In August of the third year of Yongzheng (1725), a tiger suddenly crossed the wall of Xuanwu Gate and sneaked into a nearby mansion. In the third month of the tiger's jump into the house, the owner of the house was raided and his descendants were exiled.
Who is this person? It was the famous first-class duke and great general Nian Tangyao. Two hundred years after Nian Qianyao's death, his twelfth granddaughter is still living in Xicheng, Beijing.
Why did a generation of generals end so tragically? Let's reminisce about Nian Tangyao's life.
He was made a military general from Rong, and was favored by the emperor for many times
The world is prejudiced against military generals, thinking that they are just reckless people and read less. This was not the case with Nian Qianyao, who in the thirty-ninth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1700), nian Qianyao had just turned 21 years old and became an enviable scholar. In the 268-year history of the Qing Dynasty, there were very few people in the twentieth and tenth grades. It can be seen that Nian Qianyao is intelligent and diligent. What was the origin of the great general that year? He was a veritable second-generation official, and his father, who had served as the inspector of Huguang at an early age, was a generation of feudal officials.
Seated statue of Kangxi
After entering the army and the first, Nian Tangyao's career was open. In just nine years, the Kangxi Emperor promoted him to governor of Sichuan. In the forty-eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1709), Nian Qianyao served as the governor of Sichuan and became a generation of feudal officials, at that time he was thirty years old, but he was destined to guard the southwest frontier for the rest of his life. He had just taken office, and Nian Qianyao, who had just taken office, was full of enthusiasm and thought that he would not live up to the emperor's grace. Soon after taking office, Nian Qianyao inspected Sichuan and proposed a plan to develop Sichuan. Kangxi encouraged this talented young man and hoped that he would stick to his original intention and become a good official in the world.
Nian Tang Yao Dynasty costume statue
Nian Qianyao did not live up to the high expectations of the Kangxi Emperor. In the past few years, he not only managed Sichuan in an orderly manner, but also fought with the local rebel forces at all times. However, the wheel of history will not change its direction, the situation in the southwest and northwest is constantly deteriorating, and Nian Tangyao has thrown his pen from Rong to the road of leading troops on the battlefield.
From the forty-ninth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1710) to the third year of Yongzheng (1725), in just fourteen years, Nian Qianyao strategized and won the battlefield, playing a famous and prestigious role.
In the sixtieth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1721), Nian Qianyao was summoned to Beijing, and Kangxi praised him, gave him a bow and arrow, and appointed him as the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi. The 42-year-old Nian Qianyao is no longer a fledgling young man, and now he is a member of the imperial court stationed in Xi'an.
A year later, the Kangxi Emperor, who had reigned for sixty-one years, died, and the fourteenth son of the emperor was recalled to The Capital. At this time, as the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Nian Qianyao Weizhen's side, he seemed to have become an important figure who said one thing and the same.
Fourteenth son of the Emperor
One man is enlightened, and the whole clan is glorified
Kangxi died, and the fourteenth son of emperor, who was the general of Fuyuan, rushed back to Jingshi, but his brother Emperor Yongzheng, the fourth son of the emperor, had already succeeded to the throne. Yongzheng could not reuse his own brother. Therefore, the military burden of the northwest frontier fell on Nian Qianyao's shoulders. For Yongzheng, Nian Qianyao is definitely the most suitable candidate. First, Nian Qianyao's sister was accused of marrying the fourth son of the Emperor, Prince Yong, in the fiftieth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1 7 11 years). Second, in the forty-eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1 709), the fourth son of the emperor was made a prince, and the Eight Banners of the Nian Qianyao family was under the command of Prince Yong. Third, when Yongzheng ascended the throne, Nian Tangyao was the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and for thirteen years in the western region, the power had already been formed and could not be shaken. Fourth, Nian Qianyao's ability is extraordinary, and it is by no means an ordinary person who can replace it. For various reasons, after Yongzheng ascended the throne, it was inevitable that Nian Tangyao would be reused.
Yongzheng played with monkey statues
Yongzheng's favor to Nian Qianyao reached the point of no return. Militarily, Nian Qianyao was appointed as the general of Fuyuan and made him the highest military commander in The Western Province; politically, power was completely delegated, and local officials such as Sichuan and Shaanxi and Yunnan Governor Fu Tizhen had to be handled in accordance with Nian Qianyao's orders in mobilizing troops and raising grain and grass.
Large knife and armor
Imperial Concubine Dunsu
The Yongzheng Emperor had a particular trust in Nian Qianyao, so he would consult with Nian Qianyao on the appointment and dismissal of important officials in the western region, and eventually adopt Nian Qianyao's opinion. After Qinghai was pacified, YongZheng wrote in Zhu's reply to Nian Tangyao: "Er's true feelings are really true, and He also misses you very much, and there are also some things that he consults with you. At the same time, Yongzheng also stressed that for nian Tangyao's great achievements: "Not only will the heart rely on the family to reward, but the descendants of the world and the subjects of the world should be pleased with it." If there is a slightest negative heart, it is not a descendant of the fallen; if there is a slight dissenting heart, it is not my courtiers. Yongzheng's sweet words had already drunk Nian Qianyao for the most part, and next, nian Xiangyao would completely fall.
Yongzheng exchanged letters with Nian Qianyao
In October of the second year of Yongzheng (1724), Nian Tangyao entered the capital to see him. This time, the Yongzheng Emperor directly came up with substantial material rewards. Not only was he rewarded with the Peacock Plume of the Eyes of Nian Tangyao, the Four Dragon Supplements, the Yellow Belt and many gold and silver jewels, but also the second son of Nian Tangyao, Nian Fu, who was given a male position. At this time, the father and son of the Nian family had two generations, enjoying two dukes, one viscount, and one baron. Of course, Yongzheng was indispensable to verbal praise: "Er is not an outstanding emperor, and he cannot reward Er's treatment; Er is not a superior minister, and he cannot promise to meet er's knowledge." At this time, Nian Qianyao was completely drunk by Yongzheng's Ecstasy Soup.
Nian Xiyao's sonata
Fei Yang was discredited, and one person lost his position and the whole family suffered
Nian Tangyao film and television drama image
Although Yongzheng was displeased with Nian Qianyao's flying and stumbling, he did not blame him. Nian Qianyao's visit to Beijing this time was mainly to reward him for his merits and deeds. A month later, Nian Tangyao returned to office. After thinking about it, Yongzheng thought that Nian Qianyao's various performances in entering Beijing were very arrogant.
A year later, in February of the third year of Yongzheng (1725), the so-called "auspicious rui" phenomenon of "sun and moon combining, five stars and pearls" appeared. The courtiers sang congratulations. As Yongzheng's most beloved Nian Tangyao, it is naturally indispensable to play the song. But the problem lies in this letter, Nian Qianyao mistakenly wrote "Chao Qian Xi Ti" as "Xi Ti Chao Qian". Yongzheng was furious after seeing it, believing that Nian Qianyao was obviously deliberate, pampered and arrogant, and showed disrespect.
Simulate the trade scene of the past of the arrow furnace
Yong Zheng grasped Nian Qianyao's handle and naturally wanted to teach him a big lesson. Two months later, Nian Qianyao lost his post as governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, handed over the seal of the fuyuan general, and transferred him from the west to the southeast to serve as the general of Hangzhou.
From this moment on, Nian Qianyao's life began to decline. Nian Qianyao's big mistakes and small mistakes were all shaken out. Acting as a mighty and blessed person, forming a party for personal gain, accepting bribes, and greed for wealth are all added to Nian Qianyao's body. After only four months of generalship in Hangzhou, Nian Qianyao's political career was completely over. Nian Qianyao was escorted back to Beijing and convicted of ninety-two major crimes. He should have been sentenced to capital punishment, but Yong Zhengnian gave him the merits of Nian Tangyao and gave him self-hanging.
Nian Tangyao was convicted of film and television drama images
Nian Qianyao lost his position alone, and the whole family suffered. One wins, one loses. His father and his elder brother Nian Xiyao were stripped of their official positions, their sons were sentenced to capital punishment, and the remaining sons over the age of fifteen were sent to Guangxi and Yunnan to charge the army, and all the family property was confiscated into the palace.
The family suffered, and Nian Qianyao's sister Nian Guifei died of a serious illness. Nian Guifei was already weak, and this misfortune gave her a fatal blow, and the double collapse of body and spirit made her die prematurely.
His descendants were pardoned and returned to Beijing and have been living in Xicheng, Beijing
In the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727), two years after Nian Qianyao's death, Nian Qianyao's son was pardoned and returned to The Capital Division, leaving His grandfather Nian Nian to be strictly restrained. Later, most of the descendants of Nian Qianyao and his brother Nian Xiyao moved to Qingyundian Town, Daxing County, due to difficulties in survival.
Nian Qianyao's second son, Nian Fu,000, has been living in Xizhimen Linan Xiaojie. The eighth grandson of the rich man had two people, named Chang Gui and Chang Qing.
The tombstone of the general Nian Tangyao
Changqing had no heirs, and Chang Gui was sent to the south to suppress the Taiping Army. When Chang Gui left Beijing, he left a son and a daughter. The son was born in the ninth year of Xianfeng and was named Nian Song. Nian Song was very outstanding, and later served as a Zhi County, and married the Xin clan of Qingyundian Town. In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu, Nian Song died in office. Nian Song's eldest son, Nian Peiqing, was born in the ninth year of Guangxu, lived for 57 years, died in 1941, and lived in Xicheng, Beijing all his life. Nian Peiqing has a son and a daughter named Nian Zhaofang, born in 1917, who studied at a private school. After the death of his father, life was difficult, and Nian Zhaofang started a small business.
As the twelfth granddaughter of General Nian Qianyao, Nian Zhaofang lived in Xicheng, Beijing. Regarding the matter of her ancestors, she had heard the old man in the family say it and read it in books. The family tree was lost at the time of his father's death, and she said she was unaware of the condition of the rest of Nian Tangyao's descendants.
In 1990, Nian Zhaofang died at the age of 73.