Video Clip: Opening Inventory of the Ten Emperors

Chapter 93 How Are Corrupt Officials Made? [The first update asks for subscription]

"In the projection above the sky, it seems that my and Shen's names appeared."

He Shen was a little flustered.

Based on past experience.

The fate of treacherous ministers and faint kings is not very good.

Take Qin Hui and Cai Jing as an example, they are really miserable.

"Huang Tian, ​​the treacherous ministers this time must not be me and Shen!"

"Shen and I want to live a few more years."

"Shen and I will fish a little more, and when we're done, we'll quit right away."

He Shen thought so in his heart.

Emperor Qianlong on the side continued to curse angrily.

"Why! Why are you slandering me!"

"Isn't it a meritorious service that I ruled the Qing Dynasty to such a prosperous age?"

"As an emperor, is it wrong to be extravagant when traveling?"

Qianlong himself was extremely face-saving.

He regards his reputation as extremely important.

How could he be happy now that he was publicly executed by Lin Zhou?

When Qianlong thought that the video about himself would spread to all parallel dynasties, he became angry.

This embarrassment is thrown to other dynasties.

This is several times more uncomfortable than losing a battle.

"My literary and martial arts are enough to rank in the top three among Chinese emperors!"

At this time, Emperor Qianlong still did not have any repentance.

The inventory video above the sky is still going on:

[Qianlong's path of mediocrity is not over yet. 】

[Speaking of Qianlong, one has to mention He Shen, Qianlong's confidant minister, and the famous criminal silver system during the Qianlong period. 】

[In the later period of Emperor Qianlong's reign, the Qing Dynasty became more and more stable, and he didn't have much to do all day long. At this time, Qianlong gradually indulged in peace and enjoyment. 】

【Emperor Qianlong was a fastidious person. He required the highest standard of clothing, food, housing and transportation, and was extremely luxurious. As a result of this, Qianlong's appetite became bigger and bigger, and he needed to spend more and more money. 】

[However, the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty stipulated that the emperor's personal expenses should not increase the burden on the people, so the source of these expenses is not the national treasury, but must be raised by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the financial resources of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are really limited. 】

[No matter how courageous Qianlong is, he can't violate the rules set by his ancestors. 】

[In his later years, Qianlong was plagued by two problems: one was the political creed of monopolizing power and his deteriorating health status; the other was the constant flood of material desires and the rule of "not increasing the burden on the people". 】

[The ministers who grew up under the autocratic system are all good at guessing the holy will and doing what they like. 】

[Among them, Minister He Shen can best understand Qianlong's mind. 】

[Heshen is a man from Zhenghongqi in Manchuria, whose surname is Niu Hulu, which means "wolf" in Manchu. During the Qianlong period, Heshen stepped onto the stage of history. With powerful power and unlimited money, he interpreted the most exciting, gorgeous, but also the most greedy and cunning chapter of his life. 】

【Heshen was not born rich and honored. Before he was an adult, his family was in decline and his parents died. He and his younger brother insisted on studying and vowed to be outstanding. Even in a difficult environment, his strong will never wavered. 】

[He Shen is shrewd and capable, extremely agile, good at adapting to circumstances, has a high level of education, has a particularly good memory, is also proficient in Manchu and Chinese, Mongolian and Tibetan, and has a certain ability to handle government affairs. Famous ministers were inferior in terms of ability and prestige, but he was particularly good at figuring out the emperor's will, so he quickly received the favor of Emperor Qianlong. 】

[He Shen himself is also a step up to the sky, and being promoted is as easy as drinking water. 】

[Emperor Qianlong needed money, so He Shen tried to find a way to get money for him. While feeding Emperor Qianlong, he also made a bowl of broth for himself, why not do it? 】

[He Shen is so smart and good at management, it is of course no problem to be Qianlong's personal property director. 】

[Qianlong has no money, where can Heshen do it?It is nothing more than two tricks - open source and throttling. 】

[But the road of thrift is definitely hopeless, so does Emperor Qianlong seem like a thrifty emperor? 】

[The rest can only be open source, but how to open source?Heshen thought for a long time, and finally came up with a good idea, so under the instruction of Emperor Qianlong, Heshen creatively came up with such a system as "criminal silver". 】

[The crime-discussion silver system is actually nothing new. It is the "penalty" that existed in every dynasty. By deducting officials' salaries for several months, some officials who made minor mistakes are punished. A common means of officialdom. 】

[This method has been cited in all dynasties, but it has not been programmed into a system. In the Qianlong period, everything became different. 】

[After Heshen took power, he quickly discovered that this is a good way to make money. 】

[The power to decide on fines and salaries rests with the Ministry of Officials. The money is collected by the Ministry of Accounts, and the silver is also handed over to the national treasury. The process is open and transparent, and the system of deliberation on crimes is not customized by the state, so it can bypass the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Accounts, and the Military Aircraft Department is responsible. It is not included in the national finance, but in the emperor's small treasury, and the process and amount can not be made public. 】

[Therefore, under Heshen's suggestion, the emperor approved the institutionalization of the criminal punishment, and greatly expanded the scope of fines, ranging from major mistakes such as financial deficits to a few typos in memorials, all of which can be punished Let it go. 】

[Officials of all dynasties were afraid of making mistakes, because being fined a monthly salary is a trivial matter, but losing an official and going to jail is a major matter. 】

[However, officials during Emperor Qianlong’s period were not afraid of making mistakes, because there was a criminal silver system, and according to the severity of the crimes committed by officials, different amounts of silver were used to exempt certain punishments. For those corrupt officials, it was like heaven. 】

[After these officials failed their duties, they immediately took the initiative to hand over the silver taels to offset their own punishment. For a while, the court ministers followed suit. 】

[In Qianlong's view, the crime-discussing silver system is a chance for those officials who have committed minor faults. It seems to be harmless to the country's constitution. Illegal officials really serve multiple purposes. 】

[In fact, this is an evil policy with extremely serious consequences. 】

[The existence of the silver system for discussing crimes is undoubtedly that Qianlong gave those corrupt officials a gold medal to avoid death, making them more courageous and confident to commit some "legally intolerable" crimes. 】

[Emperor Qianlong wanted to punish the officials slightly by discussing crimes, so that the officials would have a longer memory. In fact, it would only make the officials intensify their frantic search for the people's fat and anointment. In the end, only ordinary people in the Qing Dynasty would be unlucky. 】

[The silver system for crimes is a model of the legalization of corruption, the hope of the most powerful and powerful, and the only way to the downfall of a dynasty. 】

[If the British army hadn’t opened the gates of the Qing Dynasty with ships and guns later, the Qing Dynasty was forced to open the treaty ports, so that the Manchu Qing, whose finances had already been exhausted, could obtain income, and I am afraid that it would have perished early in the morning. 】

[The Opium War (anti-shielding) opened the century-old humiliation of the Chinese nation, but saved the Qing Dynasty from peril. 】

[This is really a great irony. 】

[And what about He Shen himself?How much has he embezzled?Embezzled nearly 3000 million taels of silver. 】

[What kind of concept is this?This is fully equivalent to the treasury revenue of the Qing Dynasty for about half a year. 】

[Of course, the records of He Shen swallowing more than one billion silver in the records of later generations are pure nonsense. 】

[Corrupt officials like He Shen are blindly domineering and domineering. They hardly pay attention to Emperor Jiaqing. They can only be described as stupid! 】

[He Kun is smart and talented, but this "talent" is used for "wealth" and is useless for the national economy and the people's livelihood, and his whole life is spent in "money" and "power" intrigues, intrigues, galloping, and finally ruined. Jiaqing bestowed death, sad and deplorable!Playing with power and ruining the people. 】

[He played a role in fueling the dark political situation and corruption in the Qianlong Dynasty, and the fall of the Qing Dynasty was irreversible. 】

[That is, the Qing Dynasty that Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Yongzheng painstakingly managed, finally disappeared in the hands of Qianlong and his subordinate Heshen]

The video stopped abruptly, and He Shen was almost scared to pee when he saw this.

Embezzling the total treasury revenue of the Qing Dynasty for half a year?
Was granted death by Emperor Jiaqing?

Is this all true?

He Shen's legs were shaking.

He was afraid of poverty when he was a child, so he became greedy.

"No! I can't think of death yet."

"Emperor Jiaqing! He actually gave me death!"

"I can not be reconciled!"

"No, Shen, I, and the emperor will give me the bottom line. With the emperor around, no one can touch me."

He Shen looked at Emperor Qianlong who was at the side, as if grasping at the last straw.

But what he didn't know was.

The so-called life-saving straw in his eyes is nothing more than a mud bodhisattva crossing the river.

A series of measures by He Shen and Emperor Qianlong have caused China's development to stagnate or even regress for decades, and he must accept due punishment.

(End of this chapter)