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In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there was a rule in the harem, and concubines of low status could not raise their own children, but had to be raised by other concubines of higher status.
The Yongzheng Emperor's birth mother was Princess Wuya, a lowly born and prominent Tong Jia clan who became the adoptive mother of the fourth brother Yinchen.
The Yongzheng Emperor had been with Tong Jia from an early age until Tong Jia's death when he was eleven years old, and rarely approached his birth mother, Wu Ya, so he was closer and more dependent on his adoptive mother, and had a strange feeling towards his biological mother.
When the Yongzheng Emperor recalled his adoptive mother Tong Jiashi, his gratitude overflowed with words: "Care for the age and care for the restoration, prepare for the benevolence of juju, trace the ten years of hard work, and do not repay the virtue of generation." ”
Under the influence of the Yongzheng Emperor, the Qianlong and Jiaqing dynasties repeatedly praised the Tong Jia clan and enjoyed special honors, but they were indifferent to the Wu Ya clan, which was related by blood.
Repaying the favor of nurturing belongs to the common sentiment of people, but there is another reason why the Yongzheng Emperor is close to Tong Jia.
Tong Jia's status is noble, she is the daughter of the Kangxi Emperor's uncle Tong Guowei, as an imperial concubine in charge of the harem, the Yongzheng Emperor as the son of Tong Jia, obviously belongs to the snobbish villain, it is no wonder that the birth mother is uncomfortable.
The Yongzheng Emperor did not love his own mother, and the Wuya clan did not like his eldest son.
The Kangxi Emperor's initial evaluation of the four brothers with curly hair, extremely fast speech, and melancholy temperament was "moody and uncertain." ”
This kind of personality is naturally difficult to please the mother, who prefers the well-behaved and sensible son.
After Wu Ya gave birth to the sixth son of the Emperor, Yin Zuo, he was made a concubine and was qualified to raise his son.
She naturally prefers her second son Yin Zuo, who brings glory to her, yin Zuo died early at the age of six, and Wu Yashi poured all her love into her younger son, the fourteenth brother Yin Yu.
The mother's eccentricity cast a shadow over the Yongzheng Emperor's heart, and the mother and son became more and more divided.
The Yongzheng Emperor and his brother Yin Yu fought over the throne, the Wuya clan favored the younger son, Yin Yu failed and was placed under house arrest, and the Wu Ya clan never gave the eldest son a good look, and fought against the eldest son everywhere.
After the Yongzheng Emperor succeeded to the throne, he reused Tong Jia's younger brother Long Keduo, and his maternal uncle was put aside.
It was tantamount to publicly announcing that Tong Jia was the only mother of the emperor, and you can imagine how sad Wu Ya's heart was at that time.
The son so let the mother lose face, the mother also let the son not get off the stage.
At the enthronement ceremony of the Yongzheng Emperor, the Wuya clan refused to accept the new emperor and the hundred officials to prostrate themselves.
The Yongzheng Emperor personally went to the Yonghe Palace to plead, and Wu Yashi reluctantly accepted. After the Yongzheng Emperor ascended the throne, he crowned his mother as the empress dowager, and ordered him to move to Ningshou Palace to serve him, but the Wuya clan did not agree, and the Yongzheng Emperor had no choice.
In April of the first year of Yongzheng (1723), the Yongzheng Emperor buried his father, the Kangxi Emperor, in Jingling, and ordered his fourteenth brother Yin Yu to guard the mausoleum and not return to the capital for life.
Uyashi was furious at this cruel and ruthless decision, and more than a month later, at the age of sixty-four, Uyashi died of a hateful illness at the Yonghe Palace.