Since ancient times, there has been no real affection between the sons of the royal family. This phenomenon reached an insurmountable degree during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. The famous "Nine Sons and Nine Sons" in history had secretly lit up the smoke of gunfire as early as when Kangxi's body was still hard. The final result is very clear, the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, that is, the later Yongzheng Emperor, inherited the unification and founded the Yongzheng Dynasty, which lasted for twelve years and six months.
However, after Yongzheng ascended the throne, his performance towards his brothers and sisters was very different. It is reasonable to say that after Yongzheng took the throne, he severely attacked the "Eight Masters Party" forces headed by Yun Yu. Yun Yu and Yun Yu were renamed "Akina" and "Seth Black" and imprisoned in Ninguta for the rest of their lives. This is understandable, because among the Nine Sons, the greatest competition with Yongzheng is the force headed by Yun Yu. However, Yongzheng was very unhappy with his brother The Fourteenth Brother, that is, Yun Yu, who was a mother and brother. So why would Yongzheng have a bad relationship with such a brother? Today, we will talk in detail about the "enmity and hatred" between Yongzheng and Yunyu.
Yongzheng and Yunyu have a poor relationship, and the source is in their mother, Princess De.
Yongzheng and Yunyu are indeed brothers of a mother. It stands to reason that their relationship should be stronger. Why did the relationship between the two deteriorate so much? In fact, the root cause lies in the birth mother of the two, Princess De. Princess Wu Ya of the De Dynasty was the daughter of the mighty warrior of the Yellow Banner Protector. He was the Kangxi Emperor all his life, giving birth to three sons and three daughters, and the scenery was infinite for a while. However, her humble identity is a hard wound, and it is also the fuse that separates the relationship between Yongzheng and Yunyu.
Princess De is the daughter of the cloaked concubine, and is a harem that enters as a palace maid. Such a humble status, plus she was only a small nobleman at the time. As a result, after Princess De gave birth to Yongzheng in the seventeenth year of Kangxi, she was not qualified to raise Yongzheng herself. Instead, It was up to Kangxi to give Yongzheng to Tong Guifei at that time. Princess Tong was very favored by Kangxi when her only daughter died prematurely. In order to comfort her, kangxi also considered the origin of Princess De, and only then did He yongzheng "pass" to her as an adopted son. Yongzheng left his birth mother Defei for 11 years.
So how did Princess De spend the past 11 years? In the following year, Princess De was given the title of Concubine De. In the nineteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Yin Zuo was born again. Princess De, who had lost her parenting qualifications, put her love for Yongzheng on Yin Zuo's body. It was just that Yin Zuo's life was not good, and he died at the age of six. In this way, it is undoubtedly another heavy blow to The Princess. It was not until the twenty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty that there was the fourteenth son of the Emperor, Yun Yu. The concubine, who had lost her son one after another, gave all her maternal love to this young son.
Here we talk about the Yongzheng Emperor. When the Yongzheng Emperor was 11 years old, Tong Guifei died. At this time, Princess De was already one of the "four concubines" of the harem and had the qualifications to raise the crown prince. Once again, he returned to his birth mother, Princess De. But because they have not been around for many years, the relationship between mother and son is not as beautiful as it seems. Because of the snub of his birth mother, a deep estrangement was naturally formed between him and Yun Yu's brothers. Therefore, the discord between the two brothers has a lot to do with The Princess. Even at the beginning of Yongzheng's ascension to the throne, Princess De was the main force that hindered his ascension to the throne. In the Records of Emperor Shizong of the Qing Dynasty, it is recorded that:
"Ordering my son to inherit the unification is not what I dreamed of."
It was Yongzheng's birth mother, Princess De, who said this. This means that Yongzheng ascended the throne, and he was really not the best candidate in Princess De's heart. From this historical material, we can intuitively feel that the affection between mother and son is weak. In Princess De's heart, she had always hoped that her youngest son, Yun Yu, would be able to inherit the throne. Even when Yongzheng stabbed Concubine De as empress dowager, she was repeatedly rejected. In the Yongxian Record, it is recorded:
"The courtiers asked the empress dowager to pass on (Yongzheng's biological mother, Empress Xiaogong) Yi Zhi: No. Re-entrench please, from there.
This history is also mentioned in the Records of Emperor Qing Shizong:
Shang (The Yongzheng Emperor) repeatedly pleaded, according to the emperor's empress dowager's will: Wang Chancellor and other ministers quoted the great gifts performed by the former emperor and pleaded earnestly, and I had nothing to do. Tonight, after thanking Grace in front of the Zi Palace, we will return to the palace. ”
It can be seen that in Princess De's heart, she always had opinions about Yongzheng's ascension to the throne. At the beginning of Yongzheng's succession, it was itself a ten-sided ambush, on the one hand, a major problem of corruption left by Kangxi, and on the other hand, the ill intentions of Yun Yu and others. The birth mother Defei and Defei were so eccentric that in Yongzheng's heart, she had a grudge against Yun Yu very early. The brothers' relationship was not good, in large part because of Princess De, who did not make a qualified mother.
Secondly, it is Yun Yu's performance, which also touches the bottom line of Yongzheng again and again.
During the period of the Ninth Son's conquest, Yun Yu, as Yongzheng's brother, resolutely joined the "Eight Masters Party" and had a very good relationship with Yun Yu. It can be said that before Yongzheng ascended the throne, the main hostile forces, in addition to the deposed prince, were the forces of Yun Yu, Yun Yu, Yun Yu and others. During such a critical period of standing, Yun Yu "stabbed the knife" in the back of Yongzheng, and it is strange that the relationship between them can be good. Instead, it was the old thirteenth Yunxiang, who followed Yongzheng with a dead heart. Therefore, the relationship between the two is not compatible, in fact, in terms of taking sides, there is also a lot to do with it.
When Yun Yu was a teenager, he was very favored by Kangxi. Capable of writing and martial arts, heavy love and righteousness. Later, he also became the general of Fuyuan, pacified the Alabutan, and was also popular in the army. With the help of Yun Yu, it undoubtedly increased The power of Yun Yu in the political game between Yongzheng and the "Eight Ye Party". Yun Yu had a great obstructive effect on Yongzheng, so not long after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he tried to find a way to cancel his Fuyuan general, and then demoted him to Beizi and canceled beizi's identity to guard the imperial tomb, which was actually to imprison him. It can be seen how much Yongzheng resents his own brother.
Yun Yu's attitude towards Yoon Woo is an important reason why Yong Zheng is cold to him. I remember that after the first deposed crown prince Yin Rong was deposed, the Kangxi Emperor ordered all the ministers and princes to elect a new crown prince. The result of this incident was that in the end, the Emperor Bazi Yun had the largest number of votes, but it made Kangxi angry. This event is recorded in the Book of the Holy Patriarchs:
The imperial chancellor, led by Tong Guowei, Ma Qi, Aling'a, Orendai, Yu Xu, and Wang Hongxu, jointly named Bao Xiangyin as crown prince, surprised Kangxi and had no choice but to rebel, saying: "The matter of establishing the crown prince is very important, and Er and others should discuss it in detail, the eight brothers have not changed things, and they have recently committed crimes, and their mother's family is also very lowly, so er waits for him to think about it." ”
"It surprised Kangxi greatly", it can be seen that in Kangxi's heart at that time, he was just looking for a step for himself. He didn't really want to depose the prince, but hoped that the courtiers would make this decision for him. However, he did not expect that the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty had actually chosen Yun Yu as the crown prince. What does this mean? The Kangxi Emperor was no fool. This is Yun Yu in the party for personal gain, this is he cultivating his own power. Fratricide was the last thing the Kangxi Emperor wanted. Therefore, instead of becoming crown prince, Yun Yu was severely punished by Kangxi. The crowd did not dare to fight, only Yongzheng's brother Yun Yu said:
"Brother Eight has no such heart, and the ministers are willing to protect it!"
At that time, Yongzheng knelt on the ground without speaking, looking at his own brother, who had such a good relationship with his enemy. Undoubtedly, Ling Yongzheng regarded Yun Yu as an enemy as well. Later, after The Death of Kangxi, Yongzheng took the throne. Yun Yu, who was far away, rushed back overnight. His attitude toward Yongzheng also violated his bottom line again and again. For example, when Yoon Woo came back, he once said:
"Now my brother is the emperor, expecting me to kowtow? I returned to Beijing but I visited the Zi Palace, and when I saw the Empress, my business was over. Kneeling far away, without any intention of mourning or being close."
However, Yongzheng's performance has great significance, and the "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty" says that Yongzheng "moved forward and still did not move." This shows that in Yongzheng's heart, he still hopes to be close to this brother. Repeatedly giving him the opportunity was that Yun Yu himself did not appreciate it and hurt Yongzheng's heart. Especially at that time, Yongzheng had just ascended the throne, and the "Eight Masters Party" and the important ministers of the DPRK were waiting to see the joke. His own brother first laid out one for him. The historical Yongzheng attack on Yun Yu actually began here. It was also from this time that the brothers, Yun Yu and Yong Zheng, really turned their faces. From the great general to the final demotion to a commoner, in the final analysis, the deterioration of the relationship between the two is that Yun Yu himself does not understand things.
summary:
Yongzheng was never a murderous monarch, he had a benevolent heart, which is why Kangxi passed the throne to him. The bad relationship with his own brother Yun Yu was really not what he had hoped. It's just that as a child of the royal family, in the midst of the undercurrent of political games, if you are not careful, you will fall into a place of doom. And his own brother actually sided with the enemy. This is undoubtedly difficult for Yongzheng to accept.
Coupled with the snub of his own birth mother, Princess De, it extended the resentment to Yun Yu. The relationship between Yongzhengcai and Yun Yu was completely torn. In fact, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he also gave him a chance. It is Yun Yu's nature that is untamed and unwilling to recognize Yongzheng as the Lord. This is no longer a matter of brotherhood, but affecting the position of the Yongzheng Emperor. Therefore, Yongzheng and Yunyu are brothers. There have long been pits that cannot be smoothed, and the reason for this is that yu will also allow himself to die.