As a courtier of the Three Dynasties, Zhang Tingyu was well versed in the officialdom, led by example to his subordinates, and was loyal to the superiors, and had achieved the ultimate. Qianlong suppressed him several times, and even raided his home, largely because Qianlong was too harsh and too pretentious! So, what did Zhang Tingyu, who has always been known for his prudence and caution, do, but in his later years he was treated like this by Qianlong?
The reason why Qianlong and Zhang Tingyu tore their faces
Yongzheng died, Qianlong had just ascended the throne, Zhang Tingyu and Qianlong had a fairly harmonious relationship, giving Zhang Tingyu the management of military aircraft premier affairs, Zhang Tingyu saw the relationship between the monarch and the subject very thoroughly, never did anything to trespass, and conscientiously continued to serve the Qing court.
With the increasing influence of Zhang Tingyu in the middle of the dynasty, in the eighth year of Qianlong, Zhang Tingyu launched a party conspiracy in the imperial court, and refuted the Qianlong policy three times before and after, and Qianlong was naturally very unhappy, so he gradually became suspicious of Zhang Tingyu. After Ortai's death, Zhang Tingyu became the only "power minister" in the DPRK, and the younger generation could not play Zhang Tingyu, and Qianlong was more and more worried about him. Therefore, Qianlong could only take matters into his own hands, and the relationship between the two had undergone subtle changes, and even a grudge had arisen.
Qianlong ordered ortai's relatives to take the lead, Zhang Tingyu had gradually faded out of the core power layer, he knew that Qianlong did not like him, on the pretext of telling the old man to return to his hometown to make room for Qianlong's confidants, coupled with his high age, frail and sick, and unable to do so, he took the initiative to ask Qianlong for retirement.
Qianlong believed that Zhang Tingyu was only unfit to hold important positions, and it was still okay to stay around and continue to exert his residual heat. However, Zhang Tingyu's next words completely angered Qianlong. Because zhang Tingyu proposed retirement at the same time, he also emphasized one thing, that is, the matter of giving him the treatment of the temple in Yongzheng's will.
The so-called Taimiao Temple, that is, the tablets of the minister after death are placed in the Taimiao Temple dedicated to the royal ancestors, and when the ancestor worship ceremony is held, they enjoy the worship and prostration of the descendants together. And the courtiers enter the Temple and let the emperor kowtow to you, which is the glory!
Of course, this honor made Zhang Tingyu suffer a lot. After Qianlong ascended the throne, most of the original practices were diametrically opposite to Yongzheng's, and Zhang Tingyu used Yongzheng's will to explain things, indicating that he was the person of the former emperor Yongzheng, which made Qianlong very unhappy, so he refused on the grounds that "Qing received great favors from the two dynasties, and was entitled to the Taimiao Temple by the emperor's will, and did he return from the Yuanchen to the field to the end of his old age".
Zhang Tingyu retorted that there were also such examples in the previous dynasty, retiring at the age of seventy, and it was not impossible to retire from the Taimiao Temple. After Qianlong listened, he was even more unhappy: "Don't you just want to enjoy the blessings of Qingqing, but also take Mr. Zhuge Liang as an example, bow down and die?" ”
Zhang Tingyu gushed incessantly and said that Zhuge Liang was an era of war and chaos, with internal and external troubles, and could not be compared with our peaceful life in the Qing Dynasty. Qianlong is even more angry, I don't treat you thin, why do you work for my father, can't do a good job for me, it is clear that I don't have affinity!
The more Zhang Tingyu quoted the scriptures and made generous statements, the more Qianlong felt that Zhang Tingyu was relying on the old and selling the old, and refused Zhang Tingyu's request to tell the old man to return to his hometown, so he had to leave the elderly minister to work by his side, and finally caused a lot of contradictions, and resentment arose between the monarchs and courtiers.
In fact, Qianlong did not like Zhang Tingyu, not that he was a heavy minister of the former emperor Yongzheng, but more importantly, Zhang Tingyu represented the Han clique. After Qianlong ascended the throne, Zhang Tingyu recommended many Han bureaucrats to him, but Qianlong did not approve it. The reason is more that Qianlong's idea of re-filling and suppressing Han is very strong.
In fact, most of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty put the Manchu Han family on their lips, and the only real "Manchu Han family relatives" was Yongzheng, who did not discriminate against the Han people, as long as they were capable people, they would be appointed. But Qianlong was different, although he used heavy subjects, he had a skeptical attitude towards Han Chen, and in his eyes, the han and Manchus were fighting each other, which was a dangerous omen for him.
In desperation, Zhang Tingyu had to support his elderly body to continue to work for the Qing court, and every time he went to the court, he had to be supported by his son, trembling and turbulent, and his body was obviously aging. Qianlong saw the situation is also from the heart of the heart, just care to ask Zhang Tingyu whether he is in good health, this time Zhang Tingyu is not so impulsive, euphemistically put forward a request for retirement, Qianlong was soft at that time, he wrote an edict to send people to Zhang Mansion, the content is retirement and retirement, you Zhang Tingyu to make a decision by yourself.
However, after Zhang Tingyu received the edict, he directly played Xie En. Qianlong felt that the old minister Zhang Tingyu had gone so painfully, did he not care at all about the love of the monarch and the courtier for more than ten years? Even if it was a verbal resignation, but Zhang Tingyu did not, his move made Qianlong very disappointed, but Qianlong still very painfully approved his request to return to his hometown.
It is reasonable to say that Zhang Tingyu just waited for the time and returned to his hometown, but one of his actions angered Qianlong. Zhang Tingyu suddenly thought again that Yongzheng had promised him the promise of "enjoying the Taimiao Temple", and he asked Qianlong to give him a certificate so that he could walk with peace of mind after a hundred years.
After all, the situation in the imperial court at that time was grim, it was the struggle between Han Chen and Manchu Chen, and whether the Yongzheng Emperor Xu's allocation to the Taimiao Temple could be realized, he really had no score in his heart. What if, after resigning from his official post and returning to his hometown, Qianlong repents and gives him the taimiao temple? Therefore, Zhang Tingyu braved the snowy winter to enter the palace to see him on this day, and asked Qianlong for a "letter of guarantee" in person.
Although the Temple of Taitai was yongzheng's meaning, Qianlong was not happy, but he could not refuse, so he naturally endured anger and wrote down the voucher. It is reasonable to say that the emperor gave such a great grace, Zhang Tingyu should personally enter the palace to thank him, and as a result, Zhang Tingyu did not go himself the next day, but only let his son Zhang Ruocheng enter the palace.
Qianlong was very annoyed, and scolded Zhang Tingyu in the face of the military ministers Fu Heng and Wang Youdun, and prepared to punish him. However, the Military Aircraft Department had not yet taken action, and Zhang Tingyu's student Wang Youdun told Zhang Tingyu the news, and Zhang Tingyu hurried into the palace to kowtow and plead guilty. Qianlong was even more annoyed, suspecting that someone had sent a message to Zhang Tingyu, and was furious and fiercely criticized the military minister, and Wang Youdun was undoubtedly labeled a partisan.
As a result, Qianlong and Zhang Tingyu completely tore their faces, and at this time, Qianlong's fire was not finished, and naturally he refused to give up, not only repeatedly ordered Zhang Tingyu to be scolded, but also convicted him of several major crimes, in fact, Qianlong's real purpose was not to really want to kill Zhang Tingyu, but to take the opportunity to attack the friends and put Zhang Tingyu almost in order, and then no longer continue to be held accountable.
However, at this time, Qianlong's eldest son Yong Huang died, Qianlong was in a very bad mood, Zhang Tingyu as Yong Huang's teacher attended the funeral and showed no sadness, even shortly after the funeral, his son's bones were not cold, Zhang Tingyu actually applied to him again to return to his hometown.
Zhang Tingyu's move was too eye-catching, but at this juncture he asked for retirement, completely provoked Qianlong, ordered the stripping of the official title, canceled Zhang Tingyu's qualification to enjoy the Taimiao Temple, and let him hurry back to his hometown to wait for death, but Qianlong's qi did not come out enough, or harbored a stomach full of gas.
The roof leak was raining continuously, and the ship broke down and encountered a strong wind
After Zhang Tingyu slipped back to his hometown, he had just calmed down in his hometown. However, bad luck ensued, and Zhang Tingyu's relative, Zhu Quan, who was originally an official in the imperial court, did not have much salary, and usually lived in poverty. When his mother died, there was a good errand, he was transferred to the school administration, when the study of politics is to go to a certain province to preside over the examination, in order to get some extra money, he actually did not report the news of the mother's funeral. According to the rules, when his parents died, he had to keep filial piety for three years, and the official had to go home to worry about Ding for three years, but Zhu Quan earned some "exam money" and filled the time when his mother died.
As soon as this matter came out, Qianlong saw that the opportunity had come, and used the topic to punish Zhang Tingyu, so he ordered Zhang Tingyu to be scolded and demanded that he hand over all the items given by the emperors of the three dynasties in his family. Zhang Tingyu's "home raid" happened in this context.
According to historical records, in the fifteenth year of Qianlong (1750 AD), Qianlong issued an edict asking Zhang Tingyu to hand over all the calligraphy, paintings, clothes, pens and inks and other objects rewarded by the three emperors of Kang Yongqian. He also ordered the Minister of Chincha, Debao, to go to Zhang Tingyu's home, and Zhang Tingyu, who was nearly 80 years old, packed up early and honestly led the whole family to open the door to greet him, only to wait for the Minister of Chincha to accept it.
However, what Zhang Tingyu did not expect was that the Chincha minister Debao led more than a dozen retinues and also transferred more than 200 soldiers. Hundreds of officers and men turned through boxes and poured into the door, dug three feet into the ground, almost turned the Zhang family upside down, and then took everything away.
Ginger is still old spicy
In fact, Debao's execution this time, called the confiscation of rewards, was actually that Qianlong had already explained that he must carefully search for Zhang Tingyu without contraband before he set out, so as to cure Zhang Tingyu's crimes. Fortunately, Zhang Tingyu was a clean and honest official, there was no corruption and bribery, there was no evidence of the partisans, and even the books and letters that Zhang Tingyu had retained for many years only talked about the emperor's beautiful words such as "The emperor is generous and the emperor is long live", which made Qianlong unable to step down for a while.
In this way, Qianlong instructed the Chincha minister Debao to "raid the house", which eventually ended in a farce, and Qianlong had to make a will, obediently returning all the things he had copied back to the Zhang family, and saying that the Chincha minister Debao had mistakenly intended his words.
In this uproar, Zhang Tingyu's reputation has been completely lost, but fortunately Zhang Tingyu escaped a disaster. As we all know, in the Qing Dynasty Daxing Literary Prison, even if there are no people who are not guilty, they have also unearthed a lot of evidence of guilt, and only Zhang Tingyu has escaped a disaster, which is considered to be a hero who retired. Not only that, Zhang Tingyu also took the initiative to ask Qianlong to strictly punish the crime.
Qianlong Suxiang is the image of the lord of leniency and benevolence, and certainly cannot add to the guilt, issuing an edict to forgive Zhang Tingyu, but it is inevitable that he will borrow the topic and criticize Zhang Tingyu.
After experiencing a "home raid" storm, Zhang Tingyu completely retreated to the second-line life, did not ask about the world, except for the usual holiday greetings, nothing else was asked, and he spent his old age in the last stage of his life.
Zhang Tingyu died of illness in his fifth year in his hometown at the age of 84. When the news reached Beijing, Qianlong was not yet desperate, but still ordered to enjoy the Taimiao Temple, and the pension was as usual, and he also let his son Zhang Ruoxiao attack the count.
During the repeated torture of Qianlong's pranks, Zhang Tingyu was entitled to the Taimiao Temple as he wished, and for this honor, this old minister of the Three Dynasties who had worked hard for the Qing Dynasty for fifty years had suffered a lot!
epilogue
To tell the truth, the so-called Prosperous Age of Kangqian has nothing to do with Kangxi and Qianlong, and the credit is Yongzheng. During the Kangxi Period, the treasury was empty and the army was exhausted, but if it were not for Yongzheng's diligent and diligent work and overtime work, could the treasury be rich? Well, Qianlong took the throne, looked at the national treasury, spent that called a cool, revised the four libraries of the whole book, all kinds of seals, wantonly converged on the calligraphy and paintings, I don't know how many works of art were destroyed, and then six times in Jiangnan, the money left by the father was destroyed. Otherwise, the final confrontation with Zhang Tingyu is estimated to be either jealous of his father or poor and crazy!
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