Since foreign countries invaded China, the Qing government has continuously regressed and signed contracts, turning a good country into pieces, and the Eight-Power Alliance has burned and plundered, destroying countless cultural treasures.
But people are very strange, Obviously the Qing government was very tough a long time ago, and the prosperity of the Kangxi Dynasty was also admirable, which made people wonder that it was due to the cowardice of the emperor, and the thirteenth son of Kangxi, Ai Xinjueluo Yinxiang, was also talented, and perhaps passed the throne to him, and now China is a different scene.
A rare drama of the Nine Sons of History
The Kangxi Emperor can be regarded as the emperor who has reigned for a long time in history, reigning for 61 years, he is a very diligent emperor, once made the Qing Dynasty to the peak of prosperity, but such a long reign has brought disaster to him.
Emperors generally set up a crown prince more than ten years after he ascended the throne, so that people can also become familiar with the affairs of the imperial court as soon as possible, so kangxi set up the second prince Ai Xinjueluo Yinrong as the crown prince in the fourteenth year, and his mother was the empress, so according to the tradition of Li Yan Lichang, it was decent, after all, Yin Rong was only 2 years old at that time, and he could not see any talent.
When the princes were slowly growing up, Kangxi was still reluctant to hand over the imperial power, he thought that this would make the imperial court stable, but he was very wrong, the princes who reigned in these years had different advantages, compared to the crown prince Yin, the able ones were not one or two, so these princes began to try their best to seize power and win over the ministers, and the ministers also took sides when they saw this situation.
At the beginning, other princes thought of overthrowing the crown prince Yin Rong, and Yin Rong, because he had been the crown prince for more than 30 years, could not turn right, he already had resentment in his heart, and the idea of seizing power was also there, once people had ideas, they would show their feet, and finally Yin Rong was framed by the emperor's eldest son, although the emperor's eldest son's tricks were also exposed by the three princes, but Yin Rong's rebellious heart had already appeared, and naturally he would no longer be the prince, just such a thing, the emperor's eldest son and the emperor's concubine stepped down.
As soon as the position of prince was vacant, the ministers began to stir, saying that if they did not establish a prince and the people's hearts were unstable, in fact, Kangxi knew very well in his heart that these ministers were divided into several forces, so that the prince who stood in line could win, so Kangxi asked them to recommend, and the ministers did not hesitate to elect the eighth prince Ai Xinjue Luo Yinyu.
So many courtiers were elected, if it were not for their outstanding talents, there must be a relationship of interest, and the eighth prince's origin was not high, his mother was from the Xinzhiku, such a person was elected as the prince of a bit unruly, so the courtiers must have received a lot of benefits, and also called him "The Eight Sages King", so Kangxi was wary of Yin Yu in his heart.
After experiencing the conquest of the nine sons, Kangxi passed the throne to the fourth prince Ai Xin jueluo Yinchen, that is, the later Yongzheng Emperor, and the princes who had previously stood with the eighth prince did not have a good end, either imprisoned for a lifetime, or tragically died, but the thirteenth prince Yinxiang accompanied Yongzheng for a long time.
Emperor Aizi never lost the possibility of ascending the throne
In the twenty-fifth year of Kangxi, The Noble Concubine of the Jingmin Emperor Zhang Jiashi gave birth to the thirteenth son of the Emperor, Ai XinjueLuo Yinxiang, who had been very favored since childhood, and Kangxi would take him with him wherever he went, and it could be seen that Kangxi intended to cultivate him.
Yin Xiang has also been very hardworking, often praised by teachers when he was studying, and also inherited the traditional skills of the Manchurians, mastering archery on horseback, which can be said to be both literate and martial, especially among brothers.
But unfortunately, this good situation lasted until the time of the crown prince Yin Rong's accident, which somehow also affected Yin Xiang, and he was even imprisoned with Yin Rong for several months, at that time Kangxi changed, he was wary of any prince, did not trust any one, even if he still took Yin Xiang out to find, he could not reflect his previous love.
If there is still room for redemption simply because of the misunderstanding, because the emperor will inevitably choose a talented person to be the crown prince in the end, then Yin Xiang definitely has a chance, but in the fifty years of Kangxi, Yin Xiang had a serious illness, and a poisonous sore on his leg has never been good.
Kangxi inquired several times with concern, but learned that the situation was not ideal, and in fact, he had silently given up On Yin Xiang in his heart, so Yin Xiang's legs were basically abolished, and the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty had to be a sound person, so no matter how high his talent was, Yin Xiang had no chance of getting on the throne since then.
Helped his brother stabilize the country and create countless achievements
Yin Xiang, who did not have the worry of the throne, actually had a much easier life, and the other princes knew that he could not succeed to the throne, and they would not target him, so he wholeheartedly assisted his fourth brother Yin Chan, thinking that he could help the fourth brother to take the throne.
After the Yongzheng Emperor succeeded to the throne, he appointed Yin Xiang as one of the four prime ministers, and on the same day was promoted to the Prince of Heshuoyi, Yin Xiang was also considered to be bitter, and many years of brotherhood made Yongzheng have no guard against him, and Yin Xiang thought that he could assist Yongzheng to do a great cause.
In the first year of Yongzheng, Yin Xiang was appointed as the prime minister of the household department, which is the closest department to the people's livelihood, and as soon as Yin Xiang arrived, he began to check the deficit, and he knew very well that the first step was to cut off the officials' behavior of favoritism and enrich the national treasury, and finally let him find out a deficit of 2.5 million taels.
Two years later, Yin Xiang began to build water conservancy for the country again, he did not care about his own identity, personally went to the field investigation, how to dredge the river, and then how to build the river, irrigation farmland, he had to personally participate in the planning, but also specially asked the farmers in the south to teach rice, for a time people's harvest has been greatly improved, if encountering floods, Yin Xiang will also be the first time to understand the situation, to discuss solutions with other ministers.
For a monarch, the army is crucial, to find a trusted person to manage the natural is also difficult to choose, but fortunately Yongzheng has such a brother as Yin Xiang, Yin Xiang himself dispatches military supplies very well, Yongzheng to target Ge'er to use troops naturally needs a lot of financial support, Yin Xiang can always provide, and all out of the national treasury, did not use a penny of the people.
In terms of military equipment, the weapons and cannons used by Yongzheng were also made by Yin Xiang. In the fifth year of Yongzheng, Yin ordered the manufacture of ten iron cannons of "General Weiyuan", and also personally supervised the work, even the test cannon had to go personally, and finally the power of the cannon was very strong, and he also ordered the production of ten thousand waist knives to reward the soldiers for use.
However, Yin Xiang was never arrogant, and he was particularly willing to give Yongzheng the selection of talents, such as Liu Shiming, the governor of Fujian, Lang A, the chief inspector of Shaanxi, Shi Lin, the inspector of Shanxi, etc., all of which were recommended by Yin Xiang, and most of the courtiers in the dynasty at that time also needed to be replaced, and these ministers later became the right-hand men of the Yongzheng period.
In the eighth year of Yongzheng, Yin Xiang died of illness, and he was only in his forties at the end of his life, and he could be said to be conscientious in the days of accompanying Yongzheng, and also let people see his talent, and sure enough, Kangxi valued him for a reason.
Later, during the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, the weakness and incompetence of the Qing Dynasty government made it impossible to associate with the Kangxi and Yongzheng periods, and it had to be said that the demise of this dynasty and the talent of the monarch still had a certain relationship, compared with the Various Instalment periods, Yin Xiang obviously paid more credit, if Kangxi passed the throne to him at that time, maybe the country would go to a higher level and become a superpower, so how could people fear the later Eight-Nation Alliance.