Kangxi was the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the second emperor after the Qing Dynasty established its capital in Beijing. Emperor Kangxi ascended the throne at the age of 8 and took charge at the age of 14. He reigned for 61 years. He was the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history and one of the few sage emperors in Chinese history. The era of his rule was called Kangxi's Prosperity .
Kangxi was an emperor with both ability and political integrity, courage and strategy. During his 61 years in power, he defeated powerful officials Obei , quelled the San Francisco Rebellion, presided over the Penghu naval battle, unified Taiwan, and defeated Tsarist Russia's invasion. , signed the "Treaty of Nerchinsk " to ensure China's sovereignty over the Heilongjiang Basin; Three Conquests of Galdan. Politically, we should strengthen centralization of power, govern the world with benevolence and virtue, promote Manchu and Han as one family, pay attention to recuperation, and develop economic construction.
Kangxi had many concubines throughout his life, with a total of 65 wives and concubines in the harem. High-ranking people include Queen XiaochengrenHesheli, Queen XiaozhaorenHulu, Queen XiaoyirenTongjia, Queen XiaogongrenWuya, Queen JingminZhangjia. , Concubine Dunyi Guarjia family, Concubine Huihui Tongjia family, Concubine Wenxi Niu Hulu family. In addition, there are 11 concubines, 10 concubines, 14 nobles, concubines, 4, 9 who are always there, and 9 who are promised.
These concubines of Kangxi gave birth to 24 sons for him, which also made him tired of government affairs in his later years and unable to extricate himself from the competition among the princes. In addition, the princes competed for the throne due to the crown prince abolition incident, which had a negative impact on Emperor Kangxi's politics in his later years.
The nine sons who participated in the " nine sons seizing the legitimate " were the eldest son of the emperor Yinti , the second son of the emperor who was the deposed prince Yinren, the third son of the emperor Yinzhi, and the fourth son of the emperor who was later Yongzheng Yinzhen, the eighth son Yinzhen , the ninth son Yinzhen , the tenth son Yinzhen, the thirteenth son Yinzhen and the fourteenth son Yinzhen (also known as Yinzhen).
Kangxi was extremely wise throughout his life. Why did he not pass the throne to his eldest son, but choose to make the young Yinreng the crown prince?
1. A son is more valuable than his mother.
Hesheli is the queen. As the queen's son, Yinreng is the eldest son of Kangxi. In ancient times, there was an inheritance saying that " establishes direct descendants does not establish eldest son", so Yinreng is the legitimate first son. heir. The eldest son of the emperor, Yinti, was a concubine and ranked behind his legitimate son in terms of inheritance rights.
2, family background
Yinreng's mother Hesheli was born into a noble family. His grandfather Sony and his uncle Suo'etu were extremely powerful in Shunzhi Kangxi dynasties. Before the death of Emperor Shunzhi, he left behind four ministers who cared about his life. Among them, Suk Saha died early, Erbilong was old and faint, and at that time, Obai was becoming increasingly powerful and arrogant among the government and the public. Gradually formed a situation where the tail is too big to lose. In order to balance the forces of all parties, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang made the decision to make Sony's granddaughter Hesheli the queen. After that, Sony's third son Suo'etu also became the queen to help Emperor Kangxi get rid of Obai. A key figure, and after this, the Hesheli family reached its peak.
When dealing with the San Francisco issue, Suo'etu's attitude was swinging between left and right, and even tended to be against it. Queen Hesheli had died at that time. In order to further win over the Hesheli family, Emperor Kangxi chose to Yinreng was appointed as the crown prince.
Therefore, it was Kangxi's best choice to stabilize the court by wooing the Hesheli family.
3. Deep love between husband and wife
Yinreng’s biological mother, Hesheli, was Kangxi’s first wife. The two had a deep relationship. Hesheli gave birth to two sons for Emperor Kangxi, but the eldest son died young, leaving only Yinreng. When Yinreng was born in Kunning Palace, Hesheli died in childbirth at the age of only 21. Emperor Kangxi had an extraordinary relationship with Hesheli, and he was extremely fond of the only child Hesheli had with him. The year after Yinreng was born, he obtained the consent of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and issued an imperial edict to establish Yinreng. Feng is the prince.
4, Talented and Intelligent
Crown Prince Yinreng is his legitimate son, he is talented and intelligent, and he is not as incompetent as he plays in movies and TV series, otherwise he would not be able to be the crown prince for thirty years.
In history, Yinreng was a well-known handsome man. He had always made achievements in the court, and was able to complete some affairs of the court outstandingly and achieved good political achievements.
