Xiao Shenyang (1750- 1799), formerly known as Shanbao, was born in a poor family of officers. However, he, his younger brother and Lin received a good education since childhood. As a teenager, he was elected to the official school of Xian 'an Palace and received the education of Manchu, Han and Mongolian Confucian classics. Little Shenyang is both talented and diligent. Later, the career was flat. In just half a year, he went from an ordinary bodyguard to the top power figure in the Qing Dynasty and became the confidant of Emperor Qianlong. Small Shenyang is a veritable corrupt official, taking bribes and bending the law, and amassing wealth.

1799, Qianlong died. Eight days later, Emperor Jiaqing announced the 20 major crimes of Xiao Shenyang, and immediately ordered the arrest of Xiao Shenyang, who committed suicide in prison.

When Xiao Shenyang first became an official, he was smart and capable, and consolidated his position through the Li Shiyao case. Emperor Qianlong favored him and married his youngest daughter, Princess Ten, to Feng?enyende, the eldest son of Xiao Shenyang, making Xiao Shenyang not only in power, but also a relative. With the growth of power, his selfish desires are also expanding day by day, taking advantage of his position to form a party for personal gain, amass money and crack down on political enemies. In addition, Little Shenyang also runs its own business, opening 75 pawn shops and more than 300 large and small banks, and has business dealings with the British East India Company and the 13th branch in Guangdong. Xiao Shenyang once held several important positions in the central government of the Qing Dynasty, such as sealing the first-class loyalty to Xiang Gong and worshiping the scholar in Wenhua Hall. His positions mainly include Chief Scholar of Cabinet, Chief Military Minister, Minister of Official Department, Minister of Housing, Minister of Punishment, Minister of imperial academy, etc. He also holds dozens of important positions, such as the head of the Ministry of Interior, the bachelor of imperial academy, the editor-in-chief of Sikuquanshu, the minister of the bodyguard and the head of the infantry.

At this time, when Xiao Shenyang saw Bai Lian, he knew that his death was coming. He couldn't help sighing that the business he had run all his life was terrible, and his family wealth was richer than that of the royal family, and he ended up in such a tragic end. This time in prison, I tasted the bitterness of desolation, desolation, hunger, punishment and pain. He wrote a poem entitled "Two Poems about the Moon in the Night Prison at the End of Yuan Dynasty": "The night is so bright that it can't be stretched. A hundred years is a dream, but 20 years are wasted. It is difficult to know in a dark room, but spring is not seen in a high wall. Stars surround Leng Yue, and I cry alone, hurting the scene and the past, so I miss myself. The rest of my life is not much, empty. " "Today is the night of the Lantern Festival, and it is a spring. Pity this moonlit night, especially according to the sad people. Thinking is more eternal, and grace is broken with the festival. The holy light hides the candle, and there are lonely ministers. " From the above two poems, we can know that Xiao Shenyang had a premonition that the rest of his life would not be too long, and the end was coming. He felt sad about the past and made several moans. Stubborn to death, I feel that I am brilliant, and I am "mistaken for brilliant", showing a helpless mood of "water without spring". After seeing Bai Lian, Xiao Shenyang wrote another poem: "A dream for fifty years, now it's time to give up. When the water is full of dragons, I think smoke is my back. " After writing the poem, Xiao Shenyang picked up the white training set around his neck and hanged himself, ending his 50-year-old life.

We all know the name Xiao Shenyang from TV and books. Little Shenyang is famous not only because he is the favorite of Emperor Qianlong, but also because he is the most famous corrupt official in history. So, how much property did Xiao Shenyang have after he was robbed?

According to Yong 'an Notes written by a famous diplomat in the late Qing Dynasty, there is a record called List of Confiscated Property in Small Shenyang. The list of confiscated property in Small Shenyang is as follows:

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1, cash assets 1, red gold (24K): 58,000 taels of gold in stock, 2,500 taels of gold in the building, 0/00 pieces of gold ingots 1000 taels each, one gold tower and 26,000 taels in the wall. The total number of samples is two.

2. Cash: 65,438+0,000,000 taels in the cellar, 55,600 silver ingots in the vault (65,438+00 taels each) and 500 large silver ingots in the house (65,438+0,000 taels each), totaling:.

3. Guo Jing has 5.83 million silver medals, and Su Guo has 3150,000 silver medals.

4. Fifty-eight thousand dollars in foreign currency (silver). The unit of measurement in Qing Dynasty was 1.6 Liang. At that time, one or two was 0.625, which was 3 1.25 grams.

Then the cash assets in He Kun are converted into today's RMB as follows:

According to 9: 12, June, 2006, the gold price of Shanghai gold exchange10/40.9 yuan. Then according to today's quotation, He Kun's corrupt gold is converted into RMB: * 31.25 *140.9 = 820 million RMB;

According to the silver price recently announced by North China Metal Network, it is 3400-3600/ kg, which is about RMB 3.5 yuan/gram. Corrupt silver is discounted to RMB: * 31.25 * 3.5 = 227 million yuan;

Su Guo is calculated as 0.1(+) * 0.1* 31.25 * 3.5 = yuan (about100000 RMB). At present, the price of foreign currency is 60- 120 (excluding the value of cultural relics), so we set it as 80 yuan/piece.

Then the cash assets embezzled by Little Shenyang are converted into today's RMB: 8.2+2.27+0.1.05 =1.062 million RMB.

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Real estate:

1, a garden with 20 pavilions;

2. A main house with 13730 rooms;

3. An East Room with seven entrances and 360 rooms;

4. A Westinghouse with 7 entrances and 350 rooms;

5, private ovary, room 730;

6. There are two other gardens with 100 pavilions.

Small Shenyang * * * has 2 170 houses in total. According to the style of the Qing government, each house is about 20 square meters on average. Then the real estate area of He Kun is: 2170 * 20 = 43,400 square meters.

According to the current price of garden villa in the main urban area of Beijing (80,000 yuan/square meter), the real estate value of Little Shenyang is: 43,400 * 80,000 = 500 million yuan. In addition, gardens and pavilions cannot be valued now.

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Real estate:

1. The land area is 8000 hectares, covering an area of 2000 mu. According to the current land acquisition price of 40,000 yuan in medium-sized cities, the land value of He Kun is * 40,000 = 00 (32 billion RMB).

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Enterprise:

1, there are ten pawn shops, and the original bank is 802,000;

2. Ten banks with a principal of 602,000 yuan. The total discount of two local banks is RMB: (+) * 3 1.25 * 3.5 = RMB (65438+500 million yuan).

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Emerald:

1, thirteen jade tripod, two feet and five inches high;

2, jade Qing 20 pieces;

3, jade ruyi one hundred and thirty handles;

4, inlaid with jade ruyi 1006 handle;

5. Forty-eight jade snuff bottles;

6. One hundred and thirty pieces of jade lead;

7. Thirteen tables of jade bowls and thirty jade bottles;

Because there are too many lists, I won't repeat them one by one, and the value can't be estimated.

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Jewelry:

1, 230 strings of pearl bracelets; 2. Ten big beads; 3. 10 big ruby weighing 280 kg; 4. Eighty little rubies; 5. Reflect forty sapphires; 6. Ninety rubies; 7. Yuruyi 1200 handle; 8, pearls as big as longan,10; The value of the above jewelry should be evaluated by experts.

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Others:

1, 72 tables of silver bowls, 500 pairs of silver chopsticks, 200 pairs of gold chopsticks, 60 gold spoons and 380 silver spoons; 2. 10 bottle of carved golden Babel, 460 bells, carved golden Babel bed and 30 carved golden Babel pits; 3. There are 1 1 coral trees, each of which is more than one meter high. Yarn, satin and silk are the materials for making clothes. One * * * has 14300 horses, 5. Wool serge 20000 board, 6. Fox skin is 550 yuan, 7. 1 1, 24 golden carved eight-treasure kang beds, 12, 460 western clocks, 13, 6 mahogany furniture combinations14, and 7,000 clothes for the four seasons (7 mink men's wear13)

The above items are too expensive to estimate.

According to the convertible property, the property of Little Shenyang is:10.62+8.6+320+1.5 = 34.07 billion RMB.

These assets do not include incalculable gardens, pavilions, jewelry, calligraphy and painting, cultural relics and the operating income of banks and pawn shops. According to the appraisal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, He Kun's property is 800 million taels of silver, at least 87.5 billion RMB.

The annual income of the national treasury in the Qing Dynasty was 60 million and 800 million. What concept? Little Shenyang has been in power for 10 years. How much did he have in less than 25 years? The revenue of the Qing treasury has been given to him 10 for many years.

What do you think of this?