of dongzhu are caught, you can be promoted to a higher rank and get rich.
Coupled with the long-term fishing, the production of Dongzhu is getting smaller and smaller, and the price is naturally getting more and more expensive, even to the point where you can't buy it with money (for royals).
As the production of Dongzhu gradually decreased, it could only be used by members of the royal family, and there was no longer a share of ministers. He Yan was convicted of secretly hiding Dongzhu, and it belonged to the public kind, which proved that such a crime was very serious, and the matter of secretly hiding Dongzhu could be big or small.
As long as the emperor lets you use it, you have no crime, but if you don't let you use it, you use it and secretly hide it is a big crime. According to the situation at that time, he did not get many Dongzhu, and he did such a thing under Qianlong's eyes, and Qianlong chose to turn a blind eye, after all, at this time, Hezhen was still useful.
At his most brilliant time, he held six or even nine important positions, which showed that he was an indispensable presence for the Qing Dynasty, and he was indeed a very capable person.
After all, being able to hold several positions can still be left and right, which is quite a difficult thing, and there is no such energy, all things piled together in a short period of time can not be completed, but He yan will do a good job, it can be said that half of the Qing Dynasty is supported by him alone.
Such an important minister, why did Jiaqing kill him?
He Yan secretly hid Jilin Dongzhu, which was not the case. Jiaqing succeeded to the throne, the property used by the national treasury was pitifully small, and the Hezhen family was very rich, and all the property combined could support the five-year expenditure of the Qing Dynasty at that time, and the five-year expenditure of the whole country, which was a lot of wealth.
When He Yan was doing things under Qianlong's hands, he secretly hid a lot of precious items, so it was also very normal for Dongzhu to be included in his pocket, after all, Qianlong had never made an article on this matter, "I am greedy, but I am very loyal" This is the true portrayal of He yan in front of Qianlong, and it is also the main reason why Qianlong did not move him.
One: Washu greedy for money. When Jiaqing had just ascended to the throne, the treasury was empty, and many officials could not get the Qilu, and in the long run, the entire imperial court would fall apart, causing major troubles and causing the fall of the Qing Dynasty. He Yan's further greed for money at this juncture will continue to accelerate the demise of the Qing Dynasty.
The prerequisite for the people to live and work in peace and contentment is to be able to eat enough and have clothes to wear, but after these basic needs cannot be met, there will be turmoil, the Qing Dynasty's expenditure is already small, and when further squeezing and the army's supplies cannot be supported, it is the time when the entire Qing Dynasty is destroyed.
In order to maintain the rule of the Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing definitely wanted to kill corrupt officials, and Hezhen was the biggest corrupt official among them, so naturally he had to play the role of killing chickens and monkeys. Of course, other corrupt officials must also be dealt with, after all, anyone can develop into the appearance of Hezhen, and Jiaqing must definitely crack down on such a situation.
This is not a question of greed or greed, but a question that has risen to the level of the country's ability to continue to develop and even survive.
Second: the value of Jilin Dongzhu. The value of The Jilin Dongzhu continued to decrease with the amount of mining, so that the value of the Jilin Dongzhu continued to increase, and as the favorite of the Qianlong Emperor, he naturally had the best Jilin Dongzhu, which led the Jiaqing Emperor to naturally point the spearhead at the ministers who had stopped at Hezhennan.
After all, the national treasury is empty, and Jilin Dongzhu as the most valuable item produced in their own territory, no one wants him to be in the hands of others, and collecting Jilin Dongzhu to maintain the needs of the national treasury is also the most urgent thing for Jiaqing at present. As the head of the hundred officials, the number of Jilin Dongzhu enjoyed by He yan was naturally huge.
Another point is the large-scale production of Jilin Dongzhu, resulting in the fact that Jilin Dongzhu may not even be able to use much by the emperor. For this reason, secretly hiding Jilin Dongzhu has actually become a major crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan, and Jiaqing naturally attaches great importance to this.
Because for that time, the spirituality of Jilin Dongzhu determined the level of the position, and the treatment of the previous dynasty could not be reduced, especially when the emperor had just ascended to the throne, so there were so many things to reward, naturally it could only target the former courtiers.
Third: the new emperor must always establish his power when he ascends to the throne. The best way for the emperor to establish his power was to attack the powerful ministers and heavy ministers at that time, and He yan was the key figure of the powerful ministers and even the heavy ministers at that time. If you want to establish a will, you must open a knife to the leader in order to deter XiaoXiao and achieve Annei's purpose.
The emperor must have sufficient reasons for the power to attack, otherwise he will face the change of the throne and become a stepping stone for others to ascend to the throne. Whatever the reason was enough for the emperor, but not enough for the courtiers.
Another point is that Hezhen knows the end he will eventually face, so he does not resist any punishment of Jiaqing for him, because he is still loyal to the Qing Dynasty, otherwise Jiaqing will not be able to move him. There is no thing to avoid death, and it is clear in his heart that he is going to be removed and become the most important pawn to deter others.
In summary, the reason why Hezhen was convicted was mainly because:
I. He Yan can be greedy: And it is not ordinary greed, as long as he can eat all of his greed, He Yan's ability to accumulate wealth is not generally strong, it can be said that at that time, as Qianlong's favorite subjects, countless officials wanted to curry favor with him in exchange for a high position. He yan is not only greedy for himself, but also uses the greed of others to help himself accumulate wealth.
Second, He Yan has money; He Yan can be said to be rich and enemy of the country, equivalent to Shen Wansan of the Ming Dynasty, of course, this money is earned by his own greed and his own business.
This money was enough to support the financial needs of the Ming Dynasty for three years at that time, some people said that this was very little, but in fact it was a lot, whether it was the repair of the army or the imperial palace, and the rewards of the ministers, etc. were all in these, such a huge cost could support three years, and these three years still referred to the situation of no income.
Third, He Yan was a powerful courtier, and He Yan was a being above ten thousand people under one person during Qianlong's reign, and was the elder of a dynasty. A dynasty of heaven and a courtier, Hezhen is an important obstacle to his ascension to the throne for the current Jiaqing, and if he does not want to become a puppet, he must kill Hezhen.
Killing Hezhen is of great benefit to Jiaqing, not only to avoid being lifted, but also to deter the courtiers and make them obediently do things for themselves. After all, he was already a big patron, and for his own benefit, the courtiers would definitely have to hug the emperor's thighs, after all, the emperor had just ascended the throne.