He was the deepest son of Yongzheng City Government, and he pretended to be crazy and stupid all his life, and even his daughter was given to Qianlong. But only because he wrote a poem, he not only saved his own life, but also saved the glory and wealth of future generations. Sure enough, great wisdom and foolishness were the best survival skills in the ancient court.
He was the fifth prince of the Yongzheng Emperor, Hongzhi, the younger brother of the Qianlong Emperor. Yongzheng relied on the nine sons to seize the throne and kill his siblings, so his sons also learned from him. However, only four of Yongzheng's sons grew up safely and steadily, which was no match for Kangxi's 24 princes.
At that time, Yongzheng's younger son Hongzhen was not yet an adult, so there were only three princes left to compete for the throne, namely the Three Brothers Hongshi, the Fourth Brother Hongli, and the Fifth Brother Hongzhi.
Hongli was clever and clever since he was a child, attracting people's likes, and Kangxi was raised in the palace, and the clear-eyed people knew at a glance that Hongli was definitely the heir. Moreover, the title that Yongzheng gave to his sons also has a hidden meaning, Hongli was named prince of bao, Hongzhi was named prince of peace, and a "treasure" is not honored as a great treasure?
However, Hongshi was not welcomed by Yongzheng, and even if he and Hongli openly competed for favors, Yongzheng still turned to Hongli. Hiroshi could only be stripped of his imperial title and could only end up depressed. In this way, the best contenders for the throne are left with Hongli and Hongzhi.
However, everyone knows that Yongzheng has an inexplicable preference for Hongli, otherwise Qianlong would not have become emperor. No, a few years before Yongzheng's death, the careful Hongzhi had already seen his father's preference for his brother Hongli, and he knew that the throne had nothing to do with him, and it was still important to save his life.
Therefore, Hongzhi began to pretend to be a stupid boy, pretending to be crazy and stupid all day, acting more than enough, showing the appearance that I did not argue.
But he knew that just pretending to be crazy and stupid would not let Hongli let his guard down, so he wrote a poem "Jin Zhun Yin": "The world is impermanent and golden, and the cup and cup are drunk and dusty." Life is rare to have a confidant, push the cup for the cup of words ancient and modern. "
The poem expresses that he has no idea about the throne and only wants to drink and have fun, and euphemistically expresses his infinite admiration for his brother. For this reason, the poem has also been jokingly called a "life-saving poem" by historians.
Sure enough, with this life-saving poem and the acting skills of pretending to be crazy and selling stupid for a long time. After Qianlong ascended to the throne, he did not kill this seemingly non-threatening brother, but instead gave Hongzhi all the old mansion and all his property during his father's reign as prince. And Qianlong also let Hongzhi manage the Internal Affairs Office and the Imperial Library, which can be said to be extremely preferential. I have to say that not pretending is a fool.
Qianlong can be said to be very doting on this younger brother who pretends to be crazy and stupid, and Hongzhi is also very rude and does things in a brazen manner.
Once, in the upper court, Hongzhi had a verbal dispute with the military minister Ne Qin because of a trivial matter, and Hongzhi did not report Qianlong at all, and directly beat Up Ne Qin on the spot in front of the civil and military officials. And Qianlong just sat on it and turned a blind eye, and when the others saw that the emperor was so conniving with Hongzhi, they did not dare to come forward to stop it, and the poor Ne Qin could only be beaten in vain.
What Hirohito does is always ridiculous, he likes funerals the most, always likes to hold funerals for others. He usually sat in the middle, instructing his family to cry and worship according to the prescribed procedures, and invited civil and military officials to come to mourn, while he lay in the coffin and laughed. What's even more puzzling is that he also likes to make some bright objects and put them next to his bed.
Hongzhi held a funeral for himself more than once, so that the civil and military officials were afraid of him, and when he saw that Hongzhi was going to hold a funeral again, he couldn't help but scold, and he had to obediently prepare gifts, and Hongzhi could be said to have found a good way to get rich.
Hongzhi's daughter Hewan was sent to the palace at a young age, but Hongzhi never visited his daughter, and even when her daughter died young, he did not shed a tear.
In fact, in detail, Hongzhi is not really confused, but pretending to be confused, desperately covering up his damn light, and frantically showing his pampered side. Because only in this way can the emperor no longer suspect him. After all, no matter how good the relationship is, as long as it involves a position of power, Qianlong will certainly not let him go.
As his most famous poem" "Jin Zhun Yin" says, it is better to have fun with a few friends in time than to deal with the disturbances of the world. He did not want to see the bloody sacrifice of the official arena and the struggle for the throne. It is estimated that if he had not been a prince, he would have run to the deep mountains and old forests long ago.
Hongzhi did not join the imperial power struggle, and Qianlong was able to govern the world with peace of mind. From this point of view, Hongzhi's lifelong pretense of confusion is really witty, otherwise his descendants' lives will be difficult to protect, how can they inherit the title?
In 1770, Hongzhi ended his life of pretending to be crazy and stupid, and passed away. And Qianlong was even more sad, not only gave him the title of Gong, but also personally wrote an article to remember Hongzhi, which shows that Qianlong still quite spoils his brother who pretends to be crazy and stupid.
In the eyes of outsiders, Hongzhi pretends to be crazy and stupid, which is ridiculous to the extreme, but in fact, it is just for self-preservation.