Hello everyone, I'm Yanquejun, in this issue, let's talk about the "love and killing" between the eighth master and the thirteenth.
Speaking of two people, I have to mention two major events throughout the whole play, one is the nine sons to seize the heir, and the other is the Yongzheng New Deal.
In these two major events, the eighth master has always played the role of supporting and sabotaging in the open, whether it is the battle between him and the prince in the early stage, or the fight with the three of the fourth master when he seized the throne later, or after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he made stumbling blocks everywhere to obstruct the new policy, and finally did not hesitate to launch the "Eight Kings Discussion" in an attempt to force Yongzheng Zen to give Hongshi.
The old thirteen, who has always been in the Yongzheng camp, on the one hand, for the love between him and the prince and the fourth master, and on the other hand, because he doesn't look down on the eighth master from the bottom of his heart, he has been dealing with him everywhere, and at every critical moment, he defeated him and completely smashed his conspiracy.
It is precisely because of this that although the old thirteen and the eighth master are half-brothers, there is very little intersection between the two in private, and even the old thirteen often dismantle the stage in public, which makes the eighth master quite a headache.
For example, at the beginning, the Yellow River was flooded, and the eighth master took the opportunity to give advice to the flood control, and said that the Kangxi period was particularly prominent in flood control, and no one could surpass it throughout the ages, even Kangxi almost fell on the eighth master, and at this time, the old thirteen directly stood up and said that there was also a flood during the Kangxi period.
Although this game was skillfully resolved by the eighth master, it is not difficult to see that the old thirteen does not look down on the eighth master's fake benevolence and righteousness from the bottom of his heart, which also lays the foundation for the situation that the two will inevitably compete with each other in the following years.
In fact, it is true, but there is one point, with the wisdom and skill of the eighth master, why did he plant it twice in a row in the hands of the old thirteen, so that he finally failed, became a sinner of the royal family, and became a disgraced Aqina?
If it is excusable to say that one failure is still excusable, but it is planted in the hands of the same person twice, it is a bit too much to say, doesn't the eighth master know the truth of learning lessons?
1.
Let's first talk about the first time that the eighth master was planted in the hands of the old thirteen.
The first time the eighth master was planted in his hands was on the night of Kangxi's succession, when the ninth son had entered the "finals".
At that time, Kangxi couldn't afford to be sick because of the "Killing Eagle Incident", whether it was the eighth master or the fourth master, although they didn't get the exact news, they basically guessed that Kangxi was about to collapse, and the succession was only in these days.
Judging from the situation at that time, the voice of the Fourteenth Master was the highest, and Kangxi also intended to set him up as a "shield" to escort the real successor.
For a long time, the fourteenth master belonged to the camp of the eighth master, although because the old fourteenth became the king of the general and won the battle, the eighth master and others were unhappy, and even designed to frame him, but the old fourteen was his person after all.
In the opinion of the eighth master, it is good for Kangxi to choose him as the successor, even if he can't be done, he must not let the fourth master be, because he knows that once the fourth master ascends the throne, several of them and the eight master party that they have worked so hard to establish will definitely face the risk of overturning. Therefore, at the last critical moment, the eighth master and others actively deployed everything.
At this time, the Eight Masters Party is already all over the government and the opposition, so in terms of "popularity", the Eight Masters are not worried, if this is a talent show, the entire jury is the Eight Masters, once voted, the Eight Masters must be the first in popularity.
But this is not a talent show, this is a big handover. In addition to popularity, the eighth master needs military power more, and only with military power in hand can he turn the tables against the wind and turn things around when it is unfavorable to him, that is, when Kangxi chooses the fourth master.
At that time, the military power that could play a key role was divided into three parts, the infantry army commander Yamen in charge of the nine gates bore the brunt and the most important, and the remaining two were stationed on the outskirts of the city, one was the Fengtai battalion and the other was the Xishan Ruijian battalion, which was more important than the Fengtai battalion.
In other words, whoever can master the infantry army to command the Yamen and the Fengtai camp will be able to win the battle, even if the throne is not passed to him, he can still win the throne.
For the importance of these two barracks, the eighth master knew it for a long time, so he had already made a layout very early on, and let his people Chengwenyun take charge of the Fengtai camp.
Long Keduo is Tong Guowei's nephew, and the Tong family has been secretly supporting the eighth master, the editor analyzed in the previous article, the reason why the eighth master party can develop and grow under Kangxi's nose is indispensable to Tong Guowei's secret help.
Although Tong Guowei is now retired and replaced by his nephew, it is actually a change of soup and not a change of medicine.
Whether it is from the perspective of actual interests or from near and far, Long Keduo will continue Tong Guowei's old path and choose the eighth master. If it weren't for Kangxi's chess master, who took the lead in "locking" Long Keduo with two holy decrees and a few words, Long Keduo would inevitably fall to the eighth master, of course, from Long Keduo's heart, he also chose the eighth master.
That is to say, on the surface, the eighth master has basically grasped the overall situation, even if Kangxi did not pass the throne to him, or the old fourteenth, with his ability, it is enough to snatch the throne, at least in the eighth master's heart.
It is this kind of cognition that makes the eighth master take it lightly at a critical moment, seemingly foolproof, but in fact it is full of loopholes, just as he used to lure Xiao Guoxing overnight in order to bring down the prince, everything only cares about the present, but forgets the aftermath, but as long as he keeps an eye on it, he will not let Kangxi know the truth, and even say twice "his heart can be punished".
It's the same this time, he only cares about the military power on the surface, but he only forgets the old thirteen who has been imprisoned by Kangxi for ten years, maybe in his opinion, the current old thirteen is like a waste, and even Kangxi has forgotten that he has such a son.
However, his negligence was exactly what Kangxi wanted, or rather, Kangxi laid out this game ten years ago against the character of the eighth master, in order to surprise him and catch him off guard, so as to pave the way for the fourth master's upper position.
This is also the fundamental reason why the fourth master can meet the old thirteen when he goes to the Zongren Mansion to find him.
2.
In the play, the fourth master went to the Zongren Mansion to find the old thirteen twice, the first time was that there was a war in the northwest, and the 60,000 army of Erdan was wiped out, Kangxi needed to choose one from the prince as the general king to sit in the northwest, at that time, the fourth master wanted to promote the old thirteen as the general king, on the one hand, because the ability of the old thirteen was there, and on the other hand, he was also looking for an opportunity to save the old thirteen from the Zongren Mansion. Only this time, the fourth master was blocked by the officials guarding the car, and he could only glance at the old thirteen through the crack in the door.
As for the second time, Kangxi was about to collapse, and the fourth master took the list to find the old thirteen, the purpose was to let the old thirteen draw the available people above, and these people would help him stabilize the situation at a critical moment. It stands to reason that the fourth master should not be able to see the old thirteen, but what he didn't expect was that he actually saw the old thirteen, and the person who stopped him also changed from an official to a little eunuch, although the process was a little tortuous, but he saw it after all.
Let's think about it, why is there such a big difference between the two before and after? Obviously, the second time was secretly instructed by Kangxi, and a powerless and new little eunuch was specially released, the purpose of which was to facilitate this meeting. Kangxi knew that if they didn't meet again this time, the throne of the fourth master might really be suspended, and his years of forbearance and layout would be completely ruined, so they saw each other.
This meeting can be regarded as a reassuring pill for the fourth master, and at the same time, it also allows the thirteenth to understand the situation outside and prepare for the final succession.
It was precisely because of this meeting that the fourth master could seize the opportunity on the night of the succession to pardon the old thirteen from the Zongren Mansion with a gold medal order arrow, and let him go to the Fengtai camp smoothly to seize the military power from Chengwenyun.
I have to say that the old thirteen does have a set in terms of dispatching troops, he had told the fourth master before, as long as he was let out, it didn't matter how many soldiers and horses there were in the world, when I heard it at first glance, I thought it was just an expression of confidence, but in fact what he said was true.
Although Cheng Wenyun is the commander of the Fengtai battalion of the imperial court, but in front of the old thirteen, it has no effect at all, from the perspective of deterrence alone, the generals of the Fengtai battalion also support the old thirteen, more than support him.
The ten-year confinement has worn away some of the edges and corners of the old thirteen, but it has also made him more stable.
He first took out the gold medal order arrow to prove that he came by the emperor's order, not sneaked out by himself, to ensure that he was right, so that Cheng Wenyun had no mouth to attack for a while, and then promoted three confidants in public.
At this time, whether it is reason or potential, all are firmly in the hands of the old thirteen, Cheng Wenyun dared to say a "no" word, immediately blood splashed five steps, in fact, Cheng Wenyun did take the lead in drawing the sword when he was forced to do so, and since then he has embarked on the road of destruction.
In this way, the old thirteen did not waste a single soldier, and took over the Fengtai battalion of the eighth master.
As for the eighth master at this time, he was still in Changchun Garden, and he didn't know about the Fengtai camp, and it wasn't until the old thirteen arrived that they realized that the Fengtai camp might have been lost, but it was too late.
It was also the old thirteen who successfully won the Fengtai camp, so that Long Keduo, who was the grass on the wall, appeared with the edict at the critical moment, established the legal status of the fourth master, and supported him to ascend to the position of the ninth five.
Things have developed to this point, the fourth master has basically controlled the situation, and the eighth master has almost been defeated, so he can only watch the fourth master ascend the throne and make three bows and nine bows to him.
Looking back on this game, it is not difficult for us to find that Kangxi did play an important role in the whole process, like Long Keduo and Lao Thirteen were part of his plan. But we must not ignore the role played by both sides and the mistakes they have made.
The eighth master made a mistake this time in seeking truth rather than truth, thinking that if he changed his own person as a general, he would be able to control the military power of the entire Fengtai battalion, but he didn't know that he would lead the troops to fight, and what he needed most was to respect the generals and know the soldiers.
In addition, he was too light on the enemy, thinking that the old thirteen was in the Zongren Mansion, and Kangxi would not pose a threat if he ignored it, but in fact, the tiger was a tiger after all, as long as he lived, as long as he was allowed to get out of the cage, it should not be underestimated.
The reason why Lao Thirteen was able to win was because of his unparalleled prestige in the army, and on the other hand, because he knew how to use the power in his hands and had a deep grasp of human nature.
3.
After talking about the first failure of the eighth master, let's talk about the second time.
Judging from this drama, since the fourth master became Emperor Yongzheng, the eighth master and others have not regarded him as an enemy for a day.
It's just that their methods are different, the ninth, tenth, and fourteenth are all at odds with Yongzheng, especially the fourteenth, as for the ninth and tenth, they secretly sent people to spread rumors, all kinds of slander against Yongzheng, saying that his throne was not right.
Of course, this so-called secret can't stand up to investigation at all, and it will soon become a bright card.
The eighth master is the opposite of them, ostensibly doing his best for Yongzheng, but actually using every opportunity to deal with Yongzheng, such as Hongshi teaming up with Zhang Tinglu to cheat in the imperial examination.
After he learned the truth, not only did he not report it, but instead used it to get close to Hongshi, the purpose was to go into the water for Hongshi.
In addition, whenever Yongzheng has new measures to implement, he will secretly support the relevant ministers and hinder their implementation, and so on.
In other words, from beginning to end, the eighth master did not sincerely surrender to Yongzheng, all he was waiting for was an opportunity to bring him down.
Of course, during the whole waiting process, the eighth master was not idle, but locked his eyes on the old thirteen.
Due to the failure of the last time and Yongzheng's reuse of the old thirteen, he realized that if he wanted to bring down Yongzheng, the first thing to solve was the old thirteen.
So, how should the old thirteen solve it? In terms of the trust of monarchs and ministers, Yongzheng and Lao Thirteen are rare in ancient and modern times, and it is too difficult and difficult to separate their relationship. In terms of force suppression, don't say that the eighth master and others have no military power in their hands, and even if they have military power in their hands, they can't fight against the old thirteen.
Therefore, he had only one way to go, to bring down the body of the old thirteen.
I don't know if you still remember, before the old thirteen entered the Zongren Mansion, there was no problem with his body, but after coming out of the Zongren Mansion, his body was not good, and it was getting worse, especially in the face of major events in the imperial court, such as the use of troops in the northwest, the old thirteen's body was surprisingly poor, and he repeatedly coughed up blood.
The reason for this is that it is very likely that the people around Lao Thirteen have moved on his diet, the purpose is to make him unable to assist Yongzheng and cut off his arm.
There is a good chance that this person is Alain. Alan is the younger sister of Fifth Brother Zhang, and the thirteenth followed Yongzheng, that is, when the fourth master went down to Jiangnan, he met when he passed through Jiangxia Town. At that time, they were all disguised and did not give their names or origins.
However, later Alan found the mansion of the old thirteen by himself, which shows that there is a master behind it. Combined with the situation at the time, there was a scandal in the Criminal Department about the replacement of death row prisoners, and the prince happened to be in charge of the Criminal Department, and the eighth master and the prince had already become a fire and water, after several additions, we can conclude that Alan is very likely to be the eighth master's person, and the purpose is to monitor and assassinate the thirteenth when necessary.
It's just that Alan is very careful and can't bear it, so every time he gives the old thirteen food, he moves a little bit of his hands and feet, so that the old thirteen has been sick for so long and has not died.
It was precisely because of the arrangement of Alan that the eighth master once again ignored the old thirteen when he proposed the eight kings in public for the second time. In the opinion of the eighth master, even if the old thirteen at this time wanted to manage, he was powerless.
So he secretly began to actively deploy, and said that he had a ninety percent chance of winning. He first persuaded Hongshi, let Hongshi advise Yongzheng, and invite the four iron hat kings outside the gate to enter Beijing to discuss flag affairs, and then he sent people to persuade Long Keduo to join him, and on the other hand, in the name of "rectification", let the four princes' personal soldiers take over the military power of the Fengtai camp and the Xishan Ruijian camp, and finally at the court meeting, in the name of discussion, the palace was forced, and the eight kings of the Taizu period were vainly reinstated.
4.
Judging from the entire layout, the ninety percent chance of winning what the eighth master said is indeed not plain. If it weren't for Zhang Tingyu's righteous insistence, if it weren't for the arrival of the old thirteen, the eighth master's eight kings might have really succeeded.
Judging from the whole incident, Zhang Tingyu's appearance is actually delaying time, and at the same time vetoing the legitimacy of the eighth master from a nominal point of view, making the mention of "eight kings discussing politics" untenable at all.
Although this can indeed stop the Eighth Master's forced palace, but it is only temporary, the key is to see the strength, simply put, whoever has the military power will have the right to speak, so the contest between the Eighth Master and Yongzheng is actually a contest between him and the old thirteen.
This is also the reason why Yongzheng felt that he was about to be unable to stand it, so he frequently looked at the seat of the old thirteen and asked secretly, "Where has the old thirteen gone".
At this time, the old thirteen had already rushed to the Fengtai camp and the Xishan Ruijian camp to snatch the military power.
In fact, before the start of the court meeting, the thirteenth learned about the changes in the two barracks from Hongday, and also realized the purpose of the eighth master's behavior, so he didn't tell anyone, only said that he would go to the imperial doctor to see the disease, and secretly went to the two barracks.
There is a question here, you must know that the nine gates at this time are still under the control of Long Keduo, Long Keduo has fallen to the eighth master, and the two major barracks are in the suburbs of Beijing, and you need to go out of the nine gates to get there, so how did the old thirteen get out? Could it be that Long Keduo let go of the old thirteen without permission? Apparently not.
The answer is very simple, at this time, Long Keduo with his own men and horses has taken the opportunity to enter the palace, with the purpose of controlling the imperial guards led by Tu Lichen, so the nine gates at this time are just an empty shell, plus the prestige of the old thirteen in the government and the opposition, naturally no one dares to stop him.
After Lao Thirteen successfully left Beijing, he immediately rushed to the two barracks.
Although the two barracks had been stationed by the personal soldiers of the Four Iron Hat Kings at this time, there was one thing why they were able to successfully enter the camp because they had received the so-called "Holy Decree".
In fact, the holy decree only said that they should discuss military affairs, and did not mention the stationing, which was caused by the misleading of the eighth master, and the fact that Hongtian was coaxed by Hongshi to say the wrong thing, that is to say, the eighth master skillfully used this vacancy and let the personal soldiers of the four iron hat kings enter the two barracks.
But in fact, the military power of the barracks, and the generals are still Yongzheng and the old thirteen, the eighth master is still guilty of seeking truth but not truth, he thinks that this is equivalent to holding the two barracks in his hands, but he doesn't know that the two barracks are always in the hands of Yongzheng and the old thirteen.
Judging from the process of handover at that time, the commanders of the two battalions were already suspicious of this holy decree, but they could not verify it for a while, but as soon as the old thirteen arrived, it could be confirmed immediately, and whether it was the old thirteen's connections in the two barracks or the suppression of the number of people, the personal soldiers of the four iron hat kings were not their opponents at all, and they must be the result of being captured.
Just like before, when the old thirteen arrived, it didn't take a single soldier, and the military power of the two barracks returned to Yongzheng's hands.
At this time, the eighth master first lost to Zhang Tingyu in terms of reason, and then lost to the old thirteen in terms of military power.
When the old thirteen rushed back with the iron hat king's personal soldiers, the situation was immediately reversed.
There is another point to explain here, the reason why the imperial guards led by Tu Lichen were "restrained" by Long Keduo's people was not because they were not good at fighting, don't forget that Tu Lichen took them to investigate the Nuo Min case, they are all people who have survived a hundred battles, and it is impossible to beat them with the soldiers of the Yamen under the command of Long Keduo's infantry army.
The reason why they were controlled was because Long Keduo was the Minister of the Guard, and he was the direct boss of Turichen, who played a clever trick here and pretended to be controlled by him, but in fact he was waiting to see and not make unnecessary sacrifices.
When they saw the old thirteen, they knew that the overall situation had been decided, and if they didn't perform hard at this time, they would be implicated, so they immediately countered Long Kedo's people and watched Long Kedo.
As soon as Long Keduo was restrained, the last hope of the eighth master was shattered, which meant the complete failure of the Eight Kings' discussion.
Looking back on this game, the eighth master was still defeated on the issue of "seeking truth or not", which is why he summed up his life before he died. Although he knew the importance of military power, he never really won the military power, although he knew that the old thirteen was the key, but he still didn't let people look at him, so that in the end, he failed.
If Yongzheng and him change places, they will inevitably get rid of the old thirteen first, which is why when the eighth master forced the palace and Yongzheng didn't see the old thirteen, the first reaction was the reason why the old thirteen was harmed by the eighth master, because with Yongzheng's wrist, he would never just seek a false name, but solve the problem from the actual side.
As for the old thirteen, after listening to what Hongyang said, he immediately thought of the seriousness of the problem and the crux of the problem.
In his opinion, the court certainly needs his support, but in comparison, the two barracks are the key. If he went to the court at that time and did not rush to the barracks, then it is very likely that the two barracks will send troops to the capital, and it will be even more difficult to end at that time.
In addition, he knows his position better than anyone else, and his talent in leading troops to fight is far greater than that of the court debate, and there are Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi in the debate, so he can't take his turn to play at all, so it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to take back the military power and regain the military power by lightning speed, so as to stabilize the court.
Write at the end
The defeat of the eighth master lies in his excessive obsession with superficial things such as fame and connections, and does not see the essence of the problem.
The reason why Lao Thirteen succeeded was because he could see his own position clearly in everything, knew his strengths and weaknesses, and at the same time paid more attention to the essence of the problem, seeking truth rather than falsehood, and taking grasping military power and stabilizing the court as the first priority.
The defeat of the eighth master at the thirteenth and the defeat at Yongzheng really did not lose at all, which also confirmed that he sincerely admired Yongzheng's words in the farewell letter he wrote to Yongzheng.
In the end, I have to say that although the old thirteen did not deal with the eighth master, they also belonged to two camps, but the old thirteen always regarded him as a flesh and blood brother, and the last thing he wanted to see was cannibalism. Therefore, no matter how things change in the world, he is always the chivalrous old thirteen, and this has never changed!
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