Historical Stories of the Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty was the last feudal dynasty in China. So do you know what the historical stories of the Qing Dynasty are? Below are the historical stories of the Qing Dynasty that I will share with you. You are welcome to read them.

Historical stories of the Qing Dynasty: The most unlucky second generation of officials in the Qing Dynasty

There were many corrupt officials in the Qianlong Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty. In addition to the most well-known corrupt officials in ancient and modern times, there was also a very powerful corrupt official named Wang Danwang in the forty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign. If it weren't for He Kun, he would go up every day and pursue him. If he rushes hard, he will probably become the biggest corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty. What's more interesting is that the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Chen Huizu, who was responsible for investigating Wang Danwang, was even more greedy than Wang Yiwang. He took advantage of the opportunity to occupy most of the former's family property, but later took the initiative to hit Qianlong's gun. , can be called the most unlucky and mentally retarded corrupt official in the history of the Qing Dynasty.

Chen Huizu is the same as Wang Danwang. They are all second-generation officials, and they are the second-generation officials of great upright officials. But his father was even more awesome, and he was Prime Minister Chen Damou. Comrade Chen Damou successively served as the Right Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Right Minister of the Ministry of War, the Prince Shaobao, the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. I have served as three ministers of the Sixth Department, and they are the three fattest ones. In the thirteenth year of Qianlong (AD 1748), he was promoted to co-organizer (equivalent to the prime minister) and minister of military aircraft (equivalent to the prime minister), and his status was prominent for a while. In line with Lao Tzu's inertial thinking of a hero and a heroic man, Chen Huizu was recruited by Qianlong into the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Household Affairs as soon as he debuted. He was an official and a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He later served as the prefect of Chenzhou, the chief envoy of Anhui, the governor of Guangxi, and the governor of the Hedong River. , Governor of Liangjiang and other positions.

Ordinarily, after reaching such a high-level official position, one should enjoy a comfortable life and work steadily for two years in order to retire with honor. Unexpectedly, the world has changed. The late Qianlong Dynasty did not produce honest officials, but only corrupt officials. Chen Huizu, a dear friend, also followed the trend and started plundering people's wealth and anointing. In the forty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign, Wang Yiwang, who was also a second-generation official, happened. This master brought the matter to light upon himself. At that time, a case in Gansu involved him. He could have fooled him if he persisted. Unexpectedly, he was delighted to hear that Qianlong was on his southern tour and passed by Hangzhou, where he worked. He deliberately curried favor and offered to donate 500,000 taels of silver to help the government tide over the difficulties and repair the seawall. Such grandeur immediately shocked Qianlong.

Qianlong lived in their house with the feeling of being a rich man, looking here and there, everything was real money. He's so much richer than me, check! As a result of the investigation, Comrade Wang Yiwang's corrupt deeds in Gansu and Zhejiang were all exposed, and the total amount of bribes he received exceeded 3 million taels of silver. One of the most important tasks in dealing with corrupt officials is to confiscate homes. The honorable task of confiscating Wang Yiwang's house was left to Comrade Chen Huizu.

After so many years of corruption, Chen Huizu has become extremely courageous. Qianlong originally planned to let him ransack Wang Danwang's home and collect the gold and silver treasures into his own small treasury. But Chen Huizu was even more greedy than Qianlong, and simply took all the most valuable and finest things in the palace for his own use. In order to deceive Qianlong, he deliberately made a separate list of confiscated houses. According to the procedure, what he should have handed over to Qianlong was this fake list. Unexpectedly, this man lost his head looking at the mountains of rare treasures and handed the real list to Qianlong.

Qianlong took a look at the treasures above. I rushed to the small vault to check and accept it impatiently. As a result, there were no jade bottles, jade mountains, and other items recorded on it. After careful inspection, it was found that not a single thing was missing. In this way, Qianlong once again raised the banner of anti-corruption. They ransacked Chen Huizu's home and forced him to commit suicide. At that time, the common people made up a rather joyful song about this matter: Yesterday someone's house was ransacked, today it is being ransacked. Corrupt officials are all on the road, and the people are laughing.

Historical Stories of the Qing Dynasty: Ancient Bowls of the Qing Dynasty

Li Xiangyang went to the countryside for an interview. There was no guest house in the village, so Village Chief Liu arranged for him to stay at his home, but he was rejected. Li Xiangyang pointed to the dilapidated houses at the entrance of the village and asked, can I live in that house? Village Chief Liu hesitated, but did not refuse. He took Li Xiangyang and knocked on the door of that family.

The person who opened the door was a man with gray hair and an unkempt appearance. When he saw it was Village Chief Liu, his face was full of smiles and he said, "It's the village chief, are you okay?" Village Chief Liu nodded in an official manner and introduced, "This is Lao Yao." He pointed to Li Xiangyang next to him and said, this is reporter Li sent by the city. He has come to our village to conduct some reporting work and will stay here for half a month. The organization will arrange for him to live in your home, and some subsidies will be given to you at that time.

Lao Yao was a little flattered. How could a reporter from the city arrange to stay at his home? It’s not like there were no good houses in the village. However, now that the village chief has spoken, not to mention the subsidy. Lao Yao nodded and said, Village Chief, you have made arrangements.

In fact, Li Xiangyang doesn’t want to live in Lao Yao’s house. Who would want to live in such a dirty and dilapidated place. Li Xiangyang took a fancy to the dog feeding bowl at the door of Lao Yao's house. Since childhood, Li Xiangyang's ancestors have studied antiques deeply, and he himself also has a strong interest in antiques, and he often goes to the antique market when he has time. That bowl, if Li Xiangyang was not mistaken, should have come from the Kangxi period, and its value is not low.

There are not many people in the old Yao family. My wife died early, my son and daughter-in-law all went to work elsewhere, leaving only a granddaughter who is in primary school.

During the day, Li Xiangyang would walk around nearby villages to see the endless fields and the hard-working farmers. Occasionally, he would also do some interviews and record every detail of the place.

Of course, in order to make sure that his judgment was correct, when Lao Yao was not at home, Li Xiangyang secretly picked up his mobile phone, took a few photos of the bowl, and quietly sent them to people in the city. classmates.

Li Xiangyang took care of him and quickly found the most authoritative expert to identify whether the bowl had a market value. Three days later, the news came.

The result made Li Xiangyang very excited. This is an ancient bowl from the Kangxi period. It is said that there are only two left in the world. One has gone overseas, and the other one is probably this one. Today's market price is no less than 5 million yuan. The more certainty you have, the more confidence you will have. Li Xiangyang was secretly happy. When the leader asked him to come to the countryside, he was still a little reluctant. It seemed that this was a blessing in disguise. After asking about the origin of this bowl, Li Xiangyang began to think about how to get this bowl down. Taking it away quietly will not work. That dog is so fierce. As long as he gets a little closer, he will start to scream. And I am holding this bowl in order to sell it. It would be even worse if someone discovered it was stolen.

What to do? What to do?

Seeing that half a month was almost over, Li Xiangyang did not come up with a practical solution. It happened to be that day, when Li Xiangyang came back from the fields, he saw Lao Yao sitting at the door with tears streaming down his face. The village chief and several villagers were also sitting there, all frowning.

When asked, Li Xiangyang was also dumbfounded.

Lao Yao’s son fell from a building at the construction site where he was working and was half dead. The foreman ran away, and now his son was lying in the hospital where he was about to be discharged without money. His life was hanging by a thread before his eyes. The village chief mobilized everyone to donate several thousand yuan, but this little money was not enough.

Li Xiangyang stood there and said, I will pay 50,000.

Everyone thought they heard it wrong. What a good man! Old Yao was also so excited that he couldn't believe his ears. Lao Yao said, Reporter Li, how can I take so much money from you?

Li Xiangyang thought for a while and said, how about you give me the dog feeding bowl at your door? , you didn’t take me for nothing.

Old Yao said, OK, OK. You just take it. That night, Li Xiangyang took the village tractor to the county seat and then transferred back to the city. At noon the next day, Li Xiangyang returned to the village and brought what he said was 50,000 yuan.

Looking at the big piles of brand new money, Lao Yao was really happy and said, my son is saved! Lao Yao’s granddaughter duly handed over the dog bowl. The bowls were washed clean.