It is often said that whenever a new ruler takes office, then the old people of the previous generation will often be included in the list of liquidation. Originally, this was the norm of history, and there was nothing to complain about, but in the Qing Dynasty, there was a person who suffered, but it was difficult not to be disgusted, and this person was Zhang Tingyu.
According to historical records, Zhang Tingyu was one of the few able ministers in the history of the Qing Dynasty, and after three generations of Kang Yongqian, he was one of the founders behind the proper Kangqian's prosperous world. Such an excellent minister was trampled several times by the Qianlong Emperor, and when he died, he was discredited.
Logically, Zhang Tingyu, as an old courtier, had the means, the ability and influence, but for one purpose, he allowed the Qianlong Emperor to humiliate him, and even died for this purpose. So what's going on here?
Regarding Zhang Tingyu's tragic life, I personally think that this is an extremely bad model of monarchs in the Qing Dynasty. First of all, we can look at Zhang Tingyu's contribution to the Qing Dynasty.
According to historical records, Zhang Tingyu was the true elder of the Three Dynasties, who had been selected since the late years of The Kangxi Dynasty, and then worked in a down-to-earth manner for most of his life. Except for the Kangxi period, Zhang Tingyu basically held all important positions during the Qianlong and Yongzheng periods. From the ministries of Shangshu, to the first assistant of the cabinet, to the chief military minister and other positions, his life history exceeded that of most officials in the Qing Dynasty.
Moreover, he not only has rich work experience, but also has made outstanding contributions to the Qing Dynasty. First, he helped the Yongzheng Emperor to establish the Military Aircraft Department, and all the rules and regulations in the Military Aircraft Department that were handed down to future generations were handled by him, and this system was famous in history, which was a major contribution to strengthening the imperial power to the extreme, and by virtue of this alone, the later emperors should have held Zhang Tingyu high.
Second, Zhang Tingyu improved the system of folding and folding, unifying the inscription and the folding into a recital, making all the folds more concise and clear, and basically having a rough idea at the beginning, which greatly improved administrative efficiency and accelerated the emperor's ability to approve big things.
Of course, in this process, Zhang Tingyu also creatively proposed the court mail system. This kind of author is directly conveyed by the emperor, and the military aircraft department stamps the local direct order, this process bypasses the cabinet and bypasses the civil and military officials, and the administrative efficiency is accelerated by more than half, and the confidentiality of military intelligence is well achieved.
The third was to rectify corrupt officials and corrupt officials, when the old man was desperate to oppose the entire official field and turn around the already decaying bureaucratic system, which became an important embodiment of the reform of the Yongzheng period.
The above is Zhang Tingyu's credit that year, to put it bluntly, taking out one at random is enough to make him establish a firm foothold in any dynasty, and even to bless future generations.
Of course, during the Yongzheng Emperor's time, in order to honor this old minister, the Yongzheng Emperor gave him the only special treatment of the Qing Dynasty, that is, to make him worthy of the Taimiao Temple.
This honor is rare throughout the ages, at least in the Qing Dynasty, and even when future emperors worship their ancestors, he Can enjoy each other's worship and incense. It should be said that this honor is the best summary of Zhang Tingyu's life, and this has become Zhang Tingyu's lifelong expectation.
However, after the Yongzheng Emperor died, the Qianlong Emperor came to power, and as a result, Zhang Tingyu was hit with all kinds of blows.
According to historical records, first of all, Zhang Tingyu's position as the boss of the military aircraft department was replaced, so Zhang Tingyu decisively chose to retire and resign, but the Qianlong Emperor did not allow it. However, this side has just refused his retirement, there are people shangshu, Zhang Tingyushu is a big move, and everyone in the family is an official, which is a threat to the imperial power, requiring him to ban all the children of the family from being promoted. The Qianlong Emperor's evaluation directly beat Zhang Tingyu back to his original form, and the emperor said that Zhang Tingyu did not make any contribution but enjoyed such merits, and indeed should be restrained.
Since then, Zhang Tingyu has been in a state of being attacked by the Qianlong Emperor, his family's sons have been deposed and dismissed, and he himself has been humiliated several times. For example, when he asked for retirement, the Qianlong Emperor accused him of knowing only to serve himself and not to think of serving the country as a king.
Then, Zhang Tingyu was slandered in various ways, saying that he had bad intentions and leaked the secrets of the former emperor, and he was also arraigned by the Qianlong Emperor, who packed up all the things that the previous emperor had given him.
In the face of the Qianlong Emperor's various blows, this minister always kept a low profile, not only did he not have any resistance, but his posture was very low, if you want to hit me on the left side of the face, I will stretch out your right face for you to hit enough.
However, Zhang Tingyu still resisted slightly, and while he was beaten, he kindly proposed to the Qianlong Emperor that it was okay to beat himself, but hoped that the Qianlong Emperor would remember the honor that his father had given him to enjoy the Taimiao Temple.
In fact, the translation of this sentence is that Zhang Tingyu can sacrifice everything and only ask to retain the last worthy of the Taimiao Temple. It should be said that at that time, no matter who looked at it, Zhang Tingyu was worthy of this honor, and this was what the emperor should give him, but the Qianlong Emperor was an.
He pointed at Zhang Tingyu's nose and scolded the other party for being shameless, and then forced the other party to resign from the Temple of Deserving of the Taimiao Temple, and also openly stated that he was benevolent and righteous to him, but Zhang Tingyu did not know what to do and committed suicide. In the end, Zhang Tingyu died tragically under the humiliation of the Qianlong Emperor, and when he died, he had nothing, and even his reputation was stinked.
Therefore, looking back at the tragedy of Zhang Tingyu, we have to admit that this is indeed the norm of a dynasty of heavenly sons and a courtier, but like the Qianlong Emperor, who is so unprincipled and treats his old ministers as improper, it is indeed worthy of everyone's criticism.
Moreover, when scholars once explored this paragraph, they pointed out that the reason why the Qianlong Emperor was so desperate was because he wanted to exclude the Han people and improve the status of the Manchus in his bones, and Zhang Tingyu, as the representative of the Han family who was in conflict between the Manchu and Han dynasties, naturally spared no effort to smear and attack.
I have to say that looking back at Zhang Tingyu's life, he was originally so powerful and had so much influence, but in order to enjoy the honor of the Taimiao Temple, he turned out to be a beaten sandbag, and he did not return the scolding. Although in the end he still received this honor after his death, I personally thought that his life was really not worth it. Because he paid so much, but finally responded to a poem, I want to compare my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines in the ditch. This is the Qianlong Emperor of that year, which is really ironic.
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