On the fourth day of the ninth month of the 47th year of Kangxi, Yinren, the crown prince of the Qing Dynasty of China, was deposed. At that time, Emperor Kangxi made a difficult decision on the way back from his inspection of Saiwai. In Burhasutai, he summoned all the kings, ministers, guards, civil and military ** to the palace, crying and announcing the deposition of the crown prince of the second elder brother Yinren.
Subsequently, Yinren was detained, and Emperor Kangxi cried bitterly.
How can there be a prince in the world for 30 years?", this is Emperor Kangxi's sigh to his favorite son, the second elder brother. The second elder brother was made the crown prince since he was a child, but the competition for the throne did not allow him to live a stable life.
Although he was the crown prince, the second elder brother never succeeded in ascending to the throne as he wished, and was even deposed when he was about to succeed. This kind of helplessness and frustration can perhaps only be truly understood by Britain's Prince Charles.
The second elder brother was so eager for the taste of power that he said it"Is there a prince in the world for thirty years?"Words like this. But what he did deeply disappointed Kangxi, who decided that he was ruthless, unrighteous, unkind and unfilial, and unsuitable for being a king.
Therefore, the second elder brother was imprisoned by Kangxi in the Xian'an Palace of the Forbidden City for 20 days. Despite this, Kangxi still attaches importance to the education of the second elder brother. He once personally taught the second elder brother, teaching the essence of the Four Books and the Five Classics and the gains and losses of governing the country in the past dynasties.
The teachers who served as the second elder brother were all famous Confucians at that time, such as Li Guangdi, Xiong Cixu, Tang Bin, etc., which can be said to be a very good choice.
The second elder brother is very smart, and all his homework is A+, he should understand that there are not a few princes who have been deposed in previous dynasties. According to statistics, there are 15 cases of abolition of the prince clearly recorded in the "Historical Records".
There are usually only two endings for these deposed princes: either they die or they flee. In the days of Xian'an Palace, if the second elder brother re-reads "Historical Records", he will definitely feel frightened.
He didn't dare to imagine what fate would befall him, let alone dream of escaping from this seemingly inescapable place. The door of Xian'an Palace is closed every day, and the food sent by the Internal Affairs Office has to be delivered through a special channel, and the door is guarded by the second elder brother's cronies at all times, and the guard is tight.
If the second elder brother wants to escape, it is undoubtedly a difficult challenge.
Under the spotlight of history, the life of the second elder brother has undergone earth-shaking changes. was originally a "waste person" for half a year, but now he has become the crown prince again. All thanks to his father, Emperor Kangxi.
On the ninth day of the third month of the forty-eighth year of Kangxi (1709), Kangxi once again established the second elder brother as the crown prince. Happiness came too suddenly, and the second elder brother felt extremely happy.
He thanked his father for giving him this opportunity, and thanked him for having more than 30 brothers, and more than 20 princes in the rank. In the palace, a "brother" is more likely to turn back than a "beauty" on the road.
However, there are so many brothers, but there is only one throne. After Kangxi abolished the second elder brother, all the elder brothers were ready to move and began to fight each other to seize power, which made Kangxi have a headache.
Even, he also said cruel words that "the princes have drilled camps as crown princes, that is, thieves of the country, and the law does not tolerate them", but it didn't seem to have any effect. The brothers were divided into several factions, and they fought for red-eyed and deaf-eared, and they didn't hear it.
The elder brothers compete for the reserve, and the second elder brother gains profits. In the process of this battle, the second elder brother finally became the crown prince by virtue of his ingenuity and thoughtfulness.
Historically, the fate of the deposed prince has not always been tragic. Although the deposed princes of the Eastern Han Dynasty failed to become the heirs to the throne, their endings were still relatively happy.
In contrast, the fate of the deposed princes in the Spring and Autumn period was even more tragic. However, when the second elder brother of the Qing Dynasty, Yinren, tried to regain the position of crown prince, he obviously did not learn the lessons of history.
He openly formed a party for personal gain, and even plotted to force Kangxi to give way. However, his actions were not tolerated by Kangxi, and he was deposed as the crown prince. Although the ending of the second elder brother was not as he hoped, history tells us that the fate of the deposed prince is not always tragic.
History is always strikingly similar. The second elder brother Yinren experienced ten years of life in Xian'an Palace, but was finally deposed as a concubine. His story seems to have a striking resemblance to the historical deposed prince Yang Yong.
Yinren was once a favored son, and Yang Yong was the emperor's rightful heir. However, their fates were changed by the struggle for power. Yinren listened to the baby crying in Xian'an Palace, and Yang Yong accepted the congratulations of hundreds of officials in the East Palace, which caused a mustard between father and son.
Yang Guang's actor-level performance finally made Yang Yong lose his throne and be deposed as a concubine. The lesson of history is that power struggles often have a profound impact on the fate of people.
It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge; The crown prince's revenge, a thousand years is not too late. ”