I have watched many historical dramas over the years, but the only thing that impressed me and watched it many times in a row was "Yongzheng Dynasty", and the first twenty episodes can be said that each episode is very interesting, especially when the last "Kowloon Conquest". The last twenty or so episodes are a bit inferior to the previous ones. Among the biggest forces in the Kowloon Conquest were the Eight Masters, the Princelings, and the Four Masters.
In the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi, there was a rebellion in the northwest, and the situation was critical, but Kangxi was no longer able to ride the imperial conquest. So I had to choose a "Great General King". At that time, Yongzheng wanted the thirteenth master to be appointed, and of course the Eight Kings Party wanted the fourteenth master to be appointed. It was at this time that Wu Sidao spoke. Wu Sidao said something to Yongzheng.
The defeat in the northwest was not due to the responsibility of Chuan Erdan, but because the eighth and fourteenth masters secretly restricted grain and grass. When the ammunition is exhausted, Chuan Erdan will fail. Therefore, if Yongzheng recommended the thirteenth master, then he would have harmed the thirteenth master. In this case, Yongzheng changed his strategy and recommended the Fourteenth Master to be the Great General King. Although the two people are brothers, the affection is very weak.
If the fourteenth master served as the great general king, then the future throne may not be related to Yongzheng, and at that time Wu Sidao gave Yongzheng an idea, that is, to make Nian Qianyao the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. Although it is said that Yongzheng recommended old fourteen, he also got gifts for old fourteen. Old Fourteen would not cede the position of Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu to Nian Qianyao. Can the old fourteen who often fight wars not know the importance of the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu?
Why does Old Fourteen still recommend Nian Tang Yao? Because they played a bigger move. This move is to win over Nian Tangyao, and it has almost succeeded. At that time, Lao Ba recommended Nian Qianyao to be the governor of Sichuan, and later made him the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. Nian Qianyao thought that all this was the benefit of the Eight Masters Party to himself, but he did not know that this was Yongzheng fighting for himself behind his back.
Therefore, Nian Qianyao had forgotten who his master was, and when he came to the capital, he did not even go into the YongWang Mansion, but went directly to the Eighth Master's Mansion. If it wasn't for Li Weiyu. Then Yongzheng was all in the dark. Yongzheng was both soft and hard, and let Nian Qianyao wash his feet. Nian Qianyao was loyal to the fourth master from then on. It seems that the northwest army is in the hands of the Eight Masters, but in fact it is controlled by Yongzheng. But if Nian Qianyao made a mistake, then Yongzheng's final chances of winning must decline.