In history, the kangqian dynasty was the most prosperous period of the development of the Qing Dynasty, and it went through three emperors, these three emperors were Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong. The Yongzheng Emperor was the fourth son of Kangxi, and after nine sons seizing the throne, the fourth brother Yinchen seized the throne and sat on this dragon chair.
There were three most favored ministers in Yongzheng's life, namely Ortai, Tian Wenjing, and Li Wei, among whom the most trusted and most in the eyes of Yongzheng was Li Wei. How arrogant was Li Wei, yongzheng's favorite minister, at his peak? What happened next? The ending is tearful.
After three dynasties, he became an elder
In ancient times, talents were selected through the imperial examination, and even the best talents could not be seen by the rulers in the people, and he had to pass through layers of selection to show his talents to the emperor. But can you believe it? Li Wei, a favorite minister of the Qing Dynasty, had never read a book, and he was in the official arena.
Li Wei served as an official under Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong, and was a veritable elder of the Three Dynasties, but was the most favored under Yongzheng. Li Wei began to emerge during the Kangxi Dynasty, where he served as a Hubu Langzhong.
After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he marginalized the former Kangxi Emperor's cronies and began to support his own cronies, so he used new people and established his own centralized power institutions. Because the thirteenth brother Yinxiang recommended Li Wei to Yongzheng, Li Wei was able to be seen by the Yongzheng Emperor.
After the end of the Yongzheng Era, the Qianlong Emperor ascended the throne, and Li Wei remained an official in the dynasty, serving as a direct governor. However, because he was a favorite of the previous emperor, he was no longer valued. Qianlong died of illness in the third year.
Although he is just and righteous, he does not know how to be kind to others
The Yongzheng Emperor was a Ming Emperor, and such a Ming Emperor would naturally not be associated with a traitorous courtier. Therefore, Li Wei can get the Yongzheng Emperor to use it so much, indicating that he is a good official and has made many contributions to the Qing Dynasty.
Li Wei's promotion speed can be described as extremely rapid, and after Yongzheng ascended the throne, Li Wei was appointed as the Yanyi Road of Yunnan. During this post, Li Wei implemented a series of reforms on the salt system, which changed the situation of salt shortage among the people in Yunnan, and achieved outstanding political achievements.
After the salt reform, the Yongzheng Emperor promoted him to the post of Governor of Zhejiang and entrusted all local salt problems to Li Wei. Sorting out the salt administration, investigating and dealing with the smuggling of salt, and solving the serious problems for the Yongzheng Emperor.
Due to a series of political achievements, Li Wei was eventually promoted directly to the governor of Zhejiang and became a Yipin official. And this series of promotions took only a short decade. How does a person who has not read a book rise again and again in this official position? What is li wei's superiority?
First of all, during his tenure in Zhejiang, Li Wei built a sea pond for the local people. There are many floods in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Haitang is the best defense project to resist floods.
Only by building Haitang can the livelihood of the people be guaranteed, and the farmland will not be affected by floods, so Li Wei paid special attention to the construction of Haitang during his tenure, and every year he would ask the emperor to repair it.
Second, the problem of collusion between officials and thieves in the Jiangnan area was solved to play a trick for the tiger. After the thieves committed the theft, the officials not only did not act, but exonerated them, and the people suffered greatly. As soon as Li Wei took office, he began to thoroughly investigate the matter, dismissing the officials involved, executing the relevant thieves, and restoring peace to the people of Jiangnan.
Moreover, Li Weigang is not afraid of the powerful. He has always adhered to the concept that the Son of Heaven has committed the same crime as the common people, and once a Yipin official or even a prince commits a crime, he will promptly write to the emperor and request impeachment.
It is a great blessing for the people to meet such officials. However, although Li Wei scrupulously fulfilled his duties and did good deeds, this person's temperament and disposition were relatively straight, and his interpersonal relations in the official arena were indeed not handled very well.
Generally speaking directly and without regard for others, people who speak directly and do not care about others will actually be blinded in the official arena. However, because Li Wei was extremely popular with Yongzheng at that time, that status could be said to be above ten thousand people under one person, so most of his colleagues did not dare to show dissatisfaction on their faces, but their hearts were muttering.
The Yongzheng Emperor once had advice to Li Wei, which probably meant that Li Wei was good everywhere, but he was stubborn, selfless, did not know how to judge the hour and size the situation, and properly bowed his head. If you don't change it, you will plant a head on this in the future.
The Qianlong period was devastated
After Yongzheng's death, the Qianlong Emperor took the throne. Usually, a dynasty emperor changes the central officials of his subordinate level accordingly, which is to cultivate the emperor's own cronies. After the Qianlong Emperor succeeded to the throne, Nian Zai was a close confidant of his father, and still let him take up his original position and did not remove him from his post.
The shortcomings of Li Wei's temperament and disposition appeared at this time. During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, his brother was corrupt and perverted the law, and Li Wei binggong handled the case and must dispose of this prince. But Qianlong did not think so, and the Qianlong Emperor did not want to dispose of his brother shortly after he took the throne, so he did everything in his words.
But Li Wei didn't seem to understand, still stubborn, and had to let the Qianlong Emperor give a solution. The Qianlong Emperor had no choice but to compromise. He educated his brother and punished him for a year.
Just once, Qianlong was estranged from Li Wei and was determined to empty Li Wei's authority so that he could no longer influence his own decision-making. Li Wei's generation of favored subjects was gradually stripped out of the circle of central decision-making organs.
A person who has been reused and can call the wind and rain in the court is suddenly left out in the cold, and this huge gap will somehow make the parties feel that they are not talented and depressed.
In the third year of Qianlong, Li Wei died of illness in this depression at the age of 51. A generation of favored subjects eventually went with the emperor who trusted him the most. After Li Wei's death, the Qianlong Emperor gave the title of Minda and gave him a generous burial in the specifications of the governor, and the funeral ceremony was also considered a beautiful scenery.
Li Wei's life was naturally full of scenery, although he was illiterate, he was an official and had the trust of the Yongzheng Emperor. Carrying out drastic reforms and seeking the welfare of the people in the place where he is located, li Wei's life is undoubtedly successful.
The only fly in the ointment is probably that he is not sleek enough in this life to look at people's faces. His life was so upright that the Qianlong Emperor no longer trusted him and no longer entrusted him with heavy responsibilities.
But if he could be more sleek, could understand the meaning of the emperor's extra-string words, and with his official style and handling skills, he could continue to shine in the official arena. Fortunately, qianlong died in three years, otherwise he would have been treated more unfairly in the future.