As we all know, the Taimiao Temple generally refers to the ancestral temple of the ancient Chinese emperors. During the Xia Dynasty, it was called "Shimu", during the Yin Shang Dynasty it was called "Heavy House", during the Zhou Dynasty it was called "MingTang", and during the Qin and Han Dynasties it was renamed Taimiao. Initially, the Taimiao Temple could only hold the throne of the emperors of the previous dynasties. Later, the empress and the clan, and even the heroes who made outstanding contributions to the country, could be entitled to the Taimiao Temple. However, when the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing Dynasty came, he claimed that he did not dare to enter the Taimiao Temple and had no face to see the ancestors. What's going on here? Let's move on.
The Daoguang Emperor Min Ning was the second son of the Jiaqing Emperor, and because the eldest son died early, he became the de facto eldest son. At the time of his birth, the Jiaqing Emperor was just an ordinary prince. After the Jiaqing Emperor succeeded to the throne, according to the family law of the secret li chu, Min Ning's name was written on the edict and hidden behind the Zhengda Guangming Plaque. As a result, the Daoguang Emperor also became the only emperor of the Qing Dynasty to inherit the throne as the eldest son.
Daoguang was an emperor who wanted to serve the welfare of the people, so as soon as he ascended to the throne, he rectified the administration of officials, straightened out the salt administration, and advocated frugality throughout the country. In order to play an exemplary role, the Daoguang Emperor took the lead in wearing a patched dragon robe. Hearing that it cost 5 taels of silver to make a patch in the palace, he gritted his teeth and asked the concubines to learn female red sewing. Not only did the concubines have a lot less money and clothes, but even the eight dishes they had to eat at each meal were reduced to four.
In order to prevent extravagance and waste, Daoguang is to break a penny into two halves, and try not to spend money where it can not spend money. One year, the Queen had a birthday. Daoguang hesitated for a long time before letting the kitchen kill the two big fat pigs. When the ministers were looking forward to the stars and the moon to bring up the Daoguang feast, they found that in front of them was actually a bowl of minced meat noodles. Looking at Dao Guang's distressed expression, it is estimated that even this bit of minced meat was a decision made after a long time of heartache. Although this bowl of noodles was not necessarily delicious, it was not a bad thing to make the emperor feel sad, so the ministers all finished eating.
Supposedly, this light should be a good emperor, why did he not allow Xianfeng to put him in the Taimiao Temple before he died? It turned out that Kangxi had left behind an ancestral precept in those years: Those who have lost an inch of land are not allowed to enter the ancestral spiritual position! During the reign of Daoguang, not only was there constant civil strife, but he also lost battles in the course of fighting the British. In the Opium War, the Qing government was defeated and forced to sign the Treaty of Nanking, which humiliated the country.
In the Treaty of Nanking, the Qing government not only paid reparations and traded, but also ceded land. Daoguang also became the first emperor in the history of the Qing Dynasty to sign an unequal treaty with the Western powers, resulting in the loss of the country. Later, he did not think of making progress, and refused to wake up in the dream of "heavenly kingdom", which led to the continuous intensification of internal and external troubles, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement also reached the brink of outbreak.
For the "merits" he had made, Dao Guang knew exactly what he had done. Even if he could save, he still couldn't make up for his loss of land. Therefore, before his death, he left a will and testament, forbidding Xianfeng to put him in the Taimiao Temple, and he was ashamed of the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty. But in this way, Xianfeng is very embarrassed. If you don't put him in the temple, where will he go at the time of the sacrifice? Therefore, Xian Feng did not listen to Daoguang's words in the end, and still sent him to the Taimiao Temple.