In recent years, court dramas have become more and more widespread, and in these TV dramas, the two emperors of Yongzheng and Qianlong in history are usually taken as the main characters in the story. Speaking of which, these two are the most influential representatives of the emperor in history. After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he strengthened his rule over ethnic minorities, vigorously straightened out his finances, and was an emperor who worked diligently for the people.
Yongzheng, on the other hand, attached great importance to social stability, loved the people like a son, often cared for the disaster-stricken people, attached importance to water conservancy construction, and was the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history. According to historical records, Qianlong broke the oath that Yongzheng had made because of a man named Zeng Jing. So, what's going on here?
Zeng Jing, an ordinary talent at that time, usually liked to talk about Taoism with others. By chance, he saw an article written by Lu Liuliang about anti-Qing thought. Because of this article, Zeng Jing was thoroughly brainwashed, believing that only when the Qing Dynasty fell, the country would be revived. To this end, he found Lü Liuliang's disciple Yue Zhongqi and discussed the grand plan of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. Yue Zhongqi explicitly agreed with his point of view, but in fact, he was secretly collecting incriminating evidence behind his back, and then quietly taking these letters to Yongzheng for his eyes.
After learning the truth, Yongzheng was very angry, so he ordered people to show Lü Liuliang's body to the public, and also sent Lü Liuliang's relatives and family members to the frontier to make an example. As for Zeng Jing, Yongzheng did not blame him, but forgave his mistakes. A corresponding verbal promise was made: As long as I live for one day, no one will dare to touch you. Thirteen years later, Yongzheng died and Qianlong succeeded to the throne, and the first thing he did was to divide Zeng Jing's five horses into five corpses and unload eight pieces.
The reason why Qianlong did this was that Yongzheng had just inherited the throne and his position was still unstable. At that time, he could just use Zeng Jing's events to win people's hearts and show his benevolence. After Yongzheng's death, Zeng Jing could not be of any use, of course, he had to avoid the trouble. In addition, Qianlong was able to use this incident to consolidate his rule and beat up those who had the intention of rebellion, so that they did not dare to act rashly.