Yongzheng made two secret orders before he died. What is the content?

Yong Zhengdi died suddenly, but suddenly got seriously ill, and it was not enough to watch. Before leaving, he called four court officials to his side and took out two secret letters, saying that if he died, he would open the first letter and then give the second letter to his successor. Obviously, the first letter is the heir to the throne, and the second letter makes some arrangements for the heir.

You said Yong Zhengdi originally belonged to Mi Li. Why didn't he just make it clear? Instead, he wrote several secret letters. The reason is very simple, because in ancient times, it was very troublesome to choose a successor without setting up a prince in advance. Even if the prince is established, others are not completely without opportunities. If you say it directly orally, it will cause controversy and so on, and it will go through a lot of discussion. But Yongzheng is smarter. These are all written by him. When I die, it becomes a stereotype, so there is no need to talk about it. Therefore, with the first secret letter, I successfully appointed Gan Long as my successor.

Moreover, Yongzheng was not in good health at that time and was not suitable for talking in the hall. If you go to the lobby, you may die suddenly on the way. So only a few people can be called private conversations. And Yong Zhengdi is quite cunning, because he is afraid of these ministers fooling around. He didn't write anything in the first secret letter, just said the true will. This will is put behind the plaque. This plaque can't be moved casually. Even if other ministers open this secret letter and want to get the will behind the plaque, they can't avoid people's eyes. So in the end, we can only read the testamentary edict in public according to Yong Zhengdi's instructions, win the will behind the plaque in public, and establish the throne.

The second secret imperial edict mainly found several assistants for his son Emperor Qianlong. After Emperor Qianlong got this secret letter, he put Zhang's position before E Ertai in the secret letter, because Yong Zhengdi was afraid that Emperor Qianlong could not suppress E Ertai after his death, so he wanted to improve Zhang's position to suppress E Ertai. After all, Zhang was a Han Chinese, while the Qing Dynasty was dominated by Manchu. No matter how powerful Zhang is in the end, he won't have much influence. In order to help Manchu ministers check and balance each other.

Yong Zhengdi paved the way for his successor, Emperor Qianlong, out of kindness. And this thing was written when Yongzheng suddenly fell ill. Yong Zhengdi's IQ is evident.