If Kangxi had passed the throne to him, the Qing Dynasty might have become a great power, and the Eight-Nation Alliance would not be a threat
In ancient times, people attached great importance to heirs, and most people hoped that the more children they had, the better, especially sons. However, there are more sons than right and wrong, and the fight for family property is more fierce than one, and the royal family is even involved in the fear of life. Such examples abound, with King Huiwen of Zhao starving his father and killing his brother to protect the throne, and Emperor Taizong of Tang killing his brother and forcing his father to abdicate for the throne. In the Kangxi Dynasty, the fratricidal incident of brothers fighting for the throne happened again, which was the nine sons and concubines.
The Kangxi Emperor had a total of 35 sons, of which 24 were orderly at the time, nine of whom could not resist coming out to seize the throne. In fact, the reason why they had this heart was mainly because Kangxi lived too long and was no longer firm to the prince in the later stage. He made a prince very early, that is, the second brother Yin Rong, who was desperately born to Empress Hesheri, and Yin Rong had just turned two years old and became a prince. From a young age, it was naturally cultivated according to the future emperor, and the achievements of several times to supervise the country were not bad.
In the future, even if he is not a successful king, he must be a Ming jun, but after Yin Rong grows up, Kangxi picks this son's thorn everywhere. So the other sons looked at it, and the prince himself had a chance to ascend to the throne, so the situation would not be able to push the prince a little. Poor Yin Rong thus became a public enemy, and the toss and turn was eventually abolished, and he was imprisoned until his death. Among the remaining eight sons, in fact, in addition to the four brothers who won in the end, there are several others that are also very good.
For example, the Eight Brothers Yinyu, the FourteenTh Brother Yinyu, and the Thirteenth Brother Yinxiang, Yinxiang is not an ordinary person. If Kangxi passed the throne to him, the Qing Dynasty would not be able to become a superpower, nor would it be repeatedly oppressed later. The reason for this is to see the reason for the fall of Qing, Yin Xiang's personality, and some things he has done in his life. The reasons for the fall of the Qing Dynasty are complex and varied, the most important of which is the closed country, which began in the first year of the Yongzheng Dynasty (1723).
Later Qianlong only implemented his father's policy more thoroughly, the root of which was here in Yongzheng, so what if he changed to an emperor who was more inclusive of foreign cultures? Yin Xiang is such a person, he is both literate and martial, highly talented and brilliant. But the personality is very indifferent, belonging to the kind of people who talk less and do more, and do not care whether they will be famous in history. I only hope to do more practical things for the country and the people, which is an advantage, but it may also be the reason why Yin Xiang is willing to contribute behind Yongzheng's back.
In addition, he also had great respect for foreign cultures, and the missionaries in China felt that Yin Xiang was friendly to them and gave them enough respect. The priest happened to talk to him about the Jews in Kaifeng, and he went out of his way to investigate the situation of the Jews and to learn about the people. Obviously, he was very curious, and others were concerned about the changes in China, but he was concerned about the situation of this nation. Secondly, Yin Xiang was very interested in various novelties abroad, which was very similar to Kangxi, when Yin Xiang was still favored in the early years.
From time to time, Kangxi would call Yin Xiang into the palace, in order to find someone with common hobbies and play with the new things of foreign envoys to pay tribute. It is conceivable that if Kangxi passed the throne to Yin Xiang, Yin Xiang would certainly not practice the closure of the country. Unfortunately, for some reason, after the first deposing of the crown prince, Yin Xiang fell out of favor with Kangxi. After that, in the Kangxi Dynasty, it was neither reused nor canonized. On the other hand, Yin Xiang's personality also determines that he will not choose to compete for favors, so he is doomed not to become an emperor.