The Great Wall is empty, and the hundred heroes of the hundred worlds dream. ——Zhang Tingyu
As we all know, Kangxi can be called an "emperor of all ages", he ascended the throne at the age of eight, personally conquered at the age of fourteen, reigned for sixty-two years, made great achievements and political achievements, and the beginning of the "prosperous era of Kangqian" was also formed because of him.
Talking about the Kangxi Emperor, we have to mention his way of employing people, during his reign he showed the art of emperors to the fullest, which can be seen from the TV series "Kangxi Emperor".
However, Kangxi also encountered "Waterloo". Once, he secretly used the "imperial art" to a minister, but he was easily recognized by this minister, and this person was Zhang Tingyu, the existence of the great Qing Dynasty's extremely popular subjects.
So, what's going on here? How did Zhang Tingyu see through what the Kangxi Emperor was thinking?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="67" > minister who recognized imperial art</h1>
In 1672, Zhang Tingyu was born, his father was a famous official of the dynasty, participated in many judgments, made great achievements in battle, and was liked by the Kangxi Emperor.
However, although Zhang Tingyu was born in such a solid family, he himself has great ambitions and wants to make a career with his own efforts.
From the young Zhang Tingyu studied hard, the knowledge and literary style improved very quickly, and he was already very famous in his youth, and it seemed that he had passed the imperial examination. However, because of his father," he missed the first examination.
In the thirty-sixth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the twenty-six-year-old Zhang Tingyu was preparing to participate in the triennial examination, but unexpectedly, the invigilator appointed by the imperial court at that time was his father Zhang Ying.
In order not to be left behind by others, Zhang Tingyu directly gave up the qualification for this examination and waited silently for three years. At the age of 29, he entered the examination room and went to high school in one fell swoop.
In other words, Zhang Ying was already a prime minister at that time, plus Zhang Tingyu himself was talented, so the Kangxi Emperor noticed him (Zhang Tingyu).
Not long after entering high school, the Kangxi Emperor issued a holy decree, specially granting Zhang Tingyu the official position of Sipin and the Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy, and also allowing Zhang Tingyu to walk in the South Study Without any restrictions.
During the long period of training, coupled with the personal cultivation of the Kangxi Emperor, Zhang Tingyu soon faded the childishness that belonged to the teenager and became a stable and capable minister. Even, Kangxi also gave his own holy will to Zhang Tingyu to draft, which showed the importance and trust in him.
However, during an early dynasty, the Kangxi Emperor directly ordered Zhang Tingyu to be demoted along with another backbone, Ma Qi, and was demoted to the third rank, and Zhang Tingyu fell directly from zuo shilang of the punishment department to wailang of the punishment department.
In this regard, the ministers of the DPRK and The Chinese people talked about it a lot, and they never understood the kangxi emperor's thoughts. Zhang Tingyu is like the sun in the sky, and the future development is unlimited, why did the Kangxi Emperor want to "demote" him?
After hearing this holy will, Zhang Tingyu was also caught off guard, but he didn't say anything, and after retiring from the dynasty, he went home, and on the way home, Zhang Tingyu seemed to slowly understand the intentions of the Kangxi Emperor.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="83" > eight-character proverbs</h1>
After thinking about everything, Zhang Tingyu's mood was also very happy, and he hummed a small tune all the way, which could not help but make the son next to him look surprised. Immediately, Zhang Tingyu's son asked him why he was so happy to be demoted.
Zhang Tingyu saw that there was no one around, so he whispered to his son the reasons for this, which summed up in a total of only 8 words: "For the father, he must wait for the new king to give grace." As soon as this remark came out, the son still did not understand, and Zhang Tingyu explained it in detail.
Zhang Tingyu was demoted to three levels in a row, there were two reasons, one was that the emperor wanted to suppress himself, and the other was that he wanted to help himself, the former was naturally impossible, that is, the latter.
Looking back at the situation at that time, although the Kangxi Emperor was very interested in Zhang Tingyu's talent, he had entered the old age of his life, and he had to pave the way for his successor.
At that time, Kangxi's very optimistic heir was Yongzheng (good grandson Kewang III, Kangxi was very optimistic about the Hongli calendar), but Yongzheng's political team was very weak, and how to make Yongzheng succeed to the throne smoothly became his biggest headache.
Thinking about it, the Kangxi Emperor set his sights on Zhang Tingyu's body, he was very aware of Zhang Tingyu's strength, if his son could get Zhang Tingyu's assistance, it would certainly be twice as effective and successfully complete the transfer of power.
From this point of view, Kangxi ostensibly demoted Zhang Tingyu, but in fact paved the way for Zhang Tingyu's future, allowing the Yongzheng Emperor to promote him and value him.
Throughout the life of the Kangxi Emperor, his imperial skills can definitely rank in the forefront (among the feudal emperors), but this time the move was easily recognized by Zhang Tingyu, which also reflected from the side that Zhang Tingyu's political vision was not simple.
Sure enough, after the Yongzheng Emperor ascended the throne, his ruling power encountered great resistance, and Zhang Tingyu smoothly entered Yongzheng's vision, and his position was rapidly promoted.
At one point, he sat in the position of Prince Taibao, and also entered the upper study, becoming a regular member of the yongzheng core team, and finally becoming the prime minister and a very popular subject.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="98" > the helplessness of the three dynasties in their later years</h1>
During the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, Zhang Tingyu was loyal to his duties and contributed a lot to the development of the Qing Dynasty. In 1735, the Yongzheng Emperor was critically ill, and before his death, he issued a holy decree.
The general content of the Holy Will is that Zhang Tingyu can enjoy the Taimiao Temple after his death, and such a special honor was supreme in ancient times. In this regard, the world has admired and admired everything Zhang Tingyu has received.
After Qianlong succeeded to the throne, Zhang Tingyu was still an official in the dynasty, but as the elder of the Three Dynasties, he was already physically and mentally exhausted. Therefore, when he was thirteen years old in Qianlong, he wanted to disarm and return to the field.
However, one of the Qianlong Emperor's holy decrees rejected him, and he was constantly persuaded by the Grace given by the Yongzheng Emperor to enjoy the Taimiao Temple, and Zhang Tingyu stayed.
A year later, Zhang Tingyu again submitted to Qianlong the resignation of the official on the grounds of poor health. This time Qianlong allowed his wishes, and approved Zhang Tingyu to be a former official, and the imperial poem was rewarded with three chapters.
Before leaving, Zhang Tingyu also met with the Qianlong Emperor, mainly talking about the matter of "enjoying the Taimiao Temple", hoping that the emperor could give him a certificate.
The Qianlong Emperor was very unhappy about such a wish, but on the surface he still drew up a hand edict, and the specific holy will would be drawn up later. However, after this, an accident occurred.
At that time, Qianlong quickly asked the minister of the Military Aircraft Department to draft the Holy Will (worthy of the Taimiao Temple), but the Holy Will had not yet been issued, and Zhang Tingyu immediately came to Xie En early the next morning, which made Qianlong feel that his military aircraft was leaking news.
It was also because of this that the Qianlong Emperor directly deprived Zhang Tingyu of his official position. However, in the end, Qianlong still remembered his old feelings, and after Zhang Tingyu's family died, the Qianlong Emperor made him worthy of the Taimiao Temple according to the wishes of the former emperor.
Zhang Tingyu's life was dedicated to the royal family, and he was also shrewd all his life, but in the end he was confused in his old age, which was really sad and lamentable.