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[Before this, Heshen was envied by many officials because he was young but held an important position. ]

[Add to that the case of An Ming, which led to his being impeached by civil officials one after another. ]

[Heshen has always hated the literati faction. ]

[In 1780, after Heshen became the chief editor of the Siku Quanshu, he launched a literary inquisition to retaliate against the literati. ]

[After that, Heshen took charge of the Hanlin Academy and controlled the imperial examination system. Later, he took a lot of bribes, which made the court scholars in the late Qianlong period almost monopolized by Heshen. ]

[In 1781, a peasant uprising broke out in Gansu due to corruption and oppression of the people by officials. 】

【Emperor Qianlong sent Heshen to suppress the rebellion, but some officials were originally dissatisfied with Heshen. Later, Heshen failed to lead the army, resulting in a minister being besieged and killed. 】

【Many generals were even more disgusted with this leader who started his career by flattering others. 】

【Soon after, the military minister Agui took over the supreme commander, and Heshen was suspended from his post. 】.

【After that, Agui wrote to Emperor Qianlong to prohibit Heshen from continuing to lead the army. 】

【Heshen therefore bore a grudge against Agui. 】

【As Heshen's power gradually grew, four major forces formed in the court, namely the censor faction headed by Liu Yong, the military officer faction headed by Agui, the opposition faction headed by Qian Feng, and the corrupt official faction headed by Heshen. 】

【After Heshen gained power, he extended his hand to the wealthy merchants. 】

【He forced the merchants to submit to him, and if they did not, their families would be exterminated. 】

【There was a wealthy merchant in Zhejiang Province who refused to obey Heshen. Because he refused to pay the 26 gang fees, his whole family died tragically, and all the money was robbed by Heshen. 】

【Heshen got a huge fortune from the merchants. 】

【This also gave him a strong capital to carry out political struggles later. 】

【In addition, Heshen was also very good at financial management. 】

【At that time, the Qing government's treasury was empty due to high expenditures, and several successive ministers of the Ministry of Revenue were helpless. 】

【However, Heshen was able to turn the tide and turn the loss of the Ministry of Internal Affairs into a profit. 】

【In 1784, Emperor Qianlong made his sixth southern tour. Heshen ordered all the prefectures to donate funds, so that the treasury did not spend a penny on this southern tour. 】

【Emperor Qianlong specially ordered Heshen to stand beside him to show his achievements. 】

【In 1788, Heshen was awarded the third-class Zhongxiang Bo. 】

【In the same year, Heshen impeached the son of Minister Agui for corruption. 】

【Soon after, he reported another minister for corruption. 】

【Heshen's report was meritorious, and he defeated most of the opposition in the court. 】

【Under the influence of power, Heshen's ambition gradually expanded, and his followers spread all over the country, giving him an advantage in the political struggle with the forces in the court. 】

【In 1790, Heshen established the system of negotiating crimes and silver. 】

【If an official commits a crime, he can use money to cover the crime, and the money earned will be added to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 】

【The system created by Heshen was originally intended to make up for the high consumption of Emperor Qianlong, but at the same time it also made the corrupt officials' way of making money more arrogant. 】

【So, Yin Zhuangtu, a cabinet scholar, impeached this system. 】

【Emperor Qianlong asked the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue to take Yin Zhuangtu to "secretly investigate the deficit." 】

【After Heshen learned about this, he was very afraid and wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate dissidents. 】

【So, whenever Yin Zhuangtu went to a place, the local officials would urgently make up for the deficit, so wherever he went, no matter how he investigated, he could not find any loopholes. 】

【And his previous report of the deficit in many provinces became a crime of false words and deception. 】

【In the end, Yin Zhuangtu was dismissed from his post. 】

【In 1796, Emperor Qianlong abdicated and Emperor Jiaqing succeeded to the throne. 】

【However, at this time, Qianlong, as the emperor, still held real power, and when he went to court, Heshen stood beside him and Jiaqing. 】

【Heshen's move was equivalent to involving himself in politics. 】

【Compared with Emperor Jiaqing, Heshen was the one who controlled the government. 】

【And Heshen was called the second emperor because of this. 】

【In 1797, Qianlong ordered Heshen to take charge of the "important matters" of the Ministry of Revenue. 】

【After Heshen took office, he directly controlled the memorials and monopolized the power of the government. 】

【Heshen, who held such great power, not only affected the court, but was also feared by Emperor Jiaqing. 】

【In 1799, Qianlong died. 】

【Emperor Jiaqing was finally able to rule the country, and this corrupt official who was powerful and rich finally faced a backlash. 】

【Only a week after Qianlong's death, Emperor Jiaqing confiscated Heshen's house for 20 major crimes. 】

【The confiscated Heshen's property at that time even reached the fiscal revenue of the Qing government for more than ten years! 】

【A few days later, Heshen was sentenced to death in prison. 】

【The life of the first corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty ended here. 】

【Heshen started from poverty and gradually became the king of corrupt officials. It can be imagined that he was definitely not an ordinary person. 】

【Heshen's ability to deal with people and do things can be seen. 】

[However, despite Heshen's outstanding ability and shrewdness, under the temptation of power, he eventually embarked on the path of corruption and bribery, becoming a notorious corrupt official. 】

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"Alas, being an official like Heshen is worth it in this life!"

"Powerful and powerful, the second emperor! Billions of wealth, which one is not enviable!"

"If you want to blame him, blame him for not recognizing the current situation. The new emperor has always liked to settle accounts with important officials of the Qing Dynasty."

"If Heshen can be an honest official, he will really be famous for thousands of years, instead of being notorious."

"......"

While the ancients sighed, they were all jealous of Heshen's fantastic experience!

In ancient times, the only way to turn over was to pass the imperial examination!

And if you can be an official like Heshen, even if you can only last for a few years, your life will not be wasted.

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Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng shook his head slightly.

What a talented official, but unfortunately he is a huge greedy person!

If he was placed in the Qin Dynasty, if he was allowed to embezzle like this, wouldn't he have embezzled all the silver in the country?

But even Ying Zheng could not deny that Heshen was indeed a very talented official, but his talent was used in the wrong place.

Ying Zheng looked at the Qin Dynasty ministers cautiously, thinking that there was no such official under his command, right?

'It seems that I should be more careful. '

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Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands and said excitedly: "Good! Good kill! Such a corrupt official is not killed and kept for the New Year."

"Humph, he is still lucky. If he falls into our hands..."

"Let us see, it is the indulgence of the incompetent Emperor Qianlong that has led to the emergence of such an unprecedented corrupt official."

"The emperor is a spendthrift, the ministers are extremely corrupt, and they make money for the emperor to spend. The two are a perfect match."

While speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang also cursed Qianlong 100 times.

In his opinion, Qianlong, as the emperor, was more at fault!

If the emperor had not failed in his duties, would he have allowed such a corrupt official to appear in the court?

The key is that it is right under his own nose!

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Qing Dynasty.

Many ministers looked at Heshen with joy or worry.

Officials who were in the same party as Heshen were extremely worried. If this big tree fell, they would probably be in trouble too.

Officials who sneered on the surface, of course, did not get along with Heshen.

They wished Heshen would die sooner!

Seeing Heshen's future ending, they were so happy that they almost celebrated with gongs and drums.

Heshen, the person involved, widened his eyes in horror.

'Emperor Jiaqing! '

'Which son of your majesty is Emperor Jiaqing? ? ? '

'You, please explain clearly, do you really not want this old minister to live! '

Heshen was so anxious that he almost cried.

It was only Emperor Jiaqing, but which son of your majesty is he!

If I don't tell myself, how can I prevent it?

However, Heshen quickly thought of a way to find an opportunity to test Qianlong's attitude. He can oppose whoever he wants to establish.

Find an opportunity to ruin his plan!

Otherwise, his life will be in danger.

Heshen couldn't help but glance at Qianlong.

Qianlong paid attention to Heshen's reaction. He really liked this minister.

But if he hindered the great cause of the Qing Dynasty, his death would be worth it!

It was just right to bury this favorite minister with him. In the underground, he could continue to serve him.