Yongzheng Dynasty: How useful is Kangxi’s golden medal arrow?

In the Yongzheng Dynasty TV series, everyone must have an impression of the gold medal arrow on the night of Kangxi's death. After all, Yongzheng was looking for the gold medal arrow immediately, and later Lao Shisan completed it through this gold medal arrow. A key step to capture the Fengtai camp. So how useful is this golden medal arrow? Song Anzhi will talk about it today. First of all, Kangxi's golden medal arrow is just like the Shang Fang sword that the emperor personally visited. It can be said to be a big bug in the TV series of the Yongzheng Dynasty. Fortunately, TV dramas also pay attention to the word balance, so bugs like the golden medal arrow appeared once on the night of Kangxi's death, helping Lao Shisan successfully seize the military power of the Fengtai camp, and never appeared again. Let me make a cliché statement here. The analysis in this article is only about the plot of the Yongzheng Dynasty TV series. It is not telling history, nor is it treating the TV series as official history, so just watch it and don't take it as real history. Let's first take a look at the specific role this gold medal arrow played at that time. After the death of Kangxi, the Ba Ye Party headed by Lao Ba was unwilling to give in. At that time, it was rumored that it was the Fourteenth Prince, not Lao Si. Because of this argument, even the princes started fighting. Zhang Tingyu supported the fourth son, so he sent Brother Zhang Wu to help the fourth son to the side hall for a while. This actually gave the fourth son time to arrange things calmly. The first thing Lao Si did was not to continue to be sad, nor to send Brother Zhang Wu to rescue Lao Shisan, or to arrange for someone to release Lao Shisan in advance, but to ask Brother Zhang Wu where the golden medal arrow was, and to get the gold medal medal arrow. After that, Brother Zhang was immediately sent to find Mr. Wu with the gold medal command arrow, and then Brother Zhang went to rescue Lao Shisan with the gold medal command arrow. It can be seen that this gold medal arrow, which is like the emperor's personal visit, is not a decoration. At least, through this gold medal arrow, Lao Shisan, who was imprisoned by Kangxi himself, can be released. Then Lao Shisan seized the time to go to Fengtai Camp to seize military power, because Cheng Wenyun, the admiral of Fengtai Camp, was from Lao Ba and was ready to lead troops to respond to Lao Ba and his party. Whether Lao Thirteen could successfully seize military power in the past was a key step in whether Lao Si could successfully succeed to the throne. After Lao Shisan passed away, he relied on his profound influence in the military to directly instigate three of his old subordinates to his side, and then killed the disobedient Cheng Wen Yun and seized control of Fengtai Camp. He took military power and led his troops to Changchun Garden to protect Laosi. What role did the gold medal arrow play in this process? To be honest, it's not big but not small either. After Lao Shisan took out the golden medal arrow, everyone knelt down and shouted to the emperor, including Cheng Wenyun, the admiral of Lao Bayi's party, which showed that the gold medal arrow did have the function of being personally visited by the emperor. But after Lao Shisan summoned three old men and promoted them to deputy generals and asked them to lead troops to Changchun Garden, it showed that Lao Shisan was not trusting others. After using the gold medal to gain everyone's approval, he wanted to lead some of his trust in a hurry. Just go to Qinwang with your troops and horses. But Fengtai Admiral Cheng Wenyun was Lao Ba's son, so of course he didn't agree, so he stopped Lao Thirteen, and then Lao Thirteen dismissed Cheng Wenyun's Fengtai Admiral. Cheng Wenyun did not give up, but wanted to rely on his usual strength. The accumulated prestige was so great that he ordered all the generals to go back and refrain from tampering. He even wanted to attack Lao Shisan, but he was killed by Lao Shisan's men. It shows that the effect of the golden medal arrow is not really like the emperor's personal visit. Even if the prince holds the gold medal arrow, those ambitious people will not really think that it is like the emperor's personal visit. Of course, these ambitious people, if conditions permit, it is estimated that Even the emperor dares to kill, let alone a mere gold medal command arrow, so it cannot be said that the gold medal command arrow is useless, let alone be underestimated. Let’s assume here that judging from the four subordinates brought by Lao Shisan, he had always planned to kill Fengtai Admiral Cheng Wenyun to seize military power if he couldn’t. Otherwise, he would not have been able to kill Cheng Wenyun so smoothly when there was any change. Death is a literary destiny. Without the golden medal arrow, Lao Shisan would not have the legitimacy of the emperor's personal visit. After Fengtai Admiral Cheng Wenyun was killed, even if Lao Shisan's old subordinates supported him, Cheng Wenyun, as the Fengtai Admiral, must have had one or two confidants. Will stand up against Lao Shisan.

Although Lao Shisan can certainly seize military power with his old subordinates and his deep influence in the military, a civil strife in the Fengtai Camp is inevitable and will definitely delay the time to go to King Qin. And with the gold medal command arrow, Lao Shisan represents the court and the emperor. There is no problem in killing the following criminal Cheng Wenyun, and Cheng Wenyun's confidants can't get angry, so Lao Shisan can successfully seize military power. It avoided a civil strife, avoided unnecessary risks and saved a lot of time, and the effect was still great. Of course, after talking about the role of the golden medal arrow, in fact, apart from the detail of the gold medal arrow, there are still many intriguing details about the fourth son's ascension to the throne. For example, on the night of his death, Kangxi left a lot of backup options for Lao Si, such as asking Brother Zhang and Wu from Lao Si's party to go to the palace to greet Lao Si, thus ensuring Lao Si's safety. Through Brother Zhang Wu, he gave the gold medal command arrow to Lao Si in time, so that Lao Si could release Lao Thirteen in time. In this way, Kangxi himself did not release Lao Thirteen, but deliberately asked Lao Si to release Lao Thirteen, just to let Lao Si Further wooing Lao Shisan can be said to have left a rich political legacy to the new king. In addition, before Kangxi's death, he dismissed Lao Si and Lao Ba from all their errands, and Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi were given the university title. This was a smoke bomb to confuse Lao Ba and Lao Fourteen and provide cover for Lao Si. It also avoids involving Zhang Tingyu and other ministers in the battle for the legitimate heir, tries to maintain the stability of the court, and leaves available people for the fourth son. It also allows the fourth son to take the opportunity to restore their official positions to win over people's hearts again after he ascends the throne. It can be said that they paved the way for the fourth child with good intentions. These details worth pondering are an important reason why the Yongzheng Dynasty TV series is called a classic. Do you understand it now? Thank you for watching Song Anzhi’s exclusive original article. Welcome to comment, like and follow~