On the fourteenth day of the first month of the 30th year of Daoguang, the Daoguang Emperor, whose qi and blood were withering, knew that the limit had arrived, so he summoned more than a dozen ministers from the Zongren Mansion, the Military Aircraft Department, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In front of them, he opened the casket containing the edict of succession and passed the throne to the fourth son of the emperor, YiXuan (Emperor Xianfeng).
But unusually,
The Daoguang Emperor even had another edict in his box: "Crown the emperor's sixth son Yixun as a prince."
After arranging this last major event, at noon that day, the Daoguang Emperor swallowed his last breath in the Yuanmingyuan.
This emperor who is extremely frugal and hardworking, but who makes everything worse and worse,
Thus ended his contradictory life.
The Way the Daoguang Emperor "one box and two edicts" seems to tell the world that he has repeatedly wandered between the two sons of YiXuan and Yixuan.
As far as the qualifications for inheritance are concerned, the conditions of Yixuan and Yixuan have different levels:
Yi Xuan, the empress concubine, this is an advantage he was born with, but his own situation is much worse,
Not only is Wen Chengwu not successful, but he also falls into a cripple because of an accident;
YiXuan, the son of the imperial concubine, although his name is lower than that of Yixuan,
But he was outstanding, no matter how literate or martial, he could handle everything, and the Daoguang Emperor loved this son very much.
The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty did not follow the "concubine system" in the matter of choosing an heir, and Yi Xuan's concubine status was not a factor considered by the Daoguang Emperor.
The Daoguang Emperor put this edict of canonization of the prince and the edict of the crown prince in one place, which shows that he hesitated before he died.
But why did he still choose the mediocre Yixuan and did not choose the outstanding Yixuan?
Why not consider the other sons?
We might as well start with the harem of the Daoguang Emperor.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="83" > "yuan match" button 祜禄氏</h1>
When the Daoguang Emperor MinNing (formerly known as Mianning) succeeded to the throne, he was already 38 years old and had already married a wife.
In the first year of Jiaqing, the 15-year-old Mianning married his grandfather Qianlong himself, the daughter of Hubu Shangshu Niuhulu Buyan Dalai,
Subtlely, Mianning's wedding was held in the Fangfang Hall, and Qianlong let him live here after marriage.
During the Ming Dynasty, this area was inhabited by the Prince of Donggong, which shows that Qianlong's intentions have been clearly revealed.
We don't know what kind of life this Niuhulu clan (later posthumously honored as Empress Xiaomu) had before marrying.
Growing up in such a prominent family name, it is indispensable to eat and drink,
But after she married Mianning, her little life was much more difficult than when she was in her mother's house.
The Daoguang Emperor was notoriously frugal, second to none among the emperors of the past, and not only rarely ate meat on weekdays, but even sent eunuchs out of the palace to buy and burn cakes, and nibbled on tea even if it was a meal.
It is conceivable that as a wife, the Niu Hulu clan naturally wanted to "sing with the wife" and began to deal with the burnt cake.
Perhaps it was perennial malnutrition, the marriage between the two lasted for twelve years, and Niu Hulu had never been pregnant.
Not only did the Niuhulu clan not give birth, but even the days when Mianning became prince did not catch up,
In the thirteenth year of Jiaqing, that is, the year she was 27 years old, Xiang Yu died.
Since Mianning was only a prince at that time, the Niuhulu clan was buried in Wang Zuocun, and it was not until twelve years later that Mianning succeeded to the throne and reburied her.
According to the custom, the first priority after the new emperor ascended the throne was to build his own mausoleum, even if Mianning "cut the door" again, this matter could not be delayed.
Therefore, after Mianning succeeded to the throne, he immediately began to form a team to go to Tanglin to select the Ten Thousand Years Auspicious Land.
Finally, a piece of "Ji Lang" in Baohuayu was selected,
The construction of the imperial tomb took six years and was completed in the seventh year of Daoguang.
In the month of its completion, the Daoguang Emperor ordered that the Niuhulu clan be buried in his own imperial tomb.
Presiding over the funeral ceremony was the only son of the Daoguang Emperor at that time, Yiwei, the eldest son of Shu.
Yi Wei was born in Jiaqing thirteen years ago, and his birth mother was the Lateral Fu Jin Huifa Nala clan (later awarded the title of Concubine), at this time it had been more than three months since the death of the Niu Hulu clan.
The mother and son have always been unpopular with Mian Ning, and the Huifa Nara clan is from a humble origin, originally just a palace girl,
By chance, she became pregnant and gave birth to Yiwei, the eldest son of Mianning, who was promoted to Side Fujin with the intervention of the Jiaqing Emperor.
Mianning didn't like Huifa Narashi, and even didn't like this son,
Yi Wei was also relatively dull since he was a child, and his physique was weak, why couldn't he do anything, if he wasn't mianning's only son at that time,
I guess I can't even see my father's face.
After a solemn ceremony, the Niuhulu clan was moved and buried in the Baohuayu Emperor's Mausoleum.
Unexpectedly, the NiuHulu clan was buried in the imperial tomb just one year ago, and an accident occurred - the underground palace was seeping water!
In the eighth year of Daoguang, the Daoguang Emperor went to "visit" his own imperial tomb,
Who knew that after arriving at the place, the Daoguang Emperor was stunned: in just one year's effort, the underground palace was not only seeping water, but also accumulated into a small waterhole, and the coffin of the NiuhuLu clan was like a lonely boat in the water, ChuChu was pitiful!
It can be imagined how much heartache the Daoguang Emperor had at that time, and the cost of repairing the tomb was not adrift, which really hit the key point of the Daoguang Emperor!
Originally, after the construction of the Baohuayu Emperor's Mausoleum, the feng shui master Song Si had already proposed to change the acupuncture points of the underground palace, but the ministers who handled it at that time felt that the silver had been spent.
If you change positions, you will not be reprimanded by the emperor who strives to be "frugal", and no one is willing to touch this moldy head?
Just shift the acupuncture point by five inches, find that there is water seepage, and take the soil cover,
In this way, he concealed the Daoguang Emperor who had gone to accept the inspection, confused and passed the pass, and was rewarded by the Daoguang Emperor one by one.
Until the incident occurred a year later, the Daoguang Emperor gritted his teeth but had no choice, the question of the guilt, the important thing is to copy the family and seal the property,
Kankan brought back 300,000 taels.
After this stimulation, the Daoguang Emperor also had no idea of continuing to sit in the Qing Tombs, and then changed to the Qing XiLing to relocate the site, which is today's "Mu Ling".
In the fifteenth year of Daoguang, Mu Ling was completed, and the coffin of Empress Xiaomu was buried in it again, and it took nearly thirty years for her to enter the earth.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="152" > the first "empress" Tong Jiashi</h1>
The Niu Hulu clan did not catch up with her husband as emperor, and died early, and the first empress of the Daoguang Emperor was Shu Ming'a's daughter, Tong Jia.
Tong Jia was originally a side Fujin of Mianning,
After mianning had no heirs for eight years after marriage, the Jiaqing Emperor could not sit still, so he chose a noble Tong Jiashi and several concubines for his son.
After the death of the Niu Hulu clan, the Jiaqing Emperor promoted Tong Jia to the position of stepmother Concubine Fujin.
In the eighteenth year of Jiaqing, Tong Jiashi, who had been married to Mianning for ten years, finally moved his stomach and gave birth to a baby girl, mianning's eldest daughter.
Although she is a daughter, Tong Jiashi is very relieved, she was once worried that she could not have children, but also had expectations, looking forward to the next birth of the prince.
Two months later, the Jiaqing Emperor crowned Mianning as the "Prince of Wisdom", but Mianning's habit of "frugality" did not change at all.
In addition to having one more daughter than his predecessor, Niu Hulu, plus the name of a princess, Tong Jia's life did not last much longer.
Originally, she was expecting herself to have another baby boy.
Unexpectedly, the son was not born, and the daughter died of illness six years later.
It is not only Tong Jiashi, who is a mother, but also Mianning, who is sad that her young daughter died prematurely.
But what made him even more sad was that he had already run four, and his knees were still very desolate.
A total of one son and one daughter, and now even the daughter is gone, which can be imagined.
The following year, Mianning took the throne as emperor and changed her name to Minning, and a few months later Tong Jia was crowned empress, but her feelings were very complicated.
Because the show girl is going to enter the palace...
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="182" > Daoguang Emperor who suffered the devastation of "bereavement"</h1>
In the first year of Daoguang, the 14-year-old Niu Hulu clan entered the palace after being drafted,
Niu Hulu was 25 years younger than the Daoguang Emperor, the daughter of a second-class baron, the niece of the Empress Dowager (the stepmother of the Daoguang Emperor), who grew up in Suzhou since childhood, was deeply influenced by Jiangnan culture, and exuded a bit of aura.
As soon as she entered the palace, she was favored by the Daoguang Emperor, and with her noble birth, she was immediately named a "nobleman".
A year later, he was promoted to the title of "full concubine",
At the same time as her, she was promoted to concubine by two other women: one was the Fucha clan and the other was Yiwei's biological mother, the Nala clan.
Such a comparison shows the degree of favor of this Niu Hulu clan,
Even if he gave birth to a prince, the Nala clan had only just been given a concubine at this time, and had not been able to cross this new person.
No, within half a year, the Daoguang Emperor promoted the Niuhulu clan to "full concubine".
Maybe it was young and in good health, and after about four years, the whole concubine was pregnant,
At the same time as her, she was pregnant with another concubine, Xiang Concubine.
QuanFei and Xiang Concubine, the two Niu Hulu clans, seem to have a very "fate", and the two entered the palace at the same time and became pregnant successively.
This Daoguang Emperor was very happy, forty years old, and at this time there was only one son under his knees,
Now, the two concubines are pregnant, and there is an inexplicable sense of anticipation for the prosperity of the seeds, and under great joy, the whole concubine is promoted to "all concubines" and the concubines are named "xiang concubines".
Five years after Daoguang, Concubine Xiang took the lead in the basin and gave birth to the second daughter of the emperor; a month later, all the noble concubines also came to the basin, but only gave birth to the third daughter of the emperor.......
Tragically, Princess Xiang's second daughter died after staying in the human world for a few months, and there was only one son and one daughter left under the knee of the Daoguang Emperor.
Fortunately, Quan Guifei was pregnant again, but the Daoguang Emperor, who was looking forward to wearing it, was once again disappointed:
In the sixth year of Daoguang, Quan Guifei gave birth to a daughter again, the fourth daughter of the Emperor.
At this time, the Daoguang Emperor was 49 years old, and he was no longer anxious, but extremely anxious.
Fortunately, when Quan Guifei was pregnant, he "cast a wide net", and finally "fished" out a pregnant concubine Borjigit, Jing Guiren.
In the sixth year of Daoguang, Jing Guiren finally gave birth to the long-awaited son of the Daoguang Emperor, the second son of the Emperor Yi gang, and was promoted to jing concubine and jing concubine twice in a row.
A "dark horse" was killed.
Unfortunately, Yi Gang died four months after birth,
Don't say it's the Daoguang Emperor, even ordinary people can't suffer this fate of alternating joy and sorrow, it's too heart-wrenching, but this is not the end,
The mood of the Daoguang Emperor also had to go through several "roller coasters".
Until the ninth year of Daoguang, first Princess Xiang gave birth to a daughter, the fifth daughter of the Emperor.
In the same year, Princess Jing gave birth to the third son of the emperor, Yiji, and judging from the name, the Daoguang Emperor may feel that he is more than half a hundred years old, and it is difficult to have a son anymore, so he pins all his hopes on the third son of the emperor.
At this time, the Daoguang Emperor had only two sons and two daughters under his knees: Yiwei, the eldest son of Shu, Yiji, the third son of the Emperor, the fourth daughter of the Emperor, and the fifth daughter of the Emperor.
But the creation of people, the Daoguang Emperor's happiness has not yet passed, and the third son of the emperor has just died under the full moon!
Concubine Jing was also about to collapse, and her two sons had died prematurely, and her mood could be imagined.
But she quickly picked up her spirits and gave birth to a sixth daughter of the Emperor in December of that year.
When Jingfei was pregnant, Quan Guifei repaid the revenge of Jingfei taking advantage of the opportunity to compete for favors, and she was pregnant again.
Princess Xiang was not willing to show weakness, and at the same time she was pregnant.
But at this moment, a surprising thing happened: Yiwei, the eldest son of Shu, died in April of the eleventh year of Daoguang.
This was a rather terrible thing not only for the Daoguang Emperor himself, but for the entire courtiers.
Because it means that the emperor has no sons!
As mentioned earlier, Yi Wei was an unfavored son, and even then he was the only son of the Daoguang Emperor at this time, and the Original Daoguang Emperor planned to re-cultivate this son.
Unfortunately, although the Daoguang Emperor had arranged a marriage for him early, he could not add an imperial grandson to his old father.
The belated father's love did not save his life.
The Daoguang Emperor really did not like this son, although the only son died very sadly, but he was sad that he was already childless,
The debt to Yi Wei was not more than a few points, and he set his nickname as "Hidden Zhi", and he was still a Baylor,
The Hefei Nara clan also died of depression shortly after the death of their son.
At this moment, almost everyone in the former harem fixed their eyes on the bulging stomachs of All Noble Concubines and Xiang Concubines.
As mentioned earlier, they seem to be very lucky, from entering the palace to giving birth to a child is always "inseparable",
To tell the truth, if they had another daughter, the Daoguang Emperor would have to tie himself to the harem in the days to come.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="336" > the second "empress" Tong Jiashi</h1>
The Daoguang Emperor was sad and lost his son one after another, and the harem frequently gave birth to daughters,
At this juncture, it is said that he thought of the small island in the Summer Palace, the Phoenix Pier.
This small island is said to be that when Qianlong and Empress Dowager Niu Hulu went to Jiangnan, when passing through the Huangbu Dun in the Wuxi Canal, the Empress Dowager had a cold, and after the treatment of the temple's abbot, she built a Phoenix Dun,
But there is also a legend that Qianlong was built according to the myth and legend of the "Three Islands of Penglai".
The problem is not this small island, but the Island's Huibo Building,
A gilded copper phoenix is installed on the roof of the building (it can rotate with the wind and predict the size of the wind),
Also known as the Phoenix Building, it echoes with another building in the park, the "Dragon King Temple", forming a pattern of dragons and phoenixes.
The Daoguang Emperor felt that the phoenix of the Phoenix Tower was too strong, so he ordered it to be demolished (in fact, it may be due to financial constraints that cannot be maintained, and no record has been found in the Qing ShiLu and Qing History Drafts).
Of course, how many secrets the Summer Palace hides is also a hot topic of concern for future generations.
The pattern is very mysterious, it is not good to say whether the Daoguang Emperor is also deeply involved in feng shui superstitions.......
Coincidentally, shortly after the demolition of this building,
In June of the eleventh year of Daoguang, Quan Guifei and Xiang Concubine gave birth to two princes:
Quan Guifei gave birth to the fourth son of the Emperor, YiXuan,
Princess Xiang gave birth to the fifth son of the Emperor, Yi Xi.
For the Daoguang Emperor, it was not just an old man, but a successor.
In particular, the fourth son of the emperor was born to the favored Quan Guifei, and since then, the Daoguang Emperor has loved Quan Guifei even more.
Jing Concubine Borjigit also worked hard, she gave birth to the sixth son of the Emperor Yixuan in the twelfth year of Daoguang,
That is, the famous Prince Gong at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
In the thirteenth year of Daoguang, the childless empress Tong Jiashi (Empress Xiaoshen) died, and Quan Guifei was promoted to the title of "Imperial Noble Concubine", and later officially ascended the throne of the empress in the fourteenth year of Daoguang, when she was 27 years old.
After Quan Guifei sat on the back seat, she began the vinegar altar mode in all directions, staring at the Daoguang Emperor while staring at the harem concubines,
Spare no effort to prevent the emperor from having frequent contact with concubines, without the tolerance and understanding that an empress should have, nor do she have the heart to manage the affairs of the harem.
Basically, wherever the Daoguang Emperor went, she followed as far as possible.
Don't say that the GuangDi was a little disgusted by the staring, even the empress dowager, who was the empress's aunt and mother-in-law, could not see such a crazy act of her niece.
During this period, no children were born in the harem for seven whole years,
If it is not her responsibility, it is really impossible to say, don't look at the Daoguang Emperor is older, after the death of this empress, four daughters and three sons were born in the harem.
Over time, there was friction between the arrogant empress and the empress,
This empress dowager WashuLu was also very brave, and when the Jiaqing Emperor died suddenly, this empress dowager not only did not take the opportunity to push her son to the throne,
Instead, he supported Mianning, who was not his own child, that is, the current Daoguang Emperor, and it can be seen that he was also a sober empress.
Although the age difference between her and her stepson Mianning is only six years old, the mother and son are deeply in love, and the Daoguang Emperor is very filial.
The time of their deaths was also more than a month apart.
Over time, the Daoguang Emperor also sensed the deepening contradictions between the empress and the empress, coupled with the fact that the harem had long been dissatisfied with the empress.
For a time, the harem concubines were degraded for unknown reasons, most likely as a result of the struggle between the empress and the empress.
After such a fuss, the Daoguang Emperor also gradually snubbed the empress, and it was not long before the harem came out the news that Tong Guifei was pregnant.
Soon after, the empress fell ill, and it is said that the empress dowager also ordered someone to send the empress a visit with a maintenance of medicinal liquor.
But did not wait for the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and aunt and nephew to ease,
Empress Dowager Niu (Empress Xiaoquan) suddenly collapsed in her sleep a day later, at the age of 33.
After Empress Xiaoquan's death, the Daoguang Emperor never made an empress again, but only promoted Jing Guifei, the biological mother of the emperor's sixth son, YiXuan, to "Imperial Concubine" and let her manage the affairs of the six palaces.
In addition to Yi Xuan and Yi Xuan, what happened to the other sons of the Daoguang Emperor?
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="484" > Emperor's fifth son Yizhen, Emperor's seventh son Yizhen, Emperor's eighth son Yixuan, and Emperor Jiuzi Yizhen</h1>
First of all, let's talk about the fifth son of the Emperor of the Xiang Concubine Niu Hulu clan, Yi Xi,
After the Daoguang Emperor had more sons, his waist rod stiffened a lot, and he also passed on the fifth son of the emperor to Miankai, the prince of Wei, the empress's own son.
The Empress Dowager Niuhulu had two biological sons, the eldest son was called Miankai, and the younger son was called Mianxin.
Mianxin died in the eighth year of Daoguang,
Mian Kai is a super unconscious person, repeatedly running into trouble, not to mention, but also has a special habit of eunuchs, after being repaired by the Daoguang Emperor, repeatedly teaching and forcibly occupying other people's husbands, after all kinds of tossing,
He died in the eighteenth year of Daoguang, and for the above reasons, he had only one son, and he died in front of him.
In order to thank the empress dowager, the Daoguang Emperor passed on the fifth son of the emperor to the name of Prince Huan, so as to prevent his succession to the title.
This also means that the fifth son of the emperor has lost the qualification to compete for the throne.
The seventh son of the Emperor Yizhen, the biological father of the Guangxu Emperor, was born in the twentieth year of Daoguang, and the Daoguang Emperor wrote an edict to put it into the box in the twenty-sixth year of Daoguang.
At that time, Yi Zhen was still young, and there were two adult princes in front of him, and the seventh son of the emperor was not considered by the Daoguang Emperor.
The eighth son of the Emperor, Yixuan, was born in the twenty-fourth year of Daoguang, for the same reason as above.
The ninth son of the Emperor, Yi Zhen, was born in the twenty-fifth year of Daoguang, for the same reason as above.
therefore
Without any suspense, the heir to the throne will only be born between the fourth son of the emperor, YiXuan, and the sixth son of the emperor, Yixuan.
The Daoguang Emperor had no superfluous options.
So, why mediocre Yixuan, not outstanding Yixuan?
The difference is that behind the emperor's sixth son, Yi Chen, there is a lack of a person who knows how to guess the thoughts of the Daoguang Emperor,
Behind the emperor's fourth son, YiXuan, stood such a person, Du Shoutian.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="357" > "behind the scenes" Du Shoutian</h1>
To tell the truth, the Daoguang Emperor's vision of people was really not ordinary bad.
Cut the degree of harem eating and wearing, including fat powder money, carefully calculate life, clothes are torn and supplemented, and then make up for it when it is broken,
Even the Daoguang Emperor gave the courtiers the clothing ornaments hoarded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and asked them to return xie Yinliang.
In this regard, the Daoguang Emperor is really good at living a life, and thrift and thrift are a virtue.
If this is the home of ordinary people, it is no problem to save a few years to run to a well-off life.
But he is the emperor, and the question is not whether he should be thrifty, but whether he measures the ability and character of the minister by "whether he is thrifty".
Isn't that a bad thing?
Mu Zhang'a, a traitorous courtier, made himself into the emperor's confidant type, wearing a worn-out patched imperial dress to the court, and indeed won the favor of the Daoguang Emperor.
With such a "shortcut", the courtiers have a kind of learning, and soon the price of old clothes in the city is more expensive than new clothes, and the supply is in short supply and even deliberately breaks the new clothes and patches them.
All this is to cater to the Daoguang Emperor's atmosphere of "leading by example, being diligent and thrifty",
It can be said that during the Daoguang Emperor's reign, the court was like a "beggar gang assembly":
On the stage is a minister wearing a patched court dress, and on the stage is an emperor with a patch on a dragon robe...
Occasionally interspersed with discussions about where to buy bargains....
But these ministers, behind the emperor's back, still live a life of mountains and treasures,
The emperor who was in the dark lived in the deep palace for a long time, and even if he knew that this scene was just for the sake of "Bo Jun's smile".
However, there is indeed an emperor's "confidant" - Cao Zhenyong,
No less miserly than the Daoguang Emperor,
Cao Zhenyong not only personally carried the vegetable basket and the scale pole to buy vegetables, but also stood there bargaining with the vendors and grinding his mouth for half a day.
The Daoguang Emperor believed that such a frugal person must be a pillar of strength, and not only promoted him to be a heavy courtier, but also often summoned him to the palace to discuss how to save the cost of eating and wearing.
When the Daoguang Emperor learned that Cao Zhenyong had a slap on his knee and only needed three silver coins, the Daoguang Emperor was still very "envious" and said: "The crops in ruwai are very cheap, and the Wu Nei Mansion is silver five or two!" ”
After that, in order to save this cost, the Daoguang Emperor gave all the patching to the harem.
Suddenly, the female red craftsmanship of the harem concubine Gong'e soared...
But Cao Xueyong was a man, but he was a lord of only promises, the emperor said what he agreed, the most shining point came from Lin Zexu was his protégé,
Such a character, let him be listed in such an important position as the Minister of Military Aircraft, this is not a joke, should go to the Ministry of internal affairs is,
However, the Daoguang Emperor did not feel that there was any violation of peace, and he also felt that he was very accurate in seeing people, and without the slightest hesitation, he replaced the old ministers of the Jiaqing Dynasty.
With this group of people carefully selected by himself, the Opium War failed, and the Daoguang Emperor could not blame him.
Later, the dazed Daoguang Emperor also dismissed Lin Zexu from his post and sent him to Ili to charge the army.
The dissatisfaction of the ministers is also increasing, and the number of chapters on the desk of the Daoguang Emperor is also increasing, for the emperor,
This was a positive phenomenon, but for the Daoguang Emperor, this pile of music chapters made him very upset.
This created opportunities for Du Shoutian.
Du Shoutian was born in the "Shuxiang Mendi", the Du family "One Door Seven Scholars", "Father and Son Five Hanlin", and received an orthodox Confucian education.
In the sixteenth year of Daoguang, Du Shoutian was selected as the master of the Four Brothers, and also preached the history of the scriptures for the emperor on weekdays.
According to the Anecdotes of Famous People of the Qing Dynasty (Ye Shi), when the Daoguang Emperor was troubled by the Songzhang,
Du Shoutian blurted out: Whoever enters the speech does not ask how he says it, but criticizes the loss of the format and the wrong font in the play, and submits it to the officials for discussion, then the speaker is bitter and the seal is rare.
What does it mean?
The meaning is that no matter what is written in the sonata, as long as you pick out the format problematic, if the format is not a problem, then pick out the typo, find out and immediately submit it to the officials for discussion.
With such a method of picking the wrong sonata, who would dare to easily submit the recital? The more you write, the more "mistakes" there are.
In the long run, the more talented people are defeated, the more the state affairs are declining.......
However, the Daoguang Emperor still felt that this method was "very good", and Du Shoutian was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and the official fortunes became more and more prosperous.
In the twenty-ninth year of Daoguang, he was appointed as the chief master of the upper study, and the emperor entrusted him with the heavy responsibility of cultivating the crown prince.
But
Du Shoutian accepted Confucianism, and his concept of "standing up for a long time" is in line with etiquette.
Seeing that the Daoguang Emperor favored the sixth prince and hesitated about the selection of the heir, Du Shoutian was anxious,
So he went to great lengths to help the fourth prince seize the throne.
In the spring of the twenty-sixth year of Daoguang, the Daoguang Emperor led the prince to hunt in the South Garden, saying that it was a safari, but in fact it was to examine the prince's skills.
Du Shoutian, who was well versed in the emperor's psychology, told the emperor's fourth son Yixuan not to perform before leaving, because he would definitely not be able to compete with others.
He also did not want to dabble in hunting, and when the emperor asked, he said, "Shi Fangchun, birds and beasts are breeding, and they can't bear to hurt their lives to dry heaven and peace." ”
Sure enough, the Daoguang Emperor was very satisfied when he heard this answer, and felt that this son had such a heart for the world, and praised: "This true emperor's words!" ”
Perhaps at this time, the fourth son of the emperor has just become a "candidate".
According to ye shi records, the Daoguang Emperor inspected them again and asked them what they thought of the current politics.
As a result, Yi Xuan, who was not a talented man, could not answer, and according to the method taught to him by Du Shoutian, he knelt on the ground and sobbed and wept, saying: Erchen prays to the heavens day and night, and only wishes emperor Amma a speedy recovery, which is the good fortune of the people of the country and the happiness of the sons.
In this way, the Daoguang Emperor decided to pass the throne to the fourth son of the emperor, Yixuan.
Of course, the stakes are very high, the Daoguang Emperor will never hastily set the heir because of one or two inspections, there must be many times during the period, secretly investigating, so the history books are not recorded.
However, in the later xianfeng emperor's heavy use of praise for Du Shoutian, he played a key role.
However, the Daoguang Emperor was not easy to fool, I think he made this choice at that time, and the decisive factor should be related to the Opium War.
After the Daoguang Emperor signed the Treaty of Nanjing, he consciously felt ashamed of the ancestors of the Great Qing Dynasty.
Mentally speaking, he hoped that the war would end, and the sixth son of the Emperor, YiXuan, had a more positive and radical personality, which can be seen from his later coup with Cixi.
Contrary to the Daoguang Emperor's desire to protect the Qing Dynasty, he should be more inclined to be a successor who was an emperor who did not like to "cause trouble".
The above is also personal speculation, and the comment area learns from each other.
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However, the wishful thinking of the Daoguang Emperor also brought many contradictions to the two sons.
It was no wonder that the Xianfeng Emperor thought about it a lot, and he knew very well that he almost couldn't sit on the throne.
After the Xianfeng Emperor ascended the throne, "extra carefully" added a "Gong" character to the title of the sixth brother Yixuan - brother is friend, brother is gong,
It is used to remind Yi Xun to keep to himself.
In addition, for Yi Chen's birth mother, the Imperial Concubine Borjigit, although the Xianfeng Emperor also served wholeheartedly, repaying her kindness to her own upbringing,
However, he was very stingy and did not want to give her the title of "Empress Dowager", and only honored her as "Filial Piety Emperor Noble Concubine",
Perhaps it is not willing that the birth mother cannot enjoy the treatment of the empress dowager while she is alive, so she does not want to give the adoptive mother,
Or maybe he was afraid that his younger brother Yi Chen would be crowned "Empress Dowager Concubine" and threaten his own throne.
In short, it wasn't until a few days before Princess Gui's death that Prince Gong Yixuan asked Emperor Xianfeng to give her the title of "Empress Dowager", and Emperor Xianfeng said "Oh" at that time.
Regardless of whether Prince Gong Really understood or did not understand Emperor Xianfeng's meaning, he immediately rushed to the Military Aircraft Department and the Ministry of Rites to pass on the will on behalf of the emperor and began to handle the matter of canonizing the emperor's noble concubine as the empress dowager.
In this way, the raw rice was cooked into cooked rice, and the Jinggui Princess Borjigit clan finally achieved her wish to become "Empress Kangci",
But she only enjoyed the false name of the empress dowager for seven days, and then passed away.
However, he did not know whether the Xianfeng Emperor was still unwilling in the end, and ordered his spiritual seat not to be offered to the Taimiao Temple.
Her biological son, Prince Gong, was deposed as Minister of War the day after her death.
But the Xianfeng Emperor would not have thought that he would only live in this world for six more years after that, and he would die just after turning thirty.
After several twists and turns, power passed into the hands of Prince Gong again.......