Eat a thousand bites, and be in charge of one person. In the former hereditary feudal patent system, the blood, family affection, and human nature between kings and courtiers are vividly interpreted and interpreted.
Some people say that Kangxi is a Ming monarch or a holy monarch, so let's take a look at where the Ming Sage was when he ruled the dynasty. It is said that Kangxi has many sons, and having a son is the emperor's dream, and it is precisely because of the number of sons that the royal brotherhood and father-son relationship will really surface, allowing people to see the weaknesses of human nature.
Only from Pangu to open the world, the royal family will be the prince, that is, the best person will be selected to inherit the throne, and Kangxi is not an exception. As the saying goes: "The emperor loves the eldest son, and the people love the youngest son", the eldest son is the first light in the emperor's heart, and Kangxi's Chu Jun is not the eldest son, but the second son.
has been the prince Yinchu for many years, maybe the days of waiting are too long, he can't hold back his inner desire, and he has done a lot of outrageous things, which displeased Kangxi, and abolished the prince of Yinchu in a fit of anger.
The heavens will descend on the people, and they will suffer their hearts, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, and empty their bodies." Yinzhen, the fourth son of Huang Zhen, who also revitalized the dynasty, was patiently waiting to go under the guidance of the "archetypal Dai Duo strategist", and finally won the trust of Kangxi and entrusted him. After some careful action, he ascended the throne of the emperor as he wished, and was known as "Emperor Yongzheng" in history.
The succession to the throne seems to be a legitimate thing, but in fact it is not so smooth sailing. "Yongzheng" has a prince in front of him and a brother in the back. In the early days when Kangxi abolished the crown prince, the battle for the nine sons became more and more intense, and Kangxi had no choice but to restore the position of the crown prince. Kangxi's nine sons were: the eldest son of the emperor Yinzhen, the second son of the emperor Yinren (the crown prince), the third son of the emperor Yinzhi, the fourth son of the emperor Yinzhen, the eighth son of the emperor Yinzhen, the ninth son of the emperor Yinzhen, the tenth son of the emperor Yinru, the thirteenth son of the emperor Yinxiang, and the fourteenth son of the emperor Yinzhen.
After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he suffered internal and external troubles. Outside to resist the rebels, inside to rectify the dynasty (that is, to implement the new policy), but also to beware of the brothers' "** and compassion for the throne", fortunately, with the help of the thirteenth half-brother, the government is basically stable.
It stands to reason that "brothers are of the same heart, and their profits are gold", but this is not the case in the royal family, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the brothers of the royal family as "bloody and dangerous". If it weren't for Kangxi's dying instructions "don't be too cruel to your brothers", otherwise "Yongzheng" would not have been soft-hearted and his brothers would have "opened the net".
Of Kangxi's nine sons, only the fourth and fourteenth sons were half-fathers and mothers, and the rest were half-siblings. Some people may think that because of the half-brotherhood, there will be a bloody succession. In fact, Emperor Yongzheng had three sons, one of whom saw through the red dust and had no quarrel with the world; a smart person who is deeply favored by Kangxi and Yongzheng; A deliberate attempt to obtain the position of the crown prince by unscrupulous means, the six relatives did not admit that they wanted to murder their brothers, which led Yongzheng to give Hongshi the bitter fruit of suicide in the secret Changchun Garden. In order to allow Wu'er to succeed to the throne smoothly, Emperor Yongzheng had no choice but to personally give his own flesh and blood to commit suicide.
The royal family is also a human being, and the "six relatives do not recognize" is particularly prominent, which is particularly jaw-dropping. It is not uncommon for kings to kill kings, brothers to kill each other, and fathers to kill their sons. It stands to reason that they are all people who have read the books of sages, and they all know very well the "righteous name" advocated by Confucius, who is the ruler and minister, father and son, and is a man who has recited benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith. But when it comes to the interests of family members, those become decorations, fig leafs for them, or a veil of hypocrisy.
The environment of open and secret fighting, fratricidal and fratricidal "is full of dangers" every second, and the slightest carelessness will lead to the disaster of death, which is the superstructure of the feudal dynasty. "No official is light", maybe it is a breakthrough!
This is just my view of "Yongzheng Dynasty".