At that time, a "Joke about Qianlong" was popular all over the country, and the Qianlong Emperor played by Zheng Shaoqiu was handsome and dashing. Whether it is a court woman or a woman outside the palace, each one is beautiful. This gives everyone the illusion that the emperor can see the beauty of the world, and if he meets someone he likes, he can bring it into the palace. But this is not true after all. The concubines of the Qianlong Emperor were strictly selected to enter the palace through the layers of checks of the imperial court.
During the Shunzhi period, the emperor's harem was under the rule of Mongol women. He deposed the first empress, and he promulgated the Qing dynasty's draft system for the first time, extending the selection to the daughters of Manchurian officials and Mongol royal ministers. During the Qianlong period, he formed a strict draft system. Most of the women participating in the draft came from the families of Manchu, Mongolian, and Eight Flags officials, and the beauty of the concubines at the time of the draft was secondary. Qianlong also issued a hegemonic treaty, prohibiting women who did not participate in the draft from marrying in private, and this overlord treaty was intolerable.
The daughter of the Eight Banners will be registered after birth, and will participate in the draft when she is old. The draft is divided into a sub-election and a general election, the sub-election is to be selected as a palace maid or a female official, and the general election is to be selected as a concubine.
The general election is divided into a preliminary examination and a re-examination. When you pass the initial test, you can only enter the residence arranged for the showgirl and wait for the re-examination. At this time each girl will have a green head card and a small wooden card. The sign usually writes the birth gate and so on. The green-headed plaque was for the emperor, and the wooden plaque was carried by the girl herself.
When they are favored by the queen or the master, they will keep the sign, and if they don't see it, they will pick up the sign, and the woman who is picked up the brand can marry freely. After the second round of re-examinations, it will be possible to enter the royal palace or be pointed out to the royal clan.
At this time, it will look at the birth of the door, if a show girl comes from the Shangsan Banner led by the emperor, she will win a small step. The Qianlong Emperor's favorite empress Fucha style was the draft origin, because of his good birth and good personal conditions, he was personally named by Yongzheng as the Fu jin of the Hongli calendar. After several rounds of selection, the show girl will finally be selected by the emperor.
Therefore, sometimes the first few rounds will remove the most beautiful, it seems that the beauty of the draft is not the most important, and those who can stay for the last round are usually the ones who are honored. And the wrapped palace girl is different, there are many beautiful. Therefore, the Qianlong Emperor had several concubines who were born in coats, and were loved by Qianlong because of their good looks and gentle personality. Therefore, the Qianlong Emperor should elect the main palace from the general election, and most of the palace women elected through the small election will be promoted because they are favored by the emperor.