0p0 Chapter 143 Yongzheng Concubine Li 17
Chapter 143 Yongzheng Concubine Li 17
After Kangxi took power, he hoped to appoint a crown prince as soon as possible to avoid tragedy.
On the one hand, in order to win over the Han people, he adopted the Han people's idea of establishing a legitimate heir to inherit the throne.
Kangxi's Queen Hesheli was Soni's granddaughter. This was a stopgap measure to win over Soni and attack Oboi's accomplices.
The young couple had a deep affection for each other, but unfortunately Hesheli died early. Kangxi felt that he had let Hesheli down, so he made the second prince Yinreng, who was just over one year old, the crown prince.
Behind the first battle for the throne, behind the eldest prince Yinzhi was the powerful minister Mingzhu.
He served as prime minister alongside Empress Hesheli's father, Soetu, and factional strife caused chaos in the government and the country.
Mingzhu lost this fight, but it also exposed two major cliques in the court. The number of people and the wide range of their involvement made Kangxi shudder.
The second fight for the throne took place in the 46th year of Kangxi's reign. Crown Prince Yinreng attempted to establish himself as the emperor while Kangxi was in Rehe for recuperation, but was discovered by Kangxi and deposed from the crown prince position.
The whole government was shocked. The Prince's Party and the Eighth Prince's Party, which supported the Eighth Prince Yinsi, once again formed a trend of factional struggle.
In order to balance the turmoil, Kangxi reinstated the crown prince.
The two factional struggles for the throne not only caused Kangxi to lose two capable ministers, Mingzhu and Soetu, but also made Kangxi see the tragedy of fratricide in the imperial family.
There is also a saying that the Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang was imprisoned in Yangfeng Alley for many years because he angered Kangxi by blurting out "There is no father and son in the royal family" when Kangxi angrily scolded the crown prince.
In the 51st year of Kangxi's reign, the crown prince was deposed again, and Kangxi vowed not to appoint another crown prince.
The most competitive candidates at this time are the third prince Yinzhi, the fourth prince Yinzhen, the eighth prince Yinsi, and the fourteenth prince Yinzhi.
The third prince Yinzhi was weak and polite to literati. Although he was supported by the upright people, he lacked perseverance and could not inherit the throne.
The eighth prince Yinsi lost the trust of Emperor Kangxi because of his 46-year struggle for the throne. Kangxi believed that he was cunning and petty, and lacked the demeanor of an emperor.
The fourteenth prince Yinzhen was the younger brother of the fourth prince Yinzhen. He was good at leading troops in battles. He was good at military affairs but lacked in civil administration.
The fourth prince Yinzhen was a very solitary person. He never made friends with outsiders and just focused on his job.
However, in the course of his duties, Yinzhen showed his toughness, his inability to tolerate any injustice, and his reformist ideas of breaking old conventions and customs, or in today's terms, his sense of innovation.
Yinzhen was a harsh person and was extremely strict in his rule, but he produced several honest and capable officials under him.
Kangxi didn't like Yinzhen, but he wanted to use him!
Yinzhen noticed his thoughts and realized that besides doing his job, he would study Buddhism or grow rice seeds in the garden.
Xueli often goes out to play with them.
The children were often running and jumping and looked very energetic. Yinzhen mentioned to his wife that he wanted to take the princesses out to play.
Ulanara refused.
He said that women should be gentle, quiet, dignified and steady...
Yinzhen was a little speechless and never mentioned it again. He just often took Xueli and the children out to play.
And so another year passed.
In the 52nd year of Kangxi's reign (1713), Kangxi proclaimed himself "Benevolent Emperor". In the same year, he held the Banquet for Thousand Old Men, pardoned Oboi, and implemented the policy of "never increasing taxes on the increase of population"!
At the same time, he began to pay attention to his outstanding grandchildren.
The 16-year-old Hong Yi caught his eye.
Compared with Yinzhen, Hongyi is more smooth, but he has just as many tricks.
Hong Yi has been extremely intelligent since childhood, with outstanding talents, exquisite martial arts, and worldly wisdom yet unsophisticated! He is obviously the most outstanding talent among the third generation.
Kangxi's eyes lit up, and he wanted to bring Hongyi to the palace to train him personally.
What made him angry was that Yinzhen had not yet chosen a wife for him!
Then, taking advantage of this year's talent show, he selected princesses from the Fucha and Niuhulu clans for him to choose from.
Hong Yi felt helpless!
"Huang Mafa, my grandson is still young!"
Meeting Kangxi's gaze, Hong Yi picked up the portrait.
"You understand what I mean, right?!"
Hong Yi nodded and chose Fu Cha.
Of course he knew that many young men of the Fucha clan were new nobles in the court.
The Niuhulu family can be said to be a family of queens, but at this time, what they need is to lie dormant!
If he chose the direct line of Niuhulu today, his father would be attacked by everyone the next day.
Besides, if they were not in high positions, those aristocratic families would not sacrifice their carefully raised daughters.
Kangxi nodded imperceptibly.
"You seem to have a sister?" Kangxi seemed to have just remembered.
"Yes, Your Majesty, my sister is two years older than my grandson! Her maiden name is Baoyin." Hong Yi nodded in response neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Hiss~ That's not right. Is she married? Whose boy is he?!" Kangxi frowned and fell into deep thought.
He is really old and his memory is not good!
"Imperial Law, Father thinks it's bad for a woman's health to get married and have children too early, so he postponed it on purpose and has already found a husband!"
When Hong Yi said this, he suddenly wanted to run away.
My mother said, I would rather die than let my friend die, so let my father face the storm!
Then he said goodbye in a hurry and said he was going to visit the Empress Dowager!
Kangxi agreed and summoned Yinzhen.
I don’t know what happened, but Hongyi hid in the palace and didn’t return home. Yinzhen said to Xueli, "The mother must pay for the son's debt," and then he became excited.
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The next day, I learned that my eldest daughter was getting married.
Xueli prepared part, Yinzhen prepared part, the palace prepared part, and the wife of the emperor prepared part.
Within two days, no one knew what Yinzhen and his wife had said to each other.
But Yinzhen didn't look very good during those two days.
Xue Li learned from Nanny Yu that Yinzhen was keeping an eye on the sons he had trained, and he wanted to let Galo and Ningkuoliqike choose one.
As a result, Fu Jin became furious and said that Yinzhen was partial and did not love her daughter.
They are all small families. Not only that, they also said that those people were the ones left over by Baoyin...
Yinzhen tried to reason with her, and Fu Jin finally said that she wanted to marry Galo back to her mother's family, Ulanara Xingde.
Yinzhen seemed to be hesitant to speak and looked at Galo.
Galo nodded in agreement!
Yinzhen then asked for an imperial decree to grant the marriage, and the two sisters got married six months apart.
Xue Li shared many fire-avoiding drawings with her daughter, but there was no way her masterpieces were hidden by Yinzhen.
Baoyin's cheeks turned red and she ran away shyly.
The son of Amurru chosen by Baoyin, well, the tradition of his family is that he is dominated by his wife!
Of course, this was found out by Yinzhen. Usually, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren all have the same expression, serious and rigid!
Perhaps because of Yinzhen, Baoyin was not afraid but instead had a spirit of adventure.
She often took her brother out to go horseback riding with others, and finally decided on him.
In the 53rd year of Kangxi's reign (1714), the "Eagle Killing Incident" made Kangxi completely disgusted with Yinsi, and the Eighth Prince was stripped of his title of Beile.
In his later years, Kangxi had a strong desire to rectify the administration of officials.
He stressed that officials must be honest, diligent and pragmatic, and he severely punished corrupt officials on many occasions.
However, despite his efforts, the results of rectifying the administration were not significant.