Judging from the fierce and fierce offensive launched by the Eight Masters Party at the scene of the deliberations, for this coup d'état, the Eighth Master and the Ninth Master had almost exhausted everything and gambled everything, and the preparations in advance were quite thorough and sufficient.
The Eight Kings deliberated
In the field of political alliances, the Eight Ye Party formed a group of interests with the banner lord Wang Ye, Long Keduo, and Hongshi
When the Ninth Master and the Tenth Master went to tandem with Long keduo, Long Keduo's condition was to push Hongshi to the throne. The political structure of the Eight Masters after the success of the coup was also succeeded by Hongshi, who followed the example of Dolgun of the Shunzhi Dynasty and became the Iron Hat Prince who controlled the real power.
This move was quite vicious, and Yongzheng's son Hongshi came forward to give his father Yongzheng the most fatal blow, and what was more harmful than this!
With the political stance of Hongshi, it is destined to change the new policies of Yongzheng, which have already achieved initial results, such as the establishment of acres, the return of fire to the public, and the integration of officials and gentry to receive grain. As a result, it is equivalent to yongzheng's hard work and hard work, and it has been bombarded back to the pre-liberation period, ending Yongzheng's political life and administrative line from the roots.
Eight Brothers Yin Yu instigated Hongshi to seize the throne
In terms of the united front, the Eight Ye Party was able to grasp the collective silence attitude that Qingliu officials and Eight Banners relatives might have
Yongzheng vigorously leveraged the vested interests of the Gentry of Qingliu in the new policy measures such as spreading out the land and entering the acres and the integration of officials and gentry into an errand. Within the imperial court, Qingliu officials such as Li Fu and Lu Shengnan formed a friendship party to oppose the Yongzheng New Deal; the local government, Tian Wenjing, who faithfully implemented the Yongzheng policy, also encountered a mass incident in which Henan examinees collectively boycotted the examination.
In order to change the current situation in which the children of the Eight Banners are good at work, enjoy their success, and their combat effectiveness is rapidly declining, Yongzheng has offended the banner people group in rectifying flag affairs and advocating farming. In order to vent their dissatisfaction, the bannermen even orchestrated rumors of Yongzheng usurping the throne at the bottom.
In this way, the combined forces of the Eight Ye Party and the Banner Lord Wang Ye formed a team advantage over the lonely Yongzheng.
The situation was indeed as Yun Yu had expected. At the scene of the discussion, except for Wang Wenzhao, who had personally held the lamp for him, and Zhang Tingyu, an old minister of the two dynasties, who came forward to speak for Yongzheng, the rest of the people were silent under black pressure.
The loneliness in yongzheng's heart can be imagined.
Lonely Yongzheng
At the most important level of the "barrel of the gun", the Eight Masters Party used the takeover of military power as the basis for launching a coup d'état
Out of the barrel of a gun comes the regime, and if there is a gun, it is the king of grass.
Looking back at the situation on the night of Kangxi's succession, it was because the city failed to win the support of Longkeduo, and the governor of the Fengtai camp outside the city, Cheng Wenyun, was beheaded by the thirteenth brother Yinxiang, which led to the embarrassing situation that there were no soldiers available under his hands, and had to accept the fait accompli of the succession of the fourth brother Yinchen.
This meeting allowed Yun Yu and others to learn the lessons of the outside world thoroughly, focusing the coup on the control of military power.
Long Keduo, the Nine Gate Admiral who was in charge of more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in charge of the entire city of Beijing, had now fallen to Hongshi and the Eight Ye Party;
The Fengtai camp and the Xishan Ruijian camp were also taken over by the four banner lords brought by the four banner lords, the guanwai four thousand iron horses, in the name of rectifying the flag affairs and the eight flags military affairs;
Even Yongzheng's closest bodyguard, the Imperial Palace Inner Guard, was also defended by Roncodo's men and horses, and turned the leader of the guards, Tu Lichen, into the commander of the light pole.
Fall to Hiroshi and the Hachiya Party's Roncodo
What should be paid special attention to here is why the soldiers and horses of the four banner lords can easily take over the Fengtai camp and the Xishan Ruijian camp?
It should be known that these two strong forces deployed on the outskirts of Beijing City were the last line of defense for the security of the imperial court's arch to guard the political center, and it was impossible for Yongzheng and Yin Xiang, the Prince of Yi, who was in charge of military affairs, not to attach great importance to them.
Moreover, after the turmoil of the two barracks on the night of Kangxi's succession, generals at all levels were bound to face a thorough purge by Yongzheng and Yinxiang, the Prince of Yi. Up and down, inside and out, they have been replaced by people close to their own confidants, and it is difficult for outsiders to easily break into the internal command system.
However, the "legitimacy" of the banner lord Wang Ye taking over the two military powers this time came precisely from the inside of Yongzheng - the three brothers Hongshi and the five brothers Hongzhi.
At the beginning, Yun Yu took the four banner lords to the Fengtai camp and the Xishan Ruijian camp, indicating that the four thousand iron horses outside the Guanwai would be stationed in two large camps to rectify the military affairs. The two Admirals' explicit response was:
"The defense of the army does not have the emperor's holy will or the thirteenth master's warrant, and it cannot be changed without authorization."
As soon as he heard this, Yoon Woo immediately lifted out Hiroshi beside him. Hiroshi's original words were:
"It is the emperor's will to let the four flag lords rectify the military affairs of the flag camp. Fifth brother, you heard that too, didn't you? ”
Hiroshi is also a slippery head, in order to increase the weight and credibility of his own words, he also pulled up Hiroshi. Hongzhi did not return to His senses for a moment, and opened his mouth to echo:
"Yes, this sentence was said by Emperor Ama himself."
In this way, the "legitimacy" of the Guanwai cavalry taking over the two large camps was also natural.
Yun Yu plotted to take over the military power of the large battalion
However, on closer examination, Yongzheng's will was "to involve the Flag Lord Wang ye in rectifying the military affairs of the flag camp", while "taking over the defense" was to confuse the concept between Yun Yu and the flag lord Wang Ye and others, and forcibly forced it into Yongzheng's "will".
That is to say, as long as Yongzheng regained the "right to interpret" this sentence, or Yin Xiang made another interpretation of this, it would be possible to change the situation in which the Guanwai cavalry took over the defense of the two large camps.
Fortunately, Hongzhi sensed that something was wrong in the middle, and deliberately waited for the thirteenth uncle Yin Xiang on the way to the upper court, and informed him of the abnormal situation in which the banner lord Wang Ye took over the defense of the camp. Yin Xiang knew the seriousness of the matter and immediately rushed outside the city.
The thirteenth master Yin Xiang was a brother who led soldiers since he was a child, and his foundation and prestige in the army were quite deep, and most of the generals in the Fengtai camp and the Xishan Ruijian camp were made by him. Last time he helped Yongzheng seize military power, Yin Xiang relied on his previous connections in the army, and this time he went to the military camp to stabilize the situation, which was naturally also a familiar road.
Moreover, with four thousand soldiers and horses in the Guanwai District, Ping Su had never established contact with the two military camps, and suddenly entered the Fengtai camp and the Xishan Ruijian battalion with tens of thousands of people, which could suppress the army from leaving the barracks, not to mention cleaning the entire command system and replacing it.
As long as Yin Xiang made a stop in the barracks, the soldiers and horses outside the pass would immediately be "legitimate" in the garrison. At the same time, the numbers are absolutely inferior, the ability to counterattack is extremely limited, and they can only obediently surrender their weapons and surrender.
Yin Xiang, the Prince of Yi, who received a warning from Hongzhi
After the soldiers and horses outside the city were completed, the more than 20,000 people in the city of Longkodo would not be a problem. Compared with the regular field troops of the Fengtai battalion and the Xishan Ruijian battalion, the people and horses in the city can only be regarded as "armed police" at best, and the combat effectiveness and number of troops are simply not enough to confront them.
Therefore, when Yin Xiang's figure appeared on the Great Hall of Deliberation, the Eight Masters Immediately understood that the general trend had gone, and the Banner Lords and Princes also closed their mouths. The soles of his feet were greased and tried to escape, but he was forced back by Tu Lichen.