During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, the economy, politics and culture of the Qing Dynasty were vigorously developed, and in the history of the Qing Dynasty, he had the largest number of harem concubines.
The most powerful one was the little Tong Jia clan, Tong Guifei, although she had no children and no daughters, her status was only a noble concubine, but she had the same rights as the empress, and she was arranged by the Kangxi Emperor to take care of the young Qianlong Emperor.
Tong Guifei was born into the Tong Jia family with outstanding merits.
After entering the palace as a concubine, the Kangxi Emperor was very fond of her. What makes her famous in history is that she did not give birth to a son and a daughter for Kangxi, but after the death of the Kangxi Emperor,
He performed the duties of commanding the harem for 22 years and became the "lord of the harem".
At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Nurhaci led his troops to conquest, attached himself to the Tong Jia family, and founded the Qing Dynasty. Because of their outstanding meritorious achievements, the emperor expressed his reward for them, Nurhaci married Hahana Zaqing as a wife, and the Tong Jia family began to appear on the stage of the harem.
1. Tong Guifei during the Kangxi Period
Emperors' preferences for women varied. After learning the history of the Qing Dynasty, you will find the life of the Kangxi Emperor, among his many harem concubines,
Most of them are from famous families, have prominent status, and have a high status background in the family.
In the early days of the Qing Dynasty, the Tong Jia clan helped Nurhaci to fight the world, and the royal family allowed the royal family to marry the Tong Jia clan in order to win them over.
It was more evident from the Kangxi Emperor onwards, whose power was increasingly consolidated, and the Tong Jia family began their glorious heyday.
The Tong Jia clan became the first developed family with a foreign status.
During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, there were a total of four empresses, Empress Xiaoyiren Tong Jiashi had a gentle personality, helped the Kangxi Emperor deal with harem affairs, Xianliang Shude, zhishu Dali, so she was among the four empresses, the deepest relationship with the Kangxi Emperor, the kangxi emperor's most trusted empress.
Empress Xiaoyiren Tong Jiashi should be regarded as the most regrettable one in the history of the Qing Dynasty. She had just been crowned empress, and in just half a day, she drove to the west of the crane. In order to alleviate the kangxi emperor's longing, Xiao Tong Jiashi entered the palace to marry the Kangxi Emperor and was crowned as a concubine.
Xiao Tong Jia was more favored by the Kangxi Emperor because of his sister's relationship.
In the ancient royal family, the concubines would be rewarded for giving birth to dragon heirs, and their status would definitely rise. Although the Kangxi Emperor was very fond of the Xiao Tong Jia clan, unfortunately,
She had no children and no daughters in her life, which made her status only a noble concubine.
After the deaths of Empress Xiaoyiren and Concubine Wen, the Kangxi Emperor never had a queen, so that the harem had neither an empress nor an imperial concubine, and there was no one in charge of the harem at this time. Therefore, the Kangxi Emperor made Xiao Tong Jia a noble concubine,
Therefore, her status was the highest in the harem, Tong Guifei, and it was natural to be in charge of the affairs of the harem.
Since then, Tong Guifei, as a noble concubine, has become the highest-ranking and most respected person in the harem, and actually performed the duty of ruling the harem. Although there is no name of the queen,
However, the noble concubines with real power of the empress became the "head of the harem".
During the period when Tong Guifei managed the harem, she was loyal to her duties and took good care of the affairs of the harem. Since the ancient harem, everyone's relationship is very delicate, the relationship of interests between each other is intricate, the face and the heart are separated, the surface is peaceful, and the back is intriguing and calculating with each other. However, during the period when Tong Guifei was in charge of the harem, she got along well with the harem concubines.
In the sixty years of Kangxi, Kangxi took his beloved little emperor grandson, who was also the fourth son of Prince Yong, Hongli, away from the palace and took him with him, and arranged for the harem concubines to be personally raised.
Tong Guifei was arranged by the Kangxi Emperor to take care of Hongli's living life, and this imperial grandson was the future Qianlong Emperor, who "accidentally" raised an imperial grandson.
2. Imperial Concubine
After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he was very kind to Tong Guifei and had great respect for her. Tong Jia's status has been greatly improved, and she has not only not been suppressed, but on the contrary
She was honored as the Imperial Concubine of the Imperial Examination, and her status had reached the level of Imperial Noble Concubine.
The Yongzheng Emperor also paid special attention to her in her usual food, clothing, and housing, and took good care of her.
The Yongzheng Emperor treated the imperial concubines kindly, first, during the Yongzheng Emperor's struggle for the throne, he was supported by Long Keduo, the brother of xiao Tong Jia, to help the fourth prince Yin Chan inherit the throne, that is, the later Yongzheng Emperor. The existence of political interests between the Yongzheng Emperor and the Tong family made him grateful to the Tong family.
Secondly, Yongzheng also has a family affection for Xiao Tong Jia. When Yongzheng's biological mother, Wu Yashi, gave birth to him, her status was only a concubine, and her status was relatively humble, so De Concubine could not raise her own son personally. The Yongzheng Emperor had to leave his biological mother from a very young age, and Empress Xiaoyiren personally took care of her, and for the Yongzheng Emperor, she was not a mother, but like a mother.
Empress Xiaoyiren took good care of Yongzheng as if she were her own, and cultivated him very well. Xiao Tong Jia was the sister of Empress Xiao Yiren, and in Yongzheng's psychology, Xiao Tong Jia was his mother-in-law and his aunt.
Finally, Hongli was the son of Yongzheng, and many believe that Hongli was the future emperor designated by the Kangxi Emperor. Xiao Tong Jia was arranged to raise Hongli, and the Yongzheng Emperor was grateful to Xiao Tongjia for taking care of his son Hongli.
3. Imperial Ancestor Shouqi Imperial Noble Concubine
After the death of the Yongzheng Emperor, Qianlong took the throne, according to the generations, Xiao Tong Jia was only the Qianlong Emperor and his grandmother, the two were separated by two generations, but the Qianlong Emperor had deep feelings for this elder.
The Qianlong Emperor remembered Xiao TongJia's affection for his upbringing since childhood, so he was very filial to her.
The Qianlong Emperor not only respected Xiao Tong Jia's filial piety, after he ascended the throne, the Qianlong Emperor did not forget Xiao Tong Jia's kindness to him.
He immediately made Xiao Tong Jia the Empress Dowager of Emperor Shouqi, the first of all the kangxi emperors' concubines who were still alive at that time.
The Yongzheng Emperor's attitude toward the Xiao Tong Jia clan was partly gratitude, and part of it was to win over the power of the Tong family; then the Qianlong Emperor's respect and respect for the Xiao Tong Jia clan was purely filial piety, entirely because of that short period of nurturing grace. The early upbringing of Xiao Tong Jia's family has earned himself great honors.
In the second year of Qianlong, the 70th birthday of Emperor Shouqi's noble concubine Tong Jiashi was ushered in, and the Qianlong Emperor took it as his birthday and gave her a poem - "Congratulations to Emperor Shouqi Emperor Gui Concubine Seventy Great Celebration". then
The Qianlong Emperor ordered people to find a treasure of feng shui and build a garden for him alone.
In the eighth year of Qianlong, Emperor Shouqi died of illness at the age of 76. When Hongli heard the news, he was very saddened. Hongli held a grand ceremony for her,
She was honored as a noble concubine of the Emperor Huihui.
summary
Emperor Hui's noble concubine did not give birth to a son and a half daughter in this life,
Nor did she become queen for a day. Instead, she exercised the power of empress and ruled the harem for 22 years.
Compared with her sister Empress Xiaoyiren, she enjoyed a longer and noble life, and was much happier than Princess Huifei and Concubine Yi, who had sons, and Princess De, who became empress dowager.
Since Yongzheng,
She was the first person to be buried in the mausoleum as an imperial concubine,
Instead, a separate garden mausoleum was built for her, which was different. It is the highest regulated garden bed in the Qing Dynasty concubine garden.
Until her death, she also enjoyed infinite glory.