The Woman Behind Kangxi: The Biography of Virtuous Concubine

Chapter 5 Materials: Elder Brother 2
It's not that Kangxi doesn't care about his son's studies, but out of respect for Empress Xiaohui, he can only give up.Due to the doting of the Empress Dowager Xiaohui, Yin Qi has only learned so much since he was a child, and has no requirements for himself.However, Yinqi has a kind personality, a good temper, and a relatively kind person.When Kangxi went to Galdan in the 35th year of Kangxi (1696 AD), Yinqi also accompanied Kangxi and his brothers to the battlefield.In the 37th year of Kangxi (1698 A.D.), Yinqi, the fourth elder brother Yinzhen, the seventh elder brother Yinyou and the eighth elder brother Yinhu were named Baylor.

When the crown prince was abolished in 47 years of Kangxi, Yinqi, as an older prince, was also qualified to compete for the reserve position, but he seemed to have little confidence and interest in it.However, when Kangxi announced that he would lock up the eighth elder brother Yinhu, Yinqi made an extraordinary move.At that time, Yinti confronted Kangxi and wanted to protect Yinti with death. In a rage, Kangxi drew out his saber and wanted to cut Yinti.At the critical moment when these elder brothers were stunned, only Yinqi stepped forward to hug Kangxi's legs, knelt down and begged the emperor to appease his anger, and spare Yinti's life.Yinqi's courage probably came from the Empress Dowager Xiaohui... Ever since Yinqi was brought up by the Empress Dowager Xiaohui, Kangxi never scolded him.

In the 56th year of Kangxi (AD 1717), Empress Dowager Xiaohui died, and Kangxi was also seriously ill at that time.Since Yinqi was brought up by the Empress Dowager Xiaohui since he was a child, and seeing that the emperor's father was seriously ill, he took the initiative to ask him to take care of the Empress Dowager Xiaohui's funeral.Kangxi was most afraid that others would say he was going to die, so he scolded Yinqi and said, "I'm still here, how can you act as an agent? I don't go to the Empress Dowager's funeral, can I do it?" The death of Empress Xiaohui is truly The sad and emotional ones are probably Kangxi and Yinqi.

During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Yinqi lived a mediocre life and did not do any major things.After the fourth elder brother Yinzhen came to the throne, because Yinqi had never been a political opponent, he didn't make things difficult for him.Only once, when Yongzheng was rectifying Yinqi and his mother and younger brother Yinzhen, he asked him to participate in changing the name of Yinzhen. As a result, Yinzhen was renamed "Sai Heisi" (Manchu, probably not as good as pigs and dogs) Meaning), Yinqi withstood the test and did not get into trouble.

Similar to Yinqi's situation is the seventh elder brother Yinyou, who was born in the 19th year of Kangxi (AD 1680), one year younger than Yinqi.Yinyou's mother, Chengfei Dai Jiashi, seems to have never been favored by Kangxi. I don't know if it's because Yinyou was born with a disability or for other reasons.Unfortunately, the author has not found any records about his specific disability.But it is speculated that Yinyou loves to study and writes calligraphy very well. He read aloud with other brothers in the 26th year of Kangxi's assessment, and was able to go to Galdan with him in 35 years. His intelligence should not be a problem, and his disability should not be a problem. It shouldn't be very serious.

However, among the talented elder brothers, Yinyou was obviously marginalized from the very beginning because of his physical disability.Because of this, Yinyou never had any ambitions, nor did he join any party. Instead, he always obeyed the emperor's orders and arrangements. Whether it was in the Kangxi period or the Yongzheng period, he always kept himself safe and fulfilled his responsibilities.Never had a problem.After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he did not feel sorry for his younger brother.

The tenth elder brother Yinxuan I was born in the 22nd year of Kangxi (1682 AD), and I was born in the same year as the ninth elder brother Yinzhen, only one and a half months younger than Yinzhen.Yinrong's mother, Wen Xi's noble concubine Niu Colu, was the younger sister of Kangxi's second empress (Empress Xiaozhao), and her status was quite prominent.Probably because of the similar age, Yinxuan and I are relatively close to Yinhu and Yinhu, although we are also a member of the "Eight Kings Party".But he has no ambition to compete for the reserve position, nor does he support Yinhu blatantly like Yinhu.Generally speaking, I, Yin Rong, have average talents and learning, and I belong to the kind of mediocre people who can't make big waves.When Kangxi was around, probably for the sake of his mother, he was pretty good to him. In the 48th year of Kangxi, Yinzhen I was named the king of the county, but Yinzhen, who was a month and a half older than him and had no achievements, was only named the king of the county. Beizi is two levels lower than him (the ranks of princes in the Kangxi period are: Prince, County King, Baylor, Beizi, Zhenguo Duke, Fuguogong, Zhenguo General, Fuguo General, Fengguo General).

In the last years of Kangxi, although Yinxuan and I colluded with Yinhu and Yinhu, in general, he can only be regarded as a peripheral, not the core figure of the "Eight Kings Party".After Yongzheng came to power, he also treated Yinhu, Yinyu and Yinyu differently. Yinhu and Yinyu became the key targets of severe blows. As for Yinyu, Yongzheng always looked down on this younger brother and only regarded him as an accomplice deal with.During the period when Yinrongwo was imprisoned, some ministers repeatedly proposed to Yongzheng that Yinrongwo should be executed, but Yongzheng rejected them all. In his mind, it was enough for people like Yinrongwo to be locked up, and there was no need to go to war.

Next is the twelfth elder brother Yinzhen, who was born in the 24th year of Kangxi (AD 1684). When Yinfeng was abolished, Yinzhen was still young and had little energy.In the 48th year of Kangxi, he and the ninth elder brother Yinzhen were named Beizi.Yinzhen was not bad in Kangxi's impression. In the last few years of Kangxi, although Yinzhen was young, he did some things. For example, when Empress Xiaohui died in 56 years of Kangxi (AD 1717), Yinzhen He was appointed as the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and was rewarded by Kangxi for his quick handling of affairs.In the 60th year of Kangxi (1721), Yinzhen accompanied the fourth elder brother Yinzhen to Shengjing to worship the ancestors' mausoleum.

The 15th elder brother Yinxu, the 13th elder brother Yinlu, and the 11th elder brother Yinli were [-], [-], and [-] years old respectively. Because of their young age, they basically had no chance to participate in the competition for the reserve position. When he died, he hadn't had time to be knighted yet. At that time, he was only an elder brother, so he didn't have any chance to show off.During the years of Yongzheng and Qianlong, except for Yinyu who died earlier (died in the eighth year of Yongzheng), both Yinlu and Yinli were named princes and were reused by Qianlong.

The 45th elder brother Yinyi was born in the 1706th year of Kangxi (AD 21). He was not yet three years old at the time and was too young.The last four elder brothers, the 22st elder brother Yinxi, the 23nd elder brother Yinhu, the 24rd elder brother Yinqi and the 50th elder brother Yinmi, the first two are as old as his nephew Qianlong, both born in the 1711th year of Kangxi (AD [-]); although the latter two were uncles of the emperor, they were a few years younger than Qianlong.The relationship between these four emperor uncles and Qianlong seems to be pretty good, and they have all been treated relatively well.

One of them has never been introduced, and that is the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang.Yinxiang was born in the 25th year of Kangxi (AD 1686), eight years younger than the fourth elder brother Yinzhen, and two years older than the fourteenth elder brother Yinti.Yinxiang was very favored by Kangxi when he was young, but it is strange that during the storm of abolishing the prince, Yinxiang and several other princes were imprisoned for a short time, and almost disappeared on the political stage in the last years of Kangxi. Later, when Kangxi conferred titles and rewards to the princes, Yinxiang never had a share. Until Kangxi died, the 37-year-old Yinxiang was still an elder brother.But as soon as Yongzheng came to power, Yinxiang was directly promoted to the prince, which made people suspicious...

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