In the interpretation of the Yongzheng Dynasty, Li Gan, the prefect of Chizhou, according to the records of the "Qing History Manuscript and Official Records", the prefect, the initial system of Zheng Sipin, Qianlong eighteen years changed from Sipin. It is basically equivalent to the department and bureau level in the current civil service level, which is equivalent to the secretary of the prefectural municipal party committee. For a prefect who was a zhengsipin, the princes of the dynasty who received the title of chancellor of Qincha, the four belle Yinchen and the thirteen beizi Yinxiang, were really just like Yinxiang said, if there was no "what medicine to take, or someone to support you behind your back", Li Gan really did not dare to make a mistake. But Li Gan, the prefect, was a bit special, because he was a doorman from the Emperor's eldest son, Yin Qi, and his background was strong. In view of this, Yin Chan and Yin Xiang, the two Chincha, also had to be jealous, let alone kill the killer, even if they were punished by torture, they had to worry about the face of the eldest brother.
But even so, Li Gan, the governor of Chizhou who dared to block back qin's summons, was still severely punished by the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, for "picking up the official palace and smoking thirty whips", and did not save any face for the emperor's eldest son Yin Qi.
But the key figures related to this fundraising- Ren Bo'an, Yin Chan and Yin Xiang in Jiangnan Patrol Salt Road have always treated each other with courtesy and always maintained a superficial harmony! Is the emperor's eldest son Yinfu a good bully? Or is the background of the ninth son of the Emperor Yin Yu and the eighth son of the Emperor Yin Yu strong, and Yin Chan and Yin Xiang dare not offend?
In terms of the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Changan, as an orphan vassal and a cold-faced and ruthless temperament, the prince's power group does not seem to be a factor that he is jealous of or even has scruples about, whether it is Ren Bo'an or Li Gan, Yin Chan treats him differently for only one reason, that is, the success of everything for the purpose of fundraising errands.
The fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, had two purposes for his trip to Jiangnan, one was to provide disaster relief and the other was to repair the embankment. With the cooperation of Tian Wenjing and Li Wei and others, the disaster relief was completed; and the purpose of collecting donations and building the river embankment was not yet completed, so there was a second banquet for Jiangnan officials, the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan.
At the beginning of the banquet, The Thirteenth Son of the Emperor, Yin Xiang, gave a great gift to the Jiangnan officials--Li Gan, the governor of Chizhou who had been kidnapped!
What mistake did Li Gan make?
The thirteenth son of the Emperor, Yin Xiang, gave an explanation:
"Hello hard please!" For the first time, Chincha Xingyuan sent you a summons to gather the business names to pay taxes and donate, and you dared to give it back! What kind of bird official is the prefect, and the wang eight in the Yongding River are much less than you! Why do you dare to disobey? Did you take any medicine, or did someone back you up? ”
Pay attention to Yin Xiang's wording, not mentioning that the people of Li Min were suffering from disasters, did not mention the basic functions of the imperial court officials, and did not mention the serious consequences of the imperial court's donations for disaster relief, but directly pointed out that there must be forces behind Li Gan's actions. To put it bluntly, Yin Xiang is using his identity as a prince to suppress him, not related to disaster relief, let alone any imperial court system.
As a protégé of the Emperor's eldest son, Yin Xiang, Li Gan was naturally very clear about the temper and disposition of the Emperor's thirteenth son, Yin Xiang, and the arrogance when he first arrived immediately disappeared, and he quickly made a sophistry:
"My lord, how dare a slave resist Chincha's life!" Cha Ri Xing came and brought a letter from the slave master, Ōchito, saying that the nephew of Dafu Jin was going to Fuzhou, and asked the slave to prepare something to wait for the nephew young master. The slave thought that the eldest brother of the fourth master and the thirteenth master was the slave who gave him an errand for the old man, and the fourth master and the thirteenth master would be tolerant, so the business was slowed down. ”
Notice the key points of Li Gan's sophistry:
1. The letter from the emperor's eldest son, YinFu, was sent by someone you sent to the emperor.
2. It is also done for you To run errands for Yin Chan and Yin Xiang, and to do errands for the emperor's eldest son, Yin Qi, and neither of them can be offended. Moreover, Yin Fu is still his own master, so naturally he must first put Yin Fu's errands in front.
3, the Yellow River flooded, the disaster victims are everywhere, even the emperor of the dynasty is arranging for the officials in the disaster area to welcome the matter, my small Chizhou prefect can not do the job, is it still wrong?
4. The eldest son of the Emperor, Yin Qi, is the eldest brother of Yin Chan and Yin Xiang, and even the two Chincha do not dare to disobey the Emperor's eldest son Yin, let alone my little prefect.
To sum up, Li Gan's cunning purpose is only one, he has the ability to investigate the sins of the emperor's eldest son Yinfu, don't be angry at me!
Yin Xiang obviously understood, and Li Gan directly moved the emperor's eldest son Yin Qi out, just in response to Yin Xiang's previous "who supports you behind your back", so Yin Xiang can only stop Li Gan's continued sophistry:
"Shut up! Three pieces of paper paste a donkey's head, you have a big face, open your mouth and shut up a thousand years old, if my eldest brother knew that you have no royal law like this, he would have picked your skin a long time ago! ”
1. Yin Xiang himself denied what he had just said, and the person who supported Li Gan behind him was the emperor's eldest son Yin Fu;
2. Chitose is the title of the Qing Dynasty after the emperor's uncle and brother were crowned princes; among the princes, only the crown prince can have the title of chitose, and Li Gan's title of "chitose" for the emperor's eldest son Yinfu obviously framed Yinfu, which is even more contrary to the king's law.
3, you are a small prefect, if you make a mistake, you dare to push it on the prince of the dynasty, and you are a little powerless.
At that time, after all, Li Gan had moved the emperor's eldest son, Yin Qi, and clearly pointed out the faults of the current emperor, at this time, it was meaningless to use the majesty and privileges of the crown prince to deter Li Gan. If you want to continue to refute Li Gan, you can only use the imperial power and state law and the great righteousness of the king, so Yin Xiang retired and replaced the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan.
"We are the princes of today, one father and one body, one dynasty as a subject, we are united in solidarity!" Everywhere we do things, we all know that the overall situation of the imperial court is the most important thing, and we never dare to spoil the rules and regulations of the imperial court because of private affairs! The Yellow River is flooded, the emperor is anxious, the imperial court is anxious, which of our princes is not in a hurry? Along the way, you have also seen that so many victims are starving every day and dying every day! As an official of the imperial court, you turned a blind eye, and even if you sent a summons from Ben Qin, you could also ignore it! There were so many rich merchants in Chizhou Province, high-rise buildings, fine clothes and jade food, raising concubines, drinking flower wine, and appreciating prostitutes. Seeing so many small people starving to death, you don't blink an eye, millions of disaster victims are waiting to donate silver to save their lives, you are a big chitose on the left, a lord on the right, you are going to push the fault of delaying the donation of the imperial court to disaster relief to the big brother, right? Do you want to harm Ōchitose, or do you want to stir up the relationship between our imperial brothers and sisters? ”
The words of the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, can be described as dignified and upright, starting from the overall situation, proceeding from the overall situation of the imperial court, thinking that the emperor shared his worries and for the sake of the people of Li, he positively defended and explained the functions of officials and the nature of the prince, so that Li Gan did not have any rebuttal. In addition, the words of the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, also revealed several meanings:
1. Li Gan said that the ushering and sending of the emperor's eldest son, YinFu, did not happen, and I did not believe it;
2. Li Gan blocked my summons for qin cha xingyuan, I don't care; what I care about is that Li Gan, as the prefect, did not fulfill the duties of one parent, which is Li Gan's sin.
3. I can interpret Li Gan's defense as a frame-up of the Emperor's eldest son, Yin, and I can also describe your fault of Ren Bo'an's failure to donate money as the arrangement of the Emperor's ninth son, Yin Yu. It doesn't matter what the truth is, what matters is how I say it.
Obviously, the last two sentences of the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, made Li Gan feel the chill in his neck, and he hurriedly called him "Fourth Master", intending to continue to defend. However, Yin Chan's purpose had been achieved, and there was no longer a need for Li Gan to give specific loopholes in his defense. Moreover, Li Gan continued to address the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, as "Fourth Master" instead of the official "Qincha Four Belle", in order to remind the Fourth Son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, to take care of the face of the Emperor's eldest son, Yin Chen, and intercede for the past when he had served in the Palace of the Great Master.
This Chizhou prefect, who was gradually beaten into a "chicken" by the fourth son of the emperor, would be so easily let go? Besides, Yin Chan still has a big drama not acting?
At this time, Yin Xiang, the thirteenth son of the Emperor, who existed specifically to deter officials, appeared again:
"Stop! The fourth master is also your name? Officialdom! ”
What does it mean?
There is no face to talk about, no face to stay, and the punishment of you has nothing to do with the fact that you are the Emperor's eldest son! Your sin lies only in the lack of your own work, or even dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty, and you can just let it go!
Hearing this, Li Gan had no hope of all but to earnestly confront the Lord instead of interceding with the Lord as a slave:
"Back to Qincha four Baylor, the slave is confused, the slave does not dare next time, the slave will not dare again!"
After dispelling all the doubts that might offend the emperor's eldest son Yin Qi, and taking the opportunity to make up for Yin Qi's sins once, the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, began to punish Li Gan with confidence, and only then did he feel relieved to treat Li Gan as a chicken to beat and wake up the Jiangnan officials who were entertained.
"Nian Qianyao, since he claims to be a slave of the Great Brother, then I will rule him according to the family on behalf of the Great Brother today!" He took off his official uniform, dragged him outside, and drew thirty whips first! ”
This severe punishment order of the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, is even more classic:
1. The fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, arranged for the punishment to be carried out by Nian Qianyao, not the so-called Chincha xingyuan who he had brought from Beijing.
Why is it so arranged?
First of all, after this Jiangnan fundraising, the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, had already made clear his intention to take him to the capital and not be afraid of offending the Jiangnan officialdom; then, letting Nian Qianyao, who was also a slave of the crown prince's hidden residence, punish Li Gan could show that this was a pure family affair. If the Qincha officials or jiangnan officials are allowed to punish them, the matter will become tainted, and it will become a Qincha punishment of officials who are unfavorable in handling affairs. As far as Yin Chan and Yin Xiang were concerned about what they had said and done in Jiangnan, the Kangxi Emperor did not grant them such powers.
2. It is clearly stated that it is punished according to the family law on behalf of the eldest brother, not from top to bottom. Li Gan, a protégé who could use the family law to punish Yin, could naturally use the same method to punish Ren Bo'an, a disciple of the Ninth Son of the Emperor. The fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, said this, and the purpose of shocking Ren Bo'an was even worse.
3. When the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, issued the punishment order, he specifically emphasized "taking off his official uniform", what was the purpose?
Judging from the fact that the later emperor's tenth son, Yin Ou, whipped the imperial court official Tian Wenjing in the street, and was severely punished by the Kangxi Emperor for half a year in the zongren mansion, the current emperor did not have the right to directly punish the imperial court officials. As the prefect of Chizhou, Li Gan was naturally an official of the Imperial Court's Eight Classics, and naturally could not be directly whipped. However, if punished according to the family law, the official clothes on Li Gan's body are still the famous instruments given by the imperial court. This was clearly explained as early as when the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, handed over the official uniform of the Yangzhou prefect Che Ming to Tian Wenjing.
Therefore, while clarifying the use of family law to punish Li Gan, the fourth son of the emperor also took off the official clothes representing the imperial court, and eliminated the possibility of violating the criminal law of the country by violating the precedents of the imperial court.
For Li Gan's severe punishment, it was naturally the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, who did it to the Jiangnan Patrol Salt Road, which was directly related to the success of the fundraising errand Ren Bo'an. If Li Gan cannot be severely punished in a reasonable, legal and compliant manner, how can he form a deterrent to Ren Bo'an, who also has a strong background, that he absolutely cannot refute and absolutely dare not refute?
Here, as soon as Li Gan was pulled out of the courtyard, the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, turned his attention to Ren Bo'an:
"Ren Bo'an, you are a disciple of the Ninth Master, can you talk about it, should a slave like the Great Brother's men be punished?" You are also a person of general knowledge, and naturally you will not do anything that affects the Lord below! As I said just now, the Yellow River is flooding, and the Ninth Master is also anxious! Alas, he didn't write to you lately asking you to donate some silver? ”
For Ren Bo'an, why did the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, not treat Li Gan like he did, first let the Thirteenth Son of the Emperor Yin Xiang beat and shock him, and then come out to know the reason and move with affection? Moreover, after punishing Li Gan, Ren Bo'an would definitely be touched and jealous.
This is the gradual extension of the emperor's fourth son, Yin Chan, to disintegrate and crush his opponents, and the gradual means of power.
The words of the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, about Ren Bo'an were to pave the way for the letter in Yin Xiang's hand:
1, like Li Gan, such a slave, should not be punished, you know in your heart;
2. Do or not do anything that involves the Lord, you know it in your heart;
3, the Ninth Master did not give you a letter, you know better in your heart;
Punishing Li Gan is to "kill the chicken to show the monkey", which is obvious, and the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, does not intend to cover up, otherwise he would not have directly turned to Ren Bo'an for questioning. This confidence, which makes people clearly feel that they have been mastered, is to make Ren Bo'an give up all predetermined plans to resist. As far as the situation was concerned, any one official would give an absolutely consistent standard answer; the emphasis was on the last sentence, which was to let Ren Bo'an directly give the justification loophole.
To the last question, Remboan replied:
"Back to the fourth master, donations are what a lowly position should do." Even if the Ninth Master does not write a letter, the inferior post should also be donated! No, I have already donated a year's worth of silver to Lord Tian. ”
Being able to do the Three Pins Patrol Salt Road, Ren Bo'an, the disciple of the Ninth Son of the Emperor, is by no means a sack of wine, and his grasp of the skills of debate and the use of self-protection means are also very human. With a few words, Ren Bo'an cleverly dodged the trap set for himself by the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan:
1. Whether I donate or not, how much I donate, is my own business, and has nothing to do with my lord, the Ninth Son, Yin Yu;
2. Just one Li Gan was severely punished for delaying his errands by receiving a letter from the Lord; if Ren Bo'an continued to answer the stubble of the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, he would definitely be put on a hat that implicated the Lord and framed the Lord.
3. Ren Bo'an emphasized the amount of donations he had donated "one year of Lulu silver", and as a Jiangnan Patrol Salt Road, Ren Bo'an at least superficially fulfilled the obligations of an official. After leaving aside his own master, Ren Bo'an clearly distinguished himself from Li Gan.
Seeing that Ren Bo'an did not put on the set and directly responded to the question asked by Fei Fei, the fourth son of the Emperor Yin Chan had to give the key points he needed directly:
"I know, I know. I'm not asking if you donated or not, I'm asking if the Ninth Master and you have any correspondence? ”
The fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, was naturally referring to a letter of instruction from the ninth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, who had just been intercepted by Nian Qianyao, and arranged for Ren Bo'an to carry out relevant resistance to donations.
Then, why didn't the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, directly take out the letter as a blackmail, instead of forcing Ren Bo'an to give a specific answer?
There was only one purpose, and the letter used to make Ren Bo'an obey came from the letter of the Ninth Son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, who could not take it out; for the Ninth Son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, if he could not be offended, he would not be guilty. After all, this was harmful to the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan! After all, the jiangnan land where the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, was located at that time was the sphere of influence of the Ninth Son of the Emperor, Yin Chan. Even if the fundraising errand is successfully completed, whether the errand of building the river embankment and transporting grain and rice can be successfully completed is between the two sides.
If Ren Bo'an admitted that there had been a recent exchange of letters, Yin Chan would continue the previous questioning--your lord, did not let you think of donating some silver? Ren Bo'an, out of the purpose of defending Yin Yu, could only give an affirmative answer; and as long as Ren Bo'an gave a positive answer, Yin Chan could put Ren Bo'an and the ninth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, on the high plane of sharing the emperor's worries and putting the overall situation of the imperial court first, and Ren Bo'an would naturally be forced to make huge donations.
However, Ren Bo'an, who had excellent psychological quality, still did not put on the set, but directly gave the answer of "no correspondence recently", smashing Yin Chan's initial plan in one fell swoop.
Seeing that his own inducement had not succeeded, the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, could only let the thirteenth son of the Emperor, Yin Xiang, take out the letter. Yin Xiang handed the letter to Ren Bo'an and asked:
"Bo An, this time I came, my ninth brother entrusted me with a letter to you, and he told me to let you and those salt merchants donate more money... Do you see clearly? ”
Here, it is necessary to pay attention to the actions of the thirteenth son of the emperor, Yin Xiang: before Ren Bo'an saw the specific content of the letter, he only let Ren Bo'an determine that the cover of the letter was indeed from the ninth son of the emperor, Yin Xiang immediately snatched the letter back.
After Ren Bo'an reported the specific deeds of Yin Chan and Yin Xiang in Jiangnan to the Ninth Emperor Yin Yu, he did not receive a reply instruction from the Ninth Son of the Emperor Yin Yu. When Yin Xiang took out the letter, especially after making it clear that the envelope of the letter was indeed written by Yin Yu, Ren Bo'an still had some doubts, but after the previous heavy punishment of Li Gan, Ren Bo'an could only helplessly give a "clear" answer.
After announcing a donation of 200,000 yuan on behalf of Ren Bo'an, Ren Bo'an was obviously not very happy, and even had obvious intentions to deny, in this regard, Yin Xiang further clarified the content of the letter:
"Pledge 200,000 taels!" You don't listen to the Ninth Master? Well, I will take this letter back to Beijing and hand it to the emperor, and let the emperor know about the Ninth Master's painstaking heart! As long as you donate, and all the salt merchants here donate, I will naturally return this letter to you! ”
Well, Ren Bo'an could almost make it clear that this letter was a reply to the instructions given to him by the ninth son of the Emperor, Yin Yu, and if the contents of the letter were known to the Kangxi Emperor, the matter would not be as simple as donating or not donating! As a result, the fundraising errand was successfully completed.
So the question is, why didn't Yin Xiang let Ren Bo'an directly clarify the content of the letter? In this way, wouldn't it be more possible for Ren Bo'an to obediently obey and donate more silver?
It is still necessary to return to the purpose of the correspondence exchange between the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, to Ren Bo'an, who repeatedly asked him about the exchange of letters with the Ninth Son of the Emperor, Yin Xiang, who also made this move out of a single purpose, that is, he was unwilling to form an open confrontation with the Ninth Son of the Emperor, so as to affect the relief of disaster victims and the errand of building river embankments and transporting grain and rice.
After the fundraising errand is completed, the letter that Ren Bo'an did not see the specific content will become the content of the letter that the ninth son of the Emperor Yin Yu instructed Ren Bo'an to put the overall situation first, to be anxious about the imperial court, and to share the worries of the emperor, so that the ninth son of the Emperor Yin Yu was dumb and eat Huang Lian, and at the same time could not find any reason to obstruct Yin Chan and Yin Xiang's errands.
Reference: CCTV General Channel - "Yongzheng Dynasty"
(This article is only based on the specific interpretation of the plot and human analysis of the "Yongzheng Dynasty", and is not based on historical facts, personal views, welcome to put forward criticism!) ）