In the fourth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty will usher in another emperor's wedding, and in the struggle for the throne, the granddaughter of the first assistant Sony, the Hesheli clan, and the daughter of the auxiliary chancellor Shu Bilong, Niu Hulu, are at odds with each other, and finally Xiaozhuang tries to exclude the public opinion and locks in the empress candidate as the Hesheli clan. More than two hundred years later, the Forbidden City will stage another emperor's wedding, and in this battle for the throne, two more women are in a stalemate, and in the end, the daughter of Zhuangyuan Chongqi, Aluth, wins. However, the fate of this Empress of the Qing Dynasty was very miserable, and after only two years as empress, she died of incense, but another woman of the loser, Fu Chashi, received all kinds of preferential treatment from Cixi, and she was the only imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty with a four-character title: Shushen Emperor Guifei.
1. The last glory of the Fucha family
Emperor Shushen's noble concubine Fu Chashi, a Manchurian yellow flag bearer, was born on the first day of December in the ninth year of Xianfeng, three years younger than the Tongzhi Emperor, and the daughter of Fengxiu, a member of the Outer Lang.
Among the later clan forces of the Qing Dynasty, the Yellow Banner Fucha clan is a branch that cannot be ignored, this family began to originate from the Shunzhi Dynasty, and a branch stretched throughout the Prosperous Era of Kangqian, which almost coincided with the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty, especially in the Qianlong Dynasty, due to the emergence of Empress Xiaoxian, this family was pushed to the extreme, which was called the first noble relative of the Qing Dynasty.
The seventh ancestor of the Shushen Emperor's concubine was Ma Qi, a university scholar who had been in the Kangqian period for more than thirty years, and Ma Qi's father was The Kangxi Heavy Minister Hubu Shangshu Misihan. At that time, Mi Sihan supported Kangxi to withdraw his domain and exhausted, due to excessive fatigue and died in office, at that time Ma Qi was not yet an adult, after growing up, Ma Qi entered the army as a yinsheng, entered the Guozijian to study, and was awarded the gongbu member Wailang after passing the examination.
In the 27th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Ma Qi was rewarded by the Kangxi Emperor for auditing the embezzlement case of Inspector Zhang Feng of Huguang, and was promoted to zuo du yushi, which became an important turning point in Ma Qi's political career. Subsequently, he participated in the preparation of the demarcation of the border with Russia, and two years later, Ma qi was listed as a minister of parliament together with Shangshu Alani of the LiFanyuan and began to enter the ranks of the imperial court.
In the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi, Kangxi ordered Ma Qi to concurrently serve as the Shangshu of the Li Dynasty, assisted the crown prince Yin Rong in handling government affairs, and gradually became Kangxi's humerus minister, and two years later, Ma Qi was promoted to the rank of Wuyingdian University, ushering in the peak of his career, and Kangxi even gave Ma Qi a plaque of "Eternal Wing Wear".
However, in the forty-eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Ma Qi encountered a major setback in his life, and it was the only time.
At that time, Kangxi had just deposed the crown prince Yinrong, but soon wanted to restore Yinrong as the crown prince, but feared that the minister would say that he had rebelled, he used the minister's recommendation to elect a new prince. However, what people did not expect was that many ministers in the DPRK and China jointly promoted the Eight Brothers Yin Yu as the crown prince, headed by Tong Guowei and Ma Qi. Kangxi Longyan was furious and severely reprimanded Ma Qi, and even publicly exposed the bottom line of their Fucha family:
"Forty-eight years of Kangxi. Ugly. Spring is the first month. 癸酉朔。 ○ Jia Wu (22) ○ Edict: Ma Qi was originally a subordinate of the Blue Flag Belledeg. Framed this flag Baylor. Put in the three flags. Who is the one who died in battle? But not to recite the grace. Be mighty. Become a human Lord. How can this be tolerated? Ma Qi's brother Li Rongbao. Arrogance and arrogance. He has repeatedly abstained from the precepts and is not ashamed of evil. And punish it. Mazi and others. The kings and ministers will gather to quickly review the draft. ”
It turned out that Ma Qi's grandfather Hashtun was given the emperor's weight for framing the Banner (Zhenglan Banner) Belledeg class, and the family began to develop, and the Fucha family also switched from the Zhenglan Banner to the Yellow Flag, which is not recorded in the history of this matter, but does not want Kangxi to be exposed. Moreover, in this incident, Ma Qi's younger brothers Ma Wu and Li Rongbao were implicated, and Ma Qi himself was stripped of the title of university scholar and handed over to Yin Yu for "strict discipline".
However, it was not long before Ma Qi was reinstated, and after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he was appointed as the Prime Minister of Affairs, to which Yongzheng said:
"Ma Qi has been a university scholar for more than twenty years, and he is very respectful and generous, and the emperor is out of the tour, and he often follows him, and he is particularly helpful. This important matter was handled by the public and the good, and the gong was diligent and diligent, and rewarded the first-class light car lieutenant with the post of lieutenant, seeking the order to inherit the first-class baron of his ancestor Hashtun and the new one to the second-class earl. ”
In addition, Ma Qi's niece, Li Rongbao's daughter Fu chashi, was directed by Yongzheng to the fourth son of the emperor, Hongli, as Concubine Fujin, who was the famous Empress Xiaoxian.
However, there were also many descendants of ma qi, with a total of 12 sons, forming a group of twelve descendants, and the shushen emperor concubine was a descendant of Ma Qi's fourth son, Fu De. Neither Fu De nor his only son, Guan Deng, had any ability and did not do anything as a high official, but this situation began to change in Guan Deng's first son, Gong Tai, who was the great-grandfather of Emperor Shushen's concubine.
Gong Tai passed the jinshi examination in the thirty-fourth year of Qianlong, and was promoted by the official Wailang, and later became a shengjing bingbu waiter, which can also be regarded as a blow to the shushen emperor's noble concubine's family. Gong Tai's second son, Huiji, was more capable than his father, and successively served as the governor of Guangxi, the governor of Yunnan, and the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and became a famous governor in the middle and late period of Daoguang, and this Huiji was the grandfather of Emperor Shushen's concubine.
Huiji had two sons, the eldest named Linxiu, Ren Hubu Langzhong, and the second named Fengxiu, who served as a member of the outer lang, and this Fengxiu was the father of The Noble Concubine of The Shushen Emperor.
From the above, it can be seen that the Shushen Emperor's noble concubine can be said to be from the Eight Banners of the Noble Family, which is a famous door among the famous doors, although the status of this branch in the clan is not high, but her father and grandfather have revitalized the family through their own efforts and returned to the ranks of the family. Through these, it is not difficult to understand why it is she who competes with Empress Xiaozheyi for the throne of the Arut clan.
2. The Eight Flags Maiden who was favored by Cixi
In February of the eleventh year of Tongzhi, in order to select an empress for the soon-to-be-married Tongzhi Emperor, the empress dowager of the two palaces ordered the Eight Flags Draft to be held. However, in the process of drafting, the two empresses disagreed and could not stand each other, and Empress Dowager Ci'an supported the dignified and atmospheric Arute clan of Chongqi's daughter of Hanlin Yuan.
Of course, Empress Dowager Ci'an also had a certain selfishness, because the Arut clan was her cousin niece, but duanhua the Prince of Zheng, the maternal grandfather of the Arut clan, was Cixi's sworn enemy at that time, so Cixi would never support the granddaughter of her political enemies. In the end, Cixi took a fancy to the lively and beautiful Daughter of Fengxiu, Fu Chashi, and the moment she saw Fucha, Cixi seemed to see her young self.
In this way, the decision fell into the hands of the Tongzhi Emperor himself, but what Cixi did not expect was that his own son was not the same heart as himself, and finally chose the Arute clan, which made Cixi very angry, but helpless. However, in order to compensate the Fucha clan, Cixi deliberately crowned her as a concubine and enjoyed the treatment of a noble concubine.
Even in the entire history of the Qing Dynasty, if you enter the palace as a newcomer, you can be crowned as a concubine for the first time, and almost none of them can enjoy the treatment of concubines, that is, fucha clan, all of which are due to Cixi.
In addition to empress dowager Arut and Huifei Fucha, three showgirls were also selected this time, namely Xun Concubine, Yu Concubine and Concubine Yu, who was also the aunt of Empress Alut, and the two nephews served together and were staged again in the Qing Palace.
3. The only imperial concubine with a four-character title
It is said that cixi, who was a mother-in-law, not only gave the Fucha clan a super high name and treatment, but even intervened in the conjugal life.
For example, Cixi repeatedly dissuaded her son Tongzhi not to spend the night in the empress's palace, but to go to Concubine Hui's side more, but the Tongzhi Emperor was stubborn, but fortunately he spent the night alone in the Yangxin Hall. It is a pity that this fucha clan, who is only thirteen or fourteen years old, is included in the harem, but does not enjoy the warmth that a woman should have.
Only two years later, that is, in November of the eleventh year of Tongzhi, the news of the Tongzhi Emperor's body was infected with pox, in order to rush the joy, the two palaces of the empress dowager sealed the sixth palace, others were only promoted to one level, but the Fucha clan was promoted to two levels alone, directly promoted to the imperial concubine, you know that at this time, the Fucha clan was only 15 years old, which can be called the youngest imperial concubine in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
However, this move did not save the life of the Tongzhi Emperor, and within a month, the Tongzhi Emperor died of illness in the Yangxin Temple.
Since on the eve of Emperor Tongzhi's death, he had already enfeoffed the concubines of the harem, so after the Guangxu Emperor succeeded to the throne, he no longer had a title, but Cixi gave the Fucha clan a title and made him a noble concubine of the Dunyi Emperor.
Moreover, Cixi's kindness to the Fucha clan did not seem to end, and this Fucha clan was like her own daughter, and was treated like a baby.
In the first month of the twentieth year of Guangxu, Empress Dowager Cixi was about to celebrate her sixtieth birthday, and took this opportunity to give the Fucha clan the title of Imperial Concubine of Dunyi Rongqing, and the only imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty with a four-character title was born.
However, these things seem to have little significance for the Fucha clan, after all, she has long been a widow, and no further sealing will help, can re-sealing allow her husband Tongzhi Emperor to survive? Obviously, no.
On February 28, 3000, the Fucha clan passed away with regret that he had not been able to sit on the throne, at the age of 46, and his title was Shushen Emperor's concubine. In September of the following year, the Fucha clan was buried in the Huiling Concubine Garden, and its treasure roof was located in the middle of the front row, which was the most honorable position in the whole garden.
Zichen said:
Although the Noble Concubine Fu cha of the Shushen Emperor was not able to sit on the throne at the beginning, she was treated with all the kindness of her mother-in-law, Empress Dowager Cixi, and in Cixi's eyes, only she was her daughter-in-law. But even so, as a human woman, she only had two years of conjugal life, and she began to live a life of solitary empty houses at the age of 18, which was not too cruel for a woman who was less than twenty years old, but this was the fate of the Fucha clan, and it was doomed from the moment she was elected to the palace.
However, relying on the kindness of her mother-in-law Cixi, Fucha still broke many records, such as she was the only newcomer to enter the palace as a concubine, and the only imperial concubine in the history of the Qing Dynasty with a four-character title.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Qing Shilu, General Genealogy of the Eight Banners of Manchurian Clans