In the "Nine Sons and Eight Sons", the Emperor's Eighth Sons Party is the largest anti-prince group, this group can pull the Crown Prince YinRong off the horse, it is not a fluke, even Yongzheng's confidants lurking in the Emperor's Eight Sons' Party have been plotted against, but have become the close associates of the Ninth Brother Yinyu, and after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he made this person commit suicide.
All along, the Nine Brothers Yin Yu and the Ten Brothers Yin are regarded as Yin Yu's right and left arms, in fact, throughout the entire process of taking the wife, the Nine Brothers Yin Yu is the one who contributed the most, he first supported the Eight Brothers Yin Yu, and then pushed the Fourteen Brothers Yin Yu, which can be described as enough effort.
On the other hand, although the Ten Brothers are also the backbone of the Emperor's Eighth Sons Party, they are not as active as Yin Yu, which is also one of the reasons why Yongzheng opened up to Yin after he succeeded to the throne.
So, what is the superiority of the Nine Brothers Yinyu, who has successively become the booster for the two Brothers to seize the wife?
First, the birth mother, Concubine Yi, was favored
At that time, it was really important to have a spoiled mother. The Twelve Brothers yinqi are not much worse than other brothers, why have they never participated in the conquest of concubines, the growth environment is of course on the one hand, on the other hand, his mother Concubine Wan Liu Hashi is really not contentious, not allowed to be favored by Kangxi, so how can he fight?
On the other hand, Yifei is different, the fourth concubine of Kangxi, she ranks second, and the mother's family is called "qi genus" by Kangxi, and the "deepest care" of Yifei naturally became the strong backing of the Ninth Brother Yinyu.
Second, Yin Yu has a superiority
To tell the truth, those sons of Kangxi were almost all literate and talented, but none of them were as erudite and talented as Yin Yu, and Yin Yu's talent was no longer limited to the category of ordinary Manchu education.
Which prince can make a chariot style like Yin Yu? What other brother was able to convert obscure Latin into Manchu? Yin Yu can do it, and from these two aspects, Yin Yu is more like a scientist and a linguist.
More importantly, Yin Yu is sleek and good at making friends, and emotional intelligence is not generally high. Of course, Yin Yu is good at making friends, although he has a strong economic strength as the foundation, but what brother can be as stingy as Yin Yu and not hesitate to make money?
Third, Yin Yu is full of righteousness
In film and television dramas, the thirteen brothers Yinxiang are portrayed as a prince with heavy righteousness, known as the King of Heroes. As everyone knows, Yin Yu's righteous qi seems to be stronger than Yin Xiang's.
During the 47th year of Kangxi's deposing of the crown prince, Yin Yu was reprimanded by Kangxi and was interrogated, who knew that Yin Yu actually harbored poison and joined forces with the fourteen brothers Yin Yu to intercede for Yin Yu to show his determination to share the hardships, for which Yin Yu was slapped by Kangxi twice and was reprimanded as "the righteous spirit of Liangshan Po".
Fifty years after the Kangxi Dynasty, Yin Yu's mother Concubine Liang died, and during the funeral, Yin Yu, Yin Yu took turns to deliver food to Yin Yu, and Yin Yu even invited the four brothers Yin Yu to send food to Yin Yu together, but Yin Yu refused.
In the autumn of the fifty-fifth year of Kangxi, Kangxi returned to Beijing from Rehe, in order to ward off evil spirits, he planned to temporarily live near Changchun Garden and move Yin Yu, who was suffering from typhoid fever, to the city, at this time Yin Yu had fallen out of favor with Kangxi, but Yin Yu still stood up and spoke for Yin Yu: "Brother Baba is so seriously ill now, if he moves to his home, in case of any accident, who will bear it?" ”
In addition, one of Yin Yu's greatest skills is to be able to turn enemies into friends.
In the middle and late Kangxi Dynasty, there was a prefect of Gongchang Province, named He Tu, who Yin Yu thought was quite talented, and when they met, they gave a house and donated it twice. As everyone knows, this He Tu had previously "walked and received favors" on the Door of the Four Brothers Yin Chan, that is to say, He Tu was an undercover agent that Yin Chan had placed next to Yin Chan, and He Tu had always obeyed Yin Chan's secret orders, even in front of his wife, he did not mention this matter.
Unexpectedly, He Tu actually became Yin Yu's "first close confidant of Yin Yu", and later acted as Yin Yu's sender to Yin Yu many times, and judging from the relevant circumstances, He Tu did not complete the task given by the old lord Yin Chan, but instead found a new master, and this counter-plan never worked.
In the third year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng ordered He Tu to commit suicide, and Yin Yu did not know this secret until his death.
In fact, in the middle and late period of Kangxi, the relationship between Yongzheng and Yin Yu and other Eight Ye Parties has always been intriguing, from a series of clues, Yin Chan and the Eight Ye Party do not seem to have a relatively large conflict at all, so that Yin Chan in Kangxi fifty years, also invited Yin Chan to go together to deliver food to Yin Yu, perhaps in Yin Yu's eyes, this fourth brother, is also an object that can be won.
In addition, judging from the residences of several elder brothers, whether it is the mansion in the capital or the villa in the Yuanmingyuan, the residences of Yin Chan and Yin Yu, Yin Yu, and Yin Yu are all built together, which is obviously to facilitate communication, or it can be shown that the relationship between Yin Chan and Yin Yu and several other brothers is not as bad as imagined.
In November of the 61st year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Kangxi died of illness in Changchun Garden, and Yin Chan the Prince of Yong succeeded to the throne as the Yongzheng Emperor.
Yongzheng's succession to the throne has completely failed Yin Yu and Yin Yu's dream of the throne, which Yin Yu supported, and Yin Yu's good days have come to an end.
Judging from the subsequent liquidation of the Eight Ye Party by Yongzheng, the two sons of the former emperor, Yin Yu and Yin Yu, were hit so hard that it seemed that Yin Yu's difficulties were even more serious than Yin Yu's.
Why would Yongzheng hate Yin Yu so much?
First, it is related to Yin Yu's mother, Concubine Yi.
At Kangxi's funeral, Concubine Yi saw that Yongzheng was actually arrogant, and when she made sacrifices for Kangxi, she actually walked in front of the Empress Dowager Wu Yashi, and this attitude of disrespect was something that Yongzheng could never tolerate.
To this end, Yongzheng arrested all 12 eunuchs around Concubine Yi, led by Zhang Qiyong, and at the same time, he also sent The eunuchs Wang Shifeng and Wang Ming, who were born to Princess Gulun Kejing, who were born to Princess Yifei's sister, to Tu'erfan for farming, Qiqihar as a slave of the Phi Jia people, and Yin Yu's eunuch Li Duzhong to the border areas of Yunnan as an errand boy.
Yongzheng also issued an edict that if these slaves did not want to be sent to a remote place, they would commit suicide, and the escorts should report the place where they committed suicide, and the officials would burn the bodies after examination.
Second, it is related to Yin Yu's attitude.
At the beginning of the first year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng followed the old system and sent Yin Yu to serve in front of the Xining Army.
Soon after, there was already a discussion inside and outside the dynasty about Yongzheng Ling's brothers, and he sent the clan members who served in front of the army to participate in the garrison of the capital Tula and the deputy capital E'e San, saying that Yongzheng "detained the ministers, overpowered the brothers, indulged in Long Keduo, and Nian Qianyao had unauthorized power." Obviously, the discussion of Tu La and others about the Yongzheng Emperor's coercion of the brothers came from Yin Yu's mouth.
Three years after Yongzheng, Yin Yu was closely monitored, but he was still not dead-hearted, and even created a new font (transliteration of Manchu in Latin) to connect with his family, which even Western missionaries could not understand, let alone Manchu Wenwu.
At that time, Yongzheng ordered Emperor Chuzong to restrain him on the grounds that Yin Yu "connived at his subordinates and harassed the people", who knew that Yin Yu was still arrogant when he saw the minister of Chincha, and complained behind his back: "Instead of rubbing me like this, it is better than killing me with a knife." ”
In the first month of the fourth year of Yongzheng, Yin Yu was stripped of his yellow belt, stripped of his clan membership, and subsequently renamed "Seth Black". In April, Yin Yu was escorted to Beijing with three iron locks, and was ordered to stay in Baoding on the way, but along the way he "had no intention of repentance and caution, and talked and laughed as usual."
When Yin Yu was imprisoned in a cell with four high walls and a small space, he was suddenly shocked and repeatedly asked the governor of Zhili, Li Fu, to play for him, but was refused. Subsequently, Yin Yu wanted a table, but was also refused. The cell space is small, it is a hot summer, Yin Yu's hands and feet are locked, his back is iron locked, and he is often in a coma, and he needs to use cold water to wake up.
On August 27, 1944, Yin Yu, who had been convicted of 28 crimes, died in Baoding' detention center, which happened to be Yin Yu's 44th birthday.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Sejong