the Emperor (上) | 24 Histories

Overview

the Emperor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1795 六十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 70-71
AD 1786 to AD 1787 旋
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 51

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 51

Works and attributed material

Ordered Agui back to Zhejiang and Min to join trial
Edict · Author · With Agui (阿桂)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 63
Ordered investigation
Edict · Author · With Agui (阿桂)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 51

Assessments and attributes

Assessment found Guangnai's receipts well founded · Mode ruler-judgment · Assessor Person Id the Emperor (上) · With Dou Guangnai (竇光鼐)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 63
Assessment Guangnai's charges were not groundless · Mode ruler-judgment · Assessor Person Id the Emperor (上) · With Dou Guangnai (竇光鼐)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 65
Assessment reckless and muddled · With Dou Guangnai (竇光鼐) · Mode speech Speaker the Emperor (上)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 57

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 51

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 322Volume 322 Biographies 109: Dou Guangnai, Li Shufang, Fan Yibin, Cao Xibao, Xie Zhending, Qian Feng, Yin Zhuangtu · 6 passages

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上命大學士阿桂如浙江按治。 The Emperor ordered Grand Secretary Agui to go to Zhejiang and conduct a full investigation.

伊齡阿再疏劾光鼐赴平陽刑迫求佐證諸狀，上責光鼐乖張瞀亂，命奪職，逮下刑部。 Yiling'a memorialized again, accusing Guangnai of going to Pingyang and using torture to force testimony. The Emperor denounced him as reckless and muddled, stripped him of office, and sent him to the Board of Punishments.

上以光鼐呈單票有據，時阿桂已還京師，令復如浙江秉公按治，並命江蘇巡撫閔鶚元會讞，以光鼐質證。 The Emperor found Guangnai's receipts convincing. Agui had already returned to the capital, so he was ordered back to Zhejiang to investigate impartially, with Jiangsu Governor Min E'yuan to join the trial and take Guangnai's testimony.

上以光鼐所奏非妄，命署光祿寺卿，阿桂、文埴、晟、伊齡阿皆下部議。 The Emperor ruled that Guangnai's charges were not groundless, appointed him acting Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, and referred Agui, Cao Wenhan, Jiang Sheng, and Yiling'a to the ministry for disciplinary review.

大學士和珅素嫉光鼐，言於上，謂光鼐迭為浙江學政，事有私。 Grand Secretary Heshen, who had long resented Guangnai, told the Emperor that because Guangnai had repeatedly held the Zhejiang education post, the examination had been tainted by favoritism.

上命解任聽部議，及廷試，和珅為讀卷官，以銜復以第一人及第，事乃解。 The Emperor ordered Guangnai removed pending ministry review; at the palace examination Heshen served as reader of papers, and Wang Yixian again placed first, clearing the suspicion.