It was not that Qianlong did not want to rehabilitate his great uncle, but that he did not dare to do so.
In the forty-third year of Qianlong, the Qianlong Emperor suddenly issued a strange edict, in which he explicitly demanded that the eighth son of the emperor, Yin Yu, and the ninth son of the emperor, Yin Yu, who had originally been "removed from the yellow belt and removed from the clan nationality" by his father, yongzheng Emperor, be "restored to their original names and included in the jade.".
At this edict, there was a lot of discussion between the government and the public, but before the ministers could return to their senses, the Qianlong Emperor immediately issued a second edict to rehabilitate the emperor's tenth son, Yin'er, the fourteenth son of the emperor, and pursue the emperor's third son, Yin Zhi.
Qianlong's series of operations meant that after the failure to compete with his father Yongzheng for the throne, almost all the uncles and uncles who were hit were rehabilitated, and the ministers, while lamenting the fact that they were a son of heaven and a courtier, could not help but speculate about Emperor Qianlong's move.
Some careful ministers found that among those who were rehabilitated, only Qianlong's great uncle, that is, the eldest son of the emperor at that time, YinFu, did not have an edict on how to deal with him.
Was it Qianlong who was unwilling to rehabilitate the great uncle Yin who had been imprisoned to death? In fact, it was not, the reason why he did this was because Qianlong did not dare to demolish his grandfather's platform no matter what.
Yin Fu was imprisoned, and he died completely by his own doing.
If only in terms of age, Yin Fu was the oldest of all the adult sons of Kangxi, and he was therefore ranked as the eldest son of the emperor, but this eldest son of the emperor did not look like a big brother at all.
Originally, in the early years, Kangxi still liked Yinfu more, after all, he was the eldest son, and usually arranged some specific affairs to be handled by Yinfu, and when he led the troops out on the expedition, Kangxi also liked to take him with him, in addition to letting him grow up and see, it was more to let him exercise.
And YinFu himself is also more intelligent and capable, every time his father Kangxi arranges something, he can achieve it very satisfactorily, for this, Kangxi praised it, and often praised Yinfu as a malleable talent.
In fact, this is just a father's normal praise and approval of his son, but it sounds completely different.
The reason why he felt different had a lot to do with his origin, Yin's birth mother was Huifei Ulana Lashi, because Ulana La's mother's family was only a slave of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so even if Huifei gave birth to a son for Kangxi, she could only be a concubine.
According to the Qing system, such a birth determined that she could not become an empress, so Princess Hui's son Yinfu, even the oldest, could only be a concubine.
At that time, Shuzi had no inheritance rights, and changing to the royal family meant that he would not become a prince.
For all this, Yin Fu is naturally extremely unbalanced in his heart, why is he the eldest son, but because of his birth, he cannot be a prince? Moreover, his own ability is not bad.
But his imbalance can only be buried in his heart, after all, the birth of the prince Yinrong is much more noble than his own, and his father Kangxi's love for the prince is a little deeper than his own.
But his single-minded desire to seize the position of prince has never stopped, and in his opinion, if he wants to ascend to the throne, then the greatest chance is that the prince will be deposed.
Therefore, from the twenty-fifth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, when Yin Rong was officially made crown prince, the emperor's eldest son Yin Fu secretly paid close attention to the prince's every move, hoping that he would make mistakes so that he could have a chance to ascend to the throne.
And this wait, just waited for more than twenty years, and finally, in the forty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the opportunity for Yin Fu came.
In the forty-seventh year of Kangxi, the crown prince Yinrong and a number of brothers accompanied Kangxi on his tour of Saiwai, but he did not expect that on the way out of the tour, the eighteenth son of the emperor, Yin, suddenly fell ill, and Kangxi, who was the father, was very anxious, but as an older brother, Yinrong showed indifference, and even some indifference, which made Kangxi very annoyed, thinking that Yinrong had no fraternal heart and did not have the appearance of being a brother.
At the same time, the emperor's eldest son YinFu also denounced Yin Rong's many bad behaviors, such as his wanton thrashing of the prince's ministers, conniving at his subordinates for extortion, etc., and all kinds of bad deeds added up to Make Kangxi extremely disappointed in Yin Rong.
If Yin Rong could bow his head and admit his mistake at that time, Kangxi might not have been so annoyed, but when Kangxi reprimanded him, he not only did not listen, but confronted him on the spot, which made Kangxi lose patience with this son.
On the way back to Beijing, another thing happened that made Kangxi completely determined to depose Yin.
On the way back to Beijing, Yin Rong took advantage of the middle of the night to secretly approach Kangxi's tent, and opened a gap in the curtain to peek inside, he saw nothing to know, but was caught by Kangxi, at this time, Kangxi really couldn't stand it, thinking that Yin Rong had a "rebellious" heart, and immediately decided to abolish the prince Yin Rong.
And this kind of situation is obviously the emperor's eldest son Yinfu is happy to see, he wants Yinrong to be deposed, so that he has the opportunity to ascend to the throne, and his next operation verifies his eagerness.
At the same time that Yin Rong was abolished, Yin Fu thought that his time had come, and that his father Kangxi had always loved him, so he thought that Kangxi was bound to consider himself, and in order to add some impressions to himself in front of his father, he did a very stupid thing.
He actually said in public that he was willing to replace his father and kill the deposed prince Yin Rong, and also praised him as a good name, so as not to dirty Kangxi's hands.
You know, although Kangxi is an emperor, he has always attached great importance to family affection, otherwise he would not have been angry because the crown prince Yinrong was indifferent to the illness of the eighteenth son of the emperor, and now Yinfu actually said such words, which made Kang Xin not only shocked, but also felt terrible.
In Kangxi's original words, people like Yin Qi, who "do not understand the righteousness of the monarch and the emperor, and do not read the love of father and son", are simply the laws of heaven and the country, and they are not tolerated.
This sentence sentence sentenced YinFu to death, and Kangxi also made it clear that he did not have the intention of making Yin Zhen the crown prince in the first place, and now that he has made a big mistake, it is even more impossible.
If at this time, Yin Fu could stop his non-division of thoughts and sincerely admit his mistake to Kangxi, although it was inevitable to punish, but according to Kangxi's style of behavior, at least it would take into account the feelings of father and son, and would not let Yin Fu be imprisoned to death, but unfortunately, Yin Fu was still obsessed, and it was a hard road to go black.
After seeing that he had no hope of becoming a prince, Yin Fu began to bet on the treasure, placing his hopes on his future.
The object of his bet was the Eighth Son of the Emperor, Yin Yu, who was known for his "intelligence, ability, virtue and talent", and at the time when the Crown Prince Yin Rong was abolished, Kangxi appointed Yin Yu as the head of the Internal Affairs Office, and various indications made the Emperor's eldest son Yin Yu think that Kangxi was interested in the old Eight Yin Yu.
Therefore, as the eldest brother, Yin Yu began to unconditionally support his younger brother Yin Yu, not only taking the initiative to get close to Yin Yu, but also creating public opinion for him, and also specially found a fortune teller Zhang Mingde, who declared that the old eight had a "noble" appearance.
In doing so, Yin Fu did nothing more than thinking that Kangxi would hand over the position of prince to Yin Yu, and he approached and took the initiative to show his goodwill in advance, while helping him expand his momentum, and if the eighth elder succeeded to the throne in the future, then he would be a great hero.
However, the result was that Yin's operation was really seen by Kangxi, which not only made Kangxi more and more disgusted with him, but also believed that the old Eight Yin yu colluded with Yin Fu, and finally Kangxi made a big move, denouncing Yin Yu as "a soft adulterer and a vain ambition", completely breaking his dream of succeeding to the throne.
To some extent, Lao Ba was kicked out by Kangxi, part of the reason is in the boss Yinfu, there is a way is not afraid of god-like opponents, afraid of pig-like teammates, Yinfu's operation, is completely stealing chickens and not becoming corrosive rice, not only provoking Kangxi to dislike, but also involving Lao Ba's water.
By this time, Kangxi was already extremely disgusted with the Emperor's eldest son Yinfu, and was eager to let him disappear immediately, seeing Kangxi's attitude, in line with the purpose of pushing the wall down ten thousand people, the Emperor's third son Yinzhi added fuel to the fire, and reported to Kangxi that Yinfu used witchcraft, "Wei Zhen" and tried to murder the Crown Prince Yinrong, at this time, Yinfu was completely plunged into the abyss.
Seeing that her son was hopeless, Princess Huifei Ulana Was also very helpless, she took the initiative to ask Kangxi to ask for filial piety and requested that he be put on the spot to correct the law, and Kangxi once again carried forward the spirit of fatherly love, and did not kill him, but imprisoned him.
However, although it was only a captivity, YinFu was not the same as others, after all, Kangxi was extremely angry with him in his heart, so he first ordered the capture of his prince, and then sent heavy troops to lock him in his home, not allowed to go out for half a step, and Kangxi was worried that this son who liked to move around was restless, and specially ordered that nearly a hundred princes and ministers be sent to watch over Yin, for fear that he would come out to find trouble.
Since then, Yin Qi has begun a twenty-six-year captivity period, and the war for the throne outside the high wall is still continuing, but it does not affect his "quiet years" in the slightest, even if Kangxi dies and Yongzheng ascends the throne, the same is true, the eldest son of the emperor, who once had unlimited scenery, spent year after year in the square inch.
After the Yongzheng Emperor ascended the throne, he began to take revenge on the brothers who had competed with him for the status in that year, first in the second year of Yongzheng, he first questioned the eighth son of the emperor, Yin Yu, denouncing him as "wantonly violating the law and discipline", and ordered him to be stripped of his clan status, and at the same time imprisoned, and renamed him "Akina".
Subsequently, the ninth son of the Emperor, Yin Yu, also suffered the same treatment as the eighth elder and was renamed "Seth Hei", in addition, the tenth son of the Emperor Yin was imprisoned, and even the brother of the Yongzheng Emperor's mother's compatriot, the fourteenth son of the Emperor Yin Yu, was also sent to guard the imperial tomb.
In the whole set of operations, except for The Thirteenth Son of the Emperor Yinxiang, who always stood on the side of Yongzheng, the rest of the brothers who were working against Yongzheng were basically all suppressed, and in this case, Yongzheng certainly could not forget what the Emperor's eldest son, Yin, had done, denouncing him as "brutal and wanton, secretly carrying out evil, hoping to seize the throne", and continuing to firmly carry out the order that Kangxi had imprisoned him.
Therefore, the emperor's eldest son, YinFu, could only continue to live the years within his high walls until Yongzheng died of illness in the twelfth year.
Because the days of captivity were too boring, Yin Fu had children to play without a problem, and throughout his life, he had fifteen sons and fourteen daughters, a total of twenty-nine children, setting a record for the highest among his brothers of the same generation.
For Yongzheng to retaliate against his brother, regardless of whether it was cold-blooded and selfish, but at that time, since Yongzheng had already characterized these people as iron cases, Qianlong, as a son, should not have overthrown them.
However, a few years after Qianlong ascended the throne, he unexpectedly issued an edict to rehabilitate many uncles who had been attacked by Yongzheng, and since the third son of the emperor, Yin Zhi, basically all the uncles and uncles who had been hit by their fathers had turned over the case one by one.
However, at the same time that Qianlong overturned these cases, there was only one person who was still selectively forgotten, and this person was Qianlong's great uncle, the emperor's eldest son Yinfu.
Then, since Qianlong dared to overturn the case, how could he not rehabilitate his great uncle? In fact, after carefully studying the list of Qianlong's rehabilitations, we will find that there is a detail in it, which is enough to explain why Qianlong did not rehabilitate his great uncle.
First of all, at the beginning of Qianlong's edict of rehabilitation, he first rehabilitated Dorgon, who had been "dug up the grave and whipped the corpse" by the Shunzhi Emperor, which was of great significance.
Why? In short, Qianlong's rehabilitation of Dolgun was the first temptation.
Tempting whom? Testing the reactions of the ministers, especially those of the Eight Banners nobles, Dorgon was exhumed by the Shunzhi Emperor after his death, but after all, it was already a few generations ago.
Now that the situation in the DPRK and China has changed again and again, it is no longer the case in the past, whether it is to win over the Nobles of the Eight Banners or to calm down contradictions, the Qianlong Emperor very much needs a political achievement that can show his "benevolent government".
Since it is to show benevolence, it is nothing more than to forgive the sins of those who have committed the most heinous sins, and the emperors of successive dynasties have often done this kind of thing, and the purpose is nothing more than to stabilize their rule by applying this kind of "benevolent government".
But on the question of who to rehabilitate, it is a university question.
Qianlong has always been dismissive of his father Yongzheng's various measures, which is a well-known fact, including the ministers that Yongzheng once reused, and when they came to him, they were either snubbed or suppressed, and for those uncles and uncles who were suppressed by their father, Qianlong held the same mentality.
To put it bluntly, he actually wanted to rehabilitate these uncles and uncles, but because Yongzheng was his father, if he rehabilitated them as soon as he came up, it would inevitably attract criticism, after all, this was all an iron case set by Yongzheng.
Therefore, Qianlong came up with a roundabout move, first rehabilitating Dolgun and others, seeing the reaction of the ministers, if there is not much opposition, then he can proceed to the next operation.
In fact, it is also true that soon after the rehabilitation of Dolgun, Qianlong issued an edict to rehabilitate the eighth son of the emperor, Yin Yu, and the ninth son of the emperor, Yin Yu, and then successively rehabilitated other uncles.
This is Qianlong's careful thinking, and it is also just a political means of his.
And one of the most important details is that among all the people who were rehabilitated by him, no matter why this person was once convicted of what crime, the unified characteristic is that none of them was convicted by Qianlong's grandfather Kangxi.
Dorgon and Duoduo were the crimes set by the Shunzhi Emperor at that time, when Kangxi was still a prince and had not yet ascended the throne, so naturally he had nothing to do with Kangxi.
And Qianlong's rehabilitated uncles and uncles, whether they were the eighth son of the emperor or the ninth son of the emperor, and other princes, although some of them had suffered kangxi reprimands when Kangxi was alive, at least when Kangxi died, none of these people were punished by Kangxi.
They were imprisoned, stripped of their titles, and even renamed, all of which happened after Yongzheng ascended the throne, and it didn't matter whether the Yongzheng Emperor used himself as emperor to retaliate, but without exception, these people only ended miserably after he ascended the throne.
Therefore, this also has nothing to do with Kangxi.
We all know that Qianlong has always admired his grandfather Kangxi very much, and his purpose in life is that as long as what his grandfather says, it is right, and in Qianlong's heart, Kangxi is the most perfect person in the world, so that at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he made a grand wish, and he did not dare to exceed the time of Kangxi's reign.
As mentioned earlier, Qianlong has always been dismissive of his father Yongzheng, and these people have been convicted, and since they have nothing to do with Grandpa Kangxi, then overturning the case is a matter of minutes.
Anyway, except for Grandpa Kangxi, everyone else was not as good as him Qianlong, and since he was not as good as him, there was no scruple.
However, his eldest son, Yinfu, was different from others, and his crime was determined by Kangxi himself, so there was no possibility that Yinfu could overturn the case.
First, in September of the 47th year of Kangxi, Yinfu, who was in a daze, took the initiative to ask Kangxi to kill the crown prince Yinrong on behalf of his father, which provoked Kangxi to call him a "traitor to the courtiers", and then in October of that year, the incident of Yinrong in the town of Yinfu was exposed, which made Kangxi even more angry, and personally ordered that troops be sent to strictly guard him.
During this period, Yin Yu found the "demon" Zhang Deming for the eighth son of the emperor, Andi to face the east window incident, which completely made Kangxi lose all patience, and finally ordered that Yin Yu be removed from the county throne and imprisoned in the high wall of the palace.
After that, Kangxi was still still angry, and when he was inspecting Saiwai, he deliberately issued an edict to strengthen the supervision of Yin Zhen, and sent more than a hundred princes and ministers to be responsible for guarding Yin Zhen to prevent him from taking advantage of Kangxi's absence in Beijing to jump out and cause trouble.
Judging from Kangxi's series of reactions, his anger at the emperor's eldest son, Yinfu, was so extreme that he almost slashed him.
As far as Qianlong, who has always respected Kangxi, this great uncle who made his grandfather move at that time was really a heinous person, how could such a person be rehabilitated?
Moreover, the crime of Yin Fu was personally determined by Kangxi, and if Qianlong rehabilitated him, wouldn't he have directly punched Kangxi in the face? Such a thing, Qianlong would never do.
It is okay not to give father Yongzheng face, but it is absolutely impossible not to give face to grandpa Kangxi.
Out of this mentality, Qianlong would selectively forget this uncle who was imprisoned to death while rehabilitating other uncles, that is, this incident, which made him rarely consistent with his father Yongzheng.
All in all, the reason why Qianlong did not rehabilitate The Great Uncle Yin was more out of some selfish thoughts in his heart, and it was not possible to violate what Kangxi had set, which was the first premise; in addition, many of Yin's behaviors, no matter which emperor looked at him, belonged to the kind of person who committed the most heinous crimes, and it was still ironclad evidence, and the rehabilitation of such people was obviously inconsistent with the political needs of the time, so Qianlong would not rehabilitate his Great Uncle Yin, whether out of respect for Grandpa Kangxi or for the stability of his rule.