As we all know, as early as the Han Dynasty, the royal family had a strange marriage, 10-year-old niece Zhang Yan married her own uncle Liu Ying, the Emperor of Hanhui, and also became the empress of the Middle Palace, which is indeed a bit absurd in the ancient society that has always attached importance to ethics and morality. Coincidentally, the imperial family during the Qing Dynasty also had such a marriage, the 10-year-old niece married her uncle, coincidentally, this niece later became an empress, she is Empress Xiaojingxian.
A maiden of descent from the Lord of Ural
Empress Xiaojingxian of the Uranara clan, a native of the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner, was born on May 13, 2009 in the 20th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the son of the Minister of the Interior, who was given the title of First Class Cheng'en Gongfei Yanggu.
Speaking of the origin of this filial piety empress, it is really a bit complicated.
First of all, Empress Xiaojingxian's ancestor was Duerxi, the fourth lord of the Ula Tribe, and at the beginning of the founding of the Jin Dynasty, Empress Xiaojingxian's grandfather Bo Hucha led the clan to submit to the imperial court, and was incorporated into the Zhenghuang Banner and appointed as the leader. Empress Xiaojingxian's father, Fei Yanggu, was the second son of Bohucha, and at first, Fei Yanggu was deeply loved by the Emperor Taiji, so that he was wrapped in a robe and raised in the palace, and awarded a third-class bodyguard.
After that, Feyangu participated in the battles of The Daling River, Jinzhou, and the conquest of the Mongol tribes, and made many military achievements, so he was awarded the title of Knight Lieutenant and was also appointed as the governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After Kangxi succeeded to the throne, Fei Yanggu requested to return to his native (Manchuria Zhenghuang Banner), Kangxi thirteen years, Kangxi initially set up the post of infantry commander, Fei Yanggu became the first infantry commander.
Readers who have read the "Yongzheng Dynasty" must still remember the position of commander of the infantry, although this position is not as high as imagined, but it is a key department, equivalent to the commander of the Beijing garrison district and the director of the public security bureau, in charge of the security of the nine gates of the capital (also known as the nine gates of the viceroy), non-emperor's cronies can not hold, Fei Yanggu can hold this position, indicating that he is deeply trusted by the Kangxi Emperor.
Later, Feyangu was given the title of a Lieutenant of the Clouds and promoted to Minister of the Interior until his death.
In fact, in Empress Xiaojingxian's family, there were two important women, the first was Nurhaci's concubine, that is, Dolgun's biological mother Abahai, and the second was the Imperial Taiji Stepfather Uranara clan, these two people, one was Empress Xiaojingxian's clan sister (Abhay), and the other was Empress Xiaojingxian's clan aunt (Emperor Taiji's stepfather).
Secondly, Empress Xiaojingxian's maternal background is not simple, in a word, it comes from the royal family.
Empress Xiaojingxian's mother (Ai Xinjue Luoshi) was the daughter of the Qing Dynasty's clan mulch, who was this Mulhu?
It turned out that Mulhu was the grandson of Nurhaci's eldest son, Guangluo Belle Chuying, that is to say, Mulha was Nurhaci's great-grandson and a cousin of the same generation as Kangxi. From this point of view, Empress Xiaojingxian's mother and Yongzheng should be cousin-brother relationship, in other words, Empress Xiaojingxian should be called Yongzheng's uncle. Of course, they did not belong to the relationship of concubines like Emperor Hui of Han and Zhang Yan, but were cousins who were separated by several generations.
In addition, Empress Xiaojingxian also had an aunt (the eldest daughter of Mulhu, empress Xiaojingxian's mother was the fourth daughter of Mulhu) married the minister of the interior, Eshuo, as her stepwife, and became the stepmother of Empress Xiaoxian Duanjing (Dong Efei), so Empress Xiaojingxian was also a cousin of Dong Efei who was not related by blood.
Seeing this, it is not difficult to understand why Kangxi married Empress Xiaojingxian to the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan (雍正), as a concubine.
The fourth son of the Emperor, Consort Fujin
In the thirtieth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Empress Xiaojingxian, who was only ten years old, married the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, to the will of Kangxi, and became Yin Chan's concubine Fujin.
There is a suspicious point here, generally speaking, at that time, the royal family married relatives, the woman should be over thirteen years old, for example, the Qing Dynasty Emperor Draft, the minimum age limit for the show girl is thirteen years old, but Empress Xiaojingxian married Yin Chan at the age of ten (one year old), for which Yongzheng later mentioned in the upper edict: "The empress has been under the order of emperor (Kangxi) Shengzuren as a companion since the year of her death. ”
There are not many records of Empress Xiaojingxian during the yongzheng emperor's reign, we only know that she gave birth to her eldest son Honghui in the thirty-sixth year of Kangxi, but this eldest son died in the forty-third year of Kangxi, only living for eight years, and after that Empress Xiaojingxian did not give birth again, perhaps for physical reasons.
Of course, the identity of Empress Xiaojingxian has also changed many times along with Yin Chan's identity. For example, in the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi, Yin Chan was named Belle, Empress Xiao Jingxian became the concubine fujin of Yong Belle, and in the forty-eighth year of Kangxi, Yin Chan was named the Prince of Yong, and Empress Xiao Jingxian became the Prince of Yong, no matter what, she was always the head of the Yong Dynasty.
Regarding the virtues of Empress Xiaojingxian, Yongzheng mentioned it many times:
For example, in the ninth year of Yongzheng, after the death of Empress Xiaojingxian, Yongzheng issued an edict:
"Since her death, the empress has been serving her grandparents in Changchun Garden, The Empress has been serving her grandparents in the Spring Garden, The Empress (Kangxi) Emperor Shengzuren, and Empress Renshou has been consistent in filial piety and respect for more than forty years, deeply loved by the three elders, and the empress has always observed diligence and frugality."
Subsequently, in giving Empress Xiaojingxian a courtesy name, it was mentioned:
"Empress Nala's Yu quality is pure, her heart is gentle, Lan Yu Peixun, the regular type of female history, Zhu Dilai concubine Xian Tianhuang's courtesy, ask an inner temple, filial piety to the former emperor (The Kangxi Emperor), feasting and forbidding, serving joy and pleasure in the mother (Empress Xiao Gongren), catching The Great Treasure, Yan Zhi Kunning, Being Noble and Humble, Ju Zun Mi Mao, DeepLy Respecting, Dreaming at Night in Jiaoting, Yong Nian Diligence, Praising the Counselor in the Throne, Enliu Nine Emperors, Song Mu Zhi Ren, Frugality of the Six Palaces, Tun Ge Qin Zhi Zhi, Yu Yi Solemn Mu, Fang Zhi Fu Zhi Sui, Xuan Pei Slim, Suddenly feeling the eternal separation of the sound of the sound, it is the song of the Lun Order, the close subject, the conformity of the examination of the law, the consultation of the plot and the only permission, and the special treasure is called: "Filial Piety to the Empress". ”
Subsequently, in order to issue an edict to Empress Xiaojingxian:
"Empress Nala clan, benevolent and gifted Shuhui Cheng, only things: Emperor Zu Concubine Xiaohuizhang, Emperor Kao (Kangxi) Shengzuren Emperor, Emperor Xiaoxiao Gongren Empress, (Empress Nala Clan) Beimeng Loving, Ke Yi Filial Piety, Zuo Shuo Internal Affairs, after forty years, Wen Gongshi is sincere, Qisu often form his bandits, self-proclaimed, in the next nine years, frugality, En can be arrested, the affairs of the six palaces, and Jing Zheng Xianyi, the mother of all nations, and An Zhen Yun Xie, Mao Xuan Shu Fan Long Order. The Emperor died on September 29, 9999, and he mourned deeply, pursuing the light of prudence, the Yi Xian of XunQia praise, the division of the Edict, the detailed etiquette system, and the prudent designation of the emblem. On the tenth day of the first month of December of this year, he was called" as "Filial Piety to the Empress." ”
From these points of view, Empress Xiaojingxian was first and foremost a filial and respectful woman, and she was also industrious and frugal, and had a certain cultural accomplishment, which can be said to be a qualified and competent Concubine Fujin and Empress.
The first Empress of the Qing Dynasty to enter the Middle Palace as Consort Fujin
In February of the first year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng was given the will of Empress Dowager Renshou (Empress Xiaogongren):
"Li Fujin Uranara clan as empress."
As a result, the Uranara clan became the first empress of the Qing Dynasty to enter the middle palace as a concubine.
At the end of this year, because the Ullanara clan kept filial piety for Yongzheng's parents for three years, no grand ceremony was held, but Yongzheng still sent officials to pay homage to the tombs of the emperors of previous dynasties, Yuezhen Haidu and Changbai Mountain, and the matter of the post-establishment ceremony was the first time in the history of the Qing Dynasty, and it was the treatment that the emperor could enjoy when he succeeded to the throne.
Subsequently, Yongzheng posthumously honored Ullanara's deceased father, Fei Yanggu, as a first-class Cheng'en Duke, and his late mother as Dorogge.
According to the Qing system, only the daughters of the prince and the concubines of Baylor were eligible to be crowned Dorogge, and the maternal grandfather of the Uranara clan, Mulhu, was only a hardened Gushan Beizi, that is, an idle clan, and posthumously named the mother of the Uranara clan as a Dorogge, apparently in order to elevate the status of the mother of the Uranara clan.
Of course, in October of the third year of Yongzheng, after the expiration of the mourning period, Yongzheng made up the post-registration ceremony for the Uranara clan, and accepted the entry of the princes and ministers at the Taihe Temple, and subsequently, the Yongzheng Imperial Palace drove the Qianqing Palace, and the empress Uranara led the concubines to salute the emperor, and after the Uranara clan returned to the palace, they accepted the courtesy of the concubines and princesses Fujin.
However, since the sixth year of Yongzheng Empress Uranara began to contract wind and cold, her body became weaker and weaker, for which Yongzheng almost executed a Tai Doctor, Yongzheng seven years Uranara clan was slightly better, Yongzheng immediately enthroned the god Chen Jinggu as the Heavenly Immortal Mother (Empress) Yuanjun.
However, nine years after coming to Yongzheng, the illness of empress Dowager Uranara had accumulated and could not return, and in September of this year, the Uranara clan moved to Changchun Garden to recuperate, in order to take care of the Uranara clan, Yongzheng even delayed the time to return to the palace, which was already very rare for Yongzheng, who had always attached importance to political affairs.
On September 29, Empress Uranara passed away at the age of 51, and Yongzheng was so grief-stricken that he ordered him to quit the dynasty for five days. However, when the empress was subsequently buried, under the persuasion of the heavy ministers, Yongzheng, who was in poor health, was not able to come in person after all, perhaps this became Yongzheng's last regret.
In December of the ninth year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng Lingli Prince Honghuo and Xianzi Yanhuang held the treasure and honored Empress Daxing as: Empress Xiaojing.
In March of the second year of Qianlong, Yongzheng and Empress Xiaojingxian were buried together in the Tailing Underground Palace, and the noble concubine of Emperor Dunsu was buried. Later, after the subsequent emperors added the title, the Uranara clan was named: Xiao Jinggong and Yishun Zhaohuizhuang Su'an Kangzuo Tianyi Shengxian Empress.
Zichen said:
From the perspective of favor, although Empress Xiaojingxian was not as good as The Noble Concubine Nian of The Dunsu Emperor, she was after all a concubine appointed by Kangxi himself, and based on this alone, as long as she lived, the empress was hers. Moreover, whether from the perspective of birth or virtue, Empress Xiaojingxian was a qualified and competent empress, and even if the noble concubine of The Dunsu Emperor did not die early, I believe that Empress Xiaojingxian would also be the only empress of Yongzheng, which, from the point of view of birth, has already been decided.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Compilation of The Decrees of the Yongzheng Dynasty han Dynasty, Records of emperor Shizong of the Qing Dynasty