The imperial guards sent by the imperial court should have been given preferential treatment, but they were locked up as slaves around 2000 to "lead the way back and forth with whips and throw stirrups." According to the system of the Qing Dynasty, when the imperial edict reached the place, the local officials should receive the imperial edict, kneel down and knock on the gift, and beg for holy peace. But the imperial edict of Yongzheng went to Xining twice, but Nian Gengyao "didn't understand the imperial edict".
What's more, he once presented Yongzheng with the engraved "Liu Memorial" at his own expense. Yongzheng intends to write his own preface, but he hasn't written it yet. Nian Gengyao drafted an article by himself, asking for Yong Zhengdi's consent. In front of Yongzheng, Nian Gengyao also lost his temper and said, "There is no formal ceremony." Yongzheng is very unhappy.
Second, form parties for personal gain. At that time, when selecting civil and military officials, priority was given to officials and soldiers recommended by Nian Gengyao, the so-called "annual election". He also rejected dissidents and appointed private individuals to form a clique headed by him, with officials from Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan as the backbone, including officials from other regions.
Seeing Nian Gengyao's momentum rising and his power expanding, many people who hung out in officialdom rushed to the door. And Nian Gengyao is also a person who pays attention to cultivating folk forces. Whenever there is a profitable job, he must put his personal cronies. "Dissidents are screened out, and those who are eager to go are recommended to quit." For example, he impeached the governor of Zhili, saying that he was a "poor boy" and "had never been a governor" and recommended his personal Li.
Zhao Zhiyuan lost his official position, so he turned to Nian Gengyao and gave him jewelry worth 202,000 yuan. Nian Gengyao took advantage of the opportunity of entering Beijing in the second year of Yongzheng to bring Zhao to Beijing, "pleading to introduce Si Geng" to ensure its availability. Ge, the Jiangsu provincial judge who was demoted by the annual review, also sent all kinds of precious antiques twice, so Nian Gengyao promised to "take care of" him later.
Hu Qiheng and Hao Jing, Shaanxi political envoys, were recommended to impeach Cai Wei, governor of Sichuan. In fact, he was awarded Hao Jing, and Hu Qiheng was promoted as governor of Gansu. In addition, Nian Gengyao also took the opportunity of joining the army to make his unmarried domestic slaves, Sang Dingcheng and Wei Zhiyao, become Zhili ministers and acting captains respectively.
Third, greedy for money. Nian Gengyao took bribes and embezzled money and grain, amounting to millions of yuan. In the early years of Yongzheng, it was an important reform measure to rectify bureaucracy and punish corruption and perverting the law. At this juncture, Yongzheng will not let go easily.
In the first month of A.D. 1725 (the third year of Yongzheng), Yongzheng's dissatisfaction with Nian Gengyao became public. Nian Gengyao instructed Shaanxi Governor Hu to participate in Jin Nanying's performance "Shaanxi Post Road", and Yongzheng said that this was the practice of appointing private people and disorderly forming cronies in 2000, and it was not allowed to perform.
Nian Gengyao once participated in the killing of Jiang Xingren, the governor of Sichuan who threatened the magistrate, and Cai was dismissed from office. After the trial, he was given a suspended sentence. Nian Gengyao's private Wang Jinghao was appointed Governor of Sichuan. By this time, Yongzheng had made up his mind to attack Nian Gengyao. After Cai Wei was escorted back to Beijing, Yongzheng did not agree to imprison him with the punishments, but specially summoned him.
Cai Wei stated that he was framed for his struggle with Nian Gengyao when he was in office, and also played various situations of "greed and violence" in Nian Gengyao. Yongzheng then issued an imperial edict, which read: "Nian Gengyao plays Cai Wei. If he is brought to justice, people will think that I listened to Nian Gengyao before killing him. In this way, Nian Gengyao was in charge of the Fu Wei of the imperial court. " Therefore, Yongzheng not only failed to convict Cai Wei, but promoted him to Zuodu suggestion and became an effective tool to deal with Nian Gengyao.
In March, the so-called "auspiciousness" of "the combination of the sun and the moon and the five-star joint beads" appeared, and the ministers congratulated them one after another. Nian Gengyao also congratulated Yongzheng for staying up all night and making great efforts. However, the handwriting in the table was scrawled, and for an instant, I mistakenly wrote "morning and evening" as "evening morning". Yongzheng seized on this and said that Nian Gengyao was not a careless person. This time, he deliberately ignored the words "admonition in the morning and evening" in my ear.
And think that this is his "self-reliance, showing disrespect", so his meritorious military service in Qinghai "is also between my permission and disapproval." Then Yongzheng replaced officials in Sichuan and Shaanxi. First of all, Nian Gengyao's confidant Hu Jiheng was removed from his post, and Tanner, the agent of Sichuan magistrate, was transferred back to Beijing, so that he could not have an accident during his term of office. In April, Nian Gengyao was dismissed from the post of Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and was ordered to hand over the seal of General Fuyuan and transfer to General Hangzhou.
After Nian Gengyao was transferred, officials at home and abroad knew more about the situation and exposed his crimes. In the name of treating courtiers condescendingly, Yongzheng deprived Nian Gengyao of his official position, and in September of that year, he ordered Nian Gengyao to be arrested and sent to Beijing for joint trial. 1February, the court minister presented the trial results to Yongzheng, listed 92 major crimes for Nian Gengyao, and requested the establishment of standardized punishment.
The charges are as follows: 5 crimes of disobedience, 9 crimes of bullying, 16 crimes of trespassing, 13 crimes of arrogance, 6 crimes of monopoly, 6 crimes of avoiding engraving, 4 crimes of maltreatment, 18 crimes of greed and 15 crimes of erosion.
Yongzheng said that more than 30 of these 92 paragraphs are to be executed and beheaded, but considering Nian Gengyao's achievements and fame, the reputation of "General Nian" is well known throughout the country. If he is punished, I'm afraid the people all over the world will not accept it. He will inevitably bear the notoriety of being ruthless and killing heroes, so he expressed pity and gave him a jail.
At the age of 18, Xirao Nian, the younger brother of Nian Gengyao, seized the official position and was exempted from his sin; Cut off his son's wealth; All philosophers reached the extreme edge when they were over fifteen. Nian Gengyao Muke Zou Lu and Wang successively sat and beheaded, and their relatives took Jia as slaves. A.D. 1726 (the fourth year of Yongzheng), the all-powerful general of that year ended up in ruin. In A.D. 1727 (the fifth year of Yongzheng), Yong Zhengdi pardoned the sons of Nian Gengyao and handed them over to the distant generation.
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Nian Gengyao's achievements.
17 17 (56th year of Kangxi), Alabo sent troops to Tibet to kill Lazang Khan. Sichuan Taishou Kangtai led the troops out of Huangshengguan (now Songpan County, Sichuan Province), and the soldiers mutinied and returned. Nian Gengyao sent Jin Yang of the General Staff Department to caress the Imperial Army and secretly beat Kangtai to lose morale. Not available, please go to Songpan to assist in military affairs. Shang Jia actually wanted to do everything and sent commander-in-chief Farah to Sichuan to help suppress it.
17 18 (57th year of Kangxi), Nian Gengyao ordered the praetorian guard to command Wenpu to enter Litang (now Litang County, Sichuan Province), set up archery stoves in Litang Post Station (now Kangding, Sichuan Province), and added Sichuan garrison troops. Shangjia Nian Gengyao is a wise governor, and the governor has no responsibility to supervise the soldiers. Specially granted to the governor of Sichuan, he is also in charge of the governor's affairs and is in charge of the military, political and civil affairs.
17 19 (fifty-eight years of Kangxi), Nian Gengyao guessed the enemy's situation wrong, so please go to Tibet to prepare. The imperial court discussed the military importance of Songpan Road, so Tang Yao did not lead his troops out of the border and into the division. Farah led Yue Zhongqi to pacify Litang and Batang. Nian Gengyao sent the magistrate Chi Wade to surrender the leaders of Zaya, Chamdo and Chawa.
In A.D. 1720 (fifty-nine years of Kangxi), General Ping Inverse was ordered to lead troops into Tibet from Qinghai, awarded General Nian Gengyao of Dingxiyin, joined forces with Larry, and asked Nian Gengyao who could be the governor. Nian Gengyao's words are not true at the moment. Please take General India and his guards as the commander of Gailby, and move Farah's army to play the arrow furnace to use it.
Batang and Litang belong to Lijiang local government in Yunnan Province. As they have settled down, Jiang Chenxi, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, asked them to stay in Muxing, the local government in Lijiang. In order to transport grain into Tibet, the two places should belong to Sichuan and follow it. Mu Xing led the troops to recover the land, went to Lapi, and killed Mr. Van Basang and Nian Gengyao. He was ordered to arrest Mu Xing and imprison the capital of Yunnan.
In August, two armies, Gaby and Yan Xin, entered Tibet one after another, so Lingdun Duobu was defeated and Tibet was peaceful. The imperial edict Tang Yao escorted the victorious troops to the border and called on Farah to return to the capital. Nian Gengyao soon sent troops to pacify, believing that Litang belonged to the upper and lower teeth and the upper and lower Yanis, and Batang belonged to Sanaba and Karin Zhu Shi Shengfan.
In A.D. 172 1 year (60th year of Kangxi), Nian Gengyao made a pilgrimage to Beijing, and Kangxi gave him a bow and arrow. He was promoted to the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi and became an important official in West Shu. In September this year, there was a local rebellion in Golog, Qinghai (now Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture). While attacking directly, Nian Gengyao used the contradiction between local tribal chiefs, supplemented by the strategy of "attacking fans with fans", and quickly put down the rebellion.
1722 (sixty-one year of Kangxi) In November, General Fu Yuan and Beizi Yunchan were recalled to Beijing, and Nian Gengyao was appointed to be in charge of military affairs together with Yan Xin, who managed the printing of General Fu Yuan.
After Yongzheng acceded to the throne, Nian Gengyao was highly regarded, and Longkeduo called him Yongzheng's right-hand man. Roncodo is Yin Zhen's cousin. He worked for Yin Zhen for many years before he succeeded to the throne. Their relationship is very close.
In May of A.D. 1723 (the first year of Yongzheng), Yongzheng issued an imperial decree: "If there is a place to dispatch troops and take meals, the frontier defense minister, the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Yunnan shall handle it according to Nian Gengyao."
In this way, Nian Gengyao was in charge of all the affairs in Xixiang, and actually became a confidant of Yongzheng at the front line of Xixiang, and his power position was actually above the governors such as General Yan Xin of Fuyuan. Yongzheng also warned local officials in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan to obey Nian Gengyao's orders. In the same year 10, Tenzin Rebellion occurred in Qinghai.
The situation in Qinghai suddenly became chaotic, and Xiqiao war resumed. Yongzheng ordered Nian Gengyao to take over as General Fuyuan, and the commander-in-chief stationed all troops in Xining to command counter-insurgency.
References:
People's Daily Online-Why did Yongzheng turn against Nian Gengyao after he ascended the throne?