There were 24 sons of the Kangxi Emperor, 9 of whom participated in the struggle for the throne, later known as the Kowloon Conquest. In many costume film and television dramas with the theme of Qing Dynasty history, we can see the plot with this historical event as the main line, and the well-known "Four Masters" Yin Chen, "Eight Brothers" Yin Zhen also participated in this struggle; in addition to these two, the participants in the Kowloon Seizure were also the Eldest Brother Yin, the Second Brother Yin, the Three Brothers, the Ninth Brother Yin, the Tenth Brother Yin, the ThirteenTh Brother Yinxiang and the Fourteenth Brother Yin.
The final ending is also very clear to everyone, the fourth brother Yin chan won, after the death of the Kangxi Emperor to inherit the throne, but when watching the play, will everyone consider a question? That is, whether it is the fourth brother or the eighth brother, these two princes are neither long nor concubine, why didn't the first three brothers who were more competitive than them laugh to the end?
Of the three princes, the second brother Yinrong was made crown prince as early as the fourteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1675), when he was only two years old. Yin Rong, who had been spoiled since childhood, became increasingly arrogant, and he was ambitious, and he even formed a party for personal gain. This gradually strained his father-son relationship with the Kangxi Emperor. In the forty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1708), Kangxi announced the abolition of the crown prince on the grounds that the crown prince Yin Rong was "lawless, did not obey the precepts of the Emperor, but wantonly abused the people, and was violent and promiscuous". It is precisely because of this that the rest of the princes began to compete for the throne.
Later, Kangxi restored Yin Rong's status as crown prince in March of the forty-eighth year of Kangxi (1709), but Yin Rong may not have changed, perhaps recognizing the importance of power, he still chose to form a party with the chancellor for personal gain, kangxi fifty-first year (1712) September, Kangxi again issued a decree to depose the prince, this time, the deposed prince could not wait for the opportunity to make a comeback. After seeing such a chaotic situation, the Three Brothers took the initiative to withdraw from the competition.
What about the Great Brother Yinzhen? What kind of ending did he get as the eldest son of the Emperor? Yin Was the eldest son of Kangxi and his mother was Concubine Hui. When the Second Brother Yin Rong was deposed for the first time, it was actually very helpful to Yin Zhen. Although Kangxi did not like this eldest son very much, as the only son of Concubine Hui, and Yin Zhen himself was more intelligent and capable, and because he was the eldest among the princes and did the most things for Kangxi, Kangxi still attached great importance to him and gave him the task of monitoring Yin Rong.
Yin Zhen could be said to have worked hard in the conquest, and indeed, after the second brother was deposed, his advantages were highlighted. He had the status of the eldest son, and the former dynasty also had help, and he also received the weight of his father Kangxi. However, such an advantage did not move Kangxi, and at the same time as deposing the crown prince, Kangxi clearly said that Yin Zhen was "impatient and stubborn, how can he be made crown prince?" If Yin Zhen understood his father's words after hearing these words, he might not have come to that step.
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But on the contrary, Yin Zhen is the look that Kangxi described -- impatient, stupid. Yin Rong was deposed, but Yin Rong did not spare him, and when he found an opportunity, he approached Kangxi and demanded that Yin Rong be executed; after knowing that his father did not intend to make himself crown prince, Yin Zhen hurriedly came up with other ideas, that is, to pull gangs to help Eight Brothers Yin Fu participate in the seizure of the concubine. Brother Ba grew up under the knees of Yin Zhen's mother, Concubine Hui, and was also very kind to him. Since Kangxi would not choose himself, it was possible to choose The Eight Brothers, so he who followed and assisted the Eight Brothers could also soar.
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Later, he was denounced by the third prince Yin Zhi, who used evil techniques to depose the prince, and Kangxi also showed no mercy to this son, directly denouncing him as a "chaotic thief". This crime was very serious, and his mother, Princess Hui, did not intercede for him at this time, but wrote to Yin Zhen that he had not been filial since childhood, and asked Kangxi to bring him to justice. Why?
This was probably the only way that Princess Hui could think of to save her son, at least this time the letter made Kangxi realize that Yin Zhen was his son, and she was also very derelict in her duty as a mother, and it was very regretful and helpless to come to this step, the child was wrong, and the mother was also wrong. Kangxi was moved, and he may also be reflecting on whether he was also lacking in teaching his son, and calming down reduced most of his anger.
Such a bitter trick allowed Yin Zhen to save his life. Although he spent most of his life in captivity, Yin Zhen, as an uncompetitive opponent, survived until the twelfth year of Yongzheng (1734) compared to the killing of other brothers in the conquest of the concubine, or the difficulties of Yongzheng after he ascended the throne.
As the eldest son of Shu, Yin Yu was ambitious and had been paying close attention to Kangxi's attitude toward the crown prince, which enabled him to become the most outstanding of the princes after the crown prince was deposed, but his vision was very short and shallow, and when he encountered an opponent, he wanted to quickly put people to death, and also supported other princes to participate in the conquest under Kangxi's eyes, which can be said to be stupid. But because of this, after this failure, he completely lost the threat to other princes, and with Concubine Hui circling from it, he also saved his life.