Who is Yao Qisheng, kangxi hates him to the bone, but can't help it. He had made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty, but he still could not alleviate the resentment in Kangxi's heart, why kangxi did not kill him after recovering Taipeng, it turned out that Kangxi was in the next big game, and everyone in the world was reduced to a pawn.
Yao Qisheng
Why was Yao Qisheng reused by Kangxi?
In 1681, Kangxi received Yao Qisheng's recital, and Zheng Jing of Taiwan died, taking advantage of their infighting to attack Taiwan. Before that, the Qing court had repeatedly appeased and wanted to peacefully settle the Taiwan issue, but the cunning Zheng Jing was ostensibly a vassal, but secretly wanted to take a corner of the island as king, he did not come to the interior without braids, still followed the old system of the Ming Dynasty, and often robbed the people along the southeast coast, using the interior as a base camp for supplying grain and grass, and the people had long been overwhelmed.
Kangxi had long had the idea of attacking Taiwan, but only because Ping San Fan had no time to take care of this matter, and after reading the folded Kangxi, he agreed to this plan with a big stroke of his pen, and since the time was ripe, he could no longer tolerate the Division of Taiwan by the Zheng clique.
Kangxi
Besides, why Yao Qisheng could be reused by Kangxi, it turned out that Kangxi had asked Zhou Peigong about the people of the platform, and Zhou Peigong recommended Yao Qisheng to Kangxi, and Kangxi wondered: I had never heard of this name before, and when I went back to ask the Three-Eyed Prime Minister Suo Ertu, I knew that he was originally very talented, only because of his unruly personality and was not liked by Shunzhi, so the official was getting smaller and smaller, and finally went to the border to raise horses.
Kangxi asked the eunuch Wang Dequan to invite him, but unexpectedly, he was beaten dozens of times by Yao Qisheng because of his arrogant attitude, knowing that Li Dequan was the emperor's side, but he still did not care about the emperor's face, in order to kill Yao Qisheng's sharpness, Kangxi put him in prison and did not allow anyone to talk to him.
Li Dequan
A few months passed, when Kangxi first saw Yao Qisheng, who was maddened, the two extremely intelligent people saw through each other, as a Han, he did not look up to this Manchu emperor, felt that the Manchus were not worthy to talk about the way of Confucius and Mencius, only knew the machete and horse, could only be a momentary hero, not as good as the Five Thousand Years Civilization of the Han People, he despised the Qing government, guarded the integrity of the Han people, did not want to be a Manchu official, and preferred to go to the wasteland to herd horses.
Yao Qisheng looked surprised, did not expect that the emperor knew his thoughts very well, he admired Kangxi very much, because he said what he had in mind, Kangxi also knew that Yao Qisheng was a talent, so he could not kill him, but because of his arrogant sense of superiority, he was eager to kill him, at this time Yao Qisheng was very clever, saying that what tyrants kill people, and the saint only cursed his heart and did not kill people. Later, Kangxi also preached to Yao Qi, letting him know that although he was a Manchu emperor, he was more talented than the Han emperor.
In order to reactivate Yao Qisheng, Kangxi even burned the fold that Shunzhi wrote never to hire in front of emperor Xian, and appointed Yao Qisheng as the governor of Fujian, responsible for platform strategy and controlling all officials in Fujian. Sure enough, Yao Qisheng lived up to the expectations of the people; he moved to the land and banned the sea in less than a hundred days; in formulating a plan for attacking Taiwan, he fought while disintegrating the other side from within; with a three-inch tongue, he plotted against the generals on Zheng Jing's side, and 50,000 officers and men defected successively; he formed the first Fujian water division with more than 10,000 men, built more than 100 large and small warships, and elected Shi Lang, who was depressed at that time, as the admiral of the water division.
Because of his excessive work, Yao Qisheng's commander actually fainted and unconscious during the training exercises, and although his body gradually weakened, he was concerned that Taiwan would definitely help the sick and go to the public service, saying that he could die in battle and die on the battlefield, and finally recovered Taiwan in the twenty-second year of Kangxi.
Yao Qisheng and Shi Lang
Yao Qisheng's stubbornness and unruliness, from his youth is also the same, he was born in the rich Zhejiang, received a good education since childhood, at the age of 30, a woman on the road was robbed by two Qing soldiers, indignant he pretended to come forward to persuade, then drew a knife to kill the soldiers, sent the woman home, he was a chivalrous, career is not very smooth, to the age of 36 years old only won the lift, became Guangdong Xiangshan Zhi County, then the former Zhi County because of financial deficits in prison, according to him, but he paid off the debt.
Such an arrogant personality is usually not suitable for being an official, and unsurprisingly he has offended his superiors many times, who every day wants to kick this thorn away. At that time, in order to prevent the maritime anti-Qing forces from colluding with the interior, the imperial court had been implementing a ban on the sea, and Yao Qisheng was bold enough to open the sea ban privately, and this excellent reason came too soon, and Yao Qisheng was sent home in this way, and he was never hired.
He actually began to do business, and he did not expect to make a lot of money, but most of the readers are determined to become officials, which is also a little different from the plot of the TV series, and Yao Qisheng in history dreams of following the imperial court.
When Kangxi ordered the Launch of the Battle of Penghu, the imperial court had run out of money, because the national treasury was already in deficit after the Pingsan Domain, Yao Qisheng wanted to raise funds for himself, in order to boost morale, he had repeatedly taken out his own savings, the family's valuable pots and pans were not spared, his wife's gold and silver jewelry was also donated for military expenses, and the grass-roots officers and soldiers saw mo but were moved to tears, from the fourteenth year of Kangxi to the twenty-second year, a total of more than 400,000 taels of silver were raised.
As the commander-in-chief of the reconquest of Taiwan, Yao Qisheng can be said to have worked hard, and when Zheng Jing was alive, in addition to occupying Taiwan Island for a long time, he also controlled Zhangzhou and other southeast coastal areas, and he colluded with San Francisco to rebel and sent liu Guoxuan, the governor of the capital, to attack the Qing army and directly push quanzhou.
Why was Yao Qisheng disgusted by Kangxi?
For Yao Qisheng, fighting a war is far simpler than a political struggle, just before attacking Taiwan, Shi Lang in order to compete for military power, once said that he was responsible for the front line of war, in fact, according to the level, he was dispatched by Yao Qisheng, but Kangxi was afraid of delaying the opportunity, agreed to Shi Lang's special conquest, that is, he can have decision-making power, although Yao Qisheng is dissatisfied in his heart, but considering the overall situation, he still conscientiously provides good logistical services.
Shortly after the attack on Taiwan, Shi Lang made a small report, saying that Yao Qisheng took the important state affairs as a child's play, and the rescue was not timely, which almost led to the failure of the operation, and he also specially sent someone to meet Kangxi and say bad things about him, and Yao Qisheng also went up to explain the reasons, but because he was straightforward before he offended many people, most of the ministers of the DPRK and the CENTRAL Government spoke for Shi Lang, and the so-called crowd was shoveling gold, and Kangxi slowly began to resent him.
Shortly after the conquest of Taiwan, Shi Lang directly crossed Yao Qisheng to present the good news to the capital, two days earlier than Yao Qisheng's news, and Kangxi, who was very happy with the dragon heart, sealed Shi Lang as Jinghai Waiting, thinking that if there was no Recommendation from Yao Qisheng, he would still be a female worker in the capital to subsidize his family.
He was not a moody and disfigured person, so he scolded Shi Lang as a villain, and because he was ostracized by other ministers, he couldn't help but make some complaints, the so-called misfortune came out of his mouth, and this word came out and returned, and Zuo Du Yushi Xu Yuanwen impeached him for not doing practical things, and the literati did not carry dirty words, just sprinkling an article on the outside, let Yao Qisheng's image collapse in Kangxi's heart. Later, Yao Qisheng wrote seven chapters and put forward many suggestions for the benefit of the country and the people, such as lifting the sea ban in the six provinces, abolishing redundant officials, returning private houses, etc. This time Kangxi could seize the opportunity, he began to borrow the topic to play, saying that these suggestions were unrealistic, and then began to turn over the old accounts, saying that he should not recommend Shi Lang, and also said that he had donated money in the past to sell fame and reputation, etc., and finally let him shut up.
Why didn't Kangxi kill Yao Qisheng?
In fact, with Kangxi's authority, killing Yao Qisheng was not enough, anyway, Taiwan was also recovered, the so-called rabbit dead dog cooking is more or less like this, but Kangxi did not do it, then what Kangxi is thinking, because Yao Qisheng represents most of the Han literati, Kangxi loves his talent and hates his madness, but in order to win over these literati, he shows that he is a benevolent king. Kangxi still gave him a decent ending, that is, to go home and retire.
As we said earlier, the way of moderation can save one's life, and here we have to sigh again that those who have the ability and merits such as Yao Qisheng, although he is disgusted by Kangxi, his fate is not the worst compared with other historical figures, which is really a little careful and frightening.