First of all, greedy little Shenyang
Xiao Shenyang was a favorite of Qianlong period and won the favor and trust of Emperor Qianlong. Xiao Shenyang was really smart at the beginning of his official career, but later, as he came to power, his greed became heavier. Take advantage of his position and power, abuse power for personal gain, accept bribes, and collect money quickly in 20 or 30 years.
After the death of Qianlong, Emperor Jiaqing thoroughly investigated the corruption in Xiao Shenyang and ordered the seizure of property. After liquidation, the value of his gold and silver, antiques, calligraphy and paintings and treasures is about 820 million silver. It is amazing to know that the revenue of the Qing court is only tens of millions a year, and the property copied from Shenyang is equivalent to the revenue of the Qing court for several years or even longer. There is a saying called. Small Shenyang fell, Jiaqing ate? This can be seen. With such a rich family, thieves are indispensable. According to legend, a thief tried his best to sneak into the warehouse in Shenyang, but in the end he just shook his head and left without taking anything.
Second, the method of hiding wealth in small Shenyang.
1, not afraid of thieves stealing, but afraid of thieves thinking. As a very rich man, Xiao Shenyang is naturally worried about thieves patronizing. Although there are many guards in your house, it is inevitable that there are secrets. Little Shenyang thought of a way. He melted the gold and silver in the warehouse, and then recast them into golden balls and silver balls, each weighing dozens of pounds. In this way, whether the thief can hold it or not, even if he holds it, the palace is heavily guarded. His coming in was purely accidental. How could he escape with such a heavy golden ball and silver ball?
Small Shenyang has also built many warehouses? Pillar? With what? Wall? But the columns and walls are hollow, filled with gold and silver, and decorated on the outside to make them look like ordinary columns and walls. Later, when Emperor Jiaqing copied the house in Little Shenyang, he hardly found these? Pillar? And then what? Wall? Hidden secrets.
In addition, some properties of Little Shenyang are fields and houses. The title deeds and contracts are written with the owner's name in black and white. Although these title deeds and contracts are of high value, they are just waste paper to thieves, not to mention the fields and houses owned by court official Xiao Shenyang. How dare he sell it?
4. Then there are antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and treasures. These things are precious and fragile. Small Shenyang will naturally not be put together with gold and silver, but most of them are placed in the study and other places. So although the thief entered the warehouse in Shenyang, it happened that he couldn't take it, but what he could take was not here. Under such circumstances, he naturally shook his head and returned empty-handed.