The Qing Dynasty was the last feudal dynasty in Chinese history, and the most important study of the history of the Qing Dynasty by later generations is the study of the rulers of the Qing Dynasty. In the nearly three hundred years of the history of the Qing Dynasty, a total of 12 emperors have been experienced, of which the fifth monarch of the Qing Dynasty, Ai Xin Jueluo Yin chan, also known for his strict governance and diligent administration, is the Yongzheng Emperor.
Then, what was the Yongzheng Emperor, who had made great achievements in political affairs, in life? According to relevant historical records, the Yongzheng Emperor has a total of twenty-seven concubines, of which if you want to talk about the Yongzheng Emperor's favorite concubine, you have to mention the Dunsu Emperor's noble concubine Nian Shi, she not only got the grace of the Yongzheng Emperor, but also let the Yongzheng Emperor make many exceptions for her, so what is the charm of this young concubine, and can be treated like this by Yongzheng, who is diligent in government and has no intention of caring about the harem?
First of all, let's get to know the young noble concubines. The life of Nian Guifei is recorded in the "Biography of Emperor Dunsu's Noble Concubine in the Qing History Manuscript": "Emperor Dunsu's noble concubine, Nian Shi, inspector of the lingling daughter. "Nian Shi, whose name is unknown, is the youngest daughter of Inspector Huguang, and the fuyuan general Nian Qianyao is her second brother. In the 2011 hit Qing Palace drama "The Biography of Zhen Huan", there is a character Huafei Nian Shilan who uses Nian Guifei as a historical prototype and makes a deep impression, but the historical Nian Clan is not the arrogant and commanding image shown by the drama Zhonghua Concubine, on the contrary, the real Nian Shi is an extremely gentle and virtuous woman.
Yin Chan was made a prince in the forty-eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1709), after which nianshi was married by the Kangxi Emperor in the fiftieth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1711), becoming the side Fujin of the Prince of Yong. From the fifty years of Kangxi (1711) to the Yong Prince Yin Chan until the third year of Yongzheng (1725) due to illness and death, a full fourteen years, Nian Shi for Yongzheng gave birth to a total of three princes and an imperial daughter, it can also be seen that during this period, Nian Shi has always been deeply favored by the Yongzheng Emperor, when Nian Shi was seriously ill, in the midst of all kinds of troubles, Yongzheng during the fasting period is still very fond of Nian Shi, for the seriously ill noble concubines "deeply missed", and then ordered the Guifei Nian Clan to be crowned as an imperial concubine. Nian Shi also became the only concubine among all the concubines of Yongzheng who had the title of noble concubine and imperial concubine. And after the death of Nian Shixue, the Yongzheng Emperor was also very sad, he sent seven princes of the near branch to wear filial piety for the Nian clan, the clan above the general Feng'en, the officials below the Marquis of Min, and the officials above the four pins were all required to gather three times in the morning and evening to mourn, which shows the importance that the Yongzheng Emperor attaches to the Nian clan.
As for why the Nian clan is so favored, in fact, it is mentioned in the edict of Yongzheng to the Nian clan's Jinfeng Emperor Guifei, which reads: "The noble concubine Nian Clan is gentle in nature and cautious in her manners. When he was in the mansion, he was respectful and cautious in front of the empress, and was generous and peaceful under his command. After she ascended the throne, the noble concubines were in the imperial examination, and the imperial concubines were all dedicated to major events, and they did their best to perform ceremonies, and they could really praise the internal affairs. Every word is a compliment to Nian's gentle and virtuous, generous and peaceful character and careful and considerate style of doing things. As Yongzheng said in it, in the late Kangxi Dynasty, when Yin Chan was in the turmoil of the Kowloon conquest, the Nian clan who was a side Fujin always accompanied him, "doing his best to be cautious", after Yin Chan took the throne, the Nian clan also did his best to assist the empress in handling the internal affairs of the harem, treating the empress very carefully and respectfully, and when dealing with the funeral of the empress, "all of them were attentive and did their best"; when Yongzheng was busy with political affairs and had no time to take care of the affairs of the harem, The Nian clan, who was located in the position of noble concubine, did her best to assist Empress Xiaojingxian in handling the complicated affairs of the harem, and solved many worries for the Yongzheng Emperor.
Such a virtuous and virtuous partner was even more rare for the Yongzheng Emperor, so how could he not spoil her? Because of this, Nian Shi got many exceptions from Yongzheng to her. First, according to the records in the Qing Palace, the Fuhui Brother born to the Nian clan was personally raised by the Nian Guifei herself, but it should be known that the Qing Dynasty harem had the stipulation that the Qing Palace birth mother could not raise the parents, which proved that this was Yongzheng's exception to the Nian clan, and after nian's death, Yongzheng also raised Fuhui Brother by his side and personally cultivated. Second, after the death of Nian Shixue, the title was Dunsu Emperor Guifei, of which "Dun" was even more exquisite, before Nian Guifei, only the emperor used this title, and there was no precedent for concubines to use this title. Third, the heavy funeral ceremony held by Yongzheng for the Nian clan cost 9750 gold and silver ingots in 5 days, and its scale broke the convention of the funeral scale of the Imperial Concubines of the Qing Dynasty, and even at that time, many people in the ceremonial department were directly demoted to two levels in a row because of "sloppy ceremonial guards" and other issues.