Since ancient times, the emperor has been the supreme being, he is the ruler of all people, if the emperor has a brilliant strategy, the country can be developed, if the emperor faints, then the country will eventually perish, so in the emperors of the past for the succession of the emperor has become particularly important. In history, there is such an emperor, during his reign, his outstanding merits made great contributions to the development of the country, and when he passed the throne, he chose a very mediocre son to inherit the throne. Why? What kind of earth-shattering secrets are there in this? Why did he appoint a mediocre son to inherit the throne? Didn't he think about the development of future dynasties? Today, Xiaobian will take you to explore the historical truth by consulting historical books and other related materials.
This emperor was the Qianlong Emperor, who had great foresight and great leadership, and during qianlong's reign, he had a total of 17 sons, so was there not a single person with outstanding literary ability and martial arts suitable for the throne? In fact, in his childhood, many of his sons died tragically because of accidents, and Qianlong at this time was also very sad, in Qianlong's heart, he always wanted to make a concubine as the crown prince, so he began to very decisively select the crown prince Yonglian as the crown prince, but it is a pity that Yonglian died young, when the crown prince was taken for two years. At this time, Qianlong had no choice but to appoint other princes as crown princes, and later the crown prince Yongqi gradually gained Qianlong's approval, and Yongqi was not only complete in both literature and martial arts, but also had a full belly and strategy in his heart. When the Qianlong Emperor wanted to make Yongqi crown prince, fate made a big joke, Yongqi also died at the age of 25, which made the Qianlong Emperor suffer a great blow and never made another prince, until Qianlong was 63 years old when he mentioned the matter of establishing a prince, at this time the choice of the crown prince was later known as the mediocre emperor Jiaqing Emperor.
So what is the brilliance of the later Jiaqing Emperor? In fact, he was a prince with very mediocre qualifications among the princes. So why did you make him crown prince, because at that time, many of his brothers were no longer alive, among the remaining princes, Yongxuan could not succeed to the throne, because he was lazy and lazy one day, addicted to wine, and directly excluded, and there were 17 Brother Yongxuan, who had an indecisive personality and had no opinion, let alone be a candidate for the emperor, so at that time, qianlong could only choose two princes, Yongxuan and Yongyan, in the comparison of these two princes, Yongyan was still a wise and wise prince, and some of the emperors were opinionated. Yong Yao could not take on a big responsibility, so Qianlong later passed the throne to him.
The Qianlong Emperor paid great attention to the character of the crown prince, not only looking at the ability part. Although Yong Yan was mediocre in assets and generous in his work, he was very filial and very diligent, so among the princes, he was the most suitable candidate for Qianlong's succession. So in the end, Yongyan, the 15th son of the Qianlong Emperor, became the 7th emperor of the Qing Dynasty. What do you think about the Qianlong Emperor's appointment as crown prince? Well, today's story is here, if everyone feels good, everyone moves a small hand to make a fortune to like the message, we will see you next time.