In the history of the development of the Qing Dynasty, the Kangxi Emperor has many "records".
With his sixty-one years on the throne, he became the longest reigning emperor in the history of the Qing Dynasty and even the entire Chinese feudal dynasty. In addition, the Kangxi Emperor gave birth to a total of thirty-five princes and twenty princesses in his lifetime, which made him the monarch with the largest number of children in the Qing Dynasty.
At the same time, the Kangxi Emperor also had a record, that is, the size and number of harems were also the best of all the emperors of the Qing Dynasty. According to statistics, in the harem occupied by the Kangxi Emperor, there were 4 empresses, 3 imperial concubines, 1 noble concubine, 11 concubines, and 10 concubines, plus other low-level and unnamed concubines, the number of concubines that the Kangxi Emperor sat on in his lifetime was about 200, which was the highest in the Qing Dynasty.
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And in this large and numerous group of concubines, there is such a concubine, which is definitely a "legend".
In terms of birth, she is not the noblest; in terms of rank, she is not the most respected; on the birth of a prince, instead of bringing her glory, she only ended up in a penal circle of sin and became the laughing stock of history. However, none of this affected her position in the harem, especially in the middle and late Kangxi Dynasty, when her son was punished, she was still able to serve as the "second in command" of the harem for a long time, and even after the Yongzheng Emperor ascended the throne, she was very respectful, which made people have to deeply admire her.
She was the birth mother of the Great Brother Yinzhen and the Kangxi Emperor's Huifei Nala clan.
Princess Hui has been traversing the harem for decades, which can be called "standing firm", and what she relies on is her own "wisdom", which also makes her maintain a high status and status no matter how the environment of the court changes and how the harem conditions develop.
It is precisely because of this that Huifei can definitely be called the well-deserved "Huifei" in the Kangxi harem.
<h1>Huifei Narashi, the head of the "Four Concubines" of noble status. </h1>
Friends who have watched the TV series "Kangxi Dynasty" are not unfamiliar with Huifei, and her historical prototype is Huifei Nalashi. However, the character relationship setting about Huifei in the TV series is not correct.
Because Princess Hui was not the younger sister of the powerful minister Mingzhu during the Kangxi Dynasty, she was the niece of Mingzhu in the official history.
The Huifei Nara clan, from the Yehenara clan, was a descendant of the Yehenara Golden Terrace. JinTaishi is the brother of Emperor Taiji's biological mother Meng Guzhezhe, and he is also the uncle of Emperor Taiji and the brother-in-law of Nurhaci.
In the fourth year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven (1619), Nurhaci poured all his forces into attacking the east and west cities of Yehebu. Jintaishi, who was trapped in Yehedong City, saw that the city gate was breached by Fei Yingdong, Aobai's uncle and "enemy of ten thousand people", so he had to lead his wife and close subjects to retreat to the Octagonal MingLou, and in the case of emperor Taiji's unsuccessful persuasion, Jintaishi was killed by Nurhaci's order. After this, Jintaishi's two sons, Delgar and Nyahha, surrendered to Houjin successively, and Buyangu and Burhanggu, who were trapped in the city of Yehesi, also chose to surrender, and at this point, Nurhaci completely conquered Yehebu and thus completed the unification of the Jurchen clan.
Princess Nara's father, Shogo pinro Nakasol and Thor, was the son of Delgar, and Pearl was the son of Nyaha, so the two were separated by generations, and they were not brothers and sisters, but uncles and nephews. The ones who really had a brotherly relationship with the Huifei Nara clan were the sons of Mingzhu, namely Naran Sex de, Naran Shushu, Naran Yufang and others.
Although the Nala clan was one of the first concubines that Kangxi married, she was only a concubine when she first entered the palace, and her status was very low.
The reason for this was that her father Thor and his official position were not high, and many members of the Yehenara clan, including Mingzhu at that time, were still suppressed by Soni, Aobai and others because of their origins in the Dorgon lineage, which also limited the status of the Nara clan in the harem to a certain extent, and naturally could not be compared with the Empress Xiaochengren Hesheri clan and the later Empress Xiaozhaoren, after all, these two had strong family backgrounds, the former was Sony's granddaughter, the latter was the daughter of Shubillon.
Although their status was limited, the Nala clan was very contentious to give birth to two princes for Kangxi, namely Chengqing, the third born son of Kangxi, and Baoqing, the fifth son of Kangxi.
Kangxi's first five sons, the Nala clan contributed two, which shows that he was still very favored at that time.
In particular, she gave birth to Baoqing in the eleventh year of Kangxi (1672), and later changed her name to Yin Zhen, becoming the eldest brother of all kangxi princes who entered the tooth order, and also the first son and eldest brother worthy of the name.
On the one hand, Yin Zhen, who was born to the Nala clan, thrived, and her own performance in the harem was also decent, on the other hand, the representative of the Yehenara family, Mingzhu, became a powerful position above the court, becoming a vassal who was highly relied on and trusted by Kangxi, so the Kangxi Emperor made her a concubine in the sixteenth year of Kangxi (1677) and a concubine in the twentieth year of Kangxi (1681).
Along with Princess Hui, she was also made a concubine by The Ninth Brother Yinyu's biological mother, Concubine Guo Luoluo, Yongzheng and the Fourteenth Brother Yinyu's biological mother, Princess Dewu, and the third Brother Yinzhi's biological mother, Princess Rong, Ma Jia. According to the "Four Concubines" ranking order of "Huiyi Derong", Huifei Nara clan ranked first among the "Four Concubines".
At the same time, it was precisely because of her noble status and Kangxi's trust that the Huifei Nala clan also raised the Seven Brothers Yinyou born to the Concubine Dai Jia and the Eight Brothers Yinyu born to the Liang Concubine Wei Clan under the arrangement of the Kangxi Emperor.
With the death of kangxi's third empress, Empress Xiaoyiren,tong jiashi (佟佳氏), in the twenty-eighth year of Kangxi (1689), Kangxi never created a new empress or imperial concubine, which made the highest-ranking concubine in the harem after that the concubines were The sister of Empress Xiaozhaoren of the Niu Hulu clan and the biological mother of the Tenth Brother Yin, and the sister of the Empress Xiaoyiren Tong Jia, the noble concubine Tong Jia.
At this time, Huifei was second only to the existence of the two noble concubines, and was a veritable harem "second in command". In particular, in the more than six years between the death of the Wen Concubine Niu Hulu in the thirty-third year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1694) and the canonization of Tong Jia as a noble concubine in the thirty-ninth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1700), the Huifei Nala clan was the highest-ranking concubine in the harem, performing the functions of ruling the harem on her behalf.
During the period of presiding over and assisting in the affairs of the harem, the Huifei Nala clan not only handled all the work in an orderly manner, which was appreciated by the Kangxi Emperor's concubine Empress Xiaohuizhang and Kangxi herself, but what was even more valuable was that the Huifei Nala clan maintained very kind and friendly relations with the other concubines of the Kangxi Emperor, and did not oppress other concubines because of their identity and status. In particular, the relationship with Yongzheng's biological mother, Princess Wuya, was quite harmonious, which laid a very good foundation for him to be respected in the Yongzheng Dynasty and to be able to die well.
<h1>The two times of "wanting to catch the old man" and "threatening to kill his son" were actually protecting his son Yin Zhen. </h1>
If it is said that being good at handling the relationship with the Kangxi Empress reflects her ability to communicate, then she has twice wanted to "give birth to her son and die", which is more reflective of her "wisdom" in handling things.
During the Kangxi "one deposed crown prince", the behavior of the eldest brother Yinzhen can only be described as "stupid to the extreme".
In the forty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1708), Kangxi deposed Yin Rong as crown prince on the grounds that "the prince is not good and his deeds are not filial piety". After seeing that Kangxi had deposed Yin Rong and imprisoned him, Yin Zhen began to advise Kangxi to kill Yin Rong to avoid any trouble, and asked him to hand blade his brother to get rid of his father's worries.
"What Yin Rong did was despicable and a great disappointment. If the Father and Emperor want to curse him now, they do not have to come from the Emperor's father. ”
Yin Washu was then severely reprimanded by Kangxi and publicly announced that he would not consider Yinfu as his successor.
Then, YinFu recommended to Kangxi the Eight Brothers Yin Yu as the new crown prince, and the reason for the recommendation came from the jianghu warlock Zhang Mingde's evaluation of Yin Yu:
"The crown prince is violent, if he encounters me, he should assassinate him, and the eight brothers are rich and easy, benevolent and generous, blessed with long life, and sincere and noble."
This is the famous "Zhang Mingde case" in the "Nine Sons and Concubines", which made Kangxi's dislike of YinFu unabated, and at the same time, it also stripped the Eight Brothers yin and others from the water, which can be said to directly lead to the total destruction of the "Eight Ye Party Group" this time.
After this, it was the Three Brothers Yinzhi who found out the direct evidence of cursing the prince Yinrong with "Nightmare Town", and this evidence was the "Nightmare Town Thing" full of needles.
At the same time, the Three Brothers and others also actively assisted the Prince, repented and rehabilitated, and attributed all their sins to the Great Brother's "Nightmare Town", and Kangxi saw that Yin Rong, who was no longer affected by the "Nightmare Town", gradually returned to normal, so he poured all his anger on the Great Brother Yin.
At this time, as the birth mother of the eldest brother Yin Zhen, she actually took the initiative to find Kangxi and asked the Kangxi Emperor to execute Yin Zhen.
Princess Hui's actions seemed shocking, but this was the second time that the Nala clan had asked the Kangxi Emperor to execute his own son.
Prior to this, the weakness of Yin's personality of "temperament and violence" had long been exposed, on the one hand, Yin's temperament was reckless, impatient, and disobedient; on the other hand, Yin's treatment of people and things was very casual and completely rude.
Yin Fu had tried to cut off the beard of a foreign missionary in front of Kangxi, and even during the Battle of Ulanbutong in the twenty-ninth year of Kangxi (1690), he listened to rumors and was not in harmony with the main general Fuquan, which had a very bad impact, and Kangxi was so angry that he recalled him in advance.
Therefore, after Yin Zhen returned to Beijing, Huifei Nala took the initiative to say to Kangxi Qingquan:
"No filial piety, please put it to law."
Kangxi did not really kill Yin, but let him reflect in Huifei's palace, and then arranged for Huifei to educate and enlighten her, and this storm of discord between the generals and the generals came to an end.
And this time, Huifei Nalashi asked Kangxi to kill Yinfu, which was regarded as a "repetition of the old skill".
First, Concubine Hui wanted to give Kangxi a step down.
As the saying goes, "tiger poison does not eat children", Huifei's first move is actually to bear the name of "killing children" for Kangxi, as a mother, she wants to kill her son, and as a father, Kangxi can preserve her reputation, and even use this to publicize her "way of benevolent government".
Second, Huifei wants to give herself extra points.
Huifei used such a firm way of killing relatives with great righteousness, maintaining the dignity of the royal family and the justice of the legal system, such an act would inevitably be praised by Kangxi, and Kangxi's good feelings for Huifei would inevitably make Kangxi's subordinates merciful when dealing with Concubines.
So in the end, Kangxi issued a decree that the eldest brother Yin would be stripped of his knighthood and imprisoned for life. At this point, Yin Fu began his 26-year-long years of high strength, which was already the best result for Yin Fu, who had committed such a heinous crime.
<h1>In the midst of the "Nine Sons and Sisters", he finally withdrew smoothly. </h1>
After the eldest brother Yinzhen was imprisoned by Kangxi, the Huifei Nala clan focused more expectations and attention on her adopted son, The Eight Brothers Yinyu, both out of consideration for their own future and from the interests of the entire Yehenara family.
At that time, not only the Huifei Nara clan, but the entire Yehenara clan almost sided with the Eight Brothers Yinyu, and the representative of them was Naran Shu.
As early as before and after the fall of the Pearl, the Ninth Brother Yin Yu established a very close business relationship with the Pearl family, and achieved the rapid rise of its wealth with the help of the Pearl's power, and after that, he also married The Pearl as a child and daughter. As an important backbone of the "Eight Ye Party", the special relationship between the Ninth Brother and the entire Yehenara clan has brought the Eight Brothers Yinyu closer to the alliance relationship between the Yehenara clan and the Yehenara clan.
After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he used to rely on the support of Yu Xu and others in the "Nine Sons and Concubines", and the support of Yu Xu and others for the Eight Brothers:
"He blackmailed his millions of family treasures, conspired with Alinga and others to buy and instruct the children to be lowly, and every time he had a banquet with the officials and the people, he wantonly slandered the second brother." The language of the capital is that thousands of dollars buy a mess, and those who are well known are also. Even those who are reasonable cannot distinguish between true and false things, and there is no father and no king. ”
It can be seen from this that the Yehenara family represented by Yushu and the Niuhulu family represented by Alinga are very important supporting forces for the Eight Brothers. Among them, Yu Xu is the cousin of the adoptive mother of the Eight Brothers Yinyu, Huifei Nala, and is also the relatives and important business partners of the Nine Brothers Yinyu, while Alinga is the uncle of the Ten Brothers Yinyu, and they also jointly support the power of the "Eight Masters Party Group".
However, although she was Yin Yu's adoptive mother and actively supported Yin Yu's move to take the wife, her own family was all on the side of the "Eight Masters Party", but the Huifei Nala clan did not appear on the table from beginning to end. She had neither blatant support nor took advantage of the situation to suppress the birth mothers of other princes, as mentioned above, she maintained a very friendly and harmonious relationship with the other concubines of Kangxi, and it can be said that she "hid" herself very well.
The final result was that the birth mother of the Ninth Brother Yinyu, Yi Concubine Guo Luoluoshi, due to the previous relationship with Yongzheng and Yongzheng's biological mother Defei Wuya, when Kangxi's coffin had not yet been mourned, Yongzheng could not wait to humiliate it, and after the death of several of his sons, he ended his life alone outside the palace, and even after his death, he was not allowed by Yongzheng to be buried in the Jing mausoleum of the Kangxi Emperor, which can be described as extremely tragic.
On the other hand, after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he first arranged it in the Yinyu Mansion, and after Yin yu was persecuted to death, Yongzheng took her to the palace for support, and at the same time gave great courtesy and high-standard treatment, and after the death of Concubine Huifei in the tenth year of Yongzheng (1732), he was also buried in the Jingling Concubine Garden by Yongzheng, which was considered to be the end of his life.
This is the Kangxi Emperor's Huifei Nala clan, who is at the head of the "four concubines", but is good at maintaining relations with other concubines and winning a good relationship, which is the "wisdom" of communication; nominally "threatening to kill a son", but in fact it is "wanting to get rid of the old man" and help his son Yin To get out of trouble, which is the "wisdom" of handling things; and supporting and encouraging his adopted son Yin Yu to participate in the "Nine Sons and Concubines", while catering to the interests of the entire Yehenara family, he does not show any handle in front of people, let alone arrogance, bullying and suppression. At the same time, it is also able to judge the hour and size up the situation, and withdraw from it in time without being implicated, which is the "wisdom" of being a person.
With this "wisdom" in communication, handling affairs and conducting people, Princess Huifei not only won the trust and favor of the Kangxi Emperor, but even the Yongzheng Emperor respected her very much. As the mother of Yongzheng's political enemy, huifei Nala clan can be called unique after Yongzheng ascended the throne, especially Huifei is also the mother of Yongzheng's two enemies, the eldest brother Yinzhen and the eighth brother Yinyu, which is even more precious, and it is even more obvious where her "great wisdom" lies.
It is precisely because of this that the titles of "Princess of Wisdom" and "Concubine of Wisdom" of the Huifei Nala clan are well deserved, and she can also be called the well-deserved "Concubine Hui" in the Kangxi harem.