1726 On January 13, , , who committed ninety-two serious crimes, Gengyao , was sentenced to death by Emperor Yongzheng , and was in prison. A generation of powerful ministers in the Yongzheng Dynasty ended. This domineering young general once rose to prominence and was incredible, but in the end he ended up being self-destructive in prison.
Nian Gengyao clearly made great contributions, so why was he sentenced to death by Emperor Yongzheng? After Nian Gengyao was executed, how did Emperor Yongzheng treat his wife and children?
Nian Gengyao in different film and television dramas
Nian Gengyao planted the disaster
Nian Gengyao took charge of the northwest during the Yongzheng period, successfully pacifying the rebellion of Luobuzang Danjin , and stayed in the entire Qinghai. Emperor Yongzheng was also very satisfied with his "brother-in-law" and trusted him even more. He even made Nian Gengyao's achievements remember from generation to generation. If he couldn't remember them, he would not be a minister of my dynasty.
The crack between Gengyao and Yongzheng was from since the second year of Yongzheng's visit to Beijing. At this time, Nian Gengyao was praised a little flutteringly. When rode into Beijing, all civil and military officials below the prince actually had to kneel down to greet him. You must know that even the prince did not have such treatment, and he immediately did not look down, and walked into the city with his head held high.
Nian Gengyao's portrait
This incident came to Emperor Yongzheng's ears, and he was naturally very dissatisfied, but if he dealt with Nian Gengyao at this time, it would be a slap in the face. As the emperor, he had just rewarded Nian Gengyao with honor and favor, and in turn he had to deal with him, which would really damage the emperor's majesty. However, the next few things made Yongzheng have the intention to kill Nian Gengyao.
Nian Gengyao In the hall, we should not only seek credit for ourselves, but also for our subordinates. It would be fine if he wanted to ask his subordinates for credit. He actually wanted to write a list of endless rosters to ask his subordinates for credit. In the eyes of the emperor, such behavior of is exactly the same as forcing a palace. This kind of act of forming a clique was exactly what Yongzheng feared the most.
Portrait of Emperor Yongzheng
And what Yongzheng disliked the most was to form cliques and make private contributions. At that time, many officials in the court were cursing Nian Gengyao, and many officials in the court were also Nian Gengyao's confidants. There are even officials from the "year election" faction in . and Nian Gengyao also have countless minor crimes such as "Sitting in front of the imperial court, no courtesy" , etc., in the hall.
Many film and television dramas also describe Nian Gengyao's domineering arrogance. For example, in "The Yongzheng Dynasty", Yongzheng asked the generals who accompanied Nian Gengyao to the palace to remove their armor, but they stood there motionless. Nian Gengyao asked them to remove their armor and they took off their armor quickly, which was something that all emperors could not tolerate.
Nian Gengyao in "Yongzheng Dynasty"
In fact, from our current perspective, Nian Gengyao is bound to die, Most of his actions are "death". What ministers in all dynasties fear the most is the matter of "the rabbit dies and the dog is cooked, and the bird is kept in the bow", so they try to share their contributions to their subordinates or their adjutants, and strive to avoid doing their best and be afraid of being afraid.
But Nian Gengyao was just the opposite. He was arrogant and domineering in the court and formed a gang for personal gain. In the end, he could only swallow the evil consequences he laid.
Nian Gengyao's fine brushwork portrait
Gengyao's death
Such a domineering Nian Gengyao was naturally unwilling tolerated by many Qingliu ministers. These ministers submitted impeachments one after another, and Yongzheng was very troubled by such a situation. Nian Gengyao was a minister who was highly valued by him, and he made great achievements in quelling the Qinghai Rebellion.
If you kill Nian Gengyao, you will probably end up with the bad reputation of "the birds are hidden all over the bow, and the rabbits are cooked dead. Who dares to use it for you in the future? I have just praised Nian Gengyao for a while. This behavior is undoubtedly trampling on your imperial dignity.
Emperor Yongzheng painted the picture
without killing Nian Gengyao, not only did the ministers get excited, but Nian Gengyao, who was respectful, has become a disaster for the court.The fact that Yongzheng was most afraid of was becoming more and more serious. The incident of Gengyao in his early years became the most troublesome event in Yongzheng's early years.
At this time, Emperor Yongzheng was promoting reforms. was committed to rectifying the bad policies left by Emperor Kangxi , but Nian Gengyao was against him. He himself opposed corruption and accruing money, but Nian Gengyao made a lot of money. He opposed corruption in the administration and redundant institutions, so Nian Gengyao insisted on forming a large-scale party.
Emperor Kangxi left many management problems
Finally, Yongzheng caught Nian Gengyao's braid and began to carry out a series of punishments on Nian Gengyao and his followers. 1725 On March 15, Nian Gengyao made a big flirting against the emperor. , but he didn't expect that this shot was completely wrong and became the fuse for his death.
Nian Gengyao praised Yongzheng's achievements in the memorial, but wrote "Dao Qian and Shiti" as "Dao Qian and Shiti" (some say it is the setting sun). is actually a compound word, and the meaning is not affected. But after the interpretation of a person with a heart, this word completely changed.
Emperor Yongzheng's portrait outside
Daoxixi originally meant to describe being cautious all day long, conscientious and unnegligent.
If you interpret it in another way, Nian Gengyao will change the word before and after. It means that Yongzheng did things in a rebellious manner and was not vigilant enough to be on the verbs of the day, but Nian Gengyao was originally a military general, and there have been many different opinions on whether it was a typo or a deliberate mistake, or a framed person. But the matter of indeed made the emperor catch him.
Emperor Yongzheng was furious after reading it, and then transferred all the confidants around Nian Gengyao. and in April of the same year, Nian Gengyao's Fuyuan General Seal was reclaimed and transferred from the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi to the General of Hangzhou.
Nian Gengyao who guards the city wall in the film and television drama
After Nian Gengyao was transferred, all the ministers saw that the emperor wanted to punish him, so they submitted memorials to expose Nian Gengyao's crimes. Nian Gengyao was also demoted to countless levels by Yongzheng, and even looked at the city gate for a period of time. In the end, Nian Gengyao was convicted of 92 serious crimes and was escorted back to Beijing for trial.
Emperor Yongzheng thought of his contribution to Nian Gengyao, and his sister Nian was also a concubine in the harem. He also couldn't bear to behead Nian Gengyao and showed it to the public, so he pleaded with him to punish him in prison. On January 13, 1726, General Nian was sentenced to death in prison.
Nian Gengyao, who is about to be sentenced to death in the film and television drama, and Nian Gengyao's son Nian Fu, who is in disguise, was beheaded, and other sons who are over 15 years old will be exiled to the frontier, while Nian Gengyao's father and brother are exempted from being punished and dismissed from office.
This shows that Emperor Yongzheng was relatively polite and did not kill Nian Gengyao's family indiscriminately. And 12 years later, he pardoned Nian Gengyao's sons, and Nian Gengyao's brother also returned to the court to serve as an official. So how did Yongzheng treat Nian Gengyao's daughter and wife? In fact, Yongzheng did not treat his wife and daughter harshly because of Nian Gengyao.
Nian Gengyao's son Nian Fu was beheaded and displayed in public
How was Nian Gengyao's wife and daughter?
Nian Gengyao has two wives recorded in total. The first one is a descendant of a famous family, and is the granddaughter of the famous minister of the Kangxi Dynasty Nalan Mingzhu . But it is difficult to verify which son of the Nalan family was born in Mingzhu. Because Nalan died young, history records her very little.
Not long after year Gengyao married another wife, and is also a serious royal relative. It is Jueluo's daughter of Su Yan, the Duke of Fuguo. , after Nian Gengyao was executed, Jueluo's was allowed to return to his mother's house to live, and there is no record after .
film and television drama middle-aged Gengyao and his family
, and Nian Gengyao's daughter records even fewer records. Nian Gengyao has a total of 11 sons and 9 daughters. But there are not many people who are seriously recorded, and it is probably because of the concubine. There are only two records in history, one of which has been married to Wang, who is now married to Wanping. was not implicated in this case.
Another daughter had just arrived at the age of her birth and had a marriage with Kong Yuqi of the Kong family in Shandong. The Shandong Kong family is the most familiar to us in Shandong Kong family. This Kong Yuqi is the 66th generation eldest grandson of Confucius .
Because of Nian Gengyao, his daughter's marriage was ruined
Originally, Nian Gengyao's daughter would marry Kong Yuqi's fourth son, but after Nian Gengyao's accident, the two had not yet gotten married, so naturally no one was willing to marry a child of a criminal, so the marriage was left unresolved.
