年羹尧 / Nian Gengyao

年羹尧 / Nian Gengyao appears in 11.雍正王朝之大义觉迷：史景迁笔下的千古奇案 as the recently fallen official whose case made [[YueZhongqi|岳钟琪]] especially anxious. Yue had served under him and then occupied a sensitive Sichuan-Shaanxi post after the purge, so [[ZhangXi|张熙]]’s anti-Qing letter could look like a trap or chain of implication.

The episode also links Nian’s old case to anti-Qing books and court sensitivity around “逆书.” This makes him part of the background through which [[YongzhengEmperor|雍正]] read the Zeng Jing affair: not as an isolated letter, but as another possible sign of literary, official, and regional disloyalty.

Connections

• [[YueZhongqi|岳钟琪]] - successor and former subordinate whose risk perception Nian’s fall shaped.
• [[YongzhengEmperor|雍正]] - ruler whose earlier purges created the official climate.
• [[ZengJing|曾静]] and [[ZhangXi|张熙]] - later case actors.
• 清代文字狱 / Qing Literary Inquisition and 清代谣言政治 / Qing Rumor Politics - concepts connected to the “逆书” atmosphere.