In the early days of Yongzheng's succession, there were two ministers who won his trust the most, namely Tian Wenjing and Li Fu. Li Fu and Tian Wenjing can be called the left and right arms of the Yongzheng Emperor, but the two arms do not get along very well, and eventually even fight left and right, impeaching each other in front of Yongzheng. And this far-reaching "fighting method" finally ended in Li Fu's fiasco.
In terms of loyalty, Li Fu did not lose tian Wenjing in the slightest, even when Nian Qianyao was the most powerful, he did not agree to Nian Qianyao's solicitation, and always stood behind the Yongzheng Emperor; on ability, Li Fu was just and honest, diligent in government and loved the people; on reputation, Li Fu was a civil official and deeply loved by the people; on official positions, Li Fu was directly subordinate to the governor, but Tian Wenjing was only the governor of Henan. From either point of view, Li Fu had more advantages than Tian Wenjing, but Li Fu was defeated, and he was almost cut off in the street market. So, why did Li Fu lose to the isolated Tian Wenjing?
In fact, Tian Wenjing's isolation and helplessness are relative, and the reason why he is isolated and helpless is that he implemented the New Deal, carried out reforms, and implemented the practice of treating grain as a whole among the gentry, which violated the interests of some people and aroused the opposition of many forces represented by the readers. However, Tian Wenjing is not without a bottom card, behind him, is the Yongzheng Emperor who supports him, in other words, Tian Wenjing is Yongzheng's agent.
Speaking of Li Fu, as the head of the civil officials and a model of the world's readers, he seems to be powerful and deeply trusted by Yongzheng, but these identities are also his weaknesses, making him lose the initiative. Li Fu ginseng Tian Wenjing was already carrying the element of gambling, and when he saw that most of the people who were dismissed by Tian Wenjing were from Kejia, he was immediately angry. As a representative of the readers, Li Fu began to collect evidence of Tian Wenjing's crimes, and then presented them to the Yongzheng Emperor.
Li Fu had thought that Yongzheng would be furious, but Yongzheng only transferred the impeachment to Tian Wenjing, and then left a few painless criticisms. Li Fu, who had been in the official arena for a long time, suddenly understood that Tian Wenjing, the emperor was going to protect no matter what. However, before Li Fu could make the next move, Tian Wenjing's counterattack began. Tian Wenjing impeached Li Fu, saying that Li Fu was an official of the same year who was born in the asylum section, which was a party for personal gain. Moreover, before Li Fu could react, Zhejiang Dao Inspector Yushi Xie Jishi wrote another letter to impeach Tian Wenjing, which made Yongzheng even more convinced that there was indeed a Kejia peng party in the imperial court.
Therefore, the Yongzheng Emperor ordered that Li Fu be dismissed from his post and handed over to the Punishment Department for interrogation. Li Fu was escorted to Xishi twice, and the executioner put the knife on his neck, and Yongzheng asked him: "Is Zhitian Wenjing okay at this time?" Li Fu said to him: "Although the subject is dead, he does not know the benefits of Tian Wenjing." When the Punishment Department raided Li Fu's home, it found that he lived a simple life, had very little savings, and was very clean. When the Yongzheng Emperor found out, he pardoned Li Fu.
In fact, from the two executions without beheading, it can be seen that Yong yong could not bear to kill Li Fu. Yongzheng Ge Li Fu's post, but also to make a gesture to kill him, is actually to show others, to show his support for Tian Wenjing, determined to reform the will. Li Fu himself may not have much hostility toward reform, and he has also made many efforts during the Yongzheng reform, but he has unconsciously stood on the opposite side of reform by speaking for the readers who hindered the reform. Therefore, the fundamental reason for Li Fu's failure in the struggle against Tian Wenjing was not that Yongzheng was more fond of Tian Wenjing, but that he hindered reform and hindered the great cause of the Yongzheng Emperor.