In feudal society, what the emperor is most afraid of, afraid of the people at the bottom not obeying, afraid of the emergence of things and things that affect the imperial power, in which dynasty is no exception, in the Ming Dynasty to reach a more obvious peak, the Ming Dynasty's heavy subjects do not argue martial arts, almost no good end, although the Qing Dynasty has eased, but there are many examples.
Typical ones are: Qi bai, pearl, soetu, nian tang yao, long ke duo.
Ming dynasty
Characterized by a crime almost even nine tribes, Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu case is more typical, the number of people handled is more than 10,000 people.
Qing Dynasty
It is characterized by hollowing out thoughts and collecting many crimes to kill a certain minister, and the degree of punishment handled is not too perverted, and the most numerous crimes are counted as many as 92 crimes in the Yongzheng period.
To put it bluntly, Nian Qianyao completely put himself to death, the power fell to the northwest, but did not know how to relent, the emperor's grace became his arrogance, his arrogance was as uncontrollable as the flood beast, and before he died, he still held a fluke, "The subject knows his sin today ten thousand points", "Ask the master to spare the subject, the subject is not old, leave this one dog and horse, and slowly serve the master." Unfortunately, it was too late.
Let's look at his life with specific deeds
The first stage: the rise of the civil official will help Yongzheng ascend the throne
The first is to become famous and talented at a young age. Nian Qianyao was brilliant in talent, complete in both literature and martial arts, and excellent in poetry and calligraphy and martial arts. He was 20 years old and 21 years old. After obtaining the title of Jinshi, after three years of training by Shu Jishi, he remained in the Hanlin Academy, and he was promoted from the Wupin Hanlin Academy to the Erpin Cabinet Bachelor, and after returning to Beijing, he was promoted to the Cabinet Bachelor. During the six-year period, he was promoted to the first rank of official rank every year, and by the age of 29, Nian Qianyao was already a senior member from Erpin, and in 1709, the Mongol Dzungars entered Tibet and rebelled, and the Kangxi Emperor summoned Nian Qianyao and ordered him to be the governor of Sichuan. During his tenure as inspector, he lost powerfully and made remarkable achievements in politics, and later led his troops to participate in the Larry Campaign, pacified Tibet with military merits, and when he returned to the court, he was given a bow and arrow, and was appointed as the governor of Shaanxi, Sichuan, and at the age of 30 he became a shining young general star.
The second is to hold heavy troops to help ascend the throne. Nian Qianyao and Long Keduo were Yongzheng's right and left arms, one controlled the capital, the other controlled the northwest, and firmly controlled the troops, which also provided strong support for Yongzheng to succeed to the throne, there is a very controversial saying that when Kangxi died, the fourteenth prince Yun yu held a heavy army, Nian Qianyao was the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the army he controlled was between Xining Yunyu and jingshi, effectively containing Yunyu.
The third is to make meritorious contributions to quelling chaos and then gain meritorious deeds. In 1723, Qinghai Luobuzang Danjin rebelled, and Yongzheng appointed Nian Qianyao as the general of Fuyuan and presided over the suppression of the Qinghai rebellion. The Mongol side originally wanted to rely on this as a natural danger, but the Qing army suddenly came, broke the rebel army, and in the entire battle to pacify Qinghai, Nian made good use of the tactics of surprise attack and direct driving, divided into three armies into the enemy's rear, and 15 days to quell the Rebellion of Luobuzang Tenzin, and he was also called "benefactor" by Yongzheng, and the reward was extremely rich.
The second stage: arrogance offends the courtiers and leads the emperor to death
First, the Yongzheng Emperor was extremely gracious. In order to ensure its deliciousness, Yongzheng ordered the station to be sent from Jingshi to Xi'an within six days; he was given two-eyed peacock plumes, four dragon suits, yellow belts, purple ribbons, and gold coins, which were all royal supplies; in the appointment and dismissal of important officials in the northwest and personnel arrangements, Yongzheng personally exchanged views with Nian Xiangyao and gave him great rights, and within the scope of the year, all the large and small civil and military officials obeyed Nian's opinions; and everyone should remember nian tangyao's goodness from generation to generation; and so on.
The second was the unusual things that Nian Qianyao did: first of all, when he was in the northwest, the Mongol princes and Ah Bao saw that Nian Qianyao had to bow down, and according to the custom, foreign ministers could only kneel and worship when they saw the heavenly son of the dynasty; secondly, they were arrogant and arrogant, and on the way to Beijing, they ordered Li Weijun, the governor of Zhili, and Fan Shijie, the governor of Shaanxi, to kneel to greet them, and when they arrived in Beijing, the yellow reins were purple, and the officials below the princes who were welcoming from the suburbs knelt down. Coupled with his other out-of-the-ordinary behavior, and the emperor has been protecting him, slowly there are some rumors that the emperor also wants to listen to Nian Tangyao, and some words stab Yongzheng's dignity as an emperor.
The third is that Yongzheng made up his mind to kill Nian: First, it was a warning reminder that in fact, Yongzheng liked Nian Tangyao very much, and such a general was really rare, so after he knew some wind noises, he hinted at it several times, "It is easy for mortals to do meritorious work, and it is difficult to succeed; it is easy to succeed, it is difficult to keep merit; it is easy to keep merit, and it is difficult to finally succeed." ...... If he has done so, he will turn against grace and enmity, and this has always been the case with human feelings. The meaning is very clear, I am the emperor, you are a minister, you are not easy to get to this day, but you can not overdo it, otherwise you can only take revenge. The second is to weaken the wings and reuse the opponent, which is some of the actions that Yongzheng has made up his mind to clean up Nian Qianyao, warn the "Nian Dang" henchmen, cut off their ties with Nian, force them to rise up and expose Nian Qianyao, and directly use Nian Qianyao's number one political enemy Cai Jun. In April, Yongzheng stripped Tang Yao of all his official positions and sent him to Beijing for trial, and the chancellor of the imperial court submitted the results of the trial to Yongzheng, listing Nian Qianyao with ninety-two major crimes and requesting the establishment of a canonical punishment. The crimes are: five for great rebellion, nine for deceit, sixteen for trespassing, thirteen for rebellion, six for monopoly, six for taboos, four for cruelty, eighteen for greed, and fifteen for erosion. Within a year, the Yongzheng Emperor stripped Nian Qianyao of all his official positions, ordered Cai Xun to supervise, and put Nian Tou to death, and in the same year, Nian Qianyao hanged himself in prison.
The third stage: the warning education brought about by the death of Nian Qianyao
The tragedy of Nian Qianyao is multifaceted, and it is the basic law of the development of the career path of feudal society, there is the indulgent grace of the Yongzheng Emperor, there is the obliviousness of Nian Qianyao himself, there is the arrogance of a group of courtiers who bow down and help him, from his deeds, throw away external factors, and tell us the following obvious warning education:
First, we must not lose our original hearts, but we must not forget our original intentions. The strictness of the ancient imperial examination system was extraordinary, nian Tangyao was able to enter the imperial examination from the imperial examination, and judging from some of his early works, his literary style and ambition to serve the imperial court were very outstanding. But as he progressed, he lost his original heart, forgot the original heart of his departure, fell into it, and finally suffered the consequences of himself.
Second, we must not be arrogant, but must be low-key and modest. After a period of power, his behavior intensified, losing the trust of the emperor, losing his friends, losing moral help, no one pitied him, he could not hear to persuade, he did not modestly listen to the opinions of superiors and subordinates, and he lost the opportunity to live again and again.
Third, we must not make our minds dizzy, but we must do our part. The Yongzheng Emperor's rewards were already extraordinary, he was not only unsatisfied, insatiable, withholding subordinates, whoever came to bribe him, whoever wanted a sum, money and jewelry did not refuse, desire had already corrupted him thoroughly, and he was defeated.