I believe that many friends have watched the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty", in this TV series, there are many important figures in the Yongzheng period, such as Li Wei, Tian Wenjing, Yin Xiang, Nian Qianyao and so on. Among the four of them, Nian Qianyao was much more special than the other three.
As early as the reign of Kangxi, Nian Qianyao became a heavy minister in the middle of the dynasty, and the official was the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, from the position of Nian Qianyao, he had already ranked among the feudal officials, and he was also Yongzheng's confidant, after Yongzheng ascended the throne, Nian Qianyao was even more unstoppable, becoming Yongzheng's right and left arm.
Not long after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he issued a holy decree to let Nian Qianyao command all military and political affairs in the northwest, saying that directly, Nian Qianyao had become the "Tu Emperor" in the northwest region of the Qing Dynasty and a direct agent of Yongzheng.
In terms of the ability to fight wars, Nian Qianyao far exceeded his ability to handle government affairs, just after the Yongzheng Holy Decree was issued, a rebellion broke out in Lobzang Danjin, resulting in a very unstable situation in the entire Qinghai region, at this time it was Nian Qianyao's turn to show his skills, leading the Qing army to quickly quell the chaos.
After receiving the news that Nian Qianyao had successfully quelled the chaos, Yongzheng was even happier, and once again rewarded Nian Qianyao and directly promoted him to a first-class duke, and even his father followed him and was directly promoted to a first-class duke. At the same time, Yongzheng also gave Nian Qianyao a privilege, and anything could be directly played to Yongzheng beyond his authority.
In addition, in terms of employment, Yongzheng most of the time had to seek the opinions of Nian Qianyao, so many people at that time were promoted by Nian Qianyao to be reused.
Even once Nian Qianyao's wife was ill, Yongzheng had to visit him personally, which was enough to see Yongzheng's favor for Nian Qianyao.
A minister can be treated like this by the emperor, and a long time will naturally encourage his unscrupulous character.
In his later years, Nian Qianyao flew to the extreme, thinking that he was the most prestigious minister in the dynasty, except for Yongzheng, Nian Qianyao did not pay attention to anyone, and sometimes in public, he also let Yongzheng not come to the stage.
Finally, Nian Qianyao's non-Yang Bao brought disaster to him, and the ministers of the DPRK joined hands to impeach Nian Qianyao.
After that, Nian Qianyao's career plummeted, and he was demoted from the position of general to Hangzhou to become a local general, and soon after coming to Hangzhou, Nian Qianyao received an order from Yongzheng to die.
After Nian Qianyao's death, Yongzheng ordered him to be raided, and in addition to finding a large amount of gold and silver treasures in his home, he also found a book called "Essays on the Western Expedition of the Reading Hall", which is very interesting, it records all the deeds of Nian Qianyao before becoming a great general, but this book was not from Nian Qianyao's hands, but was written by a man named Wang Jingqi.
The reason why Wang Jingqi had a smooth ride on the way to See Shi and had an inseparable relationship with Nian Qianyao, in order to shoot Nian Qianyao's ass, he wrote this book.
Later, the official in charge of copying Nian Tangyao's family gave the book to Yongzheng, who wanted to read the book again, and just when he read that Nian Qianyao had made a great contribution to quelling the rebellion, Yongzheng could not read it, because the seven words in the book, "The emperor is worthless", made Yongzheng furious.
Subsequently, Yongzheng ordered Wang Jingqi to be killed, and his head even hung at the city gate for many years, and even his family was affected, and all of them were sent to Ningguta as slaves.