YongZheng's purpose of letting go of Lao Shiyin can be described as "having a heavy heart."
In the last years of the Kangxi Dynasty, a huge and far-reaching "Nine Sons and Sisters" storm made several sons of the Kangxi Emperor actively or forced to participate.
In the end, after a fierce "competition", the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, won and ascended the throne as the Yongzheng Emperor.
The so-called "winner king, loser Kou", soon after the Yongzheng Emperor ascended the throne, he began to liquidate his brother, and in this liquidation, the end of the eighth son of the emperor, Yin Yu, and the ninth son of the emperor, Yin Yu was the most tragic.
Not only were their names forcibly changed to "Archina" and "Seth Black", but they also died tragically shortly after being imprisoned.
However, compared with the tragic ending of the two of them, the other important member of the "Eight Masters Party," namely Emperor Ten Ziyin, had a much better ending.
Although he was also imprisoned by Yongzheng's orders, he survived unharmed, and also survived Yongzheng, living until the Qianlong period before he died.
Why, as a member of the "Eight Masters Party", was the Yongzheng Emperor willing to be cruel to the old eight old nine, but let the old ten yin go?
You know, Yongzheng is not a good stubble, and the reason why he treats Yinguo in this way has a certain purpose and benefits, and there is more than one benefit.
Old Ten Yinguo's powerful bloodline and background protected Old Ten to some extent.
Among the many sons of the Kangxi Emperor, if it is said that whoever has the most noble blood and the highest status is naturally the deposed prince Yin, and the only one who has Yin Rong is the old Ten Yin.
Why? This brings us to the very magical blood relationship of the old ten.
According to historical records, the birth mother of the old Shi Yinguo was the concubine of the Kangxi Emperor, The Noble Concubine Of the Wen Dynasty, who was selected to enter the palace as a concubine in the nineteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, and did not have a title when she first entered the palace, but enjoyed the treatment of a concubine.
Why did she have such special treatment? Quite simply, because her identity is really unusual,
The father of Concubine Wen was the emperor's master Shu Bilong, and if you are related by blood, Shu Bilong was also the grandson of the Qing Taizu Nurhaci, and his grandmother was one of Nurhaci's daughters, so Wen Guifei was also Nurhaci's great-granddaughter.
In addition, Princess Wen had a special relationship, that is, her own sister was Empress Xiaozhaoren, whom the Kangxi Emperor loved very much.
In addition, her aunt was the original wife of Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, that is, the yuan concubine of Emperor Taiji.
It is precisely because of the above-mentioned intimate relationship with the Nurhaci family that the Wen concubine Niu Hulu enjoyed the treatment of concubines after entering the palace in the nineteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, and after entering the palace for a year, she was directly named a noble concubine.
Two years after becoming a noble concubine, she gave birth to the emperor's tenth son, YinGuo.
Therefore, in terms of blood relations, one of the four major assistant ministers in the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty, Shu Bilong, was Yin Guo's grandfather, and Empress Xiao Zhaoren was Yin Guo's aunt.
The most amazing thing is that Yin Guo's grandfather's grandfather is Qing Taizu Nurhaci, and his grandfather's grandfather is also Nurhaci.
It was precisely because of such a magical and powerful background that Yinguo became one of kangxi's many sons, except for the deposed prince Yinrong, the most noble prince of blood, even the later Yongzheng Emperor, in this regard was far inferior to the old Ten Yinguo.
Of course, the strong background of the old ten is not the fundamental reason why Yongzheng finally let him go, to know who the Yongzheng Emperor is? Definitely a cruel one.
In order to implement the New Deal, under tremendous pressure, even if it offends the huge interest groups in the DPRK and China, it is not afraid to launch a fierce attack, no matter what background you have, the captivity is still imprisoned, and the killing is still the same.
Wasn't even the yongzheng emperor's younger brother, lao xi, a mother's compatriot, because he did not maintain the rule of his elder brother Yongzheng, and was eventually imprisoned?
There is also Yongzheng's uncle Long Keduo, whose background is not much weaker than that of the old Ten Yinguo, and is still a meritorious minister of Yongzheng's ascension to the throne, but in the end he was also imprisoned until death.
Therefore, the background of the old ten is indeed not false, and to some extent it will indeed make Yongzheng have some scruples when disposing of him, but it is definitely not the fundamental reason why Yongzheng let the old ten go.
The real reason, in fact, was already said from Kangxi's mouth as early as when the Kangxi Emperor was still alive.
Fifty-three years after the Kangxi Dynasty, at this time, the storm of "nine sons and nine wives" also gradually became turbulent, and the crown prince Yinrong was deposed for the second time two years ago, so that other princes began to secretly wrestle.
During this period, the "Eight Masters Party", headed by The Eighth Son of the Emperor Yin Yu, because of Yin Yu's loss of power, turned to support the Fourteenth Son of the Emperor Yin Yu, and as a firm follower of The Emperor Yin Yu, the Ninth Son of the Emperor yin Yu and the tenth son of the Emperor Yin Yu, naturally also turned to support Yin Yu.
As far as the Kangxi Emperor himself was concerned, although he was not aware of any of his sons' actions, he could also be regarded as a hole in the fire, and he was quite disgusted by the participation of the old Shi Yinguo in the storm of conquest.
However, disgust turned to disgust, and the Kangxi Emperor also knew that his son did not have much ability, as he said of The Tenth Elder: "Brother Ten is a loyal and honest man, and has no ability."
From Kangxi's words, we know that Lao Shi has two characteristics, one is honesty, and the other is incompetent.
In fact, it is also true that the old ten in history is very reckless, and compared to his two older brothers, that is, old eight yin yu and old nine yin yu, the mind is more than a little simpler.
The most obvious example is that in the year when Yongzheng had just ascended the throne, when Yongzheng arranged for Lao Shi to escort Kangxi's shrine to Khalkha, the result was that after the departure, Because of the fatigue of the journey, he had been grinding and rubbing on the road, and even went to the Zhangjiakou area, simply lying that he was unwell and stopped and did not leave.
This had to be replaced by other people, even if they were no longer willing, at least they did not dare to disobey the emperor's will, but the old ten was not, saying that if they did not leave, they would not leave, the reason was that the road was too tired.
Not only that, but later, in his letters with Lao Jiuyin, he directly called Yongzheng "Yongzheng Xinjun", and did not do anything to avoid it.
As a result, it was because of this incident that Lao Shi was imprisoned by Yongzheng's order, and Yongzheng was also very "sinister with intentions" to let Lao Ten's nemesis Lao Eight discuss the crime, and finally Lao Shi was stripped of his knighthood and imprisoned.
Through this incident, it can be seen that Old Ten Yinguo is really a person with no intentions, and his dissatisfaction with Yongzheng's ascension to the throne is not shyly expressed, not at all like Lao Ba and Lao Jiu, who compliment him on the surface, but secretly has frequent means.
And this kind of personality characteristics of the old ten, Yongzheng is also very clear, he knows that although his younger brother is dissatisfied with his ascension to the throne, he is a person with no ability and ability.
Since he has no ability and no ability, it means that he does not have his own power like Lao Ba and Lao Jiu, so to some extent, Lao Shi Yin Guo can also be regarded as a kind of "lone minister".
And such a "lone minister" who has no ability or his own power naturally poses no threat to Yongzheng's rule, and without a threat, there is no need to get rid of him.
In addition to the fact that Old Ten was no threat to Yongzheng, another reason why Yongzheng let him go was that Old Ten was still useful.
Of course, this use is not what Old Ten will do, but his existence, which is of great benefit to Yongzheng.
As we all know, after Yongzheng ascended the throne, the various cruel liquidation measures taken against his brother were the most criticized points of his, and no matter when he said it, it was a very disgraceful thing.
Behind this cruel blow to his brothers, Yongzheng was labeled a "tyrant".
Yongzheng himself knew this very well in his heart, and he certainly did not want to show himself the image of a "tyrant", and even more unwilling to have this image in the records of the history books.
You know, the ancient emperor is quite concerned about how he will be recorded and praised after his death, even if this emperor did something faint and foolish during his reign, but for the sake of the name behind him, he will deliberately erase this kind of thing and change himself into a good image.
Yongzheng was also the same, attacking and liquidating his brothers was something he had to do in order to maintain his rule, but after doing so, in order to make his image better in the court and among the people, he had to do something to save his reputation.
They are all saying that he is cruel, so he has to find a way to make himself "lenient".
And how to make yourself appear "lenient"? Naturally, it is to let go of one or more of his own brothers, and there is no more way to show Yongzheng's "benevolent heart" than to do so.
But who to let go has become a thorny issue, there are indeed many people who are imprisoned, and there are not many suitable people in it.
First of all, the eldest Yin Zhen, his captivity was an order issued by Kangxi when he was alive, because he had instigated Kangxi to kill the deposed prince Yin Rong, so he provoked Kangxi to be angry, thus imprisoning him.
Since it was ordered by Kangxi, as Kangxi's son Yongzheng, naturally he could not be let out, otherwise it would mean that Yongzheng was punching Kangxi in the face, which was absolutely not good for Yongzheng.
As for the former deposed crown prince Yin Rong, Yongzheng was really good to him after he ascended the throne, but he, like the situation of the eldest Yin Zhen, could not be released.
And the old third Yin zhi can not be released, because there was a feud between the old third and Yongzheng's closest brother, the old thirteenth brother, the old thirteenth's birth mother, Concubine Min, after the death of the mourning period, the third elder openly violated the rules and shaved his hair, and since then Yongzheng has been very jealous of him.
Moreover, at the funeral of the third elder at the time of the death of the third elder, he not only did not arrive for a long time, but also had no sad face, which was a complete annoyance to Yongzheng, and the new account and the old account were calculated together, and he was directly imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion.
Therefore, the third elder cannot be released, and the only people left are the members of the "Eight Masters Party".
After all, he was once Yongzheng's biggest competitor, and in Yongzheng's view, old Ten Yinyu was the "same person" of old Eight Yinyu, who was in the same way as Old Eight, and belonged to "evil and heinousness", so he could not let go.
In this way, only the old ten and the old fourteen are left.
Old Fourteen was the brother of Yongzheng's mother, but when Kangxi died and Yongzheng ascended the throne, he repeatedly expressed disrespect for Yongzheng, and even because he held military power at that time, he almost replaced Yongzheng.
After excluding the old fourteen, then it can only be the old ten, as mentioned above, the old ten has always been a rough image, no ability, just a foil for the "Eight Masters Party", no intention, not a threat to Yongzheng.
Therefore, after comprehensive measurement, letting go of the old ten is the lowest risk, after all, the old ten no matter how to churn, it can not afford to make too much waves.
Moreover, letting go of the old ten can also let Yongzheng win the image of a "gentle and benevolent king", and also show that he is not so cruel, so it is still very cost-effective.
Of course, Yongzheng did not let Go of Old Ten to let him go, but not to "kill Him all" for Old Ten, so Old Ten still continued to spend the days of captivity in the Zongren Mansion, but this was really much better than the tragic deaths of Old Eight and Old Nine.
It was not until two years after the Qianlong Emperor ascended the throne that the Qianlong Emperor issued a decree to release his uncle Yin Guo, who had been imprisoned for fifteen years, let him regain his freedom, and also made him the Duke of Fuguo, so that Lao Shi could truly live a good life in the last few years of his life.