In Kangxi's later years, for the sake of the heir to the throne, his children attacked each other and poured dirty water on each other. In the end, Kangxi chose his fourth son Yinzhen as the heir to the throne, but he didn't expect that after Yinzhen ascended the throne, he immediately began to settle old scores, and even tortured to death the younger brothers who had supported him.
Especially Lao Jiu Yinzhen, although he did not compete with Yinzhen for the throne, why did Yinzhen resolutely kill him? And at that time, there were more than one people who supported Yinyu, including the old ten Yinyu and the old fourteenth Yinyu, why could they die well?
Did Yinyu do something that offended the anger of the public?
Among Kangxi's children, Yinyu is the most affectionate and righteous. He not only cared for others, but also gave generously to the poor, and was outgoing and eloquent. This gave him an extremely high reputation in both officialdom and among the people.
However, his stubborn character also caused him to suffer misfortune later. In stark contrast to his half-brother Yinqi, one introvert and the other extroverted.
Despite their very different personalities, their relationship is very deep. This is mainly because of their different growth environments, Yinqi grew up with Empress Xiaohuizhang, while Yinqi grew up with Lao Shi Yinqi's own mother, and was later sent by Kangxi to Yifei Guo Luoluo.
Yinyu, who has been deeply favored by Kangxi since childhood, followed Kangxi out on a cruise, showing his talent in both civil and military affairs, and won Kangxi's praise, thinking that he would become the bravest of his many sons.
Not only that, Yinyu also has the courage to accept new knowledge, especially has a strong interest in advanced Western culture, is proficient in Manchu, Chinese, Mongolian, Russian, Latin five languages, and loves Western firearms.
It all stemmed from a serious illness as a child, and the treatment of the Italian missionary Louis made him respect and befriend the missionaries, thus learning about Western literature and learning Russian and Latin.
As a result, he was full of yearning for Western literature.
Yinyu is frank, scheming and not deep, and admires Yinyu, who is outstanding in learning, and the relationship between the two is close. He had a good relationship with all the princes, even Yongzheng, who had a deep relationship at the time.
However, when the crown prince was deposed, all the princes were indifferent to the sidelines, except for the third eldest Yinzhi, Yinyu and Yongzheng to intercede for the prince. Yinzhi interceded for the prince because they had a close relationship, while Yinzhi did not hesitate to intercede with Kangxi because the prince was his own brother.
When the prince's breath of life almost disappeared, Yinyu came directly to Yongzheng's mansion and resolutely begged him to intercede for the prince, and Yongzheng also pleaded with Kangxi in desperation.
Seeing the deep brotherhood of the three of them, Kangxi not only did not get angry, but praised the three of them, and his handling of the prince also changed. This incident not only brought the relationship between Yinyu and Yongzheng closer, but also freed the innocent Yinzheng in the abolition of the prince.
Although Kangxi mistakenly thought that Yinxi wanted to assassinate the prince, in fact, the real mastermind was the boss Yinzhen, and Yinxi was innocent. Although Kangxi didn't know, Yinyu knew the truth, so he and Yinyu pleaded with Kangxi for Yinyu.
At that time, they were shackled and had poison around them, if Kangxi had to wronged Yinxi, they were ready to kill themselves, so that Kangxi could also experience the taste of killing his third son in one day.
New copywriting: They used the incident of Li Longji killing his three sons in one day to plead with Kangxi, but it made Kangxi furious. Kangxi slapped both of them angrily and even wanted to kill them with a knife himself.
However, seeing that Kangxi was so angry, all the princes knelt down and pleaded, especially Yinqi's brother Yinqi, who rushed directly to grab Kangxi's knife. After a long investigation, the truth was finally revealed: it turned out that the boss Yinchu wanted to assassinate the prince and curse the prince with the evil crooked ways.
Kangxi was so angry at this that he decided to imprison Yinchu for life and reward the other princes with a large amount. When choosing a new crown prince, Kangxi asked the ministers to recommend him.
At that time, Yinxi, who was very popular, became the first choice, but Kangxi thought that he was not suitable to be the prince, so he rejected him. Since then, Kangxi has kept his distance from Yinxi.
After seeing Yinxi fall out of favor, Yongzheng immediately kept his distance from him. However, Yinyu never gave up on him, and also used his business ability to support Yinyu and become his mobile money bag.
Yinyu found that he might not be able to inherit the throne, so he proposed Yinyu to be the crown prince instead, which was supported by Yinyu. Yinzheng asked Yongzheng about his opinion on Yinyu as the crown prince, and Yongzheng ostensibly agreed, but in fact he had become estranged from them and only maintained a brotherhood.
More importantly, Yinyu was also nominated as a candidate for the crown prince at the beginning, because Kangxi was very satisfied with his intercession for his brother and his relationship with Western missionaries. He once held exams for these brothers, among which Yinyu performed the best and was known as "emperorly", which made Yongzheng wary of him, and may even become one of the reasons for his death.
When Kangxi died, Yinyu was deeply shocked. He always thought that Yongzheng was his good big brother, but when he discovered Yongzheng's true face, he felt deceived and used. After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he immediately suppressed Yinxi and separated him from the other three brothers.
Although Yongzheng named Yinzheng as Prince Lian and appointed him as the minister in charge of affairs, on the surface, Yinzheng seemed to be reused, but in fact, Yongzheng's purpose was to prepare to put him in the air.
Then, Yongzheng appointed Yinxiang, Ma Qi, and Colondo as ministers in charge of affairs, and these people were Yongzheng's henchmen, which isolated Yinzheng.
When Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Yinyu was quelling the rebellion, and in order to prevent him from rebelling, he was recalled to the funeral, and then left him to guard the mausoleum. Yin Qi disrespected Yongzheng and was stripped of his title and imprisoned. Yinyu was dissatisfied with Yongzheng's succession, thinking that he had deceived himself and resolutely refused.
After being sent to Xining, he also corresponded secretly with Yinxi, using coded texts to communicate. After Yongzheng learned about it, he was very angry, and his hatred for Yinyu was even deeper.
Yongzheng planned to clean up Yinyu, so he sent the minister to investigate him. Because they had received relief from Yinyu, the mountain people spontaneously ran to him and advised him to rebel. Yinyu rejected their offer, he didn't believe that Yongzheng would do this to him.
The mountain people remained unwilling, saying that they would all be willing to follow him, but he refused them. This shows that Yinyu attaches great importance to brotherhood, and even in the face of difficulties, he is unwilling to resist.
However, Yongzheng had already arranged eyeliner by his side, and this matter was discovered by him. This is one of the evidences that Yinyu is plotting to rebel.
Yongzheng sent him back to the capital and imprisoned him, not only convicted him of more than 40 crimes, but also forced him to confess, even deprived of food, clothing, beds, mosquito nets, and not even a bowl of soup.
After being imprisoned for three and a half months, Yinyu unfortunately died on his birthday, I don't know if it was a coincidence or Yongzheng's conspiracy. To make matters worse, Yinyu's son has been imprisoned for more than 50 years, from the age of 10 to his release in his 60s, and he has been completely fooled.
Yinyu's tragic end may not be unchangeable. If he can let go of his stubbornness and apologize to Yongzheng, maybe things will take a turn for the better. Yinyu and Yinyu are safe and sound, perhaps because they know to bow their heads at the right time.