Qianlong was a well-known emperor in the late period of Chinese feudal society. On the basis of the martial arts of the Kangxi and Yongzheng Emperors, he further completed the unification of the multi-ethnic state, promoted the development of social economy and culture, and formed the famous "Kangqian Prosperous Era" in history. Qianlong's life has left many stories for future generations, the most popular of which is that he is not the son of Yongzheng, but a Han queen. Is this nonsense?
Ai Xin Jueluo Qianlong Emperor
Ai Xin Jue Luo Qianlong, named Hongli, was the fourth emperor after the Qing Dynasty entered the Customs. He was the fourth son of the Yongzheng Emperor himself, but some people believe that he was the son of a Chen family in Haining, and was a Han Chinese. Even Jin Yong described it in the martial arts novel "Book of Swords and Enmity".
Mr. Jin Yong's writing is not out of thin air. Because, since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the notes on the history of wild history and folklore have indeed believed that the Qianlong Emperor was the son of Chen Gelao, the Chen family of Haining.
Chen Gelao, commonly known as Chen Shiyi, lives in Haining County, Zhejiang. Haining County is small, but it is famous for its majestic sea tides. Chen Shiyi entered the dynasty as an official during the Kangxi Dynasty and had frequent contacts with the Yong family. Today, a Kowloon plaque is preserved in the old mansion of Chen Ge, which is said to have been written by Yongzheng himself.
According to legend, Prince Yong and the wife of the old Chen Ge family each gave birth to a child on the same day of the same month of the same year, and Prince Yong asked the Chen family to carry the child into the palace to see. However, when the children were sent out again, the old and young chen family were stunned, and the original white and fat boy had turned into a. But the Chen family had no choice but to swallow their anger. The fat boy who changed into the imperial palace was the later Qianlong Emperor.
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Because of the status of the protagonist of the story, he is the honor of the ninety-five. Therefore, as soon as the story came out, the legend that Qianlong was chen ge's old son spread more and more widely, and the wind could not chase it. Folklore and even legend says that after Qianlong ascended the throne, he lived in Chen Ge's hometown four times after he ascended the throne, with the purpose of visiting his biological parents.
There is also a book called "Foreign History of the Qing Dynasty", written by a late Qing literati. He wrote in the book that Qianlong knew that he was not a Manchu, so he often wore Han costumes in the palace, and asked his favorite courtiers whether they were like Han Chinese. The historical Qianlong did often wear Hanfu, and now there are still many portraits of the Qianlong Emperor wearing Hanfu in the Forbidden City, which may be one of the reasons for the legend.
However, many people do not agree with this statement. In the royal genealogy "Yu Mu", it can be found that when Qianlong was born, although Yongzheng's eldest son and second son had died prematurely, the third son was 8 years old, and a princess added a son to him 3 months later. And at this time, Yongzheng was only 34 years old and in his prime, how could he exchange his daughter for the son of the Chen family when he already had an 8-year-old son and a princess was about to give birth? This behavior does not make sense.
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At the same time, some scholars have examined the legendary Haining Chen family. Haining is a small county town on the Banks of the Qiantang River in Zhejiang Province. The so-called Haining Chen family refers to the Chen Shi family. Because he once entered the cabinet as an official, he was called Chen Gelao by the locals. The Chen family was well-connected in the three dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong, and many officials held high positions and were prominent for a while.
As for why Qianlong went to Jiangnan six times, he went to Haining in Zhejiang Province four times, and lived in the Chen family's private garden each time? According to research, Qianlong's southern tour to Haining was mainly to inspect the Qiantang River Haitang Project, which cost a lot of money. Haining was a small, remote county, and there was no better place for the emperor to live than the Chen Family Garden.
Besides, the Chen Family Garden is actually a few miles away from the Chen Family Residence, and Qianlong has lived in the Chen Family Garden four times, but he has not summoned the descendants of the Chen Family once, let alone "visited his biological parents". The aforementioned Kowloon plaque does have this object, but according to expert research, this plaque was not written by Qianlong, but by the Kangxi Emperor.
From the records, we can also see that the relationship between Qianlong and Chen Shiqian is not actually father and son. According to records, soon after Chen Shiqian was promoted to a cabinet scholar in the sixth year of Qianlong, he was reprimanded by the Qianlong Emperor in public for making mistakes in drafting the edict, and was reprimanded by the Qianlong Emperor for being "incompetent and incompetent." Such words do not look like father and son.
In addition, even Mr. Jin Yong, the author who once wrote the Book of Swords and Enmity, has personally said that the so-called character of Qianlong's younger brother Chen Jialuo in the book was fabricated by him, and the qianlong emperor's calligraphy is a descendant of the Chen family in Haining.
This is almost the end of the problem. But why is Qianlong's true life and birthplace still a mystery?
Let's take a look at the Qing Dynasty's imperial genealogy "Jade Mu", which clearly records: "Emperor Gaozongchun (Qianlong), the fourth son of Emperor Sejongxian (Yongzheng), was born in The Lama Temple on August 13, 1785 by Empress Xiaoshengxian of the Niu Cobalt Lu clan and the daughter of Ling Zhu." That is to say, the Qianlong Emperor was born in the Lama Temple, the residence of the former Prince of Yong.
Qianlong also believed that he was born in the Lama Temple, and he repeatedly hinted that he was born in the Lama Temple.
Qianlong said in the poem "The New Zhengyi Yonghe Palace Ritual Buddha that is, Jing Zhi Sense", "To Si Every remembers the beginning of my birth". It shows that Qianlong believes that he was born in the Lama Temple. In the forty-fifth year of Qianlong (1780), the Qianlong Emperor went to the Lama Temple to pay homage to the Buddha, and said, "I only left here at the beginning of the twelfth year, and now I glance at the seventy-year-old people." The poem also states that "in the sixty-first year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the emperor raised the palace, and during the Yongzheng period, he lived in the palace forever." It shows that the Qianlong Emperor believed that he was born in the Lama Temple.
Curiously, however, the Jiaqing Emperor, the son of Qianlong, did not agree with his father's claims. In the birthday message written by the Jiaqing Emperor for Qianlong, "Wan wanshou festival led the princes and ministers to perform the celebration ceremony gongji", it is also mentioned that "Kangxi Xin Built a Mountain Villa, and the emperor was born in the court of the emperor in the year of the birth of the capital." In other words, Qianlong was born in the summer resort.
In addition, Guan Shiming, an official of the Qianlong Dynasty and former director of the summer resort, once wrote in a poem: "Qingshan Xiang sublimates Zhuhong, and is born to reminisce about the old palace." Every year, the incense goes every day, and the lion garden feels holy." It is also noted that "the Lion Park is the place where the emperor was born, and often stays at the Xian Temple". In other words, the Lion Park of Chengde Mountain Resort is the birthplace of the Qianlong Emperor.
The "true and false Monkey King" is already difficult to identify. Nowadays, there are more kinds of historical materials about Qianlong's true life and birthplace, so it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity.