In the original novel "Yongzheng Emperor" in February River, Yin Xiang's birth mother is the Mongolian princess Baori Longmei in the previous work "Kangxi Emperor", Kangxi helped Baori Longmei's tribe to destroy the Dzungar chief Gardan who dominated the grasslands, so Baori Longmei promised Kangxi, and later gave birth to the thirteenth son of the emperor, Yin Xiang, and therefore in the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty", Yin Xiang's grandfather will be explained to be a Mongolian prince.
However, Yin Xiang's matrilineal family was so noble and belonged to the Mongolian aristocratic blood, why did Kangxi not consider letting him inherit the throne?
Of course, the matrilineal family origin of Yin Xiang in history is very different from that in the novel TV series, let's first analyze why Kangxi did not choose Yin Xiang to become the crown prince from the perspective of the TV series, and then talk about how the historical Yin Xiang is different from the literary works in film and television dramas.
In the TV series, Yin Xiang's chivalrous nature is doomed to make him unable to become the crown prince
In the TV series, although Yin Xiang is a hardcore supporter of Yongzheng, his personality is completely different from Yongzheng, he is not as calm and composed as Yongzheng, he is a very chivalrous person, so he is also known as "Hero King" in the TV series.
From Yin Xiang's actions in the TV series, we can see the chivalrous nature of his body, and the chivalrous color on his body can be seen from the three things that Yin Xiangyi saved Zhang Wuge and did not abandon Yin Rong and protected Zheng Chunhua.
Zhang Wuge was originally a commoner in Jiangxia Town, and the only intersection he had with Yin Xiang at the beginning was that he had taken Yin Xiang and Yongzheng for the night in Jiangxia Town, and Yin Xiang also gave Zhang Wuge the address of his mansion out of gratitude to Zhang Wuge, and also hoped that he and his family would have difficulties in the future and they could help them.
Later, Zhang Wu'er was threatened by Liu Ba'an and Ren Bo'an of the Eight Ye Party, and in order to protect his father and sister, Zhang Wu'an had to be forced to pretend to be Ren Bo'an's younger brother Ren Ji'an and squat in prison, Liu Ba'an and Ren Bo'an initially deceived Zhang Wu'an to sit in prison for only a few days and would try to save him, but Ren Ji'an committed a capital crime, and Liu Ba'an and Ren Bo'an actually deceived Zhang Wu'an into being beheaded in place of Ren Ji'an.
Therefore, Zhang Wuge's sister Alain realized that the problem was serious, so she ran to the capital to find Yin Xiang for help, which directly aroused Yin Xiang's chivalrous spirit, so Yin Xiang reported the beginning and end of the matter to Kangxi, thus involving the corruption of the entire Punishment Department's "slaughtering white duck" case.
Later, Yin Xiang took Kangxi to save Zhang Wuge, who was almost beheaded, in the court, and Kangxi thought that Zhang Wuge was very filial to his father and was a filial piety, so he promoted him to be his imperial bodyguard.
Later, yinrong and Zheng Chunhua's secret affair in the Rehe palace was discovered by Kangxi, which led to Yinrong's first abolition. After Yin Rong was knocked out of his adultery by Kangxi, he knew that he was not far from being deposed, so he visited Yongzheng late at night and wanted to entrust his family with xiao.
Yongzheng was blocked by the think tank Wu Sidao at that time, and did not bear the suspicion to see Yin Rong, but he was afraid that Yin Rong would not leave, so Yin Xiang took the initiative to go to see Yin Rong on behalf of Yong Zheng, and before Yin Xiang went to see Yin Rong, Yong Zheng and Wu Si Dao both told him not to give Yin Rong a guarantee ticket and perfunctory finish.
As a result, after Yin Xiang saw Yin Rong, Yin Rong's frustration and helplessness once again aroused Yin Xiang's chivalrous heart, so Yin Xiang threw the instructions of Yong Zheng and Wu Si Dao out of the Cloud of Nine Heavens, he not only promised Yin Rong himself to protect him no matter what, but also promised to take good care of Yin Rong's family, and later he could not bear to see Yin Rong fall and go, and he always accompanied Yin Rong for a walk and enlightened.
Therefore, when Kangxi later deposed the crown prince, Yin Xiang was also charged with forming a party with Yin Rong for personal gain, and the chivalrous Yin Xiang shouted "Ruthless is the most imperial family" after being escorted out.
Later, Yin Rong re-established, but Yin Rong was madly thinking that he was because Zheng Chunhua was deposed, so he wanted to get rid of Zheng Chunhua and erase the stain of his life, Yin Rong in order to pull Yin Xiang into the water, let him follow him with a dead heart, so Yin Rong asked Yin Xiang to help him get rid of Zheng Chunhua.
And Yin Xiang could not get rid of Zheng Chunhua, a poor woman, he secretly protected Zheng Chunhua, and even when Kangxi deposed the crown prince, he was imprisoned again by Kangxi for sending troops to destroy Jiangxia Town and helping Yin Rong get rid of Zheng Chunhua, he did not hand over Zheng Chunhua, he knew that if he handed over Zheng Chunhua, he could wash away the crime, but Zheng Chunhua would once again be involved in the struggle for the throne of the sons, suffering again, this woman was already bitter enough, Therefore, Yin Xiang preferred to be imprisoned herself rather than hand over Zheng Chunhua, but instead entrusted her to Yongzheng's care.
From these things, it can be seen that Yin Xiang is a person with a very chivalrous spirit, although Yongzheng is also a good person, but he does not have the chivalrous spirit of Yin Xiang, he always has to consider protecting himself, so in the end Yongzheng will acquiesce to Wang's scolding of Zheng Chunhua, this is because Zheng Chunhua has become Yongzheng's handle weak underbelly, so Yongzheng in order to protect his own interests, only acquiesced to let Wang Ting curse Zheng Chunhua to death.
Similarly, if zheng chunhua is placed on Yin Xiang, Yin Xiang will absolutely disregard himself, preferring to be caught by the enemy and save the poor Zheng Chunhua, which is also the difference between Yin Xiang and YongZheng, Yongzheng is a rational and good person, and Yin Xiang is a reckless, ancient and hot chivalrous person.
Therefore, Yin Xiang's chivalrous character doomed him not to be a qualified candidate to become an emperor, although Kangxi greatly admired Yin Xiang's heavy love and chivalrous spirit, but Kangxi could never entrust Jiangshan to him.
When Kangxi first deposed Yin Rong as crown prince at the Rehe Palace, although he imprisoned Yin Xiang in the name of forming a party with Yin Rong for personal gain, he praised Yin Xiang for his great affection and righteousness in front of other sons.
Later, when Kangxi ordered the selection of a new prince, he once walked in the snow with Zhang Wuge, who had become a royal bodyguard, and Kangxi La often asked Zhang Wuge which of these sons was the best, and Zhang Wuge did not hesitate to answer that the life-saving benefactor Yin Xiang was the best.
Zhang Wuge replied that he first made Kangxi stunned, he did not expect that Zhang Wuge would think that Yin Xiang, who had been imprisoned, was the best, so he asked Zhang Wuge whether Yin Xiang was the most suitable prince according to this idea.
Zhang Wuge replied that people are not necessarily suitable for being a prince, Zhang Wuge's answer made Kangxi very surprised, Kangxi then asked Zhang Wuge why he said this, Zhang Wuge replied very realistically: "The thirteenth master is too good, sympathetic, and because of this, he will not turn around, easy to trust others, so others are the best, but not good to be a prince." ”
Zhang Wuge's answer made Kangxi very happy, and it was also through this dialogue between Zhang Wuge and Kangxi that we could see why Yin Xiang, even though the matrilineal family was noble, did not have the title of crown prince, just as Zhang Wuge said, Yin Xiang was loyal and chivalrous, such a person is very good, but he is not suitable to be a prince.
Later, kangxi also said to Yongzheng before his death, Yin Xiang was too affectionate and righteous, people are good people, chivalrous and righteous, but such a person is not suitable to be the king of a country, so even if Kangxi likes Yin Xiang's son in his heart, Yin Xiang's mother is the Mongolian princess Baori Longmei, the matriarchal family is noble, but his loyal and chivalrous character doomed him not to be the crown prince, so Kangxi can not rest assured to pass the throne to him.
The historical Yin Xiang matrilineal family came from a very humble origin, and he also completely lost the favor of Kangxi
The historical Yin Xiang is actually completely different from the hero Wang YinXiang in the TV series, his birth mother is not the Mongolian princess Baori Longmei but the Kangxi Concubine Zhang Jia, the family origin is extremely low, and Yin Xiang completely lost Kangxi's love after the abolition of the prince.
In history, Yin Xiang almost never commanded the army, he was better at governing the country and managing money, and he had no prestige in the army. And compared to the hero king in the TV series, the historical Yin Xiang is more similar to the Xianwang, he is a good helper of Yongzheng ruling the country, but he is humble and respectful all his life, he can experience the suffering of the people, but he is not as chivalrous as in the TV series, in order to help others and reckless people, he can understand the suffering of the people, but he can also always maintain humility and prudence to Yongzheng, which is also the reason why he is deeply loved and trusted by Yongzheng.
And in history, Yin Xiang's birth mother, Princess Min, zhang Jiashi, fully interpreted what is called the truth of motherhood and son gui, the Zhangjia family has been dressed with yellow flags for generations, And Zhang Jiashi initially entered the palace as a palace girl, and later won the love and trust of the third empress of Kangxi, Empress Xiaoyiren, so she was recommended by Empress Xiaoyiren to Kangxi to sleep, and after the first bedtime, Zhang Jiashi was pregnant with Yinxiang.
Zhang Jia was also named a concubine because he gave birth to Yin Xiang, but Zhang Jia did not have a title at that time, just a concubine without a name.
However, Zhang Jia's posture should be quite outstanding, Kangxi still likes her more, after giving birth to Yin Xiang, she gave birth to the thirteenth daughter of the Emperor and Princess Shuo Wenke and the fifteenth daughter of the Emperor and Princess Shuo Dunke for Kangxi, and the fact that she gave birth to a son and two daughters for Kangxi is enough to show that Zhang Jiashi is quite popular with Kangxi.
However, Zhang Jia's life expectancy was not long, she died when Yin Xiang was 13 years old, and until her death, she may not have been given a title because of her low family origin.
Yin Xiang in his infancy due to the low birth of the birth mother's family, he is very diligent and hardworking, eager to get ahead, the two most diligent sons of the Kangxi dynasty are one of the most diligent and hard-working sons is Yin Xiang, and the other is the old Eight Yin Yu of the birth mother family from Xinzhiku, both of them are because the birth mother's family is from a low birth, so they study extremely diligently and diligently in their infancy, and their desire for performance is extremely strong.
Yin Xiang and Yin Yu's diligence and self-improvement are also very popular with Kangxi, so both of their birth mothers have been promoted in status because of their excellence, and after The death of Yin Xiang's biological mother Zhang Jiashi, because of his excellent performance, Kangxi loves Yinxiang for ten minutes, so he specially ordered Zhang Jiashi to be posthumously named Concubine Min. The same was true of Yin Yu's biological mother, Wei Shi, who was so talented and studious that Kangxi immediately named Wei Shi as a concubine after Yin Yu's wedding. Therefore, don't look at the two brothers Yin Xiang and Yin Yu who have different political positions, but the fates of the two of them are very similar.
Yin Xiang lost Kangxi's favor after the abolition of the crown prince, and there is almost no record of why he lost Kangxi's favor in the historical records, only yin yu's son Hongwang wrote a sentence in the "Outline of the Emperor Qing Tongzhi", kangxi after the abolition of the prince, he had ordered that the elder Yin, the old eight Yin, and the old thirteen Yin Xiang be imprisoned together with the waste prince Yin Rong.
In addition to Yin Zhen's final lifetime captivity, Yin Yu was released first, and then Yin Rong was released and reinstated as a prince, and Yin Xiang was released shortly after his restoration.
However, Yin Yu was imprisoned for life by Kangxi because he wanted to murder Yin Rong, Yin Yu was implicated by Yin Yu and was imprisoned by the implications, and later Kangxi found out the truth and found that only Yin Zhen was the only one who wanted to murder Yin Rong, Yin Yu was innocent before he was released, Yin Yu was deposed and imprisoned because of his own mistakes, how these three people were imprisoned are clearly recorded and explained in the historical materials, but there is no record in the historical records about why Yin Xiang was imprisoned at that time.
Moreover, the historical Yin Xiang was later released, and he also completely lost the favor of Kangxi, who no longer trusted him or let him take charge of errands at the imperial court, and always gave him idleness. Even the evaluation of Yin Xiang was so bad that Yin Xiang did not receive a knighthood during the Kangxi Dynasty.
According to the Outline of the Imperial Qing Dynasty, in the forty-ninth year of Kangxi (1710), Kangxi folded Zhu Zhi on the invitation of the old three Yin Zhi and the old fourteen Yin Yu: "Yin Xiang is not a person who is diligent and loyal. If they do not exercise restraint, they will cause trouble and must not be prevented. ”
Kangxi told the other sons that Yin Xiang was not good, which showed that Kangxi was already very disgusted with Yin Xiang at that time. From this incident, it can also be seen that the historical Kangxi did not appreciate and love Yin Xiang as much as in the TV series.
As for why Yin Xiang was so disgusted by Kangxi, there is no record in history, and posterity does not know, but just looking at the history of Yin Xiang who immediately gained Yongzheng's trust and love after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, it can be speculated that Yinxiang may have done something for Yongzheng at that time and was therefore disgusted by Kangxi, he was considered to have carried the pot for Yongzheng, so Yongzheng would be so good to him after he succeeded to the throne.
However, Kangxi always had a father-son relationship with Yin Xiang, Yin Xiang suffered from crane knee wind (similar to the disease of bone tuberculosis today) in kangxi's later years, Kangxi immediately sent an imperial doctor to see him after learning about it, when the imperial doctor was helpless against this disease, Kangxi also specially instructed Yongzheng, who was close to Yin Xiang, to let him find a name for Yin Xiang in the folk to heal the disease, which shows that Kangxi always cared about him even if he did not like Yin Xiang's son anymore, which also showed that Kangxi was a loving father in history.
Of course, Yin Xiang never complained about Kangxi, according to records, even when Yin Xiang was seriously ill, he would be invigorated when he heard others praise how wise and divine his father Kangxi was, and then his joy overflowed into words, and even cheerful clapping, which showed that in Yin Xiang's mind, his father Kangxi would always be his idol and example.
In fact, Yin Xiang lost Kangxi's favor, which was also an experience for him, he was greatly valued and loved by Kangxi when he was young, to being abandoned and cold later, experienced the ups and downs of life, and also honed his temperament, so that he could live in harmony with his brother Yongzheng in the Yongzheng Dynasty, and was deeply loved and trusted by Yongzheng.
Yongzheng absolutely did not have to say anything about Yin Xiang, after succeeding to the throne, Yongzheng immediately crowned Yin Xiang as the Prince of Yi, and at the same time that Yin Xiang was crowned prince of Yi, Yong Zheng also felt that he did not respect Yin Xiang enough, and sealed all of Yin Xiang's matrilineal family and wife family.
Yongzheng first posthumously honored Yin Xiang's biological mother Zhang Jiashi as a noble concubine of the Jingmin Emperor, and for The Zhang Jia clan broke the rule that non-empresses could not accompany the burial of the imperial tomb since ancient times, the coffin of the Zhang Jia clan, who had been dead for many years, was reburied in the Jingling Underground Palace of Kangxi, Zhang Jiashi had no title before his death, only posthumously was posthumously awarded as a concubine, and the concubine and the imperial concubine were still two ranks apart, Yongzheng gave Yin Xiang's birth mother two consecutive promotions and broke the rule that non-empresses could not accompany the burial of the imperial tomb, burying him in the imperial tomb.
At the same time, Yongzheng also pulled Yin Xiang's maternal family out of the yellow flag-encrusted identity, and Yinxiang's matrilineal family thus became a yellow-flag noble. Yongzheng not only rewarded Yin Xiang's matrilineal family, but also rewarded Yin Xiang's concubine Jin Zhaojia family, Yin Xiang's father-in-law Malhan was an official shangshu in the Kangxi period, and When Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Malhan had already died, and Yongzheng specially posthumously honored Malhan as the crown prince and let him enter the Xianliang Ancestral Hall.
Of course, Yin Xiang also did not live up to Yongzheng's appreciation, he made great contributions to the Yongzheng Dynasty, if Yongzheng opened the "Qianlong Prosperous Era", then there must be half of YinXiang's credit.
Yin Xiang could deeply understand the suffering of the people, in the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729), Yin Xiang was already seriously ill and his body was getting weaker and weaker, but he still disregarded his body, in order to build a dike to prevent floods, personally led people to explore the terrain, and he was afraid of disturbing the people "often until dusk to eat a meal". This lifeless state of work aggravated his illness.
In the eighth year of Yongzheng (1730), Yin Xiang was already too ill to get out of bed, when the construction of the dam built in Qinglong Bay of the North Canal was about to start, Yin Xiang was not thinking about his own body, but still thinking about building the embankment, he actually wanted his subordinates to carry him to the site to investigate, but later his body really did not allow him to go to the site to explore, and he finally failed to do it.
Yin Xiang had no choice but to entrust this matter to his subordinates, but he was still not at ease, so that when he was dying, he still remembered this matter, so that on his hospital bed he still lamented to his subordinates: "This map is all over the rivers, so that Ying shrinks and manipulates in my palm, and it is not a matter of time before he is sick and ruined. ”
Later, Yin Xiang was already delirious when he was dying, but occasionally in the gap between awakenings, he still remembered the construction of the embankment, and repeatedly told his subordinates to carefully explore the terrain, otherwise the flood would cause great harm to the people on both sides of the canal.
However, Yin Xiang finally failed to wait for the news of the completion of the, the has not yet been built, and in early May of that year, Yin Xiang died of overwork at the age of 44. It can be said that the life of Yin Xiang in history is more like Zhuge Liang's bowing to death and then repaying Yongzheng's kindness to him. Just as the so-called king treats me with a soldier, I should repay the king with my life.
Of course, Yongzheng was also very good to Yin Xiang, after Yin Xiang's death, Yongzheng gave him the hereditary treatment of the title of Prince of Yi, and also allowed Yin Xiang not to avoid his own name, and restored his real name Yin Xiang to be buried, Yin Xiang was also the only princely minister in the history of the Qing Dynasty who did not need to avoid the name of the emperor.
Write at the end
TV dramas and novels give Yin Xiang a noble origin in the matrilineal family, and Yin Xiang's eventual failure to become crown prince is also related to his own loyal and chivalrous character, his personality is not suitable for becoming an imperial prince, so Kangxi cannot make him crown prince even if he loves and appreciates him.
The historical Yin Xiang is quite different from the TV series, in history, he is a generation of sage kings, and in the TV series, he is definitely a sentient and righteous hero king.