In ancient times, old men and young wives were commonplace, and the emperor had to fill the harem in a few years, so that heirs continued to be born in the world. Of course, the emperors of the late Qing Dynasty were influenced by the marriage of close relatives, and the heirs were difficult, but the open and secret struggles between brothers in the early Qing Dynasty were commonplace, which caused the famous "nine sons and nine sons and wives" in history.
But Kangxi had far more than 9 sons, and according to historical records, he had 35 sons in his lifetime, some of whom died prematurely, and 24 of whom grew up peacefully. In 1716, the 63-year-old Kangxi was pleasantly surprised, his concubine Chen Shi actually gave birth to Lin'er, Kangxi naturally took care of him in every way, first, most people had a special obsession with their young son, and second, it was a pleasure for her to have a son.
This prince's name was Yin Yuan.
At this time, Kangxi was already old, and his sons would all look at the throne, but Yin Yuan was not like this, first of all, he was young, even if he wanted to seize the throne, he had no advantage, even if Kangxi wanted to let him ascend to the throne, he was easily swallowed by this group of brothers. What's more, although Kangxi was a little old and dizzy, he was still a Ming Jun, and naturally hoped that the successor to the unification was a capable person, Yin Yuan was young, and Kangxi could not predict his talent at all.
The brothers all lived in the depths of the water, but Yin Yuan was completely different, he lived very happily in the backyard of the palace, after all, no brother would hit his head with his thoughts. Since there was no need to inherit the unification, Yin Yu simply learned knowledge, and basically did not learn the rules of the imperial mind technique and the power seeking technique.
In 1722, Yongzheng defeated the princes and succeeded to the throne. After he ascended the throne, he began the road to purge political enemies, but Yin Yu was clearly not among them. Yongzheng not only had no intention of torturing this younger brother at all, but also loved him in every way. In 1727, Yin Yuan's mother died, and in order to take care of him, Yongzheng specially took him to the palace to cultivate him, and also let him study with the princes, which shows that Yongzheng still has family affection in his heart, but this affection still has to give way to the imperial power.
Later, Yongzheng also asked the Zongren Mansion to crown Yin Yu as a prince, at the same time as Hongli and Hongzhi. When Qianlong succeeded to the throne, he also specially sent two Hanlin masters to be masters to his uncle, who was 5 years younger than him, and taught him to read. And Yongzheng and Qianlong not only liked Yin Yuan, they also deliberately posthumously honored Yin Yuan's mother, which shows the degree of Yin Yuan's favor.
However, although Yin Yu was favored, he also underwent Qianlong's duties. Once, Yin Yuan and Hongzhi ate with Qianlong, and as a result, before Qianlong could finish eating, Yin Yuan put down his chopsticks and sat aside, causing Qianlong to feel unhappy in his heart, thinking that he did not know how to abide by the old rules and was scolded for being disrespectful.
Despite this, Yin Yu's treatment was still very good, he not only managed the imperial library, but also managed the affairs of the Zongren Mansion and the Jade Palace, these three positions, although not directly involved in state affairs, were also very present in the Qing Dynasty official positions, so it can be seen that Qianlong was still taking care of his uncle as much as possible.
In 1773, Yin Yuan closed his eyes forever, he was only 57 years old in his life, but Qianlong, who was older than him, remained above the world. And Yin Yuan raised a total of 7 sons and 7 daughters, which can also be regarded as enjoying the joy of the world. In fact, from the perspective of Yin Yuan's life, he won the favor of the emperors of the three dynasties, indicating that growing up in the imperial family is also very happy, as long as you are lucky enough, not living in a chaotic world, and the age gap with other brothers is very large, you can spend your life carefree and enjoy endless glory and wealth.