Therefore, this small Shenyang was the biggest corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty, so according to incomplete statistics, if all the treasures investigated by Emperor Jiaqing from the small Shenyang family were converted into real money, it could reach between 800 million and 1 1000 billion, although many people still don't believe this figure until now. After all, this figure is simply terrible, equivalent to the total income of the Qing Dynasty at that time. But later, it was found that the authenticity of this figure was relatively reliable, because at that time, millions of silver could be found only from the housekeeper's home in small Shenyang. It is conceivable that there will be no shortage of this small Shenyang home, so even if it does not exceed the number just mentioned above, it will not be less.
This small Shenyang can be so corrupt, so how greedy is this small Shenyang? Therefore, this small Shenyang is mainly corrupt in the following four aspects.
First of all, bribery: because Xiao Shenyang was very popular with Qianlong at that time, and Xiao Shenyang himself still had many important positions, it was inevitable that someone would give him gifts, then solve his promotion problem or please him, and then everyone would give him something, so the gifts were different, some were calligraphy and painting, some were antiques, and some were fields.
The second is to abuse power for personal gain: then in his later years, Qianlong began to build a large-scale project and went to Jiangnan several times, so all the money in the national treasury was basically spent by Qianlong at that time, so Qianlong at that time wanted to make up for it. Therefore, Qianlong also hinted that many local officials began to pay tribute, so it was too much to acquiesce in officials' crimes, but after being discovered, these officials could use money to make amends (bargaining system). So at that time, many tributes and money used to make amends were seized by Xiao Shenyang.
The third is a reward: Because Shenyang was very popular with Qianlong at that time, it was often given something by Qianlong, including some money, antiques, or Mo Bao in Qianlong, etc.
Fourth, he earned it by himself: although little Shenyang had a lot of money, a large part of it was basically earned by little Shenyang himself, because at that time, little Shenyang had its own business empire, and he also owned a lot of soil fields. In addition, there are more than 70 pawn shops and more than 300 large and small banks in Little Shenyang, and he also cooperates with Guangdong, Britain, India and other countries. Then the most important thing is the position of Xiao Shenyang, so as long as it is related to his business, there is basically no loss.
So this little Shenyang is greedy, but there is a kind of silver in his heart that is absolutely not greedy, so this kind of silver is cheating and accepting bribes in the imperial examination. Therefore, the main reason why Xiao Shenyang is not greedy for this kind of money is that Xiao Shenyang is not made by the imperial examination system, but his own heart has turned him into a scholar, which is why Xiao Shenyang highly respects the imperial examination system.
In addition, Qianlong hated cheating in the imperial examination, so Xiao Shenyang still knew that he would not touch the bottom line of Qianlong, so Xiao Shenyang was very popular with Qianlong. So what do you think this small Shenyang won the favor of Qianlong?