"The Minister of Guards didn't do it for nothing. ”
The succession of each emperor is not an easy task, and it requires a long period of cultivation and observation, as well as the brutal competition of "nine sons for succession".
Yongzheng's succession was full of twists and turns, and when Kangxi announced that "the fourth elder brother was passed on", the Eight Masters Party expressed disbelief and the collapse of faith.
When everyone thought that the eighth elder brother would be the next emperor, a fourth elder brother suddenly appeared, which caught everyone off guard.
The fourth elder brother Yinzhen was able to successfully ascend to the throne, in fact, it was not only the help of the thirteenth elder brother and Wu Sidao behind the scenes, but more importantly, this person.
He is an undercover agent placed by Kangxi next to Yongzheng, so who is this mysterious character?
Yongzheng's bumpy succession
No one expected that in the end, the person who Kangxi announced the succession turned out to be the fourth elder brother Yinzhen.
Yinzhen is obviously a "transparent person" in the court, and he is not much concerned by Kangxi, how can he become the new emperor?
Originally, everyone thought that this "lucky person" should be the Eight Sages Wang Yinxi.
Yinxi was smart and studious since he was a child, had ideals and ambitions, and was also affirmed and supported by many ministers in the DPRK.
The most important thing is that Kangxi also saw his talent, liked him very much, and gave him high hopes.
However, Yinxi was still too impatient, at this time he was only thinking about the throne that belonged to him, and completely forgot his duties, thinking that the throne had already been booked by him.
So during this period, Yinxi completely ignored national affairs, let alone thought about and did things for the sake of the people of Limin, and only thought about how to expand his influence.
In order to get more people to support him, he even began to bribe and curry favor with the ministers of the DPRK and China.
Not to mention, it's really useful, the court is directly one-sided, and most of them are inclined to the eighth elder brother.
In the face of such a scene, Kangxi, as the king of a country, his position as emperor is not for nothing, and Kangxi can still see this little trick.
It's really hard to know what to say, you don't want to have a good future, you have to engage in these crooked ways, you can't run away, now it's okay, it's a position that is about to arrive, and it was sent out by yourself.
Kangxi hates people who make small moves behind his back, and that's what makes him lose hope in Eighth Brother.
But even so, the people in the court still support the eighth elder brother as always, but as everyone knows, the more they are like this, the more Kangxi is tired of the eighth elder brother.
And at this moment, the fourth elder brother Yinxi, who had been secretly planning for a long time, appeared, and his appearance also made Kangxi's eyes shine.
Yongzheng, who successfully ascended to the throne
After Kangxi abolished the crown prince Yinren, he lost hope in the Eight Sages Wang Yinzhen, and the obscure old fourth Yinzhen, who only thought about the country and the people, deeply captured his heart.
Whether it was the flooding of the Yellow River or the pursuit of arrears, Yinxi successfully completed the task and shared a lot of worries for Kangxi.
These things made Kangxi see the overall situation and extraordinaryness of the fourth brother, and it was at this time that Kangxi's heart gave birth to the idea of being located in the fourth elder brother.
With Yinzhen's actions again and again, Kangxi was even more impressed by him and gave him high hopes.
Because Yinren was too inactive in the position of the prince and did a lot of disgusting things, so after Kangxi abolished the prince Yinren twice, he said that he would no longer establish a prince from now on.
Not establishing a prince also saves a lot of trouble, which allows Kangxi to have a wider range to choose a better successor.
We know that once we become a candidate to succeed to the throne, it will inevitably cause chaos in the court, and it will cause unnecessary trouble for this candidate, so Kangxi chose to protect Yinzhen.
In order to reduce everyone's malice towards Yinzhen, and in order to be able to smoothly let Yinzhen succeed to the throne in the future, Kangxi showed that he didn't care about Yinzhen at all outside.
And Yinzhen is also silently doing things for the country and silently realizing his lofty ambitions, which Kangxi also sees in his eyes.
It wasn't until the eve of Kangxi's death that he called Yinzhen to his bed and told him all his thoughts.
In addition to these, Kangxi also told him all the character traits of the prince, which shows that Kangxi is a very careful person, and he is heartbroken for the succession of the next throne.
When Yinzhen heard that Huang Ama, who was about to run out of oil, was going to pass the throne to him, he burst into tears and couldn't believe it.
But at this point, he has to take on that responsibility, and of course that's what he's always been aiming for.
Yinzhen's efforts for so many years have finally paid off, and he was able to successfully obtain the throne, in addition to his own efforts, there is also the help of Wu Sidao and the Thirteenth Elder Brother behind him.
In fact, the biggest help to Yongzheng's ascension to the throne was the "undercover agent" who had been placed by Kangxi for many years.
Yongzheng's "undercover"
During the "Nine Sons Seize the Throne", Kangxi first got rid of some people, including the fourth Yinzhen and the eighth Yinzhen, who were most likely to become the candidates for the next emperor.
In addition to the two princes, the most authoritative and prestigious Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi were also suppressed, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, so that everyone thought that Kangxi was going to pass on the throne to the fourteenth elder brother, which successfully diverted the public's attention.
During this period, Kangxi also had more time and energy to prepare for the succession of the next emperor.
Even so, the people of the Eight Masters Party are still very confident, and even when Emperor Kangxi was about to die, they were ready how to take charge of the government.
However, they were still deceived by Long Keduo, thinking that Long Keduo was their person, but as everyone knows, Long Keduo is the right-hand man of the fourth elder brother Yinzhen.
Although the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang is locked up, his strength is also undoubted, that is, he is waiting for the fourth elder brother to succeed to the throne, he will be released to control the military power and guard the frontier.
In the final analysis, the thirteenth elder brother is the last step of Yongzheng's smooth ascension to the throne, and it is also the most critical step.
In fact, relying on Wu Sidao and the Thirteenth Elder Brother alone, Yongzheng will not ascend the throne so easily and smoothly, the most important thing is Fifth Brother Zhang.
Fifth Brother Zhang can be said to be the "undercover agent" placed by Kangxi next to Yongzheng, Fifth Brother Zhang knows that the fourth elder brother is the next emperor candidate in Kangxi's heart, so he unconditionally supports the fourth elder brother.
In addition, Fifth Brother Zhang has a little relationship with the Thirteenth Elder Brother, and his sister is married to the Thirteenth Elder Brother, so he must be biased towards the Fourth Elder Brother.
Kangxi believed in Fifth Brother Zhang's ability and personality, so he naturally placed him next to the future Son of Heaven with confidence.
Fifth Brother Zhang did not lose the trust of Emperor Kangxi, and after the death of Emperor Kangxi, it was his help that allowed Yongzheng to ascend the throne safely.