I believe that I have seen many film and television dramas with the background of the nine sons and wives, we all know that the competition between the eight brothers, the ninth brother and The Yongzheng is the most fierce when they compete for the position of crown prince, but in the end, Yongzheng becomes the winner of it, and the loser in this battle is naturally not better. Although they are brothers, but also as the most fiercely competitive political enemies before, after one side won the victory, the other side naturally became the object of revenge, the eighth brother and the ninth brother were stripped of their clan by Yongzheng, renamed "Akina" and "Seth Black", which means pig and dog, imprisoned to death, and future generations were not allowed to re-enter the imperial family and become shu people.
When Qianlong not only rehabilitated the Eighth Brother and the Ninth Brother, but their descendants also restored their royal family membership, then why did Qianlong overturn his father's order to rehabilitate the two people his father hated to the bone? Some people think that this is a manifestation of Qianlong's own rebellious heart, and Qianlong did not approve of many policies and practices during the reign of Yongzheng, so it was gradually overthrown after Qianlong succeeded to the throne.
After Qianlong succeeded to the throne, he had a certain understanding of Yongzheng's previous policies, and some did not dare to agree, so some of Yongzheng's policies did change to a certain extent, although it was a father and son, but there were indeed great differences in their ideas and measures in governing the country, in fact, this had a lot to do with Qianlong's worship of Kangxi, Kangxi belonged to the benevolent political state, Qianlong was loved by Kangxi's grandfather since childhood, and he had a kind of admiration for Kangxi. He even decided to rule the country like Kangxi in the future, so he always wanted to be a benevolent and good king, and wanted to create a prosperous world like the rule of Zhenguan.
So why did he wait until the forty-third year of Qianlong to rehabilitate him? If you just ascended to the throne and rehabilitated him, it is inevitable to invite people to talk, Yongzheng's front foot has just returned to the west, you will rehabilitate his political enemies, this is really a kind of disrespect and filial piety, moreover, the old ministers of the DPRK and China will certainly not agree, and in the forty-third year of Qianlong, that is, after forty-three years since Qianlong ascended the throne, all kinds of deep hatred will gradually fade with the passage of time, and everyone may gradually forget about this matter, forty-three years have passed, the former courtiers have also died, and their political enemies are gone. Only the courtiers cultivated by Qianlong were left, so it was also appropriate to rehabilitate them at this time.
Qianlong issued a decree saying that although the Eighth Brother and the Ninth Brother had originally formed a party for personal gain, they had always been brothers with the Yongzheng Emperor, and Yin Yu and others could not live by their own sins, but after all, they were all dead, and Yongzheng's judgment was because the repeated requests of the chancellor were not the intention of our emperor, so at this time it was necessary to rehabilitate them, restore the clan identity of their two branches, and complete the things that their father had not had time to complete before his death.
Qianlong's remarks rationalized why Yongzheng stripped them of their identities and why they were rehabilitated and legitimized, which was really not the original intention of the Yongzheng Emperor.
This practice is also a means for Qianlong to win the hearts and minds of the people, showing that he is benevolent and loves the people, is tolerant and generous, has earned a good reputation for himself, and is more likely to get the support of his own family.