The three emperors of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong created the Kangqian dynasty of the Qing Dynasty. Among these three emperors, Yongzheng was the busiest, spending all his time playing or being close to women in order to approve and handle political affairs.
Yongzheng is a complete workaholic, but let him face those endless folds all day long, and his body will eventually be inedible. In order to relax, he would often send people to the harem to ask Geng Shi to accompany him to have a few drinks. This Geng clan, it is precisely by virtue of good alcohol, got the rare favor of Yongzheng, even if the son born always does some confusing things, he can still get the understanding of Yongzheng and his son Qianlong, and she is also a rare long-lived old man in the harem, living to the age of 96 before dying.
Geng was born in the twenty-eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1689), and his father Geng Dejin was only the internal steward of the Internal Affairs Department Zheng Wupin. She participated in the draft at the age of fourteen, was elected to the palace of Prince Yong, and then gave birth to the fifth son of Yongzheng in the fifty years of the Kangxi Dynasty (1711), and the birth of Hongzhi also became a consolation in the heart of Yongzheng, who was struggling to take the wife at that time, so he gave more love to the mother and son.
In the sixty-first year of Kangxi (1722), Kangxi died, and Yongzheng took the throne, beginning the second half of his life as a diligent emperor who was praised by the world, and Geng, who was originally Yongzheng's wife and concubine, was also named Yu Concubine and continued to accompany Yongzheng. After another eight years, Yongzheng made Geng Shijin a concubine. This move seems ordinary, but for Yongzheng, who has only eight concubines in his lifetime, it is the best proof that he loves and values Geng. At the same time, Yongzheng loved Wu and Wu, so that Hongzhi was crowned prince of Heshuo and Wu in his early twenties.
When Yongzheng was still the Prince of Yong, he already had more than a dozen children under his knees, and after he took the throne, only two princes were born. Judging from the birth of the heirs in these two time periods, it is an indisputable fact that Yongzheng did not approach the female color after he ascended the throne, and in this case, Geng's ability to get Yongzheng's love was not only because of the virtuousness, but also because she was a female Haojie at the wine table.
We all know that a person who drinks wine can not relieve sorrow, will only make the drinker more sad and lonely, and Yongzheng drinking is originally for the sake of busy idleness, and having a wine companion can truly achieve the effect of using wine to dispel sorrows. But suffering from this huge palace, there are few people who can communicate and do not have to worry about personal safety, and after thinking about it, it is the best choice to find a concubine from the harem to drink together. Therefore, Geng Shi, who has a thousand glasses of good wine without getting drunk, has become the best candidate for Yongzheng's wine companion, not only to listen to him talk from tiannan to dibei, but also to take care of himself after drunkenness.
Geng Shi is actually a good mother, and she is always hands-on in the upbringing of Hongzhi. Growing up in the love of his parents, Hirohito is well-behaved and sensible, is a pleasing child, and has a very good relationship with his favored brother Hirohito. Yongzheng looked at his two favorite children and was very pleased, so in the thirteenth year of Yongzheng (1735), he sent Hongli and Hongzhi to the "Miaojiang Affairs Office" to cooperate in handling the affairs of the ethnic minorities in the frontier. It's just that Hongzhi is spoiled and habitual, and when he grows up, he has the tendency to be arrogant and willful, and finally failed to become the right heir in Yongzheng's heart.
"The two are worthy of being good brothers who grew up wearing the same pair of pants", Hongli still loved Hongzhi very much after he later became the Qianlong Emperor, not only rewarded him with all the old residences of his father's Prince Yong, but also often rewarded him with some precious treasures, not only that, Qianlong always praised Hongzhi in front of people: "Brother Shuo and Prince Shuohe, pure in nature." Be humble. Year of study together. The friendship is deep. Self-prepared pro-domain. Mao Zhao is cautious. Fang Ji celebrates in his sixties. Di Calyx is cheerful. ”
Even if Hongzhi made a mistake, Qianlong was not willing to blame and criticize more. Once, in the early dynasty, Hirohito had a dispute with the military minister Ne Qin because of his disagreement. The quarrel gradually intensified, and Hongzhi actually beat up Ne Qin in front of Manchu Wenwu. At that time, this incident happened under Qianlong's eyes, but Qianlong watched this farce with his eyes open, waiting for Hongzhi to dissipate before continuing the affairs of the early dynasty, neither making a sound to stop Hongzhao's behavior, nor blaming him afterwards. After this incident, the civil and military officials realized Hongzhi's position, and no one dared to openly disobey him anymore.
The reason why Hongzhi was favored by his brother Hongli was also because his mother Geng and Hongli's mother, Niu Hulu, had a good relationship. Both entered the palace when Yongzheng was still Baylor, and both were initially enthroned as Gege because their father's official position was not prominent, and the pregnancy time was similar, the two had the most common topics, and under various intersections, the Geng clan and the Niuhulu clan were relatively close sisters in the harem.
By virtue of his good relations with the Niu Hulu clan, the Geng clan was also favored by Qianlong, first in the second year of Qianlong (1737) was named Emperor Kaoyu Noble Concubine, and then in the forty-third year of Qianlong (1778), at the age of 90, she was made the Crown Princess of Huang Kaoyu, and finally died at the age of 96 in this capacity. In order to show his respect for her, Qianlong registered her as a pure Yi Emperor's noble concubine, and the emperor buried her in the Qin Ling Concubine Garden, ranking first among the concubines.