For the sake of government, it is important to win people, and not to let others, although good law and good intentions, in vain to listen to the beautiful, it is useless to the people. - Yongzheng
Yongzheng was the fifth king of the Qing Dynasty, he was the fourth child of the Kangxi Emperor, and her mother was Empress Xiaogongren, who raised him and his fourteenth brother. During the Yongzheng administration, a series of reform measures were taken against the country.
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During his time in power, the burden on the people was greatly reduced, and his series of reforms played a key role in the prosperity of Kangqian. But such a good king, when he ascended the throne, cruelly executed his father's personal eunuch overnight, what is the hidden secret of this, let us understand it together.
Kangxi's personal eunuch Zhao Chang
The person who was executed by Yongzheng overnight was named Zhao Chang, who was sixty-nine years old when Kangxi died, and Zhao Chang grew up with Kangxi and was a personal eunuch of Kangxi, and he served Kangxi for more than sixty years.
Zhao Chang spent a long time in the palace and was a confidant of Kangxi, so in the middle of the Kangxi Dynasty, Zhao Chang was appointed as the head of the Internal Affairs Office, and the position was quite high.
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Zhao Chang's popularity in the palace was also very good, and many people went to marry Zhao Chang in order to get close to the emperor. At the same time, Zhao Chang followed Kangxi for so many years, and naturally knew some things about Kangxi, from which we can infer that Zhao Chang was executed when Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, most likely caused by human reasons.
Memoirs of Ma Guoxian
There is a person who has made some records of this matter, which can give us some truth about some things. The man's name was Ma Guoxian, and he was a foreigner.
As a painter of Kangxi, he was good at painting and carving, and soon he was appreciated by Kangxi, among which the first national map with longitude and latitude lines in the history of Chinese geography, "Imperial Public Opinion Overview Map", was printed with his participation, and he also introduced the engraving copperplate technology to China. From this, we can see that Ma Guoxian has made many contributions, and his position in the palace is also very important.
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After his return to China, he wrote in his own booklet that on the night of Kangxi's death, he personally heard a cry for help, which was very frightening. But because he was afraid of the deception in the palace, he did not go out to check.
The next day, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Yongzheng told zhao Chang that Zhao Chang was executed and all his property was confiscated. This makes people feel very strange, first of all, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he bore the brunt of killing Kangxi's personal eunuchs, which inevitably makes people suspect that Yongzheng wants to hide his eyes and cut off some secrets forever.
Zhao Chang's crimes
Yongzheng told the world about Zhao Chang's crimes, first of all, saying that Zhao Chang arranged eyeliner to monitor Yongzheng, and secondly, stealing money from the state treasury. Another point was to blame Zhao Chang for secretly making a fire sickle for Yin Rong's son.
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From these three points, we can see that Zhao Chang did not commit any heinous crimes, but these crimes are a bit like being imposed on Zhao Chang. Of these three crimes, the most convincing thing about Zhao Chang's death sentence may be stealing property from the state treasury.
According to historical records, Zhao Chang stole five thousand taels of silver from the treasury, but Zhao Chang's status was not low, stealing money for him, may be more of a superfluous act, and the people in the palace have many eyes, Zhao Chang stole so much money, it will inevitably be discovered.
From this, we can guess that Zhao Chang is just a scapegoat, most likely Yongzheng just ascended the throne, in order to stabilize his own power, to show others. Or maybe Zhao Chang learned some secret and lost his life.
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At the same time, we also learn from other sources that Yongzheng not only executed Zhao Chang and his family on the night of Kangxi's death, but also beheaded Long Keduo and other people shortly after the death of Yongzheng, which inevitably makes people wonder what kind of handle Yongzheng has for fear of being known by others, so as to eliminate the troubles on such a large scale.
However, it may also be because Yongzheng's throne was not easy to come by, these moves are to stabilize his own power, no matter what, Yongzheng still governed the country in an orderly manner in the end, and he is also a veritable good emperor.
epilogue:
As the last era of the feudal dynasty, the development of the Qing Dynasty was also good and bad, but we still admire Yongzheng's contribution to that dynasty alone. Yongzheng was called a good emperor, not without reason.
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Yongzheng is a benevolent monarch who governs the world well, and is a very qualified emperor. Although Yongzheng may be very determined in some matters, this also shows that he is a very cautious person and does not leave traps because of his soft heart, which is also the reason why he can successfully govern a country. After listening to Zhao Chang's story, we must also understand that it is really not easy to be a good official, and we must be cautious and cautious in doing things and have a long-term vision.
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