The Yongzheng Emperor was not a tolerant person in history, and could even be said to be mean, but he had always cared for a person.
This person was his half-brother, known as Yin Xiang of the Thirteenth Master.
Yongzheng's original name was Yin Chan, and after he succeeded to the throne as emperor, his brothers changed the yin character to the word Yun, but because Yongzheng later authorized Yun Xiang to change it back to Yin Xiang, this honor was the first in the entire history of the Qing Dynasty for nearly 300 years, and even Yin Xiang's hereditary iron hat prince was not so rare.
Friends who are familiar with history also know that the Yongzheng Emperor was very good to his younger brother, and even gave a very high evaluation of "the virtuous king of the country who has not been loyal to the country since ancient times", so why would Yongzheng be so good to Yin Xiang?
Some people may say that Yongzheng may have missed the throne, it was Yin Xiang's strong help that led to his ascension to the throne, and after Yongzheng ascended the throne, it was Yin Xiang who assisted him with all his heart, so he would repay Li for being so good to Yin Xiang.
Then another question arises, Yongzheng was not the prince who was created by Kangxi before he died, and even during the "Nine Kings Taking The Concubine", Yongzheng's superficial popularity was not as good as his brother the great general Wang, so why did Yin Xiang choose to support Yongzheng, who was still "unknown" at that time?
In the film and television work "Kangxi Dynasty", Yin Xiang's mother is the princess Baori Longmei of Khalkha, and Baori Longmei only serves Kangxi in order to recover the homeland occupied by Geldan, which has Yin Xiang. Because the combination of Baori Longmei and Kangxi was not very proper, after Yin Xiang was born, his motherless child was bullied by his imperial brothers.
Although this kind of novel interpretation is only a fabrication, there is one thing that is more reliable, that is, Yin Xiang's childhood, because his mother's reason is not very happy. According to books such as the Four Genealogies of the Qing Dynasty, Yin Xiang's mother was not a Baori Longmei, but was named Zhang Jiashi.
However, this Zhang Jia's origin is not as good as Baori Longmei, she was born in a family of yellow flags, because her identity is too low, and the records of the Qing Palace do not even say when she entered the palace.
In the harem of the past dynasties, the prince was often "precious by the mother" when he was young, and when the prince grew up, according to the creation of the individual, he would "rely on the mother and the son". Since Zhang Jia's family was from a humble background, Yin Xiang was naturally difficult to be treated well when he was a child, and this point could be understood naturally.
In addition, Kangxi was a particularly fertile emperor, so Yin Xiang, who ranked thirteenth, should have had a very average life when he was young, and at this time, a person came to his side.
This person was the fourth brother Yin Chan whom he had been relying on since then.
So Yin Chan had so many brothers, why did he just run to yin xiang to play?
According to records, Yin Chan's origin is not much better than Yin Xiang's, and his biological mother Wu Yashi is also from the Shangsanqi's coated family, so Yin Chan's identity among the princes also belongs to the "bottom".
However, the Uya clan was more pleasing to the Kangxi Emperor than the Zhang Jia clan (the Zhang Jia clan only gave birth to one man and two daughters for Kangxi, while the Uya clan gave birth to three sons and three daughters for Kangxi), and soon after the Uya clan gave birth to Yongzheng, Kangxi made her a concubine, and later further promoted the Uya clan to a concubine.
Although Zhang Jia's belly was also angry, Kangxi never gave her a "promotion".
Some people may ask, Yongzheng his mother has improved so fast, why does he still play with Yin Xiang?
This also starts from a system of the Qing Dynasty, in the harem of the Qing Dynasty, after the general birth of a prince, it is impossible to stay by her side and raise him, although the Wuya clan is more favored than the Zhang Jia clan, but she is also unable to leave her son around to take care of.
According to qing palace documents, the person who could frequently see Yongzheng at that time was tong jiashi, the third empress of the Kangxi Emperor, who, because he had no children of his own, took the old fourth yinchen and the old eight yinyu with him and raised him. It is worth mentioning here that Tong Jia has a younger brother named Long Keduo.
Yongzheng once called Roncodo's uncle, not only because tong Jia was his adoptive mother.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the mother of the old eight Yin Yu is also very general, so Yongzheng, old eight, and old thirteen are considered to be "a class" people, because Yin Chan and Yin Yu are the adopted sons of Tong Jia, and Yong Zheng is better at disguise, so when the Ninth King seized the concubine, Yin Yu did not have too much vigilance against Yong Zheng.
So why was Yin Xiang better with Yongzheng than with Yin Yu?
First, Yongzheng is older in their relatively average circle, so Yongzheng should take care of Old Thirteen more than Old Eight to Old Thirteen;
Yongzheng and Yin Yu had different mentalities when they were young, according to records, Yongzheng was good at learning literature from an early age, so he had taught the old thirteenth in the culture class, while the old eighth preferred to ride horses and archery, so he was very general in the study of calligraphy, etc. Kangxi in order to make him improve in his studies, he had specially arranged a calligrapher named He Zhuo to teach him.
It can be seen that when Yin Xiang was a child, Yongzheng, the big brother, could not only take him to play, but also teach him to learn things, and his "origin" was similar to him, so he was different from Yongzheng and others from childhood.
When Yongzheng rose in the palace because of his mother's reasons, Yin Xiang has been staying still because of his mother, and at this time, Yongzheng should still give Yin Xiang a lot of care, so the relationship between the two brothers has always been good. (It is recorded that when the two men grew up, they were inseparable from each other in the same place, and they often exchanged letters when they were not together.) ）
When these two brothers grow up, the prince with a relatively noble status is suddenly unpopular, and when the princes see that they also have a chance, they will naturally "take the nine kings to take the concubine", but Yin Xiang has always taken Yongzheng as the eldest brother, and in the early years he inherited countless human feelings, do you think he will compete with Yongzheng, will he stand on the side of others?
It is to take ten thousand steps back, Yin Xiang just moved that mind, with his identity and ability, is it possible for him to achieve things?
Since his best choice is to support his fourth brother, what reason does he have not to choose this path?
In summary, the reason why Yin Xiang chose to stand on Yongzheng's side is mainly because their origins belong to the "same class", and Yongzheng did not take care of the little brother of the old thirteen in his childhood, plus Yinxiang did not have the possibility of doing it alone, so he could only stand by Yongzheng willingly.