In life, we sometimes have an inexplicable idea of what happened. There are also many mysteries in history, waiting for us to solve them one by one, and for what happened in ancient China, we only know the truth from the records. So today we will talk about the famous emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng. The issue of Yongzheng's succession has always been controversial and controversial, and it is also a topic that people talk about after tea and dinner. In the royal family, the seizure of the concubine happened in every dynasty and every generation. Many times, the last emperor is probably not the heir designated by the old emperor. However, history is ultimately written by the victors, and the losers can only be swept into the garbage heap of history.
Take the nine sons of the late Kangxi Dynasty. Regarding the throne of the Yongzheng Emperor, it was not right. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, a special coincidence occurred, that is, all the princes who threatened the yongzheng emperor's power died one after another. In the Battle of the Nine Sons, the "Eight Brothers" led by the Eight Brothers once had the upper hand at the beginning, and even when Kangxi died, the Eight Masters Still believed that victory was in hand, and the fourteen brothers in the party would inherit the unification. Therefore, the nine princes, led by the four brothers And yinchen and the eight brothers, began to compete for the throne.
Folklore has it that Yongzheng himself corrected the usurpation of the throne, saying that Kangxi originally wanted to pass the throne to the fourteenth son of the emperor, Yinfu, and Yongzheng chuantong Longkeduo changed the "fourteen sons of the succession" on the edict to "pass on the fourth son". About this legend, we also have a certain understanding in film and television works. But this is just anecdotal, there is no basis for it!
And the Kangxi testament unveiled in the new museum of the Liaoning Provincial Archives. This Kangxi edict was written in the same content in Three languages: Chinese, Manchu, and Mongolian, and according to the Liaoning Provincial Archivists at the time, it was said that after Yongzheng ascended the throne, the Kangxi Edict was hidden behind the Zhengda Guangming Plaque in the Qianqing Palace, and Kangxi only took it out after his death to inform the world. The manchu characters "Yu" and "Ten" are completely different, and there is no possibility of unauthorized change, moreover, the Qing Dynasty Han edicts use traditional characters, and the characters "Yu" and "Ten" are far apart in glyphs and are more difficult to change. The "Kangxi Testament" can only prove that Yongzheng did not change the edict, and it cannot be regarded as the key evidence of Yongzheng's ascension to the throne.
The "Mystery of the Great Righteousness" records that Kangxi died in Changchun Garden, when Kangxi was about to die, only Long Keduo was by his side, so Long Keduo dictated: "The fourth son of the emperor is of high character, and he will be able to inherit the unification." He succeeded to the throne as emperor. "Let Yongzheng inherit the throne, the funny thing is that this "Mystery of Great Righteousness" was written by Yongzheng himself. Some people say that the Kangxi testament can be taken out to correct the audio-visual, but this testament may have been written by Yongzheng, why do you say so? Kangxi died on November 13, if according to the content of this edict, Kangxi means that he can be made public after his death, but after Kangxi's death, this testament was not read out until the 16th, before this was Ronkodo's dictation, these three days are enough for Yongzheng to have the conditions to make the edict, so it is said that Kangxi's will cannot be corrected.
Therefore, the authenticity of Kangxi's will is debatable, according to Yongzheng himself, Kangxi was the last to arrive after the death of Changchun Garden, and it is said that Kangxi had told everyone to let Yongzheng take the throne before this, but Yongzheng himself did not know, it was based on the mouths of other princes and Longkeduo at that time. It is doubtful that the book was written at the time of its publication, when the "Mystery of the Great Righteousness" was promulgated, those who witnessed Kangxi's last words had already died or been imprisoned, and Yun Xiang and others were the most trusted confidants of the Yongzheng Emperor, so naturally there would be no objection. Therefore, it is even more impossible to use the book written by Yongzheng to verify whether Yongzheng has usurped the throne, and this matter is still a mystery to this day.
Puyi, the last emperor, should also be no stranger, although he is also a more tragic emperor, he was forced to ascend to the throne from a young age, and then he was only able to live in the imperial palace, and then he was forced to leave his very close nursing mother, so perhaps because it was such a heavy blow that also made Puyi go to the end, but Puyi once described an incident in his memoirs in his later years, which was immediately shaken as soon as it was known. When Puyi was a child, he inadvertently discovered a "secret edict" that Qianlong had hidden, and this edict actually unveiled the mystery of "dust for a hundred years".
Puyi also said that when he disappeared and waited to play with his brother in the palace, he accidentally found a dusty box in the corner of a palace, the box was dusty and printed with the words "forbidden to open", but out of the curiosity of the two children, Puyi still opened it. Inside the box was only a yellowed piece of paper, on which were Qianlong's notes, which turned out to be a secret edict left by the Qianlong Emperor, which detailed an old incident. So I opened the box, and then found that there was a piece of paper inside, and it was written on the paper: Yongzheng succeeding to the throne is the meaning of Kangxi, so it is justified to say that Yongzheng inherited the unification, and there is a record, to kill both of his younger brothers, but in the historical record, they both died of disease, so there is no more record, so many people think that Yongzheng is the one who killed his brother.
It turned out that the murder and death of the two princes that had been mentioned in history was actually planned by the Yongzheng Emperor! After this secret edict hidden by Qianlong was inadvertently discovered by Puyi, the mystery of this dusty century was unveiled. However, puyi did not reveal it to the outside world after discovering it, but hid it in his heart. Later, Puyi mentioned this matter in his autobiography, but due to its long age, it is impossible to verify, and no one knows what the truth is. But no matter what, I still hope that everyone can learn more about history, understand our long history and culture of China, and in general, I don't want our history to be distorted and look for the truth