As a higher creature with wisdom, everyone has a unique pursuit of their own standard of living and social status. As the saying goes, everyone wants to be the highest point in Maslow's theory of needs.
However, during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was one person who would rather die than accept the title given by the emperor, and this person was Yongzheng's biological mother, Wu Yashi. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, according to the ancestral system, his biological mother Wu Yashi was to be promoted to the title of empress dowager.
However, this Wu Ya clan would rather accompany her husband, the Kangxi Emperor, to the burial than be the empress dowager. Is it really wu ya's high wind and bright festival, unwilling to be criticized by everyone as a mother and a child? Or is there something else hidden in it?
As the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty after entering Beijing, Yongzheng can be said to have worked diligently for fourteen years and was known as the most diligent emperor of the Qing Dynasty. However, Yongzheng's throne can be said to have come from a very difficult time.
It should be known that the Kangxi Emperor was a well-known playboy, and there were many concubines in the harem, and the heirs were naturally indispensable. The Yongzheng Emperor, whose real name was Ai Xin Jueluo Yinchen, was the fourth son of the Kangxi Emperor. According to the ancestral system, the throne should be passed to the eldest son of the emperor, so no matter what, it will not be the turn of Yin Chan, the fourth son.
The Kangxi Emperor made his eldest son Yin Rongli the crown prince very early, on the one hand, to follow the ancestral system, and on the other hand, to dispel the other sons' jealousy of the throne. However, this prince was repeatedly abandoned because his behavior was not proper enough. This once again aroused the expectations of other princes for the throne.
At that time, the more thoughtful people about the throne were the eighth son of the emperor, Yin Yu, the fourteenth son of the emperor, and yin yu, the third son of the emperor. They had different contributions in terms of courtesy corporals, military prestige, and academic contributions, and they were also surrounded by many followers. It can be said that the wings of these three are very plump, and they may attack the throne at any time.
Only Yin Chan considered himself the first idle person in the world, had a very good relationship with his brothers, and looked harmless to people and animals. It just so happened that his loyalty and filial piety were appreciated by the Kangxi Emperor, who thought that he was a person who could become a great instrument. The Kangxi Emperor also assigned him many important but risky tasks to do.
The Kangxi Emperor did this on the one hand to protect Yin Chan from harm, and on the other hand, to make him enhance his prestige. Yin Chan also learned about the people's livelihood and participated in political management through the errands given to him by the Kangxi Emperor. He has accumulated a lot of practical experience for governing the country in the future.
In addition to their convincing talents, Yin Chan was able to successfully ascend the throne, but also his ability to make his competitors let down their guard against him through hidden desires, and the help of key people in various fields. These factors eventually allowed the Kangxi Emperor to pass the throne to him with confidence.
After ascending the throne, Yongzheng consolidated his imperial power through a series of means. In the subsequent administration, he made outstanding contributions to the country's military, economic, and political aspects. Such an excellent emperor was deeply praised by everyone. As his mother, she should be very happy to be honored as the empress dowager, but why did his birth mother Wu Yashi refuse to be the empress dowager many times?
Uyashi is a Manchurian Yellow Banner person. At the request of the ancestral system, all women of the Eight Banners were required to enter the palace to participate in the draft when they reached adulthood. At the age of fourteen, Uya was chosen to serve as a palace maid.
Because of his outstanding appearance, Wu Yashi was favored by the Kangxi Emperor not long after entering the palace. She quickly became pregnant and gave birth to her first child. It was the later Yongzheng Emperor Yin Chan. However, according to the rules of the palace, the Uya clan at that time had no right to raise their children because of their humble status.
Therefore, the young Yongzheng was sent to the residence of Empress Tong Jia, who was very noble and childless, to be raised. Although Uyashi was very reluctant to let her child go to someone else's upbringing, she was also unable to stop this. After giving birth to a crown prince, she was soon promoted in status and was crowned as a concubine by the Kangxi Emperor.
Later, De Concubine was favored by the Kangxi Emperor, and Yin Chan bore him a total of three sons and three daughters. His status was even higher, and he was already a concubine before giving birth to the fourteenth brother Yinyu. As a result, the right to parent-child support for sons was also granted.
Yin Chan and Yin Yu were both his own sons, and it was reasonable to say that the palms of his hands and the backs of his hands were flesh. But after all, Yin Chan has not been by her side since she was a child, she was born but not raised by her, so emotionally speaking, she is more inclined to Yin Chan. Therefore, when she learned that the throne had passed to Yin Chan but not Yin Chan, she felt extremely dissatisfied.
Therefore, she took the way of refusing to cooperate with the ascension to the empress dowager to express her dissatisfaction with Yongzheng's succession to the throne. Could it really be that yin chan did not grow up around him and thus had no feelings, so he did not want him to ascend the throne as emperor? In fact, there are many real originals.
After learning that Yongzheng had ascended the throne as emperor, Wu Yashi took various extreme measures to refuse to be crowned empress dowager. How can a mother make her child so embarrassed? What are the reasons for this?
Yongzheng was raised by Empress Xiaoyiren of the Tong Jia clan from an early age, and Tong Jia's father was a first-class meritorious service and the family was very advantageous. And Uya's father was just a small protector who joined the army. Therefore, the status of Wu Ya's clan was much lower than that of Tong Jia's, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
Yongzheng, who was raised by Tong Jia, usually only understands the etiquette of visiting his birth mother. In essence, there are no deep feelings, and the clever Yongzheng knows that Tong Jia's generous family background is more helpful for his development. Therefore, he became closer and closer to Tong Jiashi and snubbed his birth mother.
Therefore, Uyashi did not like this son very much. But also for her son Yin Yu grew up by her side from an early age, and Yin Yu was her last child. Therefore, she is very loving, and she hopes that Yin Yu can become a big climate, so that she can rely on her mother and children.
Yin Yu did not disappoint her, and as a young and promising man, he showed the characteristics of being able to fight a good battle. The Kangxi Emperor entrusted him with military responsibilities, and he was once considered the best successor to imperial power. As his birth mother, Uyashi also naturally hoped that this son would become the heir to the imperial power.
However, the heavens did not go according to people's wishes, and the Kangxi Emperor still preferred Yin Chan, who was more kind to people. In the end, the fourth son was chosen as the emperor, but the fourteenth son Yin Yu was not used as the emperor. Therefore, Wu Yashi felt even more unfair to his beloved son Yin Yu, so he rebelled against the results of the Yongzheng Emperor by abandoning being the empress dowager.
The Yongzheng Emperor, as a generation of Ming Emperors, won the rebellion of the Eight Kings and ran away from Geldan. Politically, the elite are elected, the order is reorganized economically, the reasoning is culturally powerful, and the four sides are calmed militarily. It can be said that it is done perfectly on all levels. However, he never got the approval of his birth mother, which made him regret for life.
As a woman from a feudal rite, Wu Yashi's life was lucky and unfortunate. Fortunately, she won a place in the strife harem and had two excellent sons. Unfortunately, she could not fully share her maternal love with every child. Wu Yashi's refusal to be the empress dowager may be more of a self-reproach for her lack of maternal love.