Those things in history - About Heshen

Heshen, whose courtesy name is Zhizhai, whose surname is Niu Colu, is from Zhenghong Banner in Manchuria. Heshen is the Manchu transliteration, which means Gang Ji.

"Harmony" is a highly respected word in Chinese culture, which emphasizes harmony as beauty. Harmony is considered to be extremely beautiful, while "Kun" is a kind of beautiful jade. In ancient times, it was emphasized that gentlemen should be more virtuous than jade. Beautiful jade was a symbol of virtue in ancient times. He Shen's name has an extremely beautiful meaning. I hope he can be a perfect and virtuous person.

He Shen fell into a poor family and lived a difficult life. In order to change his destiny, he studied hard and kept a low profile. By chance, he was favored by Qianlong and climbed to the top in one step.

According to the "Complete History of the Qing Dynasty", one day in the forty-first year of Qianlong's reign, when Qianlong was on his way out, he heard that a prisoner had escaped. "Destroyed in the coffin, a fault of maturity?"

He Shen was still a young guard at the time. Seeing all the guards looking at each other, he was at a loss. He knew that he had a chance to rise to prominence, so he answered loudly. He said, "Those who keep the code must not shirk their responsibilities."

After hearing this, Qianlong asked who had answered, and saw Heshen, who was tall and handsome. This portrait of He Shen is strange to say. It actually looks like an old friend of Qianlong.

During the Yongzheng period, Yongzheng had a very beautiful concubine who met Qianlong by chance. Qianlong was already eighteen years old at that time, the age when he first started to have passionate love. Seeing that Mei Xin was happy, he deliberately teased her, but the concubine accidentally broke Qianlong's forehead. When the queen found out, she was furious, blamed the concubine, and ordered her to commit suicide.

Qianlong was very sad when he found out, because it was his fault that killed her, so he bit his finger and dropped a drop of blood on the dead concubine's neck, hoping to recognize her in the next life.

The portrait of Heshen is very similar to that of the concubine. Heshen was already twenty-five years old at this time, and the concubine had been dead for twenty-five years, so Qianlong believed that Heshen was the reincarnation of the concubine.

After returning to the palace, Qianlong was always concerned about this matter, so he asked Heshen to talk to him in the palace. Heshen was smart and knowledgeable, and was very popular with Qianlong. He Shen rose to prominence from then on, rising from a small bodyguard to a minister of military aircraft within a year.