Why did Kangxi pass on to the fourth son of the emperor that is, Emperor Yongzheng

Speaking of the most controversial emperors of the Qing Dynasty, in fact, there is no one more than Emperor Yongzheng, the controversy over the succession of Emperor Yongzheng has never stopped, even now, some people still think that Emperor Yongzheng is seeking power and usurping the throne, but in fact, Emperor Yongzheng is Emperor Kangxi, so why did Emperor Kangxi pass the throne to Emperor Yongzheng? In fact, it is nothing more than because Emperor Yongzheng himself is capable, and he is the eldest of the brothers

First of all, Emperor Yongzheng is definitely not Emperor Kangxi's favorite son, there is no doubt about this, Emperor Kangxi himself is actually an emperor with the concept of longevity, so he will pay special attention to his son-in-law and eldest son, but this is also a common problem of all emperors, no emperor does not pay attention to his son-in-law and eldest son, and according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, the son-in-law is generally the most noble, the eldest son of the emperor is second, if the eldest son and the son-in-law are the same prince, and the biological mother is favored, Then this prince can be regarded as the chosen prince.

Secondly, Emperor Kangxi's favorite woman at that time was his wife, that is, Empress Xiaochengren Hesheri, and Emperor Kangxi's favorite son was the son-in-law born to Empress Xiaochengren Hesheri, but the child died at the age of four. Then, Emperor Kangxi's favorite was the crown prince Yinren, because Yinren's mother was the Empress Hesheri of Xiaochengren, but Yinren was really unlucky, and repeated mistakes led to the loss of the crown prince's position. In addition, there is also a Yinzhi among Emperor Kangxi's sons, but Emperor Kangxi's attitude towards this son is not very good, so naturally he has not considered him.

In the end, among the remaining sons of Emperor Kangxi, only Emperor Yongzheng was the eldest, and Emperor Yongzheng's own ability was very outstanding, so Emperor Kangxi would quietly pass on the throne to Emperor Yongzheng. At that time, Emperor Kangxi should have been worried that Emperor Yongzheng would be targeted by other princes, so he deliberately alienated Emperor Yongzheng.

As for why Emperor Kangxi passed the throne to the fourth prince Yinzhen, it was because Emperor Kangxi liked Yinzhen's son Hongli very much. Because of Kangxi, the emperor felt that the dividend would be a very talented emperor who could open up the country more.

Because he thinks that this son is the most hardworking and capable one, so he will pass the throne to the fourth prince, which I think is a very normal thing.

Or is it because he is the only one who is suitable for the throne, the eldest and second are deposed, and the third is a scholar, and he has no intention of being here. The eighth person himself is too lenient, and it can also be said that he is too face-oriented, which is not good for the court, because Kangxi has a lot of corruption in the later period, that is, Kangxi does not want to punish them, the eighth is not good, the old fourteen is indeed okay, but it is still too young to be suitable, only the fourth is suitable.

In terms of wild history, it is not a succession, but a seizure of the throne.

What the official history said was mainly due to the role of family affection: the struggle between the princes in Kangxi's later years was very serious, and there were even signs of cannibalism. But Yinzhen has always been very friendly and filial; Other princes always intercede for him when they make mistakes, and Kangxi is also very concerned when he is sick (maybe not sincerely, but his performance is indeed like this), which has a great impact on Kangxi, who is old and sick, and does not feel family affection in other princes.

Someone said that the usurpation of the throne of the fourteenth son of the emperor, Kangxi's edict in his later years was to pass on the throne of the fourteenth son, and Yongzheng changed the word "ten" to the word "Yu", which is equivalent to usurping the position of his younger brother. Everyone looks like this, pass the fourteenth, then change it, add a horizontal on the top of the cross, and add a hook at the bottom, and it will be "passed on to the four sons", and the position will be passed on to Yongzheng. There are so many books, so many stories, and wild histories all say so.

This matter can't stand scrutiny, why can't it stand scrutiny?

The first point is that at that time, the word "Yu" was written in traditional Chinese, and it was judged that we were writing simplified characters today"on", then it is not easy to change the word "ten" to the word "Yu", this is one. Second, the Qing Dynasty at that time the habit of digging up the dry servants, it was called the fourteenth son of the emperor, the fourth son of the emperor, there is an emperor in front of the word, if you change it, it will become "the fourth son of the emperor in the emperor", it will not work, and third, the edict of the throne at that time was Manchu and Han, Manchu and Chinese, and the Chinese you said that the word "ten" was changed to the word "Yu" and it was also a little meaningful, so you could not change the Manchu text.

According to these three reasons, it is said that Kangxi passed on the fourteenth son, and it is not established to pass on the fourth son.

There are three main reasons for this:

One. In the last years of Kangxi, he abolished the crown prince twice, which provided a good opportunity for other princes to compete for the crown. Because of his personal friendship, Kangxi demoted the eldest brother and the eighth elder brother to civilians, and imprisoned Mingzhu and Suo Etu for life.

As a lesson from the past, Yongzheng expressed his disinterest in the throne on the surface and won Kangxi's trust, but secretly made a big splash.

Two. Yongzheng has a son, Hongli (Qianlong), who is deeply liked by Kangxi.

Three. During Kangxi's serious illness, only Yongzheng went to visit.

There are many kinds of legends, one of the more widely circulated is this, Kangxi originally liked the fourteenth son, and the edict was prepared and hidden behind the Zhengda Guangming plaque, after Kangxi's death, Yinzhen tampered with the edict and changed the fourteenth prince to the fourth prince. But this is just a folk rumor, it should not be true, and the issue is still inconclusive.

According to the history of Juye, in fact, Uncle Kang actually wanted to pass it on to his fourteenth son, but Yongzheng changed a word, and as a result, he passed the throne to him.