When it comes to the emperors of the feudal dynasty, it will always attract the envy of many people, especially the "three palaces, six courtyards, seventy-two concubines" and "three thousand harem beauties" that the emperors sit on, which will make many male compatriots look at them and envy them.
However, in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there was such a pair of imperial fathers and sons, although they also had a huge number of harem concubines, but they were known for their "exclusive favor" and "special affection", and thus left their own "Jiangshan beauty" good story. These two emperors were Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, who officially established the Qing Dynasty, and his successor, The Shunzhi Emperor Fulin, who was known as the "luckiest emperor in history".
Perhaps this is a coincidence of history, in the emotional experience with their favorite concubine, the two emperors who have created an immortal foundation invariably have a mysterious story opening, a vigorous love affair, and a sad ending of "red face and thin life".
And these two concubines who were extremely favored by the emperor, but who also had pity for each other, were the emperor's concubine Hai Lanzhu, who was the only favorite of the emperor, and Dong E, who was the sole favorite of the Shunzhi Emperor.
Two "enigmatic" women, but both received extreme pampering in a short period of time.
The reason why the two of them are "enigmatic" women is because their lives have invariably suffered major deficiencies in the historical data, and the missing part is their experience before entering the palace, thus leaving behind various "mysteries".
First, let's talk about The Emperor Taiji's favored concubine Hai Lan Zhu.
Hai Lanzhu, born in the Horqin tribe of southern Mongolia, was the niece of Empress Xiaoduanwen and Empress Zhezhe during the Emperor Taiji period, and was also the sister of Empress Bumubutai, who was known to later generations as Empress Xiaozhuang.
The reason why Hai Lanzhu's life became a "mystery" is because she married Huang Taiji at the age of 26 in the ninth year of Houjin Tiancong (1634), you know, her sister Empress Xiaozhuang Bumubutai was only 13 years old when she married Huang Taiji in the tenth year of the Later Jin Mandate (1625).
However, in the historical records of the Qing Dynasty, there is no record of Hai Lanzhu's previous marriage. Therefore, in the wild history, there are three different accounts about the true marital status of Hai Lanzhu before:
First, Hai Lanzhu had been married before, because the relationship with her in-laws and husband was not good, she returned to Horqin, and only then remarried to Huang Taiji;
Second, Hai Lanzhu was married to the general of Lin Dan Khan, whose husband was killed in battle against the Houjin army, and later remarried to Emperor Taiji;
Third, it is also said that Hai Lanzhu, like the noble concubine Na Mu Zhong of the Lin toe Palace who later remarried to the Emperor Taiji, and the Lady Ofe bat Ma Xuan of the Yanqing Palace, was once one of the wives of Lin Dan Khan.
However, how the real situation has become impossible to verify, correspondingly, if this is true, this shows that Huang Taiji has deliberately concealed Hai Lan Zhu's marital status in order to give Hai Lan Zhu a better name. After all, when Emperor Taiji married Hailanzhu, Empress Zhezhe and Bumubutai from Horqin Mongolia did not give birth to a prince for Emperor Taiji, and Hailanzhu married Emperor Taiji not only to continue to consolidate the relationship between the Later Jin regime and Horqin Mongolia at that time, but also to consider the origin of the heir of the entire regime.
In this way, this concubine who was "older" and entered the palace relatively late, got the unparalleled accordance and favor of the Emperor Taiji, and only a little more than a year later, when the Emperor Taiji was crowned the "Queen Concubine of the Five Palaces", Hai Lanzhu was named by the Emperor Taiji as the Concubine of Guanju Palace, and her status was only second only to Empress Zhezhe, and she was three levels higher than her sister who married Emperor Taiji for 9 years earlier and was named the Concubine of Yongfu Palace.
Coincidentally, Princess Dong E, who was favored by the Shunzhi Emperor Fu Lin, also had "Dong Xiaowan Said" and "Xiang Prince Fujin Said", two interpretations of her identity.
Of course, with regard to "Dong Xiaowan said", that is, Dong Efei was Dong Xiaowan, one of the "Eight Yans of Qin Huai", this kind of statement has been excluded.
On the one hand, in terms of age, there is a certain gap between the Shunzhi Emperor and Dong Xiaowan.
Dong Xiaowan was born in the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty, the ninth year of the Later Jin Dynasty (1624), and died in the eighth year of the Reign of Qing Shunzhi (1651), while the Shunzhi Emperor Fu Lin was born in the third year of qing Chongde (1638).
That is to say, when the Shunzhi Emperor was born, Dong Xiaowan was 16 years older than the Shunzhi Emperor, and at that time it was already considered to be a person of the next generation, if there was really a love affair, it was also a "mother-son love", and when Dong Efei died, the Shunzhi Emperor was only 13 years old. So in terms of age, this statement is unlikely.
On the other hand, geographically.
Dong Xiaowan has lived in Jiangnan for a long time, and Shunzhi has always been confined to the land of Gyeonggi for Dolgun, and the two people have no way to let the two people get acquainted in the geographical location.
In fact, Dong Xiaowan, a famous prostitute in Jiangnan, really married a famous scholar of the Fushe Society. As early as 1639, the 15-year-old Dong Xiaowan became acquainted with the famous soldiers of the Jiangnan Fu Society, and then married Mao Pujiang. After the southern Mingfu king's regime in Jiangnan was captured by the Qing army, he shared happiness and suffering with the adventurous frontier until his death.
Therefore, it is almost impossible for Shunzhi and Dong Xiaowan to have any intersection, so Dong Efei is not Dong Xiaowan.
The most important and direct evidence of another theory, the "Fu Jin Theory of prince Xiang", comes from this description in the "Biography of John Tang" written by the famous missionary Tang John at that time:
"The Shunzhi Emperor had a fiery love affair with the wife of a Manchu soldier. When this soldier reprimanded his wife for this, he was slapped in the ear by the Heavenly Son, who had heard of his rebuke. The soldier then died of resentment, perhaps by suicide. The emperor then took the surviving soldier into the palace and made him a noble concubine. This noble concubine gave birth to a son in 1,660 years, and it was the emperor who wanted to make him the future crown prince. But a few weeks later, the crown prince died, and his mother died shortly thereafter. ”
Among them, the identity of Dong Eshi is very clearly implied.
First, Concubine Dong was the only imperial concubine who was crowned during Shunzhi's lifetime.
Second, in the fourteenth year of Shunzhi (1657), Concubine Dong gave birth to the fourth son of the Shunzhi Emperor, celebrated according to the etiquette of the eldest son and pardoned the world, and Shunzhi even intended to make Dong Efei's son the crown prince. However, Dong Efei's son died prematurely before he was one year old, which made Dong Efei's sadness excessive, and her health was not as good as before, and in less than four years, Dong Efei died.
Third, on the third day of July in the thirteenth year of Shunzhi (1656), Shunzhi's younger brother Bomu Bogol the Prince of Xiang died, and Bomu Bogol was an officer and general who commanded the army during his lifetime. Less than two months later, on August 25, 1656, the thirteenth year of Shunzhi (1656), Dong Eshi was registered as a "virtuous concubine".
It is precisely because of the records and corroboration of this historical material that there is a birth theory of Dong Efei 's "Prince Fujin theOry of Xiang", Dong Efei was originally the wife of Bomu Bogol, because she was favored by Shunzhi and was taken by Shunzhi after bomu bogol's death. There are even records that Shunzhi deliberately created the end of the battle of Bomu Bogol, the Prince of Xiang, in order to obtain Concubine Dong'e.
Regardless of The origin of Concubine Dong E, in just one month after entering the palace, she was crowned as an imperial concubine by the Shunzhi Emperor on the grounds that she was "sensitive and wise and good, and had not been above the Dong E's clan", and the speed of her promotion was unique throughout the history of china's ancient feudal dynasties.
The experience of the two queen concubines being favored can be said to be the same, with many "similarities".
First of all, in terms of status, Hai Lanzhu and Dong Efei were second only to the empress.
Of course, it has to be said that the two empresses of the Shunzhi Emperor, both from the Horqin Mongols, were both political marriages and even "close relatives married", not only were they not favored by the Shunzhi Emperor, but the first empress was deposed by the Shunzhi Emperor, and the second empress was also hovering on the verge of abolition. At this time, As an imperial concubine, Concubine Dong E was only inferior to the empress in status, but in the degree of attention and respect, she was far superior to the empress.
Empress Zhezhe was the main room Fujin as early as the time when Emperor Taiji had not yet ascended the throne, and she was also Hai Lanzhu's aunt, and it was a smooth matter to become the empress of the main palace. As mentioned in the previous article, Hai Lanzhu was only married to Emperor Taiji for more than a year, and was named Donggong Fujin, Guanju Palace Concubine, and her status in the harem was second only to Empress Zhezhe, and she was three levels higher than her sister, Bumubutai, who ranked as the princess of Yongfu Palace, which showed that Emperor Taiji loved her.
Secondly, in the emperor's treatment of the children born to these two concubines, they were regarded as concubines, but both princes died early.
After the birth of Hai Lanzhu's son, the Emperor feasted on the courtiers and issued the first amnesty decree of the Qing Dynasty:
"Since ancient times, when a man has the celebration of the birth of a son, he will issue an edict of amnesty in the kingdom, which is the rule of the ancient emperor. Now that the Heavenly Family, The Concubine of guanju Palace has given birth to an imperial heir, and the ceremony of the Emperor has been carried out, and the land that wants to make the land within and outside the political and religious reach of the emperor be blessed..."
This was something that was not there when the later Emperor Xiaozhuang was born, Namu Zhong was born to Yubo Bo Bogol, and other princes. It can be seen that Emperor Taiji regarded him as the "eldest son" and decided to make this baby the heir to the throne, but the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and Hai Lanzhu's son died when he was less than one year old.
When Concubine Dong gave birth to the fourth son of the Shunzhi Emperor, the Shunzhi Emperor also issued a general amnesty order:
"Since the ancient emperors succeeded to the throne, they have four seas, and they will be eternal and boundless." It is the birthplace of Yanqing, the heir of The Dragon. He inherited the great treasure with Liang De for four years. Emperor Zihe was blessed by heaven, zu kao Yixiu, on the seventh day of the first month of October, the first son was born, and the imperial concubine was born. The heart of the Virgin Mary is nurturing, and the beloved heart of the lower consolation of the subjects is specially granted, and the grace of Guang ren is used. ”
The Shunzhi Emperor did this, and also regarded it as a manifestation of concubines, however, Dong Efei's son did not live past the first birthday and died early, which made the Shunzhi Emperor feel sad. To this end, the Shunzhi Emperor not only ordered him to be posthumously named the Prince of Rong, but also built a mausoleum far beyond the regulations to show his grace.
However, Hai Lanzhu and Dong Efei also ended up with a "red face and thin life".
Perhaps the blow of the pain of losing his son was too heavy, whether it was Hai Lanzhu or Concubine Dong E, after the death of his son, his physical condition was deteriorating, although he still received the grace of the emperor, but it was difficult to resist the fate of "Xiang Yu Yu Death", and he ended his life at a young age.
In the sixth year of Chongde (1641), Hai Lanzhu died of illness at the age of 32. Huang Taiji posthumously named him "Min Hui Gong and Yuan Fei", "Yuan Fei" is the original meaning, Huang Taiji's life only two people were named Yuan Fei, one is his real wife Yuan Fei Niu Hu Lu clan, the other is Hai Lan Zhu, which also shows that Huang Taiji's "love for Hai Lan Zhu is deep, miss the cut".
Dong Efei died in the seventeenth year of Shunzhi (1660) at the age of only 20 years old, and the Shunzhi Emperor was also extremely sad about the death of Dong Efei, and posthumously named her "Empress Xiaoxian Duanjing" to express his feelings with Dong Efei.
Leaving the two emperors he loved, he also quickly ended his life in sadness and loneliness.
Huang Taiji's lifelong marriages were political marriages. In his "Five Palace Concubines", marrying Empress Zhezhe was Nurhaci in order to win over and consolidate the alliance with the Horqin Mongols; marrying Bumubutai, later Empress Xiaozhuang, because Zhezhe was pregnant, and doing the "spare tire" and "substitute" for Zhezhe; marrying Hai lanzhu, also hoping to leave the throne to the daughter of the Horqin Mongol family if neither Zhezhe nor Bumubutai gave birth to a prince for himself; and marrying Namukzhong and Batmahu, the widows of the two Lin Dan Khans. In order to maintain relations with the Chahar Mongols.
Between Huang Taiji and his "Five Palace Concubines" and several other people, there is more respect and admiration, only for Hai Lan Zhu, Huang Taiji poured all his love, so that for Hai Lan Zhu, Huang Tai Chi can ride on horseback day and night from the front line of the "Song Jin War" that determines the fate of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, rushing back to see Hai Lan Zhu for the last time, but unfortunately, Huang Tai Chi has not yet arrived, and Hai Lan Zhu has died.
Two years later, in the eighth year of Chongdeok (1643), Emperor Taiji died, and the pair of "lovers" who hated each other and hated each other were able to meet at Izumishita.
Compared with Emperor Taiji, the marriage of the Shunzhi Emperor was very unfortunate.
The two empresses, both from the Horqin Mongols, were their own blood relatives. Marrying the first empress was presided over by Dorgon, and marrying the second empress was presided over by her own mother, Empress Xiaozhuang, a typical "arranged marriage", and marrying other concubines was also a marriage for political purposes, without the slightest feeling visible.
This state of affairs was greatly changed until the appearance of Concubine Dong E, and the Shunzhi Emperor made a great change for the concubine who was united with himself in "free love", in fact, most of the many promising actions of the Shunzhi Emperor were only implemented after Dong Efei entered the palace.
The death of Concubine Dong greatly stimulated the Shunzhi Emperor, so that the Shunzhi Emperor had the idea of "renunciation", although in the end it was only an "attempt to become a monk", but this mentality of seeing through the red dust was indeed a true portrayal of the shunzhi emperor's inner thoughts at that time. It is precisely because of this that in the midst of sadness and melancholy, the Shunzhi Emperor was infected with smallpox, and only half a year after the death of Concubine Dong Efei, he also passed away, and together with Princess Dong Efei searched for the beauty of the past.
"Since ancient times, many beautiful people have many lives, and the spring behind closed doors has fallen."
Sitting in the position of God King means to be a "lonely person" for a lifetime, to hide his true feelings at all times, not to have feelings, and even more to have love.
However, Emperor Taiji and Hai Lanzhu, The Shunzhi Emperor and Dong Efei, a pair of imperial fathers and sons and their "red faces and thin lives" of the pet concubines, in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, staged a vigorous love elegy, although their love story was named a classic by later generations, but their "tragic" ending, but can not help but make people feel sighing and sad.