In the later years of the Kangxi Dynasty, in order to compete for the throne, the princes staged an unprecedentedly fierce drama of "nine sons and nine concubines". This period of history has also been continuously put on the screen and has become the plot blueprint for many film and television works.
In these Qing Palace dramas set in the background of "Nine Sons and Nine Concubines", the scenes of the princes cheating on each other, the fratricidal flesh and blood, and the brothers fighting against the wall are naturally the core and focus of the plot. At the same time, the concubines of Kangxi, that is, the mothers of these princes, were also fighting in various ways, supporting and supporting their sons to participate in the struggle for the throne, and the scene of a "palace fight" between them was also impressive.
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In "Nine Sons and Nine Sons", as the protagonist, The Eight Brothers Yin yu is an important participant in the succession and a popular candidate for succession, which has attracted countless attention. And his birth mother Liangfei Weishi also has more plot interpretation, which also makes people curious about her story.
However, in the history of Liangfei Weishi, her experience is not really as legendary as portrayed in the film and television drama, and the relationship between her and Kangxi is not harmonious and loving. Her favor is only "short-lived", and the loneliness of a lifetime is her true portrayal.
<h1>The liang concubine Wei Clan from Xinzhiku was very low in the harem. </h1>
Friends who have watched the Qing Palace drama are not unfamiliar with the word "Xinzhiku", which is a place where everyone in the harem is extremely afraid and jealous, once they enter the Xinzhiku, it means that they have to bear the most despicable and hardest errands in the palace, and are excluded and bullied by others in the palace, which is undoubtedly a double blow to their body and soul.
In fact, "Xinzhiku", which originally meant "food-eating people under the collar of the clothing pipe", is a kind of clothing, which is also a "slave" of the imperial family and the Manchurian nobility.
According to the research of Mr. Du Jiaji, a well-known expert in qing history, those who are classified as "Xinzhiku" are mainly divided into two situations. Before entering the customs, most of the members of the "Xinzhiku" were Han captives and servants with certain skills, or they were not included in the jurisdiction of the Eight Banners of Manchuria due to the small number of families and tribes at the time of surrender, and then they were incorporated into the Xinzhiku. After the entry of the Qing Dynasty, especially during the Kangyong period, the "Xinzhiku" was mainly used to receive officials who had committed crimes and their relatives, the vast majority of whom were Manchurian officials, and more than 70% of these Manchurian officials were relegated to the Sinzhiku for economic crimes such as embezzlement, embezzlement and embezzlement.
It can be seen from this that the composition of the "Xinzhiku" is still relatively complex, and it cannot be generalized only by "criminality" or "untouchables".
According to the records in the "General Genealogy of the Eight Banners of Manchurian Clans", Liangfei Wei's ancestral surname was JueChan, and during the Emperor Taiji period, she was surrendered and assigned to the Zhenghuang banner to become a baoyi, and for generations served as the chief of the dining room, and The biological father of liangfei Weishi, Abu Nai, held such a position as the head of the Zhengwupin inner stewardship. As for why his family was naturalized in the "Xinzhiku", there are various views, one is that due to the scarcity of the Wei family and the fact that they belong to the craftsmen, they were arranged to go to the Xinzhiku for unified management, and some say that their ancestors were demoted to the Xinzhiku for economic crimes in the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty.
There is also a theory that Concubine Wei was after the Prince of Chahar, Abu Nai. This Abu Nai was the widow of Lin Dan Khan, after Lin Dan Khan's defeat in Qinghai, his mother, Lin Dan Khan's sac Dafu Jin Na Mu Zhong led the troops to surrender to Hou Jin, and Emperor Taiji remarried Na Mu Zhong and made him a noble concubine of Lin toe Palace, which was the later Yi Jing Grand Concubine. At the same time, Emperor Taiji married his daughter Princess Makata to Lin Dan Khan's heir Ezhe, and after Ezhe's death, as Ezhe's younger brother, Abu Nai remarried Princess Makata and inherited the title of Prince of Chahar, but was deposed by Kangxi for his disrespect, and the Wei family, as its descendants, was also demoted to the sin of Sindku. Relatively speaking, the origin of the Liangfei Wei clan is generally the same as the former statement.
Of course, for whatever reason, Wei's humble Xinzhiku origin is an indisputable fact, and this has had a very negative impact on the future development of her and her son Yin Yu.
<h1>Wei shi was Kangxi's favorite concubine? The answer, of course, is no. </h1>
In the twelfth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1673), Wei Shi entered the palace through the draft and became a palace girl, but her status was not high, and she only did simple rough and heavy work, which belonged to the palace women with relatively low status.
However, The Wei family's own conditions can be said to be very good, and the "Secret History of the Thirteen Dynasties Palaces of the Qing Dynasty" of the old man of Yanbei records:
"(LiangFei Wei) is beautiful and beautiful, pampered, and has a strange fragrance, which cannot be washed, even if the saliva contains fragrant breath."
Although this description is somewhat exaggerated, it is only by virtue of the status of an ordinary palace woman from a very humble origin that you can get the favor of the Kangxi Emperor, and even give birth to a prince for the Kangxi Emperor, which shows that Wei's appearance is indeed outstanding.
In the twentieth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1681), the Eighth Brother Yinyu was born, which was the most proud and happy moment in Wei's life, however, it was also a rare favor in her life, and this favor was also "short-lived".
After this, judging from Kangxi's performance and attitude towards all aspects of it, the "sense of existence" of Liangfei Wei in Kangxi's heart was indeed very low.
First of all, it is the time of the canonization of the Liangfei Wei clan.
Here we use the Kangxi Emperor's "Huiyi Derong" four concubines and liang concubine Wei to make a comparison.
Princess Hui's first birth to a prince was in the ninth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1670), and she was crowned as a Concubine of The Kangxi Dynasty (1677), with an interval of seven years.
YiFei Guo Luoluoshi, kangxi sixteen years (1677) did not give birth to a prince, she was directly named Yi concubine.
Princess Wuya, who gave birth to Yongzheng in the seventeenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1678), was made a concubine in the following year, the eighteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1679), with an interval of one year.
Rongfei Ma Jiashi, the first time to give birth to a prince was relatively early, was in the sixth year of Kangxi (1667), she was also the first concubine to give birth to a prince for Kangxi, and she was crowned as a concubine at the same time as Huifei and Yifei, all in the sixteenth year of Kangxi (1677), with an interval of ten years.
The time when Liangfei Wei gave birth to the Eight Brothers yinyu was in the twentieth year of Kangxi (1681), and the time when she was crowned as a concubine was kangxi thirty-nine years (1700), a full interval of nineteen years.
During this period, she did not receive any canonizations, including low-level titles such as NobleMan, Chang Zai, Promise, and Concubine, she did not get it, she was still nameless and unworthy, just an ordinary palace girl of the Xin Dynasty, and it can even be said that during this period, the Wei clan was forgotten by Kangxi.
It was not until the thirty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1698) that her son, Ba'a Ge Yin, was given the title of Dorobele.
At the same time as him, he was also enthroned as the Yongzheng Emperor, the Fourth Brother Yinchen, the Fifth Brother Yinqi, and the Seventh Brother Yinyou. Yin Yu was the youngest of them, and at this time, Yin Yu had begun to assist the Kangxi Emperor in handling the affairs of the dynasty, and received high praise and reputation among the courtiers, and the Kangxi Emperor also loved and appreciated it very much.
So in such a situation, Wei Shi can be said to be dipped in the light of his own son, only to obtain the canonization, with a name and identity, and then promoted to a good concubine, although the status is not as good as the "four concubines", but in the end there is a certain degree of promotion, get rid of the previous embarrassing situation.
As mentioned above, the time when Huifei Nala and the Rongfei Ma Jia clan were crowned as concubines also had a gap of seven years and ten years from the time when they first gave birth to a prince, and there were also cases where the survival rate of the princes who gave birth in the early stages was not high, and they died early before they reached the first age, and if you compare the time when they were crowned as concubines after the birth of healthy and surviving adult princes, that is, the eldest brother Yinfu and the three brothers, the interval year was greatly reduced.
Like Wei Shi, the son who grew up to adulthood and completed the big marriage, and was canonized at an interval of nearly twenty years, is not only rare in the Qing Dynasty, but also in the history of China's feudal dynasty.
Secondly, it was in the number of children born to the Kangxi Emperor.
Princess Hui gave birth to two princes in her lifetime, one of whom died prematurely, which was the third son of the Kangxi Emperor in order, and the other adult prince was the eldest of all the princes. In addition, Princess Hui raised two princes, including the Eight Brothers Yinyu born to Concubine Wei and the Seven Brothers Yinyou.
Concubine Guo Luoluo gave birth to three princes for the Kangxi Emperor, namely the fifth son of the Emperor Yinqi, the ninth son of the Emperor Yin, and the eleventh son of the Emperor Yinyu.
Princess Wu Ya gave birth to three sons and three daughters and six children for Kangxi, including Yongzheng, Six Brother Yinzuo, Fourteen Brother Yinyu, and the Seventh Daughter of the Emperor, the Ninth Daughter of the Emperor, and the Twelve Daughters of the Emperor.
Rongfei Ma Jia had six children like Princess Wuya, both of whom had the largest number of children for Kangxi, especially five of the kangxi emperor's first ten sons were born to ma jia, in addition, the only daughter born to Ma Jia, that is, the third daughter of the emperor, Princess Gulun Rongxian, was the kangxi emperor's favorite daughter.
On the other hand, Concubine Wei of Liang had no other children in her lifetime, except for The Eight Brothers Yin yu.
The frequency and number of children born can be reflected in the favor of the concubines over a period of time, and through this it can also be seen that Kangxi's feelings for the Wei clan cannot be compared with the "four concubines". Even the Shunyi Secret Concubine Wang Clan and the thirteenth brother Yin Xiang's birth mother, the Jingmin Emperor's noble concubine Zhang Jia, who was still a concubine at the time, had more children than the Wei clan, which showed the status of the Wei clan in Kangxi's heart.
Again, it is the "good" word of concubine Liang.
In fact, the emperor's title of concubine, like the title given to the ministers, is also hierarchical.
For example, as we know, the highest rank of courtesy title conferred on a civil official is "Wenzheng", followed by "Wenzhen", "Wencheng", "Wenzhong" and so on.
For the empress dowager, among the titles that are more commonly used, of a relatively high rank, and can reflect their status, according to the convention, the four characters of "Guide Shuxian" are mainly "Noble Shuxian", followed by the words "Zhuang, Jing, Hui, Shun, Kang, Ning" and so on.
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And the "liang" of liangfei is not only not in these commonly used character libraries to call the names of concubines, but even throughout the history of the Qing Dynasty and even the entire Chinese feudal dynasty, there is not a concubine with the word "liang". In the previous Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were concubine rank titles with the word "Liang", such as "Liangren", "Liangyuan", "Liangxin", "Liangshi", etc., which were very low-status and ranked at the end of the harem level.
It can be seen from this that Kangxi's title of "Liang Concubine" and "Liang Concubine" is not a manifestation of his favor, or even a hint and contempt for his Xin Zhiku's origin, so can it be said that Kangxi likes Liang Concubine Wei.
Therefore, in this way, Kangxi really did not have deep feelings for Liangfei Weishi, and the birth of The Eighth Brother Yinyu was more like a "beautiful accident".
<h1>After her death, the Liang Concubine Wei Shi was not posthumously honored, but was saddled with the insult of "Xin Zhiku Untouchable Woman". </h1>
The reason why Liangfei Weishi would bear such a "curse" had to start from the very famous "Eagle Shooting Incident" in the "Nine Sons and Concubines", and this time, Wei Shi was indeed "inexplicably lying on the gun", because before that, in the fifty years of Kangxi (1711), Liangfei Weishi had already died.
In the fifty-third year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1714), the Kangxi Emperor took all the adult princes to Rehe Qiulu, just in time for wei's death, so the Eight Brothers Yin Yu stayed in Beijing on the grounds of his mother's filial piety. During this period, Yin Yu sent people to the Kangxi Emperor to ask for peace, and brought two HaiDongqing as gifts at the same time.
However, by the time the Kangxi Emperor received them, the two Haidongqing were already dying.
You know, Hai Dongqing is not an ordinary eagle, in the traditional Shamanic teachings of the Manchus, Hai Dongqing is the highest totemic existence, and giving two dying Hai Dongqing to Kangxi is undoubtedly cursing the Kangxi Emperor for his early death. As for why Hai Dongqing was on the verge of death, some people said that the poor care on the road caused Hai Dongqing to dehydrate, some people said that it was done by The Yongzheng people, and some said that it was the henchmen of Prince Yinrong who were dissatisfied with Yin's behavior during the "two deposed crown princes" and deliberately framed him.
However, for whatever reason, the Kangxi Emperor, who was already furious at this time, immediately ordered that Yin Yu should not be allowed to guard filial piety for his mother, summoned him to rush to the Kangxi Emperor's palace, and announced in front of everyone:
"Since then, the grace of father and son has been extinct."
And scolded Yin Yu for being born of a "Xinzhiku slut", and Concubine Liang was "pitted" by her own son this time.
In fact, this was the second time that Kangxi had made a big fuss about the humble origins of Yin Yu's biological mother, Concubine Wei, and kangxi had refuted it as early as when kangxi had "deposed the crown prince" and when all the ministers unanimously elected Yin Yu as the new crown prince:
"Brother Eight has not tasted anything more, and has recently suffered from sin, and his mother's family is also very lowly."
Now he once again told the story of the origin of the Eight Brothers Yin Yu, on the one hand, to express his extreme anger at the incident of Yin Yu sending the death eagle, on the other hand, it was also to vent his long-standing dissatisfaction with Yin Yu's deliberate efforts to seize the throne, and at the same time, it can be seen that the Kangxi Emperor mentioned it twice, which also showed that he was very concerned and concerned about Yin Yu and the lowly "Xin Zhiku" origin of the Liang Concubine Wei clan.
It was also this incident that announced Yin Yu's complete exit from the battle for the throne, and Concubine Wei and her entire family lost the best chance to turn around.
Throughout the history of the Qing Dynasty, not all concubines from humble origins did not emerge on the day of their heads, and the Yongzheng Emperor's birth mother Wu Yashi and the Jiaqing Emperor's birth mother Wei Jiashi were typical representatives of "flying up the branches to make a phoenix".
First, let's talk about Yongzheng's birth mother, Wu Yashi. Her father's mighty official position was only that of Zheng Wupin's clad army attendant, and his rank and status were almost the same as those of Liangfei Wei's father, Zheng Wupin's internal steward Abu Nai, and the degree of inferiority of the two families was also comparable.
However, Kangxi's attitude toward the Wuya clan is completely different from that of the Wei clan, as mentioned above, on the status, gui is one of the "four concubines", on the number of children, three men and three women, the most children, and two sons in the Kangxi Dynasty, one is a prince, the other is also named "Great General King", hard to overpower the Wei family, the entire family was also raised the flag during the Kangxi Dynasty, enjoyed infinite glory. After the death of Kangxi, he was posthumously honored as Empress Xiaogongren by virtue of his "mother and son".
These are all beyond the reach of the Liangfei Wei clan.
Look at the Wei Jia clan, whose family was carried out of the "Xin Zhi Ku" nationality, but it was still wrapped in the Banner of the Han Army, and its origin, background, and family status were even inferior to the Wei clan. However, wei Jia became the most favored concubine of the Qianlong Emperor after the death of Empress Xiaoxianchun fucha, not only gave birth to a large number of children, but also was named an imperial concubine and ruled the harem. In the end, her son The Jiaqing Emperor succeeded to the throne, and she was also posthumously honored as Empress Xiaoyichun, who enjoyed great honors before and after her death, and became a model of the harem's "counterattack" and was remembered by future generations.
On the other hand, Princess Wei of Liang, her own conditions may not be bad, and her son Yin Yu's ability is also very outstanding, but her development and ending are very different from those of wu ya and Wei Jia, perhaps in addition to the lack of "palace fighting" strategy, less is a little luck.
That is, such a gap eventually led not only to the blandness and loneliness of The Liangfei Wei's own life, but also indirectly led to the tragedy of her son's life, Brother Yinyu, who had to once again lament the cruelty and helplessness of "ruthless and the most imperial family".