In the last year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the seizure of the Ninth Son became an important event in the history of the Qing Dynasty. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, many things also happened, and it is still a mystery. Leaving aside for the moment how Yongzheng treated his brothers, it is only said that the Yongzheng Emperor's brother-in-law Nian Qianyao was executed, which was once considered a historical mystery. It is reasonable to say that Nian Qianyao helped Yongzheng to fight for the throne, and he was also an imperial relative, so why was he killed?
Unload the grind to kill the donkey said?
Nian Qianyao was a jinshi during the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, not a pure military attaché. However, Nian Qianyao was able to fight and participated in foreign wars during the Kangxi dynasty, so he was appreciated by Kangxi. Later, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he was also appreciated by Yongzheng. Nian Tangyao was promoted to the Governor of Sichuan, the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the General of Fuyuan, and was also given the title of Taibao and a First Class Duke, and it can be said that Nian Qianyao was a high-ranking official Houlu in one, and his status was very prominent. Moreover, Nian Qianyao's sister was also Yongzheng's concubine, the real imperial prince.
Of course, Nian Qianyao did not get a high-ranking official because of the imperial family, Nian Qianyao was indeed a general who could fight, he put down the chaos in Tibet, led the army to quell the Qinghai Lobzang Tenzin rebellion, and made a lot of military achievements. Nian Qianyao went to Beijing to report after his military exploits, and was treated with great courtesy by Yongzheng, and could be said to be an extremely popular subject, but why was he cut off by Yongzheng the following year, and listed 92 major crimes, giving him suicide?
Regarding nian Qianyao's sudden killing, there are still different theories. Some people believe that Nian Qianyao participated in the activities of the Yongzheng Emperor to seize the throne, and after the Yongzheng Emperor succeeded to the throne, Nian Qianyao was suspected of being killed. For this statement, it is again about the succession of Yong Jiaozhao, and Nian Qianyao participated in it. Nian Qianyao was instructed by Yongzheng to lead an army to intimidate the fourteenth prince Yin Yu, so that the fourteenth son could not raise troops to seize the throne. Therefore, after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he rewarded Nian Tangyao. Some people say that this is Yongzheng wanting to catch the old man, waiting for the time to be ripe, and then unloading and killing the donkey. Because Nian Qianyao knew the inside story of the usurpation, he was bound to be killed.
First of all, many scholars in modern times believe that Yongzheng's succession to the throne is justified and indeed the successor designated by Kangxi. When Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Nian Qianyao led troops in the northwest, and he did not have the opportunity to participate in the change of the edict and seize the throne. Even if Yongzheng seized the throne, Nian Qianyao did not know the specific situation.
Proud to say?
Regarding nian qianyao's death, some people thought that nian qianyao was proud of his merits and did not pay attention to Yongzheng and the ministers at all, which caused dissatisfaction among the ministers. Moreover, Nian Qianyao also appointed nepotism, cultivated his own forces in the army, and even used human power to decide on him alone, which was called "annual election", so a huge Nian Qianyao group was formed.
Nian Qianyao thought that he had made a great contribution, so he did not perform the courtesy of the people in front of Yongzheng, and even flouted the imperial power, and was suspected of supporting the soldiers and respecting themselves. Moreover, according to the system of the Qing Dynasty, the people sent by the emperor declared that no matter the size of the official position, the ministers should respect the reception, and they would also perform three kneeling and nine prostrations. However, Yongzheng twice issued an edict to Xining, and Nian Qianyao actually "could not read out the xiaoyi."
What was even more arrogant was that Nian Qianyao used orders without authorization in his dealings with the governors and generals, and his tone also imitated the emperor. What made Yongzheng even more angry was that Nian Qianyao had presented to Yongzheng the "Lu Xuan Gong Gong Gong Discussion" that he had funded and engraved, and after the Yongzheng Emperor read it, he wanted to write a preface for the book, but he did not expect that Nian Qianyao actually used the excuse of not daring to "bother with the Sacred Heart" and drafted a preface for the Yongzheng Emperor.
Even if Nian Qianyao was proud of his achievements, there was no evidence of rebellion. Moreover, at that time, Nian Qianyao's establishment of great merit, these crimes he committed, Yongzheng at most removed him from his post, and it is impossible to have the crime of killing his head?
Folklore?
There are also folk sayings about nian qianyao's death, although it is only a legend, it is not enough to believe. This legend is the "Year of the Tiger Family". In 1725, a wild tiger ran to the capital city of Nian Tangyao, and the Qing army rushed to kill the tiger. However, it is said that Nian Qianyao was born with the sign of a white tiger, and he was considered to be a white tiger to be born. Now the tiger died in Nian's house, although it was arrested and killed, but after this incident, the Yongzheng Emperor moved his mind to kill Nian Qianyao. But this folklore is simply a rumor, and it is impossible for Yongzheng's character to do so.
Miswritten text says?
There is also a theory that Nian Qianyao died in the prison of words. In February of the third year of Yongzheng, the sun and the moon were combined, and the five stars were beaded, Nian Qianyao congratulated Yongzheng, and he said in his writing that he wanted to praise the Yongzheng Emperor for his diligence in government affairs with "Chao Qianxi Ti", but Nian Qianyao accidentally wrote the wrong word, which made the Yongzheng Emperor very angry and moved to kill.
Exactly how it was written incorrectly, some sources record that "Chao Qian Xi Ti" was written as "Xi Ti Chao Qian". If written in this way, the semantics do not make much difference, and from a grammatical point of view, there is no error. Some people also say that Nian Qianyao wrote "sunset and dry", which makes no sense. Therefore, Yongzheng used this as an excuse to cure Nian Qianyao's sins: Nian Qianyao was not a careless person, and writing Chao Qian Xi Ti as a sunset and a dry sunset was "straight and did not want to attribute the four words 'Chao Qian Xi Ti' to the ear ... Where there is a fallacy, it is not unintentional." This statement is recorded in the Records of Emperor Shizong of the Qing Dynasty.
Yongzheng used this as an excuse to ask the chancellor to list Nian Qianyao's crimes, and the Punishment Department came up with 92 major crimes, which should be executed, but Yongzheng eventually let Nian Qianyao commit suicide.
Nian Qianyao, as a jinshi, could he make such a low-level mistake?
Conspiracy to rebel against the emperor said?
In ancient times, a high-ranking official like Nian Qianyao would not be killed as long as he did not plot rebellion. Now many articles are exploring, why doesn't Nian Tangyao rebel? The very unlikely factor is also cited. In fact, Nian Qianyao did indeed think of rebellion, and he also conspired to claim the title of emperor.
When Nian Qianyao was in the Governor's Palace of Xi'an, every fifth and tenth of the year, the civil and military officials sat in the Yuanmen, and the yuanmen and drum halls were painted with four-clawed dragons, and the drummers wore python robes, similar to the court. He even asked the guards sent by Yongzheng to lead the horses. It is said that Nian Qianyao secretly wore a dragon robe at home. These signs all show that Nian Qianyao is suspected of becoming an emperor.
The "Anecdotes of the Qing Dynasty" records that after Nian Qianyao was stripped of his military power, "at that time, his consort advised his traitors, nian muted for a long time, looked at the heavenly statue at night, and sighed in a long way: 'Do not accompany you', and change the festival of subjects at the beginning." It can be seen that Nian Qianyao had the intention of rebellion, and only gave up because of the disharmony of the heavens.
However, during the Qianlong period, Xiao Kui recorded in his Yongxian Record: "Nian Qianyao secretly discussed with Zou Lu, a jing and a person of the astrologer, about being called emperor. It can be seen that Nian Qianyao once wanted to be called emperor, and this matter must have been known to Yongzheng, and it is not surprising that he was killed.