Yongzheng: Why did Hongshi betray? Is it stupid or is there another reason?
In the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty", Wu Sidao once said: "It is really difficult to penetrate people's hearts!" "Yes, even his own own son will have a disagreement with his father, what is Hiroshi thinking?
In the decision of the fourth elder brother Yinzhen to become the emperor, all the princes were surprised, especially the eighth elder brother Yinzhen was even more dissatisfied. According to common sense, the fourteenth elder brother Yinyu gave the emperor's favor, and he won the support of the people, so the battle for the throne should be between himself and Yinyu.
However, now the fourth elder brother Yinzhen has been announced as the successor, which makes the members of the Eight Masters Party feel unacceptable, because it means that they have lost the gentry and courtier resources of the empire.
In order to stabilize his throne, Yongzheng threw an olive branch to the eighth elder brother Yinxi, showing his extreme dependence on him. He added the rank of eighth elder brother to the knighthood, trying to stabilize the court.
However, the eighth elder brother clearly saw Yongzheng's intentions, he surrendered on the surface and did things for Yongzheng, but in fact, he was secretly constantly causing trouble for Yongzheng. In this power struggle, the next generation is also involved.
Hongshi became the tool of the eighth elder brother Yinzheng to fight Yongzheng, and how did Yongzheng find out about his son's betrayal?
Yongzheng's third son, Hongshi, because he fell to the eighth child, triggered a battle for the successor. Although Hiroshi is the most advantageous in terms of generation, his character, ability, and greed for money all make people suspicious of him.
Even Li Dequan thought that he was the worst character among the princes, and once when he asked for peace, Li Dequan deliberately corrected him and made him kneel all morning, and he didn't see Yongzheng's face.
Therefore, Yongzheng's impression of Hongshi has always been bad. Hongshi has a lot of problems, in addition to poor character and ability, he is also very greedy for money. The first time he tasted the sweetness of money was in the first imperial examination in Yongzheng.
Yongzheng Dynasty's first "imperial examination fraud case", on the surface, it seems that Zhang Tinglu leaked the exam questions, but in fact, it is Hongshi behind it. After Zhang Tinglu was detained, he was coerced by the eighth elder brother, thus exposing Hongshi's crimes, and Hongshi was caught by the eighth uncle Yinxi.
However, Hongshi's behavior of selling exam questions to gain wealth is very stupid, because he is too flamboyant, and although he tries to hide himself, he completely forgets to protect his accomplice Zhang Tinglu.
This proves that Hongshi not only has a low IQ, but also does not be careful and rigorous enough. In addition, Hongshi also made a low-level mistake, that is, after the fraud case in the science field, he was afraid that Zhang Tinglu would expose his crimes, and kept asking Yongzheng to execute Zhang Tinglu as soon as possible.
This made Yongzheng start to doubt him. But because Hiroshi is his biological son, he has a deep love for Hiroshi, so this matter is not investigated.
Although Zhang Tinglu was innocently killed, Hongshi did not feel guilty for this, but was complacent because of Zhang Tinglu's death. After tasting a little sweetness, he became more presumptuous and reckless.
Hongshi's ambition was exploited by the eighth elder brother Yinxi, and the eighth elder brother directly had a showdown with Hongshi, asking him to act according to the plan, and then forced Yongzheng to abdicate and support him as the new emperor.
Faced with the choice between the throne and family affection, Hiroshi chose the former and betrayed the latter. When Yongzheng vigorously implemented the "New Deal", it was strongly opposed by the nobles and Qingliu, and the eighth elder brother Yinxi took advantage of this to contact the prince of the Guanwai banner to plot a coup d'état.
Hongshi was an important participant, and the eighth elder brother used him to obtain the military power of the Fengtai battalion to "jointly manage and defend the country", and Hongshi even pulled his younger brother Hongtian to "miscommunicate the will" together, so as to prove that they got Yongzheng's order and successfully let the banner lord Wangye's subordinates take over the Fengtai battalion.
The purpose of the eighth elder brother Yinxi is to initiate the "Eight Kings Discussion", trying to weaken Yongzheng's power by forcing the palace, even if he fails, he can use Hongshi's cards to strike at Yongzheng.
After being dragged into the water, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, and in order to make up for it, he revealed the situation to the thirteenth uncle Yinxiang. Thanks to the timely arrival of the Thirteenth Master, the military power of the Fengtai battalion was recaptured and Yongzheng was helped to survive the crisis.
Although Hiroshi eventually succeeded in saving the situation, he was blamed for it, while Hiroshi was able to get out perfectly and put all the blame on him. But Yongzheng is not stupid, he knows that Hongshi and Hongday have passed the will together, although Hongday admits that he miscommunicated, but why didn't Hongshi report it in time?
Therefore, he began to suspect that Hiroshi might have formed an alliance with Yinxi, but he didn't want to believe that his son would betray him, so he endured it. To confirm this, he began to test his two sons.
In order to test his two sons, Hongshi and Hongday, Yongzheng ordered the third master Yinzhi, Hongshi, and Hongday to go to Yinxi's house to raid the house, and asked Tu Lichen to follow and monitor their behavior.
Yinzhi is a shrewd person, he knows that raiding the house is not a good errand, so he only showed his face and left, without meeting Yinzhi. And Hongtian wisely refused this task, he used the excuse of illness to avoid the opportunity to go to Yinxi's house to raid the house, which not only avoided possible embarrassment, but also left a confused impression in front of his father.
Hiroshi confesses his incompetence and says that he is not worthy of the errand, and hopes to reflect on it in the mansion. His behavior not only showed his own shortcomings, but also dispelled Yongzheng's doubts about his struggle for the throne.
In contrast, Hiroshi seems too impulsive, and he takes the initiative to ask to go to the eighth uncle's house to raid the house, but exposes his stupidity. When copying the Eighth Master's mansion, not only did he not help, but he fell into the well and took it upon himself to distribute the mansion to a distant place.
This behavior fully demonstrates his viciousness. Although Hongshi's behavior is worse than that of Eighth Elder Brother, he is still too young after all.
The eighth elder brother learned from the housekeeper's briefing that Hongshi had sent all the people in his mansion to the frontier. Hearing this, the eighth master was secretly proud in his heart, and wanted to take this opportunity to frame Hongshi Design.
The eighth elder brother knows that success requires unscrupulous means, and even the six relatives do not recognize it. Although Hiroshi seems to be a failure, in his eyes, Hiroshi is a chess piece in his hand, as long as it is used properly, it can be used by him.
The eighth elder brother said to the housekeeper: "If I fail, I will fail because I am not ruthless enough." If you want to succeed, you have to do whatever it takes, and you have to do it when it's time to do it. Then, the eighth elder brother took out the list of the eight masters' party ** and handed it to Hongshi.
He said to Hongshi: "Hongli is smarter than you, Hongli is more ruthless than you, what do you have?" You should strike first and take out Hongli first. If you can't do this, you will be even more miserable than Uncle Eight in the future. ”
Hongli has firmly sat on the throne, Hongli will be able to be chic for a lifetime because of the grace of his mother's raising, and if Hongshi is indisputable, I am afraid that even Hongday's treatment will be difficult to obtain. Therefore, Hiroshi, driven by ambition, decided to take another risk.
However, his raiding of the house and his contact with the eighth master not only exposed himself, but also allowed Tu Lichen to see the clues. Tu Lichen reported this to Yongzheng, who suspected Hiroshi's betrayal, but still cherished his father's love and hoped to give him a chance to mend his ways.
However, Hongshi didn't care and continued to go his own way. His concern was that Long Kedo might expose his alliance with the Eighth Master, so he sent someone to kill Long Kedo in prison.
However, all this was eventually discovered by Tu Lichen, who took Yongzheng to meet Long Keduo, who revealed the truth. Since then, Yongzheng has confirmed Hiroshi's betrayal, and although he is angry, he has not punished him.
Hiroshi tried to claim the throne, but his plan was not clever. He had tried to buy people to assassinate Hongli while he was away in order to obtain the throne. However, this strategy of the eighth elder brother did not apply to Hongshi.
He doesn't have Li Shimin's resourcefulness, Yongzheng is not Li Yuan, and Hongli is not Li Jiancheng. Therefore, he did not become a qualified staff officer. Despite this, Yongzheng still chose to endure again and again, unwilling to admit his son's betrayal.
What really prompted him to make up his mind to get rid of Hongshi was the hints of the Thirteenth Master Yinxiang and Li Wei.
The words of the Thirteenth Master and Li Wei made Yongzheng realize Hongshi's betrayal and made up his mind to clear the obstacles for Hongli. The Thirteenth Master has been getting worse day by day since he returned from illness in the battle for military power in the Fengtai Battalion, and when Yongzheng learned that the Thirteenth Master was critically ill, he anxiously rushed to visit, and the Thirteenth Master only had one breath left, and he told Yongzheng before he died: "Those who do great things must first consider finding a substitute." ”
Yongzheng felt helpless, he didn't know how much time he had left, but he believed that Hongli would be able to help him complete this important task. The Thirteenth Master reminded him: "What if Hongli can't succeed to the throne smoothly?
We must not forget the lessons of our previous generation. He was worried that Hongshi had no ambitions, but he had the shadow of a starling to Hongshi. The admonition of the Thirteenth Master made Yongzheng highly vigilant.
When Li Wei answered Yongzheng's question, he did not directly say who did it, but hinted at Kangxi's excessive indulgence of his sons, which made it difficult to solve the current problem.
What he meant was that he was willing to serve his master, but the issue was too tricky for him to comment on directly.
Although he sat on the throne, Yongzheng was well aware of the hardships and pressures involved, and did not want the next successor to experience the same troubles. As a result, his attitude towards Hiroshi changed, from initial skepticism to reluctance to believe in his betrayal, to self-deception, and finally to fully admitting Hirotoki's betrayal.
In order for Hongli to succeed to the throne smoothly, Yongzheng made up his mind to give Hongshi to death, so as to clear the way for Hongli.
In the climax of the plot, Yongzheng makes a decision to deal with Hiroshi. When the narrow corridor of Changchun Garden appeared in front of us again, it seemed to return to the past, Kangxi asked Fifth Brother Zhang to take Yinzhen to Changchun Garden.
Yin Zhen walked into the corridor, and light gradually appeared in the darkness, and the light in front of him illuminated his path. And this time, Hiroshi stepped on this corridor again. However, unlike his father, Hiroshi was only dim and vague in front of him.
At the end of the hallway, darkness still hung over him, indicating that he was about to reach the end of his life. The fate of the two fathers and sons is vividly displayed on the same road and in the same corridor.
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