The main reason why Kangxi did not kill Suo Ertu and Mingzhu was, of course, that the two people's merits were greater than their faults, and there was also a more private one that the two were related to Kangxi, so Kangxi naturally would not execute the two, and the specific things I will continue to tell as follows.
First, the pearl suffered
Although Mingzhu helped the eldest son of the Emperor, that is, the son of Concubine Hui, in the process of seizing the concubine, this was not the main reason why the pearl was picked up by Kangxi, because the pearl was picked up by Kangxi in the twenty-seventh year of Kangxi, and the eldest son of the emperor was imprisoned by Kangxi in the forty-seventh year of Kangxi because of the witch's framing of the prince, so it is completely groundless to say that he was implicated because of the concubine.
So why was the pearl picked up by Kangxi? The main reason was that Mingzhu used his identity and the particularity of his status to buy and sell officials and knights in the official field, forming parties for personal gain, and causing chaos in the DPRK and China, Kangxi was deeply dissatisfied with this, so he cleaned up Mingzhu, and the crime at that time was "forming a party for personal gain", and there was no crime such as conspiracy to rebel or seize power.
In the end, Kangxi did not kill Mingzhu, but only dismissed him from his post and let him go home to retire, and the rest of the excessive disposal did not. It was not until the forty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty that Mingzhu died at the age of 73. Why would Kangxi be so kind to him? There are three main reasons.
1. Forming a party for personal gain is not serious
Although Kangxi said that he had formed a party for personal gain, there was obviously no more accurate evidence that he had done anything bad in forming a party, and there was no clear explanation of what the purpose of the party was, so it can be seen that Mingzhu's party and private business is similar to a few fox friends who drank and made trouble in private, which caused Kang to resent it.
This kind of party formation is completely different from the kind of party that wants to rebel, if it is found to be suspected of rebellion, it is estimated that Mingzhu's head will have landed long ago, which shows that Kangxi does not have enough evidence to show that Mingzhu wants to rebel, so he drops lightly.
2, the pearl work is greater than the excess
Among the achievements made by Kangxi in his life, many pearls were personally involved, such as when the San Francisco was withdrawn, the pearl vigorously supported Kangxi, and later Kangxi recovered Taiwan, the pearl was also after the saddle horse, the two were comrades-in-arms, and the comradeship was still deep, so Kangxi always considered these levels when dealing with the pearl, the merits were offset, and the pearl finally saved his life.
3. Kangxi and Mingzhu are obviously related
Kangxi and Mingzhu were related, and both had a constant relationship, whether from Princess Hui's side or from Kangxi's own love of the Xinjue luo family.
Mingzhu is the son-in-law of Prince Azig of England, and Prince Azig of England is the orthodox Ai Xin Jue Luo family, that is to say, Mingzhu and the Ai Xin Jue Luo family are directly related, and in terms of generations, Kangxi also calls him his uncle for life.
From Huifei's side, Huifei's father and Mingzhu are cousins, that is, Huifei should call Mingzhu an uncle, and If Kangxi follows Huifei's side of the relationship, he should also be called Uncle Mingzhu.
To sum up, no matter from any level, Kangxi could not fail to give this elder face, and it was impossible to easily execute him.
2. Soeto suffers
He openly supported the crown prince in his struggle for the throne, and also instigated the prince to force the palace to give way to Kangxi, causing Kangxi to finally be intolerable, not only eventually abolishing the crown prince, but also severely punishing Soetu.
Suo Etu's fate was worse than that of Mingzhu, he was locked up by Kangxi and did not allow him to eat and eventually starved to death, it can be said that he was already very cruel, although on the surface Kangxi did not directly behead him, but executed him in another way. Why did Kangxi do this to Suo'etu? There are also 3 reasons.
1. Serious mistakes
Soetu's crime is much more serious than that of Mingzhu, instigating the prince to seek power and usurp the throne, which is a crime of exterminating the door in any dynasty, and the rebellion is not a joke, and what the emperor hates most is the person who is eyeing his own throne.
So So Etu was eventually locked up, but Kangxi could have killed him directly, because according to the crime, it was enough to kill him, so why didn't Kangxi kill him?
2. The credit for soe-er-tu is great
Soetu was very hard when Kangxi attacked Geldan, and during Kangxi's negotiations with Russia to resist the war, Soetu also made great achievements, according to these merits, Kangxi could not directly execute him, at least in another way to hide his eyes.
3. Suo Ertu was also related to Kangxi
Soetu's father, Sol, was one of the assistant ministers elected to Kangxi at the time of Shunzhi's death, and played a great role in Kangxi's early handling of imperial politics, and Kangxi relied heavily on him.
Later, Suo Etu's sister married Kangxi, became Kangxi's empress, and gave birth to a son, although it was Kangxi's second son, but also the eldest son, and finally became the crown prince.
In the past, Soetu helped Yi to plot a big thing, but when he learned of his feelings, he put Soetu to death. Now Yin Rong wants to avenge Soetu and forms a henchman.
It was because of these relationships that Soetu always supported the auxiliary prince, which eventually led to being implicated and punished by Kangxi. But in any case, there are always inextricable relationships in the middle, kangxi monks do not look at the face of the Buddha, can not let everyone be too embarrassed, so lock up Soetu, let him finally starve to death, it seems better than directly killing him, although the result is the same, but the way is different, the impact on people is not the same.
epilogue
In the face of the imperial power, a slight deviation from the line is doomed, so it is still prudent to sail the Ten Thousand Years Ship.