Introduction: At the Kangxi Emperor's birthday ceremony, a wrapped dead eagle became the last straw that crushed the body of the Kangxi Emperor; after the Kangxi Emperor fell ill, the dispute between the princes escalated again, from the secret surge to the surface confrontation, vowing to fight for the dragon chair for the last time.
The princes took the initiative to fight for the throne, and the courtiers also chose the final political position in order to make a meritorious contribution and continue their official positions. In order to avoid the political reckoning brought about by the change of imperial power, the Kangxi Emperor, with compassion, relieved the ministers of the Upper Study and protected them.
However, among the courtiers of the Full Hall, there was an old minister who was particularly special, and he was the master of the deposed prince YinRong, Wang Tuan. This old minister, who had always regarded Crown Prince Yinrong as his greatest pride, immediately switched to the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, after the Kangxi Emperor became seriously ill. Even, in order to make the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, believe in himself, he also made a "surrender certificate" - forcing Zheng Chunhua to be killed.
After the Kangxi Emperor fell ill, Wang Tuan waited outside the palace for news until the Tai Doctor Ling Guokang appeared:
"Doctor Ling, you have to give me a true letter, what is the emperor's illness?"
However, after Ling Guokang gave the answer that "ji people have their own heavenly appearance, it doesn't matter", Wang Tuan rushed to the Fourth Master's Mansion overnight and asserted to the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan:
"Fourth Master, the Emperor is dying!" You have to fight for the throne! ”
Ling Guokang, a doctor who diagnosed the Kangxi Emperor, obviously gave a "it doesn't matter" answer, how did Wang Tao know that the Kangxi Emperor was going to die?
As far as the complicated situation at that time was concerned, the physical condition of the Kangxi Emperor was a top secret of the state, and Wang Tuan, an important member of the former "princeling" clique, naturally did not get the fact that the Kangxi Emperor was already critically ill. That is to say, it is not clear that the real purpose of Wang Tuan, who was ill in the Kangxi Emperor, was not to take the initiative to surrender, let alone to actively seize the concubine of the fourth son of the Emperor, but to have more other reasons. The conjecture of the Kangxi Emperor's illness was only a means used by Wang Tuan to confuse the emperor's fourth son, Yin Chan.
As for Wang Tuan's "advice", the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, naturally could not show off on the spot, and a sentence of "this word can not be said in vain" shook Wang Tuan back. Seeing that the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, was unmoved, Wang Tuan continued to "advise":
"I am a person who has run out of oil, there is nothing to be afraid of, and I am not attached to you." My ancestor died for Baoming Wuzong's life, and finally succeeded, I did not expect that my whole life's efforts were spent on the body of the second brother, and in the end it turned into a smoke cloud. The second brother is no longer able to do it. Only the fourth master, you, have in your heart the rivers and mountains of my Great Qing and the subjects of my Great Qing. I hope you will inherit the throne! ”
First of all, is Wang Tuan really "nothing terrible"?
Judging from the specific performance of his daring to scold the emperor and hundreds of officials above the court, and even daring to scold the Kangxi Emperor for "not teaching but cursing", Wang Tuan seemed to be really not afraid of death. But don't forget, Wang Tuan also had a son who was used by the Kangxi Emperor to restrain him, and for this son, he would rather give up the qingshi of the death of Mingzhi, how could he be "nothing terrible"?
Moreover, was Wang Tuan really unwilling to emulate the ancestor who "died for Baoming Wuzong's nine lives and finally succeeded"?
As an old minister with stubborn thoughts, Wang Tuan's admiration and admiration for his ancestors can be imagined. His ancestors would rather die nine times in their lives, but also swore to die to save Emperor Mingwuzong from one end; how could Wang Tuan easily give up the preservation of the Second Brother Yinrong?
Finally, is the second brother really not working?
Whatever the reason, which led to the first depose of the crown prince Yinrong, the Kangxi Emperor after all "obstinately" restored him; after the second abolition of the crown prince, the Kangxi Emperor did not explicitly set up a prince, is it impossible to restore the position of prince of Yinrong again?
That is to say, the reason why Wang Tuan used to defect to the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, was untenable at all! Therefore, the clear political position of the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, is not the real purpose of Wang Tuan's overnight visit, his purpose is in the next paragraph:
"Fourth Master, I ask you a word, you want to tell me truthfully, did Zheng Chunhua let you keep it?"
After the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, gave a vague response, Wang Tuan revealed his true purpose and revealed:
"Fourth Master, you are a hundred secrets, not only do I know this, but they are also very familiar with this matter." They have been pretending not to know, just to hold this card, and when the time comes, they will play it and put you to death! She is already a damned person, and now she is obstructing the State Council, the fourth master must not fuck the benevolence of a woman, and now the top priority is that you must immediately decide to execute her immediately! ”
Here, we need to understand two problems:
1. Can Zheng Chunhua really become the weight of the eighth son of the Emperor, Yin Chen, to restrain the fourth son of the Emperor?
2. How did Wang Tao learn the whereabouts of Zheng Chunhua?
The Kangxi Emperor was not unaware of the absurd events that occurred between Crown Prince Yinrong and Zheng Chunhua; moreover, how could such court scandals, which were directly related to the emperor's authority and the face of the emperor, be used by the eighth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, as a handle to restrain the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan? Did it come out at a critical moment to embarrass the Kangxi Emperor?
Therefore, the reason used by Wang Tuan to persuade the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, to execute Zheng Chunhua was not established. Even, the Eighth Son of the Emperor, Yin Yu, did not know whether Zheng Chunhua was alive or dead.
Except for Yin Xiang, the thirteenth son of the Emperor who was imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion, the eighth son of the Emperor Yin Yu, who may have mastered Zheng Chunhua's whereabouts, and a fourth son of the Emperor Yin Chan, who was described by Wang Tuan as "a hundred secrets and one sparse", it was impossible to inform Wang Tuan of Zheng Chunhua's news. But in addition to Yin Xiang, Yin Yu, and Yin Chan, there was another person who knew that Zheng Chunhua did not die but was protected by Yin Xiang. He is the Waste Prince Yinrong. That is to say, Wang Tuan's grasp of Zheng Chunhua's whereabouts is only possible for him.
After the proposal to execute Zheng Chunhua was rejected by the emperor's fourth son, Yin Chan, Wang Tuan could not take care of anything else and directly gave his own method:
"This woman is an ominous person, she has already killed the second brother, old minister, I can't watch her hurt you again!" Her sin is to go up to heaven and down to earth. Fourth Master, if you can't bear it, let the old minister go to see her, if she refuses to die, I will shame her to death on the spot! ”
That is to say, the real purpose of Wang Tuan's overnight trip to the Fourth Master's Mansion was not to choose to stand in the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, but to use all means to force Andre Chunhua to kill. The purpose is also obvious, that is, to clear all possible obstacles for Yin Rong's efforts.
There are two pieces of evidence to support the above assertion:
1. The real purpose of recommending the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan
Leaving the Fourth Master's Mansion, Wang Tuan submitted a petition the next day recommending the emperor's fourth son, Yin Chan, but was severely punished by the Kangxi Emperor for "dismissing all posts and returning to his hometown".
At the critical moment when the Kangxi Emperor was seriously ill, Wang Tuanzhen was so dazed that he took the initiative to challenge the bottom line of the Kangxi Emperor, and confusedly presented the advice of recommending the emperor's fourth son, Yin Chan.
Of course not!
He was testing, how the Kangxi Emperor would choose the heir to the throne. The fact that the edict was rejected and that he himself was severely punished was because the Kangxi Emperor protected him politically out of compassion, which directly explained the Kangxi Emperor's final approval of the emperor's fourth son, Yin Chan. In this way, Wang Tuan can confirm that there is no possibility of restoration of the deposed prince, and can he continue to the next move.
2. The real purpose of Wang's suicide
At the last moment, the clear position of the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, coupled with the special merit of removing the hidden danger Zheng Chunhua for the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, even if Wang Tuan did not have the merit of support, he would not be liquidated afterwards by the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, so why did he have to dismiss his family and choose to commit suicide?
Let's look at Wang Tuan's last words:
"The people in the family are gone, from where to go back and forth, and the fallen leaves are back to the roots." I have played two moves of chess in my life, one step of chess has lost, one step of chess has won, this loss and one win, I am not losing or winning. Fourth Master, the old minister is leaving, your road is still long, you can take him well. ”
The meaning is clear: I have dismissed my family, let them return to the starting point, and no longer participate in political affairs, plus my old life is paid to you. I hope that the fourth master will not embarrass my family and let them end up well.
And those two moves, the one step to lose, is to force the killing of the "innocent person" Zheng Chunhua, trying to clear the obstacle to the restoration of the deposed prince Yin Rong; the next winning step is to choose to commit suicide after dismissing his family, in exchange for the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, for his tolerance for his family.
As a stubborn old minister, Wang Tuan's heart for the preservation of the deposed prince YinRong has never been extinguished. In order to clear the obstacles to Yin Rong's restoration, Wang Tuan used all means to win the brief trust of the emperor's fourth son, Yin Chan, in exchange for the opportunity to meet Zheng Chunhua alone. After testing the Kangxi Emperor's plans to pass the throne, Wang Tuan made it clear that There was no possibility of Yin Rong's restoration, so he immediately adjusted his strategy and used his life and family's distance from the political arena to exchange for the tolerance of the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, for his family.
As a former member of the "princeling" group, no matter which prince succeeds to the throne, wang and his family have little chance of a good death, but after Some operation by Wang, he is not only worthy of the ancestor of "nine deaths for the sake of Protecting Emperor Wuzong of Ming", but also saved the life of his family, which can not be said to be unwise.
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!) ）