Because of his outstanding talent and many followers, Emperor Yunshi never put the fourth prince Yinzhen in his eyes during the Kangxi period. After Yinzhen became emperor, although there was no change in people, the relationship with Yunti and others had undergone a qualitative change. The headstrong Yunka didn't realize this. He did not abide by the above measures and warnings taken by Yinzhen as an imperial edict, but instead tried to make trouble. After Yun Ren was conferred the title of Prince Lian, many people came to congratulate him. However, the Wuya family of Fujin complained to the congratulatory guests,"What's there to celebrate? I'm afraid I can't protect this leader." The vulgar and foolish Yunshi was the same as Yunshi in this regard. He did not really realize that Yinzhen was no longer the Fourth Prince of the past, but the Lord of the People. When Yinzhen ordered him to go to Xining, he dared to delay it. One moment, he suggested waiting for the Emperor's father's hundred days, and the next moment, he said that he would wait for Yinzhen to return from Jingling's funeral. He repeatedly pushed it off and delayed the time. These blatant acts of defiance naturally deepened the rift between Yinzhen and Yunti. The battle between the monarch and his subjects was not completely limited to the Forbidden City. Yunchen and the others had formed a clique for more than 20 years. In addition to winning the support of some courtiers, they also had a certain influence on society. Yinzhen's ascension to the throne was a blow to the social foundation of Yunchi, and they were also looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble. After Yinzhen took measures to win over, disperse, and attack Yunti and others, rumors such as "bullying younger brothers" and "revenge for old grudges" appeared in society. There were also sayings such as "every morning, drink drunk at noon" and "wake up at noon, drink at dusk". This made Yinzhen very angry. In February of the first year of Yongzheng, he issued an imperial edict to defend himself against the rumors: "The bandits outside have fabricated rumors and made up rumors, saying that I love the 16th Prince and let him inherit Prince Zhuang's title and inherit his family property. As a monarch, I have granted many of my younger brothers the title of prince. Why can't I? But must I borrow the inheritance of Prince Zhuang to make my life thicker than the sixteen princes? At present, Prince Lian, Prince Yi and Prince Lü are all granted the title of Prince and Prince by me. The son of the eldest brother, Li Hongfang, is an idle imperial clan member and now lives in the prince's mansion. Isn't this what I deserve? Moreover, if you send one person, you will think that I am avenging my old hatred, and if you promote another person, you will think that my kindness is personal.”(He also reprimanded Yunfu, saying,"Yunfu's eunuch He Yuzhu is a humble and humble person. He has hundreds of thousands of family assets. He is in charge of the Yi Mansion. Who can't be used? He used a Han Dynasty to give Qin Daoran to the matter. Isn't it to show off the eunuchs in the inner court with money and profit, and to get the praise of the Han people in the outer court? In this way, I still did not remove their beizi, reduce their salary, only to punish one or two evil eunuchs. And suddenly said that I bullied my brothers, threatened to be unscrupulous, this is the most absurd chaos.”()
The sons of Sunu, Leshiheng and Wuerchen, were ignorant of the times. The interests of the small group made them unable to resist coming out to defend Yunchi, so they were immediately punished by Yinzhen: Lashen was dismissed from his post as a bodyguard and minister, and together with Ur Chen, he was sent to serve in the Xining army. It could be said that the emergence of rumors and the punishment of Roeshen were signs of the conflict between Yinzhen and the opposition.
Yinzhen's punishment of Lashen Heng was intended to warn Yunfu and others, hoping that they would stop at the brink of the precipice and stop. However, the greedy Yunzhi, Yunzhi, and Yunyuewo completely ignored the emperor's warning and went against the emperor even more.
In the early years of Yongzheng, he held an important position and held several posts. He used his authority to create trouble, set up obstacles, and deliberately went against Yinzhen. When he was the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he said," All affairs are not handled sincerely and are deliberately abandoned. And every time there was a report, he didn't come personally, nor did he personally check it out. He was careless and handed it over to others." When he was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, he used wasting rations as an excuse to stop the Mongolian vassal kings from entering the capital to pay their respects to Xuanye's coffin. This caused the kings of the outer vassal states to "return in tears and complain". They had opinions of the new king and were estranged from the court. When he presided over the Ministry of Works, he also proposed that in order to save expenses, the number of servants transporting Xuanye's coffin could be reduced, and at the same time, the red soil of Jianling could be purchased locally in the mausoleum, so that the fishing boat thought Yinzhen was "light on the mausoleum and heavy on property". Under Yunchen's leadership, the Ministry of Works often acted rashly. Forged weapons for the Altaic garrison in Xinjiang." The blade has no steel, the helmet has cracks, and the armor is made of crude iron bought from the market." The carriage and magic objects needed for the ceremony were made of broken nails and thin plates, which were perfunctory. At the same time, Yunfu also used his authority to continue to form cliques for personal gain. Yue Zhou, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, owed the money and food that should be paid, and Yunfu immediately generously paid it on his behalf. This way, not only Yue Zhou, but even Yue Zhou's subordinates were grateful to Yunzhi. They thought that Yunzhi was polite, generous, and not as harsh as others. Although Yunshi was regarded as a stubborn enemy by Yinzhen, he still had a certain market among the courtiers.
Yunchen, Yunchen, and Yunjiewo weren't as scheming as Yunchen. They did not hide their activities against Yinzhen. When Yunfu paid his respects to Emperor Yongzheng, he still called himself "brother". After he was sent to Xining, he thought that "the emperor was far away" and became more and more unscrupulous. He wrote a letter to Yun Yuwo, openly claiming that "the opportunity has been lost, and it is too late to regret", clearly indicating that he and the new king were irreconcilable. He scouted the ranches, stocked up on provisions, and bought people's hearts with a lot of money.
Since the first day he returned to Xining, Yunji had shown great disrespect to the emperor, relying on the fact that he was Yinzhen's brother. Instead of greeting the empress dowager and the emperor, he arrogantly wrote to the Ministry of Rites, asking what kind of courtesy he should receive in the capital. When he was ordered to pay his respects to Yinzhen at the Longevity Emperor Hall in Jingshan, he stayed away from Yinzhen and refused to come forward. The minister of the guards, Lasi, pushed him forward to salute, but he took advantage of the situation to make a scene at Yinzhen, saying that Lasi was disrespectful to him and should be punished to put pressure on Yinzhen.
After the death of the Empress Dowager, Yinzhen gave Yunshi a small favor and promoted him to the rank of Prince. However, the conflict of interest that had formed over the years could not be reconciled after the brotherhood became the relationship between monarch and minister. Therefore, when the Fujin died of illness, Yinzhen sent someone to express his gratitude to him, but he expressed his determination to fight Yinzhen to the end with biased words such as "I am at the end of my life, I am sick and will not live long".
Even though he was the weakest among Yunta's group, he still had to find an opportunity to fight Yinzhen. He was ordered to send Zebzun Danbahutuk Turingniche back to Kalka, but he refused to go forward on the pretext of illness as soon as he left Zhangjiakou. Later, he pretended that there was an edict for him to speak. He actually lived in Zhang Jiakou without permission. He sent secret letters to Yunti, gave him horses, and prayed privately. He wrote the words "Yongzheng New Emperor" in his memorial to vent his anger towards Yinzhen.
All these things greatly angered Yinzhen. After more than two years of practice, he could see that Yunti and others did not give up until they reached the Yellow River. He understood that the contradiction between them and him was irreconcilable. He could no longer tolerate Yunta and the others 'contempt for the imperial power. In April of the second year of Yongzheng, Yinzhen issued an imperial edict to denounce Yunzhi's gang. He said that after he ascended the throne, he had done everything he could to save Yunti and the others, but Yunti and the others had repeatedly resisted him. Their purpose was "to provoke my anger and kill more people to disperse the hearts of the people and disturb the country." Of course, he couldn't let Yunchen and the others get what they wanted. He warned them sternly,""If you still don't know how to repent and act recklessly, you will break the law. Ji, although I want to be tolerant and lenient, but the country's laws are in place, there is nothing to do, should be with the ministers to correct their sins. Once upon a time, when Emperor Kao was fifteen years old, he captured the Duke of Batulu and worshipped him. The past can be used as a reference.”Then, Yinzhen ordered the removal of the prince who refused to go to Kalka, transferred back to the capital, and handed over to the Imperial Court for eternal imprisonment.
Imprisonment of Yun Yuwo was the first major measure taken by Yinzhen after the conflict between him and Yunti intensified. Then, he turned his attention to the imperial officials who were involved in Yunka Group. They believed that they were helping the wicked and helping the evil. Their sins were unforgivable and they must be eliminated quickly. The royal family, Baylor Abu Lan, once fawned on Yang Yunzhi when he was a general. When Yunfu returned from the army, he violated the etiquette system and went out to kneel to receive him. He also wrote a stone to praise Yunfu's military achievements in pacifying Qinghai. After he ascended the throne, Abu Sui knew that things were not good and secretly rubbed away the inscription. This matter made Yinzhen brood over it. In May of the second year of Yongzheng, he ordered the removal of Prince Abu Lambert and the withdrawal of the reward. Then, will allow the father-in-law is red flag Gushan true seventy dismissal, sent to get deer; He also ordered the removal of the imperial clan Sunu Beile Jue, and sent Sunu and his sons in the capital to Youwei (now Youyu County, Shanxi Province) to serve hard labor. Yinzhen did not let go of the dead Yunzhi's henchmen. Mingzhu's son Kui Xu and Yabilong's son A Ling were the main force in the Changchun Garden meeting to elect Yunzhi as the crown prince. They had been dead for several years now. However, in order to relieve the hatred in his heart, Yinzhen still ordered the tombstone of Aling to be changed to "not a minister nor a brother." The tomb of the violent and greedy Aling, and the tombstone of Kui Xu was changed to the tomb of the disloyal, unfilial, insidious, and gentle Kui Xu, and the name was "to correct his sins." At the same time, he also dismissed Arsona, the son of Arlinga, and sent him to Shengjing to guard his ancestral grave as punishment.
Soon, Yinzhen began to deal with Yunzhi. In July of the second year of Yongzheng, he ordered Yunchen and his family to be placed under house arrest in Jingling, but on the surface he said,"The imperial examination mausoleum is of great importance. If only the chief steward and others are sent to guard according to the rules, I am really uneasy. I intend to appoint one of my brothers as a prince, and two of my sons and nephews as dukes to replace me and live in the tomb…I will appoint the prince Yunzhi to live in my place.”This was another two-pronged plan for Yinzhen: Not only did he express his loyalty and filial piety to the Emperor Father, but he also placed Yunzhi under house arrest in the name of entrusting him with an important task.
It was the first time Yinzhen had punished the opposition so severely after more than two years. In order to eliminate the doubts of the courtiers and prevent the social fishing wheel from being disadvantageous to him, Yinzhen used offense as defense and once again explained his views to the courtiers. He used the example of the cliques among the ministers to explain the prosperity of the cliques in the court."After I ascended the throne, on the first day of the imperial court hearing, I told all the kings, civil and military officials to take cliques as a warning. This year, this trend has not been completely eliminated.…One? For example, the rebellion of the seventies was known throughout the country, and they were sent on the road, but they were finally released from prison. Before leaving, the king's ministers had many gifts. This is a clear proof that the clique has not disappeared." At the same time, he also issued an imperial essay,"On Cliques", which talked about the past and the present, cited extensively, listed the harm of cliques, and opposed the way of Ouyang Xiu's "On Cliques" in the Song Dynasty: "The so-called Dao of cultivation is also the Dao of a villain.……I think a gentleman has no friends, only villains have friends.……If Wang Xiu were to make such a comment today, I would certainly correct him and correct his confusion.”This shows that Yinzhen hates cliques. However, this was only for his opposition. It was a different matter for his own clique.
For more than a year, Yinzhen continued to issue orders, reprimanding Yunshi and his accomplices. In November of the second year of Yongzheng, he learned that Yunti had roped in Yue Zhou, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, and reprimanded Yunti."Prince Lian is crafty and has formed a clique for personal gain. Since I ascended the throne, I have been obstructed by all kinds of government affairs.……However, the ministers in the court, who had been fooled by Prince Lian, thought that I was too harsh and wronged by Yi. I know this by observing everyone's expressions. Over the past year, many ministers and workers have been implicated by Prince Lian, but they are willing to accept their sins without remorse. Prince Lian is also calm and self-assured, and does not know shame. He does not think of the law of the country and is a little cautious and afraid. From this point of view, the support of the party can not be dispersed after all. Party support must be formed by the agreement of all people, such as Prince Lian alone, what can he do? Yue Zhou, assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, owed money and food, and helped the prince privately with thousands of gold.……I don't know what it means to fish for fame.……Prince Lian has not yet repented, and the ministers have not yet woken up. If this is the old habit, where can we stop? I hereby earnestly admonish you that if you wash your heart and clean up your mistakes, then Prince Lian's clique will be scattered and isolated, and I will not hurt the feelings of flesh and blood.”(
Because of Yunshi's various restless behaviors in Xining, Yinzhen sent the commander Chu Zong to restrain him. Yunfu was extremely unconvinced and showed great disrespect to the imperial envoy. He neither came out to greet him nor kowtowed to apologize. He did not have the etiquette of a minister serving a monarch, and he looked domineering and fearless. He even claimed that he was like a monk who had left the world and did not care about anything. Chu Zong reported all this to Yin Zhen, who was very angry. In February of the third year of Yongzheng, he summoned his ministers and listed the crimes committed by Yunzhi, and his close friends Arsona and Elundai in the past three years. For the first time, he announced them one by one to the public. He said that the crimes committed by Yunfu and the others were "intolerable by the law", while he was "lenient" and "wanted to protect his own flesh and blood, so he did not ask for more". This time, he only dismissed Elundai, who stubbornly followed Yunfu, and sent him to Fengtian.
In March, the Imperial Censorate participated in the memorial, saying that he presided over the construction of the ancestral god tablet by the Ministry of Works, which was careless and caused the ink to flow freely. He then added,"He is not a man who cannot think or do things, but he is deliberately hasty and wants to frame me for being disrespectful."”In April, it was revealed that the weapons made by the Ministry of Works were crude. This matter is related to the success or failure of the Northwest military affairs, Yinzhen scolded Yunzhi,"Is it possible to ask about his intentions?"”Soon, Shanxi governor Yi Du Li also participated in the memorial,"Yunzhi beat students without authorization in Pingding Prefecture, please punish him according to the law." From then on, the relationship between Yinzhen and Yunfu and others took a turn for the worse. Facing his stubborn and incorrigible brothers, Yinzhen was very anxious. He wanted to deal with them, but he was worried about causing chaos. The Shanxi governor's memorial provided him with an opportunity. He immediately ordered the removal of Yuntubeizi, the removal of his subordinates, and the imprisonment of Xining.
Since then, the activities of Yunchen and others against the imperial power were more and more exposed. In November, there was an incident in the capital that allowed the armored people of the Internal Affairs Office to gather and make a ruckus. The Imperial Clan Court reported to him,"My heart is full of evil.……In the past, he wanted to reduce the number of soldiers wearing armor, but when he handed it over to the government, he suddenly went against the previous discussion and petitioned for an increase, which incited the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to shout and make noise. It is clear that the public is bewitched by grace, without fear, and the evil has reached the extreme.”At the end of the year, the Nine Gates Arresters in the capital captured the muleteers who were traveling between Yunsheng's residence in Xining and his home in the capital. From the clothes and socks of the mule driver, he found a letter written by Yunfu's relatives and letters. Yinzhen was shocked by this. He did not expect it. Yunfu imitated the behavior of the enemy's spies and became his enemy, which showed his determination to resist to the end. This prompted Yinzhen to make the final decision to deal with Yunta and others.
On the second day of the first month of the fourth year of Yongzheng, a grand ceremony had just been held in the Forbidden City. Yinzhen gave a banquet to the ministers in Qianqing Palace, implying that the practice of cliques supporting friends was still very popular in the court. He wanted to start with the ministers and change customs. On the fifth day of the fifth day, Yin Zhen summoned the ministers again, listed the crimes of Yunfu and others, and announced that Yunfu, Yunfu, Sunu and Wu Erzhange would be removed from the yellow belt and handed over to the Imperial Clan Office for removal. The Wuya family of the Fujin Kingdom had encouraged Yunshi to seek the throne during the Kangxi period. In the early years of Yongzheng, they spoke arrogantly and openly despised the imperial power. After Yunshi was punished, the Wuya family was also stripped of their Fujin status and expelled back to their relatives. In order to show his tolerance, Yinzhen temporarily gave Yunhe the title of "King of the People".
At this time, Yinzhen had made up his mind to kill Yunti. However, he couldn't make a move immediately. The matter of Yunchen fighting for the throne happened during the Kangxi period and was known throughout the country. The conflict between Yinzhen and Yunti after he ascended the throne was just a continuation of the struggle for the throne. The emergence of the saying of "bullying his younger brothers" was a reflection of this view. Yinzhen thought that if he proposed to execute Yunzhi, it would cater to this kind of social fishing wheel. He had always stressed that he had never had the intention of seeking the throne. Whether it was in the vassal residence or after he ascended the throne, he had done his best to his brothers and had no intention of punishing Yuncheng. Therefore, he couldn't bear the responsibility of killing Yunta. In February of the fourth year of Yongzheng, a group of ministers who were good at observing people's expressions jointly wrote a letter asking for Yunzhi to be executed. This was what Yinzhen wanted, but in order to absolve himself, he still hypocritically questioned the minister,"Yunshi is the son of Emperor Kao, the grandson of Taizu Taizong, and my younger brother. Today's action, our ancestors in heaven to test the spirit of the emperor is clearly seen by the emperor. If you are not fit to be punished by law, and you make a false statement, you will harm the descendants of your ancestors and frame me for injustice. Can your sins be pursued?" Of course, the ministers couldn't stand the accusation of framing the emperor. They all expressed their stance, saying that Yunfu had committed many crimes and should be punished according to the laws of the country. In this way, the responsibility of executing Yuntai fell on the shoulders of the ministers, and Yinzhen could deal with his political enemies freely.
In February of the fourth year of Yongzheng, Yinzhen ordered Yunshi to be removed from the title of King of the People and imprisoned in the high wall of the Imperial Clan Court. In March, he also ordered that Yunchen's name be changed to "Achina" and his son Hongwang to "Bodhisattva Bao" to insult their character and vent the anger that had been stored in their hearts for three years. In April, Yinzhen ordered Yunfu to be escorted back to Beijing to be punished and changed his name to "Saisi Hei"("Aqina" and "Saisi Hei" are Manchu words with a negative meaning).
Just as Yinzhen was planning to deal with Yunti and others in the capital, two more incidents related to this battle occurred in Zunhua Jingling and Tianjin.
Since July of the third year of Yongzheng, Yunti and his gang were punished by Yinzhen one after another. First, Yunti was dismissed and imprisoned, then Yunti was demoted, and then Yunti and Yunti were removed from the Imperial Clan Court, and Yunti was imprisoned by the Imperial Clan Court. Yinzhen's series of measures had an impact on society. All kinds of social forces wanted to take advantage of the contradictions in the royal family for their own interests, so there were two cases of Cai Huaixi in Zunhua and Guo Yunjin in Tianjin. Cai Huaixi was the son of the head of the grain farm in Zhenghuang Banner. He was encouraged by the saying that the 14th master was lucky and would be the emperor in the future. In March of the 4th year of Yongzheng, he came to Zunhua Tangquan, where Yunzhi was under house arrest, and sent a letter to Yunzhi's courtyard with the words " The 27th change is the main, the noble guards the ancestral mountain " and " The mother of the nine kings is the empress dowager ". It was later captured by Fan Shiyi, the commander of Malankou. Guo Yunjin was from Tianjin. He wrote," October Rebellion, Eight Buddhas Covered. The prisoners, the army and the people resented the new master, and the letters that the world had suffered from floods, droughts and famines since Yinzhen ascended the throne were thrown into the sedan chair of the minister. After Yinzhen received the memorial, he immediately linked it to the activities of the Yunchi party and a series of major measures taken after he ascended the throne. He said," Looking at this, it's actually the evil deeds of Achina, Seth Hei, Yun Zhi, Yun Zhi, and other cliques. They are vicious villains, and they are the evil and rebellious Shuban, Zao Li, Qi Gong, and so on. They are greedy for money and blackmail. Those who are used to seeking personal gain, seeing that I have abolished all the private abuses of the ministries, yamen and provinces, and cleaned up the government, these small people can not do their plunder and blackmail things, they began to hate me, not afraid of the law, not afraid of death, specially made such rebellious words, in order to shake the hearts of the people, disturb the country.”He believed that Cai Huaixi and Guo Yunjin's letter of rebellion was the beginning of society's response to Yunzhi and others. If no immediate measures were taken, the situation might develop. Of course, he could not allow such a situation to happen. Therefore, in May of the fourth year of Yongzheng, Yinzhen ordered Yunfu to be sent back to the capital and imprisoned near the Shouhuang Hall in Jingshan with his son Baiqi. He was asked to guard the holy face of Emperor Kangxi in the hall and "remember the grace of education. Forgive him for years and wait for his repentance." Following that, he ordered that his sworn brothers, Elundai and Arsona, who had been sent to Fengtian long ago, be executed on the spot, and that the dead Sunu and seventy people be "killed and scattered with ashes". His fifty-four descendants were "punished for their crimes and crimes, and the rest were sent to Baiduna and other places to be tortured".
At this point, most of the political opponents had been dealt with, only Yunji, Yunji, and Yunji did not give a final conclusion. In June 2010, the court ordered the court to discuss the crimes of the two men. The ministers decided to punish Yunfu with 40 crimes, 28 crimes, and 14 crimes. They asked the emperor for permission to put the three of them on trial. Although Yinzhen affirmed that "everything is true in the impeachment", he was afraid of being reviled after his death, so he could not make up his mind to publicly execute the three people. He repeatedly emphasized his " difficulties ", and finally ordered Yunji to remain imprisoned in the same place. Yunji was sent to Baoding to be imprisoned. Yunji was not the chief villain yet, so he continued to be imprisoned and repent.
Yunchen and Yunchen were felons of the court and were tortured in prison. Li Fu, the governor of Zhili who was in charge of imprisoning Yunti, said in a memorial to Yinzhen that giving Seth Hei food and drink now was no different from giving him a prisoner in prison." He was chained up, his hands and feet were cramped, the walls were high, the room was small, and the heat was so high that he fainted from the heat yesterday. Because the Yi family sprayed it with cold water, it only woke up after a long time and probably won't last long." Sure enough, in late August, Yunchen died in prison, less than two months after his conviction. Yunchen's death meant that Yunchen was not going to live long. In less than half a month, Prince Xibao of Shuncheng reported that he was "infected with vomiting" and "did not eat". He died of illness on the tenth day of the ninth month.
The death of Yunti and Yunti caused the Yunti Group, which had been Yinzhen's enemy for a long time, to completely collapse. As for the two men, Yinzhen believed that although they were despicable, they were not the chief evil, so they could be spared from death and continued to be imprisoned. The brutal struggle for imperial power within the Qing royal family that had begun in the 47th year of Kangxi had basically ended here.
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