In "Yongzheng Dynasty", Li Fu was convicted by Yongzheng as a party for personal gain, and sentenced to death for the crime of being a partisan for the crime of being a partisan, because he, together with Lu Shengnan, Xie Jishi, and others, openly participated in the impeachment of Tian Wenjing.
Because of his opposition to Tian Wenjing's trial implementation of the new policy of "one official and gentry as one servant and one grain" in Henan, Xie Jishi, Lu Shengnan, and a number of other Qingliu literati forced Gong Yongzheng outside the Yangxin Hall, and after being refuted by Yongzheng, they were immediately convicted by Yongzheng for "chaotic government by the party."Xie Jishi and Lu Shengnan were asked to be beheaded, and Li Fu was also beheaded by Yongzheng because he openly opposed Tian Wenjing's trial of the new policy.
Then, why li fu was beheaded by Yongzheng, there are the following reasons.
First, Li Fu opposed Tian Wenjing only because he was jealous and hateful, and because he was angry with the book business, in order to give Lu Shengnan, Xie Jishi and other officials and readers a grievance.
When determining the candidates for the directly subordinate inspector and carrying out the rectification of flag affairs, Yongzheng was also the first person who thought of Li Fu. Li Fu had the integrity and quality of a reader, jealousy and hatred, and righteousness, which made Yongzheng and the Manchu ministers very admirable.
However, Li Fu also carries the pedantic nature of a reader. For example, when Prince Cheng asked Li Fu to go to Li Wei for help, Li Fu was very dismissive, and Prince Cheng could only say, "Put away your famous style, only he dares to do this at this time." This shows that Li Fu was very culturally cultivated when he interacted, so he did not have a good impression of Li Wei at the beginning. Including Tian Wenjing, who was born to a prisoner, because Tian Wenjing tried the new policy in Henan, he offended Li Fu's colleagues and offended the readers in Henan. Tian Wenjing's attitude towards the readers made Li Fu very dissatisfied, not so much against Tian Wenjing, but rather li Fu, who was a bookish person, as a recognized leader of the readers, wanted to take this sense of responsibility to vent his anger for the readers, so he insisted on impeaching Tian Wenjing and confronted Yongzheng.
Therefore, Li Fu did not oppose the implementation of the New Deal by opposing Tian Wenjing like Xie Jishi and Lu Shengnan, Li Fu did not oppose the New Deal or the destruction of the ancestral system, on the contrary, he knew that when he took over as the Inspector Directly Under him was to implement the New Deal and rectify the banner affairs, his acceptance of this appointment showed that he did not reject the New Deal. What he opposed was only Tian Wenjing's disrespect for the readers, which was entirely a bookish temperament, and it was precisely because of the reader's will that he disregarded the dignity of the imperial court and the overall situation of the implementation of the New Deal, resulting in the reappearance of friends above the imperial court, resulting in very serious consequences, and Li Fu should also be punished as he deserved.
Second, the trial implementation of the New Deal began to bear fruit, and Li Fu kicked and opposed it at this time, which affected Yongzheng's overall plan.
According to the results of the visit of Prince Bao Hongli and Liu Molin in Henan, Tian Wenjing's political achievements in Henan are still very outstanding, the people are stable, the people's livelihood is stable, the new policy has been tried out in Henan has achieved results, and Yongzheng, after experiencing the failure of Shanxi Inspector Nuomin, also needs to be able to set an example for a new feudal official to better implement the new policy nationwide, Li Wei and Tian Wenjing are the examples he hopes to set.
At this time, Li Fu, with the Qingliu imperial historians, participated in Tian Wenjing, and unconsciously, it affected Yongzheng's grand plan to implement the New Deal throughout the country, and also completely smeared Tian Wenjing's political achievements and image, smeared the achievements and effects of the New Deal, and completely disrupted Yongzheng's plan.
For Li Fu, originally Yongzheng gave high hopes, and after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he also promoted Li Fu many times and entrusted him with heavy use, but Li Fu's behavior this time really made Yongzheng very angry.
Third, Li Fu's leader of the readers, the representative of Qingliu, Yongzheng also needed to establish his determination to implement the new policy through Li Fu.
As the main compiler of Prince Cheng's Yin Zhi's "Integration of Ancient and Modern Books," he was praised by Kangxi; as an official, even Li Wei, who was born in Huazi and was illiterate in large characters, admired him unceasingly; on being a man, he was even more a representative of Qingliu, the leader of the readers, and a well-known clean official and honest official throughout the country, and had a very high status.
It is precisely because Li Fu's influence is too great, if Yongzheng makes concessions in front of Li Fu at this time, then the implementation of the New Deal in the future must be difficult, and officials at all levels will use this to hinder the implementation of the New Deal, so Yongzheng will kill Li Fu to let the officials in the world, as well as the readers and gentry of the world, understand their determination to implement the New Deal.
But even so, for Yongzheng, he was not prepared to really kill Li Fu from beginning to end.
First of all, Li Fu was a disciple of the Third Master's YinZhi and an official who had walked out of the Three Lords' Mansion, which hindered the Third Master's face.
If Yongzheng really wants to do something to Li Fu, he will inevitably be strongly opposed and interceded by the Third Master, which will make Yongzheng and the Third Master turn against each other, after all, the problem of the Eighth Master Party at that time has not been thoroughly dealt with, Yongzheng still needs the Third Master to support himself, and the grace of "not kneeling in front of the emperor" is rewarded to the Third Master, and the Third Master is also the first brother to bow down to himself, so looking at the face of the Third Master, he will definitely not move Li Fu.
Secondly, Li Fu is a meritorious person after all.
Whether it was the compilation of the "Integration of Ancient and Modern Books" or during the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties as officials, Li Fu was honest and diligent in government, and his outstanding political achievements were still very meritorious; moreover, Li Fu was also an example he had set among the officials, and he had already killed NuoMin and killed Nian Qianyao before, and if he killed Li Fu, a feudal official at this time, he would leave more unfavorable public opinion for himself, which was also what Yongzheng did not want to see.
Again, it is because Li Fu's influence is too great.
Wang Wenzhao, Yin Jishan, Liu Molin, and other officials who stood out in the yongzheng dynasty's first imperial examination were all students of Li Fu, and the Qingliu and imperial masters in the court took Li Fu as their leader and example, and really killed Li Fu, which would greatly affect Yongzheng's position in the hearts of these people, and would also have a counterproductive effect, which would be even more detrimental to the implementation of the New Deal.
Therefore, from the very beginning, Yongzheng was not prepared to really kill Li Fu.
Yongzheng was not ready to kill Li Fu, but still took Li Fu to the execution ground in order to pave the way for Hongli.
Yongzheng said to Hongli, "You Emperor Amma will do this sinner." Remember, offend no one, and don't offend the reader. From this sentence, it can be seen that Yongzheng is well-intentioned in order to promote the calendar.
Yongzheng asked Li Fu that the execution time of the three o'clock in the afternoon had not been executed until the time of Yin, for what, in order to let Hongli take the edict to pardon Li Fu, prince Yin Zhi of Cheng did not see the end of it, but kept asking why, everyone in the hall was anxiously waiting for the cannon at the execution ground.
But at this moment, only Hongli himself understands in his heart that this is Yongzheng paving the way for him, Yongzheng let himself offend the readers of the world, but pushed the readers into the camp of supporting Hongli, so that these readers from this time on wholeheartedly assist Hongli, in the future, after Hongli ascends the throne, he can obtain a stable political situation, and the monarchs and ministers above the court are single-minded, and do not be like himself, there are very few people around who can really trust and use.
And he did all this for the sake of the future of the calendar.