The favorite concubine Yongying is talented, why not succeed to the throne
In 1799, on the third day of the first month of the fourth year of Jiaqing, Emperor Qianlong died, and Emperor Jiaqing ordered that He Shen and Fu Chang'an be responsible for the funeral. However, this was actually a measure taken by Emperor Jiaqing to put the two under house arrest in order to better control the government.
Despite this, He Shen and Fu Chang'an still maintained their trust in Emperor Jiaqing, guarding the spirit of Emperor Qianlong day and night. At the same time, Emperor Jiaqing appointed Prince Cheng Yongzheng as the Minister of Military Aircraft, participated in the handling of court affairs, and put him in charge of the household department and the three libraries.
After replacing the ministers of the main departments of the capital with his own henchmen, Emperor Jiaqing began to discuss the guilt of He Shen.
Emperor Jiaqing decided to take action against Quanchen and Shen, and his eleventh brothers, Prince Cheng Yongxuan and Prince Yi Yongxuan, were sent on a mission. When He Shen saw the many guards, he immediately understood Emperor Jiaqing's intentions.
Yongying read out Emperor Jiaqing's will, and the guards took He Shen away. Although Qianlong made great use of He Shen in his later years, Emperor Jiaqing could not tolerate a minister above him, especially after he had already seized real power.
Jiaqing believed that He Shen was a serious threat to his imperial power. In the past, with the protection of Emperor Qianlong, Jiaqing did not dare to make a move, but now he dared to attack He Shen directly. He Shen was eliminated by Jiaqing, which was a very important thing in his reign, and it was enough to see his special status in Jiaqing's heart.
However, despite Yong's talent, he had a flaw that prevented Qianlong from choosing him as the crown prince.
02 Shujia Imperial Concubine: Favorite concubine and noble son, glorious life Shujia Imperial Concubine Jin Jia, Qianlong's biological mother's favorite concubine, gave birth to the emperor's eleventh son Yongzheng for Qianlong, called the first son of the emperor, which is of great significance.
Jin Jiashi was blackened in the film and television drama "The Legend of Ruyi", but in history, she was not. Jin Jia is a Manchu, from Qianlong was still a prince in the mansion, it can be said that Qianlong was a very favored woman in the early days of the emperor, and gave birth to a total of four sons for Qianlong.
When Jin Jia was alive, the highest position was Shujia Guifei, and after his death, he was posthumously named Shujia Imperial Concubine and buried in Yuling. During the Jiaqing period, the Jin Jia family was carried into the yellow flag by the coat, and the family name was officially changed to the Jin Jia family.
Historically, the Qing Dynasty had a strict education for the princes, and the Qianlong Dynasty began to set up a scholar's room, with the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy as teachers, and classes began at five o'clock in the morning and ended at three o'clock in the afternoon, with only six days of rest.
Under such strict requirements, most of the princes of the Qing Dynasty were all-rounders in civil and military affairs, such as the fifth son of the emperor, Yongqi, who was talented and virtuous but died young, and the fifteenth son of the emperor, Yongyan, although mediocre, succeeded to the throne as emperor.
But what is often overlooked is the "failure of the battle for reserves". Although Yongqi is not as versatile in literature and martial arts, he has a very high attainment in calligraphy, and is known as "one of the four great calligraphers in the middle of the Qing Dynasty" together with Liu Yong, Weng Fanggang and Tie Bao.
Liu Yong was Shang Shufang's teacher, and Yong Ying studied under Liu Yong and was deeply influenced by him.
Yong Ying is a legend in the world of calligraphy, and his calligraphy style is unique and loved by people. His achievements are not only due to his talent and hard work, but also inseparable from his good family education and rich artistic resources.
His biological mother, Jin Jia, was one of the most favored concubines in the early Qianlong period and had a great influence on his growth. Although Yongying lost his young mother, he still achieved his own world with his talent and hard work.
Qianlong was an emperor of literature and art, and he admired people in literature and art, such as Yongying, whom he often admired. Even after the Empress Dowager died of illness, Qianlong still rewarded Yongying with "Pingfu Post".
When Yongying grew up and divided the mansion, Qianlong often went to his mansion, and this kind of grace was very special. However, despite Yongying's excellent performance, Qianlong did not choose him as the crown prince in the end.
Qianlong loved his sister-in-law at first, but the two sons-in-law died one after another, and Empress Xiaoxian's illness and death shattered his hopes for a successor. After that, Qianlong did not confirm the matter of establishing a reserve for a long time, because since Yongzheng began to establish a secret reserve, and the ministers did not know who the candidate was.
They can only guess which prince Qianlong likes, and who is most likely to be crowned prince. Seeing that Qianlong often went to Yongzhen's mansion, the ministers speculated that Yongying might be the right person in Qianlong's mind.
However, over time, the ministers changed their minds. Although Yongying was born into a royal family, he lived quite frugally. He even collected his wife's dowry on the day of his wedding to his original wife.
This suggests that Yong Ying may not be a suitable person to be an emperor.
Yongying's marriage to the Fucha clan was full of accidents and tragedies. Fucha was born in a famous family, and originally thought that he could share the glory and wealth with Qianlong's favored son, and might even become the queen.
However, on the day of the wedding, what Fucha was waiting for was the scene where Yong Ying instructed his servants to move away the family's belongings. Although she was dissatisfied, she still adhered to the principle of "marrying a chicken and marrying a dog with a dog" and was not angry.
However, when she discovers that the jewelry her mother had chosen for her is also missing, the bitterness and disappointment in her heart cannot be expressed. Even when she begged Yongying to keep the box as a comfort when she was homesick, Yongying ignored it.
The Fucha clan was forced to live a life of coarse cloth clothes, coarse tea and light food, except for the place where they lived and had a girl to serve, they were not as good as ordinary wives in other aspects. Yongying's slamming and Grand's financial management made Fucha's Fujin life full of difficulties and challenges.
Although she had expected it, the cruelty of this reality still made it difficult for her to accept.
Yong Ying was a famous calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty, he was proficient in calligraphy, and had in-depth research and unique insights into calligraphy. However, his frugal personality makes him different from others in his attitude towards life.
Once, when his horse fell ill and died, instead of feeling sad, he killed the horse and asked everyone in the house to eat horse meat to save money on the meal. His wife, Fucha, complained to Emperor Qianlong, who was also very angry when he heard this, and reprimanded Yongzhen.
Although Yong Ying changed a lot after that, his frugal personality still allowed him to live a very frugal life, and he was even very harsh on his own Fu Fu Jin clan.
However, Emperor Qianlong did not choose Yongzheng as the crown prince, one of the important reasons was that Yongzheng admired Han culture too much and liked to give himself aliases, which made Emperor Qianlong feel that he was too arrogant.
Although Yongyan was very good to Yongyan, his behavior also made Emperor Qianlong very dissatisfied. Overall, while Yong was praised for his calligraphic talent, his frugal disposition and excessive egos put him at a disadvantage in the race for the throne.
For the history of the late Qing Dynasty, there is an interesting thing about the fifth son of the emperor, Yongying. He was a man of great talent, both civil and military, and was seen as a strong candidate for the crown prince.
However, his fate was changed by a text incident. The Manchu Qing Dynasty has always advocated Manchu culture and opposed Han culture during the Qianlong period, but Yongying loved Han culture and learned the Han people's method of taking the name, which angered the Qianlong Emperor, and as a result, he was banned from taking the name and lost the qualification of the crown prince.
In the end, Qianlong chose the mediocre fifteenth brother Yongyan as the crown prince for two reasons: one is that Yongyan is too picky, and the other is that he admires Han culture too much. Although Yongzheng has a high attainment in calligraphy, because of these two points, his status in court politics has not been high.
However, we cannot deny his talent and contributions, and his achievements in calligraphy were highly praised by the Qianlong Emperor.
Yongying was Qianlong's eleventh son, and his life deeds are not remarkable, except that he served as the president of the Siku Quanshu with his brother Yongrong, and occasionally proctored exams, there do not seem to be many merits worth mentioning.
However, he is known for his calligraphy skills. Yongying's calligraphy skills are exquisite, and his works are known as "the best in the world". His calligraphy works are still popular today and are an important part of the art of Chinese calligraphy.
Therefore, the deepest impression that Yongying left to the world is undoubtedly his calligraphy attainments.