When Xiao Shenyang first became an official, he was smart and capable, and consolidated his position through the Li Shiyao case. With the growth of power, his selfish desires are also expanding day by day, taking advantage of his position to form a party for personal gain, amass money and crack down on political enemies. Small Shenyang also manages industry and commerce personally, opening 75 pawn shops and setting up more than 300 large and small banks. He also had business contacts with the British East India Company and the 13th Guangdong Company, and accumulated huge wealth by virtue of his political and economic privileges as an imperial businessman.
In the fourth year of Jiaqing, Emperor Jiaqing ousted Xiao Shenyang and imprisoned him. The wealth accumulated by Little Shenyang is about 820 million to 1 1 100 million taels of silver, and its gold and silver, together with other antique treasures, exceeds the total revenue of the Qing government in the past fifteen years. Fifteen days after the death of Emperor Qianlong, Emperor Jiaqing gave Xiao Shenyang suicide, and Xiao Shenyang died at the age of 49.
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According to unofficial history's records, such as Grand View of unofficial history in Qing Dynasty and Family Wealth of Little Shenyang, all the property of Little Shenyang is "the government income of more than 2.2 billion yuan is 70 million yuan, while the cabinet minister of Little Shenyang has been a country's tax revenue for 20 years". The amount provided by Xue Fucheng in Yong 'an Bill is 232 million. Sabin, deputy commander-in-chief, tried to make it clear that "Little Shenyang has a lot of property and it is impossible to find out more".
It is required to severely interrogate the "four maids in charge of gold and silver accounts in the small Shenyang family", dig near Hehe House, look for "gold and silver buried in the pit", and find out Hehe's account books and major banks so as to thoroughly find out. After the "fall" of Shenyang, his mansion was transferred to Gongwangfu, which became familiar to people.
The tax revenue of Qianlong from 55 to 60 years was embezzled by Xiao Shenyang by half; In 200 1 year, he was selected as the world-class rich man of Asian Wall Street Journal.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Little Shenyang