They are all loyal ministers who assisted the emperor in ascending the throne.
But in the end, he did not escape the fate of being killed by the emperor. This reflected that the emperor was a ruthless and unjust person. No matter how great his achievements were, once his authority was threatened, he would not tolerate it. From Longke Judging from the life of Nian Gengyao, the two went from ordinary ministers to loyal ministers of the country. They went through hard work and worked hard to support the emperor's ascension to the throne. In the end, they made the right bet.
This also shows that these two people have their own strengths. Whether it is IQ or EQ, they are both good and bad, so opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. First of all, they must have innate conditions. With the efforts of the day after tomorrow, when history pushed Yongzheng to the moment when he could hope to ascend the throne as emperor, it was a matter of course that the two of them would be reused.
Nian Gengyao in historical records
From 1679 to 1726, with the courtesy name Liang Gong and the nickname Shuangfeng, he was in Huaiyuan County, Fengyang Prefecture. Later, he was under the banner of Xianghuang Banner of the Han Army. An important general during the Kangxi and Yongzheng years, Nian Gengyao had read poetry and books since he was a child. He passed the imperial examination in the thirty-eighth year of Kangxi's reign and became a Jinshi in the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi's reign. However, his most famous deeds were in the military. In the forty-eighth year of Kangxi's reign, Nian Gengyao Yao was appointed governor of Sichuan.
In the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi's reign, the Mongolian Junggar tribe's Cewang Arabtan army invaded Tibet. Nian Gengyao, then governor of Sichuan, went with the army to conquer and appeased the mutinous troops. Later, Nian Gengyao was captured. Promoted to the governor of Sichuan, he consolidated the Qing army's logistics in Sichuan and assisted generals Galbi and Yanxin in pacifying Tibet. In the second year of Yongzheng's reign, he led his army to quell the Luobuzangdanjin rebellion in Qinghai. Emperor Yongzheng was overjoyed and conferred the title of First Emperor. Waiting for the public.
Nian Gengyao was arrogant due to his favor, formed cliques for personal gain, and repeatedly interfered in the affairs of the DPRK, central and local governments. He appointed his own personnel in the military and Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces, which was called the annual election. Emperor Yongzheng's attitude towards Nian Gengyao gradually turned to dissatisfaction. In the third year of Yongzheng's reign, Emperor Yongzheng dismissed him from office, listed his ninety-two major crimes, and ordered him to hang himself. After Nian Gengyao's death, his family members were implicated, and his close confidant Wang Jingqi was beheaded.