Qianlong had a very good relationship with his younger brother Hongzhi when he was a child, the two of them ate and lived together since childhood, or classmates, for this beautiful childhood past, Qianlong himself said that it was "and widowed and delayed, Yi Yi Ruye." The younger brother also said, "The joy of the same breath, can the words be carried as much as they can?" After Xiao Hongli was brought into the palace by Kangxi, the two brothers missed each other so much that they reached the point where "although there are two places, the hearts are connected".
However, when Qianlong became emperor, the happiness of his former brothers has become intriguing, and it is more of a distinction between kings and subjects.
Although he usually rewarded this royal brother very generously, and he also ate wine and composed poems together when he had nothing to do, he often reminded them not to participate in government affairs: "When you are training di, you are not allowed to interfere in political affairs and protect your reputation."
However, as a brother of the king, Hongzhi is still a little uncomfortable with such changes, coupled with his status as a nobleman, he always has to do something. Once, Qianlong asked him to proctor the examination for the Eight Flags disciples, but Qianlong was not at ease and kept an eye on the examination room. Out of concern for the emperor's brother, Hongzhi said to his brother Qianlong that it was time to go back to lunch, and I would just do it here.
Although Qianlong nodded but had no intention of leaving, Hongzhi was a little unhappy at this time, and said to his brother, "Don't you even believe me, afraid that I will be bought by them?"
Qianlong was extremely well nourished at this time, so he turned and left. Hiroshi suddenly realized his own rashness, so he went to ask his brother for his guilt the next day. Qianlong said to him very sternly, "Yesterday, if I replied to you, we would both collide, and you would be crushed to pieces." Although your words are not good, I know that you are friendly in your heart, so I forgive you, and I will be cautious in the future and not speak like this again. After hearing this, Hongli was suddenly frightened and stunned, and began to feel the strangeness of this brother who grew up together.
Another time, Hongzhi and Hongzhan went to the palace to greet the empress dowager, chatting and chatting, and without noticing, Hongzhi knelt on the cushion next to the empress, but this incident violated Qianlong's taboo, because this was the place where the emperor asked the empress dowager to be safe, and it belonged to the "imperial sitting", so Qianlong issued an edict sternly condemning him to "transgress the etiquette" and "kneeling in front of the empress dowager without a form", and finally because of this small matter, Hongzhi was punished for three years.
Although he is a prince, on the surface, he seems to have a life of glory and wealth, and the scenery is infinite, but although he is energetic and not incompetent, because of his special history, he can only eat and wait for death all day long. After experiencing several beatings, Hiroshi's psychology began to be a little twisted and perverted, and when he was fine, he often played a game, that is, to give himself a "memorial service" in advance to practice his future funeral.
He sat in the courtyard, pretending to be a dead man, and then the staff of the palace arranged all kinds of "professional instruments", and put all the details of the funeral in a set of unbroken, he himself ate the tribute, while watching the people crying for him, who cried well, he gave him a heavy prize, almost every year to play his own "memorial service", Hongzhi is such a situation, died at the age of sixty.
Therefore, the tragedy of Hongzhi is that he is Qianlong's younger brother, he is not as lucky as Yongzheng's "old thirteenth", he has been reused all his life, Qianlong is very concerned about clan interference, under his strong management, including his sons, are living in trembling, so there is a typical tragic representative of Hongzhi.