In 1723, when the Qing Yongzheng Emperor had just ascended the throne and was preparing to make great efforts to govern. In the first month, Shandong Inspector Huang Bingtai played, Shandong grain harvest failed, and at the same time, a large number of disaster victims from Zhili and Henan also poured into Shandong to flee. While arranging for disaster relief in various places, the Yongzheng Emperor also actively inquired about the local disaster situation to various feudal officials.
At that time, the disaster situation in Shanxi was already very serious, and nian Qianyao, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, had proposed the seriousness of the disaster in Shanxi when he entered the capital to meet the Yongzheng Emperor, hoping that the imperial court would make relief as soon as possible to avoid the suffering of the people. After Yongzheng listened to Nian Qianyao's report, he quickly asked the Shanxi side.
However, when The Governor of Shanxi, Deyin, faced the Yongzheng Emperor's interrogation, replied from the first month until the beginning of April that The wind and rain in Shanxi were smooth, the grain was growing well, and this year was another bumper harvest year. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, ate and dressed, and when they heard about the emperor's concerns, they were all grateful for the zero, and asked the emperor to rest assured that the harvest in Shanxi was excellent, and there was no need for the imperial court to provide disaster relief.
Tian Wenjing, a 61-year-old attendant who went to Huashan to worship at the time, saw a different scene along the way, and Shanxi was full of hungry people who were dying and collapsing on the side of the road, displaced, and homeless. After returning to the capital, Tian Wenjing truthfully reflected the real situation he saw along the way to the Yongzheng Emperor. "In Pingding Prefecture, Shouyang County, Xugou County, Qi County and other places in Shanxi, there is little rain and less, and the livelihood of the people is difficult. The Fenzhou capital belongs to the local government, and the rain is not enough, and the local officials now levy money and grain. ”
After hearing Tian Wenjing's report, the Yongzheng Emperor was extremely angry. At this time, Nian Qianyao stood up again to continue to mend the knife, saying that when he entered Beijing, he repeatedly instructed Deyin to promptly investigate the disaster situation in various prefectures and counties in Shanxi, and to play the imperial court for disaster relief in time, but he never expected that Deyin and others had actually been hiding and not reporting, and dragged it out until now.
The Yongzheng Emperor admired Tian Wenjing's courage to speak out, praising him for his "outspokenness and deep praise, if he is not loyal to the country and loves the people, how can he do so." “
After understanding the actual situation, the Yongzheng Emperor strictly ordered Deyin to truthfully report the disaster situation in Shanxi, and on the other hand, he sent Tian Wenjing to Shanxi to investigate while providing disaster relief.
Deyin faced Yongzheng's dissatisfaction with him for concealing the disaster situation and not reporting it, and Deyin argued that the disaster situation in Shanxi at that time was preventable and controllable, and it was not yet time to report to the imperial court, and the local government of Shanxi had already taken some disaster relief measures, and the situation had developed in a good direction.
Until this time, Deyin was still unwilling to tell the truth, because his statement was completely different from Tian Wenjing and Nian Qianyao,Yongzheng once again asked Deyin to explain the actual situation clearly. It dragged on until June 24 that Deyin replied that it was snowing in the first month of Shanxi and raining in March, when people from Pingyang Province reported that the wheat was growing well, and he sent good news without verification in order to please the emperor. It was expected that another rain or two in April would result in a bumper harvest, but who knows that after March 13, more than two months of dripping water has not fallen, and food prices have risen, and eventually it will become a disaster. DeYin also continued to argue that because he had been in the gong dean for a month at that time, many things could not be investigated in detail, so he never dared to go to the imperial court.
After Tian Wenjing arrived in Shanxi, he threw himself wholeheartedly into the disaster relief work, raised funds from many sources to relieve the victims, and completed the disaster relief task well.
The Yongzheng Emperor, in the face of Deyin's dereliction of duty, pointed out that as a feudal official, the inspector should immediately perform the song as soon as he knew that the people were hungry. Deyin not only did not truthfully report the disaster situation, but also lied and concealed the report, urging Ke Ton to recruit, and he was no longer qualified for such an important official position as inspector. However, because Deyin was a Manchurian nobleman, Yongzheng did not dare to take him for a knife, but only transferred him back to the capital and served as a bachelor. The vacancy of the Governor of Shanxi was replaced by the Cabinet Scholar Nuo Min. Tian Wenjing, who had been instrumental in exposing Deyin's concealment of the disaster, took over the position of Sentubu's envoy, who had been dismissed along with Deyin, and Tian Wenjing also rose to prominence and became one of Yongzheng's most trusted ministers.