What kind of person is Yongzheng?
After watching the original work of "Step by Step" and the TV series, my first thought for Yongzheng was: he is an extremely lonely emperor, in fact, the emperors are lonely, but yongzheng has to face so many problems when he sits on the throne, I am afraid it is not something we can imagine. From family affairs: his mother does not like him, he is partial to the fourteenth brother, and the brothers are pregnant with ghosts and want to pull him down, to the major events of the imperial court: the officials of the imperial court are in a mess, the national treasury is tight, and there are border defense problems to fight, in such a face that is not conducive to him, how can he sit in the dragon chair alone?
He bought the "History of the Great Qing Dynasty" that could not stop when he saw it, and took advantage of the strong interest to send Yongzheng to the first reading experience.
To paraphrase the golden words of the scholar Mr. Deng Rongdong, he described Yongzheng as follows: "Evaluating Yongzheng from the perspective of human nature, he is not a good person!" But a good man is not necessarily a good emperor, and a bad person is not necessarily a bad emperor. Good guys and bad guys are just a moral appraisal, and good emperors and bad emperors are a political appraisal. Yongzheng is not a good man, but I always think that he can be regarded as a good emperor. ”
Before we say Yongzheng, we must understand his background of growth.
Yongzheng's mother is a palace girl, in the dynasty by background, his status is naturally much shorter than others, not valued by the emperor nor respected by other brothers, the only brother with his mother, Yun Yu, does not seem to like this brother very much, coupled with his mother's eccentricity towards the fourteen brothers, it can be said that his father does not hurt his mother and does not love, and those brothers who have a strong backstage exclude him even more, which makes him suffer from loneliness and pain from a young age.
This may be able to explain why most of the historical facts describe Yongzheng's character as resolute, gloomy, cunning, silent, arrogant and inferior, suspicious, and face-loving.
It is true that some people criticize his methods for being vicious and question his improper succession to the throne, just like ruoxi, the heroine of "Step by Step", was once afraid of him because of Yongzheng's cruel methods, but it was precisely because everyone was suspicious and unconvinced of him that Yongzheng wanted to regain his dignity as an emperor, and he knew that for him, the position of power was the most important, and without the throne he was nothing at all. When he was still a low-key fourth brother, when he was reading the Buddha and talking about Xuan xuan behind closed doors, he already knew this truth, so when he finally held this power to manipulate the lives and deaths of all people, he had to warn everyone about the prestige of his power. In the same way, Yongzheng knows the heavy responsibility after he has gained power, and he will carry the whole country.
Every day he had endless recitals, endless affairs, and constantly visiting ministers, and he had no complaints, and he willingly buried his head in his work for thirteen years. Yongzheng's father, Kangxi, loved to travel and often traveled to hunt; Yongzheng's son Qianlong often traveled to distract himself, but Yongzheng rarely went out. Seeing this, I really have to admire Yongzheng, how can I work for thirteen years without resting, some people say that he is afraid of being assassinated, but I think that according to Yongzheng's personality, he is likely to gamble on that breath, you look down on me as the emperor, I will do the best to show you.
The unpleasant growth process of his childhood made him seem a little more selfish at some times, one of his favorite tricks is to "slap a date", which can also be seen in "Step by Step", in the eighteenth episode of the TV series, Ruoxi made up his mind to ask the fourth master to marry himself, but the fourth master refused: "I don't want to marry you now", after seeing Ruoxi's disappointed expression, he changed his mouth: "Since you have inserted my hairpin and said that you want to marry me, what do you say you are waiting for?" ”
And the Yongzheng in the historical facts is different from the average emperor, he likes not to love the cards. When he sat on the throne, the general emperor's trick was to reward meritorious heroes and defeat the enemy, but Yongzheng was different, and after he sat on the throne, he not only did not fight against his mortal enemy, Bada Ge Yunyu, but promoted him to the position of prime minister, and several people in the Eight Ye Party were also promoted to officials.
This is the real horror of Yongzheng, you know that he is going to kill you, but he is good to you, you live in the fear that one day he will be stabbed. On the surface, He let Yun Yu be promoted, but in fact, he was troubled by Yongzheng everywhere, and after finding trouble, he looked for something else to do for him, as if he relied heavily on him, and the standard "slap a date".
Brother Ten stayed in Zhangjiakou and deliberately let Brother Ten discuss Brother Ten's sins, but after Brother Ten was instructed to discuss the crime, Yongzheng scolded Brother Yun and finally arrested Brother Ten and returned to Beijing for confinement. Yongzheng is like a cat playing with a mouse, There is a problem with Yun yu in handling things, Yong Zheng scolds him, there is no problem in handling things, Yong Zheng also scolds him for being vain and vain, but when the ministers are playing to discuss the crime of Yun Yu, Yong Zheng tolerates him. This is why I said that Yongzheng sometimes just vented selfishly, and in the last episode of "Step by Step", when Yongzheng forcibly wanted to take away Ruoxi's ashes and was opposed by his brother Yun Yu, he angrily shouted: "I just want to bully you!" Yongzheng's personality is clear, he is a revenge mentality, he will never forget that he was not pampered when he was young, and when he grew up, everyone did not take him seriously, and in an inferior and painful state of mind, he carried a psychological shadow.
Although Yongzheng can not be regarded as a good person, his political achievements and merits are indispensable, if there is no Yongzheng, a hard-working king, there will be no follow-up Qing Dynasty. As mentioned at the beginning, when Yongzheng first took over the throne, he wanted no money and no talent, and he fought alone. In order to prevent corruption and corruption, he cleared up the deficit, asked officials to repay money, let the envy of consumption return to the public, implemented the system of raising clean money, and reformed taxes (abolishing the population tax and stipulating that the gentry should be on the same page), which established the rules and regulations of the Qing Dynasty, which led to the prosperous era of Kangqian, which we later know. So although Yongzheng is not a good man, we cannot deny that he is indeed a good emperor, and he is a fairly industrious emperor.
【Step by step thrilling off-topic story】
1. Tian Wenjing and Wu Sidao.
When Ruoxi broke up with the eight brothers Yun yu, Ruo Xi relied on the impression of watching the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty" and reminded Yun Yu to pay attention to the fourth master, Nian Qianyao, Li Wei, Tian Jingwen, Wu Sidao and others. ”
RuoXi realized that he had misremembered: "That is Tian Wenjing." ”
Who is Tian Wenjing in history? In fact, he is an ordinary person, no background, parents are unknown, there is no backstage support, all the way from the small county order, Zhizhou slowly climbed up, and later became a bachelor (Erpin official), similar to today's secretarial department, Yun Yu said that he is a small official is indeed not excessive.
Tian Wenjing did not start to have good luck until the second year of Yongzheng, he happened to be sent to worship Mount Hua, and when he traveled along the road to Shanxi, he found that there were hungry people everywhere and the situation was unbearable, it turned out that Shanxi had encountered a drought and there was no harvest. Tian Wenjing knew that this was not his own business, and he also believed that the local parents and officials in Shanxi would handle it, but he did not expect that when he returned from worshipping Mount Hua in Shaanxi, the situation in Shanxi did not improve at all, so he reported such a situation to Yongzheng after he returned to Beijing, in fact, many officials knew about it, they knew that Yongzheng was a person who loved face, and he was a person who refused to admit mistakes, but Tian Wenjing did not think so, he knew Yongzheng's intentions, political achievements were more important than face, and Yongzheng always wanted to inherit his father's aspirations and become a good emperor. Soon after, Yongzheng transferred Tian Wenjing to be the envoy of Shanxi province and was in charge of Shanxi's disaster relief affairs, which opened the era of Tian Wenjing.
Wu Sidao is a fictional character in the Yongzheng Dynasty.
2. Zhang Tingyu
In the TV series "Step by Step", after kangxi deposed the second prince, he relied heavily on the fourteenth brother Yunyu, and once suggested to Yunyu to reuse this person in the discussion of court affairs. In fact, there is really Zhang Tingyu this person, he was born in a family of scholars, his father Zhang Ying was a scholar of the Kangxi Dynasty, and later Zhang Tingyu successfully passed the entrance examination and entered the Hanlin Academy to approve articles. After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Zhang Tingyu did a very good job in clerical work, Yongzheng felt very good, promoted him to be the Libu Shangshu, a year later transferred to the Hubu Shangshu, this is not over, his career was smooth, Yongzheng was promoted to Wenyuange University in four years, and then became a scholar of Ren Baohedian University, and soon promoted to the official Shangshu, Yongzheng seven years and then served as the military aircraft minister of the New Yamen Military Aircraft Department, in short, quite powerful.
Zhang Tingyu has many duties, and those who can work more are quite valued by Yongzheng. Yongzheng five years, Zhang Tingyu fell ill, Yongzheng said to people, these days my arm hurt badly, people are surprised, Yongzheng said Zhang Tingyu is the right arm. Speaking of which, let's return to the TV series "Step by Step", when Ruoxi passed away, the director arranged a scene where Yongzheng suddenly had a painful arm, perhaps borrowing this history.
Back in history, there is one thing that Zhang Tingyu has done that I think must be mentioned. In ancient times, the folding of the emperor by the courtiers could not be directly handed over to the emperor, but must be handed over to the Department of Communications and Politics, and the officials of the Department of Communications and Politics read it and then forwarded it to the emperor, and then the emperor's instructions were transferred to the Six Sections to copy down, and finally they were sent back and delivered by the fast horses of the station.
This system is not only slow and inefficient, but also not secretive, so it has derived a thing called "secret folding", Yongzheng is a person with a dark personality, so he needs many people to write such secret folds to him to ventilate. Zhang Tingyu found that the efficiency of sending the recital according to the original regulations was not good, and he felt that it should be directly transmitted, in other words, it must be delivered by a special horse, so Zhang Tingyu arranged for the army to be fast, according to different file types, divided into three hundred miles, four hundred miles, and eight hundred miles to send. This is the origin of the "eight hundred mile plus urgent" that we often see in costume dramas.
The history of Yongzheng that I talk about today, I hope that everyone will not feel bored. I am all the role of "Step by Step" into the substitution, see the four brothers Yinchen to think of Wu Qilong's face, see the eight brothers Yun Yu think of Zheng Jiaying's face, see the thirteen brothers Yun Xiang think of Yuan Hong, see the fourteen brothers Yun Xiang think of our cute little Zheng Tailin update, so read up "A look at the history of the Great Qing" to clarify who is very clear, there are actually good to watch the TV series seriously, ha ha.
Finally, this "History of the Great Qing Dynasty" that cannot be stopped at a glance is solemnly recommended to everyone, and the whole book has eight chapters, telling the life stories of different characters such as emperors, palace concubines, courtiers, and people. To help you form a more three-dimensional impression of the Qing Dynasty in the process of reading easily and happily, interested friends can click the genuine link below to buy ↓↓↓
A look at the history of the Great Qing Dynasty can not stop the history of the Qing Dynasty History of the Rise and Fall of the Qing Dynasty The History of the Qing Empire The History of the Qing Dynasty Twelve ¥36 Purchase