Emperor Kangxi, the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history, was known for his exceptional fertility. He gave birth to a total of 35 sons, and although some of them died in infancy, 20 of them grew up**.
However, Kangxi deposed the crown prince Yinren in his later years, leaving the throne vacant, triggering a tragic battle between the nine sons to seize the heir, which was later called "the nine sons to seize the heir".
Enjoy mode, normal mode, and purgatory mode. Now, let's take a look at how much they were treated after being confined.
Enjoy the mode of life: the boss Yinren who is crazy about fighting for power Kangxi's eldest son, Yinhe, because his mother is not the queen, so although he is the eldest son, he cannot become the prince, and the position of the prince was taken away by his younger brother Yinren.
Since he was a child, Yinren has coveted Yinren's position as the crown prince, and he has been looking for an opportunity to replace his younger brother as the crown prince. After becoming an adult, Yinhe followed Kangxi on three expeditions, he was brave and good at fighting, so he accumulated a lot of military merits, and also won Kangxi's favor and respect, and was canonized as the king of Zhijun, the first person among the sons of Kangxi to be crowned king.
With the title of king, Yinyu's ambition was gradually exposed, and he began to make friends with henchmen and participate in the competition for the crown prince. He sent people to monitor Yinren all day long, looking for his mistakes, and then he went to Kangxi to make a small report on Yinren, hoping that Kangxi would abolish Yinren, and he, as the eldest son, would become the crown prince.
Kangxi's abolition of the crown prince Yinren has a certain relationship with Yinren's many small reports. Yinren thought that since Yinren was deposed, it should be his turn to be the prince, and began to behave too obviously, wanting to compete for the position of prince.
His behavior disgusted Kangxi very much, and finally Kangxi announced: I have no intention of making Yinhe the crown prince.
Kangxi made it clear that Yinhe could not become the crown prince in order to eliminate his desire to compete for the throne. However, Yinhe did not give up because of this, but hoped to ensure his future wealth by supporting Yinxi, the eighth son of the emperor who was close to him.
He proposed that the eighth son of the emperor, Yinxi, was both talented and supported by the courtiers, and was raised by his biological mother, Concubine Hui. In order to support this view, he also used the remarks of the warlock Zhang Mingde when he met and called Yinren's life noble, and suggested that Kangxi abolish the crown prince Yinren and replace him with Yinxi.
Yinren actually suggested that Kangxi kill his own brother Yinren with his own hands, and said that if Kangxi couldn't bear it, he was willing to do it for Kangxi. This sentence made Kangxi feel cold and extremely disgusted, and he immediately scolded Yinhe for being a beast and ordered him to be imprisoned.
After Yinzhi was imprisoned, Yinzhi, the third child who had been hiding himself before, stood up. Seeing that the eldest was imprisoned and the second eldest was deposed as the crown prince, he thought that since the eldest and second were finished, it would be his turn to be the prince.
So Yinzhi came out to expose that Yinzhi had colluded with the Mongolian lama Bahangelong to make Yinren in the town, which made Kangxi very angry. He immediately sent someone to investigate Yinhe thoroughly. It turned out that the warlock Zhang Mingde not only knew how to meet, but also had martial arts, and Yinren had tried to buy Zhang Mingde to assassinate Yinren.
Hearing the news, Kangxi was completely furious. He can't tolerate people like Yinyu, not only wants to kill his own brother, but also takes action. Therefore, Kangxi ordered Yinhe to be deprived of the title of Zhijun Wang, imprisoned him in the Zhijun Wangfu for life, and sent Eight Banners soldiers to closely guard him.
Although Yinhe was not released after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he was treated quite well, after all, he was imprisoned by his father Kangxi, and there was no direct conflict of interest with Yongzheng.
Yinhe was confined in his own palace, accompanied by his wife and concubine, and his life was basically unaffected, but he lost his political power and personal freedom. His captive environment is very good, and he even gave birth to 20 children in 26 years of captivity, accounting for two-thirds of his total number of children.
In general, Yinyu's confined life is a way to enjoy life, as long as there is qi, you can create a nation.
The cruelty and tragedy of fate, the former crown prince Yinren suffered from the double torture of his mother's early death and his father's doting. Despite his talents, he could not escape the whirlpool of power and intrigue and was deposed as the crown prince twice.
His life is like a tragedy, which makes us deeply feel the impermanence and difficulty of life.
Emperor Kangxi deposed Yinren as the crown prince in 51 and imprisoned him in Xian'an Palace for life. Yinren spent the rest of his life in Xian'an Palace, and died in the second year of Yongzheng at the age of 51.
Although he was a deposed prince and had a sensitive identity, he was one of the few deposed princes in Chinese history to receive a good death. Yinren and Yinren's captivity treatment is similar, they were both confined in the East Palace before them, and their wives and concubines were also confined together.
After the loss, Yinren turned his energy to women and began to work women.
Yinren was Kangxi's crown prince, and his life was full of drama. Despite being held captive for nearly 12 years, he has 26 children, 13 of whom were born during his captivity.
This shows that despite the loss of political power and personal freedom, his life is still secured. Both he and Yinhe were personally imprisoned by Kangxi, and although Kangxi was dissatisfied with their failure, he was not too harsh on them.
Before Kangxi died, he repeatedly told Yongzheng to treat them well. Therefore, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he did not embarrass them. Since their political influence has long since disappeared and the threat to their throne is minimal, Yongzheng will treat them well even for the purpose of buying people's hearts.
That's why they became the two with the best treatment in captivity among the princes who participated in the failure of the nine sons to win the heir. Their confined life can be said to be a mode of enjoying life.
Lao San Yinzhi: The hidden wise man Lao San Yinzhi, both civil and military, is deeply appreciated by Kangxi. He once followed Kangxi to conquer Galdan, and his military exploits were outstanding, and he was named Baylor, and later he was named the king of Chengjun by virtue of his prestige in the literary world.
Yinzhi knows his position well, he hides his strength, and has a close relationship with the second child on the surface, but at the same time shows his indifference to politics in front of Kangxi, and devotes himself to writing books.
In fact, he has been secretly observing the situation, waiting for the battle between the eldest and the second, ready to reap the benefits of the fisherman. Yinzhi, the hidden wise man, waits for the opportunity to win a thousand miles.
Yinzhi is very witty, he not only maintains a close relationship with Yinren, but also envelops the literati, which makes him gain something regardless of whether Yinren succeeds to the throne or not. His ingenuity was fully reflected in the process of the abolition of the crown prince, he first fell into the well for Yinren, and then interceded for Yinren, successfully avoiding revealing his ambition to compete for the storage position, and won Kangxi's favor.
However, Yinzhi was too arrogant after the second abolition of the crown prince and regarded himself as a prince, which made his status in Kangxi's heart gradually decline, and eventually caused him to lose the opportunity to be an heir.
After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he was very distrustful and suspicious of Yinzhi, who was good at forbearance, because Yinzhi did not do anything excessive, so that Yongzheng could not find an excuse to clean it up.
Until the eighth year of Yongzheng, Yinxiang died, Yinzhi was late for the funeral and seemed to have no sadness, and was deprived of his title and imprisoned in Jingshan Yong'an Pavilion for life on the grounds of Yongzheng's disregard for brotherhood.
Despite the confinement, Yongzheng still praised Yinzhi's outstanding talent, but his incomprehensible mind made Yongzheng never feel at ease with him. Yinzhi was Yongzheng's last brother in captivity, and died of depression after two years of captivity at the age of 56.
The fate of Lao Shi Yinyu and Fourteen Yinyu is similar, they both participated in the Nine Sons to win the heir, but because of their support for the Eight Masters Party, they were all banned in the end. However, their ending is relatively good compared to other princes.
After Qianlong succeeded to the throne, they were all released and re-awarded titles, and the fourteenth Yinyu was even canonized as the king of the county. Although their lives were severely restricted, they were able to spend time with their loved ones at home, and they were obviously treated better than Yinzhi's solitary confinement.
The key to the better ending of Yinqi and Yinyu lies in their aristocratic bloodline and strong matrilineal family power. As the son of Kangxi, Yinren is the most noble person in the matrilineal family except for the abolished prince Yinren.
His biological mother, Empress Xiaochengren, was from the Hesheri family, his grandfather Soni was a founding hero of the Qing Dynasty, and Yinqi's mother, Wen Guifei Niu Hulu, was the youngest daughter of Kubilong, one of the four auxiliary ministers in the early Kangxi period.
Kubilon's father is also one of the five founding ministers of the Qing Dynasty, and his mother is Princess Mukush, the daughter of the Qing Emperor Nurhachi, so from the perspective of blood, Yinqi's grandfather's grandfather and maternal grandfather's maternal grandfather are the same person - Nurhachi.
In addition, the eldest daughter of Kubilong is the second empress of Kangxi, Empress Xiao Zhaoren, and the youngest daughter is Yinqi's mother, Concubine Wenxi, and the Niu Hulu family has always been an influential wealthy family in the Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, Yinyu's matrilineal family has strong political power, which allows him and Yinyu to have a better ending.
Although Yinqi's maternal and wife-line families are powerful, he himself is unpopular because of his rudeness. He only supported Yinzheng and did not pose much political threat to Yongzheng.
Therefore, Yongzheng did not kill him completely. Instead, he was stripped of his title as King of Dunjun and confined to the Zongren Mansion. However, his captive environment and treatment were not bad, and he was even awarded the title of Duke of Fuguo during the Qianlong period.
In the end, he died in the sixth year of Qianlong at the age of 59.
Yinyu was able to survive peacefully, partly because he and Yongzheng were half-brothers, and their mothers were Kangxi's concubine Wu Ya. Although they have the same mother, Yinyu has been closer to the eighth brother Yinyu since he was a child, so he has also become a staunch supporter of Yinyu.
Later, because Yinyu lost Kangxi's favor and could not become the crown prince, he did his best to support Yinyu to compete for the throne. In Kangxi's later years, the strongest contender for Yongzheng's throne was Yinyu, which doomed the half-brothers to be unable to live in peace.
Although Yinyu and Yongzheng competed for the throne, they had the same mother after all, and Concubine De repeatedly told Yongzheng to treat his younger brother well before she died. Therefore, Yongzheng also had to respect his mother's last wishes and did not abuse his younger brother Yinyu excessively.
In December of the third year of Yongzheng, Yinyu was deprived of his title and imprisoned in the Jingshan Shouhuang Palace. Shouhuang Hall was originally a hall dedicated to the statue of Kangxi, a place of sacrifice, Yongzheng confined Yinyu here, but also let him reflect on himself on his father's statue.
Yongzheng's captivity of Yinyu was not abuse, but gave him a certain amount of treatment. His wives and concubines were also allowed to accompany him, and even gave birth to two daughters during his captivity.
Although he and Yinqi were released by Qianlong and given the title of Duke of Fuguo, because they were both banned by designated people, their lives were definitely not as accustomed to as before, so the treatment of the two of them could only be regarded as average.
However, the two of them had the best ending among the princes who failed to win the succession.
Lao Ba Yinyu and Lao Jiu Yinyu are Yongzheng's most hated brothers. Yongzheng called the two by the infamous names "Aqina" and "Seth Hei", and after they were imprisoned, the difference in treatment was unparalleled.
Yinxi has been smart since childhood, elegant, courteous, talented, and good at winning people's hearts, so he has countless fans. He had been the most likely contender to become the crown prince.
However, as fate would have it, when the prince was abolished, Kangxi ordered the ministers to re-elect the prince among the elder brothers. Kangxi originally hoped that the ministers would nominate Yinren to reinstate, but the result was that all the ministers in the court and the central government elected Yinren as the crown prince.
This incident made Kangxi suspect that Yinxi had the ambition of forming a party for personal gain and plotting for the throne.
Yinyu lost Kangxi's love, and turned to support the old fourteenth Yinyu, who had a close relationship with him. But after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Yinzheng and others expressed dissatisfaction with Yongzheng's succession, and Yinzheng won the hearts of the people in the court, posing a political threat to Yongzheng, and Yongzheng could only make a dead hand.
In the fourth year of Yongzheng, Yinzheng was announced by Yongzheng for forty major crimes, was expelled from the clan, imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion, and finally died of illness.
Yinyu was a staunch supporter of Yinyu, and his intelligence and financial skills were highly praised, and he was very popular among the ministers of the imperial court.
However, these advantages of him also made him a political threat to Yongzheng, so Yongzheng brutally suppressed him. At the same time as announcing Yinxi's forty crimes, Yongzheng also exposed Yinyu's twenty-eight crimes, and escorted him from Xining back to Baoding Zhili's Governor's Mansion under house arrest, under the supervision of Governor Li Fu.
Yongzheng also renamed him "Seth Hei", and ordered Li Fu to build the same living space for him in the Governor's Mansion of Zhili in the same way as the high-walled single room built for Yinxi, and stipulated that he could only have inferior food**.
In the sweltering heat, he was locked in a dark room and shackled, without food and clothing, and without any medical assistance. In the end, he fell into a coma due to heat stroke, and Li Fu just sent someone to douse him with cold water to wake him up.
Yinyu's captivity treatment is even harsher than Yinyu's, and it can even be said to be the worst. During the three and a half months of his captivity, he endured extremely painful torture. Shortly after his 43rd birthday, he died.
Whether it is Yinyu or Yinyu, they are not just imprisoned, but completely imprisoned, and the degree of torture they suffer is simply purgatory mode. This shows that they are the greatest political threat to Yongzheng, and they are also the prince whom Yongzheng hates the most.
In the battle of the Nine Sons, the defeated princes were treated differently. The eldest Yinren and the second Yinren are treated the best because of the favor of Emperor Kangxi, their captive life is very nourishing, and they even have time to have children, which can be said to enjoy life.
Although the third Yinzhi was also imprisoned, he was good at forbearance and did not do anything too excessive, so Yongzheng did not kill him completely, but just isolated him.
Although Lao Shi Yinyu and Lao Fourteen Yinyu pose a certain threat to Yongzheng politically, because they are brothers of the same mother, they are treated relatively well. Lao Ba Yinyu and Lao Jiu Yinyu were treated the worst because of their political threat to Yongzheng and their refusal to surrender, so they could be said to be living a purgatory-like life, and were attacked and retaliated by Yongzheng's madness.