When Yongzheng first became emperor, he was very dependent on Long Keduo and Nian Qianyao, one of whom was Wen and the other was Wu. When there were some emergencies on the frontier, Yongzheng would hand over the power of western troops and grain to Nian Qianyao, and let local officials such as Yun, Gui, and Chuan obey his command. At that time, Nian Qianyao's status was particularly high, his power was particularly large, and he helped Yongzheng a lot, so even Yongzheng called him his benefactor.
Nian Qianyao is also particularly able to endure hardships and has paid a lot for Yongzheng, but he has one shortcoming that is fatal, that is, he is particularly arrogant. When he was in the northwest, he used the imperial guards sent by the emperor as slaves, and they fought whenever they wanted. When the Emperor's Holy Will arrived, he was supposed to be the first to kneel three times and prostrate himself, but he actually read the Holy Will directly. However, even such a person who has no one in sight is very respectful when he faces his young son's teacher. According to records, this teacher's surname is Wang Zi Hanchun, and he is not a very famous person.
In the case of nian Qianyao's great respect for the teacher, the servants naturally did not dare to slacken off, and were very cautious when serving, but there would be exceptions to whatever happened. Once, when the teacher was eating, he found that there were several grains in his rice that had not been picked out, so he spat it out casually, and this action was just seen by Nian Qianyao, so he called the chef, said nothing, and directly executed him.
Another time was when a servant boy was pouring water for Mr. Wang, because he was thinking about things in his heart, so he accidentally overturned the water and fell on Mr. Nian's body, after this matter was known to Nian Qianyao, he personally took out his own knife and cut off the arm of the servant boy, and the reason why he did not kill him was because he looked at Mr. Wang's face. After seeing what Nian Qianyao had done, he was very afraid, but because Nian Qianyao respected him very much, he did not dare to directly say that he wanted to go home, but could only teach very cautiously and carefully for three years, and later Nian Qianyao also ordered his young son to personally send the teacher home.
When the gentleman returned to his house, he was astonished, because his originally very bad hut had become a very ornate mansion, and the furniture inside was new, and there were even servants. These are the things that Nian Tangyao thanked him and then gave him.