As we all know, the Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty in China's feudal history, with more than 260 years of rule, and its development process from prosperity to decline is also a microcosm of our entire ancient feudal dynasty.
Although the Qing Dynasty, under the rule of the first few generations of emperors, did bring us a prosperous Kangqian prosperous world. However, later, due to the closed country and a series of arrogant policies, China fell behind the Western countries by more than two hundred years, and also laid the groundwork for the invasion of modern powers. The result after that must be known to everyone, the Qing Dynasty is also due to such a series of wrong decisions led to the final collapse.
Today, let's talk about Yongzheng, the transitional emperor of the Kangqian dynasty, who was the fourth son of Kangxi and the fifth emperor in the history of the Qing Dynasty. He was also one of the most controversial emperors in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
During his reign, Yongzheng was diligent and busy with political affairs, and even never stepped out of the Forbidden City in his lifetime. Although he implemented many reforms that benefited the people, he also did whatever it took to strengthen the centralization of power. After all, relying on Kowloon to seize the throne, the control of power is naturally stronger than that of other emperors.
He first imposed a literal prison to tighten control over the literati. At the same time, missionaries from Rome who had come to our country as missionaries were expelled, and trade between merchants and foreign personnel was restricted, preventing the threat of Westernization to centralized power. The most absolute thing is that after he ascended the throne, the bridge crossing the river and demolishing the bridge by the hero Nian Tangyao has been regarded by posterity as a model of "cunning rabbit death, running dog cooking".
As we all know, the reason why Yongzheng was able to become an emperor in history is inseparable from the two dynasties' important ministers Nian Tangyao. Nian Qianyao was a 39-year-old scholar of the Kangxi Dynasty, serving as an examiner in various places many times, and later promoted to the cabinet of university scholars.
Originally an authentic civilian official, but after starting to quell several rebellions during the Sichuan Governor, he gradually came into contact with the military, and later Nian Qianyao also took advantage of the emperor's dependence to follow the trend, and successively served as a general and governor, which was considered to be a complete step into the ranks of military attachés.
At the time of the Kowloon conquest, due to Nian Qianyao's active mediation in the middle, Yongzheng finally won the political struggle. Therefore, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he regarded Nian Qianyao as a left-hand and right-arm being. Not only did he make him the Great General of Fuyuan, but he controlled the military of the entire northwest. Later, because he put down the Rebellion of Lobzang Tenzin, he was made a first-class duke. For a time, Nian Tangyao can be described as the scenery is indistinguishable, and one person is above ten thousand people.
This is nothing, the most important thing is that Nian Qianyao can directly play the Yongzheng Emperor without passing through others, whether it is the affairs of the government, or the performance appraisal of local officials, central officials, and even about the governance of the people's livelihood and so on, he can supervise the performance of the yongzheng.
In addition, Nian Qianyao also had the right to appoint and dismiss important officials, and the Yongzheng Emperor, because he would often exchange views with Nian Qianyao, also granted him huge powers, so whether it was a civilian official or a military general, the size of the official, Nian Qianyao had the right to appoint or dismiss, this kind of power can be described as a power tilted to the opposition, and gradually flattered by the subordinates, it was somewhat overwhelmed.
However, once a person was overwhelmed, he would forget his duty, and his actions eventually angered many ministers of the imperial court and the princes of the Mongol state, and under their joint impeachment, the Yongzheng Emperor pushed Nian Qianyao to prison, and after trial, he convicted Nian Qianyao of more than ninety crimes, and then was given death by Yongzheng and was raided, which can be described as a desolate end.
At that time, Zhejiang Inspector Fucha Fumin, who was ordered to raid Nian Qianyao's family property, found a book called "Essays on the Western Expedition" on Nian Qianyao's desk, and the author of this book was Wang Jingqi. On the title page of the book, it is written that "the emperor is worthless", which is a great rebellion against Yongzheng.
Fucha Fumin, who saw the book, was horrified and presented the book to Yongzheng intact, and Yongzheng was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot after reading it. Not only was the author of the book, Wang Jingqi, beheaded, but his family was also sent to the frontier to be used as slaves by the Phi Jia people. In addition, the body of Nian Qianyao was hung on the city gate for ten years.
The reason why Nian Qianyao finally ended up was due to the fierceness of Yongzheng's means on the one hand, and on the other hand, he could not do without his own pride. The so-called companion is like a companion tiger, in feudal society, no matter how much help the emperor is, it cannot be too forgetful, otherwise it will only lead to the disaster of killing in the end.