Tian Wenjing, a minister of the Yongzheng Dynasty, has experienced ups and downs in his career, which is eye-catching. His life can be described in one sentence: the first half of his life is like a snail climbing a mountain, and the second half of his life is like a rocket rising into the sky.
Although his rank is not the highest, he is the only minister who enjoys the burial of the imperial tomb, and his status cannot be ignored.
Tian Wenjing, born in the first year of Kangxi, was a native of the Blue Banner of the Han Army, and later carried the flag into the Yellow Flag of the Han Army. Although he was a banner man, he did not enter the official through the imperial examination, but stepped into the officialdom as a "different way" prisoner.
The first half of his life is not described much in the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty", only mentioning that he was transferred to the capital by Yinzhen to participate in the recovery of treasury arrears because of his meritorious work in Jiangnan disaster relief fundraising.
However, the historical record of Tian Wenjing is very detailed. His official career began in Changle County, which was a position of the eighth grade, and Tian Wenjing worked in this position for nine years until he was 30 years old before he was promoted to the magistrate of Xining Township.
Although he started late in officialdom, with his talent and hard work, he eventually achieved remarkable achievements in his career.
Tian Wenjing's career was not all smooth sailing, in the first half of his life he served as a prisoner and other positions, but in the officialdom, due to character defects, he worked hard in the local area for more than 20 years.
However, his talent and efforts were finally recognized, and in the forty-fourth year of Kangxi, he served as the governor of Yizhou in Zhili, and was an official from the fifth grade. Although he was an official in the court for more than ten years and was only promoted by one level, in the end, he was able to enter the court as an official, and served as a member of the Ministry of Officials, Langzhong of the Criminal Department, and the supervision of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
In the sixty-first year of Kangxi, he became a cabinet scholar, which shows that his talent and efforts have finally been recognized.
When Tian Wenjing was sixty years old, he should have left office according to common sense, but because of an unexpected opportunity, he ushered in the peak of his life after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne and became the "first governor" of the Yongzheng Dynasty.
Although he did not have a close relationship with Yongzheng, he seized the opportunity to find a solution to the drought in several northern provinces during his routine worship of the mountain tombs. Deyin deliberately concealed the disaster and did not report it because of the new emperor's accession to the throne, but Tian Wenjing sought truth from facts in the performance, saying that Shanxi has enough rain and snow, but there may be problems with food in the province.
His honesty and wisdom make him shine in government affairs.
Tian Wenjing passed through Shanxi on the way to report the Huashan sacrifice and found that the disaster in the prefectures and counties was serious, and asked the imperial court to take timely measures to relieve the victims. After Yongzheng received the two letters from Tian Wenjing and Deyin, he realized the importance of the matter and immediately ordered Tian Wenjing and Deyin to go to various states and counties together to urgently rescue the affected people.
However, Deyin is still making excuses for his defense, arguing that Tian Wenjing has exaggerated the disaster situation in Shanxi, which is not serious, and if it rains recently, then the relief will not be needed at all.
Therefore, Deyin was still waiting and did not take immediate action. After receiving the instructions, Tian Wenjing immediately rushed to various prefectures and counties to open warehouses and release grain to help the victims, and he carried out rescue from county to county.
After more than a month of hard work, more than 100,000 people were able to survive the worst of the disaster.
Tian Wenjing was praised by Yongzheng for his outstanding completion of the Shanxi disaster relief task, and was not only given the honor of Deyin's dismissal, but also considered reuse by Yongzheng. Initially, Yongzheng considered transferring Tian Wenjing to the capital to take up important positions.
However, the new governor of Shanxi, Nuo Min, secretly played to Yongzheng, saying that Tian Wenjing was diligent and reliable, and suggested that he be appointed as the political envoy of Shanxi. As a result, Tian Wenjing was promoted to the political envoy of Shanxi four months after disaster relief, and was promoted to four levels in just a few months and became a second-class member.
Soon after, Tian Wenjing was transferred to Henan as a political envoy, and officially served as the governor of Henan, becoming a feudal official. Since then, Tian Wenjing has been in charge of Henan for a long time, committed to the implementation of Yongzheng's new policy, and became a high-profile local governor in Yongzheng's later years, and was known as the "model of supervision" along with Ortai and Li Wei.
Tian Wenjing, a generation of famous ministers, has been an official all his life and has made outstanding political achievements. However, his personality is strict, and he often offends many people because of trivial matters. In his later years, Tian Wenjing gradually lost his sharpness, and was severely reprimanded by Emperor Yongzheng for concealing the disaster in Henan.
But the merit was not worth it, and he was finally affirmed by the emperor. After his death, Emperor Yongzheng buried him near Tailing, which is an affirmation of his life and a praise for his political achievements, which is a good story of the Qing Dynasty.