The emperor's mausoleum had to be built before the emperor's death, so that even if the emperor died suddenly, he could immediately rule in hades and continue to work for the prosperity of the dynasty.
Therefore, the construction of the imperial tomb must be as luxurious as the environment in which the emperor worked before his death, and low-level mistakes such as leaking wind and water cannot be violated.
The Jiaqing Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was very unlucky, and one day when he was reviewing the recital, he found that his mausoleum Changling had been miserably infiltrated, and this was not the first time such a thing had happened.
When Jiaqing read this news, the anger in his heart was burning, and his heart also rose to wonder, why are the tombs of other emperors intact, but their own tombs have been damaged many times?
With doubts, Jiaqing sent people to thoroughly investigate this matter, but he did not expect to find out a big case that shocked the government and the public. Who will be involved?
Son of the Long-lived Emperor
Jiaqing Emperor Yongyan was the son of the Qianlong Emperor Hongli, when Qianlong was 38 years old, Hongli was already old, he wanted to make a prince as the crown prince, in order to inherit the prosperity he created, after careful consideration, Hongli decided to establish 15 sons Yongyan as crown prince.
However, Hongli did not expect that he would be the longest reigning emperor in Chinese history, he reigned for 61 years in his lifetime, when Li Yongyan became crown prince, his ruling career was only halfway through, and since Hongli already had the intention of passing on the throne, he wanted to make this son an emperor with a strong backer and background.
In the second year of Li Chu, Hongli began to arrange family affairs for Yongyan, and after some investigation, he decided to give the daughter of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Erjing'e, the Xitala clan, a descendant of the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner, and the family was not only a loyal vassal of the Qing Dynasty, but also a descendant of a famous family, and let the Hitara clan as the son's concubine was a relative of the door.
At this time, Yongyan was only 13 years old, and the Hitara clan was only a few dozen days older than Yongyan, but the feelings of the two began to cultivate from childhood, and the feelings of the husband and wife were accumulated very deeply, and their lives have been very harmonious.
In the 60 years of Qianlong, Yongyan was finally able to be made crown prince, at this time he was more than 30 years old, and his wife was losing her blood and qi because she gave birth to several children for him, and her body was getting weaker and weaker.
The following year, Yongyan succeeded to the throne with the title of Jiaqing, but the government was still controlled by Qianlong, and Hongli was working hard to clear the old party for Jiaqing and clear the way for Jiaqing's future rule.
Yong Yan did not think so, because on the day of his canonization, a vision descended from heaven, and at this time there was an eclipse in the air, a natural phenomenon that was regarded as an ominous omen in ancient times, and the government and the public were suddenly shaken, and the courtiers all thought that the heavens intended to let the Qianlong Emperor continue to rule, and did not accept the arrival of the new emperor.
Misfortune ensued
What made Yong Yan even more tearless was that in the second year of his reign, his wife Hitara died early due to physical weakness, and Qianlong was on the verge of death at this time, unable to hear the word "death", and when he heard the empress die, his heart was more dissatisfied.
At the behest of Hongli, the funeral of the Hitara clan was not as grand as other royals, but everything was simple, and Yongyan was very fond of his wife when she was alive, at this time, his wife's funeral was not as good as that of the folk rich family, and his heart was naturally angry, but he could not show it.
Less than a hundred days after the funeral of the Hitara clan, Hongli couldn't wait to arrange a new empress for Yongyan, and this person was the Niuhulu clan.
The reason hongli did all this was simple, the older he got, the more he longed for life, the tighter his control over power, and the more eccentric his personality became, only Yongyan silently endured what his father did.
Yong Yan felt very guilty about his wife's funeral, he could only transfer his good to his wife's brother, he wanted to make up for his wife's debt through the kindness of his brother-in-law, but his infinite love for his brother-in-law was ultimately exchanged for the shock that his brother-in-law gave him.
Love house and the consequences of U
Four years after Yongyan ascended the throne, Qianlong finally died, and Yongyan took over not only the "Kangqian prosperous era" of the former dynasty, but also a complex network of relationships left by his father.
As a giant greed in the former dynasty, He Yan continued to accumulate wealth during the Qianlong period, and the wealth of the family was comparable to that of the country, but Hongli did not rectify hezhen before his death.
After Hongli's death, Yongyan immediately eliminated Hezhen in the name of rectifying the imperial program, purged his henchmen and cronies around him, and put on a mingjun shelf, demanding that the court open up the way to speak widely, open the way for the sages, and widely accept the policy of kuangshi salvation.
However, Yongyan's policy was very limited, and although he had the intention to change the corrupt and lazy government of the court, he was powerless to change the status quo, and he himself failed to abide by the politics of Qingming.
Although Yongyan had special thoughts and guilt for his deceased wife, he still vigorously expanded the harem after he ascended the throne, and he also abused his wife's brother to live.
Shengzhu was originally a clumsy disciple, but the Jiaqing Emperor loved Wu and Wu, and after 3 days of pro-government, he appointed Shengzhu as a servant of the Ministry of Works, a position with great power, so that Shengzhu thought in his heart that he had ascended to this position by strength, and he could not help but be proud.
In the 5th year of Jiaqing, a minister revealed that the gold and silver utensils and jewelry of the imperial treasury were much less, and after investigation, it turned out that Shengzhu had used his power for personal gain, and he secretly sold the treasures of the treasury, and all the money obtained was carried in his wallet.
When Yong Yan learned the truth, he was very angry and dismissed Shengzhu from his post in a fit of anger, but he still took into account the love of his dead wife and sent Shengju to the Imperial Tomb to build his own Mausoleum.
However, Sheng lived in the imperial tomb and still looked like a jerk, he pretended to be a relative of the emperor and the state, and there were many incidents during the construction, not only delaying the construction period, but even not observing the rituals of sacrifice, and privately using materials from the forbidden land.
This act was the most taboo thing for the ancients, the tomb is the last destination of everyone, if you do not build a mausoleum with a sense of awe, then there will be no peace after death.
Emperor Jiaqing was completely angered by Shengzhu's rude behavior, and he wanted to sentence Shengju to death, but he also thought of his deceased wife, Shengju, as one of the few relatives of his wife before his death, if he executed him, it would be difficult to ensure that he would sue his wife in the underworld, so Jiaqing could only endure the anger and send Shengju to Xinjiang.
Ten years after Jiaqing, Shengju died of illness during exile, Yongyan remembered his old feelings, and gave comfort to Shengzhu and his family, Yongyan originally wanted to break his friendship with the former empress, but did not want Shengju to be angry with him again a few years later.
One day three years later, when the Jiaqing Emperor approved the recital, he found a letter reporting the recital, which described that his Changling tomb was constantly seeping water, and there were many damages in the mausoleum, which needed to be repaired before it could be restored.
The person who undertook the construction of the Changling tomb was Shengzhu who was personally appointed by himself, and the Jiaqing Emperor was furious when he heard the news, and had to send someone to repair it, which was repaired twice before and after, and after spending a huge amount of silver, the Changling was repaired.
During this period, the Jiaqing Emperor ordered people to thoroughly investigate Shengzhu's deeds during the construction of the imperial mausoleum, and sure enough, he found that Shengju had embezzled construction funds during the construction period, and Yongyan was completely disappointed in Shengzhu, and he no longer cared about the old feelings, and immediately ordered the Shengju family to be cut off and the henchmen who colluded with Shengju were eliminated one by one.
In the face of his wife's relatives after his death, Yongyan treated them kindly again and again, and was magnanimous to them, but in the end, what was exchanged was the betrayal and foolishness of the other party, in exchange for anyone being unable to endure such humiliation.