There were 408 emperors in ancient China, and each emperor had his own favored subjects during his reign, and these favored subjects could be said to be able to get the wind and the rain. But such luck will not last forever, even if it is the same dynasty. Sometimes Lao Tzu's favorites would be picked up by his son. The following is to talk about the fate of Yongzheng's favored subjects in the hands of Qianlong.
Yongzheng shi had four favorite ministers, namely Li Wei, Tian Wenjing, Ortai and Zhang Tingyu. They were all deeply trusted by Yongzheng. Let's talk about how much they are pampered.
Ortai was a Manchurian man with a blue flag, and at the age of 20, he entered the official field in the examination, but the first half of his life was relatively unsmooth, and when he was in his forties, he was still a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Even Ertai felt that he had no hope, but after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he ushered in a career turnaround. First he was arranged to be an examiner in Yunnan, and 5 months later he was directly transferred to Jiangsu as an envoy, and later became the inspector of Guangxi, all the way soaring.
After that, Ortai was promoted to the governor of Yungui, the shangshu of Bingbu, and the governor of the three provinces of Yunnan-Guizhou and Guangxi. This was not the peak, and after he was recalled to the capital, he directly exercised the first assistant position of the cabinet as a scholar of the Bohol Temple. At this point, he reached the peak of his life.
Li Wei is more familiar to us, he was born in a rich merchant family, and he was an official who spent money to buy. But people are very capable. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he liked Li Wei very much, and he belonged to the kind of person who stepped on the hot wheel to promote. In a few years, he rose from a wupin official to the governor of Zhejiang. Later, he was directly subordinate to the Governor.
Zhang Tingyu, this is a jinshi, and his background is relatively strong. His father was Yongzheng's teacher Zhang Ying, so Yongzheng naturally gave him preferential treatment after he ascended the throne. Zhang Tingyu did not ever serve as a minor official, but was a scholar of the Libu Shangshu, the Official's Shangshu, etc., and the later officials were scholars of the BaoheDian University. When Yongzheng set up the Military Aircraft Department, Zhang Tingyu was directly the chief military aircraft minister, basically one person under ten thousand people.
Tian Wenjing, this belongs to a minister who is more in tune with Yongzheng. Ever since his reform plan of "spreading out into the ground" coincided with Yongzheng, Yongzheng liked him very much. They are not only politically compatible, but also in life. Yongzheng liked alchemy, and the refined Dan would be distributed to Tian Wenjing. But after Qianlong ascended the throne, everything changed, three of these people were unlucky, and the only one who survived Tian Wenjing was because he was old and did not catch up. He went earlier than Yongzheng! What is the end of Li Wei and others?
The power of Ortai and Zhang Tingyu was so great that Qianlong was uneasy. However, Ortai also hit the muzzle of his own gun, and in order to curry favor with the prince, he suggested that Yongzheng's former Yongwang Mansion be given to him. Qianlong was very unhappy and dismissed his proposal on the spot. Ortai's son was also uneasy, and Qianlong beat him to his face. After Ortai's death, Qianlong originally confiscated him, but after his nephew committed the crime, Qianlong directly removed him from the Xianliang Temple.
Zhang Tingyu saw that Ortai was suppressed, and he was also afraid, so he took the initiative to resign. Zhang Tingyu also demanded that the Qianlong Emperor give him the qualification to enter the Taimiao Temple. Although Qianlong wrote it, he was very unhappy. Later, Zhang Tingyu told the old man to return to his hometown, and he also had to personally read the list. Qianlong was furious and directly dismissed him.
Li Wei was also a relatively short-lived person, and he died after only two years as an official in the Qianlong Dynasty, and Qianlong did not have time to clean him up. However, this did not affect Qianlong's suppression of him, and Qianlong also demolished and burned the statue of Li Wei by the West Lake during his southern tour.
There are many such phenomena in history, and Qianlong is good to Yongzheng's favored subjects. Yongzheng was ruthless towards Kangxi's favorite, and Cao Xueqin was the best example. Specifically, you can refer to the Dream of the Red Chamber.