When it comes to corrupt officials in the Qing Dynasty, many people will think of big corrupt officials in Shenyang. Xiao Shenyang was a minister in power in the ruling and opposition during the Qianlong period. It is said that when Jiaqing found out his wealth in four years, the wealth accumulated by Xiao Shenyang was about 800 million taels1/kloc-0,000 million taels of silver, and his gold and silver, together with other treasures and antiques, exceeded the fiscal revenue accumulated by the Qing government in fifteen years. So, is there? Small Shenyang fell, Jiaqing ate? As the saying goes.

In fact, during the Qianlong period, Xiao Shenyang was indeed a? A minister capable of governing the world? , effectively caught the court corruption, investigated and dealt with a major case that shocked Gansu, and made Emperor Qianlong angrily send someone to kill 19 senior officials.

The story began in the forty-sixth year of Qianlong (178 1), and the peasant uprising began in the forty-third year of Gansu Su. At that time, Su Sisan, a Salar in Xunhua Hall (now Xunhua County, Qinghai Province) under the jurisdiction of Hezhou, Gansu Province, was dissatisfied with the policy of ethnic oppression and discrimination implemented by the Manchu government in the local area and led the Salar and Hui people to revolt together. At first, the rebels were fierce, and the officers and men were defeated and surrounded Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province.

At that time, Kanggan flourished for a hundred years, and there was no war in the peaceful and prosperous times. At that time, due to the siege of Lanzhou, Qianlong dismissed the former governor of Shaanxi but Gansu, and then continued to call Li Shiyao the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu to arrange the defense of the border. Later, he sent Xiao Shenyang, the then minister, to solve the problem of Lanzhou City.

At this time, three strange things happened in Lanzhou.

The first strange thing is that after Emperor Qianlong dismissed the former governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Le Erjin, Wang Yanzan, the minister in charge of Gansu Province, volunteered to donate the salary of 42,000 silver accumulated over the years as the salary of the court.

Wang Yanzan originally wanted to do good, but he also betrayed himself. In the Qing Dynasty, a provincial ambassador was equivalent to the current deputy governor in charge of finance in the province, with an annual salary of 78,200, which is equivalent to today's annual salary of1500,000, which is quite a lot. However, Wang Yanzan only worked for four years, and even if he didn't eat or drink, his family wealth was only 32 thousand silver. How could he take out 42 thousand silver at once?

Therefore, Wang Yanzan's move naturally aroused the suspicion of Emperor Qianlong.

The second strange thing is that Wang Danwang, the governor of Zhejiang Province, donated 502,000 yuan to repair the seawall dam in order to please the leaders. 500,000 taels of silver, calculated by 1 taels of 400 yuan, is 200 million. It takes 50 years for a governor not to eat or drink, which also causes Qianlong's suspicion.

The third strange thing is that when Xiao Shenyang arrived at the front line in Gansu, it suddenly rained heavily. Lord Ganlong wants to know why it rained in Gansu for several years, including this year.

Later, Qianlong ordered Xiao Shenyang to investigate the matter, thus finding out the biggest corruption case in history of qing dynasty-the case of giving alms. Wang Tingzan took bribes and let his men converge their wealth by buying his own position. With the deepening of the trial, more and more officials were involved in this corruption, reaching 104. Gan Long is angry with ordinary people. In the early morning of the second day of October in the forty-seventh year of Gan Long (1782), nineteen principal officials involved in the case were taken to Lanzhou market and beheaded in public.