Which son do you think Kangxi wants to pass the throne to the most?

Emotionally speaking, Kangxi's favorite and most wanted prince to pass on the throne is undoubtedly the second elder brother, that is, the crown prince Yinren, and he also spent the most effort on Yinren.

In the last years of Kangxi, after deposing the crown prince, Kangxi once described his state of mind at that time with great sadness:

Everyone has a favorite son and a son they don't.

For many years, I have endured pain in silence, which is a very difficult thing that only I can endure in this way, and Yinren's behavior has made me doubly distressed. <>

I will condemn whom he asks me to condemn, I will punish whomever he asks me to punish, and I will exile whomever he asks me to exile; I did not do as he asked me to put to death.

I obeyed him, but he did not change his wickedness. I couldn't help but be disheartened. ”

Kangxi loves Prince Yinren for the following reasons:

First, his biological mother is the queen Hesheri, who is Kangxi's first queen, and to some extent can also be said to be Kangxi's first love and even the most beloved woman.

During the period of the Ping San Domain, the Hesheri clan died due to dystocia, and the Yinren left behind was thus entrusted with Kangxi's grief, so Yinren was supported as the prince and was personally raised and taught by Kangxi.

Secondly, Yinren is the second-ranked prince among the princes, that is, the older prince. Generally speaking, it is normal for parents to pay more attention to the first child, and the children who are lower in the order often do not pay the attention of the previous because they have lost their freshness. <>

Third, the young prince Yinren did perform very well, not only did he read well, but also had a tall physique, and he dared to act in the world, which was very in line with the requirements of the king.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Yinren, as the crown prince, has become the prince that Kangxi is most concerned about and attaches the most importance to.

But contrary to expectations, maybe it was Yinren's particularly irreplaceable position and finally became arrogant, maybe his younger brothers were also excellent, the worry of seizing the prince led to too much pressure, maybe it was because the prince who had been a prince for decades was unwilling, etc., all in all, Yinren's performance in the later period was very different from the early stage, his sudden indifference to family affection, his abnormal alcoholism, and screaming in the middle of the night made Kangxi realize that Yinren could no longer bear the heavy responsibility of the prince.

If you look at it from a modern perspective, Yinren is likely to suffer from acquired, triggered intermittent mental illness, which is why he has these abnormal behaviors.

Emperor Kangxi most wanted to pass on the fourteenth son Yinyu, because Yinyu could be civil and martial, and had military exploits, if Emperor Kangxi was located in Yinyu, the Qing Empire might be more prosperous than Yongzheng.

It should be Yongzheng, after all, Kangxi likes Qianlong very much, and for the continuation of the dynasty, he must not only look at his son, but also look at the third generation. Besides, in the last years of Kangxi, there were many problems, and at that time, it was more necessary to have people with hard work to take over the imperial court, and Yongzheng met that requirement, so Kangxi established Yongzheng as the emperor.

No one wants to pass it on, but it's a pity that he can only live to be in his 60s. A good man supports the sky, he really wants to live for another 500 years!

It turns out that it was right to pass it on to Yongzheng. It's hard to pass it on to others. Maybe it's over early in the morning.

Xiang Yu had heroic righteousness, but failed. Liu Bei was heroic and righteous, and as a result, he fought a war with Eastern Wu that should not have been fought, and finally became a turning point in the defeat of Shu Han. This kind of person, let him lead the troops to fight, there is no problem. Let him be the emperor, it will definitely not work.

<>Of course, this is not an allusion that Yuan Chonghuan is a traitor, because Yuan Chonghuan's contribution to the fight against the Manchu Qing cannot be denied. However, Yuan Chonghuan's unauthorized killing of Mao Wenlong is indeed a major crime that cannot be erased. Yuan Chonghuan was good at killing Mao Wenlong, which brought an extremely bad negative impact.

Yuan Chonghuan saw them walking away, sneered, poured himself a glass of wine, lifted it lightly, hesitated slightly, raised his head and drank it in one gulp. He took the pastry again, held it in the palm of his right hand, was dazed for a moment, grabbed it, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it into the pond next to the pavilion. The emperor also reported it. It has to be that way. What can we find when we link these behaviors with the tripartite arrangement strategy proposed by Xiong Tingbi before?

With the passage of time, the story of Yongzheng's use of means to ascend the throne has become more and more vivid, so the people have left a question, who did Emperor Kangxi want to pass on the throne to in the first place? Is it "the fourteenth son" or "the fourth son"? Let's take you to understand the mystery of Kangxi's succession.

First, in the 47th year of Kangxi's Yellow River flood, the fourth elder brother was ordered to raise money in Jiangnan, which solved the crisis of the imperial court and took into account the overall situation, which impressed Kangxi.

Second, in the case of continuous party contention between the government and the opposition, the fourth elder brother was cautious and alone, did not form a party for personal gain, and tried his best to protect the prince in everything and everywhere, this kind of general behavior made Kangxi very pleased.

Although Kangxi is a generation of Ming monarchs and is very accomplished, he, like Emperor Qin and Tang Zong, is not very clever in handling the issue of establishing a prince. Kangxi ascended the throne at the age of eight and reigned for 61 years, which is said to be not long, but his reign is indeed the longest in history. How many political storms have he experienced in his life, civil wars and foreign wars, which opened the prosperous era of Kangqian and Qian, and he was an emperor who made great achievements.

He passed the throne to the crown prince. That's why I have been cultivating the prince. In fact, he made a lot of mistakes and did not give up. In the end, there was really no way, so the prince was abolished.

Of course, Kangxi wanted to pass the throne to Yongzheng the most, and Kangxi experienced the pain of nine sons seizing the heir during his reign. He tested his son all the time, and finally passed the throne to Yongzheng after careful consideration.

Kangxi should be optimistic about two people from beginning to end, one is his son-in-law Yinren, the other is the fourth son Yinzhen, and the other princes are just whetstones. The fourth son Yinzhen can stand out because he is well versed in the essence of "not fighting is fighting", and he can do practical things without putting pressure on Kangxi.

Passed the throne to Zaohe to the fourth son Yinzhen, that is, Emperor Yongzheng.

On November 13, the eleventh year of the sixth bench of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi died of illness in Changchun Garden in the northern suburbs, Yinzhen inherited the throne, and changed his name to Yongzheng the following year. After Yinzhen ascended the throne, he reused the thirteenth son of Kangxi, Yinxiang, and the eighth son of Kangxi Emperor Yinzhen was first appeased and named Prince Lian, and then was cut down and imprisoned, and was renamed "Aqina". Kangxi's ninth son, Yinyu, was sent to Xining, where he was later cut off and imprisoned, and renamed "Seth Black".

The tenth son of the emperor Yinzhen was imprisoned, and the fourteenth son of Kangxi, Yinzhen, was first sent to guard the mausoleum, and then was imprisoned. Emperor Kangxi's twelfth son, Yinzhi, was demoted, and the third son of Emperor Kangxi's Emperor Yinzhi was also imprisoned by Gejue.