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Chapter 177: Nine Sons Fight for Succession

Five years later, Kangxi ordered Suo Etu to be executed again, on the grounds that he helped the crown prince to plot big things, which made the crown prince even more dissatisfied. "How can there be a crown prince in the world for forty years?" The conflict between father and son finally reached its peak in 5, and Kangxi issued an order to depose Yinreng from the position of crown prince.

Although this decision was a blow to Yinreng, it made the other sons more active. The eldest prince Yinzhi even encouraged Kangxi to kill the deposed prince, which made Kangxi very angry.

In anger, he detained him. After that, the eighth prince Yinsi became the most popular candidate for the crown prince. The suspicious Kangxi felt that the eighth prince, who was supported by everyone, was far more dangerous than the deposed crown prince Yinreng, so he issued an order to reinstate Yinreng as the crown prince.

After all this trouble, Yinreng did not learn his lesson, but interacted with the Eighth Prince's party. The two sides confronted each other and refused to give in. The ministers in the court also chose their own sides. Kangxi felt that Yinreng was the culprit for this chaotic situation, so he abolished the prince again in 1710 and did not designate an heir afterwards.

The eighth prince Yinsi, who was the most popular candidate for the throne, encountered another eagle killing incident two years later. The eagle he had someone send to Kangxi was dying, which made Kangxi very angry. He gathered everyone together and scolded them, and said that from then on he would break off the relationship between him and Yinsi, his father and son.

The Eighth Prince no longer had any hope of reaching the top. At the same time, the status of the Fourth Prince Yinzhen and the Fourteenth Prince Yinzhi continued to rise. Both brothers were born to Concubine De, but their relationship was as hostile as fire and water.

In 1718, Kangxi appointed the fourteenth prince Yinzhen to go to the northwest and called him the Great General King. At the same time, he also valued Prince Yong Yinzhen. In 1722, Kangxi died of illness in Changchun Garden at the age of 69, and was posthumously named Shengzu.

——"Kangxi's life was indeed worth it. He did so many things."

——"Oh my god, he was only fifteen years old when he got rid of Oboi."

——"Xuan Ye, this name is really nice."

——"He has been on the throne for a long time. He has a great time as the emperor."

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The most intense palace drama in the Qing Dynasty was the battle for the throne among the nine princes during the reign of Emperor Kangxi. The brothers no longer had any affection for each other, and they fought overtly and covertly, refusing to give in to each other. So what was going on in the battle for the throne among the nine princes?

Why did Emperor Kangxi depose the crown prince twice? In this video, let us take a look at the whole story of the nine princes' fight for the throne.

Kangxi had 35 sons in total, 24 of whom were adults. The so-called Nine Sons' Battle for the Throne was a bloody fight among Kangxi's nine older sons for the throne. The first was the eldest prince Yinzhi, who was also the first to be eliminated in the battle.

Yinzhi was born in 1672. His mother was Consort Nara. He was two years older than Crown Prince Yinreng. However, since Yinreng was the legitimate son, Yinzhi, as the eldest brother, had to bow down to his younger brother.

Yinzhi was gifted and intelligent, and was good at both literature and martial arts. Kangxi treated him well and sent him to join the army twice for training. In 1698, Yinzhi, who was years old at the time, was conferred the title of Prince along with the third prince, making Yinzhi the prince with the second highest status after Yinreng at the time.

Yinzhi thought that he was the eldest son, and as long as Yinreng was gone, the position of the crown prince would be his turn. However, he and Yinreng refused to give in to each other and regarded each other as fire and water, and Kangxi also intended to let Yinzhi check and balance the crown prince.

This further exacerbated the conflict between the brothers. In 1708, Kangxi issued an order to depose Yinreng from the position of crown prince, and Yinzhi could not wait to expose the various crimes of the deposed crown prince to Kangxi.

He even said that he was willing to kill the deposed crown prince for his father, which naturally aroused Kangxi's strong disgust. Not long after, the third prince exposed Yinzhi's curse on Yinreng, and Kangxi ordered Yinzhi to be detained and imprisoned. 26 years later, Aisin-Gioro Yinzhi died in confinement at the age of 63.

The second is the second prince Yinreng, the core figure in the battle for the throne among the nine princes. It can be said that the entire battle for the throne among the nine princes was caused by him. Yinreng was born to Kangxi's first wife, Empress Hesheli, and his mother died shortly after he was born.

Kangxi was very sad and took the child with him to take care of him. He was made the crown prince when he was 2 years old. Yinreng, who had established his status as the heir since childhood, received a good royal education. However, he was very arrogant and violent, and even beat up his brothers. As a father, Kangxi also indulged his son Yinreng intentionally or unintentionally.

This arrogant character also made him many enemies in the royal family. However, due to his status as the heir, he had to swallow his anger. In 1698, Kangxi conferred titles on six people including the eldest prince Yinzhi and asked them to participate in the management of state affairs, which made Crown Prince Yinreng feel threatened. Suo Etu, who had always had a close relationship with the crown prince, showed more resentment than the crown prince.

This made Kangxi very dissatisfied. Five years later, Suo Etu was stabbed to death because of his discussion of state affairs and forming a faction. After losing Suo Etu, Yinreng's temper became more violent, and the contradictions with Kangxi increased day by day.

It finally broke out one night in 1708. When Kangxi took his sons on a hunting trip outside the Great Wall, the 18th prince had a high fever. Kangxi was extremely anxious, but Yinreng remained indifferent.

Kangxi was very angry and scolded Yinreng, but Yinreng did not give in and started arguing with Kangxi. On the way back, Kangxi found Yinreng snooping into his tent in the middle of the night, so Kangxi lost his last trust in Yinreng. He issued an order to depose Yinreng. However, after the crown prince was deposed, the other princes fought fiercely for the position of crown prince.

Six months later, Kangxi reinstated Yinreng as the crown prince again. This reinstatement did not help Yinreng and his brothers to resolve their past grievances, but instead intensified the conflict. In 1712, Yinreng was again deposed for a crime and imprisoned in Xian'an Palace. He died in 1725 at the age of .

The third prince Yinzhi was born in 1677. His mother was Rongfei Ma Jia. Yinzhi was intelligent, knowledgeable and talented. He presided over the compilation of many books. However, he was not good at dealing with people and the ways of the world. In 1698, he was named Chengjun Wang.

After Yinzhi was deposed as the crown prince, the fourth prince Yinzhen's status doubled, and he was highly valued by Emperor Kangxi, and once became a popular candidate for the crown prince. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, Yinzhi changed his name to Yunsi. In 1730, Yunsi was stripped of his title and imprisoned because he was late for Yinzhen's funeral and left early, which angered Yongzheng. He eventually died in imprisonment at the age of 56.

The fourth prince Yinzhen, also known as Emperor Yongzheng, was born in 1678. His mother was Consort Defei Uya. He and the 14th prince Yinzhen were brothers from the same mother. Yinzhen was raised by Imperial Noble Consort Tong Jia from an early age and grew up with the eighth prince Yinsi.

In 1698, the 21-year-old fourth prince Yinzhen was conferred the title of Beile. After Yinreng was deposed, Yinzhen saw through his father's mind and supported the restoration of the crown prince. In fact, his relationship with the crown prince was not very good.

After ascending the throne, Yongzheng revealed that he had been bullied by the crown prince, but he still put aside past grudges and spoke out to protect Yinreng. As a result, he was praised and valued by Kangxi. After the crown prince was restored to the throne, Yinzhen was also promoted to Prince Yong and maintained a good relationship with the crown prince and the Eighth Prince Party.

In 1722, Kangxi died and Yinzhen ascended the throne, changing the reign title to Yongzheng. For 300 years, there have been many different opinions on how Yinzhen ascended the throne, which has become an unsolved mystery in the Qing Palace.

In order to secure his throne, Emperor Yongzheng wanted to weaken the power of his brothers. He tried to dig out the opposition party, but the contradiction between the two sides continued to grow.

Starting from 1724, Yongzheng successively issued decrees to strip the titles of the eighth prince Yinsi and the tenth prince Yinzhen, and even his half-brother, the fourteenth prince Yinzhen, was not spared. In 1735, Yinzhen died at the age of 13 after 58 years in office. His temple name was Shizong.

The eighth prince Yinsi was born in 1681. His mother was Consort Wei. He was the strongest contender for the position of crown prince, but ironically, this was not what Kangxi wanted to see. Yinsi had a gentle personality and was well-received. The ninth and tenth princes were his followers.

At the age of 17, Yinsi was conferred the title of Beile, and after the crown prince was deposed, he was appointed by Kangxi to be in charge of the Imperial Household Department. However, although Kangxi deposed the crown prince, he still had expectations for him, and at this time everyone recommended the eighth prince to be the crown prince.

This made Kangxi, who was suspicious by nature, very suspicious. Half a year later, Kangxi reinstated Yinreng as the crown prince. As a result, after this person was reinstated, he fought fiercely with the Eighth Prince. Kangxi was very disappointed with the crown prince and deposed him again, but never mentioned the idea of ​​reinstating a crown prince.

After Concubine Liang died, the relationship between Kangxi and the Eighth Prince became more strained. In 1714, after paying tribute to his mother, Yinsi asked someone to give his father two falcons as a gift. However, the two falcons were already dying when they were delivered to Kangxi. Kangxi was furious and ordered Yinsi to be severely scolded, which completely cut off Yinsi's idea of ​​becoming the crown prince.

After Yinsi saw that he had no chance of succeeding to the throne, he turned to support the 14th prince Yinzhen. However, after Yongzheng ascended the throne, they both became losers in the political struggle.

Emperor Yongzheng appointed Yinsi as Prince Lian and entrusted him with important tasks. After the throne was consolidated, he stripped him of his title and imprisoned him, expelled him from the clan, changed his name to Aqinna, and he died in prison soon after. He was 45 years old.

The ninth prince Yinzhen was born in 1683. His mother was Concubine Yi, Guo Luoluo, who was a staunch supporter of the eighth prince. However, due to his poor appearance, Yinzhen was not liked by Emperor Kangxi.

Yongzheng was extremely disgusted with him. Yinzhen was scheming, good at amassing wealth, and liked to use money to win over the support of the Eighth Prince. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, Yinzhen was stripped of his title and imprisoned. He was renamed Saisihei and died in prison at the age of 43.

The tenth prince Yinzhen was born in 1683. His mother was Consort Wenxi, Niuhuru. Consort Wenxi came from a prominent family. She was the sister of Empress Xiaozhaoren and the daughter of Grand Tutor Ebilun.

Among the nine princes competing for the throne at that time, the Tenth Prince was not much worse than the Crown Prince Yinreng in terms of family background. Yinreng was conferred the title of Prince of a County when he was 17 years old, which shows how much Kangxi valued this son.

However, although Yinzhen was born into a noble family, his own qualifications were very ordinary. He and the Ninth Prince became a member of the Eighth Prince Party. In 1724, Yinzhen was stripped of his title and imprisoned by Yongzheng. He was released after Yongzheng's death and eventually died of illness in 1741 at the age of .

The 13th prince Yinxiang was born in 1686. His mother was Concubine Min Zhangjia. Yinxiang was good at riding and shooting, and calligraphy, and Emperor Kangxi loved him very much.

However, after the abolition of the crown prince, the 22-year-old Yinxiang fell out of favor and remained silent for more than 10 years. The reasons for this have always been controversial. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, Yinxiang was reused and was named Prince Yi, becoming Yongzheng's number one confidant and important minister, second only to the emperor.

In 1730, Yinxiang died. Yongzheng was very sad and posthumously conferred him the title of Prince Xian. He also ordered his descendants to inherit the title of prince, making him another iron-hat prince.

The 14th Prince Yinzhen was born in 1688. He was a brother of Yongzheng from the same mother and 10 years younger than Yongzheng, but the relationship between the two brothers was not very good. Yinzhen had a very close relationship with the th Prince Yinsi.

Kangxi was dissatisfied with Yinsi's coveting the position of crown prince, but he was very partial to his youngest son Yinzhen. After the Eighth Prince was reprimanded by Kangxi, the Eighth Prince's party turned to support Yinzhen. In 1718, Kangxi appointed the 30-year-old Yinzhen as the General of Fuyuan, and sent him to the northwest, calling him the General King.

Yinzhen returned triumphantly. Kangxi was about to die, but he sent Yinzhen to the northwest again. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, Yinzhen changed his name to Yunli and was placed under house arrest by Yongzheng.

In 1727, he was stripped of his title and imprisoned until Yongzheng's death. In 1755, Yunli died at the age of 68, the last of the nine princes to die.

What caused the fight among the nine princes? In addition to the problems of the nine princes themselves, another important reason was that Kangxi intended to use the princes to balance the crown prince, but did not allow them to covet the throne.

After Yinreng was completely eliminated, the final referee was unwilling to appoint another crown prince, which caused all the sons to be ambitious and unwilling to give in, leaving behind an eternal mystery. How did Yongzheng ascend to the throne? Friends are welcome to leave your opinions in the comment section.

——"Looking at it this way, those Qing Dynasty dramas are pretty authentic."

——"I always thought the nine princes were fighting for the throne, and it was Ruoxi. (Covering face)"

[Kangxi Dynasty's nine sons competed for the throne, what were the other pretexts doing? Qing Dynasty History]

Ordinary people often say that having many sons brings happiness, but having too many sons in an emperor's family is not a good thing. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, the nine sons fought for the throne. So, besides the nine sons fighting for the throne, who else did Emperor Kangxi have?

Why didn't they participate in the fight for the throne? Could these marginal princes enjoy wealth and prosperity without fighting for the throne? In this video, let's take stock of the sons of Emperor Kangxi.

The oldest who did not participate in the battle for the throne was the fifth prince Yinqi, who was born in 1680. His birth mother was Concubine Yi, Guo Luoluo, who was the same mother as the ninth and tenth princes. He was raised by Empress Xiaoyiren and Empress Dowager Xiaohui successively.

Because of his gentle nature and honest character, he was conferred the title of Heshuo Prince in 1709. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, Yinqi changed his name to Yunqi. Since he did not participate in the battle for the throne among the nine princes, he was not retaliated by Yongzheng.

However, his eldest son Hongzhen was deprived of the title of crown prince by Yongzheng. In 1732, Prince Yunqi died of illness at the age of 54.

The sixth prince Yinzuo, whose biological mother was Concubine De, was a brother of the fourth prince and the fourteenth prince from the same mother. He died at the age of six.

The seventh prince, Yinyou, was born in 1680 to Consort Daijia. He was disabled and accompanied Emperor Kangxi in the expedition against Galdan when he was 17. In 1709, he was promoted to Prince Chun and was known for his prudence and obedience. After Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne, he was promoted to Prince and died eight years later at the age of .

The tenth prince Yinzhen, whose biological mother was Concubine Yi, Guo Luoluo, died of illness when he was 11 years old.

The 1686th Prince Yinzhen was born in . His mother was Consort Ding Wanliuha. He was raised by Sumalagu since childhood. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he conferred Yinzhen the title of Prince of Lu, but was later demoted by Yongzheng.