First of all, Yongzheng inherited the legitimacy of the throne, not because of Kangxi's will. You know, Kangxi's will was not written by Kangxi himself, but was specially polished and written by his cronies after Yongzheng ascended the throne, and then promulgated to the world. So to put it simply, Kangxi's testamentary edict represents not what Kangxi himself meant, but what Yongzheng wanted to express.

Nowadays people question the legitimacy of Yongzheng's throne, not because of the imperial edict, but because of his chaotic and contradictory succession process. In other words, the fundamental reason why Yongzheng's throne was questioned as lacking legitimacy was that there was indeed a problem in the process of Yongzheng's succession.

First, in the first year of Yongzheng, when he succeeded to the throne at the beginning of Yongzheng, the argument of Yongzheng's "imperial edict attacking the throne" was circulated in the ruling and opposition, but at this time Yongzheng did not give any explanation, but let this argument spread among the people. If Yongzheng really has no problem, why not stand up and explain? Solemnly declare the legitimacy of his throne to the world? Of course, some people here will say that it is because Yongzheng disdains to explain. As the statue of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, he should explain to his subjects whether his throne is orthodox or not. Yes, if Yongzheng never explained it, then the reason for disdaining to explain it can also make sense.

In fact, however, Yongzheng did not bother to explain. In the seventh year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng specially compiled a book "Shu Lu of Great Righteousness", which was published and distributed throughout the country. In this book, Yongzheng began to defend himself, telling the legitimacy of his succession in his own words. Here, everyone must have such a question. Why did Yongzheng not stand up and explain for himself when his throne was not stable, but waited until his throne was stable before he stood up and explained? Is this a little light and heavy?

Yes, this is indeed a problem. According to our normal practice, if we want to explain, we should explain when our position is unstable, so as to stabilize the situation, instead of jumping out to announce the legitimacy of our throne to the world. Then why did Yongzheng do it? We can't give the correct answer to this accurately.

Of course, although we can't give the correct answer, we can give a reasonable guess. As we all know, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, the biggest enemy he faced was the Eight Ye Party. What were eight sons, nine sons and ten sons at that time? Yin Gui, the 14th emperor, opposed Yongzheng's succession. At that time, as princes, they more or less held the secret of Yongzheng's succession that most people didn't know. Therefore, we can boldly guess why Yongzheng did not come out at the beginning of his reign to explain whether his succession was legal, but must wait until the seventh year of Yongzheng. The fundamental reason is that there are some problems in Yongzheng's succession.

Seven years before Yongzheng, Yongzheng failed to completely control the Eight Ye Party because of its strength, so Yongzheng needed to make the people forget it as much as possible. He is afraid that as soon as he comes out to explain, he will use some lies to prove his legitimacy, and the people of the Eight Ye Party will jump out and expose his lies, so he can never take the initiative to explain at this moment. As long as he doesn't explain, no matter how demagogues the people of the Eight Ye Party, he can't completely deny his legitimacy. Then in the seventh year of Yongzheng, with all the people of the Eight Ye Party being prosecuted by Yongzheng, Yongzheng at this time was no longer afraid that his lies would be exposed, so there appeared "A Record of the Righteousness over Family".

Second, regarding Kangxi's biography in Yongzheng, whether it is oral or testamentary edict, Yongzheng can't justify himself. In August of the first year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng once said in the imperial edict: "The Holy Father ... ordered me to inherit the overall situation, which was decided in a hurry on November 13 last year." At that time, Yongzheng didn't know that he was elected emperor until he received the news from Kangxi. That is to say, Yongzheng succeeded to the throne at this time, which is the news of Kangxi.

However, in the seventh year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng put it another way in the book "A Brief Record of the Great Righteousness", saying: "Longkeduo is the witness of the imperial examination. I was so shocked that I collapsed to the ground. Prince Cheng kowtowed to me and advised me not to be sad. I started to do great things. " At this time, Yongzheng said that he was an emperor, because Kangxi's testamentary edict said so. At the beginning of Yongzheng's accession to the throne, it was clearly an oral imperial edict. In the seventh year of Yongzheng, it was said to be a testament. So many times, people really have to doubt that Yongzheng's succession is really tricky. Since then, it is even more doubtful that this year, the Eight Ye Party was completely controlled by Yongzheng.

Thirdly, Yongzheng was capricious before Kangxi about who would accept the officials who transferred Yongzheng. In October of the fifth year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng mentioned the scene when Kangxi ascended the throne. He once said: "One day, the emperor was promoted to a distant place. He asked my brother and many people to see him in Longke and handed me a decree. It is a minister, but only one person is Roncodo. " That is to say, on the eve of Kangxi's death at that time, he summoned his ministers and Long Keduo, and made an imperial decree to pass the throne to Yongzheng. At that time, less than a few months later, Yongzheng said: "On the day when Emperor Saint Zuren boarded the distant land, Longkeduo was not in front of the court, nor did he send anyone near the court." At this time, Yongzheng denied that Longkodo had ever appeared in the scene of Kangxi's decree. After that, in the seventh year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng said in the "Records of Great Righteousness" that Long Keduo was there at that time, which was really puzzling. If there is no problem, why did Yongzheng do this?

In addition, in the fifth year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng only said that the prince was summoned by Kangxi, and Yongzheng did not say which princes. Until the seventh year of Yongzheng, with the destruction of the Eight Ye Party, Yongzheng suddenly described in detail which princes were: "Emperor Gao ordered the prince, Qin Chun Wang Yunyou, Achina (that is), Seth Black () and Yun? , Wei Yun, Yi Prince Yun Xiang ". Here, it's really incomprehensible. Since Yongzheng clearly knew who these princes were, why didn't he just tell them in the fifth year of Yongzheng, but wait until the collapse of the Eight Yes Party in the seventh year of Yongzheng?

At the same time, it is doubtful whether there is anyone in this list of princes. This man was Prince Guo Yunli mentioned by Yongzheng in his book Righteousness. "Guo Taizi promised to wait outside the bedroom", that is to say, when Kangxi was in Yongzheng, Guo Taizi promised to wait outside the bedroom. However, in Roncodo's complaint, Prince Li Guoyun did not wait outside the bedroom. He said: "On the day when the holy father arrived at the palace, I went back to Beijing first, and Prince Guo was on duty. I heard something important, so I met him in Xizhimen Street and told the emperor that he held an important position. Prince Guo looks perverse and has a kind of madness. I heard that he ran back to the palace and did not meet him in the palace. " That is to say,

From this, imagine whether even a gift is given outside, there are two opinions between the monarch and the minister. Isn't this doubtful? Although it is not certain that Yongzheng is lying, there is this ambiguity, which shows that Yongzheng's succession to the throne is not 100% legal and may still be problematic.

Fourthly, Yongzheng couldn't justify himself. Did he know in advance that Kangxi was going to preach to him? In the seventh year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng said in "The Mystery of Great Righteousness": "Before the winter solstice in November of Kangxi 61, I was ordered by the imperial examination to worship the southern suburbs. When the emperor took the sacred bow, he was still taking pictures in Changchun Garden. ..... On the 13th, the emperor called me into lent.

Before I arrived at Changchun Garden, the emperor ordered Prince Yun Zhi, Wang Yunyou of Qin Chun, Aquinas (that is, Yun Si), Seth Black (Yunchan) and Yun? Yungan, Yun Xiang, the foreign prince, and Long Keduo, the former minister of the Yuan Dynasty, came to the royal tattoo and said,' The four sons of the Emperor are noble in character and will certainly inherit the Great Unity and succeed me as emperor.' At that time, Zhuang Yunlu, Prince Guo Yunli, Baylor and Beizi were waiting outside the bedroom. And I rushed to greet him, and the emperor told me that the symptoms were getting worse, and I comforted him with tears. In the evening, Yulong is a guest. I mourn the call sign, I really don't want to live. Longkodo is the witness of the imperial examination. I was so shocked that I collapsed to the ground. Prince Cheng kowtowed to me and advised me not to be sad. I started to deal with big things. "

According to the above records, Yongzheng did not know in advance that he was going to succeed. At that time, the prince, Qin Chun Wang Yunyou, Aquinas (that is), Seth Black (Yunchan) and Yun? Princes, Yun Zhi, Yun Xiang, the barbarian prince, knew before him, and it was not until Longkodo read the imperial edict that he knew that he was going to succeed to the throne. Is this possible? This is absolutely impossible, if the princes get the news in advance, Achina (that is, Yun Si), Seth Black (Yunchan), Yun? It is understandable that these princes didn't tell him beforehand, but Prince Yi Yunxiang, a friend of Yongzheng, was unusually calm and didn't disclose Kangxi's testamentary edict to Yongzheng. Isn't this puzzling?

Fifth, with Longkedo's position and identity, he is obviously not qualified as the only foreign minister to accept Kangxi's testamentary edict face to face instead of Kangxi's reading. On the eve of Kangxi's death, Longkodo's identity and position doomed him to be ineligible to accept Kangxi's testamentary edict alone. At that time, March and others were qualified as far away as Buron. No matter how they arranged it, there were no dragons. But why did his confidant Roncodo become the only foreign minister who accepted the testamentary edict? This practice really makes people suspect that Yongzheng's succession is tricky.

In addition, in addition to this process of succession, Yong Zhengdi's orthodox identity is also full of various doubts. Judging from the performance after Yongzheng, it is even harder for people to doubt that Yongzheng really usurped the throne. First of all, since Yongzheng ascended the throne, he has never been to the summer resort, where Emperor Kangxi died. Secondly, when Yongzheng was in power, he decided not to put his mausoleum in the Qing Dongling where Kangxi was buried, but to choose another place to build the Qing Xiling as his resting place.

Generally speaking, the legitimacy of Yongzheng's succession will be questioned for a reason, because there are really various unsolved mysteries about Yongzheng's succession. There are too many incomprehensible places and too many contradictions. These loopholes make people doubt that Yongzheng's throne really came from usurpation.