In the wild history, there is such a saying that Emperor Qianlong is not the biological son of Emperor Yongzheng, but the son of Haining "Chen Ge Lao". It is said that back then, Prince Yong's Fujin gave birth to a girl, and Chen Gelao's wife gave birth to a boy, so the two sides had an "exchange". Later, the boy became the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the Qianlong Emperor. also said that Qianlong went to Jiangnan many times to find his biological parents. So, what kind of person is the historical "Chen Ge Lao"?
1. Born in a famous family
The "father" of Emperor Qianlong's wild history is named Chen Shiqi, whose name is Bingzhi, and he is a native of Haining, Zhejiang. Chen Shiqi's family is very prominent, his father's name is Chen Xu, and he successively served as the governor of Guizhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites during the Kangxi period. In addition, Chen Yuanlong, who is also Haining, is even more powerful, this person entered the office as a leader, and the official was a scholar of Wenhuadian University. In the nineteenth year of Kangxi (1680), Chen Shiqi was born, two years younger than Emperor Yongzheng.
Under the influence of his predecessors, Chen Shiqi also embarked on the road of the imperial examination, and in the forty-second year of Kangxi (1703), he was admitted to the Jinshi, and his results were not bad, ranking ninth in the second class (equivalent to the twelfth in the country). Then, Chen Shiqi entered the Hanlin Academy as a Shuji scholar to cultivate and study, and successively served as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, a bachelor's student, and a Shuntian scholar. Later, he was worried about his father and refused the appointment of Jiangxi Xuezheng. In the second year of Yongzheng (1724), Chen Shiqi returned to serve as an official after the mourning period expired, and was appointed as a cabinet scholar.
Second, it is gradually left out
Soon after, Chen Shiqi was appointed governor of Shandong. At that time, the situation in Shandong was very bad, not only did drought and locust plague break out in the territory, but the canal was also blocked. Chen Shiqi was lightly dressed and obedient, quietly investigated the situation in various places, "secretly inspected the severity of the disaster, and whether the officials could be successful", and then officially took office, took a series of measures, achieved very good results, and was rewarded by Emperor Yongzheng. However, Chen Shiqian was later ordered to repair the Confucian Temple because of "governing the water conservancy in the south of the Yangtze River and taking his post by mistake".
After a period of time, Chen Shiqi almost faded out of officialdom. It was not until Emperor Qianlong ascended the throne that he was reappointed as the left deputy capital imperial historian. In the second year of Qianlong (1737), Chen Shiqi was promoted again, "awarded the warehouse field squire, and then moved the Ministry of Works". In the sixth year of Qianlong (1741), Chen Shiqi was promoted to a scholar of Wenyuange University. Some people may think that Emperor Qianlong took great care of Chen Shiqi, but in fact, Chen Shiwan was often reprimanded by Emperor Qianlong.
3. Love to cry is famous
Once, Chen Shiqi made a mistake when preparing the ticket, which was normal because Chen Shiqi was already very old. However, Emperor Qianlong made a big fuss, pushed Chen Shiqian to the end, and said that he was worthless, "Since the supplementary award of university scholars, there is no ability to be a counselor, many trivial sections, and it is really incompetent." When Emperor Qianlong heard that Chen Shiqi was building a house in Yanzhou, he immediately ordered the governor of Shandong not to allow Chen Shiqi to live in Yanzhou.
In the impression of Emperor Qianlong, Chen Shiqi was a crying person, this person was "honest and thrifty", concerned about the people's livelihood and suffering, and every time he played the disaster situation in Chen, he would "repeatedly have Chen" and shed tears. Therefore, Emperor Qianlong often said: "Chen Shiqi came to cry for the people again!" In the fifteenth year of Qianlong (1750), Chen Shiqi was restored to his official position, and in the second year, he joined the cabinet to do things, and was also in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. In the twenty-third year of Qianlong, Chen Shiqi "retired" and went home. However, he died of illness at the age of seventy-nine, and his nickname was Wenqin. In fact, Emperor Qianlong is not the son of Chen Shiqi at all, this is just the statement of the barnyard official history.
References: 1. "Qing Shilu"; 2. "Qing History Manuscript"