Wen丨Qingxinjunyue
In the fifty-first year of Kangxi, the battle of the nine sons ushered in the third out-Prince Yinren.
Prior to this, because of instigating Kangxi to get rid of the second child Yinren and the matter of Wei Zhen, the boss who committed Kangxi's taboo became the first person to be eliminated.
Subsequently, Kangxi used the matter of proposing the new prince to set up a trap for the eighth child, liquidated his "inducement of Xiao Guoxing", and completely kicked out the eighth child with the highest voice and the most powerful influence.
Now, the crown prince Yinren, who is closest to the throne, has been demoted to a concubine and imprisoned forever because of his plot to rebel.
It's just that until he was imprisoned, Prince Yinren didn't know that the real "culprit" who caused his failure was not Kangxi, who deliberately "forced him to rebel", nor the old Si Yinzhen who took the opportunity to stab him, but he believed in the wrong person.
Assassination of Zheng Chunhua
The stupid decision made by Prince Yinren was to drag the old thirteen into the water and let him assassinate Zheng Chunhua.
It was this incident that made the originally unaware fourth child learn of the existence of the hundred officials' statements, and then made a plan to do the next game, got the letter written by the prince Yinren to Ren Bo'an, and stabbed the letter to Kangxi after borrowing the eighth child, which eventually caused Yinren, who jumped off the wall in a hurry, to plan a palace forcing operation that was doomed to fail from the beginning.
And the assassination of Zheng Chunhua was the idea of Sima Shang and Huang Tiren, core members of the princelings.
At that time, because he had just been reinstated, the prince Yinren's situation was very embarrassing, and he was eager to take over power, and after taking revenge on the Eight Masters Party to no avail, he called Sima Shang and Huang Tiren, henchmen who were dismissed from their posts due to the unjust imprisonment of the Criminal Department.
Originally, Prince Yinren just wanted to find some sense of existence from these two henchmen, but he didn't think about it, but the two brought him an unexpected surprise - a description of hundreds of officials involving more than 300 officials.
I have to say that this suggestion seems feasible, but it is actually extremely stupid!
On the surface, getting rid of Zheng Chunhua seems to be missing a handle and stain for Prince Yinren. But in fact, Zheng Chunhua is alive, and there is no adverse effect on Prince Yinren.
You must know that Kangxi has already characterized the matter between the prince and Zheng Chunhua in public as the prince Yinren was affected by the "Nightmare Town" and lost his mind, which was unintentional and unintentional.
In other words, as long as Prince Yinren no longer has contact with Zheng Chunhua, or the old relationship is rekindled, this matter is equivalent to turning the page.
After all, Kangxi, the supreme ruler, plus the parties who were green, were all given the final determination, and what reason did others have to attack the prince with this.
From this point of view, Prince Yinren not only should not get rid of Zheng Chunhua, but should beware of others poisoning Zheng Chunhua.
Why?
The reason is very simple: once Zheng Chunhua is dead, then the most suspicious person is him, the prince.
Because looking at the entire palace and all forces, only the crown prince Yinren has this motive.
And this is also the main reason why Kangxi did not kill Zheng Chunhua after the incident, but only demoted him to Xin Zheku.
Although Prince Yinren was reinstated, Kangxi was extremely disappointed in Prince Yinren. Or in other words, Kangxi at that time had already excluded the crown prince Yinren from the ranks of heirs.
The reason why Yinren was reinstated, on the one hand, was to stabilize the court situation, and on the other hand, he did not want to bear the infamy of "punishing without teaching", which would affect his reputation in his life.
In other words, Kangxi left Zheng Chunhua alive, which was not only a temptation and test for Prince Yinren, but also a trap for Prince Yinren.
If the crown prince Yinren keeps to himself and reforms himself, Kangxi will naturally be happy to see it, after all, he is a son who has been carefully cultivated for many years;
In this case, the restored crown prince is likely to try his best to get rid of Zheng Chunhua's hidden danger.
As long as the crown prince Yinren attacked Zheng Chunhua, then Kangxi would have sufficient reasons to depose the prince again, and it would not affect the holy name. As for when he was deposed, it didn't matter, the important thing was that Kangxi had the absolute initiative in the matter.
And this is also the reason why Prince Yinren's front foot was reinstated, and Kangxi's back foot went to the southern tour.
Although Prince Yinren didn't think of this, if it weren't for Sima Shang and Huang Tiren, the two dog-headed military advisors, who were blindly contributing, Prince Yinren might not have attacked Zheng Chunhua, and a series of subsequent chain reactions would have been avoided.
From this point of view, Sima Shang and Huang Tiren are really not doing anything, and they are the first to pit Prince Yinren.
"Kobold Strategist"
In fact, it is not the first time that Sima Shang and Huang Tiren have pitted Prince Yinren.
Before suggesting that the crown prince Yinren assassinate Zheng Chunhua, Sima Shang and Huang Tiren also cheated Yinren twice.
One time was when the treasury was in arrears.
At that time, in order to fill the deficit in the treasury, Kangxi ordered the recovery of the silver borrowed from the treasury by officials. As the largest creditor, Prince Yinren, due to his profligacy, he couldn't come up with money to repay his debts.
At this moment, Sima Shang and Huang Tiren, two "dog-headed military divisions", went online.
first suggested that Prince Yinren sell his teammates and let the fourth child take over this thankless errand, so as to facilitate the back door. Subsequently, after Wei Dongting broke the matter in public in order to avoid repayment, the two of them confidently suggested that Prince Yinren sell six fat differences in exchange for 500,000 taels of silver to repay the debt.
can sell such a thing as an official mantle, how can it not be impermeable.
Soon, the eighth child who received the news stabbed the matter to Kangxi with the help of the boss. And Kangxi, who learned that the crown prince was selling his official beard, although he forcibly suppressed his anger and did not make the matter clear, he also questioned the heir he chose for the first time:
"Is this my future emperor of the Qing Dynasty?"
This also laid the groundwork for the follow-up Kangxi to give up the prince Yinren.
In fact, the matter of the prince's debts is not unsolvable, he can first go to Kangxi to take the initiative to admit his mistakes, correct his attitude, and then show the identity and authority of the prince to help the fourth child recover the arrears of the treasury to atone for his crimes.
In this way, even if Kangxi is dissatisfied with his profligacy, he will not reach the level of disappointment or even wavering, at most he will be reprimanded and beaten.
The other was the case of unjust imprisonment by the Criminal Department.
After the thunderstorm of the case of Fifth Brother Zhang's murder, Prince Yinren called Sima Shang, who was the secretary of the Criminal Department at the time, and Huang Tiren, the waiter of the Criminal Department:
"Now you've made me miserable, it's hard to get any money, but you want to get these people's lives. ”
黄体仁解释道:
"The minions were frightened by the arrears of the last household, so they tried every possible way to raise some money for the prince. ”
It can be seen from this dialogue that in the case of Zhang Wuge's murder, the role of Prince Yinren is not a participant, nor is he the one who gave the order.
In other words, he didn't know before that Sima Shang and Huang Tiren had done something about "buying life with money".
And Huang Tiren's explanation is to a large extent for the purpose of shirking. The so-called money for the crown prince Yinren is only part of the reason, and the main thing is that they want to take advantage of the opportunity to make profits and fill their own pockets.
Moreover, in their opinion, with the crown prince on top, there will be no problem easily, as long as they give a part of the money to the prince, or give the crown prince, they can make money without worry.
From a certain point of view, in the position of Sima Shang and Huang Tiren, there are many ways to make money, and they can completely avoid this kind of bad nature and high risk.
After all, corruption was rampant in the Qing Dynasty, and Kangxi turned a blind eye to many things, just like when Wei Dongting was in office in the play, he made millions of taels and nothing happened, it can only be said that Sima Shang and Huang Tiren are standing behind the crown prince Yinren, so they dare to be so unscrupulous. (Of course, this does not mean that Prince Yinren is innocent, he is not greedy for money, and his subordinates dare not be so blatant if they want to be greedy.) ）
From this point of view, Prince Yinren was once again pitted by Huang Tiren and Sima Shang.
Because of the murder case of Fifth Brother Zhang, Kangxi decided to clean up all the unjust cases in the Criminal Department, and it was this time that gave the eighth child the opportunity to interrogate Xiao Guoxing and stab the prince.
is also an unjust case of the Criminal Department, Kangxi gave Prince Yinren a comment that "I am afraid that this son's illness will be difficult to heal".
At the same time, in the subsequent Rehe hunting trip, Kangxi not only deprived the prince of the right to give a banquet, but also took out Minghuang Ruyi, which symbolizes the identity of the prince, as a reward.
In other words, although Kangxi did not depose the crown prince Yinren because of this, he has also begun to rethink the candidate to replace the prince.
I have to say that other people's teams are trying their best to help the leaders brush up points at Kangxi, and the prince's team is good, that is to help the prince challenge Kangxi's bottom line and patience, for fear that the prince Yinren's position will be too stable.
A doomed rebellion
In fact, if Prince Yinren hadn't tried to rebel, he might not have ended up like this.
Even if the letter he wrote to Ren Bo'an was stabbed in front of Kangxi, as long as he didn't act rashly and admitted his mistake and accepted punishment, Kangxi would most likely not move him for the time being, after all, deposing a prince for more than 30 years also requires a justifiable reason.
And as long as it is not abolished, until the last moment, there is still room for things to turn around.
Moreover, the matter also involves the fourteenth, thirteenth and the fourth who is the main promoter behind it.
This is also the reason why Kangxi deliberately "forced rebellion" because he felt that the reason for deposing the prince with just one letter was not sufficient enough to reflect his "last resort".
This point can be verified from the words that Kangxi said to Zhang Tingyu when Kangxi decided to send the letter back to the prince Yinren in the play:
"This is the last chance I have given him, and if his conscience is not exhausted, he should give up all delusions and take the blame himself. If he still insists on going his own way and does something that is intolerable, then the ancestors and ancestors are in front and the history of thousands of years is behind, and they will all be complaining. ”
But Prince Yinren still embarked on the road of no return to rebellion.
It's just that what prompted him to make a choice was not the letter sent back by Kangxi, but the encouragement of his henchmen headed by Sima Shang.
After receiving the letter sent back by Kangxi, Prince Yinren was in a state of confusion, and immediately convened Sima Shang and other henchmen to discuss countermeasures. As soon as Sima Shang and the others appeared, they shouted and encouraged the prince to fight hard:
"Prince, if we are deposed again, we will all be finished. The prince fights it, and it is broken. ”
Seeing this, the prince asked blankly:
"How the fish died, how did the net break, can we fight the emperor?"
Obviously, the prince is still somewhat rational and self-aware, what level and rank does his Kangxi father have, how can he be easily plotted after decades of scheming.
However, although Huang Tiren is missing, it does not affect the performance of Sima Shang, a "dog-headed military advisor". In order to lobby the prince, he first brought up a "successful case":
"Prince, the world is unpredictable, many things are not whether they can or not, but whether they dare or not. If it weren't for the change of Xuanwumen, Li Shimin would have been a prisoner long ago. ”
Seeing that the prince was a little loose, Sima Shang began to formulate a plan to "force the palace" while the iron was hot, and made it clear that he had a seventy percent chance of winning-
In other words, we don't know where Sima Shang's confidence comes from, thinking that this plan can have a seventy percent chance of winning, he doesn't take Kangxi who has been an emperor for decades seriously.
Take 10,000 steps back, if Kangxi didn't send this letter back, they would have a surprise attack and catch Kangxi off guard, although the success rate is still not high, but at least it can be regarded as using his brains.
But today's suggestion is obviously not even a brain, Kangxi can send the letter back clearly, naturally he left his hand behind and took precautions, in this case, the so-called "fish die and the net is broken", isn't it taking the initiative to send people's heads.
So the question is: does Prince Yinren really not know that his rebellion is bound to fail?
Know!
has been the prince for so many years, and he was brought up by Kangxi, so he naturally understands what kind of existence his Kangxi father is. And after the fourth child successfully controlled the inner and the capital, the crown prince Yinren once said to the fourth child:
"I know I can't fight Huang Amma. ”
In other words, from the moment he decided to rebel, Prince Yinren knew that he had no chance of winning.
And the reason why he knew that he would fail, but he still chose to take risks, is related to his situation and experience.
What is Prince Yinren most afraid of?
In fact, it is not to die, but to be abolished again.
It's a hundred years to die, but it's better to be abolished again than to die. He has been the crown prince for more than 30 years, and he has been infinitely close to the spire of power.
The first time he was scrapped suddenly, he had no chance to choose, now that he has the opportunity to choose, he will inevitably resist, even if the chance is slim, even if it is impossible to succeed, but in order to fight for a breath, for the unwillingness in his heart, for the days of trembling for more than 30 years, he will choose to resist.
Of course, if there was no lobbying and agitation from Sima Shang and others, Prince Yinren's unwillingness would not have been provoked to the point of "doing it even if he knew it would fail".
To put it bluntly, Prince Yinren was coerced by power, and he was also pitted by Sima Shang and others.
From this point of view, it was not Kangxi, who "forced rebellion", the fourth child who killed people with a knife, nor the eighth child who stabbed the knife, but the so-called henchmen such as Sima Shang.
Of course, this is also the inevitable result of Yinren's ignorance of knowing how to recognize and employ people.
epilogue
Being a leader is actually employing people, and the level of leadership depends more on the level of employment. Wise leaders play with the team, smart leaders play with others, unintelligent leaders play with themselves, and stupid leaders are played by others.
Prince Yinren is obviously the last kind of person, and his failure is largely related to this.
Qingxin Junyue, read other people's stories, and live your own life. Warm you with words, me.