In the eyes of people, Qianlong can be said to be an amorous son, in modern terms, it is a big pig's trotter, or a sea king, which makes people speechless, and indeed has some truth. Since it is amorous, it is natural to see one, love one, have a favor, there is not favored, those who are not favored, but have become health masters. There are many health care masters in the Qianlong harem, such as Wan Guifei, such as Yu Guifei, and for example, the Concubine We are going to talk about in this article, although she is inferior to others in terms of pampering, but in terms of life expectancy, she laughs to the end.
1. The Ministry of Internal Affairs wrapped a woman
There is very little information about Gong Concubine's family lineage, so we can only speculate about her origin based on limited information.
Gong Concubine was a woman surnamed Lin who was born on December 26, 1212, Yongzheng, and her father's name was Foyin, and she was a Baitang'a.
What is Bai Tang A?
The so-called Bai Tang A refers to the stewards of each gate who have no grade, and the regulations are as follows:
In Beijing, civilian officials with more than three pins, military attachés with two or more pins, foreign civil officials above the rank of inspector, military attachés and above, and their brothers and grandchildren who have reached the age of eighteen, including officials with at least six pins and those with five or more alternate pins, must submit this banner, make a record and report to the Military Aircraft Department, and prepare for the selection of supplements to worship Tang'a. Once every five years.
According to this regulation, it is speculated that there should be a high-ranking official in the family of Concubine Lin, otherwise her father Fo Yin would not have been selected as a worshiper. However, the position of Bai Tang'a is of no rank, that is to say, Gong Concubine Lin's origin should not be too good, according to the situation that she was first enthroned in the palace, she may be a clothed woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and she is also a person with the surname of Han.
Lin's specific time into the palace, historical materials do not record, now know that she was in the first month of the thirteenth year of Qianlong, has been Lin Changzai, at this time Lin clan is only 16 years old (imaginary age), therefore, Lin clan into the palace time should be about thirteen years in Qianlong, she should be through the palace women draft into the palace, belongs to the selected palace women.
2. A nobleman who has been a nobleman for 43 years
"The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that Cha Dewan's concubine was a nobleman who was promoted to the title of nobleman on May 12, 2002 in Qianlong, and that Qing Concubine and Concubine Ying were promoted to nobleman on April 12, 1313 in Qianlong." ("To the General Administration of Internal Affairs for the Repair of The Jade Concubine and the Consultation of Concubine Wan and other banners and the surname and title of Concubine Shu's father")
In April of the thirteenth year of Qianlong, Lu Changzai and Na Changzai were respectively named nobles, called Lu Guiren and That NobleMan, and in May of the same year, Lin Was given the title of Lin Guiren.
Although Lin Shi and Lu Guiren and the noble person were promoted to noble people on the front and back feet, she was essentially different from these two, what is the difference? Those two were the favored masters, and the Lin clan was the unfavored masters.
In the years that followed, Lu Guiren and na Guiren were promoted smoothly, and they achieved Qing Guifei and Ying Guifei respectively, raising the fifteenth Brother Yongyan and the Seventeenth Brother Yongxuan, and Qingguifei was later posthumously honored as the Qinggong Emperor's noble concubine by the Jiaqing Emperor (fifteen brother Yongyan), and these two can be said to have done their best.
Lin' is different, on the other hand.
In the first month of the fourteenth year of Qianlong, the Lin clan, who had just been promoted to a nobleman for more than half a year, was demoted to Changzai, and it was not until the first month of the sixteenth year of Qianlong that he was promoted to nobleman again.
What is even more unexpected is that from the sixteenth year of Qianlong to the fifty-ninth year of Qianlong, in these 43 years, the position of the Lin clan has not changed in any way, and it has always been Lin Guiren.
During this period, the Lin clan only did one thing, that is, to accompany Qianlong to patrol the Rehe River and go hunting in Mulan.
In the twenty-eighth year of Qianlong, Lin Guiren accompanied Rehe.
Thirty-one years after Qianlong, Lin Guiren drove Mulan with Long Live.
Thirty-two years after Qianlong, Lin Guiren once again accompanied Qianlong on Mulan.
In the thirty-ninth year of Qianlong, Lin Guiren went with Qianlong to Rehe.
In fact, the fact that the concubine was able to accompany her on the tour showed that she was pleasing to the emperor, but in the past forty-three years, the position of the Lin clan had indeed not changed in any way, and it could be compared with the health master Concubine. However, Qianlong let Lin Shi drive the Hot River with him, which does not necessarily mean that she is favored, it may be because Lin s health is relatively good and can withstand the fatigue of boats and cars, which is very likely.
3. The Imperial Princess of the Qing Dynasty who lived a long life
In the fifty-ninth year of Qianlong, when Qianlong was about to take the throne, he made a unified promotion to the concubines who had been with him for a long time, and the 64-year-old Lin Clan finally waited for the opportunity, and she was promoted to the title of Concubine Gong:
"The Nine Emperors of the Nine Heavens." Cooperate with Kun Yi and Xuanhua. The Sixth House is reserved. Zhangyuan de is vertical. Zai Xi Lun yan. Use a concubine. The Noble Lin Clan and the Jiujian Ye Ting. Follow the rules of etiquette. Su Yong served in office. Holding Gui Bi to be pious. Jiashun Yang emblem. Ice-freezing and cautious. More than a year old. Longevity of Yu no Bo Li. Years ji Binyin. The Maodian of Jin Rongfeng. Zi Jin feng'er was made a concubine. Tin Book of Destiny. ErqiGuang chonggeon. Long on the sun and the moon. Yi Yu Fang Rules. The Order of the Crane- Thanks. ”
After being made a concubine, the Lin clan moved to Chengqian Palace:
"Concubine Gong lives in Chengqian Palace, and Concubine Fang lives in Yonghe Palace." Each palace originally had three catties of black charcoal and ten catties of coal per day, and both were stopped on the twentieth day. Remember this. ”
After Jiaqing pro-government, although the Lin clan did not get the honorific title, but according to the archives, although the Lin clan was in the concubine position at that time, the number of officials and women under the position was configured according to the standard of the concubines, and it is estimated that it may be because the Lin clan's seniority is too old, so in terms of treatment, it must be higher.
Indeed, at that time, in the Shoukang Palace, only the Qianlong concubines who were higher than the Lin clan were only the Concubines and Concubines, and the remaining Egui people, Xilin Jueluo, the Jin noble, the Fucha clan, the Bai nobles, and the Shou guiren clan were all lower than the Lin clan.
On November 27, 1000 in Jiaqing, Lin Shi, who had been a nobleman for 43 years, died of illness in the palace at the age of 73, which is also a high life expectancy.
Two years later, Gong Concubine Lin was buried in the Qianlong Yu Mausoleum Garden with Concubine Wan Gui and Concubine Huan.
Zichen said:
In fact, in the harem of the Qing Dynasty, there are relatively few health masters like Gong Concubine Lin, and some concubines do not get the emperor's favor, and they must become depressed, so that they are not long-lived, and they die in the palace at a young age. Only those who let go of their hearts and look down on everything can live a long life, but how many can they do? Therefore, from the concubine, we should understand: look down on everything, care too much about fame and fortune, and it will be ourselves who will be hurt.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty