The original version of the historical version of Heshen, he has been an official for decades, and the gold and silver treasures he coveted may be among the best in the entire 5,000-year history.

It is rumored that Qianlong's son, Emperor Jiaqing, confiscated the Heshen mansion, and the amount of silver copied reached an astonishing 800 million taels, which was equivalent to the national tax in the heyday of the Qing Dynasty for 15 years.

To describe Heshen as a rich country is a shame of "underestimating".

However, as the master of Heshen, didn't Emperor Qianlong know about his corruption at all? This is certainly impossible!

It is obvious that He Shen's corruption was due to the connivance of Emperor Qianlong.

The reason why Qianlong has been conniving at He Shen is also very realistic.

Emperor Qianlong always had the idea that "the meat is rotten and still in the pot".

There is a good saying, it is called "under the whole world, it is not the king's land." ”

"In the feudal era, all the silver was nominally the emperor's, and even everyone's lives belonged to the emperor.

He Shen was so greedy, it was impossible for Emperor Qianlong not to know, the reason why he didn't deal with him was just to let He Shen take care of it temporarily.

If it was really needed, Emperor Qianlong could take it back at any time and use it for himself.

According to modern people, the Qianlong Emperor used Heshen as a human-shaped machine for money laundering.

A large amount of unsightly embezzled money became clean in an instant after being washed by He Shen.

Because, at that time in the Qing Dynasty, there was no such thing as corrupt officials absconding overseas, and it was impossible for He Shen to secretly transfer the gold and silver obtained from corruption to overseas silver out of thin air.

Therefore, even if He Shen embezzled a lot of money, he only hid it in his own home.

Households. The silver in the treasury is not so easy to take, and there are hundreds of officials staring at it, but the small treasury of Heshen's private house, Emperor Qianlong can use it if he wants.

Anyway, even if the meat is rotten, it is still in the pot, and no matter how much He Shen embezzles, in the end, the silver accumulated is still Qianlong's own.

As a person, from the emperor's point of view, the clear and scavenging money from the people will definitely cause strong dissatisfaction from everyone.

And by the hands of corrupt officials, the resentment of the people is more vented on the corrupt officials, and the image of the emperor is not much damaged.

When the people's grievances boiled, the emperor himself only needed to symbolically deal with the corrupt officials who were extremely angry with the people, so that he could calm the anger of the people and get the praise of the people.

The best thing is that you can also confiscate the stolen money and goods into your own small treasury for private use.

In this way, for the emperor himself, it is simply a matter of fame and fortune.

Later, the course of history and the bloody facts also proved how correct Emperor Qianlong's judgment and choice were.

Seeing his own brother and Lin like this, He Shen couldn't help but laugh out loud, and said angrily: "Don't worry, your brother is not a vegetarian, he wants me to take the blame, and I still want his throne!" ”

"Hehe, until the last moment, who will kill the deer, who can have the last laugh, not necessarily!"

"Brother, you're joking!"

And Lin's side, I heard the words. But he couldn't laugh, and said worriedly: "That's the emperor after all!" ”

"What about the emperor, aside from his emperor's skin, he is just an ordinary mortal!"

He Shen smiled coldly, and his body rose violently, with a powerful momentum that only the top masters of the rivers and lakes have.

He said: "Besides, I'm not a fool, I obviously have the help of my friends, but I leave it aside, what a lonely minister!" ”

He Lin was silent for a long time, and finally reminded: "Brother is better to be careful, in our family, but there are such a large number of people!" ”

"Haha, brother, don't worry, no matter how bad the situation is, there is no problem to keep your family and the safety of our subordinates!"

He Shen chuckled, shook his head, and said, "As long as no one takes the initiative to provoke me, I don't bother to pay attention to your brother." ”

"However, if anyone really provokes me, at that time, who is unlucky and who is not unlucky, it may be said!"

“…………”

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The night passes, the next day.

He Shen took a sedan chair directly in an eight-person sedan chair and came to the palace gate, where he joined a group of important ministers to participate in the grand court meeting of the Jinluan Hall in the Forbidden Imperial City.

The Great Dynasty Meeting was a grand ceremony for the division of power and the division of national interests in the Manchu Dynasty, and it was the most solemn court meeting and the court meeting with the largest number of officials.

Of course, the court meeting is also the time when officials fall the most, even those old courtiers who can participate every time, occasionally there will be a situation where the horse stumbles and loses the official position.

At this moment, the hundred officials who participated in the court meeting, as well as the officials who were given by special exceptions, had to be named at the time of the day, and then lined up in the main gate to salute, and then entered the Jinluan Hall to welcome the holy monarch at the beginning of the day.

The council of the Golden Luan Hall was as lively as ever, and the high-ranking officials were noisy and non-stop, as if they were like the village committee.

What makes people feel incredible is that the important ministers who participated in the Great Dynasty Meeting, because the Queen Mother's life was too extravagant, most of their positions were different from those of Emperor Qianlong who was sitting on the dragon chair!

Every time I saw Emperor Qianlong, that hazy and heavy face, and Shen's heart, I felt a burst of coolness.

Above the court, the look on He Shen's face seemed calm, and there was even a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.

It's just that if someone observes He Shen carefully, they can detect a trace of coldness from He Shen's face.

It costs two or three provinces a year of taxes to give a seventy or eighty-year-old lady a birthday, and he has to be able to argue for most of the day on this matter, and he really obeys these guys.

Under the leadership of Agui, the head of the Minister of Military Aircraft, a group of ministers had a quarrel with Emperor Qianlong, and the final result was naturally inconclusive.

On Emperor Qianlong's side, maybe he was too leisurely when he saw Heshen, or maybe he was unhappy and wanted to find someone to break the situation for him, he suddenly changed his words and said Heshen.

"A few days ago, with Aiqing's proposal to investigate the tax evasion of the rich people in Jiangnan, what do you Aiqing think?"

As soon as these words came out, the Jinluan Hall was silent.

At this moment, the civil and military officials above the Jinluan Hall were all staring at He Shen.

So everyone knows that Emperor Qianlong is changing the topic, but everyone is very curious about how He Shen will deal with the rich people in the Jiangnan region.

And at this moment, what suggestions did He Shen put forward?

That is, all the alternate officials who have not yet been assigned official positions in the official department will be arranged to the south of the Yangtze River, especially in Yangzhou, as observers.

“……………”

It's very simple, isn't he the left side of Tobe right now, and the ass decides the head......

All his actions are aimed at maximizing Tobu's influence and power, because he is the second-in-command of Tobu?

The Ministry of Households, in later generations, is equivalent to the current Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Land Bureau and other departments.

However, the status of the current household department is not at all commensurate with the power in its hands.

The key reason is that the current household ministry only plays the role of a national financial supervisor at this time, and does not actually control the household department and truly control the national wealth weight.

These rights are all divided between the local government and the tycoons, and they have nothing to do with the household department at all.

Moreover, the officials before the household department did not care much about the division of power between the local government and the rich people, after all, it was too troublesome to go to various parts of the country to check tax evasion.

Due to the shortage of manpower, as well as the fear of trouble, fear of backlash and so on, this situation has continued until now.

“…………………”

As the second-in-command of the household department, He Shen naturally has the obligation and determination to reverse this "abnormal" officialdom phenomenon when he is in great need of money now.

“………………”

Of course, there are also those who want to provoke officials and businessmen. level contradictions, for the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and then fill in the idea of a handful of soil.

Jiangnan is the tiger's den of Longtan, the most fierce competition for finance and taxation by all parties, and the major tycoons are all at the level of the overlord.

It is not easy to deal with them.

In such a situation, if He Shen wants to break the game, he naturally has to play cards according to common sense.

In the Great Dynasty Meeting, He Shen, in the name of the Ministry of Households, directly placed people in Jiangnan to supervise and control the tax evasion related affairs of the wealthy people in Jiangnan.

“…………”

Blindly adopting coercive means is not the right way, and sometimes, in the officialdom, the righteous and upright means of conspiracy are more effective, and the results that can be achieved are more ideal.

"The proposal of Lord He is really good, it can strengthen the supervision and control of the imperial court over the local government and the rich people in Jiangnan, but who will pay for this silver?"

Above the court, it was quiet for a long time, and after a long time, the king of the household department Shangshu visited and put forward different opinions.

I only heard that the king of the household department was visited, smiled bitterly, and said: "According to the meaning of the adults, at least the number of officials in the household department will increase by more than ten times, and the monthly expenditure alone is a lot of money!" ”

"Moreover, these official positions are the key to real power, and there will be some twists and turns on the part of the officials."

“…………”

Hearing the questioning of the visit of the head of the household, He Shen smiled slightly and said, "These things are easy to solve." ”

"These alternate officers can. In the name of Chaoyan, they were included in the ranks of temporary officials and became temporary officials. ”

"There are two advantages to this, one is that it does not occupy the existing official position in the imperial court, and the second advantage is that if there is any big mess at that time, it can also be shirked in the name of temporary workers."

"As for the issue of the salaries of these alternate officials, it is better to say that they can work at their own expense, so that they don't have to pay a penny.

He Shen smiled slightly and said lightly.

On the Jinluan Palace, when the civil and military officials heard this, they all gasped, and even Emperor Qianlong, who was sitting on the dragon chair, couldn't help but change his face.