On August 19, 12, the court sent the emperor's holy decree: to deprive Dorobele of his title and demote him to the rank of Duke of Zhenguo. When the news came, the whole world was in an uproar. You must know that Yin Yi is the son of Kangxi, that is, Yongzheng's half-brother, is the prince of the hall, his title is at least the beginning of the Duke of Fuguo, basically Beizi, Belle, mixed slightly better is the prince, how can he suddenly be subjected to such a change?
In fact, this matter is really not Yongzheng's deliberate blow. At this time, Yongzheng was busy with affairs and his health was not as good as before, and the ceremony of the tomb at this time could not be presided over, so he let Yin Yi and several close princes do the work. In feudal society, it should have been a great honor to preside over the sacrifice on behalf of the Heavenly Son, but Yin Yi refused, and refused twice.
His reason was also simple – he was sick. However, Yin Yi was not in the frontier far away from the Emperor of Shangao, he lived in jingshi, and everyone knew that a person in his twenties could not be alive and jumping around and suddenly fell ill at this juncture. In the final analysis, this is the disrespect of the resistance, and Yongzheng's treatment of him is not excessive.
Why Yin Yi did this, he did not explain, and it is difficult for posterity to guess. Judging from his experience, I am afraid that he was spoiled. Although his mother had a low status and had been a concubine since entering the palace, she was the daughter of Gao Tingxiu, a great calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty. Gao Tingxiu did not hold a high official position and achieved high calligraphy achievements, and was once appointed as the ambassador of the Bureau of Casting and Printing, which was the official who evaluated and selected the seal of the imperial palace.
Yin Yi was born in the forty-fifth year of Kangxi, at this time the Kangxi Emperor was already more than fifty years old, and the old man naturally valued it very seriously. In particular, the fight between the older princes made Kangxi very annoyed, and he cherished these children who did not understand the world. Beginning in the 55th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the 11-year-old Yin Yi participated in the Mulan Autumn Siege with his car every time, and continued until the death of the Emperor of Kangxi in the 61st year. Not all princes have such a special honor, which shows that Kangxi loves Yin Yi very much.
To a certain extent, it became coddling, and even after Kangxi's death, Yin Yi did not understand that the world had changed. In fact, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, on the one hand, he cruelly persecuted his brothers who had competed with him for the throne, and on the other hand, he tried his best to win over other princes. Yin Yi was young, and naturally had not offended Yongzheng before, and he naturally received a lot of care.
For example, in the fourth year of Yongzheng, he was given the title of Gushan Beizi, and in the eighth year of Yongzheng, he was named Dorobele. At this time, he was still very young, and he effortlessly obtained these titles that ordinary people could not reach, and he was naturally satisfied. Maybe he didn't realize at all that his brother didn't give it because he didn't shy away from his identity. The tragic ends of Kangxi's third son, the fifth son, the eighth son, the ninth son, the tenth son, and the fourteenth son of the emperor did not give him a vivid education at all.
It was the little thing of the sacrifice of the tomb, Yin Yi actually dared to push three blocks and four blocks, which of course made Yongzheng very annoyed. After that, Yin Yi naturally did not get reused. The next year, Yongzheng died, but everyone knew that Yin Yi was already a person that Yongzheng hated, and he was not allowed to participate in the emperor's funeral, and he could not go to the Qianqing Palace and perform rituals in the palace.
At this time, Yin Yi found that the situation was not good. For Yongzheng, he naturally has no feelings and is willing to worship. However, this is a signal. Because Yongzheng was the emperor after all, he lost his worship qualifications, which meant that Yin Yi was a fatherless and monarchless person, and it was entirely possible that he would be expelled from the imperial family. Then, everything he relied on and was proud of would become a mirror flower and a moon.
Yin Yi pleaded bitterly until a month later, when Qianlong agreed to go to the spirit to perform the ritual, and also allowed him to restore the identity of Dorobel. However, after the ceremony, Qianlong made a decision that made people cry and laugh:
Gong Yinyi was the younger brother of Emperor Kao, and had the righteousness to serve and serve, so he was enthroned as Belle and ordered him to go to Shouling... —— "Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Volume III"
That is to say, yin Yi did not want to sacrifice the tomb, so he rolled over to the tomb to guard the tomb permanently. Didn't Yin Yi dare to disobey Yongzheng, then he would guard the tomb for Yongzheng all his life. Qianlong's handling was really quite clever, and it was even more relieving than killing Yin Yi. From then on, Yin Yi was the supreme governor of Tailing, until Qianlong's death in the twentieth year, a total of twenty years for Yongzheng to guard the mausoleum, and his life was Dorobele.