Open " Twenty-Four Histories " and you will find an interesting phenomenon. In ancient historical books, the degree of favor the emperor's harem concubines is generally not explained in detail. If you want to judge whether the emperor favors which concubine, it seems that it can only be judged by the speed of the concubine's promotion and the number of children they have.
However, this most common way of judgment is somewhat exceptional to Emperor Qianlong. Qianlong loved too many concubines throughout his life. Some of these concubines were promoted very quickly, while others never promoted in their lifetime. Some gave birth to many children for Qianlong, while others had no children.
. Compared with all the concubines of Qianlong, Jin Guiren is a special existence.
Jin Guiren was presented to Qianlong by Emperor Jiaqing when Qianlong was 88 years old. That year, Jin Guiren was only 13 years old. But she never expected that after only half a year, she became a widow.
Jiaqing in the third year, Qing Dynasty once again opened the palace maids talent show. As Emperor Jiaqing, who just took office, the scale of this draft is naturally very small. In order to gain a connection with the royal family, major families rushed to send their daughters into the palace in the hope of being selected by Jiaqing.
You should know that this is Jiaqing's first talent show. To put it bluntly, if you can successfully be selected this time. Then, the woman who is favored by Jiaqing may become the queen of the new emperor. This is a position that is less than one person and more than ten thousand people. It is also what many people dream of. For this talent show, all major families participated, including the famous Fucha family.
However, in the draft, Jiaqing deliberately chose a woman from the Fucha family. The reason why Jiaqing did this was mainly because Qianlong always had a special liking for Empress Fucha and had a unique relationship. Even though Empress Fucha had passed away many years ago, Qianlong still missed it. Therefore, in order to please Qianlong and win Qianlong's favor, Jiaqing presented Jinfei , who was also from the Fucha family, to Qianlong.
And this concubine of Jin Shajifucha has a close relationship with Empress Fucha. The bond between them is Mishan . He was an important official in the early Qing Dynasty. This person is not only the grandfather of Empress Fucha. Moreover, Jin Fei Sha Jifucha is also his great-granddaughter of . So by seniority, the Jin concubine Shaji Fucha and the Fucha Empress are grandparents and grandchildren. It was because of this relationship that Jiaqing presented her to Qianlong.
After Qianlong repeatedly cleared the relationship between them, he was naturally very satisfied with the noble people of Jin (Jinfei Shajifucha ). Therefore, shortly after Jin Guiren entered the palace, she was promoted to noble. You should know that in the Qing Palace, many concubines had been promoted from permanent to noble people after decades of hard work. And the noble man is the eleventh rank of .
, however, Qianlong was very fond of Jin Guiren at the beginning. But later on, it became cold. The reason for this may be that Qianlong had too high expectations for noble people in Jin. After all, Concubine Jin was not as gentle and considerate as Queen Fucha, and understood Qianlong's thoughts. In addition, Qianlong was already old. Later, I rarely see Jin Guiren again.
When Jin Guiren entered the palace, Qianlong was already 88 years old, and she was just a 13-year-old girl. This is also destined to have a miserable life in Jin Guiren.
Sure enough, Emperor Qianlong passed away in the second year after Jin Guiren entered the palace. Guiren Jin, who was still in the ignorant stage of life, instantly became a widowed woman.
In the history of our country, when the emperor passed away, their concubines were handled differently. The most cruel one is the living burial. The so-called live burial is to lock the concubines in the emperor's tomb and let them die for themselves. It can be said that these concubines will go through terrifying torture before they die.
It is understood that in the history of our country, there are tens of thousands of women buried alive. After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, his concubine was also buried in the tomb. However, during the reign of Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty, the burial of living was too cruel, so it was cancelled.
When the Qing Dynasty, the way of handling emperors and concubines was more humane. They will no longer be buried with them and can continue to enjoy their old age. However, they had to be confined to the emperor's harem and never leave the palace for the rest of their lives. Therefore, after Qianlong's death, nobleman Jin never left the palace.
However, when Jiaqing was alive, nobleman Jin did not have a good life. Because Heshen was a corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty. In addition, Heshen and Fucha had close ties. Therefore, after Qianlong's death, Jiaqing has been suppressing the Fucha clan. As a member of the family, Concubine Jin was also implicated.
Until Emperor Jiaqing passed away, Concubine Jin was the only living concubine of Qianlong at this time. To this end, Daoguang immediately upgraded the grade of Concubine Jin and respected her as the "Emperor's Concubine Jin". But the nobleman Jin didn't enjoy this honor for long. Because two years later, she died.
Regarding the life of Jin Guiren, some people say that she lived a very miserable life. Because she has been widowed since she was 13 years old and has no freedom. Of course, some people say that compared to the previous concubines, they were buried alive. It is considered a great wealth and honor to be able to die of life and live a life of food and clothing without worries.
Of course, if compared with modern women. The fate of noble people in Jin can only be described as miserable. First of all, although she was the emperor's woman, she had never tried the taste of love. She was just a victim of feudal society and was lonely until she was old. Secondly, Jin Guiren has no freedom. She is like a canary in the palace. Although she is luxuriously dressed, she is confined to the palace and has no freedom at all.
If Jin Guiren knew the status of women in today's society, they would have love, family affection, and food and clothing. Maybe she can only envy, jealousy and hate!
