<h1>Qianlong is the son of the Hanchen Haining Chen family? </h1>
I don't know when it began, the folk began to spread such a legend, Qianlong was actually the son of the Han people! His biological father was none other than his contemporary, Chen Shiqian of the Chen family in Haining.
According to legend, on August 13, the 50th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, prince Yong's palace and the Haining Chen family gave birth to their heirs on the same day. Prince Yong's palace added a thousand gold, and the Haining Chen family had one more prince.
Prince Yong's Mansion - present-day Lama Temple
A few days later, the Chen family, who had close contact with Prince Yong's palace, was ordered by The Prince to send the newly born little prince to the palace. The king's order was difficult to violate, and the Chen family had to obey the order.
I didn't want to, in a few days, when the little prince was sent out of the palace, he was actually transferred to a girl!
Chen Shiqiao, who had been living in the official field for a long time, was shocked, but he also felt that there was a reason for the incident, and did not dare to speak out, so he simply resigned from the official office and returned to his hometown.
According to legend, the little prince of the Chen family in this story is the later Qianlong Emperor - the Four Brothers Hongli!
There are legends that are true and false, and how many points of this legend are true and how many are false, we can look at them one by one.
At the entrance of Lama Temple
<h1>Why is it said that Qianlong's life has nothing to do with the Haining Chen family? </h1>
Those who supported the Qianlong Emperor as the heir of the Chen family in Haining had such a five-point basis, which was roughly related to the Qianlong Southern Tour, the Imperial Plaque given by the Chen family in Haining, the fact that the Yongzheng Emperor did not have children when he was crown prince, and that the Chen family in Haining was favored in the Qianlong Dynasty.
According to legend, during the 60 years of Qianlong's reign, there were 6 southern tours, of which 4 came to Haining, and all lived in the corner garden of the Chen family in Haining. Moreover, in order to show favor, the Qianlong Emperor also personally renamed "Corner Garden" to "Anlan Garden".
How can such a great grace not be reverie?
Did the Qianlong Emperor and the Haining Chen Family really have secrets that could not be revealed?!
The answer is, of course, no.
During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, there were indeed 6 southern tours, and indeed 4 times came to Haining, but this did not reflect the Qianlong Emperor's favor for the Chen family in Haining.
During the first two southern tours, the Qianlong Emperor followed his grandfather's grandfather, the Kangxi Emperor, and used Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, as its end, in order to show off its national strength and appease the people of Jiangnan. He also specially climbed the Shaoxing Huiji Mountain to worship Yu Ling, which was enough to see his intentions.
After the last four southern tours, the Qianlong Emperor specifically went to Haining to inspect the costly Qiantang River Haitang Project, not the legendary "visiting relatives".
During the Qianlong period, the tide of the Qiantang River moved north, and the richest places in the world, such as Jiaxing and Suzhou on the north shore, faced the risk of flooding! In order to supervise the reinforcement of the levee on the north bank, there were the last 4 southern tours of the Qianlong Emperor.
Qiantang River "Ghost King Tide" - Haining section
Moreover, Chen Shiyi was not much favored during the Qianlong Dynasty, which can also reflect that the Qianlong Emperor did not have any special feelings for this "rumored biological father".
In the sixth year of Qianlong, Chen Shiyi, who had just been promoted to a cabinet university, was dismissed from his post because of an error in drafting the edict.
Not only that, the Qianlong Emperor also reprimanded him to his face, "No ability to be a counselor, how humble and trivial, and how incompetent he is." ”
Such a ruthless rebuke, even ordinary former courtiers were rarely received, which showed that the Qianlong Emperor did not have any special favor for Chen Shiqi.
Qianlong pacified Xinjiang
Another basis for the rumors and supporters is that the Chen family in Haining has two plaques given by the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, one is the "Ai Ri Tang" plaque and the other is the "Chunhui Hall" plaque.
Whether it is "Love Day" or "Chunhui", it comes from the poem "Wandering Zi Yin" by the Tang Dynasty poet Meng Jiao. As the saying goes, poetry is based on words, and words are meant to reach affection.
Such a naked expression, can not explain the inextricable connection between the Qianlong Emperor and the Haining Chen family?!
The answer is still, no!
Why?
Because these two plaques were not given by the Qianlong Emperor at all!
Both plaques were given by the Kangxi Emperor, so how could they be far-fetched and attached to the Qianlong Emperor?
Portrait of the Kangxi Emperor
In addition, the birth of The Yin Chan Emperor is not complicated and the rumors and supporters believe that it is an important basis, Yin Chan is the Yongzheng Emperor.
First of all, I have to refute the idea that not having children doesn't mean not having children!
Long before the birth of the Qianlong Emperor, Yin Chan had 4 sons, namely Honghui, Hongpan, Hongyun, and Hongshi! Although the first 3 sons, Honghui, Hongpan, and Hongyun, all died prematurely, the fourth son of Yongzheng, Hongshi, still grew up healthily.
Seeing this, some officials may have doubts, is yongzheng's fourth son not Qianlong? How did he become a Hongshi who was removed from the genealogy by Yongzheng?
I'll have to explain it here. Qianlong's so-called fourth son is a genealogical ranking. Among the first five sons of Yongzheng, the second son, Hongpan, was too young at the time of his death and did not have a "tooth order". The so-called "tooth order", that is, registered on the genealogy, side by side, the elder and the young.
Moreover, only 3 months after Qianlong's birth, Yongzheng gave birth to a son, Hongzhi, and since then, he has given birth to 4 sons, including Hongzhan.
In this way, when Yongzheng was a prince, the birth plan never stopped. With a long-term plan to have children, and is in his prime ,How could Yin Chan (Yongzheng was 34 years old when Qianlong was born) take the risk of taking a daughter in exchange for a son?
If you have one more child, why risk losing your head? Do you say yes or no?
Yongzheng Dynasty costume statue
Another basis for the rumored supporters is that the Haining Chen family Qianjin, who was born on the same day as Qianlong, later married Jiang Pu, the son of Jiang Tingxi, a scholar of Chongchen University. Jiang Pu was very favored by the Qianlong Emperor, and even became an official to a university scholar!
Therefore, combined with rumors and mutual corroboration, some people feel that this can also reflect the Qianlong Emperor's special preferential treatment of the Haining Chen family.
Moreover, it is rumored that the locals of Haining have since called the attic where Mrs. Chiang lived as the "Princess Building".
It sounds like that, but it's all.
First of all, there is no so-called "princess building" in Haining. Many Haining locals who are familiar with local history, including the descendants of the Jiang family, do not know that there is a "princess building" in their hometown! This shows that the "Princess Building" incident is a rumor.
Without this "strong evidence", Jiang Pu's "favored luck" seems much more normal. Because the Qing Dynasty implemented the cabinet system, although the cabinet university scholars were the best officials, there was not only one person.
Jiang Pu and Bai Qianshi painted a fan
Finally, one of the most rumored supporters is convinced that there is a Qing dynasty, the Haining Chen family is full of talents, known as "the most famous section, overlapping names", which can be said to be extremely favored!
The Haining Chen family has been in the air for generations, and the name of the branch is magnificent, and the sea is incomparable. In the past three hundred years, there have been more than 200 jinshi and three people who have been assisted by zaifu. The eleven official Shangshu, the attendants, the inspectors, and the envoys of the government are really outliers. This is a passage from the Qianlong Emperor to Chen Jialuo, but it truly tells the greatness of the Chen family in Haining.
----- quoted from the headline Encyclopedia
Moreover, it is said that until the Daoguang years, Chen Chongli, a descendant of the Chen family, was also specially promoted by the Daoguang Emperor because of his status as the Haining Chen family. After learning that Chen Chongli was the heir of Chen Shiyi, the Daoguang Emperor promoted Chen Chongli to the position of envoy to the position of salt transport envoy shortly after the end of the imperial examination.
Among them, can't we still reflect the unique intimate relationship between the Chen family of Haining and the Qing royal family?!
The answer is, it seems like it really can't!
As we all know, when the Qing army entered the customs, because of the stubborn resistance of the people in the Jiangnan region, there was a brutal massacre of the area. This also made the anti-Qing sentiment in the Jiangnan area extremely high!
Therefore, since the Kangxi Dynasty, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty have set up the Erudite Hong ci section and recruited the remnants of the Ming Dynasty to compile the history of the Ming Dynasty, in order to attract the literati and doctors of the former dynasty, especially in the Jiangnan region.
The title of "the best of the Imperial Examinations" of the Chen family in Haining is naturally understandable, but this is related to the policy of the rulers attaching importance to the imperial examination, trying their best to win over the southern clans, and eliminating the strong anti-Qing nationalist consciousness of the scholars and doctors in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and cannot be used as the basis for the Qianlong Emperor to pay special attention to the Chen family in Haining.
Naturally, it is not possible to conclude from this that the Qianlong Emperor came from the Chen family in Haining. (Chen Jialuo, the chief helmsman of the Red Flower Society in Jin Yong's novel, is from the Chen family in Haining)
Haining Yanguan Ancient City - Jin Yong Academy
In short, after refuting article by article, we can find that the rumor is a rumor after all, and it cannot withstand scrutiny.
There is a theory in psychology that after the rumor appears and is well known, even if it is "debunked", its negative impact will not be eliminated in a short period of time, but will mislead people in society for a long time, forming a collective cognition of the matter. Moreover, this is not necessarily related to whether or not you are educated.
The famous "Mandela effect" is a product of this psychology, and interested officials can search for it for themselves.
<h1>bibliography:</h1>
Li Zhongxi. Why Qianlong is rumored to be the son of the Chen family in Haining[J]. Folk Tales (Volume A), 2013 (Issue 2): 62-63.