After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, in order to consolidate the imperial power, he dealt a heavy blow to the princes who had participated in the conquest of the concubine, among which the "Eight Masters Party" was struck the most brutally, why did Yongzheng target the "Eight Masters Party" so much?
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Speaking of which, Kangxi gave birth to 35 princes in his lifetime, of which 24 grew up.
Because Kangxi attached great importance to the martial arts of the princes, the princes also rushed to learn manchu Chinese and riding archery in order to get more love from Kangxi, so when they grew up, they could not only be literate and martial, but also very talented.
It can be said that Kangxi, as a father, can educate excellent princes, and he himself is relatively proud.
However, the family is a difficult scripture, even the emperor can not escape this spell.
Originally, Kangxi had established the crown prince Yinrong early on, but in kangxi's old age, first, Kangxi's body was very tough, and it really seemed as if he could live for another 500 years; second, the adult princes were all cultivated by Kangxi, and they were all entrusted with political affairs and power.
This made Yin Rong, who had been the prince for more than 30 years, feel a great sense of crisis.
The reason for this is because he knows that his literature is not as good as the Three Brothers Yinzhi, the martial arts are not as good as the Fourteen Brothers Yinyu, and the Eight Brothers Are not only complete in both literature and martial arts, but also have a virtuous name.
These brothers were deeply loved by Kangxi. In particular, Yin Yu, not only had he been able to read and shoot well since childhood, but he was very favored by Kangxi, and he was still the youngest one when Kangxi gave knighthoods to adult princes.
Various factors made Yin Rong unable to hold back, and eventually did many rebellious things, and Kangxi deposed him as the prince of the crime of "being violent and unkind, and arbitrarily beating up the kings, belles, and ministers", and swept away the "princelings" led by the prince in one fell swoop.
However, Kangxi did not expect that his actions would trigger the most serious dispute in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
In this cruel battle for the concubine, the adult princes were involved in this storm.
Due to their different forces, they also formed the Great Master Party headed by the Great Brother Yinzhen, the Third Master Party headed by the Three Brothers Yinzhi, the Four Masters Party headed by the Fourth Brother Yinchen, and the Eight Grandfathers Party headed by the Eighth Brother Yinchen.
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Among them, Yin Yu's power is the most powerful.
Compared with other competitors, Yin Yu really took advantage of the time and place.
Kangxi had always loved him and trusted him, entrusting him with important administrative affairs.
Yin Yu was also the most cordial and easy-going of the Elder Brother, and he was quite courteous whether he was a minister of the DPRK or a civil Confucian. Therefore, his reputation in the government and the public is very good, and he is even called "The Eight Sages King" by many people.
Brother Gong Brother Love, Yin Yu also has a very good popularity among the Imperial Brothers, of which the Ninth Brother Yin yu, the Tenth Brother Yin Yu and the Fourteen Brother Yin Yu are his little fans.
Therefore, in the battle for the wife, Yin Yu is the most optimistic potential stock for everyone.
Since it is a potential stock, the ministers of the DPRK and the CENTRAL Government will also take the initiative to stand in the faction of Yin Yu for the sake of their future political future.
Yin Yu, Yin Yu and Yin Yu are the backbone of the "Eight Masters Party". They not only contributed money and efforts, but also went around canvassing for Yin Yu. Even when Kangxi reprimanded Yin Yu for "arrogant ambitions", they also stepped forward to protect Yin Yu, and as a result, they were severely beaten.
It can be seen that for Yongzheng, Yin Yu as an opponent is the most hateful, but Yin Yu, Yin Yu and Yin Yu, who are like claws and teeth, also make him greatly dissatisfied.
Therefore, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, yin yu and yin yu were both punished extremely severely, but Yin Yu survived.
Speaking of which, Yongzheng dealt with Yin Yu the most severely, not only being expelled from the clan and renamed "Seth Hei", but also imprisoned in the prison cell with three iron locks and tortured to death.
It can be seen that Yongzheng has no brotherly feelings for Yin Yu.
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Yin Yu has the nickname of "Poisonous Snake Old Nine". He has a vicious mind, a bad reputation, and is not outstanding in literature and martial arts, but he has a very good set of business.
Yin Yu knew that he had no chance of winning the concubine, so he strongly supported Yin Yu, not only Yin Yu's money bag, but also Yin Yu's military master, and gave Yin Yu a lot of damages in the process of taking the wife.
Because of this, Yongzheng hated him the most, so he changed his name to "Seth Black" (meaning "the most hated person").
Yin Yu also made Yongzheng very dissatisfied.
Speaking of which, Yin Yu was YongZheng's brother, but Yin Yu and Yong Zheng were not close, so that when he took the concubine, he sided with Yin Yu.
This made Yongzheng very unhappy, especially after he succeeded to the throne, Yin Yu rushed back to the palace from Qinghai thousands of miles away, but he refused to worship Yongzheng in front of everyone, or Yin Yu persuaded him, so he knelt down to worship Yongzheng.
In addition, after Kangxi explicitly stripped Yin Yu of his right to succeed to the throne, Yin Yu also participated in the conquest of the throne.
Yin Yu was not only rewarded the most by Kangxi, but was also appointed as the General of Fuyuan.
At that time, everyone thought that Yin Yu was likely to be the successor object of Kangxi's key training, because the Qing Dynasty had always talked about Wenzhi and martial arts, and went abroad to conquer and achieve meritorious service, which was naturally very convincing.
It is precisely for these reasons that after Yongzheng ascended the throne, because he was unexpected, everyone would say that he was "not in the right place" and that he would "kill his father and seize the throne".
Therefore, Yongzheng was jealous of Yin Yu, especially after the death of Empress Xiao Gongren, he imprisoned Yin Yu. It was not until Qianlong succeeded to the throne that Yin Yu regained his freedom.
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Although Yin Xuan was also suppressed by Yongzheng, he was only imprisoned, and the punishment was obviously much lighter than that of the Ninth Brother and the Fourteenth Brother.
Doesn't Yongzheng hate Yin?
Hate of course.
It was only Yin's origin that made Yongzheng have concerns.
It turned out that Yin's mother's family had an intricate relationship in the DPRK and was highly powerful.
Yin's maternal grandfather was Shu Bilong, the head of the four auxiliary ministers, and his biological mother was The Noble Concubine Niu Hulu of the Wen Dynasty, and his aunt was Empress XiaoZhaoren.
It can be said that among the princes, Yin's status is second only to Yin's.
Therefore, Yongzheng, who was already unstable in imperial power, could not easily move him, because moving him would not only provoke the huge family behind him, but also leave him with the crime of "unkindness".
In addition, due to his noble birth, Yin Xuan was arrogant and willful since he was a child, and when he grew up, he was even more arrogant and arrogant, and did not learn any techniques. Therefore, Yin Yu was at best a response worm in the Eight Masters Party, and did not have the ability to support Yin Yu.
Because of this, Yongzheng knew very well that without Yin Yu and Yin Yu, Yin Yu could not pose a threat to imperial power at all. Therefore, only to seize the knighthood and forbidden, it is considered to be a grace, in order to show his benevolence.
However, the Yongzheng strike did not end because of this.
According to the Records of Sejong, Yongzheng also extended hatred to the next generation of these imperial brothers, such as Hongsheng, Hongwang, Hongming and others who were either stripped of their titles or imprisoned. In particular, Yin's only concubine, Hongxuan, was shackled in front of the Ten Brothers Mansion and tortured for 3 years before he died.
It can be seen from this that Yongzheng did not let go of Yin.