Of the twelve emperors of the Qing Dynasty, there are two disputed lineages, one is the Qing Taizu Nurhaci, because of the age, his biological father has no record, the other is Qianlong, there is a saying that the Shunzhi Emperor is his own daughter and others to exchange sons, it is not clear how much credibility there is.
We said before that there are many mysteries about the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, many of which involve how he obtained power, and then how he died, basically few people say how this emperor came to be, why is this? Because since he is the emperor, he must be a dragon species, and he must have a correct root, if the emperor's life is not clear, then he cannot be the emperor. However, two of the twelve emperors of the Qing Dynasty had the mystery of their lives--how they came to be unknown. The first one was Nurhaci. Everyone says this is normal!
The founding emperor was often born in the grass, and now he is called the grass root, he may have been a nameless pawn, and it is normal that we do not know where he was born. In fact, there are many founding emperors in China who can't tell where their parents came from, and some of them even died before becoming emperors, so the mystery of Nurhaci's life is very normal. But who is this emperor with the mystery of his life that we are going to talk about in this verse? The Qianlong Emperor.
Speaking of this Qianlong Emperor, everyone said that this was the right root! Qianlong was the fourth son of Yongzheng. It is also quite strange to say, Yongzheng xingsi, Qianlong is also, these two grandfathers are called "four masters". When Qianlong was young, it was equivalent to Kangxi's next generation identifying him, saying that this boy was good, and if he took the throne in the future, he would be able to take on a big responsibility. It is said that they went hunting, and when they hunted, they killed a bear, but the bear did not die thoroughly, got up again, and ran to Kangxi with his teeth and claws. At this time, although Qianlong was still young, he immediately stood between this bear and Kangxi, loudly stopped drinking, and blocked it for his grandfather. Of course, the bear was seriously injured and dying, and after a few struggles, he died. But this incident left a very good impression on Kangxi, and he felt that Hongli this child knew how to protect him, and his courage was outstanding. Therefore, at that time, Kangxi identified yongzheng as the emperor in his son's generation, and the next generation was Qianlong (Hongli) History records that Qianlong was the child born to Yongzheng's wife Niu Hulu.
Therefore, some people have asked, since there is such a clear inheritance, what is the mystery of this life? Because folklore, including in the novel, there are many doubts: some people say that Qianlong has half Han ancestry, saying that he was born illegitimately by Yongzheng and a Han palace girl. Some people even thoroughly questioned that Qianlong was not a Manchu but a Han Chinese, and that his biological father was Chen Gelao of Haining, Zhejiang. When Yongzheng was still the Prince of Yong, this Chen Gelao was an official in the dynasty. At that time, Yongzheng gave birth to a daughter, but at that time, the mother was precious to the son, and the father was precious to the son, so Yongzheng wanted a son, and when he saw that Chen Ge's hometown had a boy, it was "Tanuki cat for prince" and changed over. Are these things true or false in history? Now let's analyze and analyze it for everyone in combination with some facts to see if this matter is reliable.
First of all, some people say that Qianlong is not a child of the Niuhulu clan, but was born by Yongzheng and a Han palace girl. This can involve a very big thing, because it involves where Qianlong was born? The history records that Qianlong was born in Beijing's Lama Temple, which many people know that it is a holy place of Tibetan Buddhism, and some foreign friends come to Beijing to the Lama Temple to burn incense. Why is it called Lama Temple? When Yongzheng was not emperor, he was called the Prince of Yong, and the Lama Temple was the residence given to Yongzheng by Kangxi. It is said that the history records that Qianlong was born here. But there are many places that record that Qianlong was not born here, where was he born? Chengde Mountain Resort. There is a palm here, saying that about fifty years after Kangxi (1711), Kangxi took the following princes to Rehe to hunt. While hunting, Prince Yong fired a bow and arrow to kill a sika deer. The deer fell to the ground, and someone below came and cut open the deer's neck and took the deer's blood—we all know that the deer's blood was a great supplement—and this Yongzheng drank the deer's blood bowl by bowl, and drank four or five bowls. This deer blood supplement is a big supplement, and it has another effect - aphrodisiac. At that time, Yongzheng Spring and Autumn was at its peak, and it was when he was young, and after drinking deer blood, he had a physiological reaction, that is, there was a requirement for physiological desire. But it can't work here, at the Chengde Summer Resort, he was his own child, and the lady did not bring out one. At this time, this physiological desire comes up, what to do? Seeing a palace maid, since he is a prince, how dare the palace maid resist? This matter is finished, and he does not take this seriously as a prince. After a gap of about a few months, Kangxi took the people below, including these princes, to this place to hunt again, and someone reported that there was a palace girl here who was pregnant, and Kangxi was angry, and ordered someone to check who was so bold. This investigation, suddenly Yongzheng remembered, a few months ago there was such a thing, he drank a little deer blood that day and did not grasp himself. But Yongzheng didn't care about this, and as soon as he told the emperor, this matter would pass. I didn't expect that after a few months, the summer resort said that the child was going to be born, and this child was going to be born, that is the bloodline of the Aisin Kyora family, how could this be done? At that time, the manager looked at it, and there was no order from above! So the palace maid was led to the horse pen, and the palace maid gave birth to the child in the horse pen. But after giving birth, Kangxi knew and said that this was his grandson, Yongzheng's child, and that could not be left there.
Because the mother of this child was a Han palace girl, manchu and Han did not marry at that time, and another was that the status of this palace girl was too low, so at that time Kangxi said that he would pass this child over to Yongzheng's wife, that is, prince Yong's then Fu jin Niu HuLu clan to raise, this child is counted as Niu Cobalt Lu clan. So, what is the name of this palace girl? Surnamed Li, his name is Li Jingui. Therefore, later some people said that this Qianlong was not born in the Lama Temple, but in the Chengde Summer Resort, and there is really some evidence in this history. In the forty-third year of Qianlong (1778), there was a man who was a jinshi and later became the head of the household department, to put it bluntly, the director of the Ministry of Finance. This man's name is Guan Shiming, and he once inscribed poems at the Chengde Mountain Resort. The poem he inscribed revealed such a meaning, saying that Qianlong was born here.
It is said that qianlong spends two days every year on the death day of Yongzheng's death, and he spends two days at the Chengde Mountain Resort, and some people say that this is to commemorate his birthplace. In addition, there is a relatively solid evidence, Qianlong reigned for 60 years and took the initiative to ask for retirement, why? Since his grandfather Kangxi reigned 61 years younger, he did not dare to surpass Shengzu. Qianlong retired at the age of 85 and lived another four years before dying—four years as Emperor Taishang. Qianlong celebrated his birthday when he was emperor, and at this time his son Jiaqing was already emperor, and he had to wish emperor a happy birthday and write poems, and when he wrote poems, he mentioned that my father was born in the Chengde Summer Resort. Later, I didn't know what to do, Jiaqing wanted to come and changed, saying that my father was born in the Lama Temple, and within two years he changed it back, and even when he sent this edict to the outside world, he wrote that his father Qianlong was born in the Chengde Summer Resort. Where did these edicts go? What Penghu Islands, Ryukyu, just now there happened in the Diaoyu Islands, when it was a great Qing dynasty. Later, halfway back, I said that this sentence had to be changed. If there is no such thing, why would the Jiaqing Emperor change it? Therefore, some people say that there must be something in this back-and-forth change, at least he has left a major doubt.
Another piece of evidence is that a prime minister of the Republic of China government named Xiong Xiling, Xiong Xiling heard an old eunuch who came out of the palace say that the former emperor Qianlong's biological mother was not Niu Hulu, but a palace maid at Rehe Mountain Villa, and the old eunuch explained this matter in great detail. Xiong Xiling told Mr. Hu Shi, the great scholar at the time, about what he had heard. Hu Shi felt that there was a basis for listening to it, and he wrote down this matter in his own book. Therefore, this has now become a piece of evidence for judging Qianlong's life. All in all, Qianlong's origin is indeed an unsolved mystery, that is, whether he was born by the wife of the Yongzheng Emperor or the illegitimate son of Yongzheng who was out with others, it is really unclear now.
Compared with this legend, the context of the latter legend is clearer. Earlier we said that half of Qianlong was of Han descent, and his mother, Li Jingui, was a Han palace girl, but later a legend simply said that Qianlong was not a Manchu, but a Han Chinese. What legend? It is the statement that our father mentioned earlier is Haining Chen Gelao.
When this Chen Ge was an official in the dynasty, the crown princes, including the four brothers Yinchen, were widely friends with the ministers. In order to have someone to support him, Yin Chan hopes that he will be able to ascend the throne in the future, so he has a good relationship with Chen Gelao. Coincidentally, one day Chen Ge's wife gave birth to a child, a boy, and on this day, Yongzheng's wife Niu Hulu also gave birth to a child, a girl. Everyone looks at it, this coincidence, the same born, the two are good friends. This Prince Yong said, in this way, Chen Ge's whole family even brought his wife to our house to have a meal here, and everyone celebrated the birth of the child. As a result, Elder Chen Ge carried the child in, and when he came out, Elder Chen Ge's wife, Ya Gui, and himself were all shocked at the sight, because it was actually a girl who was held out. Whose is this girl? She was the daughter of the Prince of Yong.
This matter was very clear in the heart of Chen Gelao, who was an official in the dynasty, and Yong yong wanted a boy, because only by giving birth to heirs could he be more favored in Kangxi. It just so happened that at this time, Yongzheng's wife was born with a daughter, so she came to a "tanuki cat for a prince" to change away. Elder Chen Ge knew that this matter could only be "knocked down his teeth and swallowed into his stomach, and his arms were folded into his sleeves", this matter could not be made public, and there would be a catastrophe of killing himself when he made a sound, so after Elder Chen Ge returned home, he pondered and pondered, and did not want to cause this disaster, so he gave the emperor a fold, meaning that he was old, his health was not good, and he could not serve as an official in the court and ask for a tribute. What is Zhishi? It's about retiring home. Therefore, in the heyday of spring and autumn, Chen Gelao returned to his hometown in Haining, Zhejiang with his family. Later, some people gave all kinds of supporting evidence, saying that Chen Ge's old son was changed, and his son was Qianlong. Jin Yong's novel "Book of Swords and Enmity" is very clear, saying that there is a lot of evidence here. Didn't Elder Chen Ge take Yongzheng's daughter away? This daughter is actually equivalent to a princess, that is Yongzheng's child, said that later after Chen Gelao's daughter got married, he specially built a building for her in his hometown, and everyone called it a princess building. Because Elder Chen Ge knew that this was not my child, this was a princess, and he had to respect her and take her seriously.
Later generations said that according to this, Qianlong went to Jiangnan six times, and four times he went to Haining, that is, to see his own father and mother. Moreover, Qianlong also inscribed a plaque for the Chen family with the "Chunhui Hall". The word "Chunhui" is not a misuse. Everyone knows the poem written by the great tang dynasty poet Meng Jiao: "The mother's hand is threaded, and the wanderer's body is clothed." The seams are tightly sewn, and I am afraid that I will be late. Whoever says anything will be rewarded with three Chunhui. Now when we say "Chunhui", everyone knows that it is the parenting grace of parents to their children. Therefore, what is the Qianlong Plain Plain Unprovoked Title "Chunhui Hall"? Isn't this just paying homage to one's own mother?
So, is this the case? In fact, the real situation is that there is a plaque of Chunhui Hall, but it is not qianlong inscription, nor is it inscribed for the Chen family in Haining, but it is indeed for the family of people surnamed Chen. This was still the time when Kangxi was alive, and he wrote it to a university scholar named Chen Yuanlong. Chen Yuanlong told Kangxi that he could have today, all because his parents worked hard, and as a result, this matter touched Kangxi, and Kangxi said that he wrote an inscription for him, and let him rest on the ancestral hall of his home, which is called "Chunhui Hall" to show his parents' kindness to him. Therefore, the Qianlong inscription "ChunhuiTang" is a matter of virtuality in the strict sense.
So, how to explain that Qianlong went to Haining many times when he went down to Jiangnan? Qianlong went to Haining four times under the south of the river six times, and this was because Haining went to sea salt. Salt is something controlled by the government, the sea salt production here is so large, and it is an important income of the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong came down to inspect it, everyone should have nothing that cannot be understood. Moreover, at that time, the Qiantang River broke through many times, and the Ministry of Works built a large number of flood control projects here on the Qiantang River, so why should Qianlong inspect here and go to this place to see the projects related to the national economy and the people's livelihood? So these things are understandable. Some people also say that since there is no evidence, how can it be passed on for so many years? This is actually a kind of venting in the psychology of the Chinese people. How to say it? What was dr. Sun Yat-sen's goal in establishing the League? It is called "expelling the Tartars and restoring China." Of course, this "Tatar" Dr. Sun Yat-sen was referring to the corrupt Qing government at that time, not to provoke ethnic contradictions. But the period before the Han-Manchu dispute reached the Republic of China was indeed very intense. Driven by this kind of thinking, many people are prone to make a fuss about this Han-Manchu dispute, including the earlier we said that Qianlong's mother was a han palace girl, which means that Qianlong's blood is not pure, in fact, it is weakening this inner self-esteem of the Manchus.
When Jin Yong was a child, he listened to this matter with his ears, plus he was from Haining, and everyone thought, can his hometown not pass on this matter? Therefore, Jin Yong later wrote this legend into the novel. However, Jin Yong explained in the afterword that Chen Jialuo was only a fabricated figure, and as for the legend that Qianlong was the old child of Chen Ge in Haining, he had heard about it when he was a child, and Mr. Jin Yong was still quite objective in dealing with this matter.
So I think we sometimes evolve historically unsolved mysteries into various versions based on the folklore we hear. In fact, everyone here should pay attention to what era this legend produced. Because this is not a figment of thin air, it must be directly related to the political demands of some people in this era, the likes and dislikes of some people, and the customs and habits of this nation. Such legends arise only when the customs and habits of this era arrive here, when some people feel that it is more reasonable to explain history in this way. Therefore, there are no legends that arise out of thin air, which are closely related to some national habits and other aspects of our own people. Therefore, if there had not been for this stage of the later Xinhai Revolution, the most that Qianlong's lineage might have been occasionally mentioned in the history of barnyard officials and wild people, and there would not have been so many people who still wonder whether Qianlong was Han or Manchu.