The mausoleum of the pure concubine is now scandalous, where is the ruthlessness of the Qianlong royal family
How vicious was Qianlong's heart? The mausoleum of the concubine, which he once favored, was magnificent, but because of this, it was repeatedly harassed by tomb robbers, and even archaeological experts were attracted to it. When the experts opened the mausoleum, they were all stunned, it turned out that the tomb of Concubine Chun contained a secret of the Qing Dynasty, revealing the ruthless side that Qianlong deliberately hidden.
In the tomb of the pure concubine, what secrets did experts discover? Why did Emperor Qianlong try his best to hide it? Among the royal tombs of the Qing Dynasty, the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty are undoubtedly the most ill-fated one.
It was inaugurated in 1661 in the eighteenth year of Shunzhi, and after the vicissitudes of life, five emperors were buried.
Qianlong's Yuling is the most luxurious and unique mausoleum in the Qing Dynasty, and it took 9 years to complete. The design of this mausoleum is exquisite, magnificent, and every brick and tile shows the personality of Qianlong's great achievements.
It can even be said that the luxury of Yuling is incomparable to that of Qianlong's father and grandfather, so it is known as the head of the Qing Emperor's tomb.
Qianlong, who had tasted glory and wealth during his lifetime, still stored countless rare treasures in his mausoleum. Such a luxurious mausoleum undoubtedly became the target of tomb robbers, the most famous and ruthless of which was the warlord Sun Dianying.
He first used the name of suppressing bandits, and then falsely claimed to conduct military exercises, blew up the Qing Dongling Tomb with explosives, and led his troops to start large-scale robbery and excavation.
Sun Dianying's goal was to target the tombs of Qianlong and Cixi, and it is said that he left with 30 carts full of gold, silver and jewels, including Qianlong's Nine Dragons Sword and Cixi's Night Pearl.
Their goal is clear, they are only interested in precious treasures, but they have no idea how precious the calligraphy and paintings that accompanied Qianlong's funeral are. In order to make room for gold and silver jewelry, these paintings and calligraphy were discarded haphazardly.
What's more, many precious cultural relics were scattered on the ground, no one cared about them, and only a few junior soldiers who participated in the theft and excavation took the opportunity to pick up 46 priceless East Pearls.
The whole country was in an uproar, Pu Yi denounced, archaeological experts were heartbroken, but Sun Dianying successfully escaped with the bribe of cultural relics. It was not until the 70s of the last century that experts had the opportunity to carry out conservation excavations.
Qianlong's Yuling is the most luxurious, and the Concubine Garden Mausoleum is also the highest regulation in the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty, but the mausoleums of these concubines still have not escaped the doom of being stolen and excavated.
The experts felt sorry for the strange scene in the tomb of Concubine Chun, and unexpectedly revealed the secret that Qianlong tried his best to hide. So, what do they see?
After Qianlong ascended the throne, he promoted the women around him one by one. Su Jiashi, a woman from Han origin, was named a pure concubine. A year later, she gave birth to an heir for Qianlong and was promoted to a pure concubine.
With her beauty and means, she became the fastest-promoted and most favored imperial concubine around Qianlong. Concubine Chun's life was bathed in imperial grace, and her death made Qianlong very sad.
He ignored the rules of his ancestors and the opposition of civil and military officials, insisted on building a monument to her and bury her with a funeral ceremony that exceeded the specifications of the imperial concubine.
The discovery of the tomb of the pure concubine was supposed to be a historical revelation, but because of the ravages of tomb robbers, the tomb suffered serious damage and precious treasures were lost. When the experts walked into the tomb of the pure concubine, they were surprised to find that there were two coffins placed in the tomb of the master, the larger of which was obviously the pure concubine, but the other slightly smaller coffin puzzled the experts.
The experts noticed a special detail, the coffin of Concubine Chun's subordinate was slightly smaller than her own, so they began to speculate. In the funeral customs of the Qing Dynasty royal family, the imperial concubine could not bring a maid to be buried with her, and even the highly respected Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang's personal maid, Su Malagu, could not be buried with Xiaozhuang after her death.
Therefore, experts put forward a second conjecture that the smaller coffin may have belonged to a concubine who was a close friend of Concubine Chun during her lifetime, and Qianlong hoped that they would be able to rely on each other after death.
In the investigation of the experts, although they did not find the sacrificial god card corresponding to this concubine, by consulting the relevant history books of the Qing court, they finally found her identity in the subtle records.
She is the second empress of Emperor Qianlong, the Wulanala clan. Although people often associate her with the ruthless queen figure at the center of "Huanzhu Gege", she is not actually such a character.
Although there are elements of fiction in the TV series, the real-life Ulanala clan does have a close relationship with the Queen Mother. She was born in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and was assigned by Yongzheng to marry the then prince Qianlong, and was named a concubine together with Su Jia.
After the death of Qianlong's first empress, the Wulanala clan was promoted to empress under the leadership of the empress dowager by virtue of her superior birth and high status, which is known in history as Qianlong's successor.
The Wulanala clan once gave birth to three children for Emperor Qianlong, and also accompanied Qianlong on his southern tour, her status was noble, and she had a sister-in-law to support her, but she was buried next to a concubine like a concubine, and there was no god card for sacrifice.
Behind all this, there is a Qing palace scandal.
Qianlong once had great respect for this successor, gave her supreme honor, and went down to the south of the Yangtze River to inspect together. However, during this southern tour, a certain behavior of the Wulanala clan made Qianlong unbearable.
Picture: When Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River on his third southern tour, he suddenly issued an order to Fukangan to quietly send the queen back to Beijing in advance, announcing that the queen had suddenly become insane. But after returning to the palace, the queen was imprisoned, and the palace maids and eunuchs were also dismissed, leaving only two palace maids to serve.
This can't help but make people wonder, if the queen is really sick, why not increase the number of people to take care of her, but instead dismiss all the people around her?
During Emperor Qianlong's southern tour, Empress Wulanala cut off her hair in front of the emperor, which in Manchurian custom was only done during a large funeral at home. Because the queen did not give an explanation, the Manchu civil and military discussions were endless, and some courtiers spoke for the queen.
In this regard, Emperor Qianlong had no choice but to issue an edict explaining that the empress's behavior violated the disobedience of the national taboo and cursed the emperor and the empress dowager. Therefore, Emperor Qianlong was furious and sent the empress back to Beijing and took away her as the empress's treasure.
Although Qianlong did not publicly say anything about the matter, his move raised many questions. There is also a lot of speculation in the history of the people and the wild, saying that Qianlong met many folk women on his southern tour, some of whom were not innocent, but he insisted on making them concubines and bringing them back to the capital.
Empress Nala was very opposed to this, had an argument with Qianlong, and cut off her hair in anger.
In order to punish Queen Nala, Qianlong not only made her "abolished before it was abolished", but also demoted her family, and even her eldest son, the Twelfth Elder Brother, was implicated, and she did not get any title for her life, living a life of panic.
What's even more tragic is that a year after her hair was broken, Queen Nala died in desolation. Although her funeral was carried out with the rites of the imperial concubine, the silver used was far less than the funeral expenses of the previous queen, and there was no name, no god card, and no sacrifice.
Qianlong learned of her death while hunting, reacted coldly, did not attend the funeral, and handed everything over to **. Since then, experts and scholars have been searching for her grave, but there has been no clue.
It wasn't until the tomb of Concubine Chun was discovered that experts knew that Qianlong didn't even prepare a cemetery for her.
Empress Wulanara, the former queen of the Qing Dynasty, was finally buried in the mausoleum of Emperor Chunhui's concubine, not even as good as an ordinary concubine. Such a thing was extremely rare in feudal society.
Her life is like a tool in the hands of the queen mother, married into the royal family at the age of 14, died at the age of 49, accompanied Qianlong for more than 30 years, and gave birth to children for him, but failed to get due respect in the end.
What's even more distressing is that Qianlong was extremely affectionate to her, and even in the portraits of himself and his concubines, there is a portrait of her in the mausoleum of Concubine Chun.
Experts searched the Qing Tanglin Tomb, but did not find a frontal portrait of Queen Nala, and even her face was erased in the group portrait. This may explain the truth that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and the tragic fate of Queen Nala is enough to prove Qianlong's ruthlessness and ruthlessness.