Chapter 40 6. Take the first action and imprison General Fuyuan

Yongzheng had just succeeded to the throne, and the government was still in an unstable state for a while. He naturally knew the reason. Although he had won the throne, there were still many people who were suspicious, and they might do things that were not good for him at any time. .Yongzheng sorted out the interests and interests, and a heavyweight figure appeared. He was Yinzhen. When he succeeded to the throne, he had issued a decree to call Yinzhen to return to the capital quickly. Now that so many days have passed, Yinzhen should also soon Here we go.He must have been surprised and angry when he received the news.After a secret investigation, Yongzheng discovered that Yinzhen also had a huge network of relationships. Yinzhen's coming to Beijing would definitely bring him a great threat, and preventing Yinzhen from entering Beijing would pose a greater threat to himself.After some in-depth understanding, Yongzheng finally made a decision to control Yinzhen first, so as to avoid the above-mentioned concerns.

Yinzhen led a team of people and drove non-stop for several days before returning to the capital.At this time, the capital was under martial law, and Yinzhen walked around outside the city gate, feeling a little unwilling in his heart.According to common sense, this throne should belong to him, but now he has changed his master, what did he get?He didn't get anything, and he had an ominous premonition that Yinzhen, the current Emperor Yongzheng, would not let him go. When Yinzhen was about to arrive in Beijing, he sent someone to report to the capital first, telling Yongzheng that he was about to arrive in the capital, and asked whether he should first mourn his father or congratulate the new king on his enthronement?These few sentences of Yinzhen concealed his dissatisfaction with Yongzheng's succession to the throne.

Yongzheng naturally saw the meaning behind Yinzhen's words. He thought that his guess was right. Yinzhen came back to Beijing this time with a complicated mentality. edge.Yinzhen's strength cannot be underestimated. If Yinzhen is imprisoned and punished, it will inevitably cause a wave of turmoil and suspicion in the court.So you have to start with small steps, step by step, and gradually cut off Yinzhen's power.Thinking of this, he immediately replied to Yinzhen, asking Yinzhen not to enter Beijing, but to go to Jingling to mourn the late emperor, and ordered Yinzhen to stay in Tangquan near Jingling, and sent Fan Shiduo, the general of Malanyu, to monitor Yinzhen's situation. action.

A few days later, Yongzheng came to Jingling with his ministers, ready to mourn the late emperor with Yinzhen. Kangxi's mourning hall is located in the main hall of Jingling. In front of the mourning hall, there is a huge red sandalwood table covered with a layer of white cloth, and various tributes, incense burners and ever-burning lamps are placed on it.A waiter in mourning clothes stood guard in front of the ever-burning lantern. When Yongzheng came in, the waiter was adding paper money to the incinerator.The paper money in the incinerator was burning vigorously. The originally dark main hall was illuminated by the flames, and wobbly shadows flickered on the walls of the hall.Yongzheng coughed softly, and asked the waiter, "Has Brother Fourteen been here?"

The waiter shook his head and said: "No, I heard that they are waiting for the emperor, and they want to mourn the late emperor together with the emperor." Yongzheng nodded, turned around and walked out of the hall, and ordered the people around him to go to Tangquan immediately to ask Yinzhen to come to Jingling. Yongzheng waited outside for a while, thinking, Yinzhen was wasting himself.Yongzheng walked around the Jingling Mausoleum, feeling a little impatient. He is the current emperor, but he has to wait for him?He bent down to pick up a dead wood on the ground, broke it with a "click" with his hands, and threw the two dead woods into the depths of the forest with all his strength, without hearing the sound of the dead wood falling to the ground.At this time, someone came to report that Brother Fourteen had arrived.Yongzheng turned around and walked towards the main hall.

Standing in the hall, Yinzhen saw his father's coffin, and knelt down on the futon with a "plop", two lines of hot tears streaming down his cheeks, which was Yinzhen's heartfelt sadness.He wiped the tears off his face with his sleeve, and the pictures of the past flashed in his mind.How much the father trusted him, cared about him, and handed over the military power to him to conquer the Junggar tribe. It was a self-evident trust and entrustment.He saw his future from the eyes of the first emperor, and the shining golden dragon chair and silk dragon robe would all belong to him in the not-too-distant future.But now, everything has changed, it has become too sudden, the heir to the throne is not himself, but the fourth elder brother Yinzhen.He has become the emperor now, put on the dragon robe, and sat on the dragon chair.

When Yongzheng walked into the main hall, Yinzhen had already come out.He kowtowed to Yongzheng a few times in the distance, but he didn't greet or congratulate Yongzheng. Seeing the stalemate, the guard Laxi hurried to Yinzhen, took Yinzhen's hand, and let him pass.Yinzhen waved his hands, became furious, walked quickly to Yongzheng, and reprimanded Laxi for being rude: "I am the emperor's own younger brother, yet Laxi is so rude to me! If I do something wrong, please ask the emperor to punish me. If the emperor thinks What I did was not wrong, please rectify Laxi and rectify the state system."

Yinzhen made a big fuss in the mourning hall, and Yongzheng was very annoyed. He turned his back, looked at the mourning hall, then turned around to look at Yinzhen, and said sharply, "Why are you here with me? It's because of some small things." Are you coming to Zhengfa people? It is less than seven days since the father passed away. You look up at the mourning hall, and the father is lying there. The father is watching us and listening to our words. Why are you unhappy? You can’t be the father. It’s time to express your condolences.” Yongzheng took a few deep breaths, and then said: “I will now remove your prince and downgrade you to the son of Gushan, this punishment is considered light for you!”

The condolence ceremony ended in a very tense atmosphere. Yinzhen blushed and went back to Tangquan without saying anything to Yongzheng. Yongzheng didn't know whether it was joy or sorrow. When mourning for the late emperor, Yinzhen was obviously too emotional and gave himself a chance to punish him.He thought of what Yinzhen said, brother?Yongzheng smiled self-deprecatingly, even if he is a real brother, is there any brotherhood between brothers?No, there is only hatred.Yinzhen didn't know how much hatred he had for himself, he didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't want to think about it.This preconceived approach made Yongzheng feel very awkward, but he could not take it back. From the moment he ascended the throne, this seed had already been planted.

Yinzhen's power did not stop because of this, he behaved peacefully on the surface, but the waves raised in secret were already very turbulent. In August of the second year of Yongzheng, Yinzhen privately built a wooden pagoda at home.After Yongzheng learned about it, he immediately sent Fan Shiduo, the commander-in-chief of Malanyu, to search and force him to hand it over.Yinzhen was so angry that he couldn't bear it. He cried and yelled at home that night, which could be heard several miles away until midnight. In December of the third year of Yongzheng, when Yongzheng saw that the time was ripe, he instructed the ancestral mansion to impeach Yinzhen. During his tenure as the general of Fuyuan, he had violated the instructions of the former emperor, acted arbitrarily, led the army to disturb the local people, and embezzled food and other crimes.This was what Yongzheng had thought in his mind long ago. After a secret discussion with the officials of the clan's mansion, the clan's mansion sent people to admonish Yongzheng the next day, and listed the charges against Yinzhen one by one.

Of course Yinzhen refused to accept it, and charged himself with these "unnecessary" charges for no reason, which made him extremely annoyed.He forcibly broke into the Forbidden City, met Yongzheng and said: "The emperor blindly convicts me of these crimes, I cannot accept it." Yongzheng sat on the dragon chair and said sharply: "I should judge the crime according to the evidence. I didn't believe you would do these things before. Now, there are people who exposed you everywhere. I just believe you again." , and you can’t help but accept these facts. You can distinguish for yourself, and I will listen to you. If what you say is reasonable and can prove that those people are falsely accusing you, I will punish those people for the crime of deceiving the emperor. Be merciful. If you can't speak clearly, then I have no choice but to punish you." This is a wonderful move by Yongzheng, of course Yinzhen understands, otherwise he wouldn't say such a thing.Yinzhen said with a smile: "In this way, I have nothing to say. The matter has come to this, the emperor will condemn me." Yongzheng couldn't bear it, sighed, put his hands on the handle of the dragon chair, and said: "According to the previous crimes, I will demote your Gushan Beizi position to Zhen Guogong, and imprison you in Tangquan near Jingling." Yongzheng didn't feel so happy because he relieved Yinzhen's threat to him. This is the sadness of being the king of a country.He had no choice but to do so.Yongzheng stood alone in front of the jade pillar outside the Golden Luan Hall, and everything became blurred as night fell.Yongzheng wiped his eyes with his hands, turned around and walked into the hall.