There is an old Chinese saying called "tiger poison does not eat children", and all parents are very fond of their children. The same is true for the emperor, who is generally made crown prince, and it is the emperor's favorite son. We all know that Zhu Yuanzhang and the Kangxi Emperor both established princes very early. Moreover, they all love their prince very much. However, what is puzzling is that the two have since been diametrically opposed in the cultivation of the prince and the handling of the prince's issue.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very fond of his eldest son Zhu Biao, made him crown prince, took him with him when handling government affairs, and expressed his idea of making Zhu Biao crown prince at an early age. When Zhu Biao became an adult, he let him handle government affairs by himself, which shows how much Zhu Yuanzhang attaches importance to and loves this eldest son. Kangxi was different, although he also let his sons participate in the handling of government affairs, but he always suspected that the prince would seize his power, so he twice made Yinrong crown prince and deposed him twice. Zhu Yuanzhang completely delegated power to the crown prince, but Kangxi was very wary of the prince's encroachment on power. The same emperor, the two of them, why is the approach so different?
What seems to be a completely different father-son relationship actually has a lot to do with the general environment of the dynasty at that time. The Ming Dynasty was a centralized system at that time, so people other than the emperor did not have so much power. Zhu Yuanzhang was relieved to cultivate Zhu Biao as a prince, and the people he had to worry about were his subordinates. The system of the Qing Dynasty was the system of the Council of Ministers, which means that in addition to the royal family, others also had the power to handle the government. After Kangxi came to power, he modified this system and vigorously advocated the centralization of imperial power. However, the forces behind Crown Prince Yinrong made him feel as if he had seen his power being taken away again, so he would set up two things against Yin Rong. Therefore, the judgment of the two people is actually not wrong.
In addition, let's look at the actual relationship between two pairs of fathers and sons. In the feudal dynasty, the relationship between the emperor and the crown prince is the most sensitive, after all, one is the current 95th zun and the other is the next 95th zun. In the face of the highest power, the relationship between father and son is difficult to grasp. Relatively speaking, the way Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's father and son get along can be said to be a good example in the past dynasties. Zhu Yuanzhang is domineering and strong, Zhu Biao is kuanren, this combination of the emperor's strong prince and the weakness of the prince is very good, at least the prince will not breed ambition.
Look at the father-son combination of Kangxi and Yin Rong. In terms of handling things, Kangxi has repeatedly criticized The Kangxi Crown Prince Yin, such as Yin Rong's eighteenth brother from serious illness to death, Yin Rong did not show any sadness and sadness, and was evaluated by his father Kangxi as "no fraternity". Later, when Kangxi was old, Yin Rong secretly watched Kangxi's state every night, hoping that his father would die quickly and succeed to the throne himself. As far as Yin Rong's thin and widowed personality is concerned, the relationship between father and son will only gradually drift apart, and it is also reasonable that the matter of the second prince will finally appear.
In general, Zhu Yuanzhang was very fond of Zhu Biao, and the Kangxi Emperor was also very fond of Yin Rong, but Zhu Biao was obedient and had no other ambitions, and Yin Rong was personally sinister and threatened the throne to Kangxi, which caused the Kangxi Emperor to fear that Yin Rong would seize power, and Zhu Yuanzhang trusted Zhu Biao. Perhaps, if Yin Rong was honest and obedient, Kangxi would not be so disappointed that he would have deposed his position as crown prince twice!