The Qianlong dynasty's conspiracy against the throne was actually the failure of Hongyao's usurpation of the throne
The Qianlong Dynasty's Hongyao Rebellion Case was the only case of clan conspiracy during Qianlong's reign, and was deliberately destroyed by Qianlong due to a large number of royal archives. So the specific situation is not very clear. But the case involved almost all the clans. And Qianlong's handling of this matter was also beyond the clan office.
After Qianlong ascended the throne, he repeatedly declared to the outside world that his grandfather Kangxi liked him very much, and even Yu Yongzheng ascended the throne because of his own reasons, which Qianlong was obviously bragging about, Kangxi had his favorite grandson, but this person was not Qianlong, but the second son of the former deposed prince, Hongchen was the eldest grandson of Kangxi, 17 years older than Qianlong, almost two generations old, Hongchen had been cultivated and raised by the Kangxi Emperor since childhood. Regardless of their status, they are far better than Qianlong. It can be said that Kangxi personally raised the grandson who has been the longest and most beloved is Hongyao, who has always been worried about him before his death. Later, it was rumored that one of the edicts of the Kangxi Emperor was to prepare hongchen as a prince.
After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he was good to the deposed prince's family, and he was made the king of the county. Yongzhengzi's nephew was only one person in hongyao. The relationship between Hongyao and the Yongzheng Emperor was also good. In the eighth year of Yongzheng, Honghao inherited the title of Prince of Li, and Qianlong was only crowned prince in the eleventh year of Yongzheng. After Qianlong ascended the throne, he still treated Hongyao very courteously, but neither Yongzheng nor Qianlong granted Hongyao real power and did not participate in any administrative affairs. However, at this time, Hongyao was not willing to be lonely, and got together with Prince Zhuang Yunlu, Zongfu Hongsheng, Hongchang and others, often meeting in a secret place, as if forming a political force. As the eldest grandson of Kangxi, Hongyao had great political appeal, Hongyao witnessed his father experience twice being made crown prince, it is impossible to say that he did not have ideas in his heart, and these unscrupulous clans all believed that Hongyao should be emperor, and the abnormal behavior of these people soon attracted the attention of the Qianlong Emperor, and soon in the fourth year of Qianlong, Hongsheng handed over to the Zongrenfu to investigate and investigate.
At this time, Hongyao did not know convergence, and often regarded himself as the grandson of the old emperor, showing the difference in his identity, which made Qianlong quite disgusted. In the royal residence of Zhengjiazhuang, the seven divisions of the Internal Affairs Office were set up to manage, just like a small imperial court. Hongchen actually imitated the state system in the province. At this time, at qianlong's behest, many people denounced Hongyao and Prince Zhuang and others for forming a party for personal gain, and Qianlong felt that the time was ripe, and ordered him to reprimand Hongyao for misbehaving and ulterior motives, and regarded himself as a former concubine of the Eastern Palace and a grandson of the Holy Ancestor. Therefore, it was strictly investigated, and it was found that Honghao and Yunlu, Hongsheng, Hongchang and others had formed a party and had secret exchanges, so Hongchen was imprisoned by Gejue and renamed forty-six, and three years later Hongyao died of illness in captivity. It's not a good death by the big picture.
In the whole incident, five royal relatives were involved, and the one who was really completely crushed was Hongyao, which was actually from before and after Kangxi's first abolition of the crown prince to Yongzheng's succession, plus the political aftershocks after Yongzheng's succession. After 15 years, Hongyao's captivity was finally completely over. This decades-long struggle for the throne was put to an end. Think about how much of a threat a prince with almost no real power could pose to the Qianlong Emperor. After Qianlong ascended the throne, he was always very lenient to the clan, and the eight uncles, nine uncles and fourteen uncles who were killed by Yongzheng were all rehabilitated by Qianlong, and Qianlong did not spare Hongyao. This is clearly out of jealousy. Moreover, from then on, Qianlong strictly controlled the clan to take power, and his close relatives Zong Shi was not allowed to serve as the forerunner of the military aircraft department, and Zong Fu Peng was relegated to death alive, and Hongxiao (Yin Xiang's son) was demoted to a first-class bodyguard. It can be seen how much stimulation Hongyao plotted against Qianlong was.
The essence of Qianlong's four-year "Hongyao Rebellion Case" was that the Qianlong Emperor sensitively discovered that Hongyao was a possible threat at any time and anywhere, after all, he was really the emperor's eldest grandson, after all, his grandfather Kangxi was particularly fond of this grandson. Even though Qianlong adopted a relatively loose clan policy, the clan was generally very dissatisfied with the Yongzheng Emperor's "usurpation". After the Qianlong Emperor relaxed control, this dissatisfaction not only did not disappear, but on the contrary, it rebounded even more, and the Qianlong Emperor could only implement a policy of strict discipline.
