Feng Erkang wrote the "Yongzheng Biography", arguing that the political activities of the old fourth Yin Chan in the struggle for the throne were mainly after the abolition of the crown prince, and before that, Yin Chan was mostly "
Rich and idle
"The state of self-esteem, specializing in Buddhist poetry and painting, basically has no intention of participating in the conquest. Among the deposed princes, the old fourth Yinchen, based on his hopelessness as a substitute, adopted the attitude of defending the old prince Yinrong, which was praised by the Kangxi Emperor. However, Yin Chan was not very happy in his heart, and he seemed sincere and afraid of the Kangxi Emperor's praise, so he said:
The Emperor's father praised Jia's will, and the subject did not dare to accept it
。 (Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty)
Stills from "Yongzheng Dynasty"
Why Yin Chan praised the Kangxi Emperor?"
Don't dare to look up to it."
this? The reason is actually very simple, one is that the crown prince Yin Rong was restored, and he had no hope for the replacement of the throne; the second was that the crown prince was abolished and restored, the matter was very important, if the prince had another accident in the future, Yin Chan would be implicated, and he refused the Kangxi Emperor's commendation as soon as possible, so as not to be jealous of the brothers.
The magnitude of the changes in the royal family at the time of the abolition of the prince was enormous. Hongwang compiled the "Emperor Qing Tong Zhi Gang Zhi
In September of the 47th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the crown prince, the eldest son of the emperor, and the thirteenth son of the emperor were imprisoned.
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In November, the third son of the emperor was released with Emperor Sejong, the fifth prince, the eighth prince, and the crown prince
。 "That is to say, Yin Rong, Yin Qi, Yin Qi, Yin Yu, and Yin Xiang were all imprisoned by the Kangxi Emperor.
Release
"Say. Regarding the "imprisonment", the old fourth Yinchen's heart was trembling. If it is said that at this time, the old fourth YinChen began to decide to compete for the throne, it is not in line with historical reality, because he did not have the need to defend the deposed prince. However, the process of Prince Yinrong's abolition made Yin Chan see hope and dawn, which was the main reason for Yin Chan's inner changes.
This is the historical background of the time of the deposed prince, which helps us to analyze the plot of the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty". Below, we will analyze the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty" to analyze when Yin Chan decided to compete for the throne.
1. The troubles of princelings
If Old Fourth Yinchen was really a "rich and idle man," there would be no need for him to risk offending Old Eight Yinchen when the Yellow River was flooding, and go to the household department to clean up the accounts, let alone risk offending the entire Eighth Master Party, to raise funds for disaster relief in Jiangnan, and to specifically "rob" Ren Bo'an, a disciple of Old Nine Yinyu.
Why did Yin Chan dare to do this?
There was support from two main sources, one was the Kangxi Emperor. This was the main reason, because the old fourth YinChen knew that the Kangxi Emperor needed to do practical things for his worried prince; the second was the crown prince Yinrong. Yin Rong is the crown prince, is the future emperor, compared to the Eight Masters Party, the big tree of the prince Yin Rong is still much stronger than the old eight Yin Yu, at least, they will not bear the notoriety of competing for the throne, justifiably run errands for the prince, but also for the emperor.
Old Fourth Yinchen also belonged to the princelings, and this name had a huge advantage for old Fourth Yinchen, who "had his own opinions", under the current circumstances at that time. If the crown prince becomes emperor in the future, then the old fourth Yinchen will never suffer a blow, and the Eight Masters Party that tries to overthrow the prince everywhere will be a disaster; if the crown prince cannot become the emperor in the future, then at this stage he can also use the resources of the prince to organize and develop his own forces, and effectively strip them at the right time.
The key to the problem lies in the second "if", because the crown prince Yin Rong has been full of many unstable factors since the day of his appointment. The Kangxi Emperor devoted a lot of effort to cultivating the crown prince, but the prince did not cultivate morality, had an affair with his mother-in-law, abolished government affairs, sold officials and knights, and lacked the qualities that a king should have. At this point, the Kangxi Emperor saw it in his eyes, and of course the old fourth Yinchen also saw it in his eyes, so the old Eight Yinchen, who had always been eyeing the throne, was even more secretive.
Therefore, in Jiangnan, the old fourth Yin Chan invited a high-ranking person Wu Sidao, nominally a teacher for Shizi, but in fact because of an article by Wu Sidao, the excerpt is that Wu Sidao and Yongzheng met for the first time, Yin Chan said:
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The imperial court did not treat it as a thin one... How absurd is the second king's heart? Don't you feel the thunder in the sky and the eyes of the gods like electricity? alack! My generation is in a state of retreat, life and death, please ask the sword of Shang Fang to behead the culprit, and hang his head at the gate of the country, so as to make an example of the world's ink officials...
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This is an article from Wu Sidao ten years ago, yin Chan said: "
It is true that the article can be passed down through the ages
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Wu Sidao's article to the effect of hating the corrupt officials in the world and the expectation of the imperial court to rectify the rule of officials can be said to have grasped the main theme of the imperial court's problems at that time, Yin Chan needed talents with special talents to assist him in doing more and bigger things, and these greater things included deciding to compete for the throne? Not necessarily, precisely because of some of the risks posed by the second "if".
Soon, the matter of collecting the arrears of the national treasury was in front of us. As a princeling, yin chan had troublesome things coming one after another. Sure enough, because the pursuit of the debt was too hasty, forced to kill Wei Dongting, old Shi Yin? When the street sellers were dang, Deng Yuanfang and others borrowed money to become a fish that slipped through the net, and the prince also sold the official Andejue, leaving the fourth elder into an isolated situation. By the time Kangxi discovered the root cause of the problem, it was too late, so he had to end it hastily, so that the crown prince Yin Rong could sell well.
The ensuing unjust prison case of the Punishment Department made Yin Chan feel like a needle. Because Wu Sidao said that this matter must implicate the prince, if the prince is turned out, it will not be tolerated in the world, and ultimately not allowed to be tolerated by the emperor. It caused Yin Chan to turn himself into a cold and pushed the errand away.
Old Eight Yin Yu really stabbed the Crown Prince in the back, as the Old Eight, it was to take the initiative to kill the Prince, but as far as the fourth elder was concerned, that is, he had pried himself over, and how to strip himself of this sin was a very realistic problem.
Later, the Incident of the Eight Mountain Villas directly led to the occurrence of a deposed prince. As you can see, from the yellow river to a wasted prince, the old fourth Yin Chan has always been a princeling, the introduction of Wu Sidao this foreign aid, Yin Chan's choice is only two, one is that the prince is well, follow the prince in the future glory and wealth needless to say; the second is that the prince is not good, how to use the prince's resources to effectively strip away. At this stage, Old Fourth Yin Chan couldn't care at all about whether to compete for the throne, because he still had a crown prince on his head.
2. Changes in the time of the abolition of the prince
In the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty", the situation of a deposed prince is basically restored to history. It is conceivable that after the abolition of the old fourth prince, when Kangxi publicly demanded the election of a new prince, it was a very dangerous thing to restore the old prince, because he would suffer jealousy from the Eight Masters Party, so that the conflict between the two sides would immediately appear, and the Eight Masters Party would target the old Fourth Yin Chen.
Let's put aside Wu Sidao's analysis, which also depends on the keen insight of the old fourth Yinchen himself into the situation and the mind of the Kangxi Emperor. During the autumn hunt, the Kangxi Emperor rewarded the Mongol prince with jin ruyi as a hunting reward, which was an extremely unfavorable signal to the prince, and then the Kangxi Emperor rewarded the golden ruyi to the little Hongli, which showed that the Kangxi Emperor's dissatisfaction with the prince's yin was already very serious, but it was not the final bottom line to depose him.
However, all the more intense performances of the concubines occurred on the night of the Bada Mountain Villa. The elder Yinfu wanted to "get rid of the worries of qing father", and the old third Yinzhi exposed the boss to the demon prince, and the old Kangxi was so angry that he almost passed out. At this time, as Feng Erkang said, Yin Chan at this time was not a substitute for Yin Rong, and the Kangxi Emperor needed to slow down and temporarily ease the white-hot degree of the "Nine Kings Taking Concubines", and would not easily establish a new candidate for the crown prince. The old Eight Yin Yu was elected as the new crown prince, and could only become the target of the Kangxi Emperor's key attack, even if he had the most votes, the Kangxi Emperor would not give him any way out.
This was the sensitivity to the situation, and Wu Sidao's approach of suggesting that Yin Chan baoju depose the crown prince was deeply appreciated by the Kangxi Emperor. However, we should also soberly realize that Kangxi's preference is not that the crown prince Yin Rong is still saved, but that Yin Chan and his own ideas are the same. Because Yin Chan had always been a princeling, the Kangxi Emperor may have thought that he was just to show his loyalty to defend the crown prince, so Yin Chan's guarantee was actually risky, and he could not completely strip it out and become the "person" that the Kangxi Emperor needed.
Yin Chan couldn't completely strip himself, so he couldn't decide to compete for the reserve.
3. Changes in the second time of the abolition of the prince
The turning point of the matter came from the Second Waste Prince, to be precise, because of the burning of the Hundred Officials' Deeds. Before the abolition of the prince, the old fourth Yin Chan could be said to be working hard to run errands for the imperial court, and as a princeling, he had no choice. After the abolition of the prince, Yin Chan worked hard to strip out the princelings, and if he did not strip, he could not carry out the conquest.
In order to obtain the "Hundred Officials' Deeds", Lao Siyinchen did not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of more than 700 people in Jiangxia Town, which was nothing more than to obtain a first-mover dominance and take a step forward in winning the hearts and minds of the people.
The "Hundred Officials' Narrative" involves hundreds of officials of the imperial court, if it is left to the crown prince who jumps the wall in a hurry, it will become a scourge for the imperial court, and if it is left to the Eight Ye Party, then the people's hearts will be obtained by the old Eight Yin.
What is fatal is that crown prince Yin Rong was very stupid, and actually personally wrote a letter to Ren Bo'an, leaving a fatal handle, and this handle was mastered by the old fourth Yin Chan.
The old fourth Yin Chan burned the "Hundred Officials' Deeds" and won the hearts of the people, which was contrary to Yin Rong's purpose, and Yin Rong was also helpless, and this was also recognized by the Kangxi Emperor. For that letter, he took advantage of Gao Fu's betrayal in the Yong Dynasty and transferred it to the Eight Masters Yin Yu Mansion, who handed it over to the Kangxi Emperor by Yin Yu, who was in charge of the military department, and finally forced Yin Rong to the road of rebellion.
At this time, the Kangxi Emperor gave Yin Chan a perfect opportunity to strip himself, that is, he was ordered to arrest the rebellious crown prince Yin Rong.
The capture of the princeling by the princelings is in itself a perfect opportunity to whitewash himself. At this point, the old fourth Yin Chan can really strip away the princelings.
Burning the "Hundred Officials' Deeds", the old fourth Yin Chan won the hearts and minds of the people, and was ordered to capture the prince Yin Rong, and the old fourth Yin Chan stripped the princelings, these two things are the beginning of Yin Chan's seizure of the wife.
From the above, we can conclude that at this time, Yin Chan had completely got rid of the title of princeling on his head, and won the hearts and minds of many officials in the imperial court, stripped out of the princeling party, and officially entered the struggle for the throne, while before that, he had only followed the situation, watched while walking, and waited for the opportunity.