Kangxi died, the old fourth Yin Chan in a voice of doubt ascended to the supreme throne, after the ascension to the throne Yin Chan in the face of criticism at the same time, but also to face the treasury empty, increasingly weak Qing Dynasty, so the Yongzheng Emperor after the ascension to the throne, came up with a series of measures to reverse the maladministration, and no matter how to reverse, need to have a strong cadre to take charge of the future, and these ministers at present, basically are left by the Kangxi Dynasty, and these former dynasty elders, not very convinced of Yongzheng, after all, Yongzheng is still a prince, Kangxi asked him to recover the case of borrowing from the national treasury, which caused a lot of trouble at that time, and because of this, Yongzheng did not have much favor among the ministers, so selecting talents, selecting some ministers who could serve themselves and stand behind him was a more important thing for Yongzheng. Therefore, Yongzheng attached great importance to the first imperial examination. Not only did he personally write the examination questions, but he also personally approved the candidates for the main examination and the deputy main examination, but who would have thought that such a high-valued examination would actually have a fraud in the field, and the key to this crime was actually Zhang Tinglu, the chief examiner he had appointed.
At this point, however, Yongzheng was angry enough, the imperial examination was a major event in the selection of talents, but Zhang Tinglu, who was the chief examiner, actually committed a crime, and the prince committed the same crime as the common people, and Zhang Tinglu should be beheaded according to the law. Some people say that this case may not be so simple, so why kill Zhang Tinglu alone? In fact, Yongzheng already knew that this matter was not simple, and the examination questions were set by Yongzheng himself, so why could such a confidential matter be leaked out. Zhang Tinglu is only a chief examiner, he definitely does not have this ability, and the person who peeks at the examination questions must be the person next to Yongzheng, who is it? Is it the Eighth Master? Or Hiroshi? But there is one point, no matter who it is, Yongzheng has just ascended the throne, at this moment, he cannot pull out the big tiger behind him. Therefore, Zhang Tinglu had to be taken as the main criminal, and it can also be said that Zhang Tinglu was responsible.
Then, after killing Zhang Tinglu, why did Yongzheng wait for Zhang Tingyu's performance?
Yongzheng was waiting for Zhang Tingyu's performance, both to help himself and to help Zhang Tingyu.
The outbreak of the "Science Field Fraud Case" almost completely destroyed Yongzheng's plan.
In fact, Yongzheng attaches great importance to this examination, in addition to the reason that this is the first examination after Yongzheng ascended the throne, more importantly, Yongzheng is very eager to pass this examination to select new talents for the country and inject fresh blood into the entire bureaucratic contingent, so as to continuously expand his support and enable the new policy to be better implemented.
However, if the examination questions were leaked in advance, it would undoubtedly make Yongzheng's plan and goal impossible to achieve, but Zhang Tinglu, as the chief examiner, chose not to report it for fear of implicating himself, and if it were not for Li Fu to investigate the "science field fraud case" with the help of Li Wei, then the result would become uncontrollable, and then Yongzheng's administration and the implementation of the new policy would have an extremely negative impact. Therefore, Yongzheng's resentment can be imagined.
Although after a thorough investigation, it was found that Zhang Tinglu had nothing to do with the leak of the examination questions, and he only privately brought several "related households" into the examination room, but such a bad incident had already occurred, and Zhang Tinglu, who was the main examiner, could only bear all the responsibility for this "scientific field fraud case".
However, what Yongzheng did not expect was that under the concatenation of the people of the Eight Brothers, the court was filled with the sound of protection for Zhang Tinglu and NuoMin, who had previously been deeply involved in the "Shanxi Domain Treasury Fraud Case", but even so, Yongzheng was still very determined to put these two people to death.
First of all, Yongzheng was very clear that the courtiers, who were in unison, bao Nuomin and Zhang Tinglu, must have hinted and connected behind the eight brothers And Yinyu and others, the purpose of which was to make Yongzheng lose face and not come to the stage, so Yongzheng would certainly not let the conspiracy of the eight brothers and others succeed.
Secondly, yongzheng had just ascended the throne, and at this time he was facing a political situation of internal and external troubles, and he also needed to quickly establish his own prestige among the courtiers and maintain the stability of the court in order to cope with the current crisis, so "killing people and establishing prestige" became inevitable.
Third, Nuo Min's back involves Long Keduo, Zhang Tinglu's back involves the Eight Brothers Yin yu, and Zhang Tingyu, if not dealt with, it is undoubtedly a "protective umbrella" and "talisman" set up in the court, then it must be the reduction of the emperor's authority and the prestige of several backbone ministers in the DPRK, which is also what Yongzheng does not want to see.
However, what Yongzheng cared most about at this time was Zhang Tingyu's feelings.
Prior to this, although Yong yong ascended to the throne smoothly under the escort of the thirteenth brother Yinxiang and the soldier Qin Wang, Zhang Tingyu also made great contributions in the whole process. It was he who resolutely and firmly implemented a series of arrangements before Kangxi's death, and took effective measures to stabilize the situation in Changchun Garden, control the princes, and thus buy time for Yin Xiang to seize the power of the Fengtai camp. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, it was the efforts of Zhang Tingyu and others that ensured the smooth handover of imperial power.
Therefore, in Yongzheng's heart, in addition to trust and weight for Zhang Tingyu, there is also gratitude and gratitude.
Now, Zhang Tingyu's younger brother Zhang Tingyu had committed such a big mistake, and Yongzheng also urgently needed to severely punish Zhang Tinglu and the other two, in order to achieve the purpose of killing chickens and monkeys and rectifying Chao Gang, which had to make Yongzheng feel a little guilty about Zhang Tingyu, and at the same time, he was more worried that he would create a gap between them and the monarch because of his move.
Therefore, Yongzheng has been waiting, waiting for Zhang Tingyu's great righteousness to destroy his relatives, if he is not Zhang Tingyu's deliberate pandering, but hopes that Zhang Tingyu can really understand what he is doing, only in this way, Zhang Tingyu will truly go up to the top, and Yongzheng can really put his mind at ease.
Of course, Yongzheng's waiting is actually "helping" Zhang Tingyu to save himself.
On the one hand, Yongzheng is letting Zhang Tingyu use the method of "self-proof of innocence" to separate himself from the whole thing.
You must know that Zhang Tinglu and Zhang Tingyu are far apart in terms of status and rank. And now that Zhang Tinglu has committed a crime, he has left a handle for some people with ulterior motives, and they may use this to lead the trouble to Zhang Tingyu, including whether Zhang Tingyu is involved in it, whether Zhang Tingyu is the mastermind of the whole thing, even if other officials only want to befriend Zhang Tingyu through Zhang Tinglu, these will have an extremely bad impact on Zhang Tingyu.
Therefore, Yongzheng will hope that Zhang Tingyu will use the method of "great righteousness and annihilation of relatives" to block the mouth of outsiders, calm the unfavorable remarks in the court, and also let those who hope to use this time to be eager to make friends with Zhang Tingyu die.
On the other hand, Yongzheng hoped that Zhang Tingyu could save his "reputation" in this way.
There is a "flesh and blood affection" between Zhang Tingyu and Zhang Tinglu, but Zhang Tinglu's approach is undoubtedly smearing Zhang Tingyu, and at the same time smearing Yongzheng. Therefore, what Zhang Tingyu should do at this time is to put aside "flesh and blood affection" and abide by the "way of kings and subjects", so as to effectively fight back against the external doubts and criticisms.
For this, Zhang Tingyu was still hesitant at first, but Sun Jiacheng's active advice made Zhang Tingyu put his mind at ease. In the face of the great righteousness related to the national system and the imperial program, the imperial masters can not only reach such an agreement, but also reflect the mainstream views of the reader class, which in turn allows Zhang Tingyu to relieve his worries to a certain extent, at least not to end up with a "curse".
As a result, Zhang Tingyu finally chose to take the initiative to neglect Yongzheng, "kill his relatives in righteousness", and participate in his brother Zhang Tinglu, and Yongzheng finally let go of his worries and worries, and made up his mind to conduct a final trial of Zhang Tinglu and Nuomin, who was also guilty of a major crime.
Finally, I would like to add here that this plot about Zhang Tinglu's discussion on the punishment of crimes does not conform to historical facts.
Zhang Tinglu did have his own person in history, and indeed Zhang Tingyu's brother, and at the same time in the Yongzheng Dynasty, he was also always in the affairs of the administration and examination of science. However, he was diligent as an official, had outstanding political achievements, was praised many times, and was praised as an official to the ceremonial attendant, and was praised as "an old minister of the three dynasties and a model of latecomers", becoming a model of a generation of officials.
And he himself was not beheaded by Yongzheng in the Yongzheng Dynasty, but survived peacefully to the Qianlong Dynasty period, and died in the Qianlong Decade (1745) at the age of seventy-one, which can be described as the end of his life and the end of his life.