The historical Longkeduo is definitely the first meritorious servant who supported Bao Yongzheng to ascend to the throne.
Long Keduo, from the Tong Jia family, one of the "four foreign relatives" of the Kangxi Dynasty, was the son of Tong Guowei, the minister of internal affairs.
Speaking of this, many friends will stay on the relationship between the two described in "Yongzheng Dynasty". In the TV series, Long Keduo called Tong Guowei his "sixth uncle of his concubine", but in history, Long Keduo dared to call it so, it was really "filial piety", because Tong Guowei was not his sixth uncle, but his "father of his concubine", and he did not have any six uncles, and some only had one "uncle of his concubines", that is, Tong Guogang, who was martyred in the "Battle of Ulanbutong" in the twenty-ninth year of Kangxi (1690).
Since the Kangxi Emperor's birth mother, Empress Xiaokangzhang, was born into the Tong Jia family, this made the entire Tong Jia family maintain a very close relationship with the Kangxi Emperor, and Empress Xiaokangzhang herself was Tong Guowei's sister and Long Keduo's aunt. In addition, the Kangxi Emperor successively married two daughters of Tong Guowei, that is, two sisters of Long Keduo, one was the third empress of the Kangxi Emperor, that is, Empress Xiaoyiren Tong Jiashi, and the other was the Kangxi Emperor's very favored concubine in his later years, that is, the concubine Tong Jia of the Emperor Hui, making the Tong Jia family and the Kangxi Emperor even more "close to each other", and they had extremely high honors in the court and harem.
Therefore, Longkeduo was not only a cousin of the Kangxi Emperor, but also his brother-in-law, so Longkeduo took advantage of his family status at an early age to become a first-class bodyguard, and was later promoted to Luan Yi envoy and deputy governor of Mongolia under the Blue Banner.
However, Longkeduo was really appreciated and held power by the Kangxi Emperor during the Kangxi "Two Deposed Crown Princes".
In the forty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1708), the Kangxi Emperor deposed Yin Rong's crown prince for the first time during the Rehe Autumn Festival, with the principle that "the prince is not filial and does not do good", which was accompanied by a fierce competition for the position of crown prince by the princes.
In order to obtain greater political benefits, the courtiers began to attach themselves to the prince, and then formed parties for personal gain and excluded dissidents, and for a time there was a miasma of black smoke and miasma throughout the court, and even a series of extremely bad events such as the "Case of Zhang Mingde, the Warlock of the Jianghu Warlock" and the "Case of the Prince of the Great Brother Yinzhen Town" were even seen. After this, most of the courtiers sided with the Eight Brothers and were "openly fighting" with Kangxi, which made Kangxi very angry, but also extremely sad and helpless.
At this time, Long Keduo cleverly saw that the Kangxi Emperor was very disgusted with the emperor and his courtiers to participate in the seizure of the throne, so he refused everyone's solicitation, firmly stood by Kangxi's side, and maintained absolute loyalty to the Kangxi Emperor, thus winning the praise of the Kangxi Emperor.
In the forty-eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1709), Kangxi restored Yin Rong to the position of crown prince, but the result continued to develop in a direction that the Kangxi Emperor did not want to see. On the one hand, the princes, especially the princes of the "Eight Ye Party Group", did not give up the intention of the struggle to seize the throne, but continued to expand their ranks, confronting Kangxi and The Crown Prince Yinrong, looking for an opportunity to overthrow the Prince group; on the other hand, the Prince Yinrong had no intention of repentance, and the contradictions with the Kangxi Emperor became more and more acute, so that the Kangxi Emperor was also completely disappointed in him.
Finally, in the fifty-first year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1712), with the investigation of the "Toheqi Huihui Drinking", Yin Rong's plan to "form a friendship party and plot to seize the throne" was completely frustrated, and he himself was deposed by the Kangxi Emperor for the second and last time, and he remained imprisoned in the Xian'an Palace until the death of the Yongzheng Dynasty, and he was never freed again.
The main culprit in the "Toheqi Drinking Case", the former Nine Gate Admiral Toheqi, was imprisoned by the Kangxi Emperor and died in prison. In this way, Long Keduo, who was already trusted and valued by the Kangxi Emperor at this time, became the new Governor of the Nine Doors until the death of the Kangxi Emperor.
The position of The Viceroy of the Nine Doors, although not the highest-ranking position held by Long Keduo in his lifetime, was the most important position for himself, which also directly affected the historical development trend of the Qing Dynasty.
In the sixty-first year of Kangxi (1722), on November 13, Kangxi became seriously ill.
According to the Records of Emperor Zuren of the Qing Dynasty:
Summoning the third son of the Emperor Cheng, Prince Yunyou, the seventh son of the Emperor, Wang Yunyou of Chun County, the eighth son of the Emperor, the ninth son of the Emperor, the ninth son of the Emperor, the eleventh son of the Emperor, The King of Dun County, the twelfth son of the Emperor, the twelfth son of the Emperor, the thirteenth son of the Emperor, the thirteenth son of the Emperor, the Thirteenth Son, the Shangshu Longke, to the front of the imperial throne, the edict said: "The fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chen, is of high character, and will be able to inherit the throne, that is, the emperor's throne." ”
From this account we can see three important contents:
First, Yongzheng's succession to the throne was the Kangxi Emperor's "edict", and it is not clear whether this "edict" is "testament" or "will".
Second, when the Kangxi Emperor died, among those present, except for Long Keduo, the rest were the kangxi emperor's sons.
Third, of all the adult princes of the Kangxi Emperor, four did not show up, namely the imprisoned Grand Brother Yin, the deposed Prince Yin, the fourteen Elder Brother Yinrong who led troops far northwest, and Yongzheng, who was worshipping the heavens at the Temple of Heaven.
In this way, Roncodo is undoubtedly an important witness and participant in the whole process.
At the same time, with the death of the Kangxi Emperor and a series of events after that, Yongzheng's succession became confusing.
On the night of Kangxi's death, Yongzheng received the news and began to rush to Changchun Garden, and Yongzheng arrived at Kangxi's imperial bed, it was already the next morning, where Yongzheng had gone for more than ten hours, and what he had done was already unknown.
At the same time as the Kangxi Emperor died, Long keduo immediately closed the nine gates of the capital and imposed martial law in Beijing for seven days. This made it possible that during this period, only Roncodo was able to freely enter and leave the palace, and no one knew what Lonkodo and Yongzheng had conspired with and what they had done.
The so-called "Kangxi Testament" was the Manchu part that existed first, and the Chinese part was only disclosed later, why the Manchu and Han parts were not disclosed together, and the existing Manchu parts would have a large area of damage and destruction, this is already a matter of unclear.
Therefore, under such circumstances, there are three theories of Yongzheng succession, namely, "following the theory of taking the throne", "correcting the edict and usurping the throne", and "the theory of seizing the throne without edicts".
However, regardless of the fact that this one is historical, Roncodo must be the most crucial link in it.
If Yongzheng is a normal successor, then Ronkodo's closing of the Nine Gates and the imposition of martial law are precisely the best precautions for Yongzheng to succeed to the throne smoothly and avoid other princes plotting to seize the throne. If Yongzheng had seized the throne or usurped the throne, all the soldiers and horses in Beijing at that time were in the hands of Long Keduo, who was in charge of the nine gates of the capital and the garrisons inside and outside the imperial palace, and this must have been the most favorable and solid support force for Yongzheng.
Therefore, the first meritorious servant of The Ascension to the throne, Long keduo, deserves it.
Yongzheng gave Great respect to Longkeduo, but Longkodo also began his "road to death".
Longkeduo's support for Yongzheng is both a "kinship" relationship and a drive of interests.
Yongzheng's birth mother, Princess Wuya, came from a humble background and had not yet been canonized when she was born, so she could not raise Yongzheng. As a result, the Kangxi Emperor entrusted the young Yongzheng to the then noble concubine Empress Tong Jia for eleven years, which also made Yongzheng and Empress Tong Jia have a deep affection. And Long Keduo is the younger brother of Empress Tong Jia, with Empress Tong Jia as the link, the two began to intersect, from this point of view, Yongzheng called Long Keduo "uncle", it is indeed a matter of reason.
Because Yongzheng has always pursued the strategy of "fighting is not to be disputed, and no dispute is to fight", his camp can be said to have extremely few personnel, except for the thirteenth brother Yinxiang, who has left the political stage, and Nian Qianyao, who is far away from Sichuan and Shaanxi, there are no other heavyweight officials. On the other hand, the "Eight Ye Party" clique, in addition to the two big hits who seized the throne, the Eight Brothers Yin Yu and the Fourteen Brother Yin Yu, as well as the full support of the Nine Brothers Yin Yu and the Ten Ah Ge Yin, the court, including the Yehenara family and the Niu HuLu family, which were closely related to these princes, as well as a number of Manchu and Han courtiers, and even other members of the Tong Jia family except Long Keduo, were firmly on the side of the "Eight Ye Party". Under such circumstances, if the Eighth Brother or the Fourteenth Brother succeeds to the throne, it will not highlight the status and role of Longkeduo, so it is necessary to support Yongzheng, who has weak support, so that it can obtain the greatest political benefits.
Sure enough, Roncodo "gambled" correctly, and after ascending the throne, Yongzheng gave Roncodo a great honor.
Yongzheng did not hide his gratitude and gratitude to Longkeduo, and in public, he completely disregarded the majesty of the emperor, calling him "Uncle Longkeduo", and in his letters with Nian Qianyao, he expressed this gratitude to the fullest:
"Uncle Ronkodo, this man was not only unaware of him before, but he was really wrong. This person is a loyal minister of the True Holy Ancestor Emperor Examination, a meritorious minister of the Fallen, a good minister of the state, and a rare minister of the first supergroup of the real contemporary era. ”
At the same time, Yongzheng also entrusted the duties of Prime Minister and Official Shangshu of Longkeduo, and Longkeduo had unlimited scenery for a time and became the most powerful and important minister in the court.
However, Roncodo's "road to death" also began.
First of all, Roncodo began to be proud of his achievements and looked at the monarch.
More than once, Long Keduo publicly flaunted his role when Yongzheng ascended the throne, and even directly emphasized that it was precisely because he led his troops to arm the yongzheng that Yongzheng was able to inherit the throne.
What is even more arrogant is that he also compares himself to Zhuge Liang, who is "the lonely orphan of the White Emperor's City", so that while praising his own merits, he also compares Yongzheng to "Liu Adou who can't help him", and secretly ridicules Yongzheng as his "puppet", which causes Yongzheng's great dissatisfaction.
Second, he formed a party for personal gain and controlled the government of the DPRK.
This is the same as the nian tangyao at this time. The two of them took advantage of the Yongzheng Emperor's trust and respect for them to control the appointment, dismissal, and promotion of officials, and then there was the "Tong Election" of the officials of the six ministries of the Central Government, and the "Annual Election" of local officials, and the two of them formed a wide circle of henchmen, making a miasma above the court and in the local official field.
Third, it is corruption and wealth.
By controlling the election and promotion of korean and Chinese officials, Long Keduo accepted a large number of bribes, and his life was extravagant, and the extravagance and waste were extremely serious, which also caused Great Dissatisfaction from Yongzheng.
In the third year of Yongzheng (1725), the Yongzheng Emperor began to consciously knock on Longkeduo, first deposing Longkeduo from his errands, and then deposing Longkodo's son Long Yuzhu for misconduct.
It was also in this year that Nian Tangyao, who was equally meritorious and proud of his achievements and self-serving as a party for personal gain, was given suicide by the Yongzheng Emperor with the "Ninety-two Major Sins", which can be said to be the best warning and hint to Longkodo, but at this time Longkodo still did not think so.
Finally, in the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727), Yongzheng attacked Longkeduo.
Yongzheng punished Longkeduo, which can be said to fully show his "belly black" side.
In fact, in the third year of Yongzheng (1725), yongzheng, while reducing the power and position of Longkeduo, also consciously hinted at the imperial court and local officials, expressing his dissatisfaction with Longkeduo.
At this time, The Inspector of Henan, Tian Wenjing, took the initiative to participate in the impeachment of LongKeduo, and although the Yongzheng Emperor did not make any positive response to this, he ordered to praise Tian Wenjing for his work in other aspects. Here it should also be noted that it is the real Wu Sidao in history who made Tian Wenjing's impeachment of Long Keduo and wrote the recital for Tian Wenjing, who at this time served as a staff master in Tian Wenjing's mansion, and he also knew about Yongzheng through this matter.
As a result, Yongzheng's move instantly made the DPRK and local officials understand his thoughts, so the impeachment of Longkodo from all over the country began to converge in Beijing.
At this time, the Yongzheng Emperor also consciously transferred Longkodo out of Beijing twice, sending him to the northwest and northeast regions to negotiate borders with the Mongolian Dzungars and Tsarist Russia, and on his own side, he arranged for people to collect various evidence of Longkodo's crimes.
After everything was ready, in the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727), after Roncodo completed the border negotiations with Tsarist Russia, he took Longkodo down at the scene of the negotiations on charges of "forming a party for personal gain" and "secretly hiding jade" and escorted him back to Beijing.
Subsequently, Yongzheng convicted Longkeduo of the "Forty-Six One Great Sins" and imprisoned him in Changchun Garden, and the next year, in the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), Longkeduo died in the forbidden place.
In this way, a generation of powerful ministers, Ronkodo, only enjoyed the scenery for five years, and then suddenly collapsed.
In fact, the historical Yongzheng is still very familiar with the Tong Jia family.
Long Keduo and Empress Xiaoyiren's father, Tong Guowei, were staunch supporters of the Eight Brothers Yinyu during the "Nine Sons and Concubines", and after the "abolition of the crown prince", in order to help Yin yu become the crown prince, he did not hesitate to "force death" in front of the Kangxi Emperor. Even so, after Yongzheng ascended the throne, instead of punishing and humiliating Tong Guowei, he was posthumously awarded the title of Taifu, which shows that Yongzheng was very grateful to the entire Tong Jia family, especially Empress Xiaoyiren,especially Empress Xiaoyiren, and longkeduo's support.
After Longkeduo's death, his brother Qingfu, far from being implicated by Longkeduo, not only inherited the title of first-class duke of his family, but also became a highly valued courtier in the middle and late Yongzheng Dynasty and the early years of the Qianlong Dynasty, which also shows that Yongzheng did not move to the Tong Jia family because of Longkeduo.
It can be seen from this that if it were not for his own "death", Long Keduo himself and even the entire Tong Jia family would have achieved greater achievements, obtained more rewards, and the family status would have become more prominent. However, all this was eventually wiped out with Roncodo's obsessive crimes of arrogance, self-aggrandizement, and corruption and extravagance, and he himself ended up with a dismal end of discredit and captivity.