In the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty", Yongzheng had no intention of taking the throne, but only witnessed the difficulties of the times, thought about the people of the community, and was tearfully entrusted by Kangxi to reform the maladministration, so he reluctantly accepted Kangxi's succession to the throne and became a social servant who "has a country and no home" and has tasted "all the hardships in the world". In short, Yongzheng not only "won the country very righteously", but also passed the throne by Kangxi himself, and the purpose was extremely noble.
However, this is just a "historical drama" to create a tall Yongzheng, whether the historical Yongzheng has usurped the throne, although there is no conclusive evidence to prove it, but many clues and traces make people wonder, especially after ascending the throne, why did they get rid of the three important ministers?
Zhao Chang
According to historical records, during the Kangxi Dynasty, there were two people who served as the governor of the Great Interior, one was Liang Jiugong and the other was Zhao Chang. Among them, Liang Jiugong first served as the governor of The Inner Region, died in the later years of Kangxi, and was succeeded by Zhao Chang.
The so-called Zhao Chang, born in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, three years younger than Kangxi, is Kangxi's haha bead (Manchu, Chinese means attendant), grew up with Kangxi, and was deeply trusted by Kangxi. When Kangxi was ill in his later years, Zhao Chang accompanied the attendants, often conveying Kangxi's orders, and was a very key figure.
However, as soon as Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he killed Zhao Chang, and Ma Guoxian, a missionary in Beijing at the time, called the move "shocking the whole country." Yongzheng killed Zhao Chang for two reasons: embezzlement and perverting the law and taking advantage of his position to install cronies. But this reason is not convincing, because Yongzheng's "winning the country" is generally questioned, and it is even more necessary for Zhao Chang to appear to prove it, so why can't he wait to kill Zhao Chang?
What is intriguing is that after Yongzheng killed Zhao Chang, he immediately ordered the confiscation of the Zhu Approval Decree issued by Kangxi during his lifetime, and it was strictly forbidden to "copy, preserve, and hide."
Roncodo
In 1722, before Kangxi's death, Long keduo was summoned to the imperial court and became the minister of gu orders, who was in charge of Kangxi's guards at that time.
In the "Records of the Great Righteousness", there is a saying that "eight people were edicted", of which Long Keduo was the highest descendant of the Kangxi testament and the announcer of Yongzheng's legitimate succession.
After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he praised Longkeduo's extraordinary praise, claiming that he "did not know Long's talent, and was really wrong", saying that Longkeduo was the first emperor"
Loyal ministers, heroes of decay, good ministers of the country, and rare ministers of the first supergroup of the real contemporary era
And so on. The emperor patted the ministers' horses to such an extent, which is rare in ancient and modern times.
There are also two details that can be seen in Yongzheng's attitude toward Longkeduo: one is that Yongzheng calls Longkeduo an uncle instead of his name, and the other is that yongzheng was an official elected by the Qing court in the early Days of Yongzheng, and longkeduo of the official Shangshu could be arbitrarily selected without being invited, which was called "Tong Xuan" at that time.
However, as the Yongzheng Emperor's throne was secured, the Longkeduo Yundao, a very popular subject, began to deteriorate, as Yongzheng said in 1725."
At the beginning of the Imperial Pole, Long Keduo and Nian Qianyao all sent their confidants to each other, without any guessing. He who knows that he is regarded as one virtue, but he has two hearts, recruits power and bribes, acts as a blessing, deceives and disobeys, how can he tolerate and raise adultery?
At this time, Yongzheng slowly cut quan Longke more.
Until 1727, the Yongzheng Emperor, on the grounds that Longkeduo had formed a party for personal gain and secretly hid jade, announced his forty-one major crimes, raided Longkodo's home and imprisoned him forever, and in 1728 Longkodo died in a seclusion place.
What is particularly incomprehensible is that when Yongzheng purged Longkeduo, he declared that when Kangxi was dying, "Longkeduo was not in front of the imperial court". Long Keduo, who was a descendant of the Kangxi testament, was not present, so why is it said that he was present in the "Mystery of the Great Righteousness"?
Nian Tang Yao
Nian Qianyao and Yongzheng had an extraordinary relationship, Nian Qianyao's sister Nian Shi was Yin Chan's side Fujin, and Yongzheng was given the title of noble concubine after he ascended the throne.
Before and after Kangxi's death, Nian Qianyao had been leading troops in the northwest, seemingly unrelated to the succession to the throne, but in fact, he was sent by Yongzheng to the northwest to monitor the main opponent of the throne, Yin Yu (the fourteenth son of Kangxi), and was the most important force in the yongzheng military.
As with the evaluation of Long Keduo, yongzheng also praised Nian Tangyao in the style of "meat and hemp", calling Nian Xiangyao a "benefactor", and saying "
Shuo Shi does not know how to hurt you, Fang Youyan to the gods of heaven and earth also....... He is not an outstanding emperor, and he cannot reward him for his death
etc. At this time, like Longkodo, Nian Tang Yao was a very popular subject, and the ancient people were rarely matched.
However, in 1725, Yongzheng changed his attitude of "meat and hemp" in the past, and severely warned Nian Qianyao to be cautious and self-sustaining, after which Nian Qianyao's situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and in December of that year, the situation changed suddenly, nian Qianyao was stripped of his title by the Yongzheng Emperor, listed ninety-two major crimes, and ordered him to commit suicide.
In addition to the deaths of these three people, there are some incomprehensible points in the history books, such as the following five points.
1, among the many princes, the eighth prince Yin Yu has the highest prestige in the opposition, and the most important of Kangxi is the fourteenth prince Yin Yu, and Yin Chan (Yongzheng) is not special, why did Kangxi suddenly spread to him?
2, Kangxi died in Changchun Garden, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, why abandon Kangxi's often stayed changchun garden, summer resort, and avoid Kangxi Mausoleum, in the opposite direction to create Xiling?
3, the original Chinese text of the "Kangxi Testament" is still in the First Historical Archive in the Forbidden City, but historians generally judge it as a forgery, so why did Yongzheng forge a Chinese testament?
4, "The Mystery of the Great Righteousness" is Yongzheng's self-defense document, why did Yongzheng immediately list it as a banned book as soon as Qianlong died, and confiscated it nationwide, is it a clumsy fabrication of the desire to cover up?
5, The Yongzheng version of the "Zhu Approval Decree", "Cabinet of the Upper Edict" and other archives are very different from the surviving originals in the Forbidden City, confirming that Yongzheng often tampered with historical materials, including court archives, so why did Yongzheng tamper with historical materials?
Whether Yongzheng has usurped the throne or not has now become a mystery for thousands of years, but all kinds of clues and traces show that Yongzheng "won the country incorrectly" or not. The "Brief History of the Qing Dynasty" pointedly pointed out: "
Because Yin Chan conspired with Roncodo to take the throne, the matter was hasty and the plot was not thorough, resulting in too many loopholes. After Yongzheng took the throne, he spent a lot of effort to plug the loopholes, but the more he plugged them, the more leaky, and "The Mystery of The Great Righteousness" is one of the typical examples
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The author believes that Zhao Chang, Long Keduo, and Nian Qianyao, in the process of Yongzheng's usurpation of the throne, knew too much truth, so they could only die and be killed. It can be seen that history is the declaration of the victors, and the crimes of Zhao Chang, Long Keduo, and Nian Qianyao may only be added to the crime.
References: "Qin Hui commented on February River's works more than ten years ago, talking in detail about "jokes" and "nonsense" in 10,000 words"