清代内务府世家高佳氏贪腐考略

A textual research on the corruption of Gao Jia clan of the Imperial Household Department in Qing Dynasty

乾隆中后期,官场贪腐之事层出不穷,乾隆帝虽大力整治,却未能扼制,贪黩之风愈演愈烈,甚至出现同一家族多人贪腐之事。乾隆三十三年至嘉庆十四年(1768—1809年),内务府世家高佳氏家族先后有五人涉贪见杀,这在有清一代极其少见。四十余年间,高佳氏族人依倚权门,前“腐”后继,数次被抄家问斩,终致家族败落。高佳氏5人见诛的背后,隐藏着世家特权与皇权的反复较量,家族荣宠终由皇帝意志决定。

In the middle to late reign of the Qianlong emperor of the Qing Dynasty,official corruption emerged endlessly.Although Emperor Qianlong made great efforts to rectify the situation,but failed to curb it,corruption and dereliction of duty became more and more fierce,and even there were many cases of corruption in the same family.From the 33rd year of Qianlong’s reign(1768)to the 14th year of Jiaqing’s reign(1809),five members of the Gaojia clan of family of the internal affairs family were sentenced successively,which was an extremely rare case in the Qing Dynasty.For more than 40 years,the Gaojia relied on the power of the family and gradually fell into greed,which led to several confiscations of property and death sentences,eventually leading to the downfall of the family.Behind the death of the five men in the Gaojia family,hidden is the repeated struggle between the privilege of the family and the imperial power,and the family honor is ultimately determined by the emperor’s will(imperial power).