First of all, everyone knows that He Shen, as a popular figure in front of Qianlong, was the most powerful minister in the world, above one person and below ten thousand people. According to what He Shen himself said in the TV series "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan", "Who dare not buy my account except Liu Luoguo and A Gui". From this, you can see how red He Shen is, almost as red as purple. But what will happen to the descendants after He Shen's death?
Feng Shen Yin De, in his childhood and early years, can be said to be as popular as his father He Shen. Emperor Qianlong was famous for his eldest son Heshen. Emperor Qianlong named Heshen's eldest son Fengshen Yinde, referring to Princess Gu Lun and Princess Xiao as their consorts. They wore double-eyed flower feathers on their heads. It can be said that they were married in the 54th year of Qianlong's reign. However, flowers that are too beautiful must die young, and good times do not last long. In May of the 15th year of Jiaqing, Fengshen Yinde passed away at the age of thirty-six.
The princess wife of Fengshen Yinde (Princess Gulun Hexiao)
When Princess Hexiao was 13 years old, she was specially canonized as Princess Gulun by Qianlong. According to the legal system of the Qing Dynasty: the Queen's Only a daughter can be named "Princess Gu Lun". Therefore, it can be seen that Qianlong loved this princess and proposed her to be married to Fengshen Yin De. It can also be seen how much he cared for the He family. When Princess Hexiao was 16 years old, Qianlong betrothed her to Fengshen Yinde as his wife. From then on, the fates of Fengshen Yinde, Gu Lun and Princess Xiao were closely linked. However, most marriages in ancient times had strong political factors and were often very unhappy. However, Fengshen Yinde and Princess Gu Lun and Xiao Xiao are undoubtedly a lucky couple. The two are talented and handsome, the man is handsome and the woman is beautiful and generous. After getting married, the two of them support each other and get through one difficulty after another together.
However, the good times did not last long after the death of Emperor Qianlong. Emperor Jiaqing carried out drastic rectification of the faction headed by Heshen. As Heshen's son, of course he had something to do with it. He was deprived of all official positions, and his official career began to decline.
The two had a son after marriage. The princess devoted herself wholeheartedly to her son. Fengshen Yinde also liked her son very much. The family of three was happy. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. I don’t know why. The two The man's youngest son died young, and He Shen was heartbroken when he heard about it. Princess Hexiao and Fengshen Yinde were even more grieved. After that, the princess gave birth to children again, but her life was not very good.
In ancient times, if a man and a woman fell in love and wanted to form a family, they not only had to pay attention to the right match and the words of a matchmaker. Of course, among the palace and ministers, it was even more tortuous. Marriage was often for the sake of marriage, and most of them were victims of politics. Fengshen Yinde and Princess Hexiao are considered good endings. In my opinion, those who have such endings among ancient princes and nobles are considered happy and happy.
In 1799, Emperor Qianlong passed away at the age of 89, and Emperor Jiaqing took charge of the country personally. The first thing he handled after taking office was to handle a corruption case, and ordered the severe punishment of He Shen, "the biggest corruption in history". It can be said to be the first anti-corruption case in the Qing Dynasty.
(Heshen)
Four days after the death of Emperor Qianlong, Emperor Jiaqing arrested Heshen and imprisoned him for violating the twenty precepts of the Qing court. At first he was to be executed in Ling Chi, but due to the repeated weeping pleas of the imperial sister Gu Lun and Princess Xiao, and the dissuasion of ministers Dong Gao and Liu Yong, he and He Shen finally committed suicide in prison. The fall of Heshen, the greatest tiger in history, was by no means a momentary mistake. During the Qianlong period, he had offended Emperor Jiaqing, who was still a prince. In addition, when Heshen was in power, he relied on his power and status to amass wealth through plunder and plunder. At the same time, he took advantage of his position to embezzle and accept bribes, withhold tribute and enrich his own pockets. After the Heshen corruption case was concluded, the folk proverb has been circulating: "Heshen fell, Jiaqing was full."
After He Shen's death, his mansion was depleted of people and wealth, just like a bird that had eaten all the food and flew into the forest, leaving it completely white and clean. Just as a poem at the time said: "In ten years, the magnificent Prime Minister's Mansion has turned into a deserted manor with wild pigeons flying."
(Still photo of Fengshen Yinde)
It is reported that Heshen's descendants A man has two sons and one daughter. His eldest son was named Fengshen Yinde. He was named by Emperor Qianlong in the forty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign (1780). She was engaged to the tenth princess (Princess Gu Lun and Xiao) whom Emperor Qianlong always loved and kept by his side. In the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign (1789), Fengshen Yinde married Princess Gu Lun and Xiao. Former imperial minister, military commander and minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, prime minister's business affairs, etc. After the Heshen incident, Princess Hexiao went to the palace to plead with Emperor Jiaqing for Fengshen Yinde, so "he was ordered to stay and attack the earl in the name of the princess... and was granted the rank of minister." Fengshen Yinde lost his family name after He Shen's death. Frustrated and lazy, he has a strong desire to see through the world of mortals and cares little about politics. "In his middle age, he seeks Taoism and teaches health maintenance techniques to fellow alchemists", and even calls himself "Tianjue Taoist". Later, he was falsely accused and imprisoned. He was released from the ban after eleven years. Fengshen Yinde had no children, only two daughters, and Princess Hou and Xiao had adopted a son. After the death of Fengshen Yinde, Princess Hexiao became a widow and took charge of the housekeeping. She died in the third year of Daoguang at the age of forty-nine.
He Shen was a very popular minister in the Qianlong Dynasty, and the common people called him the "Second Emperor", which is not the title of "Nine Thousand Years Old" at all. Speaking of which, I have to thank Liu Luoguo, who had been fighting with him all his life. Originally, the Jiaqing court proposed to kill Ling Chi and Shen, but Liu Yong and others suggested committing suicide at home instead. After all, he was a minister of the former dynasty. In order to stabilize the political situation, he did not implicate the nine ethnic groups. Even sitting with other ministers can be regarded as a good ending among the bad.
Heshen's only son Fengshen Yinde had a rather strange experience. After the Qing Dynasty pacified the White Lotus Sect and granted amnesty to the world, Fengshen Yinde was restored to the title of earl. Later, he was reported to have had a daughter with his concubine while serving in the country and was deprived of the title. Later, it was re-enabled by Jiaqing. His title was restored and he was promoted to Duke before his death. He was very young when he died, only thirty-six years old. This also shows that he obtained a high title at a very young age. The emperor's family was indeed very kind to their family.
Feng Shen Yin De's only son died in infancy, and he had two daughters. He adopted an adopted son to inherit the family position. There are no detailed records of his daughters in history. In name, the adopted son is hereditary, and the descendants are hereditary. Above, the incense has been extinguished. From the bloodline, the daughter is also a descendant of the family. I don’t know where she is now.
It is said that He Shen had many concubines. At that time, the air was good and the food she ate was green and environmentally friendly. However, these women did not leave He Shen with a son and a half. They were between Ji and his concubines. It is unclear whether there is internal fighting or the will of God.
(Still of Princess Gu Lun and Xiao)
He Shen’s second son was born when he was in his 40s. Unfortunately, he died young, so he did not have a name. Because of his grief, he also wrote a poem in memory of his second son - "Ten Quatrains in Memory of the Dead Son as Elegies". His daughter Niu Hulu later married Beile Yongyun, the grandson of Prince Chun Yunyou, the seventh son of Emperor Kangxi. He Shen was affected by the incident and became depressed and frustrated.
Therefore, it can be concluded that He Shen has no direct descendants, and his children were more or less affected after his death, and they were depressed and unhappy.
When Emperor Guangxu was in power, he built a powerful fleet, the Beiyang Navy. Its deterrent power ranked first in Asia and sixth in the world at that time. Even the Western powers looked at it with admiration, and was regarded as a thorn in the side of Japan's invasion of China.
At that time, there was a promiscuous woman from a poor family but with outstanding beauty, named "Ying Hechun", whose original name was Lan Chun, and she was the fourth-generation granddaughter of Heshen. Reduced to the brothel "Yun Yue Lou" in Shaanxi Lane, Beiping. She missed her great-grandfather, hated the Qing Dynasty, and decided to take revenge.
First of all, she also hated this fleet, so she used her color to seduce the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy, corrode their souls, disintegrate their fighting spirit, encourage them to commit crimes, and instigate them to steal. For a time, there was a bustling crowd in front of the brothel, and theft was common on the warships. Even Fang Boqian, the commander of the "Jilian", went astray and became a fish in the net of Ying Hechun.
Since then, a large number of warship parts of the Beiyang Navy have been stolen. More than ten ironclad warships have been grounded and scrapped due to lack of important parts. Later, the iron pier on the water long street was also damaged.
While receiving passers-by, she met Zhang Shiheng, the nephew of Li Hongzhang, the general office of the Beiyang Navy and the Beiyang Minister. Zhang Shiheng was in charge of the Navy's logistics supply, ammunition supply, and conveying military information.
Japanese spies quickly noticed this brothel woman who had close contacts with the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy. After learning about her life and origins, they sent Kamikawa Sogo from the Japanese General Staff to get acquainted with her and quickly welcomed her. Haru defected to Japan and helped spy on intelligence.
In 1893, Japan used the pretext of invading North Korea in an attempt to first annex North Korea and then invade China. Under this situation, the Qing government was preparing to send troops to North Korea and dispatched the Beiyang Fleet to escort it. At the same time, Li Hongzhang ordered Zhang Shiheng to purchase ammunition. Zhang Shiheng was worried and restless in order to prepare ammunition. In order to relax, he went to Ying Hechun and asked This confidante revealed the secrets of the Qing government's dispatch of troops to Korea and the preparation of ammunition. She also showed her top-secret maps showing the escort route of the Beiyang Fleet's Asan troop transport, the number of troops, the sailing schedule, and the landing location. Ying Hechun said that he could ask friends for help, and Zhang Shiheng agreed wholeheartedly and was very happy.
After Zhang Shiheng left, Ying Hechun hurriedly went to Shangchuan Caowu, told him this important information, and gave him an idea to get a batch of counterfeit ammunition to Zhang Shiheng.
In 1894, as soon as the Beiyang ship set sail, it was attacked by a Japanese ship. The Gaosheng was sunk and more than a thousand soldiers died heroically.
Soon, the Qing government prepared to transport troops to North Korea for the second time. Ying Hechun got the information and immediately informed the Japanese and instigated Zhang Shiheng to transport substandard ammunition to the ship.
On September 17, 1894, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, which shocked China and the world, broke out. In the end, the warplanes were delayed due to shoddy shells. Beiyang was defeated and Liaodong fell.
Li Hongzhang prepared to avoid war and save the ship, but Cixi decided to sue for peace. Zhang Shiheng leaked military information again.
The Japanese military received intelligence and sent troops to occupy Weihai City in January 1895. In February, the Japanese fleet blocked the Beiyang Navy station and the two waterways of Liugong Island, and moved from east to west at the same time. Liugong Island opened fire, and Liugong Island suddenly became a sea of fire.
Ying Hechun distributed leaflets persuading surrender to Liugong Island, but was caught by Beiyang Navy sentries and executed, ending her shameless and sinful life.