In recent years, the image of Little Shenyang has frequently appeared in the drama stage and TV series. The iron triangle combination of Emperor Qianlong of Ji Xiaolan and Little Shenyang has aroused the audience's interest and won people's attention. But at the same time, because of these literary and artistic works, people's impression of small Shenyang also stays on the surface. In fact, these works all contain elements of artistic processing, and the small Shenyang in history is also different from the inherent impression in people's hearts.
But then again, even from these works of art, we can see that Little Shenyang is very popular with Emperor Qianlong, and it can even be said that "one person is above ten thousand people". But it was such a man who was deeply loved by the emperor, but he was killed soon after Jiaqing Emperor came to power. Why?
On the third day of the first month of the fourth year of Jiaqing, Emperor Qianlong, who had been in power for decades, died. Because Emperor Qianlong has always controlled the imperial power, Emperor Jiaqing has never managed it, and now he has finally mastered all the rights. At the same time, Jiaqing ordered the confiscation of small Shenyang's property and handed it over to the Ministry of Justice for trial.
Emperor Jiaqing issued an imperial edict, listing 20 major crimes of small Shenyang, and immediately sent small Shenyang to prison. Four days later, Emperor Jiaqing directly gave Xiao Shenyang a white silk, and Xiao Shenyang hanged himself in prison at the age of 50.
Emperor Jiaqing killed Xiao Shenyang for two reasons. One is to fight corruption. During the period from Kangxi to Qianlong, the national strength of the Qing Dynasty was at its peak, but by the middle and late Qianlong period, the Qing Dynasty had shown signs of decline. And small Shenyang just stabbed the muzzle at this moment. He has only 10,000 people under one person, and he is also a big corrupt official. This is an example.
The second reason is to establish your own prestige. When Qianlong was alive, little Shenyang was highly valued, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he had supreme rights. When he was seriously ill, Xiao Shenyang served him more, and he was happy to flatter him. All this was seen by Jiaqing at that time, and small Shenyang was regarded as a thorn in the side. Therefore, when Qianlong died, it was inevitable that Jiaqing planned to kill Xiao Shenyang.