Qianlong's edict: It was the great ceremony in the southern suburbs of the year, and the princes were ordered to do things at the altar, and they once prayed to God with the designated prince (颙琰). If the son of the appointed kecheng is constructed, then pray for the blessing of the heavens and the longevity of the year. If it is not careless, then quickly grab the calculation, and you can choose another choice, so as not to mislead the people of our country's clan community.
Qianlong meant to ask God to help him check the pass again, to see if Heyan was the material for the emperor, and if so, please bless him; otherwise, let him die short. In short, the ancestral country and the country are of great importance, and for this reason, the love of father and son cannot be taken care of. The Qianlong Emperor prayed in this way, which showed his hesitation and helplessness in opposing Emperor Yan as the crown prince. It is rare to put such a vicious curse on the son's head.
The Qianlong Emperor had a total of seventeen heirs, and the heir to the throne was not the eldest son, nor the eldest son, but the fifteenth son of the Emperor, who was born to Concubine Ling, who was also known as the Jiaqing Emperor.
Historically, Yang Guang despised Crown Prince Yang Yong because of his outstanding military merits, and Zhu Gaoxu despised Crown Prince Zhu Gaoxu because of his military merits. The principle of succession to the throne of the feudal dynasty is "there is a concubine, and there is no concubine". It's an attempt to limit the brutal struggle for the throne by the order of age. A very serious problem is exposed here, that is, it is not to choose the prince according to ability, but to change the problem of "who was born and when" that the individual cannot change.
However, in ancient times, the emperors who tried to break free from or even smash this rule emerged one after another, staged one scene after another of the tragedy of "abolishing the long and standing young" and even killing the brother to seize the throne, such as Yang Guang, and Zhao Guangyi. The bloody struggle for the throne at the court in ancient times made humanity a luxury.
Today, I will talk about the ancient abolition of the long and young. Why is there often a phenomenon of "abolishing the long and the young"? The reason is very simple, as the name suggests, young children are still growing up, strong plasticity, listening to greetings, easy to sow, especially for some founding emperors or relatively shady incumbents, the "experts" in this area are none other than Cixi, who established two small emperors after the death of her parents.
Taking Li Tang as an example, the eldest son of the Tang Dynasty emperor or the older prince did not stand in the position of "prince", from the founding prince Li Jiancheng to the eldest son of Tang Zhaozong in the last dynasty, Li Yu. Among them, Li Xian and Li Ying were both killed by the old lady and father who were not in a proper position because of their big tails.
In the Qing Dynasty, the imperial power rule was unprecedentedly high-pressure, and even if you were a prince, you often could not withstand the emperor's intimidation. For example, the crown prince of the Kangxi Dynasty, Ai Xinjueluo Yinrong, openly shouted: "In ancient times and in the world, how can there be forty years of princehood?" ”
In view of these historical lessons, Qianlong paid great attention to domesticating the personality of his successor from the very beginning, and deliberately created the image of a well-behaved child, and it was in this context that YuanYan was "born". In addition to the above reasons, there is another factor that is more secretive and not often humane. That is, the selection of the "child prince" is conducive to the safety of the emperor himself.
Speaking of which, Shi Hu, the tyrant who divided the territories during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, told a big truth: "I want to purify my intestines with pure ashes and three axes, what is the special birth of evil sons, and I want to kill my father at the age of twenty!" In this world, I am ten years old, twenty years older than him. As an old man who personally killed two biological sons and several biological grandchildren, he actually expressed this feeling in his old age.
The founder of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Daowu Tuoba Jue, and the founder of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, were all dealt with in advance because they did not follow Shi Hu's "methods". From this point of view, it is understandable that the prayer of "God" is not to be careless, then quickly calculate it.