In 1749, seventy-eight-year-old Zhang Tingyu took the initiative to apply to Qianlong to return to his hometown, and Qianlong agreed at that time. As a result, within a few days, Qianlong stripped Zhang Tingyu of his title, disqualified him from the imperial temple, and threw him out of the capital.
In the twentieth year of Qianlong (1755), Zhang Tingyu, an old minister of the three Qing dynasties, died at home, and after the Qianlong Emperor learned of this, he still let Zhang Tingyu enjoy the temple according to the edict of his father Yongzheng.
Zhang Tingyu was the only courtier in the Qing Dynasty who was worthy of the temple as a Han, and the only fly in the ointment was that Qianlong gave him the nickname "Wen He", which was very low in the Wen Chen, which was enough to prove the dissatisfaction of the Qianlong Emperor with Zhang Tingyu, so why was Zhang Tingyu, who was favored in the Yongzheng Dynasty, disgusted here in Qianlong? What really happened between the monarchs?
Zhang Tingyu had already served in the Shang Study Room during the Kangxi Dynasty, and after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he was named Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and because of Zhang Tingyu's outstanding ability, he not only helped Yongzheng establish the Military Aircraft Department, but also became the chief military aircraft minister, and was Yongzheng's most trusted right hand.
After Yongzheng's death, he left a posthumous edict, and Zhang Tingyu became an auxiliary minister, and also gave him the right to enjoy worship in the imperial temple after his death: "The amount of court jade is pure and complete, and he serves sincerely, and orders him to enjoy the imperial temple every day." ”
The Taimiao Temple is a temple dedicated to the emperor's tablet, which appeared as early as the Xia Shang and Zhou Dynasties, which were called "Shi Room" in the Xia Dynasty, "Chongwu" in the Shang Dynasty, "Ming Hall" in the Zhou Dynasty, and "Taimiao" from the beginning of the Qin and Han dynasties.
The temple is divided into east and west, the east hall enshrines the royal gods of meritorious success, and the west hall enshrines the gods of meritorious ministers with different surnames.
A son of heaven, a courtier, Qianlong succeeded to the throne at the age of twenty-five, Zhang Tingyu at this time was nearly 60 years old, because Zhang Tingyu held an important position as an auxiliary minister, so there were many civil servants gathered around, and the formation of a rivalry between friends and imperial power was produced.
When the new monarch ascended the throne, he began to replace the officials in the central position of the DPRK with "his own people". In the tenth year of Qianlong, Ortai, who was also an auxiliary minister, died, and the emperor took the opportunity to adjust the military aircraft department and appointed Prince Nei as the leading minister, before Zhang Tingyu, because of the shallow seniority of Prince Ne, Zhang Tingyu was quite critical of this matter.
Not long after, Qianlong decreed: "Tingyu has passed seventy years, there is no need to enter the dynasty early, and there is no strong entry in the hot summer and snow." This seems to be concerned about Zhang Tingyu's body, but in fact it excludes Zhang Tingyu from the center.
In the thirteenth year of Qianlong, Zhang Tingyu asked Qianlong to return to his homeland on the grounds of his advanced age, but Qianlong refused: "Qing received the grace of the two dynasties, and was ordered by the emperor to enjoy the temple, how can he return to Tian from the worship of Yuanchen to Tian and end his old age?" ”
In fact, Qianlong considered from the perspective of the imperial court, Zhang Tingyu was an old minister of the three dynasties, and he was trusted by Yongzheng, and he should stay in the capital to retire, so that the readers of the world would feel the mighty grace of the emperor and not be chilled.
The conversation between the two monarchs did not end there, Zhang Tingyu quoted the allusion of the former courtier's retirement at the age of seventy, hoping that Qianlong could consider his body, but Qianlong had warned Zhang Tingyu after Zhuge Liang's life as the monarch, and Zhang Tingyu's idea of retirement was not allowed this time.
In the fourteenth year of Qianlong, when Qianlong was preparing for a southern tour, Zhang Tingyu again proposed the idea of retiring, but this time he obtained the emperor's permission: "It is Xu Tingyu who is a shi, ordered to wait for the spring ice pan, return to the boat, and personally make three chapters of poetry." ”
In fact, the matter should have ended here, but Zhang Tingyu was worried about his own death, and asked Qianlong to write him a letter of guarantee: "Meng Shizong's legacy is worthy of the Imperial Temple, and last year he was given an edict, and it is not suitable for the Yuanchen to return to Tian to die in old age, and I am afraid that he will not receive a more great ceremony after his death." Wai the crown and kowtow, begging a word as a coupon. ”
After all, Qianlong was the emperor, and it was ridiculous to write a letter of guarantee to a courtier, but Qianlong also made concessions and wrote a poem, using the poem as evidence, to grant Zhang Tingyu's request.
Originally, with such grace, Zhang Tingyu should have personally come to kowtow to thank him, but he appointed his own son, and Qianlong was furious when he learned about this and wanted to question Zhang Tingyu.
However, the divine decree for questioning the crime has not yet been issued, but Zhang Tingyu rushed to apologize when he heard the wind, which can only prove that Zhang Tingyu does have an inside line in the military aircraft department, or that there are still Zhang Tingyu's friends in the military aircraft department.
Although Qianlong was angry, he still did not ask Zhang Tingyu, just when he packed his luggage and prepared to return to his hometown, just in time for the death of the emperor's eldest son Yongxuan, after attending the funeral, Zhang Tingyu asked for his resignation at the first time, and Qianlong, who was immersed in the pain of losing his son, was furious, and exempted Zhang Tingyu from the qualification to enjoy the temple.
Zhang Tingyu saw that the emperor was angry, so he no longer attached himself to the problem of the Taimiao, and only wanted to go home to retire quickly, until Qianlong died in the twenty years, after his death, Qianlong sent his throne to the Taimiao.
Reference: 《Qing History Manuscript》
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