In the last year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Jiulong seized the concubine, and for the position of the Taihe Temple, they all killed each other with red eyes, and finally the four brothers yinchen narrowly won and became the Yongzheng Emperor.
However, if you push back the time by twenty years, basically no one believes that the fourth brother will become the emperor, just as no one believes that the second brother YinRong (réng) will not become the emperor. Quite simply, Yin Rong was the crown prince, and Kangxi had announced it decades ago: after he lived a thousand years, Yin Rong would become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
In fact, Yin Rong was not the eldest son of the Kangxi Emperor, and there was also a big brother Yin Zhen (zhī) on top of him, but Yin Rong was the eldest son of Yin Rong, because Yin Rong's mother was Empress Xiaochengren of the Hesheli clan, and Yin Rong's mother was the Huifei Yehenara clan, which could only be regarded as Shu Out.
Heshelishi originally had a very good relationship with the Kangxi Emperor, was the Kangxi Emperor's favorite empress, and died because of the difficulty in childbirth when giving birth to Yin, so the Kangxi Emperor had some subtle psychology when facing Yin, and wanted to give him more compensation. A year and a month after Yin Rong's birth, Kangxi made this doll who had just turned one year old the crown prince, which was to give some comfort to the spirit of the Herschel clan in heaven.
After liking Yinrong as crown prince, the Kangxi Emperor was also quite attentive to him, setting up the Zhan Shifu Yamen specially for the service of the crown prince, and also specially repaired the Ming Fengci Hall for him, which was changed to Yuqing Palace, as the eastern palace of the prince. In order to train Yin Rong to be a qualified successor, the Kangxi Emperor also chose someone with excellent learning to tutor him, and let Yin Rong handle state affairs and cultivate his ability to govern.
The Kangxi Emperor was very protective of Yin Rong and cultivated him as a successor, but Yin Rong was deposed twice, and watched as the throne was taken away by the old fourth Yin Rong.
Let's suppose: If Yin Rong had not been deposed and successfully become emperor, would he have done a better job than the Yongzheng Emperor?
It should be said that as the last publicly registered prince in Chinese history, Yin Rong's ability is still unquestionable, and he is not as stupid and incompetent as he appears in the TV series. Judging from Yin Rong's handling of political affairs during his several periods of supervision, although it was not much outstanding, there was no major problem. Moreover, Yin Rong has long held the position of prince, forming his own circle of power, and the members of the princeling party are still relatively loyal to Yin Rong, and these people occupy important positions and their abilities are generally more prominent. Therefore, if Yin Rong can successfully become emperor, then the stability of the Qing Dynasty can still be maintained.
However, what cannot be left unnoticed is the defect of The Yin Rong itself. Although he had undergone a systematic imperial education and had no problems in his knowledge, his heart was a hard wound. Perhaps it is precisely because of the early determination of the status of the crown prince that he grew up in a superior environment since he was a child, and developed his self-centered, selfish character. From this point of view, Yin Rong did not have the mind of an emperor, more like a wayward second generation official, can the Kangxi Emperor expect such a son to clean up this mess for himself and continue his life for the Qing Dynasty?
One thing that led to the Kangxi Emperor deposing Yin Rong as crown prince was that Yin Rong's eighteenth brother Yin Zhen (xiè) fell ill and died during a trip. Because the Kangxi Emperor loved this 7-year-old little brother more, Yin Rong had all kinds of envy and jealousy in his heart, and for the death of this brother, Yin Rong was not only not sad, but even very happy. It was this manifestation of his indifference that finally angered the Kangxi Emperor.
As we all know, the old Eight Yin Yu (sì) became a sworn enemy with Yin Rong in order to compete for the throne. Old Eight has money and resources, can buy people's hearts in large quantities, and has formed a powerful Eight Ye Party, which poses a major threat to Yin Rong, and with Yin Rong's character, the Eight Ye Party will definitely be eradicated.
If the Old Eight forces are eradicated, this will inevitably become a major political event and will involve many people. After some great turmoil in the official arena, Yin Rong's throne was very stable, and at this time, his men were all his own confidants, that is, vested interest groups, and this gang was firmly held together, and then colluded with local bureaucrats and doctors to advance and retreat together, and the class solidification would be even more serious.
We all know that in the last years of the Kangxi Dynasty, there were many drawbacks in the Qing Dynasty, even to the point of shaking the foundation of the country. However, all this was not the most important thing for Yin Rong, and he only considered when he would be able to succeed to the throne. Among the brothers, the only one who was worried about the internal and external troubles of the Qing Dynasty was the fourth brother Yinchen.
Yin Chan is a powerful leader under Yin Rong, can also be said to be a right and left hand, recognized as the core figure of the princelings, however, Yin Chan mainly respects the second brother because Yin Rong is the crown prince, but in internal affairs, the views of the two are very different. In several things during Yin Rong's reign as a prince, we can see that he has similarities with Lao Ba, most of the consideration is how to buy people's hearts and stabilize his position, but he has little interest in the life and death of the people and how long the Qing Dynasty can exist.
Once Yin Rong ascended to the throne and purged his political enemies, all that remained was to sit with his henchmen and enjoy the world, regardless of whether the people were dead or alive. And Yin Chan, who has the Great Qing Dynasty in his heart, will put forward his New Deal propositions to Yin Rong, and Yin Rong may agree to it at first, but the New Deal will inevitably touch the interests of those in power and will be resisted by all sides.
With his boldness and heart, he was certainly unable to bear the backlash of the conservative faction. Coupled with the selflessness of the old fourth iron face, it will definitely offend many people, and at that time, in order to consolidate his position as an emperor, yin rong, who has become emperor, will inevitably push out this brother who is loyal to the country to be a scapegoat, and the final result will be the death of the New Deal.
In the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty", there are some performances, such as Yin Chan was ordered by the Kangxi Emperor to recover the treasury silver owed by officials, and Yin Rong not only did not help Yin Chan, but demolished Yin Chan's platform everywhere. In the end, Yin Rong still sold Yin Chan, forgave the repayment date of the arrears official, and became a good person himself, but yin Chan was half dead.
After Yin Rong abolished Yin Chan, he might not kill him, but he would certainly not be used again, and he would not implement a new policy that offended bureaucrats and doctors. In all the dynasties, there has never been an emperor who shares the world with the people, and all the emperors share the world with the nobles or bureaucrats, especially after the Song Dynasty, the bureaucrats and bureaucrats are the cornerstone of the emperor's rule, and they cannot be shaken at all. In order to ensure the safety of his throne, Yin Rong could only adopt an attitude of getting by.
Under these circumstances, the corrupt situation in the last years of the Kangxi Dynasty will not be improved, but will continue to deteriorate, and the court will be harmonious, but the Qing Dynasty is actually full of holes and the people are miserable. It can be seen from the later trend that it was precisely after Yongzheng took the throne that reformed the maladministration and enriched the national treasury, and finally let the Qianlong Emperor have a large amount of silver to squander everywhere.
It can be said that it was Yongzheng who timely reversed the increasingly tilted Qing Dynasty ship and gave the Qing Dynasty a life of two hundred years.
If Yin Rong is the emperor, the New Deal will not work, the national strength will become weaker and weaker, under this and the other, the external troubles will become more and more intense, even if Yin Rong can barely maintain the national pulse of the Great Qing during his reign, but the social problems will accumulate more and more, the contradictions will become more and more acute, and the Great Qing will gradually become terminally ill, and no one will be able to return to heaven. At that time, when internal and external troubles erupt at the same time, the Qing Dynasty will be like a dangerous building full of holes, and a gust of wind will come at random, and it will collapse in an instant.
Although the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty" is a novel and has fictionalized many events, the portrayal of Yin Rong's personality and ability is still more in line with history.