Although compared with the two emperors of Kangqian , Yongzheng has a relatively low historical presence, no one can ignore Yongzheng's political ability . Kangxi When he was alive, no one expected that Yongzheng, who was not revealed, would become the final winner and eliminate all political enemies after ascending the throne. Many history enthusiasts believe that Yongzheng was extremely scheming and even forced his mother Uya to death.
So, how did Uya die? What is the relationship between her death and Yongzheng? What role did Yinzhi , who was a compatriot with Yongzheng, play in the death of Uyashi? Let us walk into today's story with these questions.
The day after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he labeled his mortal enemy Yinsi as a prince, allowing Yinsi, who are close to him, and his uncle Longkodo as prime minister. In addition, Yongzheng also activated a large number of Yinsi's confidants. Although Yongzheng's move was beyond everyone's expectations, it also successfully blocked Youyou's mouth, tied Yinsi to his political interests, and subtly divided Yinsi's confidants. Yongzheng had made complete plans. Once the time was ripe, it would be Yinsi's death.
Unlike Yinsi, Yinzhen holds heavy troops and has a high prestige. Moreover, the two are both compatriots, so Yongzheng is not good at killing him. During Kangxi's lifetime, Yinzhen was the prince with the most hope of inheriting the throne. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, folk legend said that Yongzheng seized the throne of Yinzhen. In the public opinion at that time, Yinzhi was quite sympathetic to the people. From this perspective, Yinzhen had potential appeal, which made Yongzheng extremely afraid.
After Kangxi's death, Yongzheng immediately seized the military power of his 14th brother. Although Yongzheng allowed Yinzhen to go to Beijing to attend the funeral, he was only allowed Yinzhen to bring twenty followers. From this, we can see how Yongzheng was extraordinary. Yongzheng did not let all his brothers return to Beijing at the same time, but instead let Yinzhen, who was far away, take the lead.
It can be said that among all the princes, Yinzhen is the most filial.
According to Yongzheng's arrangement, after Yinzhen arrived in the capital, he had to pay his respects to Yongzheng first before he could attend the funeral for his father. Yinzhen was strong-willed. He did not meet Yongzheng, but went straight to his father's mourning hall.
After seeing Kangxi's coffin, Yinzhen was mixed with emotion and cried bitterly. He lay on Kangxi's coffin and cried, "Emperor, Lao Si Fourteen has returned to Beijing. Do you open your eyes and take a look! Emperor Ma, remember when I led my troops to war, you personally sent me out of the capital, and grabbed my hand and said, "Yinzhen, I am waiting for you to return triumphantly. Now Lao Si Fourteen can help you solve your problems, you must open your eyes and see me!" Yinzhen cried heart-wrenchingly. He cried for his father's death, but also for his miserable prospects. Every word of his words is full of true feelings.
Yinzhen was getting more and more excited. He couldn't help but say to the guards beside him: "Come on! Open the coffin of the Emperor Ama, and make sure I meet the Emperor Ama again, so that he can take a look at the last look of the Eleventh." How dare the guards offend the coffin of the Emperor? They all stood there at a loss. Seeing that no one was going to do it, Yinzhen simply walked forward and opened the coffin. At this time, Yongzheng happened to arrive, and he stood in the distance and witnessed all this. Yinzhen was full of hatred for the Yinzhen, who had already sat on the dragon throne, but he had to kneel in front of his brother to pay his respects.
Because there were too many people present, in order to show his brotherly demeanor, Yongzheng walked up to Yinzhen and helped him up, and said softly, "Fourth brother, let me mourn. I think the emperor has a spirit in heaven, and I don't want you to cry like this." After comforting Yinzhen, Yongzheng changed his tone: "I am more sad than you when the emperor passed away. Whenever I think of Emperor Ahma, although he was quite strict with the princes, he treated me with him whenever he thought of Emperor Ahma, although he was quite strict with the princes during his lifetime, he treated me with him when he was very strict with the princes. Each of us loves it very much. Now that the Emperor Ahma has passed away, how can we sons not be heartbroken? However, people cannot be resurrected by death, and the Emperor Ahma has been asleep. What we need to do is to guard the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains left by him, so that we can comfort the Emperor Ahma's spirit in heaven."
Yongzheng spoke with great righteousness, but Yinzhen did not say a word and did not pay any attention to Yongzheng at all.Seeing that his younger brother was unable to come down from Taiwan in front of everyone, Yongzheng was angry and did not care about the emperor's dignity, and cursed: "Old Fourteen, you are so ignorant, what big thing can you do in the future?"
Although Yinzhen has an impulsive personality, he has a high IQ.
At this moment, he not only did not retreat at all, but instead took Yongzheng's army. Seeing that he and Yongzheng's biological mother, Concubine De , kneeling in the mourning hall like other concubines, Yinzhen had an idea and took the opportunity to speak out:
"Emperor brother, now you are the king of a country. The fourteenth brother is really happy for you. The ancestral property of the Qing will definitely be carried forward in the hands of the emperor. However, why did the emperor ask his mother to kneel together with other concubines?"
After hearing this, Yongzheng realized that his mistake was caught by Yinzhen, and at this time he had lost his way out. In order to save the room, Yongzheng immediately said kindly:
"The fourteenth brother said it makes sense. Since I have inherited the throne, then my mother will naturally be the empress dowager."
Yongzheng immediately came to his mother, helped her up in person, and instructed him to say:
"Come, draw an order for me and give Concubine De the empress dowager."
As soon as the emperor opened his golden mouth, the ministers around him naturally did as they did. Seeing that his mother had become the empress dowager, Yinzhen had achieved his goal, and it was meaningless to continue making trouble. So Yinzhen left the mourning hall with a swagger, not even calling Yongzheng. Yongzheng stood in the mourning hall and remained silent, staring coldly at the back of his 14th brother.
After a while, Yongzheng deprived Yinzhi of his title on the charge of making a fuss about the mourning hall of the First Emperor and making rude words to the current emperor, and only retained the title of Beizi . After Kangxi was buried, Yongzheng ordered Yinzhen to guard Kangxi under the guise of guarding for the previous emperor. Before leaving, Yongzheng said to his younger brother:
"Old Fourteen, I know that you have the deepest relationship with the Emperor Ama, and I also know that you are the most heartbreaking, so I decided to replace other brothers and fulfill my filial piety to the Emperor Ama."
How smart Yinzhen is, how could he not know that Yongzheng just wanted to find an excuse to put him under house arrest. However, Yinzhen is now the emperor, which is an unchangeable fact. If he continues to make trouble with him, there is only a dead end to him. Yinzhen weighed the pros and cons, finally suppressed his anger, did not turn against Yongzheng, and stayed in the imperial tomb to guard the tomb for his father.
Yongzheng was cruel and ruthless to his brother, and even his brother Yinzhen would be suppressed by him. As the mother of Yongzheng and Yinzhen, Empress Dowager U Ya felt very disappointed. She could not control the eldest son of the emperor, nor could she help the suppressed youngest son. Whether it is Yongzheng or Yinzhen, they are all the flesh that fell from Uya's body. How can she choose? The cruelest thing in the world is probably watching your two sons kill each other.
Uyashi walked out of Cining Palace and looked at the imperial garden that had just been soaked in the rain. At this time, she had no intention of watching these elegant landscapes. Her food, clothing and consumption are the best in the world, and she is so extravagant than when she was a concubine in her early years. However, the two sons were tragic and cried all day long. She prayed to the sky for countless nights and asked the deceased emperor: "Your Majesty, what should I do?" Because of his depression, Uya was infected with the cold.
In May of the first year of Yongzheng, Uya was bedridden. After hearing this, Yongzheng immediately moved into Yonghe Palace , taking care of his mother day and night, and personally serving his mother to take medicine. Uya looked at his son and said pity:
"Your Madam is in good health. You need to put the world first and don't be by my mother's side all day long."
Yongzheng refused:
"Now my mother is sick, how can you not take care of her as a son?"
After feeding her mother medicine, Yongzheng served Uya to bed, covered her with a quilt, and said:
"My mother should not think too much, and she will rest well."
Uya closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Yongzheng asked the eunuchs and palace maids around him to retreat and continued to stay in front of his mother's sickbed.After an hour, Yongzheng suddenly found that his mother had woken up. Her chest was fluctuating very hard, and she wanted to say anything but couldn't say anything. Yongzheng came forward and heard Uya say in an extremely weak voice:
"Your Majesty, no matter what happened, the fourteenth brother is your younger brother after all. Now that you see you two fratricidal, my mother is very heartbroken."
Speaking of this, Uya suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, but she struggled to continue saying:
"If you don't tell the emperor now, you will have no chance in the future. The emperor must agree to your mother and the fourteenth brother..."
Before he finished speaking, Uya vented more and inhaled less, and Yongzheng could no longer hear what his mother said.
The next day, Uya was cut off.
Yongzheng was by his mother's side, watching her mother shed her last tears with her own eyes. The pain in her heart can be imagined. In a person's life, he will experience countless separations of life and death. Thinking that his mother was still worried about her and her brother's affairs before her death, Yongzheng burst into tears.
After his mother passed away, Yongzheng would go to the coffin to present food and fruits to his mother every day, and cried bitterly in front of his mother's coffin. Seeing the emperor crying so moved, all the ministers were moved.
Qing Shengzu Empress Xiaogongren Uya (April 28, 1660 - June 25, 1723), named Ma Yu, the fourth queen of Emperor Kangxi, the biological mother of Emperor Yongzheng, the gang leader of the garrison, and the daughter of the first-class Chengen Duke Wei Wu , and the granddaughter of the general manager of the kitchen.
Entered to the palace in the 14th year of Kangxi (1675). In the 17th year of Kangxi (1678), the fourth son Yinzhen was born. In the 18th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1679), he was promoted to Debin . In the 19th year of Kangxi (1680), the sixth son Yinzuo was born. In the 20th year of Kangxi (1681), he was promoted to Concubine De. In the 21st year of Kangxi (1682), the emperor gave birth to seven daughters. In the 22nd year of Kangxi (1683), the ninth daughter of the emperor was born. In the 25th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1686), he gave birth to twelve daughters of the emperor. In the 27th year of Kangxi (1688), the 14th son of the emperor was born. In the 61st year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1722), after Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne, he was honored as the Empress Dowager of the Holy Mother and proposed to be named Empress Dowager Renshou. On May 23, the first year of Yongzheng (June 25, 1723), he died in Yonghe Palace at the age of 64.
On June 20th, Yongzheng issued an order:
"I am the only mother and queen to be promoted to the Taimiao. The ceremony is at stake. If you want to extend the filial piety of the ministers, you must comply with the constitution of the previous generation. Be reasonable and reasonable, and then you can show it for thousands of years. Empress Xiaochengren is the first to marry, and the emperor is the best. Empress Xiaozhaoren , and Empress Xiaoyiren succeeded to the central palace. Empress Xiaogongren gave birth to a couplet, and the mother is in charge of the world. According to the temple, the ancestors are a temple. Zhiyi: One Yuan, One Yuan, One Yuan, One Born, One Born, and One Born, ranked second. Now my mother is promoted to the ranking of Gan, and she is the first to be Empress Xiaochengren, Empress Xiaozhaoren, Empress Xiaoyiren, and Empress Xiaogongren. This is the same as the ancient etiquette, and my heart is at peace."
all the information about Uya's illness and even death comes from official history. From this record, we can see a filial Yongzheng. However, there are different statements in unofficial history, which is that Yongzheng forced his mother Uya to death.
Why did Uya die in unofficial history? What happened to Yongzheng and his brother Yinzhi after Uya’s death? Foresee what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.
Reference materials:
["Draft of Qing History·Biography of Concubines", "Records of Emperor Xian of Qing Dynasty"]
