It is recorded that on November 13, the sixty-first year of Kangxi (1722), Long Keduo reported to Yinzhen that on the day of the death of the Holy Ancestor, I first returned to the capital, and met Yinli on duty on Xizhimen Street, I told him the news that you were about to ascend the throne, he suddenly became very strange, looked flustered, as if he was crazy, did not greet your Luan, and ran home alone, I don't know what to do.
1. Why is Yongzheng under martial law? Yinli is not the only one who is crazy. Yinzhen was a blockbuster, which was unacceptable to many people. Many years later, Yinzhen recalled the situation at that time and still had lingering palpitations.
He said, when the Holy Ancestor died, I was grieving there, and suddenly Yinyu sat in front of me, his eyes were full of rudeness, I don't know what the hell he was thinking, if I hadn't repeatedly backed down, I would definitely fight with him.
Yinzhen also noticed Yinzhen's hostility, he described that my father died, Yinzhen this guy instead of grief, but ran to the courtyard of Changchun Garden, leaning on the pillar of the corridor with a thoughtful look, I don't know what he was planning, the work assigned to him, either did not implement it, or simply ignored people, which shows how resentful he is.
This abnormal behavior of the brothers made Yinzhen feel very frightened. It is conceivable that Yinzhen must have discussed his own safety issues with Long Keduo and others. He knew very well in his heart that although he had become the emperor, his authority was not enough to convince the public, and the brothers had their own group, and they might make a desperate bet for their own interests.
Although Yinxiang and Long Keduo controlled the garrison, they could not fundamentally ensure carefree. The struggle for power is not limited to intrigue and intrigues, the slightest carelessness can lead to death.
Not to mention the palace coups in the past dynasties, in our dynasty alone, I witnessed Yinren asking to kill Yinren, and Yinhe colluded with the people of the rivers and lakes to assassinate the prince. Therefore, Yinzhen decided to impose martial law and implement emergency martial law.
He once had such an exclamation that Roncodo was his best card. He ** is his uncle, and he is clearly the parent of reconstruction. If there is no Long Kedo, even if the fat is distributed to his name, it will only be a little bit of a hand, and it will end up in anyone's mouth, which is difficult to say.
From the 14th to the 19th, Long Keduo closed the nine gates of the capital and imposed martial law, and the kings were not allowed to enter the palace without a will. In a word, everyone stays at home honestly and doesn't mess around.
The only martial law during the exchange of power in the history of the Qing Dynasty attracted widespread attention from the world with its unique existence. Although many historians in later generations believe that the purpose of Yinzhen's implementation of martial law is to keep the mourning secret.
However, judging from the personnel adjustments he made during his period, the real purpose of martial law was to maintain social stability and prevent a coup d'état. During the martial law period, although Yinzhen was busy properly arranging Kangxi's funeral affairs and making personnel adjustments, he also did one thing, which made his suspicion of seeking a position can no longer be erased.
History has left a regrettable memory: after the death of Emperor Kangxi, who is his heir? The edict was supposed to be the only evidence, but it was a false existence.
Late at night on the 13th, Long Keduo passed on the edict orally, and Yinzhen inherited the imperial business. Because Kangxi died too suddenly, no written materials were left to prove that Yinzhen was the legal heir.
If Kangxi had made an edict, Yinzhen could have taken it out and read it on the 14th and 15th to set the record straight. However, he was anxious to prove his legal status and to silence everyone's mouth, so he chose to forge the edict.
However, people who are too cautious tend to pay attention to details and ignore the grasp of the whole. In the Chinese version of the edict released, there are many errors, one of which is a typo, the word "cheng" is written as "cheng", and there are words scribbled everywhere.
Cover by the world of things complicated" in the word "complicated", "only Zhuge Liang can be so ear" in the word "bright energy", "now all safe" in the word "security", after the smearing, the two words occupy a blank space.
The edict is mainly composed of two parts, the first half is a plagiarism of the edict of November 21, the 56th year of Kangxi (1717), mainly from a macro point of view on the inheritance of the throne and other issues, the second half is a temporary creation, mainly about the transfer of the throne to Yinzhen and other issues.
The date of the two Manchu and Han edicts was the day of Kangxi's death, November 13. Many scholars believe that this edict was written by Yinzhen, and that the occurrence of so many errors is obviously related to hasty revisions.
However, some believe that these mistakes were deliberate, similar to Cao Cao's deliberate alteration and alteration of some places when he wrote to Han Sui during the Three Kingdoms period. There are three reasons why we believe that these errors are deliberately altered by Yinzhen: first, the Manchu version of the edict is neat and correct, but the Chinese version is full of errors and does not conform to logic; 2. Traditional China pursues the rule of documents, and the emperor's decree does not allow the slightest mistake; 3. There are many masters of writing in the Imperial Officials, and it is impossible for the edict concocted in seven days to have so many errors.
In addition, Yinzhen's worries about ** were also revealed by one thing.
After Kangxi's death, Yinzhen was worried that unfavorable written materials would circulate, so he ordered the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to seal and hand over all the previous Zhu's edicts, and said that his own personal edicts could not be copied and retained.
However, his move was restrained by **, which instead caused more suspicion and distrust. Yinzhen originally wanted to prove his innocence through this, but because of this decision, he was even more mired in accusations of seeking power and seizing power.
In mid-March of the first year of Yongzheng, Yinzhen made a suggestion to Yinzhen, hoping to reduce the use of husband's service at Kangxi's funeral to save money. However, Yinzhen discovered Yinzhen's true intentions and thought that his suggestion was just to accuse himself of disloyalty and unfilial piety.
Yinzhen was angry about this, believing that Yinzhen's scheming and conspiracy were hateful.
At Kangxi's funeral, Yinzhen did not dare to be negligent. Chinese society replaces law with morality, dominates society with politics, and replaces public welfare with private feelings, resulting in sluggish and rigid social development.
Under this culture and system, the Chinese pay the most attention to face engineering and superficial forms, and respect for the deceased is not only respect for themselves, but also respect for established policies and existing institutions.
Therefore, funerals are part of politics. Yinzhen deeply understands this, and he knows that not only Yinzhen is watching his jokes alone, but many people are waiting for the opportunity to attack.
On November 14, he was buried for Kangxi in the Qianqing Palace. He ordered the princes and princesses to pay homage to Kangxi's legacy to show his inheritance, and said that during the period when his father was parked in the Qianqing Palace, he did not live in the palace, did not walk through the main gate, and sat and drank tea in the back.
On the 28th, when discussing the number of the temple and the name of Kangxi, Yinzhen broke the ancestral system and named the temple number "Holy Ancestor" to his father. After making a decision, he cut off his middle finger and drew the word "Holy Ancestor" with a blood circle to show his reverence and filial piety.
Maybe even he himself felt that this was a bit contrived, and specially explained to the princes and ministers, "I am not here to be filial, nor is it in the name of filial piety", everyone see, after the death of my father, snow fell from the sky, mourning crows flew around, God was uncomfortable, how could I cry twice?
On the third day of December, Zigong moved into the Jingshan Shouhuang Palace. During the ceremony, 20,000 ingots, 60,000 coins, and 50,000 five-colored ingots were burned. Yinzhen paid tribute to his father three times a day, and lasted for a month.
In order to express his sorrow, he "lived in plain clothes, three years like a day", it can be said that he broke the record of filial piety of emperors in previous dynasties. On March 27 of the first year of Yongzheng, 7,960 barmen were divided into 60 classes to carry Kangxi's Zigong Palace and moved to Zunhua Jingling, 300 miles away.
Yinzhen proposed that he personally escort the hearse. At the same time, he once again broke the old custom and changed the Manchu cremation tradition, making Kangxi the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty to practice burial.
After Kangxi Zigong settled in Jingling, Yinzhen let out a long breath. In the past three months, he was so tired that he not only endured physical torture, but also suffered a high level of mental stress.
The funeral was no trivial matter, but fortunately there were no mistakes. He attaches so much importance to funerals, although there are traditional cultural and old institutional reasons, and more importantly, there is an ulterior political mystery hidden in it.
This period is the transition period for Yinzhen to inherit the throne, and if anyone challenges the authority of the new emperor, it is undoubtedly unfilial piety to the old emperor.
New Copywriting: This was a critical period of transition between the old and the new, and it took Yinzhen three months to complete the comprehensive political, military, and personnel preparations, and the careful preparation of the funeral was a necessary measure to consolidate the regime.
Yinzhen's prudence allowed him to successfully navigate this transition and adjustment period. He once said: "The reason why I attach so much importance to the funeral is not to gain fame, but to make myself feel at ease."
As long as the etiquette is thorough, my heart will naturally be at peace. This is precisely the uniqueness of traditional Chinese political culture, that is, to obtain the actual "real name" through the formal "selling of names".