newbobooks Chapter 219: Qianlong betrays his father; Qianlong is good at using power tactics
Chapter 219: Qianlong betrays his father; Qianlong is good at using power tactics
"Da Yi Jue Mi Lu" seems to be defending Yongzheng, but in fact it has the effect of making the matter more obvious.
Most of the subjects actually have no idea about the secrets of the palace.
However, Yongzheng made the legitimacy issue of the Qing Dynasty and the secrets of the palace public, which instead aroused speculation and fabrication among his subjects.
Therefore, Yongzheng not only failed to wash away his bad reputation, but made his reputation even worse. In addition, he himself offended the cultural interest groups, so he became one of the Qing Dynasty emperors with the worst reputation.
There are endless unofficial histories that are unfavorable to Yongzheng. Some even say that Yongzheng was killed by Lu Siniang, the daughter of Lu Liuliang.
After killing Zeng Jing, Emperor Qianlong issued a strict order to confiscate and destroy all copies of "Da Yi Jue Mi Lu" from all over the country.
In this way, Qianlong completely killed his own father, Yongzheng, and completely confirmed the ten crimes of Yongzheng that were originally circulated among the people, including killing his father, forcing his mother, and killing his brothers, and also left a bad reputation for Yongzheng in history.
In fact, this incident was just one of the many things that Qianlong did to "betray his father" in his life. Qianlong was a person who liked to go against his father Yongzheng.
Of course, Qianlong was extremely obedient to his father Yongzheng before he ascended the throne, but after he ascended the throne, he began to completely deny the people and things of Yongzheng's period.
Yongzheng and Qianlong had completely different styles of doing things
In the history of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong were three generations of outstanding emperors who made great achievements. They pushed the Qing Dynasty to its peak of prosperity.
However, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren had completely different styles of doing things. Kangxi was a rather benevolent emperor. He was benevolent in his administration and relatively tolerant towards his court officials. He was especially tolerant and courteous towards his civil officials, so Kangxi was more praised by literati.
Yongzheng was completely different from Kangxi. Yongzheng was rather harsh and ungrateful, and was extremely demanding of his court officials. However, he was extremely diligent and personally took care of everything, so although he was harsh and ungrateful, he was able to set an example himself.
Qianlong had both qualities. In terms of overall policy, Qianlong tended to be more lenient like Kangxi, but he was also good at using power tactics. He treated court officials with both the leniency of his grandfather Kangxi and the strictness of his father Yongzheng. What he was best at was the tactic of giving a slap in the face and a piece of candy.
After Qianlong ascended the throne, he changed some of Yongzheng's policies and dealt with some important officials who were once loved and respected by Yongzheng.
At the same time, Qianlong pardoned those who were convicted during the Yongzheng period. Qianlong meant to tell the world that he was different from the strict Yongzheng. This set of policies was a typical way of giving a slap in the face and then a piece of candy.
The most typical example is how Qianlong treated the three regents left by Yongzheng.
When Yongzheng was dying, he ordered his sixteenth brother Prince Zhuang Yinlu, Grand Secretary Zhang Tingyu and Ortai to accept his dying instructions and assist the young Qianlong to ascend the throne.
In fact, Qianlong was already 25 years old when he ascended the throne. He had his own ideas and did not want to be constrained by the three regents left by Yongzheng.
Therefore, although Qianlong did not openly oppose the three regents, he was actually very disgusted with them.
Therefore, after ascending the throne, Qianlong played the game of balancing power. Between Zhang Tingyu and Ortai, Qianlong chose to support Ortai, who had less experience than Zhang Tingyu. He used Ortai to check and balance Zhang Tingyu, so that the fighting between Zhang and Ortai was enough to check and balance each other.