In the "Yongzheng Dynasty", the prince Yinrong is simply a stupid existence, who can't get the emperor up, can't do the brothers, and finally after experiencing two two abolitions, he is permanently imprisoned.
And the reason that eventually led to his abdication was rebellion, the so-called great sin of treason, and the sin is unforgivable!
The reason why he wanted to rebel was because his letters with Ren Bo'an fell into the hands of the Kangxi Emperor, who invented the edict to return to Beijing to find the crown prince Yin Rongxingshi to question him.
Then we may wish to make a hypothesis, if Prince Yinrong did not rebel, would he still be deposed by the Kangxi Emperor?
One
Whether Crown Prince Yinrong could keep the throne or not was not about him, but about the Kangxi Emperor:
It can be said that the Kangxi Emperor initially trusted the prince quite a bit, and even when he began to condemn the prince because of the emptiness of the treasury, he also brought other brothers with him:
"Xuan Ye handed over the affairs of state to the crown prince... And you guys who worked together, now it's like this, and no one knows it yet! ”
In the face of the smooth relief of the old fourth Yinchen, the crown prince Yinrong was also a secret irony of the Ming Dynasty, saying that he was not benevolent enough, because he said it in front of the three ministers of the study. Therefore, the Kangxi Emperor had to change the topic, saying that Shaqima was delicious, and forced the topic to diverge.
The son of the fourth yinchen, Hongshi, was ill, and it was the Kangxi Emperor who reminded the crown prince Yinchen to take care of his brothers. As a result, the prince's left ear went in and out of the right ear, but the old Eight Yin Yu did not give instructions, went to visit on his own, and kept vigil for one night.
Even when The Crown Prince Yinrong did not hesitate to sell his official position in order to make up for the money he owed to the household department, the Kangxi Emperor only shook his head and gritted his teeth to acquiesce when he found out.
The first time the Kangxi Emperor was disappointed in Crown Prince Yinrong was in the matter of recovering the arrears of the household department, he asked the prince:
"I don't understand that it is so difficult to do such a simple thing as paying off debts and repaying money? There are still people who fight to the death, and the officials of my Great Qing Dynasty are poor enough to be on this point? ”
As a result, Prince Yinrong understood that this account could not be pursued any longer, so he began to play the small report of the old fourth Yinchen:
"Emperor Amma Shengming... To say that this situation has been reached today, only the fourth brother is too manipulative, plus the Tian Wenjing he recommended..."
Two
Everyone should note that the Kangxi Emperor at this time was very bored:
"You are the prince, the people at the bottom are not doing the right thing, you say."
This sentence should be well understood, but it is not to say that Prince Yinrong should take care of the old fourth Yinchen, but to take care of the people who hindered Tian Wenjing and hindered the old fourth Yinchen from chasing the arrears.
Think about it, the Kangxi Emperor had already died a Wei Dongting in order to make the old Fourth Yinchen recover the arrears of the household department. Don't think that Wei Dongting was forced to die by the old Fourth Yinchen, in fact, the Kangxi Emperor acquiesced to his death, this problem we have analyzed before.
In addition, those old ministers, the Kangxi Emperor, also took out their own internal treasury silver to pay them back, and the old third Yin Zhi also paid them back, as long as they got the old ten again, the matter of recovering the arrears of the household department would become.
Unfortunately, Crown Prince Yinrong misunderstood the words of the Kangxi Emperor and ran over to prevent the old fourth Yinchen from continuing to pursue the arrears:
"I didn't care about this matter originally, such a simple errand, the imperial court sent a county king, it should be completely able to handle it well, but things have developed to this point, I have to take care of ..."
The key is who gave the order to defer the payment of arrears?
But it was not the Kangxi Emperor, but the Crown Prince Yinrong:
"Of course, I have not yet asked the Emperor to play, and I believe that the Emperor's Saint Ming will definitely approve!"
Yes, the Kangxi Emperor was still favoring Prince Yinrong at this time, although his performance made the old fourth Yinchen fall short, and made this errand completely bankrupt. However, he still acquiesced to the behavior of the prince Yinrong, and at the same time beat the old fourth Yinchen, criticizing him for always praising himself as shrewd, but missing three big fish.
And the disappointment of the prince Yinrong also jumped on his face:
"Is this the future emperor of my Qing Dynasty?"
Three
When it came to the unjust case of the Punishment Department, the Kangxi Emperor was even more disappointed, coupled with Tong Guowei's description of the rat thrower:
"The minister is worried that if he investigates it layer by layer, it will involve the root of the imperial court, and the rat trap will be fruitless."
The Kangxi Emperor naturally knew the meaning of what Tong Guowei said, but he was here and had to express his position, no matter who was found, he would never tolerate it!
But afterwards, the Kangxi Emperor regretted a little, after all, he had been a prince for decades and cultivated for decades, so he was more willing to let The Old Fourth Yinchen come to trial the case, who knew that the old Fourth Yinchen had played a trick of ice and fire, and the wind was cold.
Later, Lao Ba Yinyu submitted Xiao Guoxing's confession to the Kangxi Emperor overnight, and the Kangxi Emperor was confused and overwhelmed, and found Zhang Tingyu in desperation. Zhang Tingyu was so clever, a torch was broken, the Kangxi Emperor himself could not make up his mind to kill the crown prince Yinrong, why should I provoke this trouble:
"The minister didn't know there was such a twist."
The Kangxi Emperor finally decided to keep Crown Prince Yinrong, but Crown Prince Yinrong was indeed ill, and at the same time, it was Lao Bayinyu, who was staring at the crown prince's throne:
"You said that your son's illness is very difficult to get better, and I think it is my son whose illness is also very difficult to get better!"
Until the Rehe hunt, the Kangxi Emperor had been on the grounds that the prince was ill, and did not let him come out to see the Mongol princes, and let the old Eight Yin Yu take over as his guests. It can be seen from this that he already had the idea of replacing Prince Yinrong in his heart at this time, but he had not yet reached the critical point.
This was followed by the Deer Park Incident, and then the Siege of the Bada Mountain Villa, in fact, Zhang Tingyu had already told the Kangxi Emperor that the instructions for dispatching troops were false, but the Kangxi Emperor still deposed the crown prince Yinrong.
Four
Was the deposing of the crown prince really by the Kangxi Emperor this time?
Yes, it was indeed the Kangxi Emperor who was sincere, and in order to prevent the prince's teacher from accepting it for a while, he also pulled Wang Tuan to the car at the gate of the capital. However, above the court, the prince's teacher Wang Tuan still sent the Kangxi Emperor into an army, which he never expected:
"The subject thinks that although the prince is at fault, the fault is not in the prince alone; although the prince has been, he will not be deposed... To this day, to blame all the faults of the prince, this is not to teach and curse! ”
If Zhang Tingyu hadn't been smart that day and reminded the Kangxi Emperor in time, it is likely that he would have fallen for Wang Tuan's plan, and in the end he would have just beaten Wang Tuan home and let his children look at him well.
Because the Kangxi Emperor cherished his feathers too much and cherished his reputation too much, Wang Tuan's words were also deeply imprinted in his heart. In addition, the recommendation of the new prince did not achieve the effect he was satisfied with, but instead noticed the gangs of this prince and the use of everything.
Therefore, he restored the crown prince Yinrong, of course, not to give him another chance, but to let him be a shield again, in order to ensure that the crown prince in his mind could take the throne smoothly.
Therefore, he said this to Wang Tuan at that time:
"As long as in the future, people will be satisfied if they do not scold the unscrupulous emperor who is not taught and cursed."
That is to say, he reinstated Prince Yinrong only because he was worried that his reputation would be affected, after all, the siege of the Eight Mountain Villas was indeed not planned by Prince Yinrong.
But was the Kangxi Emperor willing?
Five
Of course, he was not willing, and since he was not willing, then he had to find a way to abolish the prince again.
Before deposing the Prince again, he did several things:
The first is to split the forces of the Eight Masters Party, take out the old fourteen Yin Yu alone, and let him take charge of the military department. The elder Si Yin chan was promoted to the position of leading guard minister, and could freely enter and leave the Kangxi Emperor's bedroom, as can be seen from the scene where Hongli rode his neck to write. At the same time, the old thirteenth Yinxiang was also in charge of the Punishment Department, paving the way for the fall of The Prince Yinrong later.
Since he had restored the crown prince Yinrong, he should have continued to consolidate his power, but the Kangxi Emperor backfired and gave him power again.
After doing all this, the Kangxi Emperor chose to tour the south again, not to think that he was really touring the country, but actually waiting for the crown prince To make a mistake in order to kill him.
So there was a series of things behind, and even Nian Tangyao's blood washed Jiangxia Town, would he not know?
Don't forget who you saw before Nian Qianyao bloodbathed Jiangxia Town? Yes, Zhang Tingyu, and Zhang Tingyu followed the Kangxi Emperor, Nian Qianyao came to see him, and then there was the Jiangxia Town Blood Case, there was no connection here, who believed?
It wasn't until later that the old fourteenth Yinyu sent a letter from Crown Prince Yinrong and Ren Bo'an, and what the Kangxi Emperor said, he said:
"It seems that Yin Yu has also learned to use his mind!"
This is exactly what the Kangxi Emperor lacked, what the old fourteenth Yin Yu sent, with this letter, the Kangxi Emperor had the confidence to force the rebellion against the crown prince Yin Rong. But he still had to clear his relationship and show that he was innocent, so he asked Zhang Tingyu:
"If the prince is deposed again, then how will the history books comment after thousands of generations?"
After receiving Zhang Tingyu's tacit approval, the Kangxi Emperor was overjoyed and issued two secret edicts in a row. Let The Fourth and Fourteenth Secretly monitor the movements of the armies inside and outside the capital, and at the same time issue their own edicts on the route and time to return to Beijing, and the rest will wait for the crown prince to take the bait:
"Then the ancestors and the patriarchs are in front and the annals of history are in the back, and they will all complain."
Therefore, whether the prince rebelled or not, he could not escape the result of being deposed again. And the Kangxi Emperor wanted to abolish him, it was not a day or two, but it had not found a suitable reason.
Even if he bypassed the prince this time, then what kind of trap was waiting for him behind him, he didn't know yet...
Therefore, Prince Yinrong, to do this, is depressed, no wonder he himself laments:
"In ancient times and in the world, are there forty years of princely beings?"
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