Emperor Yongzheng’s father, Emperor Kangxi, had 35 sons. Excluding Yongzheng himself, that means Emperor Yongzheng had thirty-four brothers. Eleven of them died young and had no descendants, and two had descendants. Thirteen.
Among the 35 sons of Emperor Kangxi, 15 did not live past the age of 10, and 5 of them were underage when Emperor Kangxi died. The eldest son of the emperor was only 16 years old, so this The five of them have avoided the whirlpool of the battle for the throne, and their endings are relatively good. Among the other princes, except for the fourth prince Yinzhen who ascended the throne and his gang members, basically none of them met a good end.
Nine of the twenty-three brothers participated in the famous nine-son competition in history. The eldest brother Aixinjueluo Yinti, the second elder brother Aixinjueluo Yinti, and the third brother Aixinjueluo Yinti. The elder brother Aixinjueluo·Yinzhi, the fourth elder brother Aixinjueluo·Yinzhen, the eighth elder brother Aixinjueluo·Yinzhen, the ninth elder brother Yinzhen, the tenth elder brother Aixinjueluo·Yinzhen, the thirteenth elder brother The elder brother Aixinjueluo Yinxiang, the fourteenth elder brother Aixinjueluo Yinqi.
The emperor’s eldest son Yinti, Emperor Kangxi had already appointed his legitimate son, the emperor’s second son Yinreng, as the prince. The eldest son Yinti teamed up with other princes and officials to report on the prince, and after deposing the prince, he proposed to kill the deposed prince. , and used witchcraft to try to kill the deposed prince, and was imprisoned by Emperor Kangxi for 26 years before dying of depression.
The emperor's second son, the deposed prince Yun Reng, lost his position as prince and was imprisoned in Xian'an Palace by Emperor Kangxi for 13 years. He died of melancholy.
The third son of the emperor, Yinzhi, was originally not very enthusiastic about the crown prince. He liked literature and calligraphy, but he had a better relationship with the deposed prince. After Yongzheng came to power, he was imprisoned in Yong'an Pavilion in Jingshan for 10 years and died of illness in the prison.
Yinqi, the fifth son of the emperor, is kind-hearted and honest, and basically does not form cliques to compete for the throne. He was later named Prince Heng by Emperor Kangxi. Yunqi did not form a party, nor did he fight for the throne. Yongzheng didn't touch him much after he came to power, but later cut off his son's title for an excuse. Yongzheng died in ten years!
Yinyou, the seventh son of the emperor, kept to himself. Later, he was relieved of his duties due to illness and died in the eighth year of Yongzheng.
Yinsu, the eighth son of the emperor, is the best and most talented of the Yongzheng brothers, and also the most powerful. After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he first pretended to make him a prince, and then found an excuse to deprive him of the royal title, imprison him, and rename him "Aqina". It is said that the word "Aqina" means "pig". In the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign, Yinhu was tortured and killed.
The ninth son of the emperor Yinzhen and the tenth son of the emperor Yin were both members of the eighth son of the emperor. One is said to have been poisoned to death after being imprisoned by Yongzheng, and the other was imprisoned and lived until the second year of Qianlong.
Yinzu, the twelfth son of the emperor, did not form a party to seek the throne, but he was still demoted by Yongzheng. He was not given a real title and only enjoyed benefits. Yinzhen was generous, so he lived until the 28th year of Qianlong.
The fourteenth son of the emperor, Yinzhen, whose real name is Yinzhen, is the biological brother of Yongzheng, but his party is the same as Yunzhen, and there are rumors that Kangxi ordered the succession of "Yinzhen" before his death, but the Yongzheng party tampered with it. "Yin Zhen"! Therefore, after Yongzheng came to power, he imprisoned Yinqi and his son in the Shouhuang Palace in Jingshan, and was not released until Qianlong succeeded to the throne.
Yinyou, the fifteenth son of the emperor, was sent by Yongzheng to guard Jingling after the death of Emperor Kangxi, that is, to guard Kangxi's tomb. Yongzheng died in the ninth year of his reign.
Only three people are in better condition: Yinxiang, the thirteenth son of the emperor, was formerly a "Yinzhen Party", so he was named Prince Yi by Yongzheng and trusted him very much. Yinlu, the sixteenth son of the emperor, was adopted by Prince Zhuang Boguoduo and was granted the title of Prince Zhuang. The seventeenth son of the emperor, Yinli, was also a member of the "Yinzhen Party". Yongzheng succeeded to the throne and was named the Prince of Guojun, and later the Prince.
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Nine sons seizing the throne refers to the famous historical event of fighting for the throne in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
In the fourteenth year of Kangxi (1675), Kangxi made his second elder brother Yinreng the crown prince (2 years old). From then on, the crown prince became arrogant and overbearing and formed a clique for personal gain. In the 42nd year of Kangxi's reign (1703), Kangxi killed Suo'etu, and the relationship between father and son became tense.
In the forty-seventh year of Kangxi (1708), at the Burhasu Palace in Mulan Paddock, Emperor Kangxi said that the crown prince Yinreng "violated the virtues of our ancestors and did not follow my instructions, but was tyrannical and violent." On the grounds of "fornication", the prince was deposed. After that, many elder brothers began to covet the throne.
The eldest brother Yinti was the eldest son of a concubine. He had never been liked by Kangxi. Knowing that there was no hope, he proposed to Kangxi that the eighth prince Yinti should be married. The reason was that "the warlock Zhang Mingde will be rich if he meets Yinti." He said that he wanted to kill Yinhu on behalf of his father, which made Kangxi extremely chilled, severely reprimanded him, and at the same time, he was very wary of Yinhu.
When Yinzhu was a child, he was raised by his eldest brother's mother, Concubine Hui, so his eldest brother had a good relationship with him.
At this time, the third elder brother Yinzhi revealed that the eldest elder brother had done something to harm Yinreng in Nightmare Town, and Kangxi imprisoned the eldest elder brother. Kangxi was disgusted with Yinhu's collusion with Yinti, so he also imprisoned him and later released him. In March of the 48th year of Kangxi's reign (1709), Prince Yinfeng's status was restored. At the end of the 50th year of Kangxi's reign, the defendant formed a clique with Qi Shiwu, the Minister of Punishment, Tuo Heqi, the commander of the infantry, and Geng E, the Minister of the Ministry of War, for personal gain.
In September of the 51st year of Kangxi (1712), another edict was issued to depose the prince. From then on, the deposed prince was imprisoned until his death. Seeing this chaos, the third elder brother Yinzhi voluntarily withdrew from the competition.
After Yinfeng was deposed again, the eighth elder brother Yinhu turned to support the fourteenth elder brother Yinzhen (the fourth elder brother had the same mother and brother), the ninth elder brother Yinzhen, and the tenth elder brother Yin? vassalized the eighth elder brother. Brother Yinsu. The thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang vassalized the fourth elder brother Yinzhen. After the prince was deposed for the first time, Yinzhen dared to say good things for Yinzhen, and he belonged to the princelings.
After Yinzhen was deposed for the second time, Yinzhen saw that there was no possibility of Yinzheng being re-established, so he began to form cliques for personal gain and peek into the reserve. At this time, two major forces were formed: the Fourth Ye Party headed by Yinzhen and the Eighth Ye Party headed by Yinzhen.
In the 61st year of Kangxi (1722), Emperor Kangxi died of illness in Changchun Garden. At that time, the 14th prince Yinzhen, who was supported by the Eight Lords Party, was far in the northwest, and the fourth prince Yinzhen stayed in Beijing. Kangxi's close minister, the infantry commander Longkodo (brother of Empress Xiao Yiren, the Holy Ancestor of the Qing Dynasty) announced that Kangxi's will declared that Yinzhen would succeed to the throne and be the Yongzheng Emperor. In the future, the Ba Ye Party members were forced to settle old accounts. The battle between the nine sons ended with Yongzheng's victory.
In order to prevent the recurrence of the tragedy of brothers fighting for the throne, Yongzheng implemented a secret system of establishing princes. He no longer publicly established princes. The emperor wrote an edict and placed it behind a bright and bright plaque in the Qianqing Palace until the emperor's death. Only future generations can open it and declare their heirs.
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