As a Manchu emperor of the Qing dynasty, do you guess Chinese or Manchu was spoken in the dynasty?

The upper dynasty is something that every emperor needs to do, but different dynasties have slightly different ways of dynasty, especially the Manchu and Qing dynasties, because ethnic minorities entered the customs and established empires. When they came to the dynasty, they actually At the beginning, it did not use the common Chinese language

Manchurian Qing map

Manchurian Qing can be divided into two stages before entering the customs and after entering the customs

Before entering the customs, the emperor of Manchu is , Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, when these two emperors were in power, because the people in power were mainly the dignitaries of the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, although there were still some Han officials, because most of the Manchus could not speak Chinese, the Han people knew Manchu. At that time, most people still talk about Manchu

Huangtaiji like

After entering the customs, especially during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, due to the continuous expansion of the empire, the traditional dry land in the Central Plains was also included in the direct control of the empire. Increased management. Yes, the court had to use Chinese as the official language. At this time, Emperor Kangxi loved, and the Chinese language proficiency of the heroic literature itself has also greatly improved, so Chinese began to be used as the official language of Shangcha.

Emperor Kangxi

But at this time, Manchu has not been abolished. The emperor’s imperial decree, the officials will still use Manchu

. Several emperors after Kangxi, including Yongzheng and Qianlong, were all Manchu, Chinese, Tibetan, and Mongolian capitals. Emperor Yongzheng even implemented a period of reform in Mandarin, that is The Northeast dialect was regarded as the official language of the Qing Dynasty, similar to the elegant language of the Zhou Dynasty

The Manchu imperial edict of the 9th year of Qianlong

At this time the empire was still very powerful. In order to rule a huge country, Chinese It has far surpassed other languages ​​and has become the official language of the empire. At this time, the Baqizi brothers were constantly corrupting. They listened to songs and sang, and over time, even their mother tongue was forgotten.

The eight-flag brother who walks the birds on the streets of Beijing.

To the last Emperor Xuantong , the royal family rarely used Manchu. According to historical records, Xuantong Di Puyi recalled his teenage learning experience and said that he could only have one Manchu, that is "Qi", even the emperor himself gave up Manchu, not to mention other parts of the empire.