Old Fourteen Yin Yu was YongZheng's biological brother, but the relationship between the two was very general, so that when the Ninth Son seized the wife, Yin Yu not only did not support Yongzheng, but also ran to Yongzheng's opponent, Lao Ba, which made Yongzheng very angry, and after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he took a series of measures against Old Fourteen.
The first thing after Yongzheng ascended the throne was to get Yin Yu back from the northwest region in the name of returning home to Kangxi For funeral, Yin Yu only arrived in Beijing, he was taken away by Yong Zheng, and later he was punished to go to Kangxi Shou mausoleum, many people were more curious, at that time Yin Yu had more than 100,000 troops in his hands, why did not rebel and overthrow Yong Zheng, but obediently tied his hands and captured it?
Yin Yu was completely too late to react
Yin Yu and Yongzheng were both born of the Wuya clan, but the age difference between the two was more than ten years, when Yongzheng was born, the Wuya clan could not raise Yongzheng according to the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, so Yongzheng was sent to the Tong Jia clan to raise, and here in the Tong Jia clan, Yongzheng and the later Yin Xiang grew up together, and the two were brothers and sisters.
By the time Yin Yu was born, the status of the Uya clan had risen and could personally raise Yin Yu, so Yin Yu grew up around the U Ya clan since childhood, thanks to his mother's doting, the personalities of Yin Yu and Yong Zheng were completely different, Yong Zheng was meticulous, and Yin Yu was more casual, and this personality played a decisive role in the two people's later paths.
Because Yin Yu did not grow up with Yongzheng, the difference in personality between the two was still relatively large, so the relationship between the two was not good, and the relationship between Yin Yu and Lao Ba was better, which was the essential reason why he later leaned towards the Eight Ye Party, that is, from the moment Yin Yu took sides, the two brothers were destined to turn against each other, it was only a matter of time.
As the Ninth Son's conquest of the concubine came to an end, only Yin Yu had a slight hope of winning the concubine in the Eight Masters' Party, and the rest of the people were completely abandoned by Kangxi, and even if they continued to struggle, it would be useless. When Kangxi died, Yin Yu was in the northwest region, with more than 100,000 troops in his hands, if he wanted to rebel and overthrow Yongzheng, this time point was the best, why did Yin Yu not seize the opportunity?
Just as the so-called muddy waters touch the fish, at the time of Kangxi's death, even if it has been determined to pass the throne to Yongzheng, as long as Yongzheng has not yet ascended the throne, for Yin Yu, there will still be a chance to overthrow Yongzheng, provided that he needs to know about Kangxi's death, only by knowing this news, Yin Yu will have time to prepare for rebellion.
Helplessly, from the perspective of the historical development at that time, Yin Yu did not know the news of Kangxi's death, when he was thousands of miles away in the northwest region, although he had more than 100,000 troops in his hands, but he knew nothing about what was happening in Beijing, in that historical background at that time, if you want to pass on the news, you can only rely on people to pass on the news, from Beijing to the northwest, even if it takes about ten days without stopping, this is still all normal circumstances.
Unfortunately, at that time, the old eighth and other people in the capital were completely controlled by Yongzheng, and Yongzheng arranged for the nine-door admiral Long Keduo to seal the palace to death and not allow anyone to enter and exit, and the old eighth and others had no chance to pass on the news to Yin Yu in the northwest, not only that, the Fengtai camp outside the capital was also suppressed by Yongzheng's good brother Yin Xiang, and would not give the Eighth Master Party any chance at all.
The news of the capital could not be disseminated, and the news from outside could not come in, Yin Yu was completely in a state of ignorance in the northwest region, and did not get any definite news, Yin Yu certainly did not dare to act rashly, after all, Kangxi was still very dead to his own group of ambitious sons, and would not let any artificial inferiority.
By the time Yin Yu learned the news of Kangxi's death, Yongzheng had successfully ascended the throne and become emperor, at this time Yin Yu wanted to rebel, obviously looking for death, Yongzheng would not give him any chance. Presumably, Yongzheng also knew Yin Yu's ambitions, so the first thing he did after ascending the throne was to call Yin Yu back to the funeral, and take the opportunity to take away his military power and make him a light rod commander.
At this point, Yin Yu no longer had any chance, Yongzheng finally relieved the danger, successfully sat on the throne, and later brutally eradicated the Eight Ye Party, only Yin Yu survived because of the protection of his mother Wu Yashi, which was also a blessing in disguise.
The hundred thousands of troops in Yin Yu's hands were not something he could control himself
Of course, perhaps seeing this, many people will still wonder, even if Yin Yu did not seize the opportunity to rebel during the best period of time after Kangxi's death, then as long as he still had military power in his hands, what would Yongzheng dare to do with him? In fact, the answer to this question is cruel, and I do not believe that I will continue to analyze.
During the Qing Dynasty, the military power was generally not all handed over to the general, but was jointly controlled by the emperor and the general, and if you want to dispatch troops, you must have the emperor's edict, otherwise even if the general goes, it will not help, and those soldiers will not obey the general's orders at all.
Not only that, the soldiers and generals in the Qing Dynasty, when they did not fight in peacetime, basically would not be together, only when fighting, the emperor would appoint a general to lead a group of soldiers, these soldiers probably had not seen this general before, and it was only the first time they saw them in battle.
Purely from the private feelings between soldiers and generals, because there is not much time together, soldiers are not willing to fight for the general' life, which is the common sentiment of people, and secondly, from the actual situation, soldiers do not dare to fight for the general, because their families are still under the surveillance of the imperial court.
But if these soldiers do not consider the actual situation and blindly follow the general to sell their lives, it will directly lead to the family and even the nine tribes into danger, in the face of this kind of right and wrong, any one person will make a rational decision, it is impossible to sell their lives at will.
Judging from these realities, although at the time of Kangxi's death, Yin Yu did have more than 100,000 troops in his hands, these soldiers would not listen to Yin Yu's arrangements at all, nor would they be willing to fight for him.
Speaking of this, we can probably understand Yin Yu's helplessness at that time, but all this is far from enough, because at that time, Yin Yu was still facing a more embarrassing and helpless problem, that is, he did not have grain in his hands, the so-called "soldiers and horses did not move but grain and grass went first", Yin Yu did not have grain in his hands, how to act?
At that time, the grain in the northwest region was mainly controlled by the Shaanxi-Gansu region, and Yongzheng's brother-in-law Nian Qianyao was the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Nian Qianyao was fully supportive of Yongzheng at that time, and Yin Yu's grain and grass must have been controlled by Nian Qianyao to death, so that a war had not yet begun, it was over because of a lack of grain, Yin Yu was not an ignorant person, and naturally understood these stakes.
epilogue
Yin Yu had more than 100,000 troops in his hands, to tell the truth, he was definitely ambitious for the throne, but reality gave him a few slaps to make him recognize himself, and finally when Yongzheng ordered him to go back, he must have known his own end, but what else could he do besides obeying orders?
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