We all know that the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty was actually more complicated.
On the one hand, the official institutions of the Qing Dynasty were complicated, and the corpses were unknown; on the other hand, in order to strengthen the centralization of power, the literary prison prevailed in the Qing Dynasty, and those who had real talents and practical learning often did not dare to show their heads too much, for fear of stepping on the wrong life and whining. In this case, Acton is like a "strange thing" that came out of nowhere.
He went through the three dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, the most prosperous in the Qing Dynasty, and was sentenced to death row three times for being too gengzhi, but he was released every time and still reused; his son was even more remarkable, and he was a famous military general in history. Let's take a look at what this Acton is capable of today.
As we all know, during the Qing Dynasty, the hierarchy distinction was obvious, and the Manchus did not need to be selected as officials in the dynasty directly, but Aktun was unwilling. Acton thought that he had real talent and practical learning, and he had to take the imperial examination with the public, and he also entered the priesthood in the forty-eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, that is, in 1709, when he was only 24 years old.
It was rare for the Manchus to produce a candidate who did not rely on his origin to learn, and Kangxi was naturally overjoyed, so Actun was reused and has been in charge of the affairs of the ceremonial department. Later, after the death of Kangxi and the ascension of the Yongzheng Emperor to the throne, Actun was still appreciated and part-time Guozijian was responsible for overseeing the guozijian, the highest school in the country.
After Yongzheng came to power, he was determined to rectify the corrupt atmosphere in the imperial court, so in the fourth year of Yongzheng, that is, in 1726, he transferred Aktun from "Wen" to "Wu", and sent him to Guangzhou to become the governor of Liangguang, and also served as a general of Guangzhou, taking the military affairs and civil affairs of Guangzhou into his hands.
Unfortunately, Actun Cheng also lost gengzhi and gengzhi. He himself was an "airborne army", which suddenly overtook the heads of the local nobles in Guangzhou, which naturally caused resistance from the local big families; on the other hand, which province in the Qing Dynasty did not have a bit of twists and turns? As soon as Acton took office, he wanted to investigate the administrative affairs of Guangzhou Province, how could he not be blocked by the joint effort? Therefore, when Actun had just finished governing Guangzhou and was transferred to Guangxi as the governor of Guangxi, Guangzhou officials directly and jointly impeached Acton.
The reason for impeachment is actually nothing, that is, to accuse Acton of convicting the theft as a robbery case, and his family is like a Siamese ship demanding "etiquette"; but the opinions of the entire Guangzhou officials represented behind this, Yongzheng cannot help but not care. Yong Zheng thought to himself, "Sending you to be a governor is not for you to offend people, this thing can't be done well, what is the use?" So in a fit of rage, Acton was put on death row and sentenced to "beheading".
Fortunately, in 1729, the Jiangnan area was affected by floods, and at the time of this relief, Yongzheng did not dare to send people to supervise it casually, in case he sent an unclear private pocket, causing public resentment would be a big loss. "For seven years, Inspector Fei Jinwu of Shandong sent personnel to supervise the repairs of the waterways of Xuzhou, Peixian and Jining and Jiaxiang counties in the southern part of the Jiangsu Province."
At that time, Zhang Yanyu, the chief military minister, touched Yongzheng's mind and simply took the opportunity to ask for orders to make Acton dai guilty. When Yongzheng saw that someone had handed him a step, he quickly released Actun and sent him to supervise the construction of the river embankment. After Actun was reused, he served until the Qianlong period, during which time he was put on death row twice by Qianlong because of Empress Fucha's book.
In fact, this matter really wronged Akton, and the Qianlong Emperor himself mistakenly thought that the Manchu translation of "Imperial Concubine" was "First Empress", so Actun did not bother to take care of Qianlong, directly withdrew from the palace, and was considered by Qianlong to be "great disrespect" and went to death row. Later, the ministers together pointed out that Acton had not made a mistake, and Qianlong felt that he could not get by, and sentenced Acton to death once more.
However, Qianlong himself also knew that Akton was completely a disaster of innocence, and he was also angry that Akton was too honest to give himself face, so he released it after 6 days, and also let Actun serve as the Shangshu of the Punishment Department, all the way to Zhishi.
Acton's experience is legendary enough, but his son is even more famous, the famous general Ah Gui, who participated in many times to quell the rebellion and won qianlong's trust.
Reference: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty