From the moment Yin Yu became the Great General King, Kangxi had already removed Yin Yu from the list of heirs to the throne. This was because the Kangxi Emperor needed a shoucheng monarch, not a brave monarch. One of Kangxi's most affectionate sons was undoubtedly Crown Prince Yinrong. However, Yin Rong repeatedly lost morality and made mistakes, which forced Kangxi to re-choose the heir to the throne.
The heirs selected by Kangxi need to have the following characteristics: First, they should be good at managing the government, not forming parties for personal gain, and serving the public with one heart. Second, the character is stable, can be kind to a group of brothers. Third, the matriarchal force is strong, can balance the forces of all sides, and will not slaughter brothers after ascending the throne.
Before kangxi died, he specifically told Yin Chan not to be hasty and patient, and to be kind to your brother. That is to say, Kangxi felt that Yin Chan would not slaughter his brothers after he ascended the throne, but Kangxi, who was still uneasy about this, specifically instructed Yin Chan. Kangxi hoped that the monarch who succeeded to the throne would be kind to his brothers.
Yin Chan is not good at leading troops in combat, what he is good at is to discover talents and govern internal affairs. Kangxi felt that Yin Chan would treat his brothers kindly after he ascended the throne, so wouldn't Yin Chan? Let's take a look at Yin Yu's deeds: Because of the matter of establishing a prince, Yin Yu once fought with Yin Xiang. In the process of Yin Yu and Yin Xiang fighting, Yin Yu even pushed away Yin Rong who had come up to persuade him.
At that time, Yin Yu even said: Don't let you fake it. What does this mean? It shows that Yin Yu is hostile to Yin Rong, and Yin Yu's personality is easy to be impulsive and likes to express dissatisfaction with force. Once such a Yin Yu ascends the throne, it will certainly not tolerate Yin Rong.
Yin Yu and Yin Xiang fought each other, yin Yu did not make a good impression on Kangxi, but Yin Chan was different. Yin Chan reached out and grabbed the knife to prevent Kangxi from slashing and killing Yin Chan, which left Kangxi with the impression that Yin Chan valued brotherhood.
Yin Yu had always been close to the Eight Ye Party, and in order to frame the prince, Yin Yu even imitated Yin Rong's instructions for mobilizing troops. At that time, Zhang Tingyu had warned Kangxi that the words on the handwriting were not Yin Rong's handwriting. Wouldn't the Kangxi Emperor investigate afterwards? Whether or not he had investigated in private, Kangxi already had an answer in mind. Those who imitate Yin Rong's instructions for mobilizing troops must be related to the Eight Masters Party.
It can be said that those who imitate the oracles do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. The future monarch of the Qing Dynasty needs a person who abides by the ancestral family law. Yin Yu and Yin Qi and others are very close, and when Yin Yu ascends the throne and governs the country, will he be influenced by Yin Qi and others? The answer is inevitable, Yin Yu is at the mercy of Yin Qi and others, and the officials of the Great Qing will be even more corrupt. If Yin Yu wanted to get rid of the control of Yin Qi and others, he would inevitably make a lot of trouble. At that time, Yin Yu, who was impulsive and liked to use force to solve problems, would inevitably slaughter his brothers on a large scale, which Kangxi did not want to see.
Yin Yu was good at leading soldiers, and it was true that people were young, but Yin Yu left the Impression of the Kangxi Emperor as impulsive, fond of small groups, and fond of solving problems by force. Choosing Yin Yu as the crown prince, the other sons will not be able to die well. In addition, Yin Yu also had a fatal flaw in his inability to inherit the throne: Yin Yu's birth was not as noble as Yin Chan's.
Yin Chan was the adopted son of Empress Tong Jia, and Yin Chan would inevitably treat the Tong clan well after he ascended the throne. Yin Yu's mother was a concubine, and there was no powerful matriarch behind her. After ascending the throne, Yin Yu will inevitably vigorously promote the sons of Princess De's family. At this time, the old imperial structure will be broken, and then the interior of the Qing Dynasty will fall into turmoil. Yin Chan's ascension to the throne can balance the forces of all sides, but Yin Chan, who does not have the capacity to tolerate people, cannot.
In addition, there is also the fatal injury of Yin Yu's inability to become the crown prince. Among the brothers, Yin Yu was neither an older prince nor a concubine, and it was difficult for Yin Yu to suppress the brothers after he ascended the throne.
Yin Chan's adoptive mother was Empress Tong Jia. Yin Rong was deposed, Yin Zhen was imprisoned, and Yin Zhen was abandoned by Kangxi for being involved in a struggle between Yin Rong and Yin Zhen. At this time, Eun Yin chan was both a concubine and the oldest prince in name.
So why did Kangxi still make Yin Yu the Great General King? As Wu Sidao said to Yin Chan, only when Yin Chan led the troops to fight, the Qing army would not be constrained by the Eight Masters Party, and the Qing army could quell the rebellion in the northwest.
In his later years, Kangxi needed stability in the dynasty, and as a wise man, Kangxi's appointment of Yin Yu as the great general king must have been well thought-out. Kangxi accepted Yin Chan's request to make Yin Chan the Grand General King, but also agreed to make Nian Qianyao the governor of Sichuan.
Yin Chan used Nian Tangyao, who was in charge of grain and grass, to balance Yin Yu and his northwestern army. Who can say that Kangxi, who acquiesced to all this, was not using Yin Chan to balance Yin Chan?
Compared with Yin Yu, who was far away in the northwest, Kangxi undoubtedly had better control over the lone minister Yin Chan. Yin Chan, who was good at managing the government and had nothing to do with the army, was the best pawn for Kangxi in his later years to contain Yin Yu and suppress other princes.
When Kangxi was bumped by Yin Yu and was so angry that he was sick and bedridden, Kangxi once sighed at Princess De: These two sons you gave birth to! After sighing, Kangxi promoted Princess De and made Yin Yu the Great General King. Kangxi's move was undoubtedly to appease Yin Yu and quell the storm of the prince.