Qianlong is one of the few great dictators and lucky people in Chinese history, ruling time to the top of the list of Chinese emperors, super long standby is also a second kill, it is worth mentioning that Qianlong's rule is benevolent and cruel to his subjects, treating his brothers and empresses on the one hand is "brothers and brothers, mothers and children filial piety", on the other hand, it is majestic and fierce, making his mother and brothers tremble.
The nature of imperial power determines its high-handedness, its exclusivity, its hostility to all alien forces, and it must be based on a hierarchical order.
The empress dowager who appears to be happy
Qianlong's mother, Empress Xiaoshengxian, was a very blessed person, and in the second year after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, she was given the title of Concubine Xi Guifei, and after Qianlong succeeded to the throne, she was also named empress dowager. Qianlong was also very filial and obedient, and no matter how busy the state affairs were, he insisted
"Three days a greeting, five days a meal"
, caring for the old mother.
Qianlong is absolutely willing to spend money on his mother, he has ten yuan to spend 9 yuan for his mother, at the beginning of the succession, Qianlong is still very frugal, but he is very generous to the old mother, every time he patrols the south of the Jiangnan, he must take the old mother, and even climb Mount Tai has not forgotten.
However, at the point of imperial power, Qianlong was very cruel to his mother and would never let the empress dowager touch it.
On the third day after Qianlong succeeded to the throne, he issued a holy decree to warn the eunuchs of the palace that they should not be prepared to discuss any important state affairs in the palace, let alone tell the empress dowager that if anyone dared to chew the root of her tongue in private, let the empress dowager worry about the affairs of the imperial court, and never spare her.
Once, Qianlong and the empress dowager chatted, and the empress dowager said that there was a temple in Suncheon province that had fallen into disrepair and was about to fall, so she asked Qianlong to allocate money to repair it, and although Qianlong agreed to it in person, as soon as he turned around, he issued a will to rebuke an old eunuch beside the empress:
As someone who began to serve in the palace during the Kangxi dynasty, when did you see Empress Xiaozhuang ask Kangxi to build a temple to express filial piety.
This is ostensibly a scolding of the eunuch, but in fact it is a scolding of the empress dowager for interfering in politics. As the victor in the yongzheng palace battle, the empress dowager naturally heard these words as soon as she heard them, and from then on, she no longer dared to interfere in the affairs of any previous dynasty.
Superficial brotherhood and brotherhood
Qianlong was the fourth son of Yongzheng and succeeded to the throne with only two younger brothers left
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Qianlong and Hongzhi were born in the same year, grew up together, the feelings are very good, Hongzhi is also difficult to have a fear of this brother, after succeeding to the throne, Qianlong is often no big or small, and even often play with his brother's temper.
As an imperial brother, Qianlong was also very kind to his two younger brothers, very generous in titles and rewards, and at the beginning of his succession, he was crowned prince and gave a banquet when there was nothing to do.
Hongzhi was still very enthusiastic about politics, and once, at the court meeting, he had a disagreement with Qianlong's close confidant Neqin, and in a hurry, Hongzhi directly punched and kicked each other, beating Neqi violently, hindering the identity of the prince, and Neqin could only endure this humiliation.
As the saying goes: To beat a dog, you still have to look at the master, and when the court beats a heavy minister, this is equivalent to punching Qianlong in the face, not to mention Qianlong, the totalitarian emperor, even if there is no violent beating of the minister, Qianlong will not tolerate the participation of the clan in politics, let alone such a punch in the face.
Once in the imperial examination, when it was time for lunch, Qianlong was still personally proctoring the examination, and Hongzhi wanted to take the initiative to share it and let his brother go back to eat first, but Qianlong was worried that someone was cheating and insisted on not leaving.
At this time, Hongzhi was actually anxious, and said to Qianlong emotionally:
You don't leave, is it because you are worried that I will take their money and will help them cheat?
Hearing this, Qianlong was already angry, staring at Hongzhi murderously, but in the end he didn't say a word. The next day, finally Hongzhi came back to his senses and hurried into the palace to apologize.
Qianlong, on the other hand, said coldly:
"I don't speak because I don't want to look at you, because I'm executed for continuing to bump into me.
Hongzhi had already touched Qianlong's reverse scales on both occasions, after all, the weiwei imperial power would not allow others to offend, and family affection would have to take a back seat under power.
Soon after, Hirohito put an end to his political future.
One day, Hongzhi and Hongzhan entered the palace to ask the empress dowager for peace, and when the mother and son were chatting, Hongzhi accidentally sat in a special seat for Qianlong, which made Qianlong very angry.
Qianlong blamed them
"Ritual arrogance", "kneeling before the empress dowager",
Hongzhi was fined three years.
After experiencing successive setbacks, Hongzhi began to fear politics like a tiger, doing nothing all day, and even doing a big funeral at home, and playing idly until he was in his 60s.
Clan rooms are not reused
Qianlong's own brothers were so fierce, not to mention the imperial family, Qianlong continued to use Yongzheng's team since he succeeded to the throne, but excluded Yunlu the Prince of Zhuang and Prince Yunli of Guo from the old team.
Since Nurhaci, the power of the state has always been in the hands of the clan, and in the Qianlong period, the sons of the clan began to idle at home, which made the clan relatives very angry, and the eldest son of the deposed prince, Hongyao, often nestled with other uncles to discuss state affairs and complain about Qianlong's various deeds.
After Qianlong learned of this, he took it
"Forming parties for personal gain and acting in secrecy
"For the sake of removing Prince Zhuang's princely title, Hongyao was also stripped of his title and imprisoned forever, and several other uncles and brothers were also disposed of.
Since then, the clan has nothing to do with the imperial power, as the emperor's relative, it should have been supremely glorious, but when it came to Qianlong, it became a useless waste, even if it was talented, it could only walk the birds and watch the drama all day, and eat and eat all his life and wait for death.
Scared to death of my brother
Compared to the young Hongzhan, he was not so lucky. When Qianlong succeeded to the throne, Hongzhan was only more than 2 years old, and Qianlong was very fond of this younger brother, and passed him on to Prince Guo, so that he could inherit a rich family property.
Hongzhan has been pampered since childhood, greedy and willful, the whole one is a clumsy disciple, usually the biggest hobby is to use the identity of the prince to get money around, Qianlong is very doting on this brother, even if he knows the law and breaks the law, he also turns a blind eye.
On one occasion, Hongzhan actually tried to buy off the military aircraft minister Arigunda, and wanted to insert his cronies into the military aircraft. This incident completely touched qianlong's forbidden area, the center of the military aircraft department, how can it allow others to get involved?
The subsequent incident of kneeling in the wrong place, hongzhan and punishment, was stripped of his status as a prince, demoted to Baylor, and relieved of all errands, forever suspended.
Hongzhan had been used to it all his life, where he had suffered such grievances, and soon after he returned, he could not afford to be sick. Hearing that Hongzhan was critically ill, Qianlong hurried to visit him, and looking at his haggard brother, Qianlong said with pain:
I just don't want to punish you, make you change your temper, and I don't really want to do anything to you.
After Qianlong left, Hongzhan, who was already dying, said to his family:
"Now I can finally die."
Although Qianlong ordered hongzhan to be restored to his title, he was still unable to retain Hongzhan's life.
For the clan relatives, Qianlong is benevolent on the one hand, as long as he obeys and does not participate in politics, he will enjoy endless glory in his lifetime, but for the ambitious young people, a birth means that he can only be a waste of the clan who eats and drinks together.