In November of the second year of Yongzheng, Baoding, within the Zhili Governor's Office.
Zhili Governor Li Weijun Just received a memorial from the emperor of Yongzheng . What he did not expect was that in addition to the conventional words of consent and commendation, Li Weijun also found some unusual words.
"Recently, I have very doubted that Nian Gengyao is impure intent, and there is suspicion of taking power."
"Recently, Nian Gengyao reported on the matter, and I have very doubted that it is impure, and some of the situation of taking power"
Everyone knows that in the past two years, in Yongzheng's words, Nian Gengyao has always been a pure minister, a "master of loyalty to the country, and selfless hero". "Pure minister" means having no selfishness towards the emperor and a very high evaluation of ancient ministers. However, there are very few real pure ministers. They are involved in the officialdom. It is difficult to have selfish intentions by just establishing good relations with various departments.
So, saying that Nian Gengyao is "pure" and "selfless" is actually synonymous with harmony between the king and the minister. But now the emperor has suddenly changed his words, which shows that Yongzheng's view of Nian Gengyao has changed, and he has a lot of opinions, and he has already questioned Nian Gengyao's power.
And Yongzheng also said, "Since I have understood and told you, you should stay away from Nian Gengyao, and you don't have to let Nian Gengyao discover it, just gradually get away from it."
"I am afraid of Gengyao now. I have shown you my intentions clearly. You know, so you should stay away from it, and don't be aware of it. It's better to get farther away."
What does the emperor mean? After seeing this, Li Weijun felt a thrilling heart.
The first reaction in Li Weijun's mind was that this was the signal that the emperor wanted to eradicate Nian Gengyao and asked him to take the lead.
In fact, Li Weijun's first reaction was very correct. He was the first minister of Yongzheng to privately suggest that he would "fall the year". However, Li Weijun is a poor person. Not only did he not leave the Nian Party as soon as possible, he also kept protecting Nian Gengyao. The result can be imagined. What is
worth Li Weijun is so loyal to Nian Gengyao?
If you follow the normal promotion speed, Li Weijun will probably find it difficult to be promoted to Governor General in this life.
Li Weijun became a magistrate since he was 35 years old and was promoted to the magistrate of Zhili at the age of 53. From the magistrate of the seventh rank to the fourth rank Zhili guarding the road, Li Weijun climbed for 18 years. What’s even more sad is that Li Weijun has never been promoted to the position in the past 10 years after .
That is, until Yongzheng ascended the throne, Li Weijun was 61 years old and was still a fourth-rank official. The age of half of his body in the soil is not recognized by the emperor. If nothing unexpected happens, his career will be over. When he retires, he will give him a half-level gift, and he will only be the third grade.
However, after Yongzheng ascended the throne, Nian Gengyao, who was the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi at the time, was Yongzheng's brother-in-law, and his status soared and became a popular figure in front of Yongzheng. Yongzheng sought Nian Gengyao's opinions on many matters outside the responsibilities. Nian Gengyao often recommended talents to Yongzheng, and they were basically appointed. The Ministry of Personnel even built a file specifically for the people recommended by Nian Gengyao, called "year selection".
In this atmosphere, Li Weijun was moved.
Li Weijun originally had difficulty with Nian Gengyao. When Nian Gengyao was an official in Beijing, Li Weijun was in the local area. Later, Li Weijun was transferred to Zhili, which was close to the capital. Nian Gengyao had already gone to the northwest and had returned to Beijing for a few times. The two had no intersection in their work, and they had a great difference in official positions, so there was basically no opportunity for communication.
But there is no relationship that can force a relationship. Li Weijun's way of climbing to relationships is very terrible. He asked his concubine to pay homage to the chief supervisor of the New Year Gengyao Mansion as his adoptive father. After the death of his original wife, he straightened the concubine and became the son-in-law of the chief supervisor of the New Year Gengyao Mansion at a very old age. This incident was compiled into jokes by many people and was circulated in Baoding.
However, the relationship has indeed worked. In February of the first year of Yongzheng, Li Weijun was promoted to three levels in a row, from the fourth rank to the second rank governor of Zhili.
Although Li Weijun is a good official, Li Weijun is indeed a capable official and has good strength!
After Li Weijun took office, he began to carry out a series of reforms in the Zhili area. The most important reform system in the early years of Yongzheng's reign - , which was suggested and promoted quickly by him.
In addition, based on the years of understanding of Zhili, Li Weijun also suggested checking bad rules, checking land, implementing the baojia system, and building beacon tower . Many of the ideas coincided with Yongzheng, which made Yongzheng very satisfied.
Yong Zheng praised him without reservation in his edict, saying, "If all the governors and governors can do things so hard, why worry about the unclear administration and the unhappiness of the people!"
soon, Li Weijun was promoted again. In October of the second year of Yongzheng, he was promoted to Governor General of Zhili, and in November, he was appointed as Minister of War. It was at this moment that he received a signal that Yongzheng would "reversal of the year".
Although Li Weijun immediately guessed Yongzheng’s idea, he hesitated again.
Because just last month, Nian Gengyao had just entered Beijing to report his work, and he didn't hear anything unhappy with the emperor, nor did he hear any reprimands in his words.
And because Li Weijun was the first batch of ministers to be implied by Yongzheng in private, even sorted by time, Li Weijun is probably the first person to be reminded by Yongzheng, so there is no way to know the reactions of other ministers.
But Yongzheng's words were already very obvious, and he also mentioned that "I heard that you gave gifts to Nian Gengyao, and there are women" . This is to say that Yongzheng knew that his relationship with Nian Gengyao was not ordinary (just he wrote the word "client"), so no matter what, Li Weijun must express it. How to reply to
? Li Weijun thought about it and decided to wait and see the changes. He only said that he had no contact with Nian Gengyao, and the saying of giving gifts was nonsense.
Yongzheng obviously didn't want to hear this. He hoped that Li Weijun could provide some specific evidence of Nian Gengyao as the basis for "falling out the year". However, Yongzheng did not blame him. Yongzheng still hoped to win over a capable official like Li Weijun.
Of course, there are many people who are more smart than Li Weijun. Yongzheng quickly accumulated a group of "falling year pioneers" and officially kicked off the "falling year".
In March of the third year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng used Nian Gengyao to write "Dadays and Daquan" into the congratulatory statement, which was exaggerated. "Dadays and Dust" is a beautiful word for describing the emperor's ups and downs and working hard to govern. Nian Gengyao actually wrote it wrong, which is clearly because Nian Gengyao is unwilling to use "Dadays and Dusts and Dusts" to evaluate me. Since he is unwilling to admit my political achievements, then I will also be between his promises and no permissions.
episodes have been mentioned in this regard. All the civil and military officials in the court should be able to understand Yongzheng’s intentions. At this time, the tactful ministers should submit a memorial to impeach Nian Gengyao.
Where is Li Weijun? He also submitted a memorial and submitted three impeachment memorials. He gave Nian Gengyao a lot of hats, such as "using power and blessings", "recruiting power and bribery", "rejecting the same party", "taking military merits", etc., but he did not provide any specific evidence, which is a "verbal accusation" and cannot be used as a basis for conviction.
Until now, Li Weijun is still unwilling to offend Nian Gengyao , but he is as smart as Yongzheng. He can see at a glance that Li Weijun is "the yang is impeachment, and the yin is excuse."
In April of the third year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng was still giving Li Weijun a chance. In his reply to Li Weijun, he said, "All your words to clear your relationship with Nian Gengyao are purely quibbling. In front of Nian Gengyao's Xi'an Governor's Office, you Li Weijun's messenger every five days."
"But people are not sages, no one can do anything wrong. If you keep cleverly concealing it, you can't escape my insight. Think about it yourself!"
If Li Weijun can think clearly at this time and turn around quickly, it should be too late, but Li Weijun seemed to have been determined to bite him to death and had no contact with Nian Gengyao. He also shirked his relationship with Nian Gengyao to his nephew. This move made Yongzheng very disgusted.
has been in the officialdom for so many years, and the situation in is becoming clearer in the year-on-year situation, why didn’t Li Weijun “jump”?
reasons, there may be two points.
First, Li Weijun himself is not clean and has serious economic crime problems. He helped Nian Gengyao to purchase a large number of properties in violation of regulations around Baoding, including 30,000 mu of land and more than 1,200 houses. He himself also had corruption problems.
If he confesses evidence of Nian Gengyao, he will also be punished. He had not yet been in the position of governor, so he definitely did not want to lose his post and dismiss his post because of this, so he became lucky.
As Yongzheng pressed him step by step, Li Weijun could only hold on. When Yongzheng ordered a thorough investigation of Nian Gengyao's hidden property in various places, in order to protect himself, Li Weijun seized a small part of Nian Gengyao's house property and handed over " chain mail twenty-eight payments, four thousand arrows, seven inches long each, four helmets, 51,400 taels of silver, and more than one hundred thousand taels of silver, such as yarn, satin, antiques, etc., in an attempt to get away with it.
Second, Li Weijun is very bad at guessing the emperor's thoughts.
In fact, Yongzheng is a relatively direct emperor, unlike some emperors who like to say ambiguous words to make you guess or like to say something slander. From Yongzheng's decree in the previous article, we can feel that his attitude is straightforward and not very curved. Before
, Yongzheng and Li Weijun mentioned that they could get closer to Prince Yi . At that time, Li Weijun offended many people when he was carrying out the reform of the stall in Zhili. If you have a backer to speak and do things, you can let go of your hands and feet. I have to say that Yongzheng thought very thoughtfully for Li Weijun.
But Li Weijun declined! Because it is very risky to find a prince to be a backer, there are living examples in front of you. Which of the followers of Prince Lian ( Eighth Prince Yunsi) has a good ending.
Just Li Weijun ignored one thing, Prince Yi and Prince Lian are different. Prince Yi, Thirteenth Master Yunxiang , that is Yongzheng’s most trusted younger brother. Yongzheng can doubt anyone in the world, but he will not doubt Prince Yi.
You have to savor these information, and you have to savor it carefully. In the court, the officials will observe their expressions and judge the situation, which is also part of their ability.
Obviously, Li Weijun did not.
In July of the third year of Yongzheng, Li Weijun was arrested, dismissed from office and confiscated for hiding property for Nian Gengyao and his crimes of embezzlement and dereliction of duty, and was planned to be executed by the prison. Soon after, he died of illness and his wife was incarcerated into the Office of the Internal Affairs and was a slave.
If Li Weijun can understand Yongzheng’s thoughts, he should know that Yongzheng’s determination and strength to get rid of Nian Gengyao, there are so many opportunities. As long as he can catch it once, at least he can not die and protect his family.
Perhaps, we can understand why Li Weijun has not been promoted in the past 10 years since he became the leader of Zhili.
