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When the crown prince was deposed for the second time, why did Kangxi order the ban on the thirteenth Yinxiang?
Is the truth really as Kangxi said to the fourth child before he died, the ban on the old thirteen is to hone the character of the old thirteen, and he is afraid that the old thirteen will cause trouble and affect the fourth?
The answer, of course, is no!
This article will reveal the secret with you - the secret behind the ban of the old thirteen by Kangxi.
Suspicious - Sister Qiao is missing
The prince was deposed for the first time, and the old man Kang personally directed a big drama of "The Manchu Dynasty knocked on the East Palace Ding", the purpose of which was to lure the snake out of the hole and expose all the forces of the eighth to the sun.
It was at that time that the thirteenth confided in the fourth:
"Fourth brother, why can't you compete to be the prince?"
The reason why Lao Thirteen has this thought, in his words, before the prince was deposed, he never thought of betraying the prince, because the prince's name was determined early, and he would do his best to defend the prince, with the friendship of all monarchs and brothers.
But after the crown prince was deposed, the thirteenth who had been squatting in prison for a period of time suddenly realized that a prince like the second child was not worth his desperate efforts to protect, and a talented and virtuous person like the fourth child who was dedicated to doing practical things for the court and the people was suitable to be the prince and worthy of his assistance.
Therefore, the thirteenth hoped that the fourth child could stand up and compete for the position of the prince with the popular eighth child at that time.
After listening to the words of the thirteenth child, the fourth child said with a "wry smile":
"Thirteenth brother, you expect too much from me. You must know that people call Lao Ba the 'Eight Sage King', and call me the 'Cold Noodle King'. ”
In this regard, Lao Thirteen replied disdainfully:
"What is the 'Eight Sages King'? I can't look down on his hypocrisy! He wants to be really virtuous, why don't he do hard things and difficult things? But all his thoughts are spent on bribing those who are useful to him?!"
In fact, it can be seen from this passage that the reason why the thirteenth child wants the fourth child to be the prince is not because he is close to the fourth child, but because he is extremely disgusted with hypocritical people like the eighth child in his heart.
Before that, after the end of the criminal department's unjust prison case, Lao Thirteen expressed a similar opinion.
At that time, the eighth child who presided over the trial of the criminal department's unjust prison case induced Xiao Guoxing to get the ironclad evidence of the prince's bribery, and schemingly handed over the ironclad evidence to Mr. Kang privately, not only stabbing the prince, but also in exchange for the title of King Lianjun.
Afterwards, the thirteenth told the fourth child that he was extremely resistant to such a bad practice of the eighth child, thinking that the eighth was:
"满嘴仁义,满肚子刀枪. "
That is to say, the thirteenth is willing to assist the fourth because in the heart of the thirteenth: the fourth is a doer for the country and the people, and is by no means a person who works and plays conspiracy.
However, after the crown prince was reinstated, the thirteenth child became suspicious of the fourth child's external personality.
In order to control the court situation, the re-restored crown prince set his sights on Ren Bo'an's "Hundred Officials' Description". However, Ren Bo'an proposed two quid pro quo conditions to the prince, one of which was for the prince to find a way to let go of his brother-in-law Liu Ba Nu.
In order to get the "Hundred Officials' Narrative", the prince accepted the bad tricks made by Sima Shang and Huang Tiren - first let the old thirteen kill Zheng Chunhua, pull the old thirteen into the water, and then use this to threaten the old thirteen to let go of Liu Banu who was imprisoned.
But the thirteenth who received the prince's secret order did not kill Zheng Chunhua, and after discussing with the fourth child, he rescued Zheng Chunhua and hid at home.
At this time, something happened in Lao Thirteen's family, which was not big or small, but it was strange - Sister Qiao disappeared inexplicably.
Who is Sister Qiao?
It is the eyeliner arranged by the Eighth Master Party around the old thirteen, and the old thirteen and the fourth know this.
But here's the problem.
Since Sister Qiao is the eyeliner of the Eight Masters Party, you said that it is normal for her to report this matter to the Eight Masters Party, but you said that she disappeared suddenly, then it is not normal.
Why?
In this case, Sister Qiao's sudden disappearance means that it will expose the truth that the Eight Masters Party knows that Zheng Chunhua is not dead.
On the contrary, Sister Qiao continued to stay by the side of the old thirteen as usual, which was even more confusing, which could not only prevent the old thirteen from transferring Zheng Chunhua, but also grasp the news that was one step closer.
You know, stabbing in the back is also about evidence.
Therefore, Sister Qiao's sudden disappearance was definitely not arranged by the Eight Masters Party.
Then, the truth of Sister Qiao's disappearance is obvious - there is a high probability that the fourth child secretly disposed of Sister Qiao in order to prevent the news from leaking and affecting the overall layout.
And this is the reason why the thirteenth suddenly became suspicious of the fourth child's character.
What, you say this is over-interpretation?
Note that when the fourth child deliberately asked the thirteenth sister Qiao if she was missing in order to cover up the truth, the thirteenth said this:
"Since the prince came to my house on the day of the beating, she was still there that night, but then she disappeared. I heard from our housekeeper that her maiden family had come to her family, but who was there in her mother's house? I heard Alain say that she had been an orphan since she was a child, and she was so pitiful!"
At the end of this paragraph, Lao Thirteen deliberately said the words "really pitiful".
Attention, are these words Lao Thirteen's life experience in poor Sister Qiao?
Apparently not!
If in the heart of the old thirteen, Sister Qiao's disappearance is just back to the side of the Eight Masters, then how can it be pitiful, it should be hateful!
And Lao Thirteen can say the word "pitiful", which actually shows that Lao Thirteen understands in his heart that Sister Qiao's disappearance has disappeared from the world.
And the reason why the thirteenth said these words afterwards was not only to test the fourth, but also to indirectly express his dissatisfaction to the fourth!
Temptation - burn that letter
Not long after Sister Qiao's disappearance, in order to get the prince of "The Hundred Officials' Narrative", according to the advice of Sima Shang and Huang Tiren, the two dog-headed military advisors, he threatened the thirteenth with Zheng Chunhua's matter and asked him to let go of Liu Banu.
When the fourth child heard about this, he immediately decided to ask the thirteenth general to plan and cooperate with the prince to let go of Liu Banu and come to a "let the tiger return to the mountain".
However, the follow-up performance of the fourth child made the old thirteen, who was already suspicious, even more suspicious of the fourth child's external personality.
After discussing the plan of "letting the tiger return to the mountain", in order to ensure that Liu Banu, who was released back to Jiangxia Town, could be recaptured again, and that he could easily get the "Hundred Officials' Statement" from Ren Bo'an's hands, Wu Sidao reminded:
"The key is to go to Jiangxia Town and find a powerful character. ”
At this moment, the fourth child on the side spoke:
"I've already thought about it, Nian Qianyao!"
The thirteenth heard the words of the fourth, and immediately looked at the fourth one meaningfully.
Note that the complication in the eyes of the thirteenth at this time is because the fourth child decided to send Nian Qianyao to Jiangxia Town to handle this matter?
No!
The complexity in Lao Thirteen's eyes is because of the first half of Lao Si's words, "I have already thought about it".
What does this half sentence of the fourth child mean?
Only in this way will the fourth child inadvertently say that he has already thought of a candidate to go to Jiangxia Town to deal with this matter. And Lao Thirteen realized this, which is why his eyes were so complicated at that moment.
At this time, although the thirteenth child realized some problems, he still had illusions about the fourth child in his heart-
After all, the killing of Sister Qiao, although it can show that the fourth child is ruthless, but if the purpose of the fourth child is to keep the secret for the old thirteen and prevent the Eight Masters from plotting against him after learning about it, it is not unacceptable;
And the fourth child wants to obtain the "Hundred Officials' Statement" by letting the tiger return to the mountain, although there is a conspiracy and calculation, but if the fourth child does this just to destroy the "Hundred Officials' Statement", to prevent the prince from going further and further, and to avoid being wronged by someone with a heart to get it, the thirteenth can also understand.
Even, later the thirteenth learned that Nian Qianyao had exterminated Jiangxia Town, although he knew that there was very likely to be the secret instruction of the fourth child, but thinking of the humiliation he and the fourth child suffered in Jiangxia Town back then, and the serious consequences that may occur after the news of this matter leaked, the old thirteen also understood the fourth child's approach as much as possible.
However, what made the thirteenth most unacceptable was the fourth child's move to hold the letter written by the prince to Ren Bo'an in his hand.
Once this letter sees the light, it will inevitably lead to the second time the prince is deposed, although the thirteenth does not want the prince to become the future emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but this does not mean that the old thirteen can accept the fourth to make a fuss about this letter and use intrigues to fight for the heir.
Especially with the development of things, the thirteenth in charge of the criminal department also unexpectedly learned that Gao Fu, who was under the fourth child, had private contact with the eighth housekeeper Hu.
You must know that there is a letter about it, and you must not let two people know about it—
One of them is the crown prince. Once the prince learned about this, he and the fourth child would be equivalent to offending the prince to death;
The second is the Eight Masters Party. Compared with the result of letting the prince know about this letter, Lao Thirteen was even more reluctant to let the Eight Masters know that once the Eight Masters learned about it, they would definitely try to use this letter to bring down the prince.
But Gao Fu on the fourth mansion has a private connection with the eighth housekeeper Hu, of course the thirteenth is willing to believe that this is Gao Fu's personal behavior, but what if this is the secret instruction of the fourth child?
So, the thirteenth decided to make a final test of the fourth -
On that day, Lao Thirteen ran to Lao Si's mansion to find Lao Si to play chess, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Lao Thirteen went straight to the topic:
"I said fourth brother, the prince was asking me about the letter again, and I told him again and again that there was no letter at all, and that it might have caused the fire to burn, but he didn't believe it, and he was still suspicious. Fourth brother, I think it's better to burn the letter, so as not to stay here is always a hidden danger. ”
Note that as soon as the old thirteen mentioned this letter, the weak-hearted fourth stood behind the old thirteen with a serious expression. At this time, the fourth child had already realized that the thirteenth child might be testing him.
In order not to let the thirteenth suspect that his purpose was impure, the fourth turned on the flickering mode:
"Why do I want to keep this letter? But people are harmless to the tiger, the tiger hurts people's hearts, in case this matter comes out, it is hard to guarantee that the prince will all push it on you, keep this letter, and he will have some scruples at that time. ”
The meaning that the fourth child wants to express is very clear: the reason why I keep this letter is all for your own good.
After listening to the nonsense of the fourth brother, the thirteenth immediately understood that his guess was true, and his fourth brother really wanted to make a fuss about this letter, so he gradually showed a killer trick to see how hypocritical his fourth brother was:
"Fourth brother, you must have thought more carefully than me, I'm just afraid that if this letter leaks out, the most important thing is that I am afraid that the starling brother will know ......"
At this time, Wu Sidao, who was standing on the side, had already sensed that the thirteenth child's words were wrong, because he didn't know that the fourth child secretly instructed Gao Fu to contact Steward Hu, so he looked at the fourth child in surprise.
After listening to the words of the thirteenth child, it was clear that the thirteenth child had doubts about his purpose, so he insisted that his house would never leak the news, and shifted the topic to Sister Qiao, and knowingly asked to cover up his black hand.
After all, thinking about it in a positive direction, if it was really the fourth child who killed Sister Qiao, it was too late for the fourth child to avoid this topic, so how could he take the initiative to send it to the door.
It's just a pity that the fourth child really underestimated the IQ of his thirteenth brother!
It was also through this temptation that Lao Thirteen thoroughly understood that his fourth brother was likely to be the same kind of person as the eighth brother, who seemed to be full of benevolence and righteousness, but in fact he was full of knives and guns.
Soon after, the letter was detonated through the hands of the Eight Masters, and the prince was successfully deposed for the second time, and before the thirteenth had time to think about how to get along with the fourth child who had re-acquainted him, a special thing happened......
Trap - Kangxi's imperial technique
When Old Man Kang abolished the crown prince for the second time, he issued a special order: the old thirteen were imprisoned.
In this regard, the charges given by Mr. Kang are:
But the problem is that both of these charges are a bit far-fetched -
The crime of assisting the prince in assassinating Zheng Chunhua seems to be established, but evidence is always needed to convict.
The fact on the surface is that Zheng Chunhua died violently, but the truth of the matter is that Lao Thirteen saved Zheng Chunhua, so in order to convict him, he needs to give Lao Thirteen a chance to refute.
As for the crime of sending troops to exterminate Jiangxia Town without authorization, it is even more nonsense.
The mastermind who carried out this matter, Nian Qianyao, has been promoted to the governor of Sichuan by Old Man Kang, but at this time, he wants to punish Lao Thirteen for this crime, which is simply unreasonable.
Especially if it is to be convicted on this basis, it is Nian Qianyao who should be held responsible, after all, the order given by Lao Thirteen is only to arrest the fugitive Liu Ba Nu, and Lao Thirteen has to take responsibility for it is at most a crime of "improper employment".
In this case, why didn't Old Man Kang give Lao Thirteen a chance to explain, but forcibly imprisoned Lao Thirteen with "the crime of wanting to add"?
In fact, when Old Man Kang received the letter written by the prince to Ren Bo'an, he knew that there was the calculation of the fourth child behind this matter.
The reason is simple.
It seems that this letter was handed to Old Man Kang by the Eight Masters, but how did the Eight Masters get this letter?
You must know that this letter was written by the prince to Ren Bo'an, and this letter will naturally be in Ren Bo'an's hands, and it is Nian Qianyao under the fourth child who killed Jiangxia Town, so this letter is bound to go to the hands of the fourth child.
And the reason why the Eight Masters were able to get this important letter was that Old Man Kang of the Southern Tour could think of the truth with his eyes closed:
Otherwise, even if the Eight Masters could know the news of this letter, they would never get the letter in the hands of the fourth child.
It was also at this time that Old Man Kang moved his heart to confine the old thirteen-
During the hunt in Rehe, the prince was framed and faked a "rebellion" play, and the boss saw the opportunity to fall into the well and wanted to kill the prince.
At that time, the thirteenth man present couldn't see the boss's despicable methods, and had an argument with the boss, and in the process shouted the words "ruthless is the most emperor's family":
"No wonder people say that ruthlessness is the most emperor's family...... What are you afraid of, am I going to die? In that case, I can't watch our own flesh and blood kill each other. ”
And the words of the old thirteen were clearly heard by the old man Kang who was lying in the house, and afterwards the thirteenth was also locked up by the old man Kang for a period of time because of this sentence.
In fact, since then, Mr. Kang has discovered:
Lao Thirteen is a good boy who can't see intrigues and intrigues, and can't see brothers cannibalism.
And the reason why Mr. Kang wanted to ban the old thirteen when the prince was deposed for the second time was because the next battle for the heir will enter a climax, and when the brothers of the old thirteen are fighting each other, they will inevitably have dirty methods and black methods, and the old man Kang is afraid that he will be frightened by the old thirteen.
Especially afraid that when the thirteenth elder sees that his fourth brother is so black-bellied, he is likely to be disappointed in the fourth, which will cause the fourth to lose one of his best helpers.
After all, after the fourth child ascends the throne, if there is no control of the old thirteen, then the fourth child alone will not be able to deal with the Eight Masters Party at all, in that case, how can we talk about refreshing the rule of officials and correcting the evils of the times......
It is precisely for this reason that when the problem first appears, Old Man Kang will nip the problem in the bud and ban the old thirteen, and wait until the battle for the heir is over, and then the fourth will release the old thirteen.
At that time, the dust had settled, there were years of encirclement, and what the fourth child had to do after he ascended the throne was a major event for the country and the people.
This is the truth that Old Man Kang has to trap the thirteenth man!
At this time, let's take a look at Old Man Kang's explanation of the old thirteen circles before he died:
"Thirteen elder brothers, temperament, his heart is bright, affectionate and righteous, but he is jealous and hateful, and will not change, I have imprisoned him for ten years, just because I am afraid that he will impulsively break into a big disaster, and as a result, he will implicate you, so how to clean it up. With the lessons of the past ten years, I think he will also mature and can be your helper. ”
Old Man Kang said that he was afraid that the old thirteen would rush into a big disaster on impulse, and he was obviously hinting at the fourth child-
The reason why I want to ban Lao Thirteen is all to help you "wipe your ass". Because the old thirteen is affectionate, jealous and hateful, and doesn't know how to be flexible, I'm afraid that after he sees your true colors, he will leave you impulsively, and then you will be the real "loner". And I imprisoned him just to leave you a helper.
And the fourth child heard the hint in Old Man Kang's words, so he said in a loud voice:
"Your hard work, the sons all understand, the sons all understand. ”
At this time, some people may ask, why did Old Man Kang obviously see that the fourth child was also a person who was good at using intrigues and tricks, and he still passed the throne to the fourth child?
Have you ever heard of the phrase "pull out the big man in the"?
The fourth child is the "big man" among these short men, and if the old man Kang doesn't pass on the throne to this "big man", who else can he pass on the throne to? He wants to practice a trumpet and re-cultivate, but the problem is that if he borrows another 500 years from God, God will not lend it to him.
At the same time, compared with other princes, the fourth old man Kang is also more satisfied.
After all, the fourth child is indeed dedicated to the court and the people, as for the "means", Mr. Kang didn't care too much, just ask which monarch has no means, if there is really no means, maybe even the throne can't sit steadily, how can we talk about development?
As for why Mr. Kang doesn't look down on Lao Ba, in the final analysis, it is not that Lao Ba's "methods are too dirty", but that Lao Ba chose the wrong path from the beginning.
He thought that if he imitated Mr. Kang everywhere, he would be favored by Mr. Kang, but he didn't know that for Mr. Kang in his later years, the person he looked down on the most was himself, and it was precisely because of his "lenient and benevolent governance" in his later years that it led to a situation with deep drawbacks.
In this case, how could he pass on the throne to the eighth child.
And this also illustrates a problem: in the workplace, sometimes choice is more important than hard work!
Qingxin Junyue, read other people's stories, and live your own life. Warm you with words, me.