Ever since Heshen made the treasury rich, Heshen has become a close minister of Emperor Qianlong.
In this way, in less than five years, at the age of twenty, he had become a third-rank minister of the current dynasty! !
To put it simply, Emperor Qianlong not only likes Heshen now, but also cannot live without Heshen.
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Emperor Qianlong was a man who was very happy with his achievements. Compared with the old man Shiquan, he renovated the palace today, toured the south tomorrow, and might start a war the day after tomorrow...
And the foundation of all this requires money.
Again, the emperor was also short of money.
It can be said that if it were not for Emperor Qianlong, the Qing Dynasty's financial turnover would never be so difficult.
Before Heshen appeared, Emperor Qianlong would often be troubled by the lack of money from the Ministry of Revenue and the treasury when he wanted to do something.
He has great ambitions and many ideas, but few can be realized...
And since Heshen appeared, he would always find ways to get money out of other places to satisfy Emperor Qianlong's various desires...
In addition, He Shenlai had a deep understanding of Emperor Qianlong and understood his likes and dislikes very well.
The Heshen at this moment is no less important than the original Heshen.
In fact, even if He Shen is placed in real society, he can still mix well...
He is loyal to the collective and loyal to his boss...
Have the spirit of being a donkey, with abilities greater than salary, providing services and efforts beyond salary, and paying attention to every job assigned by the boss.
Have the courage to take responsibility and take the initiative to take the blame for the boss.
The boss didn't like it. He didn't ask for high wages, worked more, had strong abilities, risked his life, and was dedicated to the company's employees.
This kind of person is called King Juan now, but in ancient times he was called Ox Horse...
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In history, Heshen, in addition to being unparalleled in financial management skills, was also the best at figuring out the thoughts of Emperor Qianlong.
Often when Emperor Qianlong just wanted to do something, He Shen had already prepared everything in advance.
Every word, every action, every move made Emperor Qianlong feel satisfied and happy.
Therefore, in a certain sense, everyone in the world said that He Shen was not only a corrupt official, but also a jester, and that was actually not wrong at all.
This is indeed the case for He Shen in history.
And He Shen, who had long since replaced his soul with a new version, is now continuing on the original path without any hesitation.
Even... go further, go better.
Because Heshen, who aimed to overthrow the decadent Manchu Qing Dynasty, analyzed and analyzed, and found that the only thing he could rely on to rapidly expand his power in the future was the favor of Emperor Qianlong in a short period of time.
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Emperor Qianlong's likes and dislikes, through several years of intelligence collection, have now been known to Heshen.
Although He Shen cannot guarantee that he has the ability to make Emperor Qianlong happy anytime and anywhere, he can still guarantee that he can easily scratch Emperor Qiankun's itch...
Yes, the current Heshen is already confident that he can do better than the original Heshen, making Emperor Qianlong inseparable from him. This is the most effective way to overthrow the decadent Manchu Qing Dynasty from within.
However, this alone is not enough. If you want to overthrow the Manchu Qing, there must be internal push. However, external power is also important.
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People without thought, he must worry about.
Nowadays, compared with the advantages to Heshen, there are more disadvantages to Heshen, and they are more deadly!
In fact, after Heshen's careful analysis, he found that there were really many enemies he had to face now.
There are so many that even He Shen feels overwhelmed just thinking about it...
Although He Shen appears to be very prosperous today, he has too many political opponents and a bad reputation because he beats many officials and collects money for the national treasury.
Even the current princes are quite dissatisfied with him.
Among these difficulties, some can be easily solved, some can be solved by trying, and some are simply impossible to solve.
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The difficulty that can be easily solved is the problem of too many political enemies and too few allies in the court.
He Shen is young and belongs to the category of talented but not virtuous. With the help of the Holy Family, he has been able to rise to great heights in a short period of time. He is only twenty years old and is now a third-rank official in the imperial court...
All of these are like the proud son of heaven, coming from the sky, shining brightly, how can we not make people feel jealous and jealous?
In fact, in addition to those officials who were beaten by He Shen, there were also many jealous officials, and even more officials who were jealous and resentful.
He Shen was young and frivolous, and because he offended many people in order to collect money for the national treasury, he made more enemies.
Having too many enemies is never a good thing.
Even if they don't dare to act rashly because of the presence of the Holy Family, these people are always watching you secretly, waiting for the moment you reveal your flaws...
The moment you reveal your flaw, they will pounce on you like a pack of wolves, bite you, and make you die instantly and become irreversible.
However, although this problem seems troublesome, it is actually easy to solve.
Putting aside those so-called jealous villains, among Heshen's current political opponents, the vast majority of officials are hostile to Heshen just because Heshen violated their interests...
In the officialdom where positions change rapidly, the so-called political opponents are essentially a state of hostility caused by the uneven distribution of interests, which is the so-called division of power...
As long as He Shen gives some of the benefits and power he has gained to them, his enemies who were originally life-or-death enemies will immediately become his most die-hard party members and allies.
The most stable relationship in this world is not the relationship between relatives and friends known to the world, but a relationship in which interests are shared.
Because friends and relatives may betray because of interests, but allies who share the same interests will not betray easily.
At least, until there is no greater benefit, allies are definitely your most reliable backers...
Therefore, Heshen is not worried about this. Heshen has a clear family background regarding these matters in the officialdom.
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In addition, it is because He Shen has a bad reputation among the government and the public because of his actions to avoid defeat, and is labeled as a cruel official.
Since ancient times, in the officialdom, there have been three types of officials who have suffered the worst fate: corrupt officials, cruel officials, and lonely officials.
Cruel officials are officials, used to refer to officials who impose severe punishments. It refers to officials who use cruel methods to interrogate and work hard to rule the emperor.
Officials such as cruel officials were specially appointed by the emperor to target and deal with officials and aristocratic families. In other words, they were keen to "attack the upper class people", that is, the officials and gentry...
In the Han Dynasty, the reputation of cruel officials was pretty good. At least, the world believed that cruel officials were honest officials and good officials who were good to the people...
Whether in the officialdom or among the people, it is believed that officials like Ku Li have outstanding personal achievements, especially those who are good at dealing with officials and suppressing powerful landlords...
However, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the reputation of cruel officials had already spread to the streets for some reason.
In the officialdom, as well as among the people, officials like Ku Li are believed to be biting dogs released by the superiors in order to remove obstacles to their rule.
Cruel officials are the product and victim of the influence of the monarchy system.
The emperor can reuse it when he needs it, and throw it away when he doesn't need it, just like throwing away a dirty rag.
There are several characteristics of cruel officials. The first is that they are relatively honest and don't have much money in their family. The second is that they like to use heavy laws and are not afraid of aristocratic families and powerful people. They dare to kill those who disobey the law, especially the upper-class nobles...
The third is a bad reputation. The reputation is second only to corrupt officials. It is the worst reputation in history.
Cruel officials almost never end well.
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Lonely ministers and cruel officials are somewhat similar, but completely different.
A lonely minister has no power of his own, does not form cliques, and dares to do things that others dare not do. At critical moments, he can stand up for the emperor, take responsibility, and take the blame.
In the emperor's mind, lone ministers are often "shields" and "chamber pots" who can bear the infamy for the emperor and at the same time play a stabilizing and balancing role in the court.
Relatively speaking, the fate of lonely ministers is better than that of cruel officials, and many people die well.
Corrupt officials are the officials with the worst reputation and the largest number among the three types: corrupt officials, cruel officials, and lonely officials.
Since ancient times, in all dynasties, there have been only one or two cruel officials and lonely ministers, but corrupt officials are everywhere in the officialdom, and they are too numerous to count.
Corresponding to the three categories of corrupt officials, ruthless officials, and lonely ministers, Qingliu has the best reputation in the officialdom.
Throughout the dynasties, there will always be Qingliu in the officialdom.
They don't have much power, but they have the right to speak for the people, which even the emperor who is an autocratic monarch has a headache.
They can guide people's public opinion and gain their trust.
Because most of the officials in the Qing Dynasty were great Confucian scholars, their disciples were spread all over the world, and they could form an advantage in public opinion.
However, corrupt officials, ruthless officials, and lonely ministers in the past dynasties either did not pay attention to the right to speak on behalf of public opinion, or they broke the pot and never paid attention at all...
This is also true. Corrupt officials, cruel officials, lonely ministers and other officials have been scolded to death by the Qingliu people in history, and countless officials have been written to death with pens.
Like today, the Demon Ancestor's split-soul version of He Shen is not greedy for much money at all. His reputation among the government and the public is still infamous, and he is full of curses...
Looking at the root cause, these Qingliu people should take more than half of the credit.
In fact, this is also the usual method used by Qingliu people throughout the ages...
They first ruined the reputation of their political opponents among the people, boiling frogs in warm water, so that the political opponents had a bad reputation all over the world without even realizing it.
In doing so, not only can people's resentment be used as a sword to destroy political opponents, but it can also slowly increase their own fame and prestige. It can be said to be a double win.
He Shen in history died from this move.
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In recent years, due to severe drought in Shaanxi, locust plagues have occurred again, especially in Taiyuan Prefecture.
Emperor Qianlong sent He Shen as disaster relief minister to Taiyuan Prefecture to provide disaster relief.
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