Chapter 24 Smart and capable beauty instrument

After the mid-Qianlong period, with the increasing concentration of power, the continuous expansion of the ruling territory, and the growth of the population, the administrative affairs of the country that the ruling class needed to deal with continued to increase, and the emperor and the military affairs office had to review more and more documents every day.Correspondingly, Emperor Qianlong, the apex of the pyramid of the ruling group, was getting older and weaker, and began to indulge in a life of pleasure, thus pushing most of the affairs to the Military Aircraft Department.The Military Aircraft Department was already busy with affairs, and now there was no chance to breathe.Complicated government affairs and high-intensity work pressure require the staff of the Military Aircraft Department to have strong physical fitness and abundant energy, otherwise they will not be competent.Fortunately, He Shen is in his prime, and he has both conditions.

The first advantage of Heshen is that he is young and vigorous.The daily schedule of the Military Aircraft Department is very tight: every day at Yinshi (3︱5 o’clock), the Minister of Military Aircraft and Zhang Jing arrive at their posts one after another, the eunuch of the Internal Affairs Department distributes the memorials approved by the emperor, and the military aircraft Zhang Jing distributes them to the Minister of Military Aircraft for review .Under normal circumstances, the ministers of the Han Dynasty only read the folds in Chinese characters, and the ministers of the Manchus only read the folds in Manzi characters, which is called folding.At Mao Ke (five︱7 o'clock), the emperor got up in the morning to have a meal. After the meal, he reviewed the chapters of the Ministry and the governors' papers.Zhang Jing of the military plane has already stored the memorials with another purpose, that is, the purpose, in another yellow box.After the meeting, the Minister of Military Aircraft withdrew, and immediately called Zhang Jing of the Military Aircraft to give the order face-to-face, and ordered Zhang Jing to write the draft, and each person would write a draft.After the draft of the decree is completed, it will be handed over to Dalami (Zhang Jing, the foreman) for verification and stored in the yellow box.Often before the decree is completed, the internal supervisor has already come to urge it one after another; and the military minister may be called to meet again, and there is an order to change it, and it will be repeated every day.Since this work is directly connected with the emperor, it is often necessary to consider whether the emperor is satisfied during the work process, which consumes a lot of mental and physical energy.This requires officials to be young and energetic.

What is the actual situation?The Han military ministers in the Military Aircraft Department were relatively old. For example, in the thirty-eighth year of Qianlong (1773), the Han Chinese military ministers were on duty: Liu Tongxun was 75 years old, Liu Lun was 63 years old, Yu Minzhong was 60 years old, and Yuan Yuan was 60 years old. Shou Dong is fifty-one years old, and Liang Guozhi is fifty-one years old. It is a bit difficult to deal with the busy military affairs at such ages.The situation of the Manchu military ministers is slightly better: Shu Hede is 64 years old, Agui is 60 years old, the ages of Asiha, Fenger, and Suolin are unknown, Fulongan is about 40 years old, Qinggui is 39 years old, and He Shen is 39 years old. Twenty-seven years old, Fukang Anyue twenty-eight years old, bright thirty-eight years old.

It can be seen that Emperor Qianlong wanted to cultivate a group of young, energetic, politically keen, capable and decisive talents who were loyal to himself.These people have something in common: they are young and born under the Eight Banners, and their ancestors have been officials in the court for generations. This is out of loyalty considerations. Although the Minister of the Military Aircraft Department has a great reputation outside, but because of his busy affairs and being in a confidential department, the first condition he must have to be the Minister of Military Aircraft is to be well-read and quick-response.Because it is necessary to write down the emperor's instructions face to face, quickly and accurately, it is necessary to have a good memory, which is exactly He Shen's specialty. "Qing barnyard banknotes.It is recorded in "Different Talents" that: He has an excellent memory, and he can memorize the daily decree when he sees it. It can be called the purpose of Xianneng.This so-called talent is enough to help traitors, but those who misuse cleverness.

In addition to the above-mentioned advantages, another major advantage of He Shen is that he is particularly clever, and he is considered a learned person among the children of Manchu nobles.It is recorded in the tenth volume of Suiyuan Shihua Supplement from the Qing Dynasty: He Shen is extremely smart and eloquent. Although he is a villain, he has skills. In addition, we often say: a good appearance is half the battle.He Shen has a beautiful appearance.Appearance itself was a necessary condition for the selection of talents in feudal society, so as not to damage the national prestige due to ugliness.Some scholars pointed out that among the Ministers of Military Aircraft of the Military Aircraft Department at that time, Wang Jie, Yu Minzhong, Dong Gao, Liang Guozhi, Fu Chang'an and others who had served for a long time were said to be handsome and outstanding men.He Shen is not only attractive in appearance, but also has a quick-witted personality, a clear mind, and articulate speech. Therefore, at the age of 27, he was able to become the Minister of Military Affairs, take charge of the country's internal affairs and foreign affairs, win the absolute favor of Emperor Qianlong, and become the leader of the Qing Dynasty. powerful figures.Even the British envoy Macartney wrote in "Qianlong.There is also a record about Heshen in "The Envoy's Interview": Fair and handsome, with chic demeanor, chatting and laughing happily, between the two, the handover is calm and calm, and everything is done in one word. He really has the demeanor of a great country's prime minister.

Compared with Hanchen Liu Yong, Ji Yun and others, this point stands out even more.Although Liu Yong and Ji Yun were much more talented than He Shen, as Han Chinese, they were already shorter than the Manchu ministers at that time. In addition, Liu Yong was hunchbacked, and Ji Yun was even more ugly (ugly) short-sighted and could not reflect National prestige, so it has not been reused for a long time.Mr. Deng Zhicheng's "Bone Dong Suo Ji" Volume 3 "The Attendant of the Qianlong Period" has related records: So the minister Xiangyong, rather judged by his appearance, Wenda is ugly and short-sighted, and he is from Jiangbei, so he is not a pure emperor ( Qianlong) liked that, at one time, if Weng Qinxi (Fang Gang), Zhu Zhujun (Yun), Wang Lanquan (Chang), and Zou Yigui were all disqualified from office, their circumstances were quite similar. Emperor Chun promised that they were Mingmin talents, and they were promoted to governor.Ruo Yu Wenxiang, Liang Wending, and Dong Wengong all stored it as jesters.It seems that Qianlong paid special attention to appearance.Thinking about it this way, He Shen, who is handsome, docile, calm, and extremely articulate, is naturally more likely to win Qianlong's favor.