Anyone who has watched the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty" knows that Yongzheng is a rather energetic emperor. Although his history of ascension to the throne is not very glorious, coupled with a heavy suspicion, he even crossed the river and demolished the bridge for the hero Nian Qianyao. However, during his reign, he straightened out the rule of officials, was politically enlightened, the treasury was abundant, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and he was still a good emperor, which was also one of the important reasons for the emergence of the Kangqian prosperous era in the Qing Dynasty.
In Yongzheng's drastic reforms, rectifying corrupt officials and corrupt officials is definitely the most important thing. The degree of his blows against corrupt officials is comparable to that of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and it can be said that he is severely punished, and he is full of cuts at every turn. Among the many officials who were linked, the most bizarre was the case of Tang Wenyao, the governor of Liangjiang. How to do a bizarre method, and listen to the author one by one.
When Yongzheng had just begun to rectify the corrupt officials, he received an impeachment from Liangjiang Yushi, saying that the governor Tang Wenyao had a major corruption problem. For this impeachment, Yongzheng was also very surprised, because he had contacted Tang Wenyao as a person, and his character was still quite certain, and he really could not imagine that he would even engage in this kind of deception and stealing the people's fat.
Of course, it was not only Yongzheng who did not believe, but also dozens of important ministers in the DPRK. As an official in the same dynasty, everyone had a good understanding of Tang Wenyao's high wind and bright festival, and they did not want to believe that this was true. These dozens of important ministers even jointly pleaded, insisting that Tang Wenyao had been wronged.
Originally, Yongzheng did not believe that Tang Wenyao would be corrupt, but the courtier's actions made him suspicious. Logically, tang Wenyao, as the governor of Liangjiang, spent most of his time in his own jurisdiction on weekdays and rarely dealt with other officials. Why is it that when something happens, so many Beijing officials will intercede for him? Presumably, there is no less walking around on weekdays to get closer to human relations, and there must be cattiness in it.
Therefore, Yongzheng immediately sent his close associate Li Wei to Tang Wenyao's mansion to investigate. The result is not checked, do not know, a check is frightened. According to the information sent back by Li Wei, the governor of liangjiang had a total of 36 concubines, and every night he did not know who to turn over, so he set up a cash cow with copper coins hanging on it. At night, these concubines threw their shoes into the tree, and whoever threw down more money was flopped.
Of course, just having a lot of concubines does not constitute corruption, at best it is a matter of affair. Until Li Wei took out a jade pot and placed it in front of Yongzheng, directly calming Yongzheng.
This jade pot is extremely exquisitely crafted, made of the finest Hetian jade, and is also inlaid with jadeite and opals, even in this Forbidden City, there are few objects that can compare with it. Yongzheng was very fond of this jade pot, so he buckled it down and played with it for 3 days. This also confirmed the rumors of Tang Wenyao's corruption, and he was soon thrown into prison.
At first, Yongzheng thought it was a teapot, but it was slightly larger than the teapot. Therefore, Yongzheng, who was suspicious, took this pot and asked the civil and military officials, and as a result, the courtiers also looked at each other and could not answer. Later, Yongzheng asked Li Wei to make another trip to the Liangjiang Governor's Palace, and he was bound to ask about the function of this jade pot.
After Li Wei ran away, he brought back a note to Yongzheng. Yongzheng took it apart and looked at it, and the words "drowning device" were written on it, and he almost fainted. What is a "drowning device"? To put it mildly, it is called a night pot, and a little ugly is called a pee pot. This jade pot with gold and silver was just something used by Tang Wenyao's family to hold human urine. And Yongzheng almost used it to make tea, and the anger could be imagined.
While Yongzheng was angry, he was also shocked. In the whole world, even he did not use such a delicate jade pot as a toilet, and a small governor of Liangjiang was so extravagant that Yongzheng did not expect it.
Therefore, Tang Wenyao, who was originally only beaten into prison, was directly interrogated by Yongzheng and beheaded, and it is said that even Yongzheng's confidant Nian Qianyao did not "enjoy" this treatment. Tang Wenyao also "left his name in history", after all, he almost became the first corrupt official in history to let the emperor drink urine.