Qianlong’s succession to the throne was not only favored by Kangxi, but his only opponent was tricked by Yongzheng.

Yongzheng's succession to the throne was a bloody storm. Among the other eight brothers who participated in the competition, only his half-brother, the thirteenth Yinxiang, served him from beginning to end. After Yongzheng came to power, the grievances were clear. The political treatment and status given to Lao Shisan were truly inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. Even the emperor's elder brothers had to kneel down and worship him. His seven opponents were all imprisoned and died, especially Lao Ba, who was called "Aqina" ("Dog" in Manchu), and Lao Jiu, who was called "Seth Hei" ("Pig" in Manchu). "). Lu Xun also wrote in "Quasi Feng Yue Tan? "Copying the Target"": "Emperor Yongzheng wanted to get rid of his brothers, so he first gave them the imperial gift to change their names to 'Aqina' and 'Seth Hei'."

< p> And Yongzheng's son Qianlong succeeded to the throne, which can be said to be a surprise. "Records of the Holy Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty" records that in the spring of the 61st year of Kangxi's reign, "the fourth son of the emperor and Prince Yin of Shuo Yong respectfully invited him to Prince Xing's Garden for a banquet." Kangxi Xing came to Yuanmingyuan, the garden given to Yin, and saw it for the first time for less than 12 years. His grandson Hongli, who was 20 years old, "was shocked and fell in love with him when he saw it, and made him study in the palace." He taught him calligraphy in person, and asked famous teachers to teach him culture, riding, archery, and firearms. Niu Hulu, the birth mother of Li, is a blessed person. For this reason, Niukulu was even more favored by Yongzheng.

Hongli was favored by Kangxi, which should be an aspect of his subsequent succession. In the first year after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he secretly established the crown prince, wrote Hongli's name and placed it in the Qianqing Palace. Behind the plaque of "Justice and Brightness". But this is a secret. For Hongli, who is still only in his teens, even if he is a talented person and is entrusted with important tasks by Yongzheng, it is still unknown whether he can successfully succeed to the throne.

His second brother Yin was established as the crown prince by Kangxi when he was still one year old. He was appointed crown prince twice and reigned for 36 years. However, he was eventually removed and imprisoned by his father and brothers. to death. The succession of Hongli's Amma to the throne was not announced until Kangxi's death. Kuang Hongli was not established as a prince, but two years before Yongzheng's death (the eleventh year of Yongzheng's reign), he was still named Prince Heshuobao. When Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he was still in the true heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period. Although he did not know that history had only arranged 13 years of destiny for him.

Although for Yongzheng, there was not much suspense about Hongli's succession, it was still a surprise for Hongli. Finally, at the age of 25, Hongli became Emperor Qianlong.

This also gave Jin Yong and other novelists a fictional historical data, saying that Yongzheng succeeded to the throne because Kangxi took a fancy to Hongli, and even fabricated the story that Yin had forcibly replaced Hongli with his daughter from Chen Shiguan He came over, so later there was a farce of Chen Jialuo from the Red Flower Club looking for his brother to change back to the world of ***.

Is Yongzheng that stupid? To establish ***'s son as the crown prince is ridiculous and a joke, and not enough evidence. Before Hongli, Yongzheng had a son, Hongshi, who was living well. Novels are novels and history is history.

However, Yongzheng was not as fertile as his father, Kangxi, and only had ten sons whose names can be found. Unfortunately, Yongzheng had already given birth to seven sons when he succeeded to the throne. The eldest son Honghui, the second son Hongpan, the third son Hongyun, and the seventh son Fuyi died young, leaving only the fourth son Hongshi, the fifth son Hongli, the sixth son Hongzhou and the third son Ren. The eighth son of the emperor Fuhui, the ninth son of the emperor Fupei, and the tenth son of the emperor Hongzhan were born after Yongzheng came to power, but Fupei died soon after his birth in the first year of the reign of Emperor Yongzheng. In addition, Fuhui also died in the fifth year of Yongzheng at the age of 7. Hongzhan was born in the eleventh year of Yongzheng's reign, and he was only two years old when Yongzheng died. According to historical data, the third son Hongyun and the second son Hongpan are overlapped and ranked as the second eldest son. That is, in the "Manuscript of Qing History", Hongli, who was originally the fifth son, is called the "fourth son of Sejong", and the sixth son Hongzhou is called "the fourth son of Sejong". The fifth son", and the fourth son Hongshi became the "third son of King Sejong".

It can be seen from this that the only brothers who can be Hongli's political opponents are Hongshi and Hongzhou.

Hong Zhou is a famous absurd prince in history. He likes to hold funerals and eat sacrifices. "Manuscripts of the History of the Qing Dynasty" records that Hong Zhou "spoke well of the funeral ceremony, saying: 'No one can live forever for a hundred years, how can I be so embarrassed?'" He also personally directed the funeral ceremony, sitting in the middle of the courtyard, allowing family members in the mansion to pay their respects and mourn. , I was smiling and drinking the sacrifices for fun. He also made Ming utensils, elephant tripods, Yi pans and other items and placed them in front of his bed. This scene has a special scene in the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty". Some historians pointed out that he actually hid his power and bided his time in the name of "absurdity" in order to avoid being involved in the struggle between Hongshi and Hongli for the throne.

But Hongshi was not like that. Although he was once trapped in the mansion walking birds, he was an ambitious and inelegant person.

In "Yongzheng Dynasty", Prince Lian Yin continued to plot against the loss of the throne, and instigated the four iron-hat kings of the Eight Banners outside the customs to come to Beijing, intending to use the so-called Eight Kings to attack the New Deal and eclipse Yongzheng. He encouraged Hongshi to propose advice to Yongzheng. Unexpectedly, Yongzheng was tricked by his son and was almost forced into the palace. It should be said that Hongshi has been coveting the throne for a long time and has been in contact with Longkoduo. Therefore, when Lao Jiuyin came to Longkoduo, Longkoduo bluntly said that he was protecting Hongshi, the third son of the emperor.

"Memories of the Yongzheng Dynasty in the Palace" contains an edict on February 18th, the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign: "Hongshi was a man and could not stay in the palace, so Ling was the son of Yun. Now the crime of Yun's fate is removed. The yellow belt has been removed from the jade certificate. How can Hongshi not remove the yellow belt? He handed it over to Yun and asked him to keep it in check. "This is really an incredible edict! In the first month of the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign, Yun was convicted of 40 crimes. He was stripped of his yellow belt and clan status, and was ordered to change his name to "Aqina". Walled place of confinement. However, in February of this year, Emperor Yongzheng wanted to order Hongshi to be the son of Yun who had been "removed of the yellow belt and his name was removed from the jade certificate", and to "restrain and raise him". It can be seen that Yongzheng gave him the order at this time. The fourth child was trapped.