The Daoguang Emperor had 9 sons in his lifetime, the first three died, leaving 6 sons, but he still admired the fourth son of the emperor and the sixth son of the emperor, Yixuan. However, these two princes have very different personalities and temperaments, the fourth son has a disability in the leg, is thick and sincere, loyal and filial piety, and the sixth son is talented and sharp-minded. The Daoguang Emperor watched himself grow old day by day, so he wanted to choose one of the two sons to succeed to the throne, but the palms of his hands and the backs of his hands were all meat, and he did not know who to choose, so he decided to use the literary test and the martial test to select the heir to the throne.
But it is these two games, the fourth son inherited the throne, which makes many people puzzled, after all, the fourth son has a disability, walking unsteadily, damaging the national body, making people laugh, but he has a high person behind him, relying on an expression to win the younger brother and take the throne lightly.
As we all know, Daoguang had 3,000 harem beauties in his lifetime, but he loved Empress Xiao Quancheng alone, and Xiao Quancheng was the mother of the fourth son, YiXuan. Empress Xiao Quancheng relied on The Favor of Daoguang and had a bad relationship with her mother-in-law Xiao Herui, and was eventually poisoned by her mother-in-law Xiao and Rui. Daoguang was forced by the rights of the empress dowager, and he did not dare to pursue it, but in the heart of the Daoguang Emperor, the status of Xiao Quancheng was unmatched, so he favored him and Xiao Quancheng's son, that is, YiXuan. So there was a succession dispute between the four sons and the sixth son.
In the first martial arts test, the Daoguang Emperor rode kung fu on horseback to examine his two sons. At the end of the game, the six sons won the most hunting, while the fourth son Yixuan did not shoot a single arrow. Daoguang asked the fourth son what was going on, and the fourth son replied that he was unwell. Daoguang asked where he was uncomfortable, and the fourth son came out according to the set that his teacher had given in advance, and he said, "Shi Fangchun, birds and beasts breed, can't bear to hurt life to dry heaven and peace." When Dao guang heard this, he was secretly happy and said that he had a benevolent heart. However, from Nurhaci to Emperor Taiji, there are family methods of martial arts hunting, and the four sons' theory still forgets the ancestors' family laws in some cases.
In order to test the knowledge and intelligence of the fourth and sixth sons, the Daoguang Emperor then conducted a literary examination. Before the examination, the two princes each found their own teachers to consult the response strategy, and the two teachers also gave their own plans. The teacher of the fourth son told him that in terms of knowledge and intelligence, you are no better than your sixth brother, but the emperor is now in poor health, and you can only overcome him morally. If the emperor asks about current politics, you will cry bitterly and express your sincerity and filial piety to him, so as to impress the emperor. And the teacher of the sixth son said that when the emperor asks you about the theory of governing the country, you should know everything and say everything, fully demonstrate your ability and ability to govern the country.
The fourth and sixth sons were prepared according to the requirements of their respective teachers. Sure enough, Daoguang really talked about the topic of governing the country, and the fourth and sixth sons did it according to their teacher's instructions. When Daoguang saw that the fourth son was so kind and filial, he couldn't help but think of filial piety again, so he strengthened his determination to pass the throne to the fourth son Yixuan.
The fourth son, Yixuan, inherited the throne, which was the "Xianfeng" Emperor, and from the perspective of the Qing Dynasty he ruled, the Qing Dynasty, which was already in turmoil, took another step into the abyss. If Daoguang had chosen the sixth son Yixuan to inherit the throne, he might have been able to continue the Qing Dynasty for a few years, but unfortunately, if everything had not been, history would not have returned.