In dealing with Qianlong's concubines and children, Jiaqing generally did a good job, which was worthy of his temple title of "Renzong".
The Qianlong Emperor was the longest-lived emperor in history, living to the age of 89 before he died, and his actual reign time also set a record high, up to 63 years.
Such a long life also made the harem team of the Qianlong Emperor quite enriched, according to historical records, the Qianlong Emperor had a total of 43 concubines in his lifetime, and, in the year before his death, he also took two fifteen or sixteen-year-old young showgirls as concubines.
Under the "hard work" of the Qianlong Emperor, these concubines gave birth to seventeen princes and ten princesses for him, a total of 27 children.
So, the question is, after the Qianlong Emperor died, how did the Jiaqing Emperor, as the successor, treat the concubines left by his father Qianlong and his brothers and sisters?
On the whole, the Jiaqing Emperor was okay with these people, feeding Qianlong's widow with good food and drink, treating his brothers and sisters as favorably as much as he could, at least morally, Jiaqing did a very good job.
Jiaqing's basic attitude toward Qianlong's widow was to be respectful and respectful
Because Qianlong lived too long, most of his 47 concubines were killed by him, and by the time Qianlong died, only nine concubines were still alive.
Among the nine living concubines were two fifteen or sixteen-year-old showgirls who had just entered the palace a year ago.
However, even if they were in their youth at that time, with the death of the Qianlong Emperor, they have a new identity since then, that is, the emperor's widow.
As the emperor's widow, their destination is to stay in the square inch of the palace, watch the white clouds and dogs, and spend the rest of their lives.
Not only them, but also the other concubines of the Qianlong Emperor, who, according to the custom, were sent to the "widow's house" in the Forbidden City.
The so-called "widow's house" is actually another name for Cining Palace, Shou'an Palace and Shoukang Palace, because it has always been inhabited by the widows of the former emperor, so some people jokingly call this place "Widow's House".
Including Empress Xiaozhuang, who had supported Shunzhi and Kangxi to ascend the throne, her destination was also here, and Xiaozhuang lived here for 45 years.
So, after the nine widows of the Qianlong Emperor lived here, how did the Jiaqing Emperor treat them?
A noble concubine who lived longer than Qianlong
Princess Wan's family name was Chen, and her father's name was Chen Yanzhang, and as early as the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, Chen was summoned to Qianlong's residence to serve Qianlong, who was still the crown prince.
However, although she became Qianlong's concubine very early, her status was not high, and it was not until the thirteenth year of Yongzheng that she reluctantly mixed up a permanent title.
It can be seen that the Qianlong Emperor was not too fond of her, which may have something to do with the fact that her mother's family was Han Chinese.
A year after Qianlong ascended the throne, Chen's title was raised by one level, but it was only one level, from Chang Zai to noble, at this time, she had served Qianlong for more than ten years.
After this, Chen's title remained on the nobleman, and when he was easily promoted to the title of "Concubine", it was already thirteen years after Qianlong.
When she was upgraded again, there was only one year left before the Abdication of the Qianlong Emperor, and she survived for a lifetime, and finally at the age of 78, Chen's title became "Wanfei".
Although Qianlong did not attach much importance to the concubine of the Chen clan, after his death, the Jiaqing Emperor gave the Chen clan enough respect, and in the sixth year of Jiaqing, the Jiaqing Emperor first named Chen Shijin "Wangui Princess", and in the same year, he also held a grand ceremony for her.
Moreover, during this period, an official was severely reprimanded by the Jiaqing Emperor for accidentally writing the name of the princess in the document, and for this reason, from Shang Shu down to Lang Zhong, the Jiaqing Emperor was punished for half a year.
Through this incident, it can be shown that the Jiaqing Emperor has a lot of respect for the concubines left by his father Qianlong, and under his preferential treatment, Wan Guifei lived to the twelfth year of Jiaqing before she died, at the age of 92.
At this age, it can be longer than Qianlong himself, although Wan Guifei has no children in her life, but such a long life is also very good.
He Yan's biological mother, Feng Shen Yinde's mother-in-law Concubine Huan
Princess Xiao was the biological mother of Princess Gulun and Princess Xiaoxiao, that is, the mother-in-law of Fengsheng Yinde, the son of Hezhen, who entered the palace at the age of 17 through the selection of women from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and began to serve the Qianlong Emperor.
Because of the birth of Qianlong's favorite "Ten Princesses", the status of Concubine Huan also rose and she was very favored by Qianlong, but in the forty-third year of Qianlong, she did a stupid thing with her position.
At that time, a palace maid was caught by the concubine because she had made a small mistake, and as a result, the concubine was unforgiving, and she beat the palace maid to death in the palace.
After the palace maid was killed, Qianlong, who learned of this, was very angry, and first reprimanded Concubine Huan, and then demoted Concubine Huan to concubine, fortunately, Qianlong remembered that she was the birth mother of the Tenth Princess, and there was no further punishment, and Concubine Huan was also considered to be stained with the light of her daughter.
After this, Concubine Huan became very peaceful, but Qianlong became quite cold to her, and the original regular reward was abolished, only to be re-promoted to "concubine" after many years.
After Qianlong's death, Concubine Huan lived for another eight years, and the Jiaqing Emperor was not bad to her, but he was not good, but he only did his duty to provide for her until Concubine Huan died.
In the first month of the eleventh year of Jiaqing, Concubine Huan died of illness at the age of sixty-one, and was buried in the Yuling Concubine Garden of the Eastern Qing Dynasty.
An unusually intelligent concubine
Ying Guifei is a Mongolian red flag bearer, and the Manchu meaning corresponding to her title "Ying" is wisdom, which is actually the biggest feature of Ying Guifei.
According to the records of the Qing Palace, Ying Guifei was named Chang Zai shortly after entering the palace, and from Chang Zai to noble to concubine, she only took a short period of ten years, which is much faster than Wan Guifei's decades of promotion.
The reason why she was able to ascend to the throne so quickly was most likely related to her intelligence, and only in this way would she please the Qianlong Emperor.
A year before Qianlong abdicated, the Qianlong Emperor deliberately promoted her to the title of Ying Guifei, so that she became a higher status concubine of Qianlong who was still alive.
After Jiaqing ascended the throne, he had great respect for Ying Guifei and arranged for her to live with Wan Guifei in Shoukang Palace, and every New Year's Festival, the Jiaqing Emperor would always come to greet her, so it can be seen that Ying Guifei, like Wan Guifei, was well taken care of by the Jiaqing Emperor.
However, Ying Guifei did not give birth to an heir in her life, although she was also considered to be a long life, but in her old age, her heart was estimated to be extremely lonely, after all, Jiaqing was good to her, nor was she her own son.
In the fifth year of Jiaqing, Ying Guifei, who had just passed her seventieth birthday, died peacefully, and after her death, she was also buried in the Yuling Concubine Garden.
Fangfei, who does not have a strong sense of existence
Princess Fang, also surnamed Chen, is a native of Yangzhou, her father's name is Chen Tinglun, when she was alive in Qianlong, her sense of existence was not strong, to put it bluntly, she was not favored by Qianlong.
According to the records, Concubine Fang entered the palace at the age of fourteen, and a year later she was given the title of Changzai, and in this title, she stayed for ten years, until the forty years of Qianlong, and then became a nobleman because of the routine promotion.
After becoming a nobleman, she was still not favored, and one thing could clearly see Qianlong's attitude towards her.
In the forty-first year of Qianlong, Concubine Fang, who was still a nobleman, pleaded with the Qianlong Emperor and wanted to send a subordinate to visit her brother, but this very small request was severely rejected by the Qianlong Emperor, and even afterwards, Fangfei was reprimanded by Qianlong.
Through this incident, it can be seen that Qianlong really did not like Concubine Fang, and because of this, Concubine Fang was still just a "concubine" until Qianlong abdicated.
It was only a year before Qianlong's death that she was promoted to "concubine" according to the custom, but unfortunately, Concubine Fang was also a blessed person, and after Qianlong's death, the Jiaqing Emperor said that although she had great respect for her, only two years later, she went with Qianlong at the age of fifty-two.
Sorrowful Concubines and Shou Nobles
Concubine Jin and Shou Guiren were the two concubines mentioned above who had only been summoned to the palace a year before Qianlong's death, and only one year after they entered the palace, the Qianlong Emperor passed away.
They became "widows" at a young age, and spent the rest of their lives in the courtyard of the deep palace, so they were said to be the most miserable people.
However, they were also elected to the palace at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and they also suffered the fate of becoming widows at a young age, but the life expectancy of the two of them was very different.
After Qianlong's death, Princess Jin's title at that time was still only a nobleman, and she also moved away from the Western Sixth Palace according to the custom and came to live in the Shoukang Palace area, but because she was too young, even much younger than the Jiaqing Emperor, her title was never promoted.
But also because of her youth, she lived through the entire Jiaqing Dynasty, until the Daoguang Emperor succeeded to the throne, she was still alive, and at that time, all the concubines of the Qianlong Emperor were still alive.
To this end, the Daoguang Emperor promoted her to the title of Imperial Ancestor Jin Princess on the grounds that "the only survivor of emperor Gaozong's concubine is a jin nobleman". However, in the second year of her ascension, that is, in the second year of Daoguang, Concubine Jin died, and when she died, she was about forty years old.
Because of her late death, she became the last Qianlong concubine to be buried in the Garden of Concubine Yuling.
According to the records, she lived another ten years after the death of the Qianlong Emperor, and died at the beginning of the fourteenth year of Jiaqing, and according to the calculation of her age in the palace, when Shougui died, she was at most twenty-six or seven years old.
It was fang ling's death, probably because he saw that he would spend his life in the high walls of the deep palace in the future, which led to depression.
Concubines, white nobles, and noble people
The fate of these three people was similar to that of Concubine Fang, when Qianlong was alive, they were not favored and their status was not high, and after Qianlong's death, Jiaqing only promoted them according to the custom, as for their attitude, it can only be said that it is generally normal.
Among them, it is worth mentioning that the Egui people, the Egui people from Manchuria with blue flags, her family, once produced a Qing Dynasty heavy courtier, that is, one of the big red people in front of the Yongzheng Emperor, Ortai.
It is not necessary to elaborate on how beautiful Ortai was in the Yongzheng Dynasty, but after Qianlong ascended the throne, because Qianlong had always disliked the old ministers left by his father Yongzheng, the scenery of Ortai came to an abrupt end.
In addition, Eguiren's father, Ele Shun, had used his power to extort salt merchants during his tenure as a political envoy in Hubei, and after being reported, the Qianlong Emperor was greatly annoyed, and at the time of the fall of Ortai, Ele Shun was also given to commit suicide.
Various factors caused the status of the Egui people to be very low after entering the palace, and even when she was still there, she was ranked last.
And her noble title was also obtained on the eve of Qianlong's abdication, in the routine Jin feng, you know, she has been in the palace for nearly fifty years, that is to say, she should have been in the palace for nearly fifty years.
Therefore, she was even more pitiful than Concubine Fang, a concubine who did not have a strong sense of existence, and lived all her life in the indifference of the Qianlong Emperor.
Of course, Gong Concubine and Bai Guiren are not much better than the Egui people, their situation is similar to that of the Egui people, the only thing that is better is that Gong Concubine is a little higher than the other two.
After Qianlong's death, the Jiaqing Emperor enfeoffed these three people separately. The white nobles were upgraded to too noble, and the gong concubines were upgraded to the gong concubines.
The time of the death of the three people is also before and after, Bai Gui died in Jiaqing in the tenth year, Gong Concubine died in jiaqing in the twelfth year, and Egui died in the fourteenth year of Jiaqing, the same year as Shou Guiren.
After the death of the three, they were all buried in the Yuling Concubine Garden of the Qing Dynasty.
This is the final outcome of the nine concubines left behind after Qianlong's death, in general, the Jiaqing Emperor did his filial piety to them and provided them with court regulations, but although they ate and dressed without worry, it was not necessarily a good thing for them who were trapped in the deep palace all their lives, and perhaps it was the greatest luck to be liberated as early as Shou guiren.
In dealing with Qianlong's children, the Jiaqing Emperor gave him the best he could
Like the only nine concubines left, qianlong lived too long, so when he died, most of his children died, and only 5 were still alive.
Among them, jiaqing, who had already become emperor, was also included, and if he were removed, there would only be four of them.
Only surviving daughters: Gu Lun and Princess Xiao
Princess Gulun and Princess Xiaoxiao, also known as the "Tenth Princess", was one of Qianlong's favorite daughters in her later years, and her birth mother was Concubine Huan, and her husband was Fengsheng Yinde, the son of Hezhen.
Because qianlong liked it too much, when Gu Lun and Princess Xiao were not yet married, the Qianlong Emperor had told her that if she was a male body, she would definitely pass the throne to her.
It was because of this favor that the Qianlong Emperor would carefully select a Ruyi Langjun for Gu Lun and Princess Xiao, that is, Feng Sheng Yinde, but he did not think that this was also the root of the tragedy of Gu Lun and Princess Xiao's life.
After Qianlong's death, the Jiaqing Emperor immediately began to liquidate Hezhen, and eventually put Hezhen to death, and as Hezhen's son, Fengshen Yinde's future can be regarded as a play.
Fortunately, Gu Lun and Princess Xiao had a good relationship with Jiaqing when they were young, which allowed the Jiaqing Emperor to pardon FengSheng Yinde and retain his title and title.
Frankly speaking, the Jiaqing Emperor did all this for the sake of his sister Gu Lun and Princess Xiao, otherwise according to the customs of other dynasties, Feng Sheng Yinde would inevitably be a capital offense.
However, Because fengshen Yinde completely lost his future in the official field, he began to sink, and according to historical records, in the eighth year of Jiaqing, Fengsheng Yinde was reported by the family's changshi, saying that he "plotted to commit misdeeds, and wanted to kill the princess, and gave birth to a daughter in the national service", and was ordered by the Jiaqing Emperor to investigate thoroughly.
As a result, the attempt to commit misconduct was a false accusation, and during the period of the state service (that is, the funeral period of the Qianlong Emperor), the matter of having a daughter with a concubine was true, and for this reason, the Jiaqing Emperor denounced Fengsheng Yinde as a "shameless person" and ordered him to think about it behind closed doors.
At this time, Fengsheng Yinde was completely hopeless, in extreme depression, his body was worse than a day, although during the period The Jiaqing Emperor had the intention to promote him and send him out to serve, but due to physical reasons, Gu Lun and Princess Xiao had to plead with their brother Jiaqing to transfer Fengsheng Yinde back to the capital.
By the fifteenth year of Jiaqing, Fengshen Yinde was already terminally ill, and finally died in May of that year, at the age of thirty-six.
The death of Fengshen Yinde made the tenth princess a widow, and she had no children under her knees, and in the early years, she had a son with Fengshen Yinde, but died shortly after birth, and never became pregnant after this.
Therefore, the rest of the tenth princess's life, only lonely, although as an older brother, Jiaqing took care of her a lot, and there were often rewards during the New Year's festival, but this could not solve the loneliness in the hearts of the ten princesses.
Looking back on her life, she was once the qianlong emperor's most beloved daughter and enjoyed a thousand kinds of graces, but because she was the daughter-in-law of Hezhen, the rest of her life became like soaking in bitter water, and I have to say that fate is really elusive.
In September of the third year of Daoguang, Gu Lun and Princess Xiao died at the age of 49.
Qianlong's eighth son, Yongxuan: The longest-lived prince of the Qing Dynasty
Yongxuan was Qianlong's eighth son, and his birth mother was The Noble Concubine Of Shujia, Jin, and by the time of Qianlong's death, Yongxuan was the eldest of Qianlong's surviving children.
However, although he was older, his status was not high at that time, he was only a Dora County King, and this was still sealed in the forty-fourth year of Qianlong.
The reason for Yongxuan's low status lies in himself, and the historical records record that in addition to Yongxuan's leg problems, the most important thing is that he is frivolous in nature and does things inappropriately, and often messes up the things that Qianlong arranged for him, so that the ministers of the DPRK have a lot of criticism of him, so the Qianlong Emperor also dislikes this son very much.
Perhaps it was the long period of snubbing that made him reflect, but after Jiaqing ascended the throne, Yongxuan, who had always been frivolous, did something that made Jiaqing very satisfied.
In the fourth year of Jiaqing, the Jiaqing Emperor began to liquidate Hezhen, at that time, in order to eliminate hezhen's contact with the outside world, the Jiaqing Emperor used the name of Qianlong to keep the spirit, left hezhen in the spiritual hall, and arranged for Yongxuan to take care of it to prevent the wind from leaking.
In this matter, Yongxuan handled it very properly, ensuring the success of the Jiaqing Emperor's rapid liquidation and Yan plan, also because, after the incident, Yongxuan was crowned the Prince of Heshuoyi by Jiaqing Jin.
But after this, Yongxuan reappeared and began a life of indulgence in wine, and even drank drunk many times, causing the Jiaqing Emperor to shake his head and sigh when he mentioned this brother.
So, is Yong Xuan really confused? In fact, it is not, his addiction to wine is actually the biggest barrier for him to protect himself.
Whether he was drunk like mud or liked to pick flowers and stir up weeds, all that Yong xuan did was to show weakness to the Jiaqing Emperor and show that he would not pose any threat to Jiaqing, which was compared with Qianlong's younger brother at that time, the Hongzhi who liked to handle funerals for himself.
Since his brother took the initiative to show his kindness, the Jiaqing Emperor naturally repaid the favor with a peach, did not ask Yongxuan too much, and let him "happy life".
In this life without threat and burden, Yongxuan lived to the twelfth year of Daoguang before he died, at the age of eighty-seven, which made him the longest-lived prince in the entire history of the Qing Dynasty.
Qianlong's eleventh son, Yong Yao, was a famous calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty
Yong Yao was the eleventh son of Qianlong, and he and Yong Xuan were brothers of a mother, and this prince had two major characteristics, one was that his calligraphy was famous all over the world, and the other was that he was miserly and well known to everyone.
Unlike his brother Yongxuan, Yong yao was very favored by Qianlong in his early years, and even Qianlong once had the intention to make him crown prince, but because he loved literature too much, Qianlong felt that Yong yao, who was full of literati and books, did not meet the standards of the Manchu emperor's bravery, which finally gave up choosing him.
However, it was he who was obsessed with literature and had no intention of taking the throne, so that the jiaqing emperor who succeeded to the throne was very reassured by him, and at the same time recognized his ability, so in the fourth year of Jiaqing, the Jiaqing emperor set a precedent for the Qing Dynasty, and ordered Yong yao, who was already a prince, to serve as a military minister.
That is, from the beginning of Yong yao, the Qing Dynasty had the practice that a prince could serve as a military minister, and this practice continued until the fall of the Qing Dynasty.
Through this appointment, it can be seen that Jiaqing is really good to Yong Yao and is willing to hand over the power of the DPRK to him.
Of course, although Yong Yao was a high-ranking official, his ambition was not here, his hobby was to study calligraphy, and he had already achieved a little success in this regard.
According to the "Miscellaneous Records of the Xiaoting Pavilion", Yong Yao's calligraphy works were extremely sought-after at that time, and even appeared that "the scholar and doctor got a piece of paper and only words, and it was as heavy as a treasure".
In addition to his high level of calligraphy, Yong Yao was also a notorious miser, and he was also stingy with himself.
It is said that once a horse raised by Yong Yao's family accidentally fell to death, according to the custom, the horse that fell to death would be carried out and thrown away, but Yong Yao was not allowed, and also ordered the next person to slaughter the horse, and eat it with the family, miserly to this extent, the whole Qing Dynasty could not find a second place.
However, Jiaqing did not completely let down his guard against his brother, and would also find an opportunity to beat him up, and in the twenty-fourth year of Jiaqing, Yongxuan found a reason for making a mistake in the sacrifice, dismissed him from all positions, and punished him and thought about it behind closed doors.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yong Yao completely left the court and immersed himself in the study of calligraphy, and he was able to live a long life, living to three years in Daoguang, and died of illness at the age of seventy-two.
Qianlong's seventeenth son, Yongxuan: Brother of the Jiaqing Emperor
Yongxuan and Jiaqing belong to the same mother, and their personalities are also very similar, so Jiaqing is very fond of his own brother.
To what extent is it pampered? After Hezhen was liquidated, the Jiaqing Emperor rewarded Yongxuan with half of the huge and luxurious mansion.
The reason why the reward was only half was because Gu Lun and Princess Xiao were still living there at that time, but this was already quite good, and the Jiaqing Emperor did this to fulfill a wish of Yong Xuan at the beginning.
When the Qianlong Emperor was alive, because Yong Xuan was a young son, he was very loved, at this time, someone privately suggested to Yong Xuan that he should fight for the throne, who knows, Yong Xuan was very indifferent to this, saying that he was not interested in the storage position, and his biggest dream was to have the big mansion of Hexuan.
Originally a brother, plus Yong Xuan'an to keep to himself, therefore, Jiaqing quickly fulfilled this wish after he ascended the throne.
In his brother's love, Yong Xuan began a happy life, but because he really had no ability, he often had problems in his work, and he was reprimanded by Jiaqing.
For example, in the fifth year of Jiaqing, coinciding with the great birthday of Concubine Yinggui, YongXuan did not report according to the etiquette system when he went to celebrate his birthday, violating the regulations for entering and leaving the harem, so he was ordered by the Jiaqing Emperor to withdraw from the Qianqing Gate and handed him over to the Zongren government for discussion.
This kind of careless mistakes abounded in Yong Xuan's life, which is why he was Jiaqing's brother, but until his death, he was still a county king.
However, although the title was not promoted, it did not affect Yong Xuan's "happy life" in the slightest, but unfortunately, he did not live long, and he fell seriously ill in Jiaqing for twenty-five years, although he was treated by the Jiaqing Emperor sent by the imperial doctor, he still died in that year, at the age of 55.
brief summary:
On the whole, after Qianlong's death, Jiaqing was still very good to the concubines left by Qianlong or to his brothers and sisters, and there were no measures similar to captivity and suppression, and by virtue of this alone, Jiaqing did better than his father and grandfather.