Yunxiang is good at riding and archery, poetry, writing and ink is also good [Note: See Eertai and other repair: "eight banners Tongzhi Chuzhi" Volume 134, "royal princes of the clan biography" 6, "Prince Yi Yinxiang"]. He is two years younger than its fourteenth son of the emperor 礻题, is the eighth brother of the two most outstanding in the following prince, and yunxiang is relatively more in favor of the text [Note: Zhenjun "Tianzhang occasional hearing" Volume 3, "Prince Yi (yunxiang) House of the book is said to be Lexantang. Building nine pillars, accumulation of books are full. Jiangyun building before the fire, most of its Song and Yuan fine books for Mao Zi Jin, Qian Zun Wang. Mao, money two families scattered, half to Xu Jianan, Ji Cangwei. Xu, Ji's book introduced by He Yimen, returned to Yifu. In the Qianlong, four libraries opened, the world book collectors are submitted, but the books of Yifu not into. Among them, the world's rarities are very many, such as Shi note Su poetry in full there are two, in addition to know."]
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Yunxiang and Yun 礻题两人***同的启蒙老师，是康熙帝的舅舅佟国纲之子法海。24岁考中進士的法海被选为皇子师时，只有27岁，允祥当时13岁，允禵11岁。 "Fa Hai served the Emperor's son in lectures and recitations for ten years, straight words and correct colors, and was honored by the Holy Ancestor's pleasure with, saying that he alone could not be deceived." [Note: Li Yuandu "National Dynasty first positive things" Volume 2, "Fa Hai"] Yunxiang and Yunxin talent is good, when there is Fa Hai teachings.
Yongzheng years of revision of the "eight banners Tongzhi initial collection", said Yunxiang for the "St. Joe loved very much, the province side of the tour, always ordered to escort, favor favor." This actually refers to the forty-seventh year of Kangxi (1708) before the abolition of the Crown Prince. Since thirty-seven years (1698) July 13-year-old Yunxiang first followed his father to visit the mausoleum in shengjing, until forty-seven years (1708) in September of a waste of the Crown Prince event occurred before the whole 10 years, as long as the Kangxi Emperor left the capital, wherever he goes, will be Yunxiang to. Such as forty-four years (1705) Kangxi Emperor's fifth southern tour, in addition to the Crown Prince Yunreng, accompanied by the Emperor's son only Yunxiang. In other words, when Emperor Kangxi went out in these ten years, Yunxiang was the only one who must accompany all the imperial sons (including Crown Prince Yun 礻乃). This alone is enough to show that the Kangxi Emperor was looking at him in a different light. Yunxiang in the Yongzheng years as the emperor's most capable assistant performance, also fully demonstrates that he in addition to a high degree of cultural literacy in Manchu and Chinese, but also quite capable of doing things, good at coordinating interpersonal relations, is a rare human resources. This should be the main reason why Yunxiang for the Kangxi Emperor favored
Conquering the forty-third year of the Kangxi Festival 1704) around the eighth son of the Emperor's teacher He Zhuo in a letter to his family, said "thirteen His Highness (refers to the thirteenth son of the Emperor Yunxiang)" is the Kangxi Emperor "love! He said in a letter to his family that "His Majesty the Thirteenth (referring to the 13th son)" was the "favorite" of Emperor Kangxi. Less than 20 years old, Yunxiang was valued by his imperial father, and even the Han Chinese literati who worked for the Qing court knew it all.
The Prince, Yunxiang and fourth brother Yinzhen has always been good. Yongzheng eight years (1730) after the death of Yunxiang, Yongzheng Emperor wrote in the offering: "remember the young age, tend to serve the courtroom, morning and evening gatherings. Than long, comply with the order of the Imperial Court, taught younger brother arithmetic, the day thing to discuss. Every year, the Seychelles escort, the shape of the same." Yongzheng emperor succeeded the throne will Yunxiang rely on for the beloved, is based on the friendship of their youth, if they are on the crown prince Yun 礻乃's view and position is different, or in the late Kangxi dynasty in the dispute over the throne did not reach a tacit understanding, this foundation will inevitably be shaken, the situation is two different.
Forty-seven years (1708) after the abolition of a prince, the Kangxi Emperor's views on Yunxiang changed greatly, Yunxiang's position fell.
The Eight Banners Tongzhi Chuzhi said that Yunxiang "careful recluse, scrupulous and prudent. Do not set up party support, do not invite honor, ...... public and private political affairs, no disturbance." Yunzheng "number to fraudulent temptation of the kings, the king (refers to Yunxiang) alone do not move." According to the "Qing Shizong real record", the Yongzheng Emperor had praised Yunxiang "in the imperial examination when respectfully hold their own, honesty and integrity, did not try to intervene in a matter of interest, entangled party invitation to tie up a person, ...... its peace of mind and self-defense, the family counts the empty, the whole country * * * know." However, "Yongzheng living register" recorded above the same paragraph in front, there are very key sentences, for the actual record of the deleted: "Yi Prince Wang before the innocent because of the matter of the second brother implicated, a moment of offense, the Imperial Exam then identify forgive. Since several years, the king respectfully hold body, clean character ......" [Note: "Yongzheng dynasty living register", vol. 1, p. 139]
Suffice it to say, Yunxiang careful words and deeds style of dealing with things, he was in the forty-seventh year of Kangxi one abolition of the crown prince event, suffered a major setback and blow, the mood of the repression of the situation, gradually formed. The situation, gradually formed, if before that is so, will not be y involved in the anti-prince incident and implicated.
The following two private writings reveal the close relationship between Yunxiang and the incident of the abolition of the crown prince.
According to the "Yongxian record", "Yinxiang wuzi (Kangxi forty-seven years) in September to the old East Palace things affected, but also cut the Prince. After the restoration." As mentioned before, the Kangxi dynasty in thirty-seven years, forty-eight years, two times divided the prince, the first time stopped in the eighth son of yun zheng, yunxiang nature is not in it. The second time, shortly after the re-establishment of Yunreng as Crown Prince, it stopped at the fourteenth son, Yunxin, and the thirteenth son, Yunxiang, remained unsealed [Note: The Yongzheng Emperor also recognized this, see Qing Shizong Shilu, vol. 13, Xinchou, November, the first year of the Yongzheng reign]. Kangxi emperor's eldest son, yunxiang is the only one in the father's life did not receive the person. This and he had been y respected by his father's situation, forming a great contrast, if not guilty of serious faults, will not be so. Emperor Yongzheng said he "in the imperial examination ...... family counts empty", which is with him has never been knighted, and therefore neither other prince knighted by a large amount of money, salary income is also relatively small, closely related
According to the "Yongxian Record", the forty-seventh year September Xu Yuanmeng, a colleague of Fa Hai's, claimed that Fa Hai had "gotten away with serving the Emperor". From the Fa Hai has always been cynical, upright style, as well as resolutely anti-prince Yunxin and other people have good relations, etc. [Note: According to the Kangxi fifty-seven years after Yun 礻题 rate division of the Western Expedition, the Fa Hai was ordered to "go to the front of the army of the Xining effect". After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, said Fa Hai "to Xining, and then and Yun 礻题 private friendship. Yun 礻题为大将军时，时，各种贪纵不法之事，法海并不劝阻。 And I have become the throne, so that Yun 礻题来京, Fahai is the army before the effectiveness of the abolition of the member, without my will, that is, sneak to the capital." [See "Oracle to the Cabinet," December 19, Yongzheng 4], he would not have been kind to the crown prince, Yun 礻乃, or had advised Yunxiang in the reversal of the crown prince's behavior.
"Huang Qing Tongzhi compendium" in: Kangxi "forty-seven years in September, the crown prince, the emperor's eldest son, the emperor's thirteenth son of the captivity ...... November, on the violation of peace, the emperor's third son of the same Shizong emperor, the fifth prince, the eighth prince, the emperor's son, the emperor's son of the open release." The author of the book is the son of Yun Scholarship Hong Wang, he will Yun Xiang with the abolition of the Prince and the Emperor's eldest son, Yun 礻 is juxtaposed with the other Prince, thus revealing that Yun Xiang in the event of an abolition of the Crown Prince in the fault is very heavy. However, later generations also misunderstood that the thirteenth son of Emperor Yunxiang was imprisoned for a long time until the first month of the sixty-first year of the Kangxi reign (1722), when he was released. In fact, Yunxiang was soon released, the following year (Kangxi 48 years) in April, the Kangxi Emperor tour of the Seychelles, he was in the accompanying royal son of the list. But this time the Kangxi Emperor will bring him around, in no way to show favor, but with the intention of preventing.
Forty-nine years (1710) in June, the Kangxi Emperor in Yunzhi, Yunxiang and Yunxin 3 people on the peace folding Zhu approved: "Yinxiang is not a diligent study of loyalty and filial piety of the people. If you do not constrain, will cause trouble, can not be prevented." Visible, although Yunxiang was acquitted, but the Kangxi Emperor has lost trust in him, so that Yun Zhi, Yun 礻题, and other imperial subjects to control. Yunxiang and the other princes together with the reading of the above Zhu bibliography, the stimulus of the great, embarrassed and ashamed of the situation, are self-evident. The reason why he has been careful with his words, respect and scrupulous, to end his life, can be found here part of the answer. This is what the Yongzheng Emperor said the Kangxi Emperor on Yunxiang's "immediately forgive".
Because of the depressed mood, Yunxiang finally fell ill, "wet pigment toxin junction in the right leg, white blisters on the knee, broken into sores, when the flow of dilute pus ...... ". This disease is good and bad, by the imperial doctors repeatedly treatment, a long period of time has not healed. Kangxi Emperor is a kind father, although very dissatisfied with Yunxiang, but the son's illness is still in mind. His support for the plug, often in the Zhu batch to the Imperial sons asked about this, and personally read the Imperial Doctor Zuozuo, the treatment of specific instructions [Note: Manchu Zhu batch of Zuozuo 4, such as Yin Zhi Zuo, Kang Xi fifty years May 28, six days early six four days, June 6, Kang Xi fifty-one years (no month, day). According to, for various reasons, after the fifty-second year of Kangxi (1713), the sons of the Emperor's zhang folders preserved very few, so Yunxiang this disease in what year healed is not known]. Since forty-nine years until sixty years (1710-1721) period, Yunxiang has never gone out with his father, because of leg and foot problems walking, when is the main reason
Based on the situation, Yunxiang was one of the royal son of the anti-prince faction members, and in the abolition of the crown prince suffered a defeat. Yin 礻真继位后，Yunxiang, although much relied on, but is careful to have added, to assist, and Nianjunyao, Long Keduo two bullying style, in stark contrast. Therefore, Yinzhen Yunxiang evaluation is very high. The reason why yunxiang for the new emperor's favor can always keep a clear head, both because of his childhood on the character of Yin Zhen's style is extremely understand, know that this is the only good method of self-preservation, but also shows that, Kangxi forty-seven years of major setbacks, on the style and character of yunxiang's influence until the end of his life.
It is worth noting that the Yongzheng three years (1725) in March, the Yongzheng emperor in the reprimand had followed Yun 礻题出征，并被保举为General Zong Zabu said: "Now you say Yi Wang (refers to the Yunxiang) for the ordinary people, no knowledge, but will be entrusted to the national affairs of the Yi handle, how to govern well? Your words, whether it is said today? Is it a curse on the country? If you say Yi Wang, since childhood, strong and intelligent, talent is good, the emperor father preferred favor, this matter is known to all countries. King Yi is not a bold and arrogant person, and has never had any improper thoughts. Yi Wang to the royal father to do to the son of the road, to the second brother to do to the subject of the road. Due to the good with the second brother, cross by the big brother jealousy, framed, and thus implicated in the second brother. Since being implicated, for many years, only grateful to his father's grace, and to allow the title and other nonsense, never ask, and do not dare to step beyond the minefield. Yi Wang never make imperial father worry, this matter is also known to all." According to the Yongzheng emperor's statement above, Yunxiang is due to "with the second brother good, cross by the big brother of jealousy, framed", and the offense to the Kangxi emperor. This must be analyzed
First of all, if Yunxiang is really close to the Crown Prince Yunreng, one of the members of the anti-prince faction with Yin Zhen stood on the opposite position, then the two of them will never be so good since childhood, weekdays living in the capital, "morning and evening gatherings", escorted by the Seychelles, "shape and shadow of each other". "
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Secondly, according to the "qing shengzu real record", since the Kangxi thirty-eight years (1699) to forty-seven years (1708) of the 10 years, Kangxi every summer and fall to the siege, tour with the prince, there are the crown prince yunreng and the royal eldest son of yun kong, the royal thirteenth son of yun xiang and other 3 people, while the other royal son is among them, not every time must go. This is a major change in the relationship between the Crown Prince, reserve increasingly sharp 10 years, and the tour of the Seychelles, is the Kangxi Emperor every year out of the activities of the relatively longest period of time, obviously, he brought the Prince with him, is not assured of letting the Crown Prince alone to stay in the capital, as for the fixed selection of the two Crown Prince, so that it accompanied by his escort to go to the side of the long-serving, not only just to show the importance of the Emperor, there are also to covertly monitor and restrain the Crown Prince, to strengthen the intention of their own The intention of the guard. When thirty-six years (1697) after the Crown Prince reserve increasingly open, especially thirty-nine years (1700) Suo Ertu family members reported that he has a mischievous heart, the Kangxi Emperor to be on guard, is completely necessary. The reason why in the son of the selection of yun kong and yun xiang, one is that both of them are good at riding and shooting, outstanding martial arts; Second, the emperor knows that they are not with the crown prince, and therefore will not be sheltered or conspire with; Third, yun xiang is very fine, the style of the more down-to-earth, yun kong brave more than lack of composure, the two just into a complementary situation. If Yunxiang with Yunreng close relationship, can not be selected for the Kangxi Emperor, and last 10 years unchanged?
Thirdly, if it is true as Yongzheng emperor said, then, when the big brother YunKong was circle Chu, YunReng reestablishment for the crown prince, because of the crown prince and the aggrieved YunXiang will also get the corresponding reward, sealed with a title, and will not be counter by the emperor of the Kangxi Emperor into the other book, with other prince differentiated treatment, and even in the abolition of the crown prince of the event has long since been completed, is still not forgiven for the emperor of the Kangxi Emperor, was reprimanded as "is not a diligent study of loyalty and filial piety". Feudal era, if the emperor that a subject is not loyal and filial, the weight of its depreciation, extraordinary, just a word, can cause the latter to death. If Yunxiang is only guilty of general faults, love his son as life of the Kangxi Emperor, will never be out of this bad language.
So, the Yongzheng emperor said Yunxiang open offense to the Kangxi emperor's sake, can not be believed, but Yunxiang from now on out of the anti-prince faction, careful words, "dare not step over the minefield", is indeed so.