Xiao Shenyang, the first corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty, lost his family. Why?

Xiao Shenyang, the first corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty, lost his family. Why? On the third day of the first month of the fourth year of Jiaqing, Qianlong swallowed his last breath, and Jiaqing instructed Xiao Shenyang to be solely responsible for Qianlong's funeral. After the announcement of the imperial edict, Emperor Jiaqing eagerly ordered the arrest of Xiao Shenyang and monopolized the power for 20 years, and the insatiable Xiao Shenyang Palace came to an end.

When the executed officials arrived at the official residence of Xiao Shenyang, they found that the Xiao Shenyang family was surrounded by four walls, and some people saw the secret of the shame of the Xiao Shenyang family. When the hammerhead dug out the stigma and wall of Hejia, the scenery hidden in the wall was staggering.

According to "Miscellanies of Calling Pavilion", the married king was quite rich at that time, with a national treasury of 802,000 yuan, and the total national treasury of his family was 23 times that of the married king. Even during the Yongzheng period, the money of this family was not as much as that of Xiao Shenyang.

In addition to storing silverware, there are countless jewels dug out of the wall and the stigma of the little Shenyang family. The officials who executed the death penalty made a statistical analysis. Among them, there will be more than 200 pearl bracelets, and some natural pearls need to be larger than those in the crown.

The rest of the accessories, but also countless, some spar doesn't even have a palace. Small Shenyang also has several pawns in Suzhou and Tongzhou, with assets as high as 65,438+10,000. The above assets are just the tip of the iceberg, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the property of small Shenyang as rich as oil.

What kind of experience made Xiao Shenyang become the first corrupt official in Qing Dynasty from a "poor and undocumented" clerk? In the fifteenth year of Qianlong, Xiao Shenyang was born in Changgu, and was the deputy governor of Fujian. At the age of three, his mother died in childbirth while giving birth to his younger brother and Lin, and then his father Chang Bao died at the age of nine.

Xiao Shenyang and his brother suddenly became orphans sleeping on the street. Thanks to the care of a servant who works in an ordinary family and his father's side room, Xiao Shenyang and his younger brother can avoid the fate of living on the streets.

Young Shenyang is brilliant, proficient in Manchu, Chinese, Mongolian and Tibetan, and has read four books and five classics thoroughly, which has won the favor of teachers. After entering Xian 'an Palace, he married Feng, the granddaughter of Zhili Governor Feng.

In the thirty-fourth year of Qianlong, Xiao Shenyang came last in the imperial examination, but later he became a related clerk of a third-class captain without pomp. In the thirty-eighth year of Qianlong, Xiao Shenyang showed his talents in front of Emperor Qianlong for the first time, and was elected as the waiter of the honor guard of the national flag by Qianlong.

From forty years of Qianlong to forty-four years of Qianlong, in just four years, the career of Xiao Shenyang can be said to be smooth sailing, from a small bodyguard of Ganqing Palace to an important official.

Xiao Shenyang was very honest in the early days of his career. During his tenure as assistant minister of housing, a penholder named An Ming gave a gift to Xiao Shenyang, hoping that he could be promoted to minister. Although Xiao Shenyang didn't accept the gift, he agreed to help recommend him. After the job was done, An Ming sent a gift to thank Xiao Shenyang, which was also rejected.

Unexpectedly, after five days in charge, rosis received the news of his father's death. According to the regulations of the Qing dynasty, his father and mother died and he had to go home to mourn for three years. In order to keep his official title better, he quietly concealed it.

When Prime Minister Sheng Feng learned that An Ming had concealed the news of his father's death, he thought that Xiao Shenyang, who recommended An Ming, was protecting his subordinates, so he cooperated with Yong Gui, a courtier, to eliminate the crime of sheltering Xiao Shenyang.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Shenyang has received the message that Premier Sheng Feng wants to recall him. He has quietly written two documents about Rosin's concealment of his father's death. He can only recognize his own dereliction of duty paper, one sent to the military, and the other flowed out.

The next day, courtier Yong Gui accused Xiao Shenyang of protecting An Ming and should be punished. Gan Long, however, had already received a letter from Xiao Shenyang to the military, and felt that Xiao Shenyang was just confused by his subordinates and had nothing to hide. Small Shenyang was reduced to second-class expropriation because of dereliction of duty, and saved his life.

In the forty-five years of Qianlong, Xiao Shenyang regarded Yunnan as a dead hole and investigated the corruption case in Li Shiyao. At first, Li Shiyao refused to surrender, and the case did not progress due to lack of evidence.

Seeing that the frontal attack had no effect, Xiao Shenyang detained Zhao Yiheng, the big housekeeper of Li Shiyao, for interrogation that night. Under the torture, Zhao Yiheng confessed all the crimes of Li Shiyao's bribery. Xiao Shenyang ordered Zhao Yiheng to record the crimes one by one, which attracted Li Shiyao's subordinates to read the recorded crimes again.

These officials loyal to Li Shiyao saw the facts clearly, and in order to better protect themselves, they reported Li Shiyao's crimes to Xiao Shenyang in succession. Shenyang won the argument and Li Shiyao was forced to surrender.

After the case was closed, Xiao Shenyang was promoted to be an important commander and was added as the blue flag of the puppet Manchukuo company commander. However, at this moment, little Shenyang's heart has quietly changed. He and his men didn't turn over all Li Shiyao's assets to the state treasury, but embezzled a part of Li Shiyao's accounting, and with the gift of Qianlong, Little Shenyang first tasted the taste of abusing power for money.

At that time, the river defense officers who were related to national defense, security and people's livelihood projects were free to apply for accounts from the finance for the lucrative job of river defense. If some officials want to be river defense officials, they must spend money to buy officials from small Shenyang.

In order to better climb the small Shenyang, many officials are even proud of seeing the appearance of the small Shenyang. In the heyday of small Shenyang, a county grandfather from Shandong went back to Beijing specially in order to better understand small Shenyang. He spent 3000 gold coins to buy a gatekeeper and knelt at the door of Little Shenyang. When Xiao Shenyang came back, he saw a county grandfather kneeling at the door. Little Shenyang said angrily, "What is a county grandfather?"

Xiao Shenyang is good at using his power to buy people's hearts. He has an excellent ability to read and tell, and he knows Gan Long's temper very well. Anyone who takes bribes can avoid being punished by Zhou Xuan.

In the forty-first year of Qianlong, Qian Feng accused Shandong Governor Guotai of taking bribes, and Qianlong ordered Xiao Shenyang and Qian Feng to go to Shandong for investigation and handling. In order to better protect Cathay Pacific, Xiao Shenyang only sampled a part of the national treasury and returned to the museum without finding any problems.

Qian Feng unwilling, life people seal positions. The next day he inquired again and found that it was much less. In order to better perfunctory inspection, Guotai and others temporarily borrowed some ingots from outside to go home and make up the rest. Unexpectedly, Qian Feng killed a comeback, and Cathay Pacific was condemned.

Using power for personal gain and making friends is also a way of using small Shenyang. During the reign of Xiao Shenyang, officials who did not listen to him were often accused of unwarranted crimes and took the opportunity to get rid of them. Officials who obey themselves will be covered up in various ways.

In June of the fifty-first year of Qianlong, Cao Xibao presented Liu Quan, a relative of Xiao Shenyang, to Qianlong. His daily life is extravagant, and he has improper behavior, so he should be severely punished. However, taking into account the face of Xiao Shenyang, Gan Long did not play tricks. In the end, the investigation was dismissed on the grounds that Cao Xibao could not provide direct evidence.

The reason why Gan Long refused to do anything to Xiao Shenyang was that Xiao Shenyang was not only good at collecting money, but also helped the emperor use his power to collect money. In the fifty-fifth year of Qianlong, Xiao Shenyang initiated the charter of the draft bank. Officials who violate the law and commit crimes can be exempted from punishment by paying a certain amount of money, and the fines paid will be used by Gan Long.

Therefore, some cabinet officials are extremely dissatisfied with the rules and regulations of this matter, and feel that this is encouraging the bad atmosphere of corruption and bribery. When applying, they should check the total amount of state coffers in all parts of the country, and the assistant minister of the next household department will lead Yin Zhuangtu to tour all parts of the country. However, in order to better prevent neighbors from disturbing the people, it is necessary to inform the government receptionists all over the country before arrival.

In this way, it is obvious that where they are, the people are at peace, the people are at peace, the streets are noisy with gongs and drums, and the total number of state coffers is normal. Yin Zhuangtu realized his fault and sent a letter back to Beijing to take the blame, but it was rejected by Qianlong, who instructed him to seriously investigate again.

As a last resort, Yin Zhuangtu had to bite his bullet and ran to many areas, but in the end he found nothing. Yin Zhuangtu was judged as a fake character by the inspector group, and his official title was cancelled.