Being a prince for too long will also make people dissatisfied
Kangxi became emperor at the age of 8, coupled with the early marriage of the ancients, at less than 18 years old, he had sons, the second of whom was established as a prince at birth because he was a concubine, especially because he was a concubine, especially began a long career as a crown prince.
When the crown prince was a happy thing for the crown prince, the prince of Kangxi was naturally the same at the beginning.
But no matter how beautiful things are, they can't stand the wear and tear of time, Yin Rong originally thought that he would not be too long to succeed as emperor, but he did not expect that the age gap between himself and his father Kangxi was less than twenty years old, plus Kangxi was still the longest emperor in Chinese history, and he was also a wise emperor, so that Yin Rong's desire to take over became a bubble, and he could only wait in the position of the crown prince.
Such a long wait, even if he was the crown prince, was enough to annoy and go crazy, so Yin Rong complained that his father Kangxi should carry forward the style and give up the throne to himself even if he did not die.
As everyone knows, in the imperial society, the emperor can do anything, that is, the imperial throne cannot be let go. Even if you really want to give way to retirement, and just let your own son take over, the fate of the person who gives way is not much better.
Therefore, since the ancient Heavenly Family had no father and son, he said it very well, and once the Crown Prince had complaints, the end would not be good.
In fact, Kangxi was still very good to Yin Rong. In order to cultivate Yin, Kangxi equipped him with a strong tutoring team to receive the highest level of education in the empire. Not only that, Kangxi even broke the boundary between the emperor and the crown prince within the imperial framework for Yin Rong, allowing Yin Rong to participate in the handling of government affairs and establish yin rong's authority among the courtiers.
Because Yin Rong is the second eldest, there is also an older brother who can fight, and this brother's uncle is a college student pearl and a figure with real power.
Mingzhu was naturally partial to her nephew, and seeing that Yin Rong had been the crown prince for a long time, she thought that Kangxi would not let him succeed to the throne, so she thought of helping her nephew to seize the throne. However, as soon as things began, he was discovered by Kangxi, who not only deposed Mingzhu, but also made it clear that the eldest son was not qualified to succeed to the throne.
Although Kangxi was so painstaking, he did not have the sincerity of Yin Rong. The reason is that there is no other reason, because Yin Rong feels that he has been a prince for too long, and he complains that where in the world has been a prince for more than forty years?
And his complaint was known to the powerful minister Suo Etu, who was also related to the crown prince, and naturally thought of supporting the prince and buying insurance for his future. As a result, the two sides immediately agreed and began to rebel.
Kangxi deposed the crown prince, but still had hope for him
Kangxi treated Yin Rong kindly, giving the Qunchen and Yin Rong a false signal that he was the future emperor, and Yin Rong also began to overdo the addiction of being an emperor in advance.
Soetu was particularly excessive, and the relevant systems he formulated for Yin Rong were almost exactly the same as those of the emperor, and he openly proposed that Yin Rong should wear yellow in his clothing as the emperor.
This style of behavior naturally caused Kangxi's dissatisfaction, so Kangxi resolutely imprisoned Suo Ertu and deposed Yin Rong as the crown prince.
Although Yin Rong lost his qualification as crown prince, Kangxi still had hopes for him and did not immediately appoint a new crown prince, but on the contrary, he also issued an edict for the courtiers to discuss who would be the crown prince. According to Kangxi's meaning, it was to let the group of ministers continue to support Yin, so that they could have a step to go down.
However, to Kangxi's surprise, he was bitter and few ministers knew about it, on the contrary, the Eighth Prince suddenly rose up and received the recommendation of most of the courtiers.
This result shocked Kangxi, he did not expect that his eighth son had such a great energy that he could almost rule the dynasty.
For this reason, an angry Kangxi scolded the Eighth Prince and bluntly stated that he would never succeed to the throne. At the same time, he restored Yin Rong to the position of crown prince and became the crown prince again.
It can be said that Kangxi acted decisively and eliminated the threat of internal forces to the imperial power. And to re-support Yin Rong's ascension to the throne is equivalent to a shuffling and rectification of the imperial program, and the Eight Kings have lost their power, so that those ministers who support the Eight Kings' ascension to the throne have to make a new choice and side with Kangxi and Yin.
In this way, Kangxi's imperial power was maintained, and the sons who spied on the throne temporarily relented.
Yin Rong did not learn his lesson and once again lost his position as crown prince
For Yin Rong, Kangxi can be said to have done his best to be benevolent and righteous. However, Kangxi also attached equal importance to his own throne, and in the first ten years of abolishing the crown prince's throne, Kangxi, in order to eliminate the threat of the crown prince to the throne, crowned the emperor's eldest son and the third son of the emperor as the county king, and several other princes were crowned as baylor.
If Yin Rong was clever, he would have relented in spying on the throne, not showing his ambition nakedly, but patiently waiting for Kangxi to return to heaven and take over peacefully.
However, Yin Rong was very wary of Kangxi's display of affection for other princes, believing that Kangxi was warning him that if he could not satisfy him, his position as crown prince would be replaced at any time.
In addition, Several of Kangxi's other sons were not fuel-saving lamps, and they all tried to replace Yin Rong's crown prince. As a result, conflicts between Yin Rong and the other brothers were inevitable.
After Yin Rong restored the throne as crown prince, he did not learn a lesson, and in all aspects of life and other aspects, he also looked up to Kangxi, and his style of behavior made some Han officials who paid attention to the ethics of the monarch and subject look down on it, and they all discussed that the prince's behavior was extremely inappropriate and should be corrected. However, Yin Rong relied on the support of Kangxi and still went his own way.
For this kind of unruly behavior of the prince, although he was a father and son, Kangxi also felt intolerable, and Yin Rong found that although he was still the prince, the relationship between him and Kangxi was completely broken, and there was no possibility of repair, so he simply gave up on himself, which not only angered Kangxi in all aspects.
Finally, Kangxi couldn't bear it anymore and issued a second edict to abolish Yin Rong's position as crown prince and imprison him. At this point, Yin Rong completely lost the possibility of inheriting the throne.
Yin Rong has been the crown prince for more than forty years, and it can be said that his position wants to be stable, but in the end he still failed to do a good start and a good end, and it can be said that the reason lies in himself.
The prince was originally the target of everyone, coupled with the open struggle between him and other brothers for the throne, in a dangerous situation, but he still made enemies everywhere, and finally failed.
It can be said that it is precisely because of Yin Rong's insensitivity that he suffered defeat in the palace battle for the crown prince. If he could accept the advice and not be so eager to inherit the throne, kangxi should be followed by him to inherit the throne.