During the Kangxi Yongzheng period, the call for "anti-Qing and restoration" was still relatively high, which made the Qing emperor very resentful, if he knew that there were people with anti-Qing ideas, he was bound to execute the other party, but during the Yongzheng period, there was an "anti-Qing" figure, Yongzheng did not move him, and also left a will: descendants must not kill this person! However, after Qianlong ascended the throne, he did not listen to Yongzheng's edict and put him to death.
Zeng Jing, Mr. Putan, Ben has always gone through the imperial examination to the career, but he has repeatedly fallen off the list, and later when Zeng Jing took the jingzhou exam, he read the shiwen commented by the late lu liuliang, who was nearly 50 years old, and was very interested, so Zeng Jing sent someone to the Lü family to visit Lü Liuliang's books.
Lü Liuliang's son saw that the other party had a sincere attitude, and specially sent someone to visit, it seemed that he attached great importance to his father's talent, so he handed over his father's suicide note to the other party, and after reading Lü Liuliang's book, he was already convinced that Lü Liuliang had the idea of reversing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.
Zeng Jing was full of excitement, he wanted to do something big, so he got in touch with Lü Liuliang's disciple Yan Hongkui, as well as Yan Hongkui's disciple Shen Zaikuan and others, and then frequently exchanged, when the Yongzheng Emperor registered, the folk rumors that "the Yongzheng Emperor designed to seize the throne, the name is not right".
Zeng Jing believed that the Qing Dynasty was about to die, and it was time to revive the Ming Dynasty, but he did not have soldiers, and he heard that the famous general Yue Zhongqi had heavy troops, but he was not very valued in the imperial court, so Zeng Jing wrote to Yue Zhongqi to win over the other side against the Qing, and Yue Zhongqi played Zeng Jing's letter to the Yongzheng Emperor to show his loyalty.
When Yongzheng learned of this news, he was furious and arrested Zeng Jing, but after seeing Zeng Jing's real person, he felt that this was a fool and not worth mentioning, but he still had to ask Zeng Jing why he wanted to oppose Qing, after Zeng Jing was arrested, he was frightened not lightly, the Yongzheng Emperor wanted to know something, Zeng Jing told the truth, and also pushed the responsibility to Lü Liuliang, so Lü Liuliang's family, as well as Yan Hongkui and Shen Zaikuan, were arrested and imprisoned.
In the tenth year of Yongzheng (1732), Lü Liuliang, who had already died, was sentenced to the crime of great rebellion, and Lü Liuliang's descendants, relatives, disciples, etc. were all executed by the Yongzheng Emperor, but Zeng Jing was still alive and was released, but Zeng Jing was frightened, fearing that the Yongzheng Emperor would change his mind in the future and execute himself.
Zeng Jing hugged the Yongzheng Emperor's thigh and wept bitterly, the Yongzheng Emperor wanted to deal with this matter as soon as possible, did not want to deal with Zeng Jing more, told Zeng Jing several times that he would not kill him, in order to ensure his own safety, Zeng Jing proposed to let the Yongzheng Emperor issue an edict, and would never kill himself, so the Yongzheng Emperor issued an edict: The descendants must not kill this person!
Zeng Jing returned to his hometown with peace of mind and became a teacher, but the people of the capital did not forget this brazen man, and in the winter of 1735, the Qianlong Emperor succeeded to the throne, learned of Zeng Jing's case, and executed Zeng Jinglingchi on the grounds of "venting the public anger of his subjects".