Hongshi was Yongzheng's third son, Qianlong's older brother, his mother was Concubine Li of Qi, and both of Hongshi's brothers died at that time, so Hongshi was also the eldest son of Yongzheng, and according to imperial tradition, Hongshi should inherit the throne, so why would Yongzheng execute Hongshi li Hongli as the crown prince?
According to historical records, Hongli was intelligent since childhood, and the poems gufu would be memorized at the age of five, and after seeing Kangxi at the age of ten, he was deeply loved by the Kangxi Emperor, after which Kangxi often took Hongli to learn from his side, so Yongzheng has always taken Hongli as his pride.
In the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty", it is described that Yongzheng executed Hongshi, who was found and executed by Yongzheng in order to compete for the position of prince and sent assassins to assassinate, in fact, in history, Yongzheng did not directly execute Hongshi.
In history, after Hongli ascended to the throne, Hongshi was very unconvinced, after all, he was the eldest son, Hongshi often talked to him in front of Yongzheng about competing for the crown prince, you must know that Yongzheng had experienced all that, Hongshi also kept poking Yongzheng's pain, and finally Yongzheng directly passed Hongshi to Prince Lian and completely broke Hongshi's heart. Since they are not royalty, naturally there is no need to compete for the throne.
In the fifth year of Yongzheng, hongshi died at the age of 24 not long after this incident, and after Qianlong ascended to the throne, he called hongshi's practice a young man who did not understand things, and re-wrote him into the imperial ancestral hall.
However, the specific cause of Hongshi's death is still unknown to everyone, after all, there is no clear record in the history books, but many people speculate that it is likely that Yongzheng executed his son, after all, Yongzheng experienced the situation of his brother's reverse purpose, almost forced to the palace, for the stability of Jiangshan, he can only endure the pain of killing Hongshi, in order to avoid the consequences.