Qianlong's eldest son was named Yong Huang, but his mother was only an ordinary concubine of Qianlong, so this meant that he was Qianlong's concubine and was not eligible to inherit the throne. Later, because the empress's two sons had died one after another, Qianlong turned his attention back to Yong Huang.
However, because Yong Huang was not sad enough at the empress's funeral, Qianlong deprived him of the right to inherit the crown prince's throne, which made him even more depressed, and later left this world when he was 23 years old. But by that time Yong Juan had already left two sons.
And they all gave birth to children early in this vein, so Qianlong lived the life of the fifth generation in his old age, and even almost met the children of the next generation of Puzi.
First, there is a difference between concubines
China is a very traditional country, and there is an old Chinese saying called "many children and many blessings". That is to say, people think that a family can only be regarded as a happy and enviable family if there are many prosperous people and many children. This view has continued from ancient feudal society to modern times, even to the current state of high development of spiritual civilization, people still have great expectations for future generations.
Therefore, not to mention the ancient times, especially in the ancient imperial palaces, the emperor must have as many heirs as possible. However, in ancient China, there was a great emphasis on etiquette, especially in the imperial palace, and there were relevant etiquette and rule of law in all aspects of life. And the emperor is the most noble man in a country.
Therefore, in the matter of choosing the successor of the emperor, especially the issue of etiquette, there are two sentences in China, one is that the long is not young, and the other is called the difference between the concubines. The first sentence says that the older should choose the older between the older and the younger. The second sentence is that only sons born to wives are called concubines, and ordinary concubines who give birth to children are called concubines.
Qianlong's first wife was not his main wife, and the men of the relatively high-ranking families in ancient times would have a housemate when they were very young, so Qianlong's first wife was a servant of his family, and later promoted him to a son who was Yong Huang. At this time, Qianlong had not yet become emperor.
Therefore, after he ascended to the throne, he married an empress of the Door,Fu Cha Clan, who bore him a son, Yong Lian, and both of them were sons of Qianlong, but due to the different status of their mothers, the treatment received by Yong Huang and Yong Lian after birth was very different.
Yong Lian, who went along with the flow, became the crown prince, but he did not expect that Yong Lian died before he grew older, even if this opportunity was not the turn of Qianlong's eldest son Yong Huang but turned to him and another son of Empress Fucha, Yong Juan. But what was very surprising was that Yong Chun died at the age of two.
At that time, Qianlong was bent on making him and Empress Fucha's son-in-law crown prince, and their only two sons had already died, so Qianlong put the matter of making a prince temporarily aside, hoping to make a prince after Empress Fucha had a new son.
However, empress Fucha, who had lost two sons in succession, became very depressed, and within a few years, the person also died, and at this time Qianlong had to turn his eyes to his eldest son Yong Huang.
2. Lost arms with the prince
Yong Huang's birth mother died when he was seven years old, and he was the son of the emperor, so his treatment in the palace at that time was not too good. However, Yong Huang had offspring early on, and had two sons when he was 19 years old.
Probably because Yong Huang was not trained as a future emperor from a young age, Yong Huang did not make any outstanding achievements in political affairs, and he was one of Qianlong's many sons with mediocre qualifications. It was only because the two sons of Qianlong and Empress Fucha had died one after another and Yong Huang took the title of Qianlong's eldest son, that Qianlong considered making him crown prince.
Empress Fucha died of depression because she lost two sons in succession, in fact, Qianlong was not sad, because she lost two princes successively, so Qianlong became very irritable and irritable during that period, whether in the treatment of state affairs or in the treatment of family affection.
When empress Fucha mourns, according to the etiquette, all the princes and princesses should go to the funeral. However, Yong Huang did not show great sorrow at that time, and wept bitterly, which made Qianlong feel that he did not have the slightest filial piety, and Qianlong at that stage was very irritable and irritable, so he sprinkled all his anger on Yong Huang at that time.
He made Yong Juan kneel on the ground and kicked him in the foot, and the words implied that Yong Juan had lost his qualification to be made crown prince. After this encounter, Yong Huang slowly became depressed and finally became ill.
Third, depression ends
During that time, Qianlong not only scolded Yong Huang, but also adopted many harsh regulations, collecting taxes from the people, and at every turn questioning the ministers of the DPRK. Later, Yong Huang gradually became seriously ill, and at this time Qianlong suddenly began to worry that his eldest son was also dead, so he ordered the best Tai Doctor to take care of him and treat him.
But Yong Huang was a heart disease, of course, the Tai Doctors could not cure it, so Yong Huang's condition has been deteriorating, at this time Qianlong actually arrested these two Tai Doctors and locked them up in prison, and also raided their homes. A few days later, Qianlong released the two tai doctors and asked them to treat Yong Huang, and it was not difficult to find out from this incident that Qianlong was indeed very capricious.
In the end, Yong Juan was not saved and died at the age of 23. After Yong Huang's death, Qianlong began to reflect on what he felt he had done was really wrong, and in order to make up for his inner debt and guilt, he posthumously crowned Yong Huang as the King of Ding'an. Although Yong Huang died early, he still had two sons.
It is precisely because of this that Qianlong was able to enjoy the joy of the five generations in his old age. In this vein of Yong Huang, his eldest son also had a son very early, the eldest son Yi Chun, and later Yi Chun gave birth to a son early, and his eldest son was called Zai Xi, so by this time Qianlong had been able to enjoy the full life of the fifth generation.
4. Summary
Fate is always a strange thing, such as the crown prince Yong Juan. In the beginning, because he was the emperor's son-in-law, he had no relationship with the imperial throne. However, because his two younger brothers died one after another, it seems that he is qualified to inherit the unification again.
Unexpectedly, later, because his performance at the empress's funeral ceremony was not satisfactory to Qianlong, he lost this qualification again, and since then he has been depressed and even lost his life, and can only be said to have created people.