Yue Fei s descendants were sentenced to beheading in the Qing Dynasty, why did Yongzheng change his

Mondo History Updated on 2024-02-27

Yue Fei's descendants are Yue Zhongqi, a famous general in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, who was the most powerful Han general in the Yongzheng Dynasty after Nian Qianyao. Compared with Nian Qianyao, he still has the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, while Yue Zhongqi is an authentic pure Han person, and it can also be said that he is the most powerful Han general in the history of the Qing Dynasty who was not from the Eight Banners.

Even in the late Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, etc. were not as powerful as Yue Zhongqi at the beginning, Yue Zhongqi served as the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi at the peak of his power and the secretary of the military department, controlling the military and political power of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, and was also responsible for the military power, which could dispatch the Eight Banners army. Yue Zhongqi is also the first Han in the history of the Qing Dynasty to serve as the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, although Yue Zhongqi's predecessor Nian Qianyao is also a Han Chinese, but Nian Qianyao has the Han Eight Banners Banner at that time, Yue Zhongqi is the first Han general in the history of the Qing Dynasty who holds military and political power and can also dispatch the Manchurian Eight Banners army. But Yue Zhongqi was very miserable in his later years in Yongzheng, and was almost executed by Yongzheng, so let's talk about why Yue Zhongqi was almost executed by Yongzheng and was changed to beheading.

Yue Zhongqi has the ability to have merit, but later by Yongzheng suspicion According to the "Qing Historical Manuscript", Yue Zhongqi is a direct descendant of Yue Fei's third son Yue Lin, and is the 21st grandson of Yue Fei. Yue Zhongqi has liked to arrange troops since he was a child, and he is not good at reading, his father Yue Shenglong originally wanted him to study more and take a career, but Yue Zhongqi was not good at reading, so he had to dance with knives and sticks to arrange soldiers. With Yue Zhongqi's culture, he will definitely not be able to gain fame, so Yue Shenglong donated an alternate prefect to Yue Zhongqi through his relationship. Later, the Great Khan of the Dzungar Khanate instigated Alabutan to rebel against the Qing court again, and repeatedly harassed the Qing ** border, Yue Zhongqi seized this opportunity, changed from a civilian official to a military attaché, and joined the army. In the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi (1717), he conspired with Tsarist Russia to annex the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, invaded Lhasa, killed the Lazang Khan supported by the Qing Dynasty, and imprisoned the Panchen Lama.

During this period, Yue Zhongqi went to Yinyu's Northwest Army, Yue Zhongqi fought bravely and was very strategic, it can be described as both wise and brave, and won Yinyu's love and trust. By the time of the sixtieth year of Kangxi (1721), Yue Zhongqi had soared from the original low-level officer all the way to the official position of his father Yue Shenglong, the governor of Sichuan, which was already a military attache of the second grade, and Kangxi also appreciated Yue Zhongqi very much, and specially gave him the hereditary position of hereditary cavalry lieutenant of his family. After the death of Kangxi, Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, at the beginning of Yongzheng's succession, people's hearts were unstable, Yongzheng's political opponent brother Lao Ba Yinyu and his own brother Yinyu did not obey Yongzheng, and Yongzheng was also suspicious of Yinyu, afraid that he had the northwest military power in his hands, so Yongzheng replaced Yinyu with the clan Baylor Yanxin, and recalled Yinyu back to the capital to seize the military power. At that time, Yinyu had almost destroyed the Dzungar Khanate, but Yongzheng was suspicious, and Yongzheng specially agreed to the peace of Alabutan and recalled Yinyu from the front. Later, Yanxin was also co-opted by Yinyu and Yinyu, and was suspicious of Yongzheng, and Yongzheng finally replaced Yanxin with his henchman Nian Qianyao, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi.

It happened that the Great Khan of Qinghai and Shuote Department, Luo Bu Zang Danjin, also rebelled against the Qing **, and Yongzheng appointed Nian Qianyao as the general of Fuyuan and the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, responsible for quelling the rebellion of Luo Bu Zang Danjin. Yue Zhongqi happened to be on the front line as the governor of Sichuan at that time, and was appointed as Nian Qianyao's deputy general, and led the army to quell the rebellion with Nian Qianyao. It only took Nian Qianyao three months to defeat Luo Buzang Danjin, which was mainly due to Yue Zhongqi's strategy of military nobility and speed, so that he could defeat Luo Bu Zang Danjin so quickly. Nian Qianyao was also very good to Yue Zhongqi, and he did not hesitate to praise Yue Zhongqi's strategy to Yongzheng truthfully, Yongzheng was very happy about this, and crowned Yue Zhongqi as General Fenwei and Governor of Sichuan. Although Luo Bu Zang Danjin was defeated by Nian Qianyao, but was not caught, and the rest of the department still occupied most of the Qinghai area, and then Yue Zhongqi continued to pursue Luo Bu Zang Danjin as a Fenwei general, and finally in the second year of Yongzheng (1724) Yue Zhongqi completely defeated the rebels of Luo Bu Zang Danjin, Luo Bu Zang Danjin fled to the Junggar Khanate alone, and the territory of 600,000 square miles in Qinghai was recovered by Yue Zhongqi, Yongzheng was overjoyed for this, and added Yue Zhongqi Prince Taibao, the third-class prestige duke, In the position of governor of Sichuan, he also served as the governor of Gansu, and specially wrote a poem on a golden fan to give him, and for a time Yue Zhongqi became a hot general in the Yongzheng Dynasty and Nian Qianyao. After being given death by Yongzheng for 92 major crimes, the position of the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi was vacant, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi in the early Qing Dynasty was different from other governors, at that time it belonged to the border area, and had the heavy responsibility of guarding the territory, and the military power in his hands was great, since the Kangxi period, there were regulations that the successive governors of Sichuan and Shaanxi must have children of the Eight Banners, and the Han people have never held this position, and although Nian Qianyao is a Han person, the family is from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, so it is also a child of the Eight Banners, But Yue Zhongqi was an authentic pure Han without a banner, so when Yongzheng wanted to appoint Yue Zhongqi as the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, he was unanimously opposed by the Manchu magnates.

When Yongzheng enabled Yue Zhongqi to be resisted, at this time Yongzheng's favorite and trusted thirteenth brother Yinxiang stood up to support Yue Zhongqi, Yinxiang thought that Yue Zhongqi was brave and strategic, and was the best candidate for the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and Yinxiang vouched for Yue Zhongqi with his life in front of the Manchu magnates, and finally Yongzheng and Yinxiang trusted Yue Zhongqi so that he could become the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi who succeeded Nian Qianyao, and Yue Zhongqi was also the first Han governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi in the history of the Qing Dynasty. Yue Zhongqi later did not live up to the trust of Yongzheng and Yinxiang, he was conscientious and conscientious in his tenure as governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and actively implemented the Yongzheng New Deal in the northwest region, so that the policy of apportioning the land into mu and changing the land and returning the land to the flow in the Yongzheng New Deal was carried out smoothly in the northwest. At the same time, Yue Zhongqi quelled the Tusi rebellion caused by the change of land and return to the stream, so that the change of land and return to the stream could be carried out smoothly. But Yue Zhongqi's identity as Yue Fei's descendant is always a little embarrassing in the Qing Dynasty. In the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727), there was a madman shouting along the street that "Yue Zhongqi, as a descendant of Yue Fei, will lead troops to restore the Han people and expel the Tartars", so Yue Zhongqi did not dare to slack off, and quickly arrested the madman and handed it over to Yongzheng, and Yongzheng in order to appease Yue Zhongqi, expressed that he did not doubt his loyalty, and beheaded the madman to show the public. Soon after the madman incident, in the second year, that is, in the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), there was another Zeng Jing incident, Zeng Jing was a poor and sour talent who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, he wrote a letter to Yue Zhongqi, persuading Yue Zhongqi to follow the example of his ancestor Yue Fei to expel the Tartars, restore China, and lead the soldiers and horses of Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces to overthrow Yongzheng**.

Yue Zhongqi was very loyal to Qing **, so he made a plan to trap Zeng Jing and handed it over to Yongzheng. This time, Yongzheng was still very generous and said that he had never suspected Yue Zhongqi, and then rewarded Yue Zhongqi again. In fact, Yongzheng was very suspicious in history, and Yue Zhongqi's two incidents had already made Yongzheng suspicious of him, but at that time, Yongzheng also needed to use Yue Zhongqi to deal with the Junggar Khanate out of military needs, so Yongzheng still entrusted Yue Zhongqi with important tasks, and also crowned him as Ning Yuan's general, Shaobao and other honorary positions, but the madman incident and the Zeng Jing incident have laid the foundation for Yue Zhongqi to be almost killed later. In the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729), the son of Alabutan, the new Great Khan of the Zungar Khanate, Galdan Tseling, colluded with Tsarist Russia to try to encroach on the Qing ** border, Yongzheng of course could not get used to it, so Yongzheng sent Heilongjiang General Fu Erdan to lead the Manchurian for the Jingbian general, and the Mongolian Eight Banners Army crusaded against Galdan Tse Ling from the north road; Yue Zhongqi was appointed as the general of Ning Yuan, and led the Sichuan-Shaanxi and Han armies to defeat Galdan Tse Ling from the west road. Galdan Ce zero is more cunning than his father Alabutan, he sent people to deceive Furdan, which led to Voerdan's light enemy, and finally was Galdan's dumplings, Vordan was almost wiped out, and only more than 2,000 people were left to follow him and flee back with the 60,000 troops on the North Road, a deputy general and seven princes and nobles died on the battlefield, and four generals committed suicide by taking prisoners, so it can be said that the North Route Army lost very badly. The Northern Route Army was wiped out, Yue Zhongqi's West Route Army was not having a good time, Yue Zhongqi's army grain and grass were robbed, the army was disheartened, and the generals were afraid of the enemy like a tiger, resulting in Yue Zhongqi's army falling into a very unfavorable situation, and later Yue Zhongqi Although he recovered Urumqi, it still did not help the war situation, and finally Yongzheng became more and more suspicious of Yue Zhongqi and became more and more angry, Yongzheng successively ordered Yue Zhongqi to behead three generals, the university scholar Ortai saw that Yue Zhongqi had fallen out of favor, and took the lead in ** Yue Zhongqi, Yongzheng took the opportunity to send someone to arrest Yue Zhongqi back to the capital and hand it over to the Ministry of War for review.

In the tenth year of Yongzheng (1732), Yue Zhongqi was ordered by Yongzheng to be handed over to the Ministry of War for review, but the results of the review did not come out until the twelfth year of Yongzheng (1734), and the Ministry of War speculated on Yongzheng's mind and thought that Yongzheng was going to kill Yue Zhongqi, so the defeated Fu Erdan and Yue Zhongqi agreed to be beheaded together, and the results of the trial were reported to Yongzheng, Yongzheng pondered for a long time, and finally changed the results of the trial of Fu Erdan and Yue Zhongqi to behead the prisoner, leaving Yue Zhongqi alive. There are four reasons why Yongzheng did not behead Yue Zhongqi in the end, and the reason why Yongzheng pondered for a long time and finally left Yue Zhongqi alive is also for four reasons. First, Yue Zhongqi has always been loyal to the country, Yue Zhongqi's loyalty to the country is also the primary reason why Yongzheng can keep his life at a critical moment, although Yongzheng is suspicious of Yue Zhongqi in the later period, but his loyalty to the country Yongzheng is very clear, Yue Zhongqi has been an official for decades, does not form a party, does not run a private business, does not join a faction, and is only loyal to the Qing **, so although Yongzheng thinks that the identity of his Yue Fei's descendants is very sensitive, but these are also in his eyes. Yue Zhongqi followed Yinyu in his early years, if he wanted to be co-opted by Yinyu and Yinyu, he would have become a member of the Eight Masters Party a long time ago, but although Yue Zhongqi was deeply valued by Yinyu, his relationship with Yinyu was always a subordinate relationship. Yue Zhongqi did not form a party with Nian Qianyao later, which shows that he is not suspected of forming a party, and Yue Zhongqi has indeed made great contributions to the border stability of Yongzheng Dynasty, which can be said to be loyal to the country, which Yongzheng recognizes very much.

Second, Yue Zhongqi's identity is sensitive, Yue Zhongqi is a descendant of Yue Fei, although the Manchu Qing ** hates Yue Fei very much, in order to belittle Yue Fei and elevate Guan Yu's historical status, so Yue Zhongqi, as Yue Fei's descendant, is actually a very embarrassing thing to be an official in the Qing Dynasty, so Yue Zhongqi has been an official all his life and is humble and cautious, not forming a party or engaging in personal gain, for fear of being suspicious. But the Manchu Qing Dynasty didn't dare to say that Yue Fei was not good, after all, Yue Fei was deeply respected by the people in ancient times, and Yue Zhongqi, as Yue Fei's descendant, if he was killed like this, then it would undoubtedly give the Qing ** a notoriety that could not tolerate people, so Yue Zhongqi could not be killed in a grand manner. It can be said that Yue Zhongqi embarrassed his identity in the Qing Dynasty because of Yue Fei's descendants, but it was also because of this identity that he saved his life. Third, Yue Zhongqi made great contributions in the Yongzheng Dynasty, Yue Zhongqi made great contributions to the Yongzheng Dynasty, it can be said that half of the wars in the Yongzheng Dynasty were won by Yue Zhongqi, so if the hero is killed like this, it will not leave a notoriety of killing heroes to future generations. How could Emperor Yongzheng, who likes face very much, let himself be burdened with killing heroes, not to mention that he had already killed a hero Nian Qianyao before, if he killed Yue Zhongqi again, then Yongzheng would have a solid reputation for killing heroes. Moreover, Yue Zhongqi is more cautious and humble than Nian Qianyao, not arrogant, and not hated by Yongzheng like Nian Qianyao, so Yongzheng can still tolerate Yue Zhongqi.

Fourth, it is difficult to find a general, to prepare for the future, in fact, there were not many famous generals during the Yongzheng Dynasty, Yue Zhongqi was one of the representatives, so it was difficult to find, Yongzheng was worried that he would need to rely on Yue Zhongqi militarily in the future, so he left him. In fact, among the three dynasties of Kang Yongqian, the martial arts of the Yongzheng period were the weakest, Kangxi Ping three feudatories, Taiwan, resisting Tsarist Russia, and conquering Galdan were all great victories, Qianlong had ten complete martial arts is enough to explain everything, and Yongzheng Dynasty in addition to recovering Qinghai and defeating Lobzang Danjin, in the face of the Junggar Khanate and Tsarist Russia, Yongzheng was very powerless, especially under the threat of Tsarist Russia to support the Dzungar Khanate, Yongzheng was forced to rush to sign the Sino-Russian border "Burenschi Treaty" with Tsarist Russia, so that Tsarist Russia took a certain advantage. Therefore, Yongzheng also knows that he is weak in military affairs, Yue Zhongqi is a rare famous general, at that time, the Junggar Khanate has not been completely destroyed, Tsarist Russia is eyeing the tiger, and there are anti-Qing forces inside, and there are only a handful of famous generals available in the Yongzheng Dynasty.

Yongzheng's back hand did stay good, and soon after Yongzheng died, Qianlong ascended the throne, and Qianlong ordered the release of Yue Zhongqi and Fu Erdan immediately after taking the throne in order to buy people's hearts, and demoted them to civilians. There were very few famous generals in the Yongzheng Dynasty, and in the early days of Qianlong's accession, he was also faced with an era when there was no one to use the military generals, so the Qianlong Dynasty put down the Jinchuan rebellion for the first time, but in the face of the rebellion in the land of projectiles, Qianlong has been fighting for more than a year without achieving any results. The rebellion of Jinchuan made the young Qianlong extremely distressed at that time, at this time Qianlong remembered the famous general Yue Zhongqi who was released by himself, Qianlong immediately ordered to recall Yue Zhongqi as the governor of Sichuan to participate in the pacification of the Jinchuan rebellion, Yue Zhongqi to the front line only took three months to quell the rebellion of Jinchuan that had been helpless for more than a year, Qianlong was very happy, for which Qianlong restored Yue Zhongqi's official position in the Yongzheng Dynasty period, and began to continue to reuse Yue Zhongqi. After Yue Zhongqi pacified the ** and Chongqing peasant rebel army for Qianlong in the early days of Qianlong, and died of illness on the way back to the army after quelling the Chongqing peasant uprising in the nineteenth year of Qianlong (1754), at the age of 68, Qianlong personally gave him the nickname "Xiangqin". Yue Zhongqi made a great contribution to Qianlong's early martial arts, Qianlong wrote poems for him, and praised him as "the military minister of the three dynasties, Zhong Qi is a giant." ”

Written in the end, Yue Zhongqi actually carried forward the patriotic spirit of the ancestor Yue Fei's "loyalty to the country", which can be called a national hero, Yue Zhongqi is honest and self-controlled, does not form a party or engage in personal gain, and has made great contributions to the integrity of the national territory, he has made 720,000 square kilometers of Qinghai all belong to the Chinese territory, and 1.23 million square kilometers of ** are included in the Chinese territory. It can be said that Yue Zhongqi was safeguarding China's territorial integrity during the Kang, Yongqian, and Qianqian dynasties. It is also because of these reasons that Yue Zhongqi was not killed by Yongzheng, and Yongzheng also left a famous general for his son Qianlong, which also made Qianlong have a capable general in the early days of the era when there were no generals.

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