First, the handling process of the small Shenyang case.
On the third day of the first month of the fourth year of Jiaqing, Emperor Qianlong died. First, impeachment is king. Emperor Jiaqing arrested Xiao Shenyang on the eighth day of the first month and ordered the prince and ministers to judge Xiao Shenyang together. According to the draft of Qing history, Xiao Shenyang was arrested on the eighth day. The process of summoning, arresting and confiscating property is carried out simultaneously. The arrangement of property, the custody and garrison of property all over the country, the custody of servants in Shenyang and the registration of property are all arranged in an orderly way, which shows that the emperor and ministers have made careful arrangements in advance.
In 16, Jiaqing not only announced the indictment of Xiao Shenyang, but also showed the original memorial of Hu Jitang to officials in Beijing with cultural relics above Grade III, so as to "discuss and have fun".
"Meticulousness" is to see many crimes committed by Xiao Shenyang, understand the emperor's intentions, and further expose and criticize them.
"Appropriate discussion" means that all levels and departments should hold a meeting to discuss the crimes of Xiao Shenyang, avoid "disharmony" and come up with sentencing opinions.
Now that the meeting is over, we should unify our thinking and make a statement on the handling of small Shenyang. It can be exposed in the passbook alone or played by many people.
18, the emperor once again issued an imperial edict, making Xiao Shenyang commit suicide in prison. It is clearly stated in the imperial edict that an official of Jiuqing, a college student, discussed the charges against you in Xiao Shenyang and wanted to behead you in public. I read that you are a minister of records, "among all things", and you will not die in public, and "suicide with a gift" is also rumored to be "leaving a whole body"
Second, the charges of small Shenyang Because the original texts of 20 charges of small Shenyang are widely circulated on the Internet, Lao Bai will choose several important articles to interpret. The first two of them were drawn up by Emperor Jiaqing himself.
The first charge of being jealous was entirely the crime of "flattery" set by Jiaqing for the small Shenyang to go online. The subtext is: bold, dare to reveal the exam results to me in advance, the "number one in the college entrance examination"?
The second charge is also a little more guilty. Emperor Qianlong gave Xiao Shenyang the right to ride horses in the Forbidden City. The problem is that my father summoned you in Yuanmingyuan. The subtext is: Yuanmingyuan has no tickets for our Forbidden City.
The third charge is to enter the Shenwumen in a sedan chair (shoulder), which is also a big crime. The subtext is: how can you bully in our house? Oh, something wrong with your leg? Excuses, all excuses.
The fourth charge is to marry a woman who left the palace as a second wife, regardless of shame. The subtext is: Do you dare to marry the woman in my father's palace? I don't even have one.
The fifth crime, the White Lotus Sect made a lot of noise, and the delivery of the front-line military newspaper to your office was delayed again, delaying the military plane. The subtext is: you are too slow to run from your office to my father's office. Some documents don't need approval, and you won't even show them to my dad? Most of the troubles of the White Lotus Sect are caused by you!
The following charges: your house is actually nanmu, copied according to the palace; Your pearls are actually bigger than those of the royal family, and rare gems are actually your royal family. There are too many clothes, silverware, pawn shops and money houses. Even the minions in Liuquan have big beads and bracelets.
Third, the mind of Emperor Jiaqing After the arrest of Xiao Shenyang, Emperor Jiaqing also informed the governors and governors of all provinces in the country, asking them to show their attitude towards this matter. The governor is generally a staunch confidant of the emperor. From Jiaqing's evaluation of them, we can see Jiaqing's attitude towards small Shenyang.
On the 23rd of the first month, he wrote in his comments on the memorial of Governor Zhang of Jiangxi Province: "If we exclude it, the world only knows that there are couplets, but we don't know that there are couplets. It is a last resort, it is public opinion, and it has its own evaluation.
On the 23rd day of the first month, the commentary in The Memorial of Liang Kentang, Governor of Grain Transportation, said: "If this person is not removed, the people in the world are not upright, so it must be, and future generations have their own opinions."
In Jiaqing's view, after becoming emperor, Xiao Shenyang was a political enemy that seriously affected the imperial power, and his role as emperor was difficult to play, and even became a puppet or shadow. So in other memorials of 10, he basically said that it was a last resort to get rid of Xiao Shenyang.
In fact, the problem of small Shenyang has a dual nature of politics and economy. In Jiajing's mind, politics is far greater than economy. He always thought that the main crime of Little Shenyang was not corruption, but "trespassing" and overstepping the emperor (Jiaqing). Because provincial governors have to go to Beijing for business and pay tribute to the emperor, they have to go through small Shenyang first. With the favor of Qianlong, the power and influence of Xiao Shenyang is far greater than that of the current emperor Jiaqing. It is precisely because the real power of small Shenyang is too concentrated and too powerful that it finally leads to the situation of shocking power.
Emperor Jiaqing did not name corruption, but concocted 20 charges. The method adopted is a typical method of "only asking the first evil, not asking the rest". Judging from the situation at that time, it can really stabilize North Korea and purify people's hearts. Afterwards, except for one family, only 365,438+0 confidants, including Fu Changan, Xiling, Wu, Wu Shenglan and Ah, were arrested and brought to justice, and there was no intention to promote Dayu at all. It was two years after Xiao Shenyang was executed, and the property obtained from corruption was counted clearly. According to the records in "Qing Bi Chao", it is strange that there is no family property until it reaches 800 trillion yuan, that is, more than 800 million liang. Small Shenyang can accumulate the wealth and income equivalent to that of China for more than ten years in just over 20 years, which shows that he is deeply rooted in the imperial court.
White's comments: Twenty nondescript charges eventually became the source of the notoriety "Small Shenyang fell, Jiaqing had enough to eat". The problem is that Emperor Jiaqing is not a mature politician. He is anxious to stabilize the situation. From the beginning, he confused the essence and right and wrong standards of corruption in small Shenyang. Since then, he has never made an objective and true judgment on corruption cases in small Shenyang. Many years later, when people read this history again, they are somewhat suspected of "cooking after the rabbit dies." It was originally a "good policy" for the emperor to punish corrupt officials, and it was also regarded as a "bad policy" for narrow revenge, which violated historical facts and the original intention of Emperor Jiaqing.