Huang Hongfa was not purged by Yongzheng, but died young, which is controversial for some historians. Some people question whether Huang Hongfa died young because of what Yongzheng did. After all, after Yongzheng acceded to the throne, he began to purge some vassals, including imprisoning Lao Fourteen and suppressing heroes Nian Gengyao and Roncodo.

However, historians believe that Huang Tianyou's death has nothing to do with Yongzheng, because Huang Tianyou died four years after Yongzheng purged the Eight Ye Party, and Yongzheng did not take action against Huang Tianyou during this period. Therefore, the death of Huang Hongfa should not be attributed to Yongzheng's actions.

In fact, Huang Hongfa became a staunch supporter of Yongzheng, supported Yongzheng's reform, and described his work as getting busier every day. Yongzheng loved Andrew very much, which can be seen from the funeral for Andrew after Yongzheng's death.

Yongzheng even allowed Huang Hongfa to inherit the title of Iron Hat King and let him change back to Yin, which was a great honor at that time. Therefore, judging from the evidence, Yongzheng had no reason to kill Huang Tianjun. On the contrary, the affection between them is deep.

Although there is a deep affection between Huang Hongfa and Yongzheng, there has been no unanimous conclusion on the reasons for Huang Hongfa's early death. Some scholars think that Huang Hongfa's early death was caused by illness, while others think that he was assassinated.

But this statement has not been recognized by all historians, because there is no conclusive evidence that Huang Hongfa was killed. In addition, the cause of Huang Hongfa's death has not been confirmed, because the medical conditions at that time were relatively backward, and it was difficult to determine his cause of death.