In the later years of Kangxi, in order to compete for the throne, the princes staged a fierce drama of seizing the throne, known in history as the "Nine Sons and Nine Sons", that is, a total of nine Kangxi princes participated in it, including the Eldest Brother Yinzhen, the Abolished Prince, the Second Brother Yinzhen, the Third Brother Yinzhen, the Fourth Brother Yinchen, the Eighth Brother Yinchen, the Ninth Brother Yinchen, the Tenth Brother Yin, the Thirteenth Brother Yinxiang, and the Fourteenth Brother Yinchen. In the end, the fourth brother Yinchen became the ultimate victor, and after the death of Kangxi, he successfully ascended the throne, and he became the later Yongzheng Emperor.
Among the princes who participated in the "Nine Sons and Concubines", in order, we found that after the four brothers, it was directly the eight brothers, during which the five brothers Yinqi, the six brothers Yinzuo and the seven brothers Yinyou were missing. It is reasonable to say that these three people are also older and should also participate in it, but in history, these three princes really did not participate in the process of taking the concubine, and even in the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty", these three people were not mentioned.
The fifth brother Yinqi, a well-known "good old man" among the Kangxi princes.
The fifth brother Yinqi was born in the eighteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1680), and his biological mother was Yifei Guo Luoluoshi. The fifth brother "has a very good heart and is generous to people", and Yongzhengdu commented on him: "Peaceful in nature, humble in attitude, quite a style of happiness and kindness", which shows that he is indeed a very good personality, and his popularity is also excellent.
Although the fifth brother did not participate in the "Nine Sons and Sisters", his half-brother, the Ninth Brother Yinyu, was an active participant. As an important member of the Eight Masters Party and the god of wealth of the Eight Masters Party, the Nine Brothers Became an important obstacle on the road to Yongzheng's ascension to the throne, so after Yongzheng ascended the throne, the Nine Brothers Yinyu were directly imprisoned and killed by Yongzheng, and even their birth mother, Concubine Guo Luoluoshi, was thrown out of the palace by Yongzheng.
However, even so, Yongzheng did not anger his younger brother in the slightest, and not only retained the titles and titles of The Fifth Brother and the Prince of Shuoheng, but also gave him the title of "Wen" after his death, and the title of Prince Heng was also retained, and yin Qi's son Hongxu directly inherited the title of prince.
It is really rare for Yongzheng's brothers to get such a good ending, especially in the case of their own brothers or Yongzheng's political enemies, they can still have such an ending, thinking that Yongzheng treats his brother Fourteen Brothers Yinyu is not soft at all, and it can prove that the character and popularity of the five brothers, even Yongzheng himself admires, which has the good end of the five brothers.
It is precisely because of the humility and indisputability of the five brothers that he did not participate in the "Nine Sons and Concubines", although he was crowned prince during the Kangxi Dynasty, and participated in many important events such as pro-conquest of Kaldan, thorough investigation of the corruption of the father and son of Qi, but he never had a covetous heart for the throne, making him a very respected Kangxi prince in the Kangyong and Yong dynasties.
The sixth brother Yin Zuo, who was Yongzheng's younger brother, unfortunately died early.
The Yongzheng Emperor's biological mother, Princess Wuya, bore Kangxi a total of three sons, namely the Four Brothers Yinchen, which later became the Yongzheng Emperor, the Sixth Brother Yinzuo, and the Fourteen Elder Brothers. Therefore, the sixth brother Yinzuo is also the brother of Yongzheng's half-father and mother.
In the nineteenth year of Kangxi (1680), when Yin Zuo was born, Wu Ya was already crowned as a concubine, unlike the Yongzheng Emperor, who was sent out to be fostered under other concubines from childhood, Yin Zuo was personally raised by the Wu Ya clan, and after Yin Zuo's birth, due to the two consecutive births for Kangxi, the Wu Ya clan was also crowned as a de concubine by Kangxi Jin, ranking third among the four concubines of "Hui Yi De Rong".
However, it is very regrettable that in the twenty-fourth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1685), Yin Zuo, who was only six years old, unfortunately died prematurely, so he did not have the opportunity to participate in the "Nine Sons and Concubines"
The Seventh Brother Yinyou did not participate in the conquest and was closely related to his disability.
The Seventh Brother Yinyou was born in the nineteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1680), and his biological mother was Concubine Dai Jia.
Dai Jia's origin was very humble, and his father Zhuo Qi was only a treasurer from Qipin, so Dai Jia's origin was actually not much better than that of The Eight Brothers Yin Yu's birth mother, Liang Concubine Wei, who was born in Xin Zhiku, and when Dai Jia gave birth to Yin You, she was still only a concubine, and the concubines were still crowned when she was in her 50s. It can be seen that the identity of the Seven Brothers is also relatively low compared to other princes.
More importantly, brother Seven was disabled and was a "cripple" in today's parlance.
Although the Seven Brothers were highly valued by Kangxi, and were awarded the title of Belle for their merits in the war with Gardan, and later the King of Chun County, and were also in charge of the affairs of the Zheng blue flag, considering the majesty of the Emperor, the disabled Seven Brothers were also doomed to not be able to ascend the throne.
And this point is also well known to the Seventh Brother, coupled with his humble origins, he did not participate in the "Nine Sons and Concubines", but concentrated on doing his own affairs, so after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he was crowned as the Prince of Chun, which also ended in a good ending.