Among the twelve emperors of the Qing Dynasty, although Yongzheng only reigned for thirteen years, he was a good emperor who worked hard to govern, but because he experienced a fierce nine sons and concubines when he succeeded to the throne, and he had been a strict ruler during his reign, he left a harsh and unkind impression on future generations, especially in the matter of his execution of Nian Tangyao, many people thought that Yongzheng was ungrateful.
Nian Qianyao played an indispensable role in helping Yongzheng ascend the throne and become emperor, without Nian Qianyao's support Yongzheng could not have won such a fierce struggle, but also because Nian Qianyao achieved Yongzheng, it was inevitable that he would think of himself as a hero, and Yongzheng was originally a sensitive and suspicious person, and naturally he could not tolerate Nian Qianyao more and more.
In the TV series "The Biography of Zhen Huan", Nian Qianyao's sister Concubine Hua was greatly favored, and he was also a vassal of Yongzheng's dependence, so the brothers and sisters should cooperate inside and outside, the power was prominent and the eyes were heavenly, and in history, Nian Qianyao's sister was indeed very favored by Yongzheng, and after her death, she was posthumously honored by Yongzheng as the Noble Concubine of the Dunsu Emperor, but Nian Qianyao was indeed as proud of herself as in the TV series. As the saying goes, accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, although at first Yongzheng trusted and relied heavily on Nian Tangyao, but his behavior has become more and more wanton, not only forming a party for personal gain, but also emulating the emperor's family's wives and concubines, and he also has to flip the card every night, and what is even more excessive is that when he entered the palace, he actually sat outside the palace and waited for the emperor, which was already a capital crime of great disrespect.
Yongzheng is more and more generous to Nian Xiangyao, not only does he not know gratitude but he becomes more and more arrogant, regarding himself as Yongzheng's benefactor, making mistakes again and again, and also more and more not taking Yongzheng seriously, which eventually leads to Yongzheng being intolerable and giving him to commit suicide, after the execution of Nian Qianyao, Yongzheng did not spare his family, and his heart was fierce. Although Nian Qianyao was proud of his achievements and repeatedly violated the prohibition, his family was not at fault, but in feudal society, one person got the ascension of the chicken dog to heaven, and if one person made a mistake, then the whole family would also be implicated, so Nian Qianyao's wife and daughter were all sentenced to capital punishment, and Nian Qianyao's father and brother were all killed.
The entire Nian clan, as long as all men over the age of twenty-five were assigned to the frontier, others were sentenced to be charged with the army, and the once prominent Nian family collapsed in this way, in fact, Yongzheng was indeed a bit mean in dealing with Nian Qianyao's family, after all, Nian Qianyao was also born and died for many years, and Yongzheng treated his family so cruelly.