The marriage of King Caesar of Bhutan to Princess Gizen Peima caused a sensation around the world. At that time, the King of Bhutan was only 30 years old, and the Princess was only 40 years old, still a college student, and these two were once known as the most beautiful kings and princesses in the world because of their otherworldly temperaments.
To be honest, although Princess Jizeng Peima was young and still a little girl at the time, her appearance was very outstanding, pure and noble, and even somewhat similar to the mainland actress Liu Yifei. After getting married, the young king Caesar became more mature and stable, and his new wife Gizen Pema became more and more delicate.
King Singh of Bhutan: Ascended the throne at the age of 17 and studied Buddhism deeply
Caesar is the son of King Singh of Bhutan, who ascended to the throne at the age of 27, but this is very different from previous kings.
Because in these monarchies, it is usually after the death of the old king that the prince or princess can succeed to the throne. The most typical is that Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne after the death of King George VI of England in 1952.
However, there are always exceptions, and King Singh of Bhutan abdicated at the age of 51 to allow his young son Kaiser to take the throne, which is indeed contrary to royal tradition. This makes people wonder, what kind of person is the old king Singh, and why did he make such an amazing decision in his heroic year?
In fact, Singh once succeeded to the throne, if you talk carefully, ten years earlier than his son.
King Singh was born in 1955 and was a descendant of the royal family because of his special status, so he received an education system within the royal family at a young age. Once upon a time, he not only studied Buddhism, but also studied abroad, and was arguably the most knowledgeable crown prince in the royal family.
However, when Singh was 17 years old, because of the sudden death of his father, he was forced to go from a carefree and naïve teenager to the hall and become the king of a country.
The so-called son of heaven and a courtier. As soon as Singh took office, he introduced some new policies to the country. Because it is inevitable that the foundation of the young monarch is unstable, and the ministers around him are older than Singh, it is difficult for some assertive ministers to follow Singh's orders, which makes it difficult for Singh's new policy to be issued in a good way.
In order to allow Singh to consolidate the royal rule, his mother began to look for a family affair for Singh. But everyone knows that aristocratic marriage pays attention to strong unions. Therefore, if Singh's throne is to be completely stable, this family affair must first be opposite to the royal family, and secondly, it can really help Singh rule the country.
After many searches, the old queen finally set her sights on the living Buddha Xia Zhong Rinpoche.
In order to consolidate the throne, he married four sisters as concubines and strived to level the bowl of water
Here to popularize science, Bhutan itself is a religious country, and it is Tibetan Buddhism that all of them believe.
There, the king only has secular rights, but this is far from enough, in order to expand his power, it is necessary to unite religious powers, and the living Buddha Xia Zhong Rinpoche himself has four young and beautiful nieces, coincidentally all of them are not married, so under the old queen mother's master, these four young and beautiful girls are all included in the harem to become Singh's princesses, so that the royal power and the religious room are completely tied up and can no longer be separated.
Although in theory, the king can be accepted by the world even if he has three wives and four concubines, but marrying so many beautiful women at one time, and they are all sisters, is shocking anywhere.
In order to block everyone's mouth, the royal family handled Singh's marriage to the four sisters in a low-key manner. In 1980, Singh brought the four sisters into the palace and built each of them a mansion, each with a similar layout and layout from the door to the inner courtyard, which was designed by the king to avoid excessive competition for favors.
As a king, Singh was well aware of the tragic end of the royal family's struggle for power, so after marrying four princesses, in order to let them live in peace and avoid sister murder, he was even-handed from the beginning and never favored any concubine.
Usually, the four concubines do not gather much, they just stay in their own mansions, and every time the king summons a concubine, they will only contact them in a single line. Even if the princesses give birth to a little princess and a little prince respectively, they will not let this big family get together at will, and only when the festival is celebrated, the four concubines and their children can get together happily.
Although this rule is relatively strict, fortunately, everyone has long been accustomed to it, so King Singh and his four concubines have gotten along very well over the years.
In 1988, eight years after the four concubines were quietly married into the palace, the Bhutanese royal family officially announced this unusual royal marriage. When the official wedding was held for the king, the handsome king and the four beautiful concubines stood together very well, and this harmonious scene was really envious of others.
It has to be said that King Singh's means of ruling the harem are very tough, and under his strict rules, every concubine and every child will not fight for favors, which is also conducive to the princes and princesses to have a better environment for healthy growth.
Speaking of which, King Singh is not so much a king who lives among the people as he is a king who loves his people like a son.
Over the years, he has always upheld the virtue of being just and loving the people, and treated his people very benevolently and kindly, so he has a high prestige in the hearts of the Bhutanese people. However, at the age of 51, he suddenly abdicated and handed the throne to his son Caesar.
The reason behind Singh's premature transfer of the throne is very simple. In his early years, he studied at St. Joseph's College in England, and his thinking and insight were very broad, so Singh did not particularly respect some traditional royal rules. In his opinion, his son's youth and success are the time to exercise, and when his son becomes king, he can sit down from a high position and start his comfortable middle and old age.
After Singh's abdication, his life became much easier, and his daily life consisted of listening to monks to study scriptures, or meditating on his own, sometimes dragging his children and daughters with many concubines to enjoy the fun of family.
Looking at other royal families, the life of the Japanese royal family is very depressing, the Thai royal family is intrigued and chaotic, the British royal family is also a lot of troubles, only the Bhutanese royal family has always been harmonious, all of which are inseparable from Singh's past governance.
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