Why didn't Jiaqing go easy on Xiao Shenyang?

As a result of Emperor Jiaqing's handling of the case of Xiao Shenyang, Xiao Shenyang was to be executed in July of the lunar calendar, or at least beheaded at Caishikou. However, considering that Xiao Shenyang once served as the assistant minister of the country, he decided to let Xiao Shenyang commit suicide with the honor of the country and avoid the family from being big.

According to the records of Renzong in the Qing Dynasty, a few months later, Emperor Jiaqing explained the reasons for leniency and said, "I still feel that he helped a lot before the imperial examination, and I have worked hard. I can't bear to go to all the markets. " That is to say, Emperor Jiaqing also admitted that after all, Xiao Shenyang has been running before and after the emperor's father for so many years, it can't be said that he didn't have any credit, and he didn't have the heart to tie him to the food market like a Jiang Yang thief.

Subsequently, Xiao Shenyang hanged himself under surveillance. This year, Xiao Shenyang is fifty years old. Perhaps Xiao Shenyang is not the kind of person who committed heinous crimes, ruined friendship and collaborated with the enemy to betray the country in the history of China. He never broke away from the control of Emperor Qianlong. He is only a senior slave of Emperor Qianlong. With the trust of emperor Qianlong and his own talent, he climbed above one person and ten thousand people, which determined that he would inevitably end with the end of the Qianlong era.

Whether as a scapegoat for political corruption in his later years or as a punching bag for the evil spirit accumulated by Emperor Jiaqing in his three-year puppet career, he will surely die, not to mention that he has accumulated rich wealth through bribery for more than ten years. As a result, in the eyes of everyone, he deserved to die.

However, judging from the handling results, Jiaqing Emperor's handling of the case of Xiao Shenyang is still very lenient. Small Shenyang presided over the court for more than ten years, and there were many adherents, but only small Shenyang was killed, and others were basically exempted from investigation. Emma Wu Shenglan, who was sent by Shenyang to supervise Jiaqing Emperor, was demoted many times and did not quit the officialdom.

The real estate in small Shenyang also ends here. There was an official named Sabintu. Last time, he said that the property of Xiao Shenyang should not only be found out, but also buried and transferred. He volunteered to put him in charge of tracking. Emperor Jia was furious and said that you treated me like a greedy king and handed Sabin Tu to the Ministry of Commerce, warning any official not to mention it again. From then on, Emperor Jiaqing finally reached the peak of power.