Counting the history of China, there are many Ming Emperors, first there is The Qin King Han Wu, then there are Tang Zong Song Zu, but if there are not many emperors who have left brilliant in the annals of history, and the Kangxi Emperor is known as an emperor for thousands of years, there is naturally a reason for it, he has achieved the unification of many nationalities, under his management, the Qing Dynasty has become increasingly stable, and single-handedly laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty.
In the prosperous era of Kangqian in the Qing Dynasty, the Kangxi Emperor was indispensable, but he was slightly faint in his later years, and the tragedy of the nine sons taking the wife was also caused by him, and after his death, not only did the dragon throne have sons to rob, but even the imperial tomb was "targeted" by his son. Of the 5 women buried with Kangxi, 4 of them were crowned empresses, but she was "forced" into the imperial tomb by Yongzheng, so which master of the harem was this?
The four empresses of the Kangxi Emperor's mausoleum
The imperial tomb is the highest structure of the ancient mausoleum, for ordinary people is just an ordinary mausoleum, and for the emperor there is a lot of "exquisite", in addition to the specifications built according to the emperor's mausoleum and rich funerary utensils, the woman who is buried with the emperor is only qualified by the empress, and the Kangxi Emperor is naturally no exception.
Empress Xiaochengren was the first empress of Kangxi and the granddaughter of the first-class Duke Sonny of the Auxiliary Chancellor, who died in the thirteenth year of Kangxi's second son, Yin Rong, at the age of 21, accounting for the first "quota" of the Kangxi Imperial Mausoleum; followed by Empress Xiaozhaoren, the daughter of the four auxiliary ministers of the first rank, who died in Kunning Palace at the age of 20.
The third was Empress Xiaoyiren Tong Jiashi, the daughter of the first-class Duke Tong Guowei, who was deeply loved by Kangxi and was made an imperial concubine, and had been exercising the power of empress on behalf of the six palaces, kangxi was crowned empress in the twenty-eighth year and died the next day at Chengqian Palace; the fourth was Empress Xiaogongren Wuyashi, the birth mother of the Yongzheng Emperor, who died in Yonghe Palace in the first year of the Yongzheng Dynasty, and the only empress who died behind Kangxi was still an empress whose mother was posthumously crowned by her son.
The son is the emperor, and the birth mother and Kangxi are also buried together, but the other woman buried with Kangxi is not an empress, she is the Jingmin Emperor's noble concubine Zhang Jiashi, why was she "forced" into the imperial mausoleum by Yongzheng? This has to start with the nine sons and sisters.
The Ninth Son took the position of the Thirteenth Master
The most famous event in Kangxi's later years was the "Nine Sons Taking Concubines", the nine sons were: the eldest brother Yinzhen, the second brother Yinzhen, the third brother Yinzhi, the fourth brother Yinchen, the eighth Brother Yinyu, the ninth Brother Yinyu, the tenth Brother Yin, the thirteenth Brother Yinxiang, and the fourteenth Brother Yinyu, and these nine sons were divided into the Great Master Party, the Princeling Party, the Fourth Master Party, and the Eight Ye Party in order to seize the position of prince.
The Fourth Master Party was led by the Fourth Brother Yinchen, and the Thirteenth Brother Yinxiang swore to die and became the right-hand man of the Fourth Brother Yinchen, but unfortunately, Yinxiang was affected by the first incident of deposing the prince and was imprisoned, and the struggle to seize the concubine was complicated and strange, YinXiang was a pawn or a pawn, or to help the fourth brother whitewash, in short, from this time on he was not welcomed by Kangxi.
However, Sai Weng lost his horse and knew that it was not a blessing, and the Fourth Master Party Yin Chan won the Battle of the Nine Sons to become the Yongzheng Emperor, and the Thirteenth Master Yin Xiang stood on the right throne and became one of the few trusted people of the Yongzheng Emperor, and on the day of Yongzheng's ascension to the throne, he appointed Yin Xiang as one of the four prime ministers and "crowned prince of Yi." Seeking the Prime Minister's Household Department Sanku. ”
Dedicated to assisting the government and the birth mother posthumously sealed
It should be known that Yin Xiang was snubbed by Kangxi for more than ten years, liberated after a long period of repression, and was so trusted by Yongzheng, the hesitation and full ambition of that year were implemented in this dynasty, so it is reasonable that he will saddle up before and after serving Yongzheng, at that time he had poisonous sores on his legs and had not been good, but he still took the illness to deal with government affairs to repay Yongzheng's knowledge.
Yin Xiang's "talent of the director, the wisdom of the people, and the sophistication of the means", from the yongzheng ascension to the throne, the handling of the funerals of Empress Kangxi and Empress Xiaogongren, as well as the series of messes left by Kangxi, were deeply appreciated by Yongzheng: "Wang Shi relied on Wang Yizan Shengping, and Wang Shi was able to rule the world. It is said that the encounter of the Holy King's sages has been seen for thousands of years, and now it is obtained between the emperors of this branch. ”
To this end, Yongzheng made a non-"conventional" operation a month after ascending the throne: he ordered that Yin Xiang's birth mother, Princess Min's family and clansmen, be allocated by Bao Yi and posthumously awarded her as the imperial concubine, and set a precedent for the concubine to be buried in the imperial tomb, and Yongzheng thus "forced" Zhang Jiashi into the Kangxi imperial tomb. Yin Xiang devoted himself to assisting the government in exchange for the posthumous title of his birth mother and the burial of Kangxi, which was a great honor and favor in ancient times.
The mother did not shy away from the emperor
Yin Xiang's birth mother Zhang Jia's Manchurian yellow flag wrapper, according to the status of the Manchu Eight Banners is a group of slaves serving the flags, when she first entered the palace, she was only a small palace girl, and later entered Kangxi's eyes and was favored, giving birth to a son and two daughters for Kangxi, the son is the thirteenth master Yin Xiang, Yin Xiang was deeply loved by Kangxi before being imprisoned, even so Zhang Jia was still not canonized, but existed in the harem as a concubine.
Concubine Shu is not a concubine, the position is not as high as the nobles, it can be seen that Zhang Jia's clan is just an inconspicuous woman in the eyes of Kangxi, fortunately, Zhang Jia's honesty and duty are not competing for favors, and finally survived the concubine position with their own strength, but this concubine position is only Kangxi's verbal promise, and it is not officially canonized, and this concubine is also sitting in an improper name and does not go well.
It was not until Zhang Jia's illness and death that Kangxi found out in his conscience, "Concubine Zhang Jia's temperament is gentle, Ke Xian Neize, Jiu Shi Gong Min, Jing Shen Su, and now he has died of illness, deeply mourned, and is known as Concubine Min." Etiquette should be observed, erbucha routine. "Before he was born, he was snubbed and posthumously named a concubine, which was already a glorious favor for Yin Xiang, and what he did not expect was that the fourth brother Yongzheng gave him a greater surprise, and his mother concubine directly posthumously posthumously honored the imperial concubine and "forced" it into the imperial tomb, which was really a mother with a son, which showed Yongzheng's trust in Yin Xiang.
In order to reflect the brothers' "deep love for Tang Di", Yongzheng sealed Yinxiang as the Iron Hat King who could be hereditary, which was a very high honor in the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, Yongzheng also made a special move for Yin Xiang: after Yin Xiang died of illness, he changed the "Yun" character of his name "Yun Xiang" back to the "Yin" character, which became the only case among the qing dynasty courtiers who did not shy away from the emperor.
brief summary
After the Ninth Son's conquest of the concubine, Yin Xiang became the only prince among the Nine Sons to die well, the main reason was that at first he chose the right side, and later won the trust of Yongzheng by virtue of his personal ability, so the Yongzheng Emperor repeatedly "made an exception" for him, first "hard stuffing" his mother into the imperial mausoleum, and after his death, he did not shy away from the emperor, with the cold-blooded and suspicious emperor like Yongzheng, Yin Xiang was indeed a rare good brother.
It is said that the most ruthless imperial family, Yong is dealing with the affairs of the ninth son's conquest, the means are cruel, the other seven sons are either imprisoned or degraded, and only the thirteenth brother, said ruthless and affectionate, in the final analysis, the throne is still "doing evil", the smooth one is changing, the contrarian is dead, it is said that this is it.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty
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