The fourteen brothers in the "Yongzheng Dynasty" are very different from the historical Yin Yu in terms of "revealing their hearts and tricks".
The fourteen brothers in history can be said to be the most "unlucky" of the many princes of Kangxi.
In the sixty-first year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1722), the Kangxi Emperor died and the Yongzheng Emperor ascended the throne. After that, in order to avoid secrecy, all the "Yin" characters in the names of all Kangxi princes had to be changed to "Yun". However, there are only fourteen brothers, and all two words in the name must be replaced, because before that, his name was called "Yin Zhen", which was a homophone different from Yongzheng's "Yin Zhen", so not only the word "Yin" had to be replaced, but also the word "Zhen", so there was "Yun Zhen".
In addition to saying that he was "unlucky", in addition to his name being "deprived" by his half-brother Yongzheng, there is another reason, that is, there have been rumors in history that Yongzheng "robbed" the throne that originally belonged to him, so there was the "correction and usurpation theory" and the "no edict to seize the throne" of Yongzheng's succession. Either way, Yin Yu was the biggest victim.
But did the historical Kangxi really want to pass the throne to the Fourteen Brothers Yinyu? If you look at it historically, this is not the case.
The sixty years of Kangxi (1721), the year before Kangxi's death, at this time the Kangxi Emperor's physical condition was much worse than before. If Kangxi really wanted to pass the throne to the FourteenTh Brothers, then when he put down the rebellion of the Mongol Dzungar chief Tseyu Alabutan and returned to Beijing to ask for credit, he would keep him by his side so that he could pass the throne to the FourteenTh Brothers after his death. However, the truth was exactly the opposite, Yin Yu returned to Beijing this time, only made a short stay, and was "driven out" of the capital by Kangxi again and returned to the northwest camp. If Kangxi wanted to pass the throne to him, would he let him return to the northwest at this time?
In fact, from the original intention of the Kangxi Emperor, he greatly recognized the fourteen brothers' ability to lead troops to fight, which was evident when he appointed him as the "Great General King".
"The Great General Wang is my crown prince, and he is indeed a good general, leading a large army, and knowing that he has the ability to lead the troops, so he orders the commander to kill the heavy responsibility." Or military affairs, or matters of great importance, should be in accordance with the instructions of the Great General King, and if they can work hard in good faith, it is no different from my face-to-face instructions. They should be harmonious, physically and mentally united, and strive to do their best. ”
However, the suitability to be a "great general king" does not mean that Kangxi will let him inherit the throne, although the fourteenth brother Yinyu himself is "extremely intelligent, talented and virtuous", and "serious and righteous, humble and courteous", but he has a fatal character flaw, that is, he is straight and moody. This is a very fatal "hard wound" for ordinary princes and ministers, not to mention the king of a country.
However, unlike the nature of the Fourteen Brothers in history, in the "Yongzheng Dynasty", Yin Yu can be said to show a very "clever" side, even compared to the Eight Brothers Yin Yu is more than enough, and this can be said to be revealed in the three plots.
Making a big fuss about The Gate of Qianqing, with one hand "Li Dai Tao Stiff", successfully resolved the crisis of forging the oracle.
When the Kangxi Emperor was leading a group of princes at The Autumn Of Rehe, Ling Pu, a close associate of Crown Prince Yinrong, suddenly led an army to surround the Kangxi Emperor's palace in Rehe without warning, causing great panic among everyone, and the focus of all contradictions was also focused on Prince Yinrong's body.
However, all this was the result of the fourteen brothers Yin Yu's single-handed operation.
He first accurately captured that the conflict between the Kangxi Emperor and the Crown Prince Yinrong had already broken out, and then used his "unique skills" of imitating handwriting to forge a fake handwriting in the name of The Crown Prince Yinrong, and it was because of this oracle that Ling Pu would send troops to surround the palace where Kangxi was located, triggering the crisis.
In fact, this is a very vicious move, if everything runs according to the original intention of the Fourteen Brothers, it will play the role of "killing three birds with one stone".
First, this move will make the prince yinrong bear a very serious crime, and once he is confirmed, he will be completely unable to turn over;
Second, Yin Rong's rebellious behavior, the Kangxi Emperor would not only be angry with it, but even take Yin Rong's life;
Third, even if Prince Yinrong can escape the guilt, then at least the many henchmen of Prince Yinrong will inevitably be punished very severely, and the power of Prince Yinrong will be greatly weakened, even if he can retreat completely, it will be more difficult for him to confront the "Eight Masters Party" if his strength is damaged.
At first, Yin Yu's "conspiracy" achieved some success, and Kangxi directly deposed Yin Rong as crown prince at Rehe. However, what Yin Yu did not expect was that the Kangxi Emperor still had hopes for Yin Rong, and after that, he was ready to restore Yin Rong, and had also confirmed that the instructions for dispatching troops were forgeries.
Under such circumstances, the Fourteenth Elder Brother Yinyu was in an extremely dangerous situation, and once the matter was revealed, he was punished even more severely than the Great Brother Yinyu who was stripped of his title and imprisoned for life.
Therefore, Yin Yu used the "Li Dai Tao Zombie" strategy, and it was the Eight Brothers Who suffered the crime.
Outside the Qianqing Gate, Yin Yu used a big fight with the thirteenth brother Yin Xiang and criticized the prince Yin Rong in a big way, expressing his support for the Eighth Brother Yin Yu.
At this time, Kangxi had clearly shown his dislike for the Eight Brothers Yin, especially Yin Yu's alliance with the party for personal gain and inviting people to buy people's hearts made Kangxi extremely dissatisfied with him. However, Yin Yu did the opposite, no doubt increasing Kangxi's hatred for Yin Yu, so that the direct consequence was that Kangxi would shift the responsibility for all things to Yin Yu, and even if it was done by others, Yin Yu would be criticized as the initiator.
In this way, while the Kangxi Emperor was extremely resentful of Yin Yu, he completely shelved the matter of "forging the oracle", and the FourteenTh Brother Yin Yu could be said to have successfully escaped from it, and what was even more unexpected was that he was also entrusted by the Kangxi Emperor with the heavy responsibility of acting as a military department.
And The Eight Brothers Yin Yu saw that his younger brother was so loving and supportive of himself, and his heart would also carry a trace of "gratitude" to him and want to keep this matter a secret. In fact, Yin Yu did conceal this matter, including the Nine Brothers Yin Yu and the Ten Brothers Yin? Without telling him, it was not until many years later that Yin Yu let the princes of the Eight Ye Party in the northwest realize that he had the intention of "taking the title of emperor", Yin Yu explained the matter to the Ninth Brother and the Tenth Brother, and until then, he had remained silent.
Striving for the "Great General King", the Fourteen Brothers Yin Yu to "seek self-reliance".
When a rebellion broke out in the northwestern Alabutan, Kangxi hoped to arrange for a crown prince to lead the army to quell the rebellion.
The Kangxi Emperor, who had experience in leading troops to fight, could not help but be unaware of the fact that a number of princes of the Eight Ye Party were obstructing from it, but at this time, Kangxi was helpless, the only thing he could do was to choose one of the princes of the Eight Ye Party to lead the troops to suppress the rebellion, and there was no doubt that the Fourteenth Brother of the Deep General Soldier's Way was the most suitable candidate.
In fact, from this time on, the Fourteenth Brother Yinyu already had his own selfish intentions, but he tried his best to hide it.
At the meeting of the members of the Eight Brothers Party, he first expressed his support for Yin Yu as the Great General King, and then he was very excited to use the "Blood Alliance Oath" to show his loyalty to the Eight Brothers. On the one hand, in the previous series of incidents, the Kangxi Emperor himself was very disgusted with it, and he was even more dissatisfied with his character, so kangxi would certainly not be so, and even more uneasy to let such a virtuous eight brothers serve as the great general king; on the other hand, Yin Yu did not understand the military, the so-called "hearing the Tao has a priority, the art has a specialty", Kangxi will definitely not use the Eight Brothers to take this risk under the condition of limited national strength.
At this time, the Fourteenth Brother knew that he had no competitors within the Eight Masters Party, and the only thing he needed to worry about was the Yongzheng side. After all, the thirteenth brother Yinxiang was also a man of both literature and martial arts, and at this time, he was in captivity, and for Yongzheng, this was also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ask Kangxi to pardon Yinxiang and make him a meritorious deed. Therefore, Yin Yu's worries about Yongzheng were far greater than those of The Eight Brothers Yin Yu and others.
Under such circumstances, Yin Yu, who rarely had any contact with Yongzheng, came to the Yongzheng Mansion in the name of wishing for his mother's birthday, ostensibly as a brother and entered the palace together, but in fact, he came to Yongzheng's mansion to test Yongzheng's tone.
In other words, at this time, the fourteen brothers Yin Yu had already thought of using the "transaction" method in exchange for Yongzheng's support for him, and after Yongzheng repeatedly mentioned Nian Tangyao, Yin Yu also understood Yongzheng's chips very wisely.
Therefore, when Yongzheng said in front of their mother, Princess Dewu, the idea of recommending Yin Yu as the Great General King, Yin Yu first thanked him by kneeling down, and at the same time made Nian Qianyao the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, which was undoubtedly a way to show favor to Yongzheng in order to win Yongzheng's support for him. After all, yongzheng is now in the position of prince, and he is also in charge of the household department's errands, and also holds the position of leading the minister of the interior, it can be said that among the kangxi princes, only he has the strength to compete with the Eight Ye Party, and wants to get rid of the control of the Eight Ye Party, without the support of Yongzheng, everything is just a "castle in the air", on the contrary, Yin Yu, who has the support of Yongzheng, can achieve double the effect with half the effort.
It can be said that at this time, Yin Yu was already making plans and efforts for him to seize the throne himself.
A meteorite with "Shou" is not only to "please" Kangxi, but also to "coerce" Kangxi.
The birthday feast of the sixty years of the Kangxi Emperor's reign is approaching, and all the princes are doing their best to win the favor of the Kangxi Emperor, including the fourteen brothers Yinyu.
Yin Yu had long been ready to give the meteorite with the word "Shou" to Kangxi, of course, the clear-eyed people knew that it was "fake", just to win a "auspicious" omen.
However, it is simply just a "xiangrui", which inevitably appears light and thin, and at the same time there is a hint of suspicion of "flattery", so at the same time that the fourteenth brother offers the birthday gift, he also has to offer a good report.
So this time, the Fourteenth Brother Yinyu repeated the same trick, using a forged letter, successfully provoked the relationship between the Eight Brothers Yinyu and the Orendai sent to monitor him, and then let Orendai turn his back on Yinyu and serve himself with a dead heart, coupled with Yongzheng's support, Yin yu achieved a great victory in the northwest.
After this, Yin Yu gave a birthday gift plus a copy of Xiangrui to Kangxi at the same time, no doubt showing Kangxi two meanings.
First, Kangxi knew that people were good at their duties, and choosing him to be the great general king was an incomparably wise and correct decision, so that he would receive the protection and grace of heaven.
Second, the reason why Yin Yu was able to win both the victory of counter-rebellion and the auspicious things sent down from heaven did not just prove that Yin Yu was the "son of heavenly choice" and should follow the path of heaven to inherit the throne of the Kangxi Emperor.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is a very difficult choice problem for the Kangxi Emperor, or that he used such a "providential" way to almost "coerce" Kangxi to choose to inherit the throne, which shows the weight of the "heart" of the Fourteen Brothers.
However, this heart was eventually destroyed in the hands of The Eight Brothers. With the occurrence of the "Eagle Shooting Incident", not only did all the efforts and arrangements of the FourteenTh Brother burn down, but at the same time, it also dealt a heavy blow to the kangxi Emperor's body and mind, and the FourteenTh Brother in the far northwest had no time or opportunity to participate in the final struggle for the throne, and the Fourteen Brothers' "dream of seizing the concubine" was also completely terminated from this moment.
In summary, we can see that the "heart machine" of the Fourteen Brothers is extremely deep. It's just that he was very "unlucky" to meet a Yongzheng who was deeper than his "heart".
Similar to the historical fourteen brothers' "sexual anger and color" character weaknesses, although he did not write his inner thoughts on his face in the "Yongzheng Dynasty", his actions fully exposed his thoughts and purposes, so this caused the Kangxi Emperor to be vigilant about it in addition to use, the resentment and restraint of the Eight Brothers after the "betrayal", and the Yongzheng moment to guard against it, which also doomed The ultimate outcome of Yin Yu's failure to seize the concubine.
On the other hand, Yongzheng's strategy of "fighting is not arguing, not arguing is fighting" not only made Kangxi trust him, but also put himself in the situation of "watching the fire from the other side", sitting back and watching the eight masters fight within the party, watching them lose both, and then obtaining the greatest political benefits from it, successfully ascending to the throne, and becoming the ultimate winner of the "nine sons and sisters". Under the continuous blows of Yongzheng, the FourteenTh Brother Yinyu was finally consumed by all his "fighting spirit" and chose to "yield".