If you are a friend who likes to watch Qing Dynasty TV dramas, I believe that there are many, and they also have a very deep impression on the eccentric and informal Li Wei in "Li Wei as an Official", Li Wei in the TV series and the zhengshi in the history, there are some differences, but one thing is the same, the reason why he can be promoted little by little, become a local official, the biggest nobleman is Yongzheng, during which Li Wei because of his honesty as an official, not afraid of the magnate, offended many ministers, but still can be protected by Yongzheng.
The biggest difference with the TV series is that Li Wei was not a poor boy at the beginning, in 1688, he was born in a very wealthy family in Feng County, Jiangsu Province, and from a young age, Li Wei was not too interested in obtaining meritorious names, so that in 1717, the 29-year-old Li Wei wanted to become an official, and could only spend a lot of money, buying a "yuanwailang" from the imperial court as a pawn, and then was awarded the position of a soldier and a foreign lang.
In the imagination of many people, those who obtained official positions by selling officials and knights were not good goods, but Li Wei, although he had not read any sage books, seemed to be very familiar with the humanities of the officialdom, so he also won the appreciation of Kangxi and the Fourth Brother Yinchen. Two years later, Li Wei was appointed to the position of Hubu Langzhong.
And with the death of the Kangxi Emperor, the Yongzheng Emperor, who appreciated him, after suppressing the Eight Ye Dang and others, was also extremely rapid in promoting Li Wei, he first appointed Li Wei as a directly subordinate provincial yi missionary, managing local intelligence transmission and other tasks, as a result, Li Wei had not yet taken office, and was transferred to Yanyi Road, Yunnan, during this period, Li Wei's political achievements were remarkable, and he was also climbing up step by step, after 3 years, Yongzheng appointed him as the governor of Zhejiang, and in the fifth year of Yongzheng, Li Wei was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang, and finally, He also became the Shangshu of the Punishment Department, and was an official in the Gate of the Capital Division, directly subordinate to the post of Governor.
This was the first Han Chinese to serve as a directly subordinate governor since the Qing Dynasty, which was enough to witness Yongzheng's importance to Li Wei, and Li Wei did not live up to Yongzheng's expectations and became the most powerful barrier to his implementation of the New Deal.
In 1735, Yongzheng, who was working in the Yuanmingyuan, suddenly died because of a serious illness, and according to his secret method of establishing a reserve, he was eventually succeeded to the throne by the fourth son of the emperor, Hongli, that is, Qianlong, so after the death of Yongzheng, Li Wei lost his biggest patron, the young 25-year-old emperor Qianlong, how to treat the old minister left behind by his father's period?
If Li Wei was good at the middle way, after Yongzheng's death, he should gradually become low-key and smooth, so as to win a good old age, but he did not do so.
In the first year of Qianlong, Li Wei, who had been dispatched by the Holy Order, was subordinate to Zonghe, cut yingtian to observe the envoys, and was in charge of grain transportation and other important figures, and in 1737, Prince Cheng's palace guarded Cook and the people for real estate, Li Wei risked offending Prince Cheng, enforced the law impartially, and ruthlessly attacked the criminals, thus gaining Qianlong's trust and appreciation, and was awarded the four regiments of dragons, and before and after this, Li Wei successively impeached the infantry commanders Orqi, Zonghe Zhuzao, and others, so that those who did wrong were punished.
In 1738, the minister fell ill on the job, Qianlong specially sent imperial doctors for treatment, but Li Wei eventually died of illness due to overwork, at the age of 51, and afterwards Qianlong buried him in accordance with the treatment of the governor, Li Wei's life can be said to be bright and upright, so it is not unreasonable for Qingshi to leave a name.