Speaking of the Kangxi Emperor's favorite grandson, many people may think that it is Hongli, in fact, the Kangxi Emperor's favorite grandson is the second son of the deposed prince YinRong, Honghao, this matter is well known, even the Korean envoys who worship in the Qing Dynasty have recorded this matter, which is also very understandable, after all, as a feudal state, it will certainly speculate who the ruler of the suzerainty will be in the future, and some work must be prepared in advance.
The Kangxi Emperor was originally very important to Yin Rong, Yin Rong was the eldest son of the Kangxi Emperor, soon after birth was made a prince to cultivate, after Yin Rong became an adult, Yin Rong's heirs were also left in the palace, educated by the Kangxi Emperor, Yin Rong because of the long-term pressure, acting more and more obediently, and finally deposed by the Kangxi Emperor, the Kangxi Emperor also said in particular: "Hongrong is quite virtuous, it is difficult to abolish Yin Rong." ”
It can be seen that the Kangxi Emperor was very fond of Hongyao, even if Yinrong fell, he did not want to affect Hongyao, and later, when the Kangxi Emperor was seriously ill, he did two things, the first was to make Yinchen the crown prince, and the second was to make Hongrong the prince.
After the death of the Kangxi Emperor, Yin Chan ascended the throne as the Yongzheng Emperor, he was not soft on political enemies, Yin Yu, Yin Yu and others were purged, but the Yongzheng Emperor treated the deposed prince Yin Rong's family favorably, and during the Yongzheng Emperor's ascension to the throne, he was crowned to other adult brothers, but only Hongyao was the son and nephew of the generation who was crowned as the king of the county, and the relationship between Hongyao and the Yongzheng Emperor was always very good, and he always called the Yongzheng Emperor "Emperor".
Hongyao
In the eighth year of Yongzheng, Honghao inherited the title of Prince of Heshuoli, and Hongli was only crowned prince in the eleventh year of Yongzheng. After the death of the Yongzheng Emperor, Hongli succeeded to the throne as the Qianlong Emperor, and although Hongyao received the courtesy of the Yongzheng Emperor, he did not have any real power, did not participate in any administrative affairs, and could participate in the imperial meeting once a month, obviously the Yongzheng Emperor was still wary of him.
After the Qianlong Emperor succeeded to the throne, his foothold in the middle of the dynasty was unstable, and Hongyao got together with Yunlu, the Prince of Zhuang, Hongsheng, Hongchang, and others who could not be reused by his peers, and often met in a secret place, as if forming a political force, and this soon attracted the attention of the Qianlong Emperor.
However, at this time, the Qianlong Emperor did not want to make things bigger, so he quickly issued a Dao edict, which probably meant that I already knew what Hongsheng had done, and there were many people involved in it, and they had only been hiding it before. The Qianlong Emperor mainly wanted to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, so that several other imperial relatives would retreat.
As a result, in October, some people in the DPRK and China continued to accuse Hongyao and Prince Zhuang of forming a party for personal gain, and the Qianlong Emperor could no longer bear it, reprimanding Hongyao for misbehaving, and still thinking that he was a former concubine of the Eastern Palace, with ill intentions, so he asked the Zongrenfu to thoroughly investigate the matter. After the Zongrenfu investigated, it was found that Honghao and Yunlu, Hongsheng, Hongchang and others had formed a party camp, and the exchanges were mysterious, and Hongchen was imprisoned in Jingshan Dongyuan.
A familiar royal infighting drama was staged again, Hongyao was stripped of his title, imprisoned, renamed forty-six, three years later Hongyao died of illness in captivity, and the royal family members of the same generation as the Qianlong Emperor, Hongsheng was dismissed, Hongchang was removed from the title of Baylor, Hongxu, although he retained the title, but afterwards he was discouraged and no longer participated in the government, and Prince Zhuang Yunlu only stopped double-handed, and was soon used again.
In the whole incident, five imperial family relatives were involved, and the one who was really completely crushed was Hongyao, the Qianlong Emperor often said that he was personally cultivated by the Kangxi Emperor, in fact, this is really nothing compared with Hongyao, and in order to consolidate his rule, there must be people who make sacrifices, and Hongyao is undoubtedly the qianlong emperor's best choice, a prince who has almost no real power, how much of a threat can it pose to the Qianlong Emperor?
When the Yongzheng Emperor dealt with Yin Yu, Yin Yu had many henchmen, the Yongzheng Emperor in order to consolidate his rule, but also changed his name and exiled, Honghao has always been relatively low-key, but he has been in close contact with the members of the imperial family, in addition to Yun Lu holding important positions, several other people are idle personnel, how big a storm can this set off?