Among the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing is not very prominent in terms of talents and political achievements. He is caught between the shame and glory of the Qing Dynasty: the shame is because of the occurrence of opium in China during the Daoguang period after him. War, and the Opium War is also the beginning of our country's modern history; glory is because his father Emperor Qianlong, who reigned for 60 years, perfected martial arts, was one of the founders of the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong.
Jiaqing Emperor Yongyan is the 15th son of Emperor Qianlong. He reigned for 25 years and was in power for 22 years. In his long or short career as an emperor, the most worth mentioning thing is the eradication of corrupt officials and Shen. In addition, he is really in the middle of the standard and can't produce any decent political achievements.
After the glory of Kangxi and Qianlong Dynasties, the Manchu Qing regime flourished and declined. The imperial government was corrupt and social conflicts intensified, which led to local people's uprisings. For example, the Bailian Rebellion and the Tianli Religion attacked the Forbidden City. The entire Qing Dynasty was hard to return. Emperor Jiaqing was also an extremely mediocre emperor. He said that he was quite well-behaved because he did not have any outstanding abilities, nor had any incurable shortcomings. As a leader of a country, his governance methods were lacklustre and lasted his entire life. No big deal. So in that case, why did Emperor Qianlong choose him to inherit the throne?
Emperor Qianlong is one of the emperors with the longest life expectancy in Chinese history. He is 89 years old all year round. Even today, this age is still a proper old man. He has a total of 17 sons, of which the first 5 sons, for various reasons, none of them have lived beyond 30. The long-lived Emperor Qianlong, the first crown prince, was his second elder brother Yonglian. Yonglian was the eldest son of Qianlong and Empress Fucha. He was talented and very likable since he was a child. Emperor Qianlong regarded him as the jewel in his hand. Even his grandfather, Emperor Yongzheng, loved him very much. It is a pity that the sky does not follow people's wishes. In the third year of Emperor Qianlong, Yonglian fell ill and died. He was only 9 years old that year. In grief, Qianlong decreed to bury his beloved son as the crown prince.
A few years later, Emperor Qianlong plans to make his seventh son Yong Cong the crown prince. He is the second son of Emperor Qianlong and Empress Fucha, but sadly, he is only 2 He died at age. The successive blows left Qianlong at a loss. At this time, Empress Fucha, who was already middle-aged and exhausted, died of illness in the 13th year of Qianlong's eastward tour.
The setbacks and blows that followed made Qianlong sensitive and neurotic. Seeing the eldest elder brother Yonghuang and the third elder brother Yongzhang in filial obedience suddenly became angry! The queen is dead, and the brother who was born is dead. Can these two people finally covet the throne? Emperor Qianlong, whose temperament changed drastically, said immediately: The throne will never be the turn of the elder brother and the third elder brother! Yonghuang and Yongzhang were confused and confused. They were depressed and unhappy, and both died young. Yonghuang died in the fifteenth year of Qianlong at the age of 23; Yongzhang died in the 25th year of Qianlong at the age of 25. The two elder brothers died one after another, casting another shadow on Qianlong. After all, they were both heart and soul. How can there be reason not to be sad? But it's too late to regret!
Later Qianlong fell in love with the fifth elder brother Yongqi, one of the heroes of "Han Zhu Ge Ge". Yongqi is good at riding and shooting, abides by filial piety, and is proficient in multiple languages. In addition, he is excellent in mathematics and calligraphy. All of these make Emperor Qianlong, who has suffered setbacks on the road to the crown prince, look at him with admiration. If the fifth elder brother Yongqi can inherit Qing Jiangshan should not be a wrong choice. But I didn't expect that Fate made another huge joke with Emperor Qianlong. The fifth elder brother Yongqi also died when he was twenty-five years old. (In "Han Zhu Ge Ge", the fifth elder brother went to Dali to hide his name with Xiao Yanzi because of love, away from the battles in the court, and live his own chic life.)
Qianlong thirty-eight years, at this time Emperor Qianlong is already 63 years old, although his bones are still strong, but after all, he has been eroded for years, maybe one day he will be sick in bed. At this time, it is imminent to establish a reliable successor for the Qing Dynasty. However, who else can inherit the great prince?What about the system? Nine elder brothers, ten elder brothers, and sixteen elder brothers died before they were given their names; the thirteenth elder brother Yongjing and the fourteenth elder brother Yonglu died under the age of adulthood; the fourth elder brother Yongxue passed on. Qianlong's uncle took the prince Yinzheng; the sixth elder brother Yongrong adopted it to Wang Yunxi of Shenjing County. In this way, only eighth elder brother Yongxuan, eleventh elder brother Yongxuan, twelfth elder brother Yongyan, fifteenth elder brother Yongyan, and seventeenth prince Yongyan are the only ones who can inherit the throne.
Among the only 5 remaining elders, Yong Xuan is always respectful, flirty, and obsessed with wine; Yong Xuan is a complete calligrapher, his calligraphy works It can even be compared with Liu Yong, but Emperor Qianlong hates this son who dances with ink all day long; Yong Zang, as the son of the second empress of Qianlong, Ulanala (the empress empress in "Han Zhu Ge"), would have a very Good prospects, but in the 30th year of Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong and the empress suddenly broke out in conflict for unknown reasons. Empress Wulanala’s was deposed, and then her young son was left behind. Emperor Qianlong ordered the imperial concubine’s Standards were used to organize the funeral of Ullanarah. The entire funeral and the Ministry of Internal Affairs only spent 207 taels of silver, which is very shabby. Affected by his mother, Yong Zong also lost the opportunity to inherit the throne; Yong Lin was the brother of Emperor Jiaqing, and he was also a poor man.
After considering all the candidates, only the fifteenth elder brother Yongyan barely qualified. Although there is no outstanding ability, at any rate, he studied hard, worked tirelessly, and behaved. There is nothing inappropriate. If the throne is not passed to him, there is really no one to choose! Yong Yan was only 13 years old when he was secretly established as the Crown Prince. Twenty-three years later, he succeeded Datong and successfully ascended the throne at the age of 36. At this time, Yongyan was mature, healthy, and young. He passed the test of time and became the most suitable successor to Emperor Qianlong.
So, in the sixtieth year of Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong officially announced that the Zen ceremony will be held in the first month of next year, and the fifteenth son Yongyan will be named the prince. The 85-year-old emperor took the initiative to abdicate, and finally handed over the Manchu dynasty to Yongyan, the fifteenth prince. The mystery of the prince candidate for many years was finally revealed.
