Through various media rendering, the great achievements of Emperor Kangxi have been known to most people, such as outwitting Ao Bai, pacifying San Francisco, recovering Taiwan Province, and personally conquering galdan, etc., which made Emperor Kangxi sound like a god. There is no denying that Kangxi is one of the most successful emperors in China's history, and his literary martial arts are rare for thousands of years.
However, in the Kangxi era, there were also many drawbacks, such as literary inquisition and factional struggle.
The party struggle in Kangxi period was intertwined with the status struggle of various schools of thought.
Kang Xiyi has 24 sons. At first, Yi Yin, the son of the queen, was a prince, but Yi Yin, the eldest son of the emperor, was a handsome man and brilliant. He accompanied other generals to fight in the north and south many times, and made great achievements. India and Tibet are older and have made great contributions, but they cannot be established as princes, which is very unsatisfactory.
The two most important ministers in the early and middle period of Kangxi were Soto and Mingzhu, but Soto was the grandfather of Prince Yinyong and Mingzhu was the uncle of Yinyong, the eldest son. Such a delicate relationship is entangled between two people, which finally produces a strong chemical reaction. And power becomes the catalyst of this chemical reaction.
Soetu is the prince's grandfather, so it is natural to help him. In order to consolidate the status of the prince, he wooed some ministers in the DPRK and greeted some princes to form princelings.
Pearl and Mr. Tu Tu had different political views and wanted to compete for the autocratic position, so they discussed with Yin Ou to form a small group to dismount the Prince and Mr. Tu Tu, and thus the Emperor's eldest son party was born.
The two parties actively seek supporters in North Korea, eliminate differences and attack each other.
It's very important to have a foothold in officialdom. Other officials either join the princelings or the Huang eldest son party, otherwise they will be attacked on both sides. Suoetu and Mingzhu are Manchu, and most of them are Manchu officials, while most of the Han officials are caught in the middle and kicked around by the two parties like a ball, which is terrible.
These Han Chinese officials feel that if they don't unite, they have almost no possibility of survival in this court, so they decided to twist into a rope and form another party to stand against the princelings. Xu was a powerful minister in Zuodu, a minister of punishments in North Korea, and also visited flowers. Many Han Chinese officials set up a new party headed by Xu to oppose the other two political parties.
Among the three parties, the princelings and the Emperor's eldest son party are more powerful. Although there are a large number of Han official parties, there are few dignitaries and key positions are also lacking in real power. Therefore, the strength of the princelings and the emperor's eldest son party is far from each other, and they can only survive in the cracks between the two parties.
The two political parties fought against each other in the court, but there was nothing anyone could do. When the two sides are in a stalemate, the weak Han official side becomes very important.
Xu and Mingzhu were at odds, and the demand was just right, so they took the opportunity to woo Xu and became a faction in parallel.
In the twenty-fourth year of Kangxi, Xu Qianxue and Guo Wei impeached Mingzhu for cronyism, fanning the flames of demand, and Mingzhu was demoted. In the twenty-seventh year of Kangxi, Xu Qianxue and others illegally accused Pearl of eight major crimes. Emperor Kangxi had heard about Pearl's crimes for a long time, but he pitied Pearl's ability to intervene in credit, so he adopted a tolerant attitude and only dismissed Pearl's companions Yu Guozhu, Corkun and Fallon. Pearl fell out of power, but was still used as an auditor in Kangxi.
After bringing down Mingzhu and others, Xu was also impeached by other ministers. Xu resigned voluntarily and returned to his hometown to engage in academic research.
Pearl, Yu Guozhu, Corkun and Fallon collapsed, and the emperor's eldest son lost all his party bones and was soon dissolved. When Xu fell, the Han official party lost its pillar. In this way, the fisherman benefits and the princelings can dominate.
The prince was smart in his early years, and he could also help Kangxi deal with some major events. Kangxi also had high hopes for him. Later, the prince became headstrong and grumpy. He was tired of being a prince for decades, so a famous saying popped up from his mouth: How can a prince be a prince for 40 years in ancient and modern times?