Chapter 25 prudent and loyal

He Shen held important positions in the court for a long time, and the emperor continued to confer important positions on him, which fully demonstrated Qianlong's trust in him.One of the important advantages of Heshen made the emperor feel at ease is that although he is greedy for money, he has always been cautious in dealing with things, and does not socialize with others, especially does not form political alliances with others, because this is something that all emperors are very sensitive to. . The Military Aircraft Department is a special department of the country, and being able to keep it secret is the first condition for becoming an officer of the department.In order to ensure that state secrets are not leaked, the government also set up a military aircraft censor to supervise the discipline of the military aircraft department to prevent idlers from approaching the military aircraft department.Due to this reason, the personnel of the Military Aircraft Department in the Qing Dynasty had a common characteristic, that is, they behaved very low-key and never interacted with internal and external ministers.For example, during the Qianlong period, Zhang Tingyu, the Minister of Military Affairs who was highly valued by the emperor, was called a doorless slip, and those who gave gifts of more than a hundred gold often rejected them.Neqin is harsh and severe, and there is no one who is capable of selfishness.In addition, most of Wang Youdunfan's letters are answers, and the gifts are nothing more than Ge Sha.Although Fu Heng looks very easy-going and approachable, it is impossible for foreign officials to come to his door.Even Zhang Jing, an ordinary clerk in the military, even the officials in the Ministry of Beijing, seldom returned.

Due to the special power status of the minister of military aircraft, he often became the target of the internal and external ministers to make friends with, so it was the easiest to form an interest or political alliance with the internal and external ministers, which threatened the stability of the country's political situation. The Qing Dynasty was very sensitive to crony issues that endangered the stability of the imperial power, and it often actively took strict precautions, and severely cracked down on any signs of it.As early as the beginning of the founding of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi once said: People submit to officials, but only when the Communists and bandits are slack, and they serve the public wholeheartedly.If you set up separate households and privately establish parties, you will harm the country at first and harm the government, and you will eventually harm your wealth.Looking at the previous generations, it is all the same.Those who accept and plant the party are surreptitious, and it is difficult for people to criticize them.However, people must know about public and private interests.When discussing people and discussing matters, similarities and differences must be regarded as right and wrong, likes and dislikes should be judged as reputation, public opinion is difficult to tolerate, and national laws are difficult to forgive.Bai Erchen works, it is reasonable to give up.

During the Kangxi period, the crony problem was very serious, mainly due to the dispute between the princes.Moreover, the incident became more and more troublesome, increasingly threatening the political stability of the imperial court.Therefore, in the second year of Yongzheng's reign (1724), Emperor Yongzheng published the "On the Control of Cliques", the purpose of which was to limit the development of cliques.As a minister, one should only know that there is a ruler, and only when one knows that there is a ruler, one's feelings will become inextricably entrenched, and one can share likes and dislikes with the ruler.Among them, the ministerial section is emphasized, and it is used as the highest standard for judging the pros and cons.Under the guidance of this idea, Emperor Yongzheng's views on the big officials in the frontier are: to have initiative, to be promising, to be conservative, and to pay equal attention to the three.However, relying on their honesty and honesty, they think that they can gain reputation, so they are careless and frivolous. They can't straighten out managers in local affairs. The people are even worse.In this way, Cha Bina, Yang Mingshi, Zhang Kai, Wei Tingzhen and others who were quite honest were criticized; while Li Wei and Zhu Gang who dared to cater to the emperor were regarded by Yongzheng as capable people with a good heart and a solid heart. It's kind of overkill.

At the beginning of Emperor Qianlong's ascension to the throne, Zhang Tingyu, the Minister of Military Affairs and a survivor of the Yongzheng Dynasty, was kicked out of the Military Affairs Office. One of the very important reasons was that he had served as the Minister of Military Affairs for a long time and committed arrogance, so he gradually made friends with foreign ministers.There is also Yu Minzhong, who has been the Minister of Military Aircraft for a long time and once served as the chief Minister of Military Aircraft of the Han people in the Military Aircraft Department. Qianlong also complained about him a lot. In order to obtain the hereditary title, he actually frequently inquired about the news from the eunuchs of the inner court.

He Shen has manipulated the power of the court for more than 20 years. Because of his unprecedented power and the emperor's special favor, many officials at all levels fawn on him.He is notoriously greedy for money and good things, but his contacts with officials are limited to the purpose of amassing wealth, and he has always been sensitive to the high-tension line of forming parties for personal gain.Because he knew that this was a big taboo of the emperor, he never made friends with his colleagues easily, especially when he was the chief minister of military affairs. In the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799), the emperor listed 20 major crimes against Heshen, each of which could lead to his death, but there was no mention of forming a party for personal gain.Emperor Jiaqing also specifically asked Wu Xiongguang, the chief envoy of Zhili, who had served as the military aircraft Zhangjing, on this issue: People say that Heshen has different ambitions, and there are others?Wu Xiongguang immediately and categorically denied: "Anyone who has a bad idea will win people's hearts. He Zeman and Han have almost no followers. Even if they have a bad idea, who will follow it?"This also shows that He Shen was indeed surrounded by many people who flattered him when he was proud, but he did not have any political alliance of interests, and was just an official who was bent on making money.

Heshen has a strong political sensitivity, has never formed alliances with internal and external ministers, and always immerses himself in power and makes money, so he leaves a bad impression of greed, meanness, and domineering in officialdom.But this is a rare political advantage in the eyes of the emperor.Because he has no ambitions, naturally the emperor is most at ease.So hand over all the power to Heshen to take care of, and the emperor himself will be happy and at ease.