In fact, in general, compared with the cruel attitude of Wu Zetian, Lü Yan and others towards power-seekers, Yongzheng's attitude and means towards his opponent, the Eight Ye Party, were already very benevolent, and they were not as shocking as the legends.
Why? I continue to analyze for you.
1. Yongzheng treats the Nine Brothers Yun Yu
The lightest was the Fourteenth Brother Yinyu, who was only dismissed from his post and had no other disposition, because the Fourteenth Brother and Yongzheng were born of a mother, and they were considered brothers, so they escaped a disaster.
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Yongzheng Xinjun
He was imprisoned by Yongzheng and imprisoned until the Qianlong period.
The rest was the Ninth Brother Yunyu, and soon after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he sent him to the northwest to be with Nian Qianyao, which meant that Nian Qianyao was monitored. However, just going to the northwest is far from enough, and the Ninth Brother lives like a shiny face in the northwest. Later, someone denounced that the Ninth Brother was dishonest in the northwest region and did evil deeds, and Yongzheng was angry and dismissed the Ninth Brother, removed the Viscount of Bei, and made him an ordinary member of the clan.
Draft History of the Qing Dynasty:
"The kings and ministers asked for the punishment of Yun Yu's crime, ordered the removal of the yellow belt, cut the clan's nationality, arrested and returned to Beijing, and changed his name to Seth Hei. Hu Shili's superintendent Yun Yu went to Baoding and ordered the governor Li Fu (李绂), who was directly subordinate to him, to temporarily ban him and wait for his actions to stop. In August, Fu Sang Yoon Yoon died of a abdominal illness in the yudo. ”
Later, brother Jiu still did not change his temper, still going his own way, he was stripped of his clan by Yongzheng, removed the yellow belt, and tied with a chain to the capital to punish the crime, and gave him a name."
Seth Black
”。 Later, he handed it over to Li Fu to be imprisoned, and Li Fu had already beaten him violently on the road, and the place of confinement he chose was even worse, surrounded by slaughterhouses, and the smell was so bad that it was even worse in the summer.
Accustomed to the wealthy life in the capital and the palace, the Ninth Brother suffered this sin and died of illness soon after at the age of 43.
2. Yongzheng treats The Eight Brothers
Compared with the Ninth Brother, in fact, the Eighth Brother is slightly better, Yongzheng just ascended the throne and let him be the Prime Minister for a period of time, although it is an idle post, but there are still some scenery, not so sad.
It was not until later that Yongzheng did a good job of Jiangshan Sheji and everything stabilized slightly, that is, after Yongzheng was four years old, Yongzheng announced the guilt of the Eight Brothers and began to deal with the Eight Brothers.
However, it is not surprising that Brother Ba'a suffered such a punishment, because even if Yongzheng ascended the throne, he still had a crush on the imperial power, and Yongzheng did not directly behead him, which was already very worthy of him.
In the fourth year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng locked up the Eight Brothers, who were also given a very insulting name "Akina" like the Nine Brothers, and in September of the same year, the Eight Brothers died a few days after the death of the Nine Brothers, and it is said that they died of illness, but perhaps the possibility of suicide is still relatively large.
After so many setbacks, I also know that there is no turning point in my life, rather than being tortured and humiliated to death, it is better to cut myself off, and Brother Baba died at the age of 45.
"Seeking the fate of the king, jiaozong people's mansion forbids the high wall, Yun Yu changed his name to Akina, and Zi Hongwang changed to bodhisattva Bao." In September, Yun Yu fell ill with vomiting and was ordered to be nursed, but he died in a seclusion. The kings and ministers still asked for corpses, and they were not allowed. ”
Later, after the Qianlong Emperor ascended the throne, he restored his uncle and brother to his clan respectively, and redefined the setbacks and injustices they suffered, and returned them to innocence and justice.
epilogue
In fact, there is nothing wrong with Yongzheng doing this, in that environment, in the face of various crises, for the stability of Jiangshan Sheji, but also for the stability of imperial power, Yongzheng has no other way. He did not directly execute the other party, nor did he cruelly persecute and ravage the other party like Wu Zetian and others, which was already considered to be the end of benevolence and righteousness.