Qing · Provincial Treasurer

Zheng Yuanluan 鄭源鸘

Attested AD 1798 - AD 1799

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zheng Yuanluan was a Provincial Treasurer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1798 三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 352, passages 23-24
AD 1799 四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passages 26-27

Career and standing

provincial treasurer 布政使
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 24
Sentenced
AD 1799 四年 · Death sentence
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 27

Events and relationships

Relation Client of · Person Heshen (和珅)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 24

Assessments and attributes

Assessment notorious for greed and extortion · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 24

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 352Volume 352 Biographies 139: Jiang Cheng, Jin Guangti, Zu Zhiwang, Han Feng · 2 passages

布政使鄭源鸘附和珅，以貪著，需索屬吏，必多金始得赴任。 The provincial treasurer Zheng Yuanluan, a follower of Heshen, was notorious for corruption. He extorted his subordinates and would not let them take office until they paid him heavily in gold.

詔「晟平日居官猶能自守，因畏和珅不敢參劾，尚非通同舞弊」，命逮訊源鸘，籍其貲財，澈底根究，具得源鸘加扣平餘、蓄養優伶、眷屬多至三百人諸罪狀，論大辟； The throne ruled that "Cheng had generally kept his hands clean but, fearing Heshen, had failed to denounce him—yet this was not treated as outright collusion." Yuanluan was arrested, his goods confiscated, and a full inquiry pursued. He was found guilty of skimming surplus grain accounts, keeping a troupe of actors, and maintaining a household of nearly three hundred dependents, and was sentenced to death.