The Three Brothers in the Yongzheng Dynasty seem to be a faction of their own, but they are actually members of the "princeling party".
The three brothers in the "Yongzheng Dynasty" have always given people a state of "two ears do not hear things outside the window, and only read the books of the sages", and he does not seem to care about the dispute between the princes, and has been wholeheartedly compiling his "Ancient and Modern Book Integration".
However, the seemingly unworldly Three Brothers Yinzhi were members of the princelings, and were confirmed through Kangxi's two errand arrangements.
The first time was at the time of the Rehe Autumn Festival.
Kangxi led the princes at Rehe Qiumin, because of Kangxi's great dissatisfaction with prince Yinrong, so that several brothers of the Eight Ye Party seized the opportunity, so the fourteenth brother Yinyu forged the prince's edict, and the princeling member Ling Pu received this fake princely edict, without any doubt, and immediately sent troops to surround Kangxi's palace in Rehe, thus creating the fact that "the prince plotted rebellion".
At this time, in order to stabilize the situation, Kangxi successively made the four princes of the Great Brother Yinzhen, the Third Brother Yinzhen, the Fourth Brother Yinchen, and the Eighth Brother Yinchen the Title of Prince, and at the same time announced the suspension of all the seals of the crown prince. Later, Kangxi made an intriguing arrangement. He put the eldest brother Yinzhen, who had experience in leading troops, in charge of the garrison of the entire palace, and let a scholarly prince like the third brother Yinzhi be responsible for the camp affairs of the Rehe garrison.
Kangxi was very aware that the relationship between the eldest brother Yinzhen and the crown prince Yinrong was not harmonious, and Yinzhen had long coveted Yinrong's position as the crown prince, and Kangxi arranged for Yinzhen to be in charge of the palace garrison, so that he could be the captain of this security team, that is, while stabilizing Yinzhen's emotions, he would press him to his side to death, so that he could not take advantage of the chaos to harm Prince Yinrong, after all, Kangxi also needed a living prince Yinrong to explain the reason for all this to him.
Therefore, Kangxi arranged for the three brothers to be responsible for the affairs of the garrison, because he believed that only the three brothers could save the prince in this situation and let himself see the living prince, and the other princes he was not at ease.
The second time was when Kangxi restored the crown prince.
Kangxi deposed Tong Guowei, dismantled the "Eight Masters Party", and decided to release the crown prince YinRong from the Zongren Mansion, at this time, Kangxi did not choose to fold Chen To protect the fourth brother, the thirteenth brother, and Zhang Tingyu, and did not let the other princes or ministers go, but once again let the three brothers Go and take Yin Rong out of the Zongren Mansion.
Kangxi also had good intentions in doing so, and at this time, the crown prince Yinrong, after the "rebellion" storm of the Rehe Dynasty and the blow of Kangxi's "one abolished" prince, was already a bird of fright, and the origin of the "rebellion" itself had not yet been investigated clearly, and the matter of the group of ministers "playing the new prince" was boiling over, and if he gave the prince a little stimulation at this moment, it was very likely that the prince's spirit would completely collapse, and even find a short-sightedness, at the same time, Kangxi had to prevent other princes and courtiers from harming the prince under the guise of holy will. Therefore, Kangxi once again chose the Three Brothers Yinzhi, because only by seeing Yinzhi could the prince rest assured that he would not find a short-sighted view at the moment, and there was also a yinzhi who could persuade the prince in a positive direction, so that the prince could come out to face the saint with peace of mind, all of which was also for the sake of the prince.
Through these two arrangements, it can be determined that the Three Brothers are actually the "hardcore" princelings, and they are the princelings hand-picked by Kangxi.
In fact, the reason why there is such a plot character relationship setting is because the relationship between Yin Andong and Yinrong in history is indeed extraordinary.
Two hours after the birth of Crown Prince Yinrong, her birth mother, Empress Hesheri, died in childbirth, and subsequently, Kangxi arranged for The Three Brothers Yinrong's birth mother, Concubine Rong, to be responsible for raising the crown prince, and Ma Jiashi became the adoptive mother of the prince. It can be seen that although the prince and the third brother were not born to a mother, they were raised by a mother, and they grew up together from an early age, and their feelings were also very good.
It is precisely because of this that after Kangxi "abolished the crown prince", the three brothers Yinzhi found the evidence of the eldest brother Yinzhen through unremitting efforts, and then helped the prince Yinrong to successfully overturn, and this plot is also reflected in the "Yongzheng Dynasty".
All this shows that the relationship between the Three Brothers and the Crown Prince Yinrong is also precisely because the Three Brothers support the prince and also win the trust and favor of Kangxi, after all, at this time, Kangxi is still full of hope for Yinrong, and at the same time, compared with Yongzheng at this time, the performance of the Three Brothers who have no covetousness for the throne will win Kangxi's appreciation.
After the crown prince was deposed, the performance of the three brothers yinzhi and Yongzheng can be said to be similar.
Since Kangxi "abolished the crown prince", Yongzheng, with the support of the thirteenth master Yin Xiang and Wu Sidao, decided to participate in the competition for the throne, and then began to plan to seek the throne, and Wu Sidao's strategy for Yongzheng was "to fight is not to argue, not to argue is to fight", that is, not to show his desire to win the concubine, not to make friends with courtiers, not to fight with other princes, but to closely unite around Kangxi, using his ability and filial piety to win Kangxi's trust.
Yongzheng did this, and the Three Brothers Yin Zhi was not.
In addition to Yongzheng's close relationship with the Thirteenth Brother Yinxiang, that is, he had contacts and contacts with his own protégé Nian Qianyao, he did not make friends with other princes and courtiers; the Three Brothers Yinxiang chose to isolate himself from other political forces in addition to intersecting with Chen Menglei, Li Fu and other literati and scholars who recruited and compiled books.
Yongzheng was bent on running errands and only wanted to concentrate on doing things; while the Three Brothers Yinzhi concentrated on compiling books, but asking about government affairs.
When Kangxi passed his birthday, Yongzheng offered the Diamond Sutra that he had recited ten thousand times to pray for Kangxi's birthday; the Three Brothers Yinzhi offered the fruits of his work, the 10,000 volumes of the Ancient and Modern Book Integration.
It can be said that the Three Brothers Adopted the same strategy as Yongzheng, not to compete for the throne, not to deliberately express themselves, not to form parties and gangs, in order to attract Kangxi's trust and favor.
In addition, the Three Brothers Yinzhi has a congenital advantage over Yongzheng, that is, his age is older than Yongzheng.
At this time, Kangxi's only concubine Yin Rong had been deposed and imprisoned, and the oldest elder brother Yin Zhen was also imprisoned by Kangxi for life, so the three brothers still had an older advantage over Yongzheng.
Therefore, the same strategy, the same unobtrusive, the same silent planning, and the advantage of age, the Three Brothers Yinzhi can be said to be Yongzheng's strongest competitor, and he hides all this, which can be said to be very deep.
When the three brothers learned that they were not eligible for the throne, they immediately changed from competitors to supporters, and then won themselves the grace of "not kneeling in front of the court".
On the night of the Conquest of the Concubine, Kangxi died, Long Keduo read out the will of the Kangxi Emperor, and Yongzheng became Kangxi's successor, the future emperor.
At this time, the performance of the three brothers Yin Xiang was more active than that of the thirteenth master Yin Xiang, as Yongzheng's elder brother, the eldest prince at this time, took the lead in kneeling, bowing to the new king, and gave Yongzheng great support.
It is also because the three brothers took the lead in recognizing the Yongzheng throne, which greatly increased the legitimacy of The Yongzheng's ascension to the throne, coupled with the fact that the three brothers continued to maintain a humble and low-key style during the "Nine Sons and Concubines" and after Yongzheng ascended the throne, Yin Zhi also waited for Yongzheng's respect, and then obtained the grace of "no kneeling before the imperial court", which is a privilege that even the thirteenth master Yin Xiang did not have.
It can be seen that the Three Brothers Yinzhi "hidden" his own completeness, and maintained his competitiveness during Kangxi's lifetime, which also became his "protective umbrella", which eventually saved him from Yongzheng's suspicion and could end up with a good ending.