"The Second Song of The Re-Gift of Seeking The Wise Man" once said: "The eye method looks at the high people a few times, and does not look for wealth and wealth but only looks for the sage." "In the feudal context, some kings are thirsty for talents, and in order to obtain truly talents, they do not hesitate to hire them to help the country achieve better development.
Looking at the development history of the entire Qing Dynasty society, it will be found that the Yongzheng Emperor can be described as a veritable workaholic. Whether before or after he ascended the throne, the Yongzheng Emperor demanded himself with extremely high standards, and was able to make great efforts to promote better development and construction of the country.
Through the understanding of the experience during Yongzheng's reign, it can be seen that due to his inner paranoia and caution, the Yongzheng Emperor executed many important courtiers in the dprk, which also led to the shortage of talents in the DPRK during the Reign of Yongzheng. Once, when Yongzheng was facing a crisis of domination, he was deeply anxious because there was no one available in the DPRK. But at this time, the minister Zhang Tingyu said: There is a ready-made talent on death row. Since then, a generation of famous qing dynasty courtiers has been born. Who is this famous minister who is on death row? In the early years, why was he punished by Yongzheng?
The famous Qing Dynasty courtier who came out of death row was Akton, as a Manchurian blue flag person, during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Acton stood out in the imperial examination and entered the career path.
During the reign of Yongzheng, Actun continued to rise by virtue of his outstanding ability, and eventually became the governor of Liangguang in the Guangzhou region, responsible for the military and civilian affairs of Guangxi and Guangdong provinces in China.
Although Acton was single-minded in serving the country, in the process of rectifying the official atmosphere, Acton's tough tactics also offended many people, and due to this situation, when Acton was transferred to the post of Governor of Guangxi, he was jointly reported by many Guangdong ministers. Suddenly, the criticism of Acton was sent to Yongzheng.
Among the many twists and turns, Yongzheng found that some people pointed out that Acton's family had asked for bribes from foreign commercial ships, which also made the Yongzheng Emperor very angry. After all, Acton's behavior has already damaged the face of the Qing Dynasty, and in anger, Acton was dismissed from his post and punished, and was sent to death row.
After interrogating Acton, the Yongzheng Emperor decided to hang him, but at this time, another of Acton's nemesis accused him of harboring corrupt subordinates, which also made Acton punished several crimes and was sentenced to aggravated sentences, and finally sentenced to "beheading the marquis". In ancient society, beheading refers to the punishment of beheading, but it is necessary to wait for the autumn trial to decide whether to carry out the beheading decision.
During this period, floods occurred frequently in Jiangnan, but the DPRK and China faced a situation where no one was available, which also caused the Yongzheng Emperor a headache. In ancient societies, most of the people's livelihood depended on agricultural production, and if the floods were not eliminated, the people's lives could not be guaranteed, and when civil unrest occurred, the central rule was also threatened.
In order to solve the problem of flooding, the Yongzheng Emperor came up with many ways, but the flood in Jiangnan was not effectively alleviated, which also made the local people complain and the Korean and Chinese officials were helpless.
Seeing that the Yongzheng Emperor was so anxious, Zhang Tingyu, a major minister in the court, hoped to be able to share the emperor's worries and difficulties, combined with the previous Yongzheng Emperor's punishment of Akton's "beheading of the Marquis", Zhang Tingyu decided that the Yongzheng Emperor did not want to directly execute Actun. After that, he wrote to the Yongzheng Emperor and said that there was one person on death row who could do a good job in controlling the flood.
Due to the urgency of the flood situation, and the previous Yongzheng Emperor had the intention of forgiving Acton, Akton was taken out of death row by the Yongzheng Emperor and sent to the Jiangnan region to deal with the flood.
In less than two years, Acton was able to successfully solve the flood problem faced by the people of Jiangnan. After that, he led his soldiers to conquer the northwest region and made great contributions to consolidating the Yongzheng regime.
With the efforts of this period, Akton regained the trust of the Yongzheng Emperor, and since then, a generation of famous generals of the Qing Dynasty has been born. Under the influence of Acton, his son became his father's successor and occupied an important position in the development of the Qing Dynasty's military career.
Without Zhang Tingyu's timely recommendation, even if the Yongzheng Emperor had the intention of releasing Acton from death row, there was no suitable reason. It can be seen that in ancient society, the reason why many courtiers were able to gain the trust of the emperor was also because their ability to judge the hour and size up the situation was relatively strong, and they could plan well for the situation in the DPRK and China.
In addition, the reason why Acton was able to successfully seize the opportunity and clear his guilt was also because of his own ability, which was obviously superior to other courtiers.
From this point of view, we can feel that if you want to truly reap the success of life, in addition to good opportunities, personal ability also occupies an important position. If you have a relatively outstanding ability, no matter what the situation, you can get a good opportunity to change your destiny. I believe that after modern people realize this, they will also strive to improve their own capabilities and strive for a brighter future for themselves.
Reference: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty