At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the old man of Northern Yan wrote a "Secret History of the Thirteen Dynasties Palace of the Qing Dynasty", which mentioned that there was a woman in the Kangxi harem who "had a different fragrance in her body and could not wash it", "saliva also contained fragrant breath", so "beautiful crown and one palace, pampered and blessed", according to this description, it is somewhat similar to the xiangfei (Rong concubine) of the Qianlong harem, if you have to find such a woman in the Kangxi harem, she should be a good concubine.
"Sindh ku slut"
The Han Chinese genealogy of the Qing Dynasty's royal family lineage, the Xingyuan Jiqing, records:
"Concubine Wei of the Liang Dynasty, daughter of the inner ruler Abu Nai, first entered the palace, and was crowned a concubine in December of the 39th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, and later a concubine of the Jin Dynasty. Kangxi Fifty Years Xin 卯 November 20th. ”
Here is the origin of the Liang Concubine Wei: the Inner Pipe Collar.
What is an inner tube collar? In fact, it is what we call the Xinzhi library.
The Qing Dynasty's internal affairs office, which specialized in serving the imperial family, was the emperor's generation of slaves, wrapped for the Three Banners, and there were wrapped collars and wrapped pipe collars, and the wrapped pipe collar was Xinzhiku, that is, the inner pipe collar.
Xinzhiku is also known as Huntohe, that is, the meaning of half a collar, that is, the collar of the coat and the collar are only different in scale, they are all royal service personnel, but due to different regulations, the status of the collar is higher than that of the collar.
However, whether it was the former dynasty or the inner court, there were many celebrities from the internal management collar, such as the Qianlong Dynasty military minister and wuyingdian university scholar to protect, for example, the Qianlong Emperor's birth mother, Empress Xiaoyi Chun, was born from the wrapped pipe collar, that is, Xin Zhiku.
According to the "General Genealogy of the Eight Banners of Manchurian Clans", the great-grandfather of the Liangfei Wei clan was named Huzhu and lived in the place of Foala for generations, and during the Tiancong period, the Wei clan submitted to the imperial court and was incorporated into the Yellow Banner, and Huzhu served as the chief of the dining room. Since then, Liangfei's grandfathers and fathers have basically served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, either as the head of the internal management or the chief of the dining room, and Liangfei's father, Abu Nai, has served as the internal management leader.
As early as the eighteenth year of Shunzhi, the Qing Palace stipulated: "All women under the leadership of the Inner House (that is, the Collar of the Inner House) and the women under the leadership of the Inner House (including the Clothing Xin zhiku), until the thirteenth year, the leader of the Inner House and the Leader of the Treasurer will make a book and send it to the Accounting Department for the hall to play, and submit it to the chief eunuch for reading." ”
This is the origin of the Qing Dynasty palace women's draft, after these women in the interior of the palace were selected, they had to go to the palace to learn some palace rules, but also to test embroidery, cleaning and other skills, and even read and write for an hour every day, the excellent ones would be assigned to serve the main seat, and those who were poor would have to do some rough work.
From palace maidens to concubines
In the first month of the fourteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the 13-year-old Wei Shi was elected to the palace and became a palace maid. Among the palace ladies who entered the palace in this year, there were two other palace women who could not be ignored, one was the Wuya clan and the other was the Wanliu Ha clan, both of whom were also from the Baoyi family, one gave birth to the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan (Yongzheng Emperor), and the other gave birth to the twelfth son of the emperor, Yin Qi.
Judging from the above process of the Qing Dynasty palace women's selection process, the selected people are some women with excellent conditions, and Wei Shi can be selected into the palace and become the emperor's concubine, presumably also a woman with a good face and smart and cleverness.
Kangxi's "Aphorisms of the Court Training" records: "In the Ming Dynasty, the number of palace women was up to thousands, and the amount of fat powder money was up to one million." In the present palace, there are three hundred maids, and those who are not close to the palace women, who are nearly thirty years old, will be married to their parents. ”
It can be seen that during the Kangxi period, the eunuchs who served the emperor closely were not palace women, that is to say, the palace women did not have the opportunity to contact the emperor privately. So, how were these palace ladies incorporated into the harem by the emperor? At this time, there is a need for an introducer, such as the Empress Xiaoyiren, who is "determined to enter the sage, the flies are uneven and must be picked", and she has introduced many beautiful women to Kangxi.
In the thirteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Empress Xiaochengren died in childbirth, and three years later, Empress Xiaozhaoren succeeded to the Middle Palace, and only half a year later, Xiaozhao died suddenly in the palace, and the person who presided over the affairs of the harem became Tong Guifei, the later Empress Xiaoyiren. Concubine Liang entered the palace in the fourteenth year of Kangxi, and her inclusion in the harem should be as early as the sixteenth year of Kangxi, and the introducer may be Empress Xiaozhaoren or Empress Xiaoyiren.
That is to say, it is very likely that the concubine has a period of palace history.
On the tenth day of February in the twentieth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the Wei clan gave birth to the sixteenth son of Kangxi, and the eighth son of the Emperor was named Yin Yu. At the end of the year, the Kangxi Emperor sealed the harem, and in addition to the imperial concubines Tong Shi (Empress XiaoYiren) and the noble concubine Niu Hulu (Wen Shu Guifei), four concubines were also sealed, namely Hui, Yi, De, and Rong.
Concubine De, who entered the palace in the same year as Wei, was already ranked as the fourth concubine at this time, while Wei was still a concubine, which showed that from the perspective of favor, Wei was far inferior to Concubine De.
Moreover, judging from the two subsequent canonizations of the Wei clan, it was dipped in the light of his son Yin Yu, that is, the mother was precious to the son.
In the 39th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Kangxi enfeoffed three concubines, namely the noble concubine Tong Shi (悫惠皇妃妃), and the concubines Guar Jia and Liang Concubine Wei. It should be known that in the previous thirty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the 18-year-old Yin Yu had just been named Baylor, becoming the youngest of the crowned princes, and the reasons for Wei's appointment at this time were clear.
After that, Wei Shi was also given the title of LiangFei (良妃), but due to the lack of historical data, it was impossible to find when Liangfei was ordained. However, from the records that Kangxi was still called a concubine in the forty-sixth year of Kangxi, the Wei concubine should be after the forty-sixth year of Kangxi.
Kangxi 50 november 20, Liangfei died of illness in the palace, at the age of 50, funeral rites and Pingfei Hesheli clan equivalent, according to the "Kangxi Living Notes" record, Kangxi once personally went to Liangfei Ling to lay wine, and presided over the Liangfei first full moon ceremony ceremony, it can be seen that in the heart of the Kangxi Emperor, this concubine from Xinzhiku, there is a certain position.
The loser of the Nine Sons
In addition to Concubine Liang herself, we have to say something about her only son, The Eighth Son of the Emperor, Yin Yu.
In the struggle between the princes in the later years of the Kangxi Dynasty for the throne, Yin Yu was definitely a leader-level figure, and it was he who personally pulled the prince off the horse.
It is said that Yin Yu was sent to Concubine Hui to raise him shortly after his birth, because his birth mother Wei Shi was from a humble origin and was low in the harem, Yin Yu was diligent and hardworking from an early age, coupled with his talent, he soon became the best among many princes. Moreover, unlike the powerful maternal background of Prince Yinrong and Ten Brothers, Yinyu treats people kindly and easily, has a wide range of popularity, and has a very good relationship with the Nine Brothers Yinchen, the Ten Brothers Yinchen, and the Fourteenth Brothers.
In the year when Yin Yu was 12 years old, he went hunting outside Sai with his father Kangxi and made a lot of gains, compared with the elder brother Yin Zhen and the three brothers Yin Zhen, he was not at all inferior, and even gave Kangxi a suitable horse, which showed that Yin Yu's riding and shooting skills were in the forefront of many princes, and from this point of view, they were much stronger than the older four brothers Yin Chen.
Yin Yu also has a weakness, that is, he does not write well, so he specially invited the famous calligrapher He Zhuo to teach Yin Yu to write, so that Yin Yu can write ten characters every day.
After that, as the relationship between Kangxi and the crown prince Yinrong deteriorated, Yin's ideas increased.
In September of the forty-seventh year of Kangxi, during the siege, the eighteenth son of the Emperor, Yin Yuan, died of illness, and Kangxi reprimanded the indifferent crown prince Yin Rong, who knew that Yin Rong actually peeked into Kangxi's tent in the middle of the night, which shocked Kangxi greatly, so he detained Yin Rong. At the same time, Yin Yu, who was in the Capital Division, was appointed as the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was supposed to be a perfect opportunity for Yin Yu, but the next three events caused Yin Yu to begin to fall out of favor.
First, the eldest brother Yinzhen was reprimanded by Kangxi for competing for the throne, and knowing that there was no hope of taking Chu, he recommended the eighth brother Yinyu. To say that this big brother Yinzhen, according to the history books, is a big handsome man, very talented, but the mind does not seem to be very good, not only claims to kill the prince Yinrong for Kangxi, so that he is imprisoned, but also recommended the eight brothers Yinzhen, causing Kangxi to begin to be alert to Yin, Yinzhen's move is equivalent to harming the eight brothers.
Second, Yin Zhen also shook out the matter of looking at Zhang Mingde. It is said that Zhang Mingde, who was a looking man, once said that Yin Yu would be very noble in the future, and Yin Yu heard that Zhang Mingde was a person who knew a strong martial artist, and had persuaded Yin Yu to assassinate the prince, but this plan did not work, and Yin Yu conspired with the Mongolian lama Bahang Long to kill the prince. From this point of view, Yin Yu was really not Yin Yu's party, he just regarded Yin Yu as an opponent, and Yin Yu was also implicated in Zhang Mingde's case, leaving a very bad impression on Kangxi.
Third, the matter of recommending the prince. In November of the 47th year of Kangxi, Kangxi ordered many ministers to recommend the new crown prince, and before that, although he had expressed the intention of restoring Yin Rong, he did not expect that the ministers headed by Tong Guowei and Ma Qi would jointly play the Eight Brothers Yin Yu, which surprised Kangxi and was shocked by Yin Yu's strong appeal, so he resolutely restored Yin Rong as the prince to suppress the power of the Eight Ye Party.
On September 30, 51, Kangxi, Yin Rong, who had been restored for three years, was deposed again, and it seemed that Yin Yu's opportunity had come again, but a subsequent incident knocked Yin Yu into the abyss, which was the "Eagle Shooting Incident".
In November of the 53rd year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Kangxi went to Rehe for an inspection, and Yin Yu was supposed to accompany him, but on the third anniversary of The death of Concubine Liang, Yin Yu went to worship his mother. Of course, in order to please his father, Yin Yu sent eunuchs to explain the reason, and offered two high-grade Hai Dongqing, who knew that when Hai Dongqing was sent, he was already dying, which made Kangxi furious, thinking that this was Yin Yu's curse on himself.
In this regard, the Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty records:
"Born of a lowly woman, she has a high and sinister heart since childhood. Listening to the words of Zhang Mingde, a face-to-face person, he betrayed his subjects and looked for someone to murder the second brother, which was known to the whole country. Yi killed the second brother, and may not have thought of the fallen. Before the fall of illness, the ministers played the eight brothers, but they were helpless and released the unrivaled Yin Rong, and within a few years, they were extremely depressed. Yin Yu still hoped to fulfill his original thoughts, forming a party with the traitors and thieves, secretly committing dangerous adultery, saying that he was old and old, and that he had not had many years, and that Yi had been protected by people, and who dared to argue? So he claimed to be safe. ”
From then on, Kangxi "and Yin Yu, the grace of father and son is absolutely perfect!" ”
After that, Kangxi continued to suppress Yin Yu, and even stopped his silver rice, even if Yin Yu was seriously ill, Kangxi also behaved very indifferently. At the same time, Kangxi began to deliberately cultivate the Fourteen Elder Brothers Yinyu, and in the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi, he ordered Yinyu to recruit Alabutan for the Fuyuan General (Great General Wang), and Yinyu was regarded as Kangxi's heir from then on.
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References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, General Genealogy of the Eight Banners of Manchurian Clans