Long Keduo's appointment as the Governor of the Nine Doors completed the transfer of power within the Tong family, and at the same time, this was also a reward from the Kangxi Emperor to Long Keduo and the entire Tong family.
Kangxi began to have hundreds of officials elect a new prince after Rehe "abolished the crown prince", in fact, Kangxi wanted to use this method to dig out the officials who supported the Eight Brothers rooted in the court, so as to sweep away the so-called "Eight Ye Party".
And in order to make the Eight Brothers Yin Yu and his henchmen all pay the surface and completely expose themselves to the court, Kangxi and Tong Guowei can be said to have painstakingly staged a "double reed", Tong Guowei helped the Eight Brothers Yin Yu to connect, in fact, just like Kangxi, in the spirit of "wanting to let it perish, first let it go crazy", fiercely pit the Eight Brother Yin Yu, and the Eight Brothers Yin Yu who did not know the plan were all in the dark from beginning to end.
However, this is also a "bitter meat plan" for Kangxi and Tong Guowei.
In order to make the "double reed" drama more realistic, Tong Guowei can only fall deeper and deeper into it, so that he cannot retreat completely, which requires Tong Guowei to choose a new successor for himself and his family, has completed the transfer of power within the family, and selected a new spokesperson for the family's interests above the court.
And Long Keduo became the common choice of Kangxi and Tong Guowei.
Long Keduo cooperated with Kangxi and Tong Guowei to complete this "double reed", and dealt a heavy blow to the forces of the Eight Brothers yin, and successfully completed the plan of Kangxi and Tong Guowei, so Kangxi said, "This nine-door admiral is none other than you", which is an affirmation of Long Keduo's performance, and also as a reward for Long Keduo and the entire Tong family.
In fact, at this time, Longkeduo had indeed become the best candidate for the Nine Gates Admiral that Kangxi believed.
The position of the Nine-Door Admiral is too important.
He was in charge of the soldiers and horses throughout Beijing, commanded the nine gates of the capital, and was responsible for the garrison and security of the entire capital and the imperial palace. Those who held such a position must be an absolute confidant of Kangxi, absolutely obedient to Kangxi, and must also maintain absolute neutrality among the princes and courtiers.
At this time, Roncodo had already met all such conditions.
First of all, Long Keduo's reward from Kangxi was based on the betrayal of his relatives Tong Guowei on the basis of the betrayal of his sixth uncle Tong Guowei, in exchange for the high-ranking official Houlu, so that even his own relatives could betray the person, which was completely discredited, which also made the prince and courtiers pay attention to three points of dissatisfaction in their dealings with Longkeduo.
Secondly, Long Keduo, from the guard of the Yili Domain, such an unruly petty official, a deserter with a previous conviction who was punished, was now entrusted with such an important position by Kangxi, and he must also be grateful to Kangxi.
Third, Longkeduo betrayed Tong Guowei, and the one who was most affected was the Eight Brothers Yin Yu and his henchmen, who must have hated Long Keduo to the bone, and under such circumstances, it also relieved the Kangxi Emperor's worries, and there was no need to worry about the alliance between Long Keduo and the Eight Ye Party.
Therefore, under such circumstances, the Kangxi Emperor would say that the Nine Gates Admiral was none other than Long keduo, and in fact, in Kangxi's view, Long Keduo at this time was indeed the most suitable candidate.
Long Keduo's final performance did not disappoint Kangxi and became an important contributor to the ascension of Bao Yongzheng to the throne.
After all, Tong Guowei was the first assistant minister of the upper study, and if he only used a minister of the upper study to exchange for a nine-door admiral, it was obvious that this was a loss-making transaction. Therefore, before Kangxi died, he revealed his last bottom card, that is, entrusting Longkeduo with the heavy responsibility of supporting Bao Yongzheng.
And Long Keduo did not disappoint Kangxi, ensuring the smooth ascension of Yongzheng to the throne, and he himself became the minister of the upper study with the merits of his support and the will left by Kangxi, and reopened the glory of the Tong family.