History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
In "The Biography of Zhen Huan", the scene of the sixth son of the Emperor Hongyao dripping blood and confessing his relatives is very wonderful, he is actually the illegitimate son of Zhen Huan and the King of Guojun in the TV series, which is why Zhen Huan will support his adopted son Hongli to inherit the throne.
However, the reason why the TV series is wonderful is because there are too many interpretation parts, so what is the ending of the historical Hongyao?
Speaking of which, zhen huan's prototype is actually the Qianlong Emperor's birth mother, Empress Xiaoxiansheng, niuhulu, and Hongyao's birth mother is the Qianfei Liu clan.
Born in the eleventh year of Yongzheng, Hongyao was 22 years younger than the Qianlong Emperor and was the youngest brother of the Qianlong Emperor.
When Hongyao was less than 3 years old, the Yongzheng Emperor died, and the Qianlong Emperor succeeded to the throne in accordance with the secret edict of the throne.
For Hongyao, the Qianlong Emperor was quite fond of him.
According to the Qing History Manuscript, when Hongyao was young, the Qianlong Emperor saw him playing in the Yuanmingyuan and summoned him to come forward and want to talk to him.
Who knew that Hongyao was afraid of the Qianlong Emperor and ran away with a cigarette.
The Qianlong Emperor was already a good-looking person, and it was really bad to see his brother see himself like a ghost. He didn't blame Hongyao well, so he had to scold the eunuchs around Hongyao. However, this did not affect his love for Hongyao.
For Hongyao's studies, the Qianlong Emperor was also very attentive. He had long admired the talent of Shen Deqian, the Great Confucian, so he appointed Shen Deqian as Hongyao's teacher and taught Hongyao to learn poetry and calligraphy. And Hongyao was also quite perceptive, under the guidance of the teacher, not only erudite and talented, but also good at poetry, so the Qianlong Emperor was deeply pleased, and also loved and valued him even more.
At the age of 18, Hongyao successively held important positions in important places such as the Wuying Hall, the Eight Banners Of the Yuanmingyuan Protector, and the Imperial Library Office. Two years later, because he handled government affairs properly, Qianlong also put him in charge of the affairs of the office.
However, Hongyao also had some places that made Qianlong dissatisfied.
For example, Hongyao is addicted to money.
As a prince, Hongyao's conditions are much superior to other princes, why do you say so?
It turned out that as early as the third year of Qianlong, the Qianlong Emperor's uncle Prince Guo, Prince Yunli, died of illness. Since Prince Guo was childless, the Qianlong Emperor passed on Hongyao to Prince Guo Yunli and inherited his title.
Speaking of which, Prince Guo was highly regarded by the Yongzheng Emperor because of his honesty and thorough handling of affairs.
When the Yongzheng Emperor died, he also deliberately left a testament, ordering Prince Guo, Prince Zhuang, Zhang Tingyu, and Ortai to serve as ministers of military and political affairs.
The Qianlong Emperor respected Prince Guo very much, so soon after he succeeded to the throne, he "gave double concubines, and the temple was given a seat, exempting him from the ceremony of prostration."
However, the frail Prince Guo, due to overwork, fell ill and died in the third year of Qianlong's succession.
Hongyao inherited the title of Prince of Guo, and not only continued to enjoy the "double salary", but also his land tax, etc., and there were tens of thousands of taels of silver every year.
Therefore, among the princes and nobles of the young, hongyao was also one of the richer ones.
Who knows, Hongyao is the top person who loves money.
He used his special status to go around frantically collecting money.
For example, when opening coal kilns, people's land was forcibly occupied. For example, he ordered people to go to various places to buy antiques, embroidery, and youling at a very low price, and then sold them at a high price. Or take ginseng outside the customs to officials in Jiangnan to sell on their behalf.
Of course, fighting with the people for profits is not a felony, the most important thing is that Hongyao is also suspected of selling officials and interfering in the government, and he has privately found the minister of military aircraft, Arigun, and wants to install officials in the military aircraft department.
Fortunately, Arigun was upright, refused his request, and played it to the Qianlong Emperor.
Seeing that Hongyao was so unbearable, the Qianlong Emperor was determined to teach him a good lesson.
It was the birthday of Hongyao's birth mother, Concubine Liu.
Logically, the Qianlong Emperor should have given a blessing, but the Qianlong Emperor pretended not to know, not only did he not reward, but he did not even let people go to congratulate him.
Hongyao was indignant about this, and did not hide his dissatisfaction in front of the Qianlong Emperor, and he was disrespectful to the Qianlong Emperor in language.
The Qianlong Emperor also took the opportunity to rebuke Hongyao, saying that he "sat thick and served his mother's concubine with a thin face, but often asked for money from his mother", and asked him, is this an act that should be done as a son of man?
Soon after, the Jiuzhou Qing Feast where the Qianlong Emperor lived was on fire at night, but fortunately the fire was not large, and the fire was soon controlled.
However, Hongyao, who came to put out the fire, once again aroused the dissatisfaction of the Qianlong Emperor.
It turned out that after the Fire broke out at the Jiuzhou Qing Feast, the kings rushed to put out the fire immediately after receiving the news, but hongyao, who lived nearest, was late. And after he came, he just giggled with the other princes and princes, and did not have the slightest concern for his brother.
Soon, the Qianlong Emperor found an opportunity to strike at Hongyao.
On this day, Hongyao asked Empress Xiaoxian to be safe.
Speaking happily, Hongyao moved closer to Empress Xiaoxian.com.
Coincidentally, the Qianlong Emperor also came to ask Empress Xiaoxian for peace, and seeing that the place where Hongyao was kneeling was where he usually knelt, he severely rebuked Hongyao and demoted Hongyao's title to Belle on the charge of "borrowing from the festival of etiquette". He was stripped of all his posts and fined him ten thousand taels of silver.
Hongyao, who has been soaking in a honeypot since he was a child, has suffered such a blow, so after he was dismissed, he not only thought about it behind closed doors, but also became sick and bedridden in fear.
The Qianlong Emperor just wanted to punish Hongyao a little, but he didn't expect things to get to this point. So he also blamed himself and went to visit himself.
The Qianlong Emperor did not expect that when Hongyao saw Qianlong standing in front of the sickbed, he thought that Qianlong was going to say that he did not know the etiquette again, and quickly stood up in fear and performed the kneeling salute. Helplessly ill, he was completely unable to prop up. So he struggled to prostrate himself in the midst of being cursed, and kept saying that his sins were unforgivable...
Looking at Hongyao's panicked look, the Qianlong Emperor thought of Hongyao's expression of being afraid of him when he was young, and couldn't help but feel that he was too harsh on Hongyao. Thinking of his brotherhood, Qianlong couldn't help but choke up, and while sending the imperial doctor to the rescue, he also comforted Hongyao softly.
After returning to the dynasty, the Qianlong Emperor quickly restored Hongyao's title of prince, but unfortunately Hongyao died of illness soon after.