Yongzheng Whether the emperor succeeded to the throne or took the opportunity to seize the throne, he was noisy at the beginning of Yongzheng's succession, and it was difficult to distinguish between true and false, which left behind this historical mystery.
Today we will objectively analyze the orthodox nature of Yongzheng Emperor 's succession from the following key points.
1. The truth about Emperor Yongzheng's "planning his father and forcing his mother" to obtain the throne;
2. The truth about Emperor Yongzheng's "tampering with the will" to obtain the throne;
3. It says that because Yongzheng got the throne incorrectly, he "killed his brother after he succeeded to the throne. The truth of the Tu brother";
4. It is said that Emperor Yongzheng killed Longkodo and Gengyao to silence and destroy the truth of the usurper witness.
Emperor Yongzheng reigned for thirteen years, with his reign title "Yongzheng". Before Yongzheng ascended the throne, he was "Prince Yong" and his reign title was "Yongzheng" meaning "Prince Yong was the right way to get the throne". It can be seen that Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne ascended the throne. I was suspected at the beginning, and these doubts must not be completely groundless.
First of all, let’s take a look at what happened before and after the death of Emperor Kangxi?
On the day of Emperor Kangxi's death, the fourteenth sons of the emperor led their troops in the northwest, but Emperor Kangxi did not issue an edict to recall the fourteenth sons of the emperor back to the capital.
On the day of Emperor Kangxi's death, the fourth son of the emperor was preparing for the 15th Winter Solstice ceremony at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. He was urgently recalled by Kangxi and was summoned by Kangxi three times in Changchun Garden , but Emperor Kangxi did not act as For the matter of mentioning inheritance of the throne.
According to the records of " Dayi Juemi Lu ", in the morning of Emperor Kangxi's death, he urgently summoned the third prince, the seventh prince, the eighth prince, the ninth prince, the tenth prince, the twelfth prince, the thirteenth prince and Longkodo to everyone, and Announced that "the fourth son of the emperor is of great character. If I bow to him late, I will definitely be able to achieve great throne and succeed me ascend the throne." However, this book "The Book of the Great Righteous Awakening" was written by an official who was appointed by Emperor Yongzheng after he succeeded to the throne, and At the time of publication, the above parties were basically gone and could not be verified, so the content recorded in this book is not enough to be completely credible.
Emperor Kangxi died at the Xu hour that night (November 13, 61st year of Kangxi). Longkodo, the commander of the infantry army, verbally conveyed to Prince Yong the will of Emperor Kangxi to inherit the throne. Prince Yong heard that The reaction was surprise and grief, and then fainted on the ground. The third son of the emperor took the lead in kowtowing to Yongzheng and admitted that he had inherited the throne.
On the 14th, Emperor Kangxi declared that the world would be the guest of honor, Prince Yong inherited the throne and summoned the fourteenth son to return to the capital. At the same time, the nine gates of the capital are closed and entry and exit are prohibited.
On the 16th, the imperial edict of Emperor Kangxi was issued.
On the 19th, the temple of heaven, Taimiao, , the altar of sorrow and the nine gates of the capital were opened.
On the 20th, Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne in Taihe Hall and changed his yr name to "Yongzheng".
1. The truth about Emperor Yongzheng's "planning his father and forcing his mother" and seeking the throne.
Short after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, rumors came that Emperor Kangxi was seriously ill in Changchun Garden. Prince Yong received a bowl of ginseng soup, and Emperor Kangxi passed away. In other words, Emperor Yongzheng poisoned Emperor Kangxi to death, but Emperor Kangxi was closely guarded and it was difficult to poison. Moreover, Emperor Kangxi was already seventy years old at that time, and the possibility of death from illness was very high. This theory of poisoning should be purely a rumor fabrication.
Emperor Yongzheng succeeded to the throne for half a year, and his biological mother suddenly passed away. There are rumors that Yongzheng's biological mother had a conflict with Yongzheng because of the fourteenth son. Emperor Yongzheng was furious and the empress dowager was killed on the iron pillar. This is indeed difficult to verify, and history has not clearly recorded, and the mother-son relationship is indeed not good during this period.
2. The truth about Emperor Yongzheng's "tampering with the will" and seeking the throne.
There are rumors that the original biography of Emperor Kangxi is located in the 14th son of the emperor Yinzhen , and the shape and pronunciation of the characters "Yinzhen" are similar. Therefore, Yongzheng changed the "Fourth son of the throne" in the imperial edict to " The throne was passed down to the fourth son Yinzhen, and after Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne, he changed the name of the fourteenth son "Yinzhen" to " Yinzhen ".
The statement that tampered with the will of the will of the first place must not work, because the emperor's will of the will of the will of Manchu and Han characters must be written, and Manchu does not meet the conditions for modification at all.As for changing the name of the 14th Emperor, it is also a taboo. Not only the 14th Emperor has changed it, but the other princes have also changed it, but only the 14th Emperor has changed it two words.
3, telling the truth that Yongzheng "killed his brother and slaughtered his brother" after he succeeded to the throne because of the incorrect throne.
After Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne, those who strongly opposed him were the eldest son, the eighth son, the ninth son, the tenth son, and the fourteenth son. It was indeed true that Emperor Yongzheng persecuted his brothers and sisters in order to stabilize the regime.
The eldest son of the emperor was seized and locked up at home during the reign of Emperor Kangxi.
The eighth son of the emperor was later banned and eventually killed him.
It is said that the nine emperors were deprived of their clan and were poisoned to death.
The tenth son of the emperor was detained for some reason and detained.
The fourteenth son of the Emperor was later imprisoned in the Shouhuang Palace of Jingshan.
The fact that Emperor Yongzheng "killed his brother and slaughtered his brother" is true, but this does not mean that Yongzheng's throne came from incorrectly, and the historical fact is indeed that these princes opposed Yongzheng everywhere, and it is not ruled out that Yongzheng had to do so for the safety of the country. For it.
4. It is said that Emperor Yongzheng killed Longkodo and Nian Gengyao to silence and destroy the truth that the usurper proved.
Longkodo is a key figure in Emperor Yongzheng's succession. Longkodo is the uncle cousin of Emperor Kangxi. Some people believe that Longkodo "hidden" the true edict, causing the fourteenth son to lose the opportunity to succeed the throne, and there is help. The fourth son ascended the throne. However, in the fifth year of Yongzheng, Longkodo was seized by Emperor Yongzheng and imprisoned, and died in the forbidden place in the sixth year of Yongzheng. Longkodo's fate was due to his own reasons, and of course there was also the motivation for Emperor Yongzheng to silence him. After all, Longkodo was very critical when Emperor Yongzheng succeeded to the throne.
If Nian Gengyao's help to Yongzheng consolidate the throne, first, he informed Emperor Yongzheng of the fourteenth son, so that Emperor Yongzheng could gain a deep understanding of the opponent of the fourteenth son. Second, Nian Gengyao won the victory in using troops in the northwest and maintained the stability of the Qing Dynasty . Nian Gengyao's disaster can be said to be entirely caused by himself, and there is no such thing as Yongzheng's silence.
The above four aspects of the statements cannot be explained that Emperor Yongzheng succeeded to the throne was orthodox, nor can it be said that Emperor Yongzheng's throne was taken away. The biggest problem with the surrender of the throne lies in the lack of the will. It is not that there is no will in existence now, but now The remaining wills cannot be distinguished from the authenticity and cannot be used as iron evidence.
History is the history of the winners. It is impossible for official history to record Emperor Yongzheng's rebellion for the throne. As the supreme ruler of the feudal dynasty at that time, the most important thing to judge him is to look at his political merits and demerits.
