In the plot of the "Yongzheng Dynasty" in which hundred officials elect a new prince, most of the officials vote for the Eight Brothers Yinyu, including Tong Guowei and Ma Qi, two important ministers who went to the study, while contrary to most people's opinions, Zhang Tingyu, who was also the minister of the upper study, voted for the deposed prince Yinyu.
Then, why did Zhang Tingyu recommend Yin Rongfu to the position of crown prince?
In fact, Zhang Tingyu knew very well that Kangxi had not completely abolished Prince Yinrong.
In the "Yongzheng Dynasty", as one of Kangxi's ministers, Zhang Tingyu was deeply trusted and loved by Kangxi, and Zhang Tingyu also had a long-term secretarial work around Kangxi, so he would be more clear about what Kangxi thought.
After the Eighth Brother Yin yu interrogated Xiao Guoxing at night and presented the evidence of the prince's crime to Kangxi overnight, Kangxi came to the study and showed Zhang Tingyu Xiao Guoxing's testimony, Zhang Tingyu immediately burned the testimony, and then Kangxi's words made Zhang Tingyu understand Kangxi's thoughts.
"Your painstaking heart knows that you said that your son's illness is very difficult to get better, and it is difficult for your son's illness to get better."
From this sentence, Kangxi revealed two points of information to Zhang Tingyu:
First, Kangxi recognized Zhang Tingyu's act of burning the prince's evidence, and Kangxi did not shake the position of the prince like this matter was made public;
Second, Kangxi only thought that the prince was ill, but it was difficult to cure, but it was not that he could not be cured.
If Wang Tuan was reluctant to give up the prince because the prince was spent more than thirty years cultivating Wang Tuan, which exhausted his efforts, and for Kangxi, for the prince Yin, it was not only more than thirty years of care and cultivation, but more importantly, there was also the relationship with the prince's birth mother, Empress Xiaochengren, so Kangxi would not easily give up the prince.
At the same time, Zhang Tingyu also saw very clearly that if the crown prince was deposed, he would be replaced by a fierce dispute over concubines.
When Crown Prince Yinrong was in power, the eldest brother Yinzhen and a number of brothers of the Eight Masters Party looked at each other and coveted the position of crown prince, and if Yin Rong was hastily deposed, the crown prince was vacant, which would inevitably trigger fierce competition among the princes for the position of crown prince, and the brothers would fight each other and bring calamity to the Xiao Wall, which would not only trigger turmoil in the government, but even shake the foundation of the rule of the Qing Dynasty, which not only Kangxi did not want to see, but also the ministers who were based on the country and the imperial court did not want to see.
Zhang Tingyu mentioned to Kangxi when he was in Rehe, what he was worried about was the dispute between the brothers after Kangxi deposed the crown prince, and Kangxi's hundred officials recommended the crown prince to verify this, the Manchu officials hollowed out their minds, all kinds of private inquiries, and tried their best to win over the series, the government was becoming more and more abandoned, and the whole day was discussed and talked about the abolition of the establishment, if it continued to spread, the country would eventually be affected.
Therefore, under such circumstances, only Baoju deposed Crown Prince Yinrong, both for Kangxi's support and responsibility for the entire country
Of course, the most admirable thing is that the secret fold is taken out at the last moment, which is undoubtedly an excellent way to protect yourself.
Rather than saying that Kangxi asked the hundred officials to elect a new prince was a poll of opinion, it was rather a survey of the hundred officials to investigate the attitude of the hundred officials towards the princes, and at the same time to see the attitude of the princes to the throne. The final result surprised Kangxi, the influence of the Eight Brothers has far exceeded Kangxi's imagination, it is no wonder that the Eight Brothers can oppose the prince at every turn, and this also makes Kangxi have a huge sense of threat. During this period, the courtiers, including Tong Guowei and Ma Qi, all made a fatal mistake by giving answers that they thought were correct, but they did not understand that the real evaluation criteria were in Kangxi.
Zhang Tingyu chose the prince and gave his answer at the last moment through the way of secret folding, in order to protect Mingzhe.
First of all, as the minister of the study, in advance and publicly published his own suggestions, then there will inevitably be a group of ministers who will follow the trend and speculate, causing a bad impact, and Ma Qi's punishment for Kangxi is because of this reason, so Zhang Tingyu cannot publish without authorization, nor can he disclose his ideas in advance.
Secondly, Zhang Tingyu believed that Kangxi had not given up on the crown prince, and Kangxi also needed a strong voice to support the prince, so Zhang Tingyu sided with Kangxi instead of climbing on the other princes.
Third, even if Kangxi really did not want to continue to give the prince a chance, zhang Tingyu, as a courtier, still had the courtesy of a prince and did the work of loyalty to the prince, taking into account the country and the state system, which was also in line with Kangxi's way of loyalty and forgiveness, and would certainly not be punished by Kangxi, and at the same time, it would be understood and accepted by the princes.
In fact, Kangxi and Zhang Tingyu are more like singing a "double reed".
When he was in Rehe, Zhang Tingyu proposed to Kangxi that the prince had absolutely no courage to "defect", and Kangxi also found out in time that the prince's dispatch instructions were false, but Kangxi did not check on the spot, but locked up the prince and the thirteenth master, in fact, it should be said that they were protected. From this time on, a big drama that made the Eight Masters Party and other princes "let it perish and let it go crazy first" began. After that, from beginning to end, Zhang Tingyu did not reveal a single idea to the outside world, but only took out his own secret fold at the last moment, and then praised Kangxi, I have to say, it is more like the two set up this situation in Advance when they were in Rehe to observe the performance of the courtiers and brothers.