In the records of the ancient history of the mainland, there are countless people who are overwhelmed by power, and the Qing Dynasty power minister Nian Tangyao is definitely one of the most representative figures, before he went to prison, it can be said that the power tilted to the opposition, some officials feared him more than Yongzheng, on power he was ultimately inferior to the emperor, but on the scenery, before he went to prison, Yongzheng did not have his face.
What did Nian Qianyao do to anger Yongzheng and cause him to be killed step by step by Yongzheng?
Yongzheng (stills)
After Nian Qianyao's death, his henchmen were killed by Yongzheng by means of thunder, his second son Nianfu was also killed, and other sons were sent to serve, so what happened to his wife and daughter?
He was promoted to inspector before he arrived
Nian Tangyao's career path can be described as extremely smooth.
In the thirty-ninth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Nian Qianyao gradually showed his sharp edge, and he was admitted to the jinshi, and it did not take long to achieve the status of a cabinet scholar.
By the forty-eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the emperor noticed Nian Qianyao and felt that he was talented and interested in cultivating, so he appointed him as the Governor of Sichuan. For Kangxi's cultivation, Nian Qianyao was grateful to Shu Zero, and he said in the recital at that time that he would "try his best to repay and respond to the emperor's grace".
Nian TangYao (stills)
After Nian Qianyao took up his post in Sichuan, it did not take long to thoroughly understand the situation in Sichuan Province, implement many effective measures, and at the same time set strict demands on himself, set an example by example, and engage in politics with a clean and honest style.
Since then, Nian Qianyao has officially started his career journey.
In the forty-ninth year of Kangxi, a rebellion broke out in Ningfanwei, and Kangxi ordered Yue Shenglong, the viceroy of Sichuan, and Nian Qianyao to suppress it together.
Yue Shenglong arrived one step ahead of Nian Tangyao, and had already eliminated the rebellion before Nian Qianyao arrived, and he impeached Nian Qianyao on the grounds of delaying military affairs, but Kangxi did not care, and at this time Kangxi had begun to show trust in Nian Qianyao.
Portrait of Yue Shenglong
In the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi, a rebellion broke out in Yuewei Wei (southeast of present-day Xichang City, Sichuan Province) and Puxiong (present-day Yuexi County, Sichuan Province), and Nian Qianyao sent troops to encircle and suppress, smoothly quelling the rebellion, and Kangxi became more and more appreciative.
That is, from this year onwards, Nian Qianyao's career began an explosive legendary journey, if his career was described as smooth before, then in the next few years, it can only be described as "open and hanging"!
In the fifty-sixth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, there was a rebellion in the Dzungar Tribe, and its tribal leader Tse-alabutan invaded tibet, and Kangxi originally sent the then Governor of Sichuan, Kang Tai, to go on a crusade, but kang Tai ruled the army without a way, resulting in a rebellion in the army.
When Nian Qianyao learned of this, he immediately sent his cronies to pacify the army, and at the same time, he played Kangxi and requested to replace Kang Tai in managing military affairs, and Kangxi praised this, believing that Nian Qianyao was indeed responsible.
In the ensuing war, Nian Qianyao did not disappoint Kangxi, and he assisted the army in defeating the Dzungar soldiers and horses and successfully eliminating the thieves.
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In the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi, Nian Qianyao sent troops to Litang to strengthen military facilities and increase the number of troops stationed in Sichuan, Kangxi praised him for his good governance, and in addition to his previous merits in pacifying Tibet, he naturally granted him the post of governor of Sichuan, which meant that Nian Qianyao could have the right to mobilize military strength and manage civilian affairs at the same time, not only with power, but also with soldiers.
From the 58th to the 59th year of Kangxi, Kangxi intended to make arrangements in Tibet to strengthen border measures, and Nian Qianyao played a role in it, pacifying Litang, Batang and many other places. In the following year, Kangxi summoned Nian Qianyao, promoted him to the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and personally summoned and gave him a bow and arrow, which shows how much Kangxi valued Nian Qianyao.
In September of the 60th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, nian Qianyao showed excellent military combat ability when quelling the rebellion in the Guo luoke area of Qinghai, and he took advantage of the contradictions between the local tribes to contain the enemy army and successfully quell the rebellion.
In the sixty-first year of Kangxi, Kangxi appointed Nian Qianyao to take charge of military affairs, and along with him was the Fuyuan general Yanxin, who was only forty-four years old at this time, but his status was already consistent with Yanxin.
After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Nian Tangyao gradually drifted away
After Kangxi's death, Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, at this time Yongzheng needed a strong and powerful person to help him consolidate his imperial power, because the former emperor was extremely important to Nian Tangyao during his lifetime, and Yongzheng believed that Nian Qianyao must be a loyal protector of the Lord, and relied on him even more.
At that time, Nian Qianyao and Yongzheng's maternal uncle Long Keduo became Yongzheng's right and left arm, and even at Yongzheng's behest, Nian Qianyao also passed on one of his own sons to Longkeduo as a stepson, yongzheng's move was intended to deepen Nian Qianyao's relationship with the royal family, and seemed to be eager for Nian Qianyao to be his relative.
However, at this time, Nian Qianyao was no longer the person who was completely loyal to the royal family, and over the years, his prosperous career had made him feel the wonderful taste of power.
When Kangxi was still there, Nian Qianyao was after all pulled up by Kangxi, and he inexplicably had a sense of awe for Kangxi in his heart, it can be said that Kangxi was the only person who could make Nian Qianyao feel intimidated at that time, but after Kangxi's death, Nian Qianyao's heart seemed to be unshackled and began to embrace power to the fullest.
However, Yongzheng did not realize this, and after he ascended to the throne, he instead used Nian Qianyao more heavily, leaving all the affairs of the western region, including the dispatch of troops and the supply of grain and grass, to Nian Qianyao, so that Nian Qianyao became a leader on the western border, and the Fuyuan general Yan Xin, who was originally in charge of military affairs with him, was lower than him.
At this time, Nian Qianyao's mind was far more active than in the past, he monopolized power on the western issue, held heavy troops, and had monstrous power, and other officials came one after another to offer all kinds of money and gifts, and Nian Qianyao took over them all.
In addition, Yongzheng often discussed state affairs with Nian Qianyao, who could participate in the government affairs of the dynasty, and even had the right to report to Yongzheng on the merits of local officials and how to decide on people's livelihood measures.
This is equivalent to indirectly allowing Nian Qianyao to grasp the life and death of the officials below, causing Nian Qianyao to be more majestic among the officials, offending Nian Qianyao, he only needs to mention a sentence in front of the emperor, your black hat will fly, for his own career, the officials at the bottom have to beg him.
Yongzheng is not a stupid person, Nian Qianyao's influence is getting bigger and bigger, he can't not be unaware, but Nian Qianyao's ability is so outstanding, let Yongzheng appreciate from the bottom of his heart, so that he doesn't care about Nian Qianyao's growing influence at all.
In October of the first year of the Yongzheng Dynasty, Lobzang Tenzin launched a rebellion, causing a great disturbance in the Qinghai region, and the flames in the west were ignited.
Yongzheng directly appointed Nian Qianyao to formally take charge of all affairs in the western region this time, he commanded properly, acted decisively, and soon put the rebellion down, Yongzheng was more certain that he did not look at the wrong person, Nian Qianyao was indeed the backbone of the country.
After the end of the war, Yongzheng rewarded Nian Xiangyao and made him a first-class duke, not only that, Nian Xiangyao's father and heirs were all rewarded, and even the family members and maids were rewarded, which was really "one person gets the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven"!
After that, Nian Qianyao became Yongzheng's confidant.
Yongzheng and Nian Tangyao (stills)
After the end of the qinghai war, Nian Qianyao participated in the handling of government affairs at the behest of Yongzheng, and also had this power, including the prime minister ma qi and Long Keduo, who sometimes even asked him to convey his will and write edicts on his behalf.
Gradually, Nian Qianyao's position in Yongzheng's heart became heavier and heavier, surpassing Roncodo and Ma Qi. On such an important issue as appointing local officials, Yongzheng repeatedly asked Nian Qianyao's opinion, and even allowed him to appoint some local officials without authorization, and Nian Qianyao took the opportunity to install party henchmen and arrange people who were in trouble with him to important positions.
Once, Yongzheng wanted to summon an official under Nian Qianyao to other provinces, but he didn't know whether it was appropriate, so he sent someone to ask Nian Qianyao's opinion, and the emperor's original words were "You want to use this official, you are not willing to give up."
Emperor Yongzheng of Tangtang wanted to call an official to go to another province, and when asking Nian Qianyao, he did not ask "whether this person is suitable" but asked "Are you willing to give up", which shows how important Nian Qianyao's status is in Yongzheng's heart, and his attention to Nian Qianyao has reached the level of favor.
In addition to attaching importance to Nian Qianyao in political affairs, privately, Yongzheng and Nian Qianyao are also closely related. Nian Qianyao led soldiers to fight many times in the past, leaving injuries and illnesses in his body, Yongzheng was very concerned about this, and gave him precious medicine to nourish his body, and even Nian Qianyao's wife's health was sick, and Yongzheng would personally inquire after learning about it.
Not only that, in order to deepen the relationship with Nian Qianyao, Yongzheng also accepted Nian Qianyao's sister as a concubine, and he was particularly fond of Nian Guifei, he simply treated Nian Qianyao as his own family, in addition to caring for Nian Qianyao, Yongzheng rewarded Nian Qianyao with many rare treasures.
The most exaggerated thing is that once Yongzheng thought of Nian Tangyao when tasting lychees, and wanted Nian Tangyao to enjoy the taste of delicious lychees with him, so he sent someone to send lychees to Nian Tangyao, and in order not to affect the deliciousness of the lychees, Yongzheng ordered the station to speed up the horse and whip, all kinds of acceleration, in just a few days to send the lychees to Nian Tangyao in front of him.
Yongzheng's various spoils made Nian Qianyao, who was already inflated in his heart, grow bolder and bolder, and gradually drifted.
The covenant between kings and subjects is nothing more than a joke
Yongzheng not only trusts Nian Qianyao himself, but also educates the people around him to always remember Nian Qianyao's contribution to the Qing Dynasty, and if anyone is not grateful to Nian Qianyao, he is unfaithful to himself.
Even, Yongzheng also hoped that he and Nian Qianyao could set an example for future generations, so that future monarchs could follow their example.
Yongzheng and Nian Qianyao made a "covenant of kings and subjects through the ages" - if you can't become a brilliant emperor, then you are sorry for your loyalty and love for Yuan; if you can't become an outstanding minister, it is not repaying yuan's kindness... Become an example for eternity.
Every emperor hopes that his name will remain for eternity, but while Yongzheng hopes that his name will remain for eternity, he even hopes that future generations will remember Nian Tangyao, which shows that he has trusted Nian Qianyao to the extreme.
Unfortunately, at this time, Nian Tangyao was becoming more and more inflated, and he did not respond to Yongzheng's favor, but became more and more "floating".
At this point, Nian Qianyao held great power, and with the help of Yongzheng's favor, the officials at the bottom feared him more than Yongzheng, so they competed with each other, and Nian Qianyao soon had a large number of henchmen in the imperial court, and he gradually became arrogant and arrogant, unscrupulous.
When Nian Qianyao was sitting in the western region, many princes and nobles such as Mongolia had to perform the ritual of kneeling when they saw him, as if they were seeing the emperor in person; privately, the officials under his command also had to kneel when they saw him; even when the emperor's edict was sent over, Nian Qianyao could not even consult the kneeling ceremony; when he met the emperor, Nian Qianyao's attitude was not as respectful as before.
In addition, Nian Qianyao also took advantage of his position to embezzle and accept bribes, amassed countless riches, and lived a life of luxury and prosperity.
Nian Qianyao's deeds gradually spread to Yongzheng's ears, and Yongzheng began to feel displeased in his heart, feeling that Nian Qianyao was somewhat arrogant and lost, no matter how much he loved him, he was always a courtier, and should not exceed his duty as a courtier.
So Yongzheng summoned Nian Qianyao into Beijing and wanted to remind him not to be too "floating", but what Nian Qianyao did in the middle of the road almost did not make Yongzheng explode.
On the way to Beijing, Nian Qianyao ordered the Shaanxi Governor and other officials to kneel down on both sides of the road to greet him, even if they were so arrogant before arriving in the capital, after arriving in the capital, the officials knelt down on both sides of the road to greet them, Nian Qianyao rode a high-headed horse and walked through the road with great authority, and even met the prince and minister to greet him, he only nodded symbolically, and there was no intention of getting off the horse to return the salute.
These things reached Yongzheng's ears, and Yongzheng's heart was suddenly alerted--Nian Qianyao, do you make so many officials kneel down to greet you, do you feel that you are the emperor?
After seeing the emperor, Nian Qianyao returned, Yongzheng once wrote him an edict warning him not to be arrogant and arrogant, but Nian Qianyao did not pay attention to it, the weight of the two emperors has made Nian Qianyao lose himself, the Qing Dynasty is indispensable to my Nian Qianyao, how can the emperor move me?
Therefore, after three years of Yongzheng, Nian Qianyao's self-sufficiency finally made Yongzheng intolerable and decided to get rid of him.
Arrogance and self-esteem will eventually lead to death, what happened to the wife and daughter?
In the first month of the third year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng personally received a prisoner, this person named Cai Jue, he was imprisoned because of Nian Qianyao's impeachment, Yongzheng learned from him about some of Nian Qianyao's evil deeds, and then ordered the Punishment Department to release this person, and also appointed him zuo du Yushi, apparently to start targeting Nian Qianyao.
At this time, the officials in the imperial court began to sniff out the smell, and saw that the emperor was already dissatisfied with Nian Qianyao, and some intelligent people had begun to alienate Nian Qianyao consciously or unconsciously.
In February of the same year, a strange celestial phenomenon of "the sun and the moon combined, five stars and pearls" appeared in the sky, which the group of courtiers called "Xiangrui", and used it to congratulate Yongzheng. Nian Qianyao was no exception, but he didn't know whether he was arrogant and indulgent, or if he was really confused, and when he congratulated him, he wrote "Chao Qian Xi Ti" as "Xi Ti Chao Qian".
After Yongzheng saw it, he immediately seized the opportunity and pretended to be thunderous and angry: "Xi Ti Chaoqian, you have to think about everything every night, be vigilant and defensive, and then come to see you the next day, right?" What is the intention? ”
Seeing Long Yan's anger, where else could other officials not understand what this meant? One after another, they cooperated with Yongzheng's letter of impeachment of Nian Qianyao, and Yongzheng naturally demoted Nian Qianyao's official position to eighteen levels.
In September of the third year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng issued another holy decree, arresting Nian Qianyao and sending him to the capital prison, and then ordered the Punishment Department to interrogate him.
After Nian Qianyao was imprisoned, other ministers exposed his crimes one after another, and finally the parliamentary ministers sorted out the ninety-two major crimes, and countless other crimes.
Yongzheng took advantage of the situation to cut off Tang Yao's official position last year and gave him a self-dismissal, and Nian Qianyao eventually died in prison at the age of 47.
The Holy Will of the Yongzheng Dynasty
After Nian Qianyao's death, most of his henchmen were beheaded, and the luckier ones were reduced to slavery, his eldest son had already died of illness, the second son was executed by Yongzheng, and the other sons were assigned to serve by Yongzheng because they were minors.
As for Nian Qianyao's wife and daughter, how did Yong Yong deal with it? Maybe you won't believe that Yongzheng didn't kill them.
Nian Qianyao had two wives, but one of them had already died of illness, and the remaining one was Jue Luoshi, the same sect as Yongzheng, who did not kill her and ordered her to return to her mother's house, and there was no news since then.
Nian Qianyao's daughter was not yet fifteen years old at that time, and she was also not killed by Yongzheng, but Nian Qianyao became a sinner, and his daughter was the daughter of a sinner, and no one dared to marry her, and it was said that this woman had never married in her life.
Since ancient times, after the rebellion of the powerful lords and the annihilation, the family often suffered, either killed or reduced to slavery, but Nian Qianyao's wife and daughter were lucky.
As mentioned above, Nian Qianyao's sister Nian Guifei was deeply favored by Yongzheng and gave birth to several children for the emperor, Yongzheng naturally could not bear to be angry with her, and the reason why Yongzheng spared Nian Qianyao's wife and daughter had to be said to be more or less on the face of Nian Guifei.
Nian Qianyao could have been prosperous for a lifetime, and even had a reputation with Yongzheng for thousands of years, but he was arrogant and arrogant, and eventually brought himself the disaster of killing himself, and after his death, his wife and most of his children actually survived, and it has to be said that Yongzheng was indeed a benevolent emperor.