Why can't Qianlong be away from Hoa Than?

Hoa Than is said to be clever, clever, easy-to-hear, gentle and gentle, so he is very satisfied with Qianlong. Hoa Than is also a person with diplomatic skills and outstanding business with many shops, cars and rental houses.

When it comes to Hoa Than, it is well known that this is a notorious character with the title of "first concern" in Chinese history. The wealth that Hoa Than had embezzled and received bribes did not have any corrupt officials in ancient and modern Chinese history. Some people believe that: Hoa Than's bottomless heart is like a pandemic that has caused many big and small officials to be 'infected' and try to corrupt.

The reason that Hoa Than could rise to the pinnacle of power and then do so was because of the special favor of the Chinese Emperor then Qianlong. For Can Long, Hoa Than is so important that every day when the Hoa Hoa is not met, Qianlong cannot stand it. Charity is even more than that of Han Sino to Dong Hien. So why does the Hoa Than get this special favor?

According to rumors, at first sight, Qianlong has a very special impression with the appearance of Hoa Than. Because of his appearance with a concubine who was disgraced and died due to Qianlong's fault when he was young. In the year of Huong Phi (the name of the concubine), Hoa Than was born. The upper body of Hoa Than's forehead is very similar to the figure of Huong phi so Can Long said that she was reincarnated into another life to become Hoa Than.

With such belief, Qianlong deeply loved and decided to give more favor to Hoa Than to compensate for the unjust and disadvantaged in his previous life. This is a very favorable starting point of Hoa Than. However, his later manifestation is due to his non-human talents.

King Qianlong (left) and Hoa Than

Although the Hoa is poor, he is hard-pressed to study, mastered four types of texts: Manchu, Han, Mongolian, Tibetan. Qianlong then promoted Hoa Than from one leg carrying the palanquin to the general in the palace. Later, the types of drafting and interpreting work made the richness of Hoa Than's foreign language more and more highly. Thus, he was used by the emperor and praised his words.

In addition, Hoa Than is skillful, his words are easy to hear, his personality is gentle . very satisfied with Qianlong. Self-created, confident, self-reliant, careful, mercurial mind is also an important cause of Hoa Than's grace.

In fact, Hoa Than can be seen as a politician, an economist, a poet, an art-savvy man . in Qianlong, he is in the fields of diplomacy and cultural management. , especially in terms of adjusting the national financial system, has many outstanding contributions. It is he who is the master of the epithet of the letter: 'The Complete Book of the Eight Sisters', 'The Greatest State of the Serpent', and the 'Tam Thong' 'Red Dream' can be popularized in the world mainly because of his merits (The Body is the one who discovered and reserved the manuscript of the Red Dragon Dream).

In addition, thanks to mastering many foreign languages, in fact, Hoa Than played the role of a Foreign Minister at that time. He had many times directly welcomed the ambassadors of Korean, British and many other countries. Maccartney's envoy commented on Hoa Than: In the negotiation, he always showed that he was a "deep understanding, courteous attitude, worthy of being a good politician".

Only with so many talents was enough that Can Long could not leave him, let alone Hoa Than had a very necessary talent for the emperor, that is financial management.

After becoming the personal assistant of King Qianlong, Hoa Than's business forte quickly revealed itself and was highly appreciated and respected by Qianlong. Qianlong in the 41st year (in 1776), he assumed the position of Minister of Interior Affairs. Earlier, the court's financial affairs agency was in a state of insufficient collection. Former historian also wrote: "When the income from the government is not enough, to get more aid from the Ministry of Households' treasury."

But after Hoa Than took office not long ago, the financial problem has improved markedly, not only to offset the previous deficits but also to appear surplus. With his business, income tax soon increased rapidly. Qianlong is very pleased with the financial management skill of Hoa Than. The financial-related and gradually-owned agencies were all under the control of Hoa Than.

Traditional mandarins are often clumsy in financial handling, but Hoa Than himself has an innate business mindset. For those who have money, the first choice is always to buy land, to bring the fixed assets into fixed assets according to the concept of 'immigration vi'. As for Hoa Than, in front of real estate and cash, he is obviously interested in cash. His bribery and corruption, partly used for real estate expansion, is largely used for industrial and commercial investment (including many industries such as finance, real estate, mining, logistics). , medicine, business .).

Hoa Than has 12 pawn shops in Beijing's inner city. In addition, he runs many shops of porcelain, pharmaceuticals, antiques, bows, cabinets, carpet, food, inns, pubs, lime kilns . His family has 80 chariots big in the transportation sector. According to statistics of officials in charge of supervision and confiscation of properties later, Hoa Than also has 35 houses for rent in Beijing. Each year the rent is 1,268 silver. The Palace Museum said: As long as it is a profitable business, it will have the presence of Hoa Than.

Hoa Than is the one who dares to risk. Mining industry is an industry with great risks, complex management, heavy investment, slow recovery. When most people dare not invest, Hoa Than dares to try. He considered the coal mining industry a new industry, so he invested heavily in coal mines in Mon Dau Cau and Huong Son.

Hoa Than accumulates huge assets from business but is still not equal to the proceeds from corruption. After Qianlong died, the new Emperor Gia Khanh was able to investigate Hoa Than. This tour was captured. After accusing the tribunal, Gia Khanh ordered an instance of condemnation of Hoa Than to process and confiscate the inheritance. However, after that, Gia Khanh decided to exempt Hoa Than from a painful death and instead forced him to remain in the palace.