In the twenty-eighth year of Qianlong, a raging fire burned the Yuanmingyuan, and Qianlong was trapped in the Qingyan Hall in Kyushu, his life hanging in the balance.
At this time, the fifth brother ran to the fire and carried Qianlong out.
This fifth brother was Qianlong's fifth son, Ai Xinjue Luo Yongqi.
People who have seen Zhu Gege know that Yongqi, handsome, dashing, able to write and martial arts, in fact, in history, he is also very good, proficient in heaven, literature, and geography.
Qianlong liked this son very much, and even wanted to make him crown prince, so why did he not succeed to the throne in the end?
Today we will talk about this topic.
In 1741, Hai Guiren gave birth to the fifth son of the Emperor, Ai Xinjue Luo Yongqi.
In the same year, Hai Guiren was crowned as a concubine of Yu.
From Yongqi's birth, we can see that his mother was not favored, and when she gave birth to him, she was just a nobleman, indicating that Yongqi's mother's family did not have a powerful force to rely on.
Therefore, his birth was not taken seriously by Qianlong at the beginning, until this little prince grew up day by day, and Qianlong found that Yongqi was talented and a rare talent.
The Qing Dynasty was particularly strict in the education of the prince, getting up at dawn every day to read, learning calligraphy, the Four Books and Five Classics in the morning, learning martial arts, bows, arrows, riding, and shooting in the afternoon, learning time for more than ten hours, and only five days of rest a year, under such harsh conditions Yongqi was not only able to persevere, but also outstanding.
He was fluent in Manchu, Chinese, and Mongolian, and was familiar with astronomy, geography, and algorithms, not to mention horseback riding and archery.
In short, he had learned the excellent skills of the Chu Army over and over again, and no one could pick out the thorns, but no matter how good Yongqi was, it was still because of his non-concubine and non-long identity that he could not attract Qianlong's attention.
By 1738, Yong Lian, whom Qianlong wanted to make crown prince, died, and in 1747, Yong Zhen, whom Qianlong had pinned his hopes on, also died, and his concubines died one after another, and Qianlong was deeply shocked, at this time Qianlong realized that Li Yuan and Li Chang were a road that could not work, and in this case, he had to turn to Li Xian's train of thought.
Seeing that Yong Qi was so angry, he had quietly placed Yong Qi within the scope of the Crown Prince's investigation.
Since there is a meaning to establish Yongqi, it is necessary to cultivate Yongqi's power.
His mother's family was not strong, so Qianlong would marry him a good daughter-in-law.
In 1757, Qianlong gave Ortai's granddaughter only to the fifth brother as Concubine Fujin, Ortai was a major courtier of the imperial court, the power behind him was powerful, Yongqi's daughter-in-law was extremely helpful to him, and if Yongqi wanted to inherit the throne in name only, he would have to have the identity of the eldest son of the emperor.
Qianlong's first three sons were all dead, and there was a fourth prince In front of Yong qi, Yong Jun, so Qianlong passed on the fourth prince to someone else as a son, and so on.
Yongqi became the de facto eldest son of the emperor, which was more beneficial to his succession to the throne.
Qianlong was well-intentioned to pave the way for Yongqi, and everything proceeded according to Qianlong's expectations.
However, something happened that made Qianlong make up his mind to make Yongqi the crown prince.
On the fifth day of the first month of May 1763, during the Dragon Boat Festival, the Qianlong Emperor took a group of concubines to the Yuanmingyuan to celebrate the festival, and held a luncheon at the Jiuzhou Qing Banquet Hall in the Yuanmingyuan.
After eating, everyone scattered, resting, playing to play, Qianlong also felt sleepy and rested in the shop hall.
But in the afternoon, for some reason, the hall suddenly burst into smoke, Qianlong was awakened by the smoke, and when he saw this situation, he panicked, and the fire had spread to himself, and it was about to burn on himself.
He shouted loudly, and no one came, and there was no ash left from the curtain burning rapidly, and Qianlong was trapped inside with no way to escape.
Just at the moment of the first attack, the fifth brother Yongqi quickly arrived, he shouted loudly outside The Emperor Amma, while shouting while looking for Qianlong also heard his voice, shouting and shouting.
Yongqi confirmed Qianlong's location, and seeing that the fire was spreading urgently, he broke the window with his hand, jumped into the room, passed through the fire, and personally carried Qianlong out.
At this time, the slaves and guards rushed over, and Qianlong was furious with a belly full of fire, and the emperor was actually trapped.
Nearly killed in the fire, he reprimanded everyone present, and even his brother Hirohito was scolded bloodied for not coming to the rescue in time.
It is conceivable how much Yongqi, who personally carried Qianlong out, would be valued.
Qianlong witnessed the kindness and bravery of this son, and Yongqi was indeed a good seedling of the crown prince.
In November 1765, Qianlong made Yongqi, who was only twenty-four years old, the Prince of Rong, and if Yongqi could always be smooth and profitable, perhaps he would inherit the throne, not Jiaqing.
Unfortunately, fate was uncertain, and Yongqi did not wait for that day.
On the third day of February 1766, Qianlong suddenly heard that Yongqi had fallen ill, and he hurried to Zhaoxiang's office to check on Yongqi's illness.
It turned out that Ah Yongqi had an epiphytic gangrene, that is, bone tuberculosis, which was not an incurable disease at that time, but it was uncertain whether it could be cured.
Yongzheng's favorite brother, Yunxiang's son, died of this illness.
Qianlong was furious from the bottom of his heart, and severely punished the people who were waiting around Yongqi, and Jiang Taiyi and his subordinates all pulled to play the board and told Yongqi to recuperate with peace of mind.
After that, Qianlong often cared about Yongqi's condition, but unfortunately, his illness had accumulated and was unable to return to heaven.
On the eighth day of March, the twenty-five-year-old Yongqi died young, and Qianlong was devastated, and in his old age he still remembered it, sighing to the British envoys. I want to pass it on to him, but unfortunately my life is not long, but such an excellent talent has fallen on the disease, and even the heavens are not willing to continue his life, maybe this is the talent of heavenly jealousy.
Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, every monarch is not a mediocre generation, the excellent Yongqi is gone, the mediocre Jiaqing succeeds to the throne, and the national fortunes of Dajing have also begun to decline.