During the years of Kangxi and Yongzheng, there was a person who was highly valued by these two emperors, and this person was Zhang Tingyu. During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, Zhang Tingyu was a man with lofty ambitions and outstanding talents, and he was deeply loved by the Kangxi Emperor. During the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, he became the right and left arm of the Yongzheng Emperor, advising the Yongzheng Emperor, assisting him in his administrative affairs, and winning the favor of the Yongzheng Emperor. The Yongzheng Emperor also rewarded Zhang Tingyu with the right to enter the Taimiao Temple after his death. The Taimiao Temple is a temple dedicated to the emperor's ancestors, only the emperor's relatives or people who have made great contributions to the emperor's country and mountains can enjoy such treatment, and the Yongzheng Emperor rewarded Zhang Tingyu with such treatment, which shows the high status of Zhang Tingyu around the Yongzheng Emperor.
Zhang Tingyu is honest and honest, intelligent and cautious, and is not sloppy at all in doing things carefully. He experienced three dynasties, was an old minister of the three dynasties, and made great contributions to jiangshan sheji. Not only was he favored by the Kangxi Emperor and the Yongzheng Emperor, but during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, Zhang Tingyu was also highly respected at first by the side of the Qianlong Emperor. However, such an old minister, in his later years, was no longer respected by the Qianlong Emperor, and the old ministers of the Three Dynasties did not play a Qianlong Emperor in his 30s.
Involving the issue of the partisan party, Zhang Tingyu tried to resign
In the past dynasties, the friends were tabooed by the emperors of the various dynasties, and if the friends were not taken seriously, it was likely to promote the collapse of a country. Therefore, the Qianlong Emperor also attached great importance to this. When the Qianlong Emperor had just ascended the throne, there were two friends, Ortai and Zhang Tingyu. The Qianlong Emperor feared that it would be unfavorable to the country, so he tried every means to get rid of his friends.
Things always develop unexpectedly, and within a few years, Ortai suddenly fell seriously ill and died. At this time, there was only one friend left in the court, that is, Zhang Tingyu, and the Qianlong Emperor focused all his attention on Zhang Tingyu's body. However, Zhang Tingyu was cautious, and he knew that the Qianlong Emperor was very taboo about his friends, so in peacetime, Zhang Tingyu was not involved in party disputes. Even so, Zhang Tingyu still felt panicked, he knew that the emperor must want to suppress himself at this time, so Zhang Tingyu wanted to resign and retire before the Qianlong Emperor did not order his removal.
The resignation application was not approved, and it was finally granted many years later
When the Qianlong Emperor invited the ministers of the Dprk to feast, Zhang Tingyu saw that the Qianlong Emperor was in a high mood, so he told the emperor that he wanted to resign and retire, Zhang Tingyu believed that he was old, and as an old minister of the Three Dynasties, he had paid so much for Jiangshan, and the Qianlong Emperor would definitely let him resign and return to his hometown.
However, the world was unpredictable, and he did not get permission from the Qianlong Emperor. Because the Qianlong Emperor believed that Zhang Tingyu was an old minister of the Three Dynasties, knowledgeable and clever, and could also ask Zhang Tingyu when he encountered difficulties, he did not allow Zhang Tingyu to resign and return to his hometown. And Zhang Tingyu, in a hurry, said something that the Qianlong Emperor was afraid of, which implied that the emperor did not treat the meritorious ministers well, so the Qianlong Emperor was furious.
Not only did he not get permission to resign, but he was also accused and criticized by the Qianlong Emperor, which made the emperor furious, and Zhang Tingyu was even more panicked at this time, so he had to continue to serve jiangshan sheji in the middle of the dynasty. A few years later, Zhang Tingyu, who was in a state of panic, grew older, trembling even when he walked, and his speech was already slurred. When the Qianlong Emperor saw Zhang Tingyu like this, he allowed Zhang Tingyu to resign and retire.
He was resigned from the government and retired, but the surprise caused a big mistake
After the Qianlong Emperor granted Zhang Tingyu's resignation, Zhang Tingyu was overjoyed, but remembered the qualification that the Yongzheng Emperor had given him to enter the Taimiao Temple after his death, and was afraid of being deposed by the Qianlong Emperor, so he ran to the Qianlong Emperor, hoping that he would make a guarantee not to depose himself and enter the Taimiao Temple after his death. So the Qianlong Emperor suppressed the displeasure in his heart and wrote an edict of assurance.
Zhang Tingyu was overjoyed and was supposed to go to the palace to thank Emperor Qianlong for his reward, but he let his son replace him with Xie En on the grounds that he was old. The Qianlong Emperor was very dissatisfied with this, so he wrote down a holy decree and ordered Zhang Tingyu to come to Xie En himself. Since Zhang Tingyu learned of this news in advance, he came to the emperor before the holy will had reached his home in the early morning. The emperor was even more angry, so he withdrew the reward of Entering the Taimiao Temple after Zhang Tingyu's death. Later, Zhang Tingyu experienced raiding the house because of his mistakes. At this time, Zhang Tingyu was completely defeated, and in the rest of his time, Zhang Tingyu was depressed.
A few years later, the Qianlong Emperor was saddened to learn of Zhang Tingyu's death in his hometown, so he restored the reward of Zhang Tingyu's entry into the Taimiao Temple after his death. The game between Zhang Tingyu and the Qianlong Emperor, an old minister of the Three Dynasties, did not play an emperor in his 30s, Zhang Tingyu finally failed.