"Kangqian Shengshi" refers to the collective name for the prosperity of the countries ruled by the three emperors from Kangxi, Yongzheng to Qianlong. As the last prosperous situation of the feudal empire, many people sighed.
There is such a person, if he can stand out and win the favor of the emperor during the "Nine Sons and Concubines" period, then history may be rewritten, the Qing Dynasty may become a superpower, and perhaps the Eight-Nation Alliance is not an opponent.
Nine sons and wives
The most eye-catching thing in history is that the nine sons of the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty seized the concubine, and the Kangxi Emperor, who had many princes, wanted to choose a successor in it.
During the period of the Ninth Son's Conquest, the most remarkable thing was the competition between the Eight Princes and the Four Princes, the ministers of the DPRK were divided into two factions, all hoping that the county kings they supported could ascend to the throne, and history tells us that the Eight Princes lost, and the Four Princes, that is, the later Yongzheng Emperor, ascended the throne.
In fact, in the competition between the two of them, there is also a prince, although he is not in the attention, but his talent is also very outstanding, if he intends to take the wife, perhaps history will be rewritten.
This prince is the thirteenth master Yin Xiang, Yongzheng and Yin Xiang's relationship is extremely good, among his few people who push their hearts and hearts, there is Yin Xiang, after the nine sons took the concubine, the other princes were either killed or exiled, only Yin Xiang was reused, even if Yin Xiang gong was highly shocked. Yongzheng still trusted him unconditionally.
talent
Gaining the trust of the famously jealous emperor in history is not only established by the family affection from childhood, but also the crucial point is Yin Xiang's talent for ruling the world.
Yin Xiang had the level of governance of the Kangxi Emperor, and during his reign, there were countless drastic reforms, and he was also known as the most industrious emperor. In fact, his credit is not so great, and the person who did these things was the "executive vice emperor" Yin Xiang.
"Executive Vice Emperor" is the title of Yin Xiang in later generations, and after the death of the Kangxi Emperor, many serious problems were left behind, and major loopholes appeared in armaments, finances, and taxes. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he handed over such a burden to his thirteenth brother.
Yin Xiang was ordered to reform the household department, and in the first year of Yongzheng, the position of emperor was not very strong, because most of the ministers of the court at that time supported the Eight Princes, and they were disobedient to such a cold-faced emperor.
Yin Xiang did things for Yongzheng, under tremendous pressure, he was not afraid, meticulously checked out the bad debts of previous years, found out the amount of deficits, and in view of the loopholes in the system of the household department, he inquired about the officials of the household department one by one, and revised the loopholes proposed by the officials one by one, and finally summed up a new censorship system.
This censorship system gradually filled the deficit of the former Ministry of Households, and the fiscal revenue also showed an increasing trend.
Floods have been faced by politicians since ancient times, and the governance of the day is the heart of the world, and the displacement of the people is not properly managed, affecting the national fortunes. During the Yongzheng period, there was a big flood, and at the critical moment, Yongzheng asked Yin Xiang to deal with the flood.
Yin Xiang did not live up to the trust, even if he was tired to faint a few degrees, he also completed the task of Yongzheng, and the water conservancy project was perfected, which not only successfully controlled the flood, but also allowed the people to have irrigation water sources, which was a very great contribution in the agricultural society.
Militarily, he also took up the burden of military reform in the northwest, vigorously rectified when the military expenditure was insufficient, and he was also the first person to notice the Western military strength, and he was very interested in western guns and cannons.
After the military expenditure problem was solved, he invested a lot of energy in weapons manufacturing, with the support of Yongzheng, the weapons manufacturing factory began to see the scale, Yin Xiang specialized in managing the manufacture of various weapons, and he not only manufactured weapons, but also advanced the production of super cannons, and formulated special production standards.
doubt
Yin Xiang has excellent talents in various fields, as early as the seventh year of Yongzheng, his prestige is much higher than Yongzheng, and more importantly, he also has two major powers that are unprecedented.
The first is to control the power to appoint and dismiss officials above the level of the three pins in the country, which is equivalent to that of the prime minister, and he must be the greatest except for the emperor. The second is that the list of officials in various places submitted by the officials must first ask Yin Xiang's opinion, which is the power of the emperor.
So the question is, since Yin Xiang is extremely powerful and has the talent of an emperor, why not become an emperor himself?
The first is the family relationship that he and Yongzheng have established since childhood. Yin Xiang was once raised by Yongzheng's birth mother, and their relationship can be described as intimate, such a brotherhood, coupled with Yongzheng's unconditional trust in him, how could he choose to overthrow the Yongzheng regime.
Second, Yin Xiang did not have the heart of an emperor, he had no intention of claiming the title of emperor, and if he wanted to compete for the throne, he had already been fierce as early as the time of the Ninth Son's conquest. He was one of the few people who supported the fourth prince, Yin Chan, and was loyal to Yin Chan from the beginning of the Ninth Son's conquest of the concubine, and supported Yin Chan as emperor.
epilogue
If Kangxi had chosen Yin Xiang at that time, perhaps the Qing Dynasty would have lasted a little longer, and with the military strength he valued, perhaps in later history, the Qing Dynasty would have the strength to fight a war.
But history is history after all, no one can change it, the system problems of the feudal dynasty itself are fundamentally impossible to remove, and this dynasty will eventually collapse, it is only a matter of time.