The Kangxi Emperor Xuan Ye reigned for 61 years, and he had the largest number of children among the emperors of the Qing Empire, with 35 sons and 20 daughters, for a total of 55.
In the Kangxi Dynasty, the Qing Emperor had not yet adopted the method of "passing on the throne secret edict" to establish the Crown Prince, so the competition for the position of The Crown Prince was particularly fierce.
Of Kangxi's 35 sons, not all of them would come to compete for the position of crown prince, although they were all princes, but they were also divided into concubines and concubines, and only the princes who were concubines could obtain the position of crown prince. Therefore, among the many princes, only three princes may be elected as crown princes, and the other princes can only participate in the conquest activities as supporters of these three princes.
So, who are these three princes and supporters who have the ability to seize the throne of the crown prince?
The first was Ai Xin Jue Luo Yin, who was the seventh son of the Emperor, the second son of the Kangxi Emperor Xuan Ye (嫡長子), who died early, and whose mother was Empress Xiaochengren of the Hesheli clan. He was made crown prince by the Kangxi Emperor at a young age, and he was also the last prince in Chinese history, but was later deposed twice.
There was only one supporter of Yin Rong, he was the third son of the Emperor, Yin Zhi, and his mother was Concubine Rong Ma Jia.
The second was the eighth son of the Emperor, Ai Xin Jueluo Yinyu, whose mother was the Liang Concubine Jue Chan clan, who was named Belle at the age of 17, the youngest of the crown princes at that time, and the Kangxi Emperor liked him very much. Later, because Ai Xinjue Luo Yinrong was deposed as crown prince, his ambitions began to swell, and he also led a large group of princes to participate in the conquest of the concubine, so his supporters were more numerous.
Yin's supporters were four princes:
The eldest son of the Emperor, Yin Zhen, whose mother was Princess Hui of the Na La clan, was the eldest son but belonged to Shu Chu and had no chance of taking the throne, so he had to support the sixth son Yin Yu, who had a high voice.
The ninth son of the Emperor, Yin Yu, whose mother was Concubine Guo Luoluo, was studious and eager to read since childhood, intelligent in nature, fond of invention, good at making friends, generous and generous, and cherished righteousness. He supported the eighth son of the Emperor and the fourteenth son of the Emperor.
Emperor Yin's tenth son, whose mother was a noble concubine of the Wen Dynasty, was made the King of Dun Commandery by Kangxi.
The fourteenth son of the Emperor, Yin Zhen (胤祯), also known as Yin Yu (胤禵), whose mother was Empress Xiaogongren (德妃), was a brother of the fourth son of the Emperor Yin Zhen (Yongzheng Emperor), and he did not support his brother on the issue of supporting the crown prince, but sided with the eighth son of the Emperor, Yin Yu. After Yin Yu was kicked out of the game due to the "Eagle Shooting Incident", he became a popular candidate for the concubine.
The third was Aisin Kyora Yinchen, whose mother was Empress Xiaogongren of the Uya clan (Tokuhito). Yin Chan's faction was the weakest of the three factions, and even his brother Emperor Fourteenth Son, Yin Zhen, did not side with him, but instead attached himself to emperor eight sons and specifically opposed him. Yin Chan's supporters were only one of the thirteenth son of the Emperor, Ai Xinjue Luo YinXiang.
Ai XinJue Luo Yin Xiang, his birth mother Jingmin Emperor Guifei Zhang Jiashi. Yin Xiang was a man of temperament, his heart was bright, and he was serious about righteousness, but he was as vicious as a vendetta and would not change his power, and the Kangxi Emperor imprisoned him for ten years.
The other eight princes who participated in the conquest would never have dreamed that Yin Chan, the fourth son of the emperor, who seemed to have the fewest supporters, inherited the unification on November 13, 1722, the sixty-first year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1722), and became the fifth emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty.
Finally, let's talk about the outcome of each prince who participated in the conquest of the concubine.
The seventh son of the Emperor, Ai Xinjueluo Yinrong, was deposed as crown prince again for his sins in October 1712, and imprisoned in xian'an palace; after the Yongzheng Emperor ascended the throne, he was renamed "Yunrong", and died on December 14, 1724 (January 27, 1725 in the Gregorian calendar) of the Forbidden City of Xian'an Palace, at the age of 51.
The third son of the emperor, Yin Zhi, who followed the seventh son of the emperor, changed his name to Yun Zhi after the Yongzheng Emperor ascended the throne, and was assigned to guard the tomb for Kangxi, and was later stripped of his title and imprisoned in the Yong'an Pavilion in Jingshan. Yongzheng died on May 19 (July 10, 1732) at the Jingshan Forbidden Place at the age of 55.
The eighth son of the Emperor, Ai Xinjueluo Yinyu, after being ordered out by the Kangxi Emperor in the "Eagle Shooting Incident", single-mindedly promoted the fourteenth son of the Emperor, Yin Zhen, to compete for the position of crown prince. After the Yongzheng Emperor succeeded to the throne, he first made him the Prince of Heshuo Lian, and then ordered him to handle the affairs of the Ministry of Works and the Shangshu of the Imperial Yuan, and in the fourth year of Yongzheng (1726), after the Yongzheng Emperor sat firmly on the foundation, he found various excuses to cut his prince and imprison him, and died in the same year at the age of 45. 50 years later, the Qianlong Emperor, believing that Yin Yu had no rebellion, ordered the restoration of the name Yin Yu and the restoration of the clan room.
The emperor's eldest son, Yin Zhen,( was imprisoned in November of the 47th year of the Kangxi Dynasty for plotting to seize the throne because of his curse on crown prince Yin Rong. He was imprisoned within a high wall for 26 years until he was ghostly killed on the first day of November in the twelfth year of Yongzheng, at the age of sixty-three.
The ninth son of the Emperor, Yin Yu, was ordered to garrison Xining in the first year of Yongzheng (1723), and was later convicted by Ge Jue, and died in prison in 1726 at the age of 43.
Emperor Ten Zi Yin, because of his posthumous participation in the imperial eight sons' party, was imprisoned by the Yongzheng Emperor in April of the second year of Yongzheng (1724). Qianlong was released in the second year of Qianlong and awarded the rank of Auxiliary Duke, and died on the ninth day of September in the sixth year of Qianlong (1741) at the age of 59.
The fourteenth son of the Emperor, Yin Zhen, was the younger brother of the Yongzheng Emperor. In December of the third year of Yongzheng (1725), Yongzheng launched a thorough attack on his brothers who were involved in the battle for the throne, and Yun Yu was stripped of his title and demoted to Gushan Beizi. At the beginning of the fourth year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng Ge went to Yunyu Gushan Beizi and imprisoned him in the Jingshan Shou Imperial Palace. After Qianlong ascended the throne, he was released and made the Duke of Feng'en Fuguo, The Prince of Dorobele, and the King of Doroku. Qianlong died in 1755 at the age of 67.
Naturally, the thirteenth son of the Emperor, Who had followed the Fourth Son of the Emperor Yin Chan, Ai Xinjue Luo Yinxiang, after Yin Chan succeeded to the throne and became the Yongzheng Emperor, he also cultivated the right fruit, was crowned by the Yongzheng Emperor as the Prince of Heshuoyi, successively served as the Minister of Parliament, the Prime Minister's Household Department, the Gyeonggi Water Conservancy Camp Anding Field Affairs, and became the ninth Iron Hat King in the history of the Qing Dynasty. He died on the fourth day of the first month of May (June 18 of the solar calendar) in the eighth year of Yongzheng (1730) at the age of 44.
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