Speaking of Hezhen, the first thing that everyone thinks of is the big corrupt official, in ancient times there were indeed many corrupt officials, there were many times to form a party for personal gain, just for their own interests, and Hezhen was the biggest corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty, even Qianlong's outings had to pay money for Hezhen, and the property he owned was immeasurable.
But before that, there were no big corrupt officials? Naturally impossible, Yuan Zai in the Tang Dynasty was such a person, he also sat on a large number of gold and silver jewelry, but his end was not good, in 777, Yuan Zai was escorted to the court, behind with a knife in his hand, Yuan Zai's head fell to the ground, and many of his comrades were also implicated.
The original Yuan Zai was quite arrogant, even Tang Dynasty Emperor did not dare to anger him many times, until Yuan Zai was executed, Tang Dynasty Sect called a happy, when raiding Yuan Zai's home, those countless rare treasures and gold and silver treasures shocked many people, saying that he was rich enough to be an enemy of the country.
In this operation, the silver piled up into a hill, and the treasures were packed in boxes, but these treasures can be understood, and what many people can't understand is that eight hundred stones of pepper were found in Yuan Zai's home, which is about 64 tons, which is a big number.
But why did Yuan Zai put so much pepper in his home? Some people think that it may be that Yuan Zai may have a collection habit, like to talk about so many peppers collected together, every time you see it will feel very comfortable, there are also people who think that Yuan Zai's life was not satisfactory when he was young, thinking that a little pepper in the meal is very happy, until he becomes a big corrupt official, there is still a special mentality.
But such a big corrupt official, these peppers must have his reasons, only later someone made an accurate analysis, the Tang Dynasty did not have pepper, these peppers are from India, with the Silk Road trade exchanges, these peppers spread to the Central Plains, but the number is still very small, can be used basically are rich or noble people.
These calls were placed at home, not for the sake of collecting or for anything else, but these peppers could be exchanged for great benefits, but it was useless to have more money, because he had been executed, and the money was all outside the body, and the same was true of these peppers, which could not be sold, could not be eaten, even if they wanted to regret it.
In fact, the result of this is inseparable from his own relationship, although he is a corrupt official, but his performance is too obvious, but also too high-profile, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among many people, even including the emperor, and in the end there will be no good ending.