In the Great Qing DynastyThe aunt and nephew were married to an emperor at the same timeIt's nothing new, and Huang Taiji is still married to an aunt and two nephews:
Aunt Zhezhe was the "Lord of the Kingdom" of Huang Taiji, and later the queen of Qingning Palace.
The eldest niece Hai Lanzhu is the love of Huang Taiji's life, and later the concubine of Guan Ju Palace.
The little niece Bumu Butai was the brains of Huang Taiji, and later the concubine of Yongfu Palace.
Those who know the history of the Qing Dynasty should know that Nurhachi unified the entire Jurchen Department through years of southern and northern wars, and the Jurchen Department was divided into savage Jurchens, Haixi Jurchens and Jianzhou Jurchens, and Nurhachi was born in a chieftain's family among the Jianzhou Jurchens, and his father Takshi was the commander of the Jianzhou Left Guard.
In the process of Nurhachi's unification of the Jurchens, the Yehe tribe became the leader of the four tribes and the most powerful tribe. Nalimbulu, the leader of the Yehe tribe, was worried that Nurhachi would threaten the Haixi Jurchen tribes, so he united a total of 20,000 people from nine alliances, including the four Haixi Jurchen tribes and the Horqin tribe, to attack the Jianzhou Jurchens.
After this war, the Horqin Mongols began to fall to the Jianzhou Jurchens and married Nurhachi.
The first to marry the Jianzhou Jurchens were Zhezhe's two uncles, Ming'an and Konggol, and the daughters of both uncles were married to Nurhachi as side concubinesImmediately afterwards, one of Ming'an's daughters married Prince Duoduo of Yu, and several granddaughters married the children and grandchildren of Prince Hauge of Su (the eldest son of Huang Taiji), Prince Rui Dolgon, and Prince Li Daishan.
In this way, on the basis of the Manchu and Mongolian marriages, the relationship between the Houjin established by Nurhachi and the Horqin Mongols became closer and closer.
And Zhezhe married Huang Taiji in this context, although it was not a great fortune at the beginning, but as the status of Horqin Mongolia in Houjin became higher and higher, Zhezhe's status in the harem also improved;But at the same time that Huang Taiji was more and more used by the Great Khan, Zhezhe also had new troubles: although he had already given birth to two children, they were both daughters;Zhezhe was very anxious that he had not given birth to a son with Korqin blood.
Therefore, after obtaining the consent of the family, he married his own niece and the daughter of his elder brother Zhai Sambel to his husband, Emperor Taiji. Bumu Butai was later known as Xiaozhuang, but unfortunately after Bumu Butai married Huang Taiji, he and his aunt gave birth to a total of four princesses, and did not give birth to a son.
So in 1633, Zhezhe's mother came to Houjin in person to set the marriage between Huang Taiji and Hai Lanzhu.
Horqin was able to marry both his aunt and two nephews to Huang Taiji in order to complete the task of giving birth to a son. As a result, Hai Lanzhu not only got the exclusive favor of Huang Taiji, but also gave birth to Huang Taiji's eighth son;It's a pity that the eighth son of the emperor died young, and after the death of the eighth son, Bumu Butai gave birth to the ninth son of the emperor, Fulin, which was later Emperor Shunzhi.
In this way, the three aunts and nephews finally completed Korqin's mission in Houjin.
In addition to Zhezhe, Bumu Butai and Hailanzhu's aunt and nephew serving a husband at the same time, they also appeared once in the Qing Dynasty, but this pair of aunts and nephews is very interesting: the niece is three years older than the aunt, and the niece is the queen of the middle palace as soon as she enters the palace, and the aunt can only "condescend" to the concubine position. What's going on here?
In order to distinguish the two aunts and nephews, the following will call Empress Xiao Zheyi the Little Alut clan and the aunt Xun Concubine as the Great Alut clan.
It stands to reason that even according to the eldest and youngest, it should be an aunt's position, but although the little Arut clan and the big Arut clan are aunts and nephews, they are both born in the Arut family, but the origin of the little Arut clan is indeed much more noble than the background of the big Arut clan, not onlyBecause the little Arut clan is a descendant.
Where is the origin of the little Arut clan more noble than that of his aunt?
His father was the only banner man in the Qing Dynasty, in the case of the middle of the family road, I can't go out of the house to read and practice calligraphy, and I have practiced a good hand;Xianfeng three years to revert to the lifter, with the identity of the lifter, Chongqi can participate in the examination held in the capital;In the third year of Tongzhi, Chongqi participated in the examination and had the qualification of tribute, and in April, he participated in the Baohe Palace examination, and Cixi willChongqi was named the champion
Mother Aixinjue Luo is the daughter of Prince Zheng Duanhua, and she is also the daughter of Duanhua;
His maternal grandfather was Duanhua, Prince Zheng, who was the seventh grandson of Prince Jierharang (Taizu's nephew) and one of the twelve iron hat kings of the Qing Dynasty.
Her maternal grandmother, Niu Hulu, was the aunt of the Empress Dowager Ci'an.
One of the stepmothers was Gualjia, the cousin of the university scholar Ronglu (Ronglu was Cixi's confidant).
Grandfather is Sai Shang'a is a minister who has gone through six dynasties, in the early years of Xianfeng, he was the chief military minister, the scholar of Wenhua Palace, and was reused by Emperor Xianfeng, but because of the failure of leading troops to encircle and suppress the Taiping army, he was dismissed and investigated;After serving in the army for many years, he was promoted to the position of deputy capital unification until he died of illness in the Guangxu period.
For the little Arut clan, although his grandfather Saishana was dismissed and investigated, the family was in the middle of the road;However, his father Chongqi passed the imperial examination and became the only banner champion of the Qing Dynasty, and led the Alut family to rise again. It is precisely because of the rise of Chongqi that the Arut family has become one of the nouveau riches in the family and can marry the Aixin Jueluo family.
In particular, the mother, grandmother, and grandfather of the little Arut clan made the origin of the little Arut clan even more noble.
And what about the Great Arut?
Although he is also from a famous family, the Arut family, his brother is the champion of the bannermen;But the mother of the Great Arut clan is just a concubine of Saishan'a, and when the big and small Arut clans participated in the Eight Banners draft, Saishan'a was just a deputy commander, and the Great Arut clan was extremely ordinary.
It is precisely because the difference in origin is so big that in the draft of Tongzhi for ten years,Although both the aunt and nephew were selected, the niece Xiao Arut was directly canonized as the queen of the Middle Palace, while the aunt Da Arut was only named a concubine, and the difference between the aunt and nephew was four levels.
However, although the niece sat on the throne of the queen, she was not liked by her mother-in-law Cixi, and followed Emperor Tongzhi for more than two years on the queen's throne (it is said that she committed suicide by swallowing gold while pregnant with a posthumous child);And my aunt achieved the position of imperial concubine step by step, and lived to the ** period.
What's going on here?
In fact, this is related to Cixi's selfishness, and those who know Qing history should know that Emperor Xianfeng had only one prince born in his life, and this prince was the eldest son of the emperor born to Cixi's Yeh Nara clan. Because he is the only son, Jaechun is the sure heir to the throne, Xianfeng died of illness at the age of 29, and Jaechun was only 6 years old this year.
Jae-soon is young and cannot be pro-government;Therefore, Emperor Xianfeng left Su Shun (the uncle and grandfather of the little Alut clan and the brother of Duanhua, Prince Zheng), Duanhua and other eight ministers to assist the young Emperor Tongzhi;
However, Cixi, together with Ci'an, Prince Gong, and others, launched the Qixiang Rebellion and eliminated these eight ministers, so that there was no one in the court and China to assist the government. In fact, it is nominally the Empress Dowager of Cixi and Ci'an who listens to the government, but in fact, Ci'an and Ci'an are nominally the Empress Dowager of the two palaces who listen to the government, but in fact Ci'an hardly participates much, because Ci'an does not like the government;So he just sat side by side with Cixi, and Cixi had the final say in all matters in the court.
Although Ci'an does not participate much in the handling of court politics, it does not mean that Ci'an does not fight for power and does not care about his status and power as the queen mother. What's more, Ci'an has nothing to do in his life, and regards Emperor Tongzhi as his own son, coupled with Emperor Xianfeng's entrustment, Ci'an is even more fond of Emperor Tongzhi, and everything is considered for Emperor Tongzhi, and Emperor Tongzhi is the first.
And what about Cixi?Although she is the biological mother of Emperor Tongzhi, she has a general relationship with Emperor Tongzhi's mother and son, and Emperor Tongzhi does not like his mother, but has a more intimate relationship with his mother;And Cixi is a person with a strong desire for power, and after 10 years of listening to the government, he naturally doesn't want to let go of the power he has easily, but Emperor Tongzhi has reached the age when he should be pro-government and get married, even if Cixi is reluctant, he has to accept this reality.
Therefore, Cixi wanted to use her brains in the selection of the empress of the Tongzhi Emperor and choose an empress who could help her continue to be in power.
The 14-year-old Fucha clan was born in the Shaji Fucha clan of the Xungui family, and was the daughter of Lang Fengxiu;
Cixi did not fancy the origin of the Fucha clan, but the Fucha clan had no scheming, naïve and pure, and did not understand the world, and it was easy for Cixi to let the Fucha clan listen to her own words and be the microphone between herself and Emperor Tongzhi.
And Ci'an's purpose is different from Cixi's, so naturally the candidates he likes are not the sameOf course, because the little Arut clan is related to him by marriage, the little Arut's maternal grandmother, Niu Hulu, is Ci'an's aunt.
Little Arut was born in a scholarly family, although his appearance is not the most outstanding, but dignified and elegant, mature and steady, two years older than Emperor Tongzhi, full of poetry and books, and can be a "virtuous helper" after Emperor Tongzhi's pro-government.
Before the draft of Emperor Tongzhi, Ci'an and Cixi called Emperor Tongzhi to their bedroom, so that Emperor Tongzhi could choose according to their ideas. Emperor Tongzhi already had a feeling of being overwhelmed, so he naturally wanted a wife who could help him, and he could also give himself a spiritual sustenance.
In addition, Emperor Tongzhi respected his mother-in-law, so he made up his mind to choose the Arut clan as the queen of the middle palace.
But this move displeased Cixi, and although Fucha was named the second concubine after the empress, Cixi was still unhappy.
In this draft, the Great Arut clan was named one of the two concubines, and the other concubine was the Yu concubine Hesheri who fell in love with Emperor Tongzhi at first sight, the most beautiful one among all the show girls.
After the marriage of Emperor Tongzhi, he loved the queen Xiao Arut very much, and was almost the favorite of the special room;Emperor Tongzhi also pampered Concubine Yu from time to time, but he just ignored Concubine Hui who was favored by Cixi, and was very cold.
This made Cixi very uncomfortable, so he did everything possible to embarrass the little Arut clan, as long as the little Alut clan sleeps, Cixi will either reprimand the little Alut clan, or the Tongzhi Emperor will be reprimanded, in order not to let the husband be trained, the little Alut clan took the initiative to alienate the Tongzhi Emperor, and after the Tongzhi Emperor learned the reason, he no longer entered the harem in a fit of anger, and simply lived alone in the Qianqing Palace.
Although the little Arut clan once enjoyed a happy married life for a short time, her life in the harem was not easy, and it can be said that she was not happy. After entering the palace, the little Arut clan was sandwiched between the empress dowagers of Ci'an and Cixi, and the pressure was very great.
The contradiction between the little Arut clan and Cixi was very serious, and even Cixi wanted to abolish the queen, but Prince Yi Cheng had a straightforward personality and said directly to Cixi: "If you want to abolish the queen, you have to carry it out from the Daqing Gate";According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, only the queen can be carried in through the Qing Gate, and the concubines can only go through other doors.
Cixi entered the palace as a nobleman through the draft, naturally she was not brought in by the Qing Dynasty, Yi Cheng was revealing Cixi's scars, out of jealousy, Cixi naturally hated the little Arut clan even more.
The little Arut clan was born in a family of imperial examinations and had a strong personality, so he naturally would not succumb to Cixi;And according to Cixi's character, it is difficult for the two to get along;But even such a difficult life as a queen only lasted for two years.
Two years later, Emperor Tongzhi died of smallpox (there is also a theory that he had flower willow disease), and at the time of Emperor Tongzhi's death, it is said that the little Arut clan was already pregnant with the posthumous son of Emperor Tongzhi, if it was really a prince, it was the undoubted heir to the throne. But how could Cixi, who was as power-hungry as her life, be willing to move her authority down and become the empress dowager?
What's more, Cixi dislikes the little Arut clan, so naturally she won't let the little Alut clan be the queen mother and listen to the government.
Therefore, he "set the situation in one word" and brought the second son of his sister Wanzhen (the cousin of Emperor Tongzhi and the son of Prince Yiyun of Alcohol, only 4 years old) into the palace and put him on the throne.
The little Arut clan could only become the new emperor's imperial sister-in-law, and seeing that his child had no hope of succeeding to the throne, the little Arut clan was heartbroken and committed suicide by swallowing gold (some say that he was rescued, but the Arut clan committed suicide again).
Either way, the little Arut clan also died less than a hundred days after the death of Emperor Tongzhi.
It is a pity that the little Arut clan, who was born noble, full of talent, and motherly in the world, ended his short life;It can only be said that when she met a mother-in-law with a strong desire for power like Cixi, the little Arut clan has an upright and strong personality, and it is indeed difficult to die well.
And the aunt of the little Arut clan is different, at least two differences:
There are no enemies of Cixi in the past among the relatives of the Great Arut clan, and the maternal grandfather Duanhua and maternal grandfather Su Shun of the little Alut clan are among the "Eight Great Ministers of Care" left by Xianfeng. Cixi was jealous and hated Duanhua, how could she like his granddaughter.
Because of his background, the Great Arut clan has never been considered as a candidate for the empress of the Tongzhi Emperor, and the Tongzhi Emperor does not like it, let alone favor the Great Arut clan, so it is almost a small transparent existence for Cixi, and Cixi naturally will not waste time on the Great Arut clan.
For the Great Arut clan, the background is lower than that of his niece, but it has become a good thing, at least he can die well.
After the Great Arut clan entered the palace, he kept the empty room alone, and he was not favored;After Emperor Tongzhi and his biological mother Cixi were angry and no longer entered the harem, the Great Arut clan had no chance to see her husband and finished the second half of her long and lonely life from the lonely deep palace.
The reason why the Great Arut clan finally sat in the position of the imperial concubine was also because of his seniority:
In the thirteenth year of Tongzhi, when Emperor Tongzhi died of illness, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces promoted all the concubines of Emperor Tongzhi to the position in order to give Emperor Tongzhi a joy, and the Great Arut clan was promoted from Concubine Xun to Concubine Xun. Soon after Jin Feng Xun concubine, Emperor Tongzhi died of illness, and the Great Arut clan began to be widowed. In fact, the big Arut clan was only 19 years old this year, three years younger than his niece little Arut.
After Emperor Tongzhi died of illness, Emperor Guangxu succeeded to the throne, and Emperor Guangxu reigned for 34 years.
For the Great Arut clan, the new emperor's succession to the throne had little impact on him, nothing more than his identity becoming the new emperor's imperial sister-in-law;However, during the Guangxu period, the status of the Great Arut clan was improved, and the treatment was naturally improved.
In the twentieth year of Guangxu, it was Cixi's sixtieth birthday, and Cixi's widows of Emperor Tongzhi were once again promoted to the throne, and the Great Arut clan was promoted to Xun's concubine.
After Guangxu died of illness, only one day apart, Cixi also died of illness.
On the third day after Cixi's death, Pu Yi succeeded to the throne, and the new emperor succeeded to the throne of the Great Arut clan and was promoted again, and was promoted to the imperial examinationEmperor Xun's concubine, and moved to live in the Chuxiu Palace, where his niece Da Arut lived before her death.
The queen of GuangxuLongyuIt was Cixi's own niece Yehenara clan, after Cixi's death, as the queen mother and queen mother raised the new emperor Puyi, and Longyu also wanted to follow his aunt Cixi to listen to the government, and refused to recognize the status of the three widows of the Tongzhi Emperor such as the Great Arut clan, even the widow Concubine Jin left by Emperor Guangxu could not get the treatment of Puyi's concubine.
It was not until after Longyu's death (1913) that the three widows of the Tongzhi Emperor and the widow of the Guangxu Emperor, Concubine Jin, found the theories of the princes of the clan and finally got the identity of the concubineThe Grand Arut clan is revered as the Imperial Concubine of Zhuang and the Emperor
And after the death of Longyu, the Great Arut clan raised Pu Yi with three other concubines.
The so-called upbringing is nothing but an emotionless model:
Food delivery. Listen to the foreman's eunuch report on Puyi's situation. Pu Yi, please be safe.
Such days lasted for 8 years, and the Great Arut died in Chuxiu Palace at the age of 65.
After the death of the Great Arut, he was buried in the Huiling Concubine Garden.
This is the fate of being a royal daughter-in-law, the emperor may not be favored when he is there, but if the emperor is gone, he will have to spend the second half of his life alone in the palace. Compared with his niece Little Arut, in fact, the Big Arut is much luckier, at least he can die well, and he can die at the age of 65.
On the other hand, although the little Arut clan thought that she was the queen when she entered the palace and was the mother of the world, it was precisely because she was favored and the queen that she became the thorn in the side of her mother-in-law Cixi, and died of illness at the age of 22.