Empress Xiaoherui was the second empress of Jiaqing, she was an imperial concubine for four years, an empress for twenty years, and an empress dowager for thirty years, and she had ruled the harem for 54 years, which can be said to be the most representative empress in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. In fact, the historical status of Empress Xiaoherui has a certain element of luck, because everything she has almost become another woman, and this woman is Concubine Forgiveness.
1. Daughter of the Famous Gate of the Eight Banners of Manchuria
Concubine Yan, a Manchurian red flag bearer, was born in the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong, 12 years younger than the Jiaqing Emperor, and one of the concubines of the Jiaqing Emperor.
The surname of the Completed Yan clan, presumably everyone must be very familiar with it, it is the royal family name of the Great Golden Kingdom, during the Jin Dynasty, a large number of members of the Completed Yan Royal Family entered the Central Plains, but in the last year of the Jin Dynasty, some of them returned to the northeast, saying that the Eastern Return to the Completed Yan Clan, the family where the Concubine was located belonged to the Completed Yan Clan of the Eastern Gui Dynasty, and they regarded the distant brother of the Completed Yan Shouxu of the Jin Dynasty as the ancestor.
After Nurhaci created the eight-flag system, the Donggui yan clan was mainly distributed in flags such as red flags and yellow flags, such as the first-class male Zar Guqi Borjin with red flags.
The ancestor of the Shufei family into the flag is called Su Shan, Su Shan led the clan to surrender to Nurhaci, was incorporated into the red flag, and was awarded the title of hereditary Official, which is a hereditary Zhengsipin official position, which is an important measure of the status of a family.
In addition, Su Shan's son Zhu Shiqi was awarded the post of First Class Light Vehicle Lieutenant and Yun Rider Lieutenant for his military merits. From this point of view, Concubine Shu's door is quite good.
Concubine Shu's grandfather was named Hang Yilu, and in his later years, Kangxi Dynasty took the cabinet as a scholar by idleness, but this Hang Yilu Manchu Chinese was not well written, so Kangxi removed him from his identity as a Shu Jishi.
There may be some readers who do not know much about the identity of Shu Jishi, the so-called Shu Ji Shi refers to the short-term positions of the Hanlin Academy in the Ming and Qing dynasties, generally selected from those who have passed the examination, for example, in the Ming Dynasty, if you want to enter the cabinet, the status of Shu Ji Shi Is the basic condition.
This position was a close subordinate of the emperor, who could draft edicts for the emperor, and some even explained the scriptures to the emperor, which was a very promising official position. In layman's terms, if you have the status of a Shujishi, it will be much more convenient to be promoted in the future, and some can also become members of the imperial court.
If you fail to obtain the status of a Shujishi, or if you are stripped of the status of a Shujishi, does it mean that there is no future?
Of course not, for example, Concubine Shu's grandfather Hang Yilu was promoted after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, and was appointed as the left deputy capital Yushi, responsible for the trial of Lü Liuliang and Zeng Jing. After Qianlong succeeded to the throne, Hang Yilu was appointed as the imperial history of Zuo Du, a minister of state, and became a member of the imperial court.
Concubine Shu's father was named Ha Feng'a, who inherited the hereditary position of third-class light vehicle lieutenant of Hang Yilu and served as a general in Shanxi. Overall, Concubine Shu's family lineage is still very good, at least much better than Jiaqing's original Empress Xiaoshurui.
2. Yongyan side Fujin
First, let's talk about the marriage of the Qing Dynasty prince.
In general, the Qing Dynasty princes had one Concubine Fujin and two Lateral Fujin. So, what is the source of these two side Fujins?
One of the side Fujins is from the Eight Flags Draft.
The emperor was the master, selecting a lady of the Eight Banners, and then pointing it out to the crown prince as a side Fujin. For example, in the twelfth year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng pointed out the daughter of the blue-flagd Zuo ling Narbu to his son Hongli (Qianlong) as a side Fujin, and this Nala clan was the successor of the later Qianlong.
The second of the side Fujin came from the concubines of the crown prince's side.
In order to open up the branches and leaves of the imperial family, the emperor will give the palace women who stand out in the internal affairs department selection to the prince, and these palace women will come to the prince as women to serve, and most of them will be included in the palace of the prince and become the concubines of the prince, called Gege. If a concubine is favored and gives birth to a child, she will be asked to be named a side Fujin, of course, there are exceptions, for example, when Qianlong was a prince, there was a concubine (handmaiden) around him, who did not have children, but was promoted by Yongzheng Chao as the Prince of Bao (Hongli) Side Fujin, and this woman was the later Huixian Emperor Noble Concubine Gao.
In the thirty-ninth year of Qianlong, Qianlong held a wedding ceremony for his son Yongyan in the Forbidden City, and the Hitara clan (Empress Xiaoshurui) from Zhengbai Banner married Yongyan as Concubine Fujin. Although the Hitara clan was favored by Yongyan and gave birth to three children in a row, it was a small birth in Qianlong for fifty years, and this small birth caused the physical condition of the Hitara clan to plummet.
The Hitara clan is the future empress chosen by Qianlong for her son Yongyan, how can she do if her health is not good, in case the Xita la clan kicks her legs before Qianlong's death, will there be no one left after the Qing Dynasty? Therefore, Qianlong must make plans as soon as possible.
As a result, Qianlong ordered the Eight Flags Draft to be held in the fifty-first year of Qianlong, and the daughter of The Red Banner Commander Ha Feng'a, Wanyan, finally stood out, and then Qianlong pointed out to his son Yongyan as a side Fujin.
It should be noted that if it is selected by the Eight Flags and designated to the side Fujin of the Crown Prince, like the Concubine Fujin, there are nacai and weddings, while those who are given by the wives and concubines of the Prince's side will not have this treatment. That is to say, after the Yan clan married Yong Yan as a side Fujin, there must be a wedding.
3. The side Fujin who died early
In fact, Qianlong's idea is very clear, if yongyan concubine Fujin Xitala clan dies early, the side Fujin completes the Yan clan has great hopes to make up for it, becoming yongyan's successor Fujin, in this way, the completed Yan clan is expected to become the future empress of the Qing Dynasty.
However, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and after marrying Yong yan, the Yan clan burped within a few years, and it was estimated that the age at the time of death was about twenty years old. As for how he died, the historical data does not explain, speculating that the possibility of dying from reproductive diseases (such as dystocia) is relatively large, of course, it may also be some other diseases.
In this way, Yongyan, who had just been crowned the Prince of Jia, was vacant again, but fortunately, the Hitara clan was still alive at this time. However, what should be planned, or must be planned.
As a result, Qianlong once again ordered the Eight Flags Draft, and pointed out the yellow flag of Gong Ala's daughter Niu Hulu to Yongyan as a side Fujin, and this Niu Hulu clan was the later Empress Xiaoherui.
In the 22nd year of April of the second year of Jiaqing, Jiaqing, who had recently succeeded to the throne, issued an edict to the cabinet:
"From the former Fu Jin to the Yan clan, the Ge Ge Guan clan, and the Shen clan, or the imperial father to reward, or to have a princess, now that The Emperor has passed away, Jia En will posthumously honor the concubine of the Yan clan of the Side Fu Jin, the Ge Ge Guan clan will posthumously seal the Concubine of the Yan Clan, the Ge Ge Guan Clan will posthumously seal the Concubine, the Ge Ge Shen Clan will be posthumously sealed as a concubine, and the Minister of internal affairs will be handed over to the Minister of internal affairs, etc., according to their posthumous grades, as usual, suspended at the Jing'an Zhuang Gong, and then sent with the Empress Zi Palace."
The Gege Guan clan and the Shen clan in this edict were concubines of the Jiaqing Qiandi period, and were posthumously honored as Jian Concubine and Sun Concubine, respectively. Guan Shi was the biological mother of the eldest daughter of the Jiaqing Emperor, who died while giving birth to the eldest daughter of the Emperor, probably from difficult childbirth, and Shen Was the biological mother of the fifth daughter of the Jiaqing Emperor, who also died shortly after giving birth to the fifth daughter of the Emperor (really two women who suffered a hard life).
Since the Guan clan and the Shen clan are the gege of having a princess. Then, the "Imperial Father's Reward" mentioned in the Upper Edict obviously refers to the lateral Fujin Complete Yan Clan who was posthumously awarded the title of Concubine.
After the Yan, Guan, and Shen clans were posthumously awarded, their families immediately went to Xie En fold:
"With the presenter a red flag Manchurian Bao Mingzuo led by the overseer Qingbao, the Ministry of Internal Affairs with the yellow flag Xiang Ruizuo led by Bai Tang A Aibao, the Zhenghuang Banner Tongyuan Zuo led the pen-posted Fu'an, etc., for thanksgiving, to thank the heavens for the grace, on April 22, the grace was given: qingbao's sister was posthumously honored as a concubine; aibao's sister was posthumously awarded the title of concubine; and Fu'an's aunt was posthumously awarded the concubine."
On October 17, 1988, Concubine Shu was buried in the Changling Concubine Garden fourteen years after her death.
Zichen said:
At the age of 13, Princess Yan was selected by Qianlong as her daughter-in-law (side Fujin), which is certainly her blessing, from the later plot, if she lives safely, the life trajectory of Empress Xiaoherui is likely to belong to her. But I have to say that the Yan clan could not bear this blessing, died early, and rubbed shoulders with the later position of the Qing Dynasty, perhaps even Jiaqing felt sorry for the original side Fujin.
Through forgiveness, we can see that sometimes there must be a fate, and there is no time to demand it in fate.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, General Genealogy of the Eight Banners of Manchurian Clans, Records of Emperor Renzong of the Qing Dynasty