The seizure of the Ninth Son was a major event that ran through the middle and late Kangxi Dynasty, and Kangxi, who thought that he could sweep away the four seas and live a stable life for a few days, was exhausted by the struggle between the princes. Among Kangxi's many sons, the fifth son of the emperor, Yin Qi, was at the top of the list, held great power, once led the Yellow Banner camp, and was one of the three princes of Kangxi's canonization, but he never participated in the conquest of concubines.
1. Innate advantages
When talking about the origin of many of Kangxi's sons, we have always emphasized that the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan (雍正), the birth mother is one of the four concubines of Kangxi, the concubine, and the adoptive mother is Empress Xiaoyiren, which can be described as having the advantage, but we do not know that in fact, the innate advantage of the fifth son of the Emperor, Yin Qi, is even better.
Yin Qi's birth mother was Kangxi's favorite concubine, Concubine Yi, who was born in the capital and was elected as a palace maid in the sixteenth year of Kangxi, and was subsequently favored by Kangxi.
Although Concubine Yi only bore Kangxi three sons, namely the fifth son of the Emperor Yin qi, the ninth son of the Emperor Yin Yu and the eleventh son of the Emperor Yin Yu, she ranked second among the four concubines, and was higher than Yongzheng's birth mother, Princess De, and Concubine Rong, who gave birth to six children for Kangxi, which shows Kangxi's favor for Concubine Yi, and even in the Yongxian Record, she is also called "the deepest care".
The same is true of the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, although Yin Qi was born to Concubine Yi, but was brought up by Empress Xiao Yiren and Empress Renxian, who was Kangxi's cousin and kangxi's wife, and she raised many sons for Kangxi, including the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, and the fifth son of the Emperor, Yin Qi, perhaps because of this affection raised by the same adoptive mother, Yin Qi was not liquidated by Yongzheng later.
In addition, Yin Qi was raised by Empress Renxian, who was the second empress of Shunzhi, that is, Empress Xiaohuizhang. Although Empress Xiaohuizhang was not Kangxi's biological mother, she was a concubine of the Middle Palace and had raised Kangxi, so Kangxi treated the empress dowager like her own mother. Kangxi was able to entrust his son Yin Qi to the care of the empress dowager, which showed that Kangxi was also very attentive to Yin Qi.
However, because Empress Renxian was from Mongolia, her own Han cultural attainment was relatively poor, and she did not have much good feelings for Han culture, the result was that Yin Qi did not read the Book of Han until the age of nine, which made Yin Qi inferior to other brothers in terms of Sinology cultivation.
Empress Renxian was a woman with a kind heart and a kind heart, perhaps influenced by her grandmother, Yin Qi was relatively low-key from childhood, and when he grew up, he was also kind, even Kangxi commented that he was "very kind in heart and pure and thick", although in the treacherous palace, heart and kindness are not a good thing, but this at least shows that Yin Qi's character is not a problem, much better than Kangxi's evaluation of Yin Chan (Yongzheng) "moody".
2. Hold the power
In the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi, Kangxi led the Eight Banners to personally conquer the Mongolian Kaldan, and the 17-year-old Yin Qi was ordered to lead the Yellow Banner camp. As we all know, since the beginning of the Shunzhi Dynasty, the yellow flag, the positive yellow flag and the positive white flag have been the upper three banners, especially the two yellow flags, which have always been led by the emperor himself, and can dominate the yellow flag camp, which shows Kangxi's trust in his son Yin Qi.
By the way, the leader of the yellow flag camp was another prince who did not participate in the conquest, he was the seventh son of the emperor, Yin You.
In this war, it is said that Yin Qi was in the middle of the arrow and broke the appearance, so that the image was not satisfactory, which became an unspeakable secret that Yin Qi did not participate in the conquest.
The seventh son of the Emperor, Yin You, who commanded the Yellow Banner Camp, was not much better, yin You was born with a leg disability, so that he could not participate in the conquest, but since Kangxi was able to let him participate in the Battle of Dzungar and command the Yellow Flag Camp, it meant that the prince's leg disease should not be serious.
In the thirty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Kangxi crowned the princes for the first time, and Yin Qi was crowned as Belle together with the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Yu, the seventh son of the emperor, and yin yu, the eighth son of the emperor.
In the forty-eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Kangxi, while re-establishing Yin Rong as crown prince, also divided the titles of his sons, this time, Yin Qi was made a prince by Jin, called the Prince of Heshuoheng. In his lifetime, Kangxi only crowned three sons as princes, Yin Qi was one of them, and the other two were Yin Zhi the Prince of Cheng and Yin Chan the Prince of Yong.
At that time, many of Kangxi's sons fought to the death for the throne, and although Yin Qi did not directly participate in the conquest, he also appeared occasionally.
On September 29, 47, Yin Yu and Yin Zhen (胤禵) played for the Eight Brothers Yin Yu, and Kangxi was furious and wanted to kill Yin Zhen, but fortunately Yin Qi knelt in front of Kangxi and did not cause the tragedy of Kangxi killing his son. At this point, it seems that the role of Yin Qi in "Yongzheng Dynasty" was forcibly installed on Yin Chan (Yongzheng).
From this behavior, it can be seen that Yin Qi is a prince who attaches great importance to flesh and blood affection, which is exactly what Kangxi attaches great importance to.
3. Erect a monument and make a name for itself
In the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi, Empress Renxian was seriously ill, and kangxi was also ill at that time, and Yin Qi persuaded his father Kangxi: "The subject has been raised by the grandmother of the empress dowager since childhood. The Eucharist of the Emperor is contrary to harmony, and everything can be taken care of by the subject. But Kangxi said, "I am, Erhe ke acting for you!" The ceremonial ear is exhausted during the period of decay. ”
In the fifty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Yin Qi's eldest son, Hongsheng, was made a son of the Kangxi Dynasty and enjoyed the treatment of beizi.
After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, almost all the brothers who had participated in the conquest were liquidated, the emperor's eldest son Yin Zhen and the deposed prince Yin Rong were still imprisoned, the third son of the emperor Yin Zhi was imprisoned to death by Ge Jue, and the eighth son of the emperor, Yin Yu, the ninth son of the emperor, was stripped of their clan membership, forbidden to death, and even the names were changed to "Akina" and "Seth Black".
The tenth son of the Emperor, YinXuan, had a strong family background, and Yongzheng only imprisoned him, not executed, and Qianlong was released after succeeding to the throne. The fourteenth son of the Emperor, Yin Yu, as Yongzheng's younger brother, was also imprisoned, but Yongzheng did not take a shot at this brother.
In contrast, the fifth son of the emperor, Yin Qi, and the seventh son of the emperor, Yin You, who did not participate in the conquest of the concubine, had a much better ending, especially Yin Qi, who was even inscribed by Yongzheng after his death, and Yongzheng said that this younger brother was peaceful in nature, humble and respectful, and quite happy and kind.
On May 19, the 10th leap year of Yongzheng, Yin Qi died of illness in prince Heng's palace at the age of 54, known as "Wen", known as Prince Hengwen. In addition, on this day, another brother of Yin Qi died in the yushou, he was the third son of the Emperor Yin Zhi.
Zichen said:
Ancient society, the internal tilt of the royal family, has always been the main theme of political struggle, jun did not see that the Qin king Li Shimin in order to ascend the throne, the two flesh and blood compatriots beheaded, no way, as long as it is a power struggle, there will be people sacrificed.
People are different from each other, perhaps some people are not willing to enjoy a comfortable life, they hold the determination to become a benevolent person if they do not succeed, and vow to ascend to the peak of the highest power, just like the later Cixi, at a young age, she is not willing to be manipulated, launched a palace coup, and successfully obtained the highest power.
Some people yearn for a comfortable life, fame and fortune are like floating clouds, as long as they are safe and secure, even if they are not so dazzling, what we see is that these people can get a good end, but have a good ending.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, Genealogy of Ai Xin Jue Luo