The qing dynasty's royal family was very strict about the education of the crown prince, in this case, there were very few mediocre people, for example, Kangxi's sons were all capable and had the talent of the emperor. In contrast, Yongzheng's sons are fewer, but Qianlong, who inherited the throne, is still very good, and after Qianlong, the imperial family has emerged some excellent princes, such as the five brothers Yongqi of Wen and Wuquan, it is true that Yongqi is very good, but after all, he died young, and this article is going to talk about Qianlong's most talented son: Yongxuan, the prince of Chengzhe.
In February of the seventeenth year of Qianlong, Yong Yao was born in Wufu Hall in the Yuanmingyuan, so he was called WufuTang Brother before taking the name. Yong Yao's birth mother was The Noble Concubine of the Shujia Emperor Jin, who was originally a clothed woman in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and was ordered to serve the Emperor's fourth son, Hongli, namely Qianlong, during the Yongzheng period. After Qianlong succeeded to the throne, the Jin clan gradually became favored and gave birth to four princes, Yong Yao was one of them, in addition to Yong Yao, there were also the fourth son of the emperor, Yong Xuan, the eighth son of the emperor, and the ninth son of the emperor (early death, unnamed).
It is said that after Yong Yao was born, she was raised by Qianlong to another concubine, she was Shu Concubine who had just lost her son (the tenth son of the Emperor), the Shu Concubine family was a famous imperial relative of the Qing Dynasty, belonging to the top magnate in the Eight Banners family, and it was also a blessing for Yong Yao to be able to recognize such a woman as an adoptive mother.
It is said that Yong Mao was interested in writing and painting from an early age and showed great talent, which Qianlong loved very much, and even came to the residence to admire his son's masterpieces. Another manifestation of Qianlong's love for Yong Yao was that he was given a good marriage, and this concubine Fujin was the daughter of Fu Heng, a university scholar, the niece of Empress Xiaoxian.
In addition, Qianlong only made two sons princes in fifty-four years, one was Yongyan the Prince of Jia, the later Emperor of Jiaqing, and the other was Yongyao the Prince of Cheng, that is to say, from the perspective of the situation at that time, the future lord of the Qing Dynasty should be born in Yongyan and Yongyan.
However, why did Qianlong choose Yongyan instead of the talented Yongyan?
First of all, the smell of ink on Yong Yao's body was too strong. Qianlong had always admired the tradition of Manchurian martial rule, believing that this was the key to maintaining the rule of the Qing Dynasty, while Yong Yao was obsessed with studying Han Chinese literature, which was obviously contrary to Qianlong's ideas. For example, Yong Yao once inscribed a poem for his brother Yong Yan on a fan and wrote his own pen name, and Qianlong was dissatisfied when he found out.
Secondly, although Yong Yao was the Prince of the Great Qing Dynasty, he was very picky. It is said that when The Fu cha clan of The Fu Cha clan of The Concubine Officiation married Yong Yao, she brought a rich dowry, but was appropriated by Yong Yao for herself. Another time, a horse died in Yongyao Province, and in order to save grain, Yongyao actually divided the horse into food, which obviously did not look like a prince, especially the prince of Qianlong, should look like.
However, compared with Kangxi's sons who failed to capture concubines, Yong yao's ending was still very good, and after Jiaqing succeeded to the throne, he gave his brother Yong Yao the title of military aircraft minister to manage the three treasuries of the household department, and the prince's general leading machine began with Yong Yao. Although Yong Yao occasionally made some mistakes, Jiaqing would not be too embarrassed about this brother, but only gave a certain penalty.
On March 30 of the third year of Daoguang, Yongyao died of illness at the palace at the age of 72, and Daoguang personally came to the palace to pay tribute, and also rewarded the Dravidian sutra, and allocated 5,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to treat the funeral.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Four Genealogies of the Qing Imperial Family, Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Yongxian Dynasty