In "Yongzheng Dynasty", Nian Qianyao's death is undoubtedly a major event that affects the political trend of the Yongzheng Dynasty.
Prior to this, Nian Qianyao, as a hardcore confidant of Emperor Yongzheng, was highly used. Although he has also swayed from side to side, he has never crossed the red line and has been used by others. Whether it was before Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne or after becoming the emperor, before and after the saddle, he made no less efforts.
It is precisely because of this that Nian Qianyao will be proud of his achievements, and after achieving the victory in Qinghai, he will become more and more arrogant, and there is no one in his eyes. Of course, his performance was not only unbearable for hundreds of officials, but even Emperor Yongzheng endured it to the limit, and finally moved to kill......
It can be said that demoting Nian Qianyao and giving him suicide was the most difficult order that Emperor Yongzheng had ever given in his reign, and the sequelae caused by it also made him miserable.
So, did he ever regret executing Nian Qianyao?
Yang Jiaofeng talks about the series of articles on "Yongzheng Dynasty": Only after understanding the sequelae of getting rid of Nian Qianyao, can you understand why Emperor Yongzheng eats hairy pigs?
One
Emperor Yongzheng sent Sun Jiacheng to the northwest, and the wishful thinking of "popping" sounded to create an opportunity to win Nian Qianyao!
On the one hand, Emperor Yongzheng said before going that Sun Jiacheng was the number one accountant expert in the household department, and he was sent to help Nian Qianyao manage the accounts. Nian Qianyao's mess in the northwest is a bad debt, no one knows, no one knows, sending Sun Jiacheng to check the accounts is to send him to death.
On the other hand, the fighting in the northwest has not stopped, the leader of the rebels is still on the run, and the two rebel forces are united in one place. At this time, the war situation was unstable, the people's hearts were unstable, and the people urgently needed to recuperate, so it was not suitable to implement the new policy here. Emperor Yongzheng didn't believe in evil, so he had to ask Sun Jiacheng to push it, and the resistance was so great that it could be imagined.
Therefore, although Emperor Yongzheng said that he hoped that Nian Qianyao would be able to restrain and warn Sun Jiacheng when he saw him, this was just his wishful thinking. After all, what kind of person Sun Jiacheng is, he has already seen it, this person can't tolerate sand in his eyes, and it is impossible to coexist peacefully with Nian Qianyao.
In fact, since ancient times, emperors have not liked Zhengchen very much, especially Sun Jiacheng, who uses celestial phenomena to criticize the government. That thing is metaphysics, and the final interpretation is in the hands of the Son of Heaven, and one of your courtiers takes heaven to order the emperor, which is looking for death.
Later, in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, why did the Tianjing Incident occur, this is the reason!
Hong Xiuquan's start relied on claiming to be God's second son, but Xiao Chaogui found a loophole and played "Heavenly Brother Possession" at every turn, while Yang Xiuqing went one step further and directly "Heavenly Father descended to earth". The key is that Hong Xiuquan, who has the same routine, can't expose them yet, so he can only kneel and kowtow honestly to listen to orders.
Two
If this is the case, it will not make Emperor Yongzheng jealous, the key is that Sun Jiacheng still has a group of hardcore brothers behind him, which can be seen from when he begged for rain.
In this way, Sun Jiacheng became the leader of the Qingliu, his own faction, and there was a suspicion of forming a party, so Emperor Yongzheng had to guard against it. Then, send him to the northwest, in addition to supervising Nian Qianyao, he can also divide the Qingliu forces and kill two birds with one stone.
Although the result of Sun Jiacheng's murder by Nian Qianyao was also expected by Emperor Yongzheng, when this day really came, he was indeed heartbroken. After all, the ideal outcome of his arrangement is that Sun Jiacheng and Nian Qianyao supervise each other. It can not only defend the northwest, but also implement new policies, and also divide other forces that pose a threat to the imperial power.
It's a pity that you can't have both fish and bear's paws, and Sun Jiacheng, who finally implemented the new policy in the northwest, was still killed by Nian Qianyao!
Nian Qianyao attacked Sun Jiacheng, which was the new policy of Emperor Yongzheng, you must know that Nian Qianyao was just a former mansion slave of Prince Yong's mansion. Even if he is his own son Hongshi, who dares to hinder Emperor Yongzheng from implementing a new policy, there is only one end, that is, death!
Moreover, Emperor Yongzheng's way of dealing with Nian Qianyao is also very special, he implemented the plan through his henchmen hidden by his side, Yi Xing'a and Yue Zhongqi. Let Nian Qianyao be like himself, and also appreciate the taste of being "betrayed" by the people around him.
Of course, if Nian Qianyao can learn a lesson, keep a low profile, and after being demoted to the general of Hangzhou, he can reduce the pomp and circumstance, and be a little low-key, maybe he can save his life, just like his housekeeper Lao Sang said:
"Second master, it's not an old slave who says in vain, the earth doesn't fight with the sky, and the son doesn't fight with the father, this ...... You can't fight the emperor! ”
Three
However, from the heart of Emperor Yongzheng, although he also hated Nian Qianyao for not being angry, he really wanted to execute him, and he really couldn't make up his mind.
The person who really prompted Emperor Yongzheng to kill was not the group of Qingliu who shouted to avenge Sun Jiacheng, nor the governors who wrote books from all over the country, but Zhang Tingyu!
At that time, Emperor Yongzheng faced many impeachment twists and turns, and asked Zhang Tingyu, did Nian Qianyao have to die?
Zhang Tingyu first answered Nian Qianyao's charges, saying that even if his merits and demerits are offset, he is still innocent, and then added a sentence:
"If this person doesn't go for a day, the emperor's holy name will be tarnished every day!"
This is very strange, Zhang Tingyu has always been cautious and rarely makes such remarks, and he still reveals the scars of Emperor Yongzheng. Whether it is the previous coinage turmoil, or the plaque of "the first governor of the world" of Ci Nuomin, or the fraud case in the field. He can not speak, try not to speak, why did he have convulsions this time and persuade Emperor Yongzheng to kill Nian Qianyao?
Except for Nian Qianyao who directly choked Zhang Tingyu's nose in the lobby, Zhang Tingyu was more avenging Sun Jiacheng. After all, he has always been a gentleman and not a party, and as shown in the play, Sun Jiacheng is the only official who has personal relations in the entire court. Moreover, in the fraud case in the science field, Sun Jiacheng also saved Zhang Tingyu's life.
Sure enough, when Emperor Yongzheng heard Zhang Tingyu say that Nian Qianyao was innocent, his hand shook, the teacup fell to the ground, and then stared at Zhang Tingyu. But when he heard him say that his holy name would be tarnished, he could only sigh and agree to his suggestion.
So, after Emperor Yongzheng executed Nian Qianyao, did he regret it?
Four
I have always thought that the saddest scene in "Yongzheng Dynasty" is the death of Nian Qianyao, who has fallen to the city gate.
To tell the truth, at this time, Nian Qianyao was no longer a threat, and he couldn't make any waves at all except for playing chess with the little shepherd boy at the city gate every day. Even if he was dismissed and returned to his hometown like Li Fu was treated later, it was better than asking for his life.
Don't say that we don't understand this, Li Wei and Cui'er don't understand it either, and Nian Qianyao can't figure it out. When Li Wei found Nian Qianyao with the holy decree of death, he was already stunned by the scene in front of him:
The glorious general of the past, curled up in the cave of the city gate covered in dirt, and in the face of the arrival of his friends, he had to make his own fire and make porridge, choking and coughing.
Of course, the moment he saw Li Wei, Nian Qianyao already understood his end. Therefore, without waiting for Li Wei to speak, he himself was asking where the Holy Purpose was?
After getting the edict, Nian Qianyao didn't even open it, but took off the Buddhist beads that Emperor Yongzheng gave him from his right wrist and threw them on the table, which also indicates that the friendship with Emperor Yongzheng's master and servant is completely worshipped:
"Dog, give this back to him for me!"
You must know that when the fourth Yinzhen gave Nian Qianyao this string of Buddhist beads, Nian Qianyao was very grateful, and said:
"Master, you are the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva, and the slave should be a Vajra who protects the Dharma!"
Now that King Kong has been executed by the Bodhisattva, he has not protected himself on the road since then, and he still hopes that the master will cherish it. Then, Nian Qianyao wept bitterly, staggered under Li Wei's gaze, and walked into the distance. Coupled with the sad music of "Shepherd Boy", it makes people feel sad:
"Who are the cows busy for, busy with spring plowing and autumn grain; It is not afraid of wind, frost, rain and snow, and walks in all directions with bells. ”
Five
It is conceivable that if Li Weizhen returned this string of Buddhist beads to Emperor Yongzheng, what would he feel like when he lost the protection of King Kong?
Before answering whether Emperor Yongzheng regretted executing Nian Qianyao, let's first analyze how many sequelae did Nian Qianyao's death bring?
The first sequelae, contrary to Zhang Tingyu's relays of Li Fu's excerpts, executed Nian Qianyao, but failed to maintain the emperor's image, but tarnished the emperor's holy name!
Why?
Because of the rumors!
Nian Qianyao was executed on the front foot, and a group of declining flag people gathered in the restaurant on the back foot, and there was a lot of discussion about this matter:
"One is the former general Wang, the other is the later general, one guards the city gate, the other guards the emperor's mausoleum, I look at the ...... here"
Don't talk about them, we will think like this in other words, that is, no matter who becomes a general, no matter how much military exploits he makes, he will be punished by the emperor today. Not to mention a young man who used to be a slave in the mansion, even if he was a great general appointed by the first emperor, wasn't he also severely suppressed?
There are many people talking about it, and it also gives people with a heart an opportunity to take advantage of, for example, the uncle took over the conversation:
"Of course there is an article in this......"
One thing to say, the uncle relied on his three-inch tongue to get to the legitimacy of Emperor Yongzheng's accession to the throne, and pretended to dip it in water and wrote the word "fourteen":
"I heard that the edict of the first emperor was originally passed on to this master."
It can be said that the usurpation of the throne of Emperor Yongzheng began to circulate among the people from the execution of Nian Qianyao. It even reached the ears of the old fourteenth Yinyu, making him convinced, and completely separated the two brothers.
Six
The second sequelae after Emperor Yongzheng executed Nian Qianyao was that there was another chaos in the northwest, and Yue Zhongqi couldn't control the scene at all.
We have also analyzed it before, even though Nian Qianyao has all kinds of things, thousands of things are not, but he is an expert in governing the army and fighting. To have the ability and ability, to have the means to have the means, the rebels don't know how much they hate him. Now it's okay, Nian Qianyao was executed by the emperor, it is the relatives who are painful, and the enemies who are happy. After all, the leader of the rebels has not yet been caught, and now that the soldiers are united, they are making a comeback and are out of control.
Although Yue Zhongqi is loyal, he is cautious everywhere, and the premise of doing everything is not to let the emperor be suspicious. For example, when promoting generals, they dare not promote their own people, so they transfer people from Fujian to be the commanders.
The emperor doesn't doubt that he has self-respect, the key is that this kind of patchwork army is not good at combat effectiveness. The generals from the southeast are in charge of the soldiers in the northwest, and the soldiers don't know the generals, and the generals don't know the soldiers, so it's strange that they can manage them well?
The generals who have a tacit understanding with Yue Zhongqi can't be promoted, and those who are promoted don't have any tacit understanding, so they don't buy him if they don't do it. Such an army, although it can reassure the emperor and not worry about the "flood" flooding the Forbidden City, the key is that it can't win the battle.
Sure enough, as soon as Yue Zhongqi was promoted to general, the family of Lopzang Tenzin united with Alabutan and mobilized 3,000 cavalry to rob the Altai battalion.
However, the army led by Yue Zhongqi obviously lost the battle, but he still asked for merit, and Emperor Yongzheng was angry at that time:
"The enemy took a large battalion, burned the warehouse, robbed the grain, and killed more than 70 people outside the army, but still have the face to ask the court for food and ask for merit? Such a 'victory' would have been ...... long ago in Nian Qianyao's hands."
Seven
The third sequelae brought about by Emperor Yongzheng's execution of Nian Qianyao was that the Eight Masters Party had won a big victory, and Emperor Yongzheng's ability to govern was further questioned.
After all, at the beginning, Emperor Yongzheng pursued the arrears of the treasury, minted copper coins of the New Dynasty, or opened a branch to obtain scholars. None of them were successfully completed, and it was the Shanxi Nuomin case, the malpractice of minting copper coins, and the fraud case of the scientific field.
This has made hundreds of officials and even the people talk about it, feeling that the emperor's ability is limited, and nothing can be done well.
Because of this, Nian Qianyao won a great victory in Qinghai and rescued Emperor Yongzheng from fire and water. Emperor Yongzheng will be happy, and he will summon Nian Qianyao to Beijing, and reward him heavily:
"I am waiting for you in Beijing, celebrating your achievements, being an example of the emperors and ministers through the ages, and showing the people of the world!"
Just like when Wang Yang criticized Emperor Kangxi for "punishing without teaching", Nian Qianyao has a problem, that is, you Emperor Yongzheng did not have a good education. Only the most incompetent people will blindly use killing to solve problems, rather than enlightening and educating.
Therefore, not only did the Empress Dowager Wu Yashi use Emperor Yongzheng to use Nian Qianyao, but did not use her brother's affairs to make a fuss. Even the old thirteen Yinxiang couldn't stand it later, after the defeat in the Northwest War, Emperor Yongzheng went to visit the old thirteen Yinxiang, and said worriedly that he didn't want to lose his thirteenth brother again, and said:
"Fourth brother, there is something I have wanted to tell you for a long time, I know that you may not listen to it at once......"
In fact, he was secretly criticizing Emperor Yongzheng for not knowing how to use people, and he put his own brother, who is also a good military hand, the old fourteenth Yinyu who didn't use it, not to use Nian Qianyao, now it's okay, it's used by others to make a fuss, right?
Eight
The fourth sequelae of Emperor Yongzheng's execution of Nian Qianyao was that the ministers were unwilling to take responsibility anymore, and even some of them were cold to the emperor and "rebelled".
If we look at the history books, we will find that the Military Aircraft Department was established in the seventh year of Yongzheng, and it was established in response to the Northwest War, and the reason for its establishment was the lack of ability of generals. This general is not Nian Qianyao, he was given to death as early as the third year of Yongzheng.
In the play, the establishment of the Military Aircraft Department was when Nian Qianyao was a general, but it was limited to the function of supplying grain and grass. The specific way to lead the troops to fight is completely up to Nian Qianyao in the northwest, not the later Yue Zhongqi who fought and had to wait for the emperor's remote command.
is the so-called killing chickens and monkeys, with the experience of Nian Qianyao, others do not seek merit, but seek no fault, and the inefficiency is understandable. It's no wonder that Emperor Yongzheng couldn't wait to break into two days a day, he had too many things to do, and it was reasonable to be tired to death.
At the same time, the death of Nian Qianyao indirectly contributed to Long Keduo's "rebellion"!
Why?
It's very simple, Long Keduo is an important minister with meritorious support, and like Nian Qianyao, he has become the right-hand man of Emperor Yongzheng.
In the early stage, Long Keduo had the right to recommend, for example, Nuo Min went to Shanxi to serve as the governor. It's a pity that Nuo Min was executed by Emperor Yongzheng in the end, and even his right to recommend was withdrawn. You must know that Nuo Min was given the plaque of "the first governor of the world" by Emperor Yongzheng, and this kind of person can be executed. proved that the emperor could kill Qing officials regardless of his face, which shocked Long Keduo very strongly.
But Nuo Min's death has not reached the bottom line of promoting Long Keduo's "mutiny", and Nian Qianyao's death is the key to his "mutiny"!
Nine
Although when Nian Qianyao returned to Beijing, his high-flying and domineering appearance also made Long Keduo very disgusted, and secretly scolded:
"Something!"
However, the two of them actually belonged to the camp of Emperor Yongzheng, and they married at the request of the emperor and accepted Nian Qianyao's son as his son. As the saying goes, the Nian family and the Tong family, which are tied together, even if they look down on each other, are also in the same boat.
Long Keduo originally thought that with his own merits, even if he made a small mistake in the future, the emperor would recite it on meritorious service and would not be held accountable. It's a pity that Nian Qianyao's death shocked him too much, and it turned out that the emperor would also kill heroes.
More importantly, Nian Qianyao's death, in Long Keduo's view, was the result of the impeachment of the ministers. This also gave him the illusion that if he wanted to gain a foothold in the court, he had to curry favor with hundreds of officials.
What is this route?
It's the route that Lao Bayinyu took, currying favor with hundreds of officials and encircling the ministers, which is also one of the reasons why Long Keduo will move closer to Lao Bayinyu.
Of course, Long Keduo finally threw himself into Lao Bayinxi, on the one hand, he was really unclean and did some illegal things. On the other hand, it is also because of Emperor Yongzheng's new policy, which affects his own interests. Moreover, the leader of the Qing school was killed and dismissed, because this also indicates that Long Keduo is wrong again, and it turns out that Emperor Yongzheng can also disobey hundreds of officials.
All in all, because Long Keduo has a close relationship with Nian Qianyao, no matter what he does, he will not escape the suspicion of Emperor Yongzheng. This is also the reason why he was silent and only drank tea after hearing Emperor Yongzheng mention Nian Qianyao's name again at the military plane.
Ten
It can be said that Emperor Yongzheng followed Zhang Tingyu's advice and executed Nian Qianyao, and regretted it afterwards.
After the war in the northwest was unfavorable, Emperor Yongzheng was furious and said that he would severely punish Altai. Let him be demoted by two ranks, be guilty of meritorious service, and limit him to half a month, also cut off one of the enemy's grain depots, and allow him to die 200 people in battle.
Others didn't speak, but Zhang Tingyu stood up:
"This is indeed a victory, but how to deal with this matter, the minister thinks it still needs to be considered. If the general is severely punished because of a small defeat, then what about the big defeat? ”
When he said this, Zhang Tingyu's eyes looked upward, which also proved that with his understanding of Yue Zhongqi and Altai, he would definitely suffer defeat in the future:
"What's more, now that Altai has been disposed of, there is currently no suitable candidate to replace him!"
Of course, Zhang Tingyu is still weak-hearted, after all, he had just killed Nian Qianyao in Jinyan, and now he has suffered a defeat again. When Emperor Yongzheng mentioned the name Nian Qianyao just now, it was obvious that Zhang Tingyu's face was not good-looking.
It is estimated that Emperor Yongzheng also has complaints in it, on the one hand, blame Zhang Tingyu, blame everyone present, why didn't he intercede for Nian Qianyao in the first place? On the other hand, he also hated himself, why did he listen to his words in the first place, and really executed Nian Qianyao?
"I don't believe it, if you die Butcher Zhang, you will eat hairy pigs?"
This sentence is ostensibly about Altai, but in fact, a small Altai has not risen to the extent of letting Emperor Yongzheng eat hairy pigs. The only one who can have this ability is Nian Qianyao, but now, he is dead, and he can only eat hairy pigs.
Just like the old Ba Yinyu said later, if you change your new hand, you will not be convinced, but it will be even worse. also said Altai on the surface, secretly implying that Yue Zhongqi had changed Nian Qianyao, and stimulated Emperor Yongzheng fiercely:
"This matter can only be superficially confused, admitting Altai's 'small victory', and then ordering him to take advantage of the victory camera to attack......"
The latter sentence stimulated Emperor Yongzheng even more:
"Soldiers are fierce and dangerous, different from political affairs, once you are wrong, it is difficult to change!"
Yes, the policy is wrong, and it will be changed later, but if you kill the wrong person, you can't come back to life after death, then it's really wrong.
What else can Emperor Yongzheng do?
In the past, Emperor Yongzheng still had his own people available, even if the ministers said that he reused the Han people and did not need to be full of people, he also had the confidence to refute it. Even in a fit of anger, he could let Lao Jiuyinyu, the dignified prince, go to the northwest to kneel down to his mansion slave Nian Qianyao.
What now?
Nian Qianyao is dead, this is a big victory for the old Ba Yinxi, and I don't know how many times I woke up with a smile when I slept at night.
Emperor Yongzheng could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, and when he died as a butcher, he ate a hairy pig.
When the Qing faction rose up again and attacked Tian Wenjing, Emperor Yongzheng realized that he suddenly found that the list of impeachments was exactly the same as when he impeached Nian Qianyao, and he was dumbfounded.
It is conceivable how much Emperor Yongzheng regretted it at that time, and why did he kill Nian Qianyao when he was annoyed?
Nian Qianyao was dead, but the still alive old Bayinyu did not miss the opportunity, not only took the lead in worshiping Sun Jiacheng, but also deliberately satirized Emperor Yongzheng at the military aircraft meeting. So, how did Emperor Yongzheng fight back and how did he deal with it?
We'll talk about that next time!