In the first month of the forty-eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1709), the emperor's uncle and father-in-law Tong Guowei became a "scapegoat".
He was the emperor's uncle and father-in-law, and was tragically used as a scapegoat, and after his death, he was posthumously awarded the title of Taifu!
Tong Guowei was a special figure in the DPRK. His sister Empress Xiaokangzhang was the biological mother of the Kangxi Emperor, and Empress Xiaoyiren was his daughter. Therefore, he was both the uncle of the Kangxi Emperor and the father-in-law of the Kangxi Emperor. In the twelfth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Wu Sangui plotted a rebellion, and his son Wu Yingxiong, who lived in the Beijing Division, prepared to respond to the uprising with a red hat in the spring of the following year, and the first-class bodyguard Tong Guowei was ordered to lead the guards to the Great Buddha Temple, arrested more than a dozen people from the chaotic party, and made a great contribution. Later, he was promoted to Minister of the Interior of the Imperial Guard, Minister of Parliament, and official to Masayoshi.
In the 28th year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1689), because he was the father-in-law of the current emperor, he was promoted to the title of First Rank Duke. In the forty-third year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1704), he was relieved of his duties due to old age. Such a special person, and a man who has been dismissed from his official position, was greatly humiliated by his involvement in the succession problem in his later years, and if he did not rely on extraordinary status, he would most likely lead to the disaster of killing.
After the crown prince was deposed and imprisoned for the first time, the Kangxi Emperor fell angry and angry and fell ill. Although Tong Guowei has been relieved of his term of office for four years, as the emperor's uncle and father-in-law, he is not willing to stay on the sidelines. He said: "The emperor is shrewd in his work, and everyone in the world knows and has no mistakes." This matter is of great importance to the Holy Bow, and if it is easy to deal with in the future, pray for a quick judgment, or if it is difficult to do so in the future, pray for a wise judgment. In short, it is good to implement the original idea carefully. At that time, after the Kangxi Emperor thought about it, he released Yin Rong on the grounds that he had recovered from madness, and had already made up his mind to restore Yin Rong as the crown prince. But he felt that there was still a lot to be done before the decision was announced, and one of the important tasks was to maintain his consistently correct image. The emperor said that for such a major matter as the abolition of the crown prince, you can't just go wherever your mouth goes! For this reason, many Manchu ministers have become "scapegoats", and Tong Guowei is one of them.
In the first month of the forty-eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the Kangxi Emperor summoned his uncle Tong Guowei, turned over the old account, threw out the words he had said last year, and asked: "Er is the person who dismissed the appointment, this matter has nothing to do with Er, but he is the first to play, what is his heart?" Tong Guowei guessed the emperor's extraordinarily loud voice, but as a courtier, he could not embarrass the emperor, nor was it convenient to defend himself, and could only reply cautiously: "Although the subject is dismissed by mediocrity and foolishness, he has been ordered by the emperor to be his uncle, and he looks up to the eucharist to violate the peace, hoping for a quick cure, so please settle the matter quickly, what words can the minister say?" Tong Guowei implicitly reminded his nephew the emperor that although I have been relieved of my duties, I should not forget that it is still your uncle, and it is your uncle who has been recognized by your holy mouth.
The Kangxi Emperor did not have enough reason to refute his father-in-law, so he could only swing away and say to him, I have difficulties, you have come to ask, in the future I have no difficulties, can you no longer worry about state affairs? Overnight, the Kangxi Emperor found out the guilt of his uncle and sent it to the courtiers in the form of an edict. In the edict, Tong Guowei and his wife wished him "long life" and accused him of "deceiving him with absurd and untruthful words", which is undoubtedly a sin to add to the crime. He was called "Long Live" by the courtiers and the people of the world every day, and he was not regarded as a deception and fool, so why did his uncle and aunt say that such a statement was to fool him? Xiangzhuang danced the sword, intended to pei gong. The Kangxi Emperor wanted to find his uncle's stubble, and the key was on the four words "easy to measure".
As soon as he thought of his own gaffe when he deposed the crown prince, and thought of the various thoughts he had turned at that time, his heart was faintly painful. He wanted to tell the courtiers that his uncle had reminded him that he had an ulterior motive in killing the prince. And he was a wise man who did not take his uncle's wrong opinion at the crucial moment.
On February 28 of that year, ten days before Yin Rong was reinstated as crown prince, the Kangxi Emperor systematically accused Tong Guowei. These accusations are on the line, but they do not stand up to scrutiny and are not convincing. However, the intention is very obvious, and the responsibility for the political turmoil and people's instability caused by the abolition of the prince is pushed to the final guowei.
Tong Guowei was not convinced, but in front of such a nephew emperor, he could only reply: "The words played by the subjects are all recorded in the archives." I don't prevaricate now. All the people were afraid of the list of names because of the words of the ministers, causing the Eucharist and the crown prince and the princes to worry, and the ministers were guilty of great sins. Although the emperor has mercy and does not curse, why should the subject be born in the world? Pray for the swift rebuke to show the multitude. "This statement is soft and hard, which means that since I have committed such a great sin, you should kill me."
The Kangxi Emperor did not intend to kill Tong Guowei, and since he was an uncle and father-in-law, how could he really use a butcher's knife? Immediately after that, he issued an edict: "In order to appease the masses, I will make it clear that I do not want to be cursed." When he started playing, the bandits outside did not know why, because they even praised Eryun: "The minister of state who is so called a minister of the state, who is not afraid of death, dares to perform the recitation." Now that the situation of Er is revealed, why will man be like a man? Shame on you! It is similar to selling a name. He is not condemned, and his frankness is not to be tolerated, but he cannot be relieved of his responsibility. Guan Er's delusional words, which were also suppressed by people and ? "After half a day of talking, I said that I want you Tong Guowei to take responsibility for the relevant crimes and not to shirk them to your nephew emperor."
Tong Guowei, whose uncle and father-in-law was rated by Emperor Kang Zhaodi as a "traitor and thief" and "shameful extreme", and his political humility was greatly damaged. Ten years later, in the first month of the fifty-eighth year of Kang Zhao (1719), Tong Guowei died, "giving sacrifices and burials as usual"; after the Yongzheng Emperor came to power, he posthumously gave him the title of Taifu and gave him the title of "Duanchun". His third son, Ronkodo, inherited his first-class dukehood. All this shows that Tong Guowei is not really as hateful as the Kangxi Emperor rebuked, he is only a political victim sent to the altar by his nephew emperor.