must know that the position of the ancient emperor is what almost every child born in the royal family wants. Therefore, the crown prince, the first in line to inherit the throne, was what the prince wanted to fight for before the previous emperor died. However, Yongzheng has such a son who has been pretending to be confused for almost his entire life, so that he has not become the object of his brother's scruples, and has also preserved the glory and wealth of his descendants. This person is Hong Zhou, the fifth son of Yongzheng.
When Yong was alive, only four sons could be candidates for the next emperor, namely the eldest son Hongshi, the fourth son Hongli, the fifth son Hongzhou and the tenth son Hongzhan.
When the eldest son Hongshi was young, he was indulgent and imprudent in doing things, which angered Yongzheng, and was later cut off from his clan status. The tenth son Hongzhan was only four years old when Qianlong ascended the throne. He was too young to qualify as an emperor. From this point of view, Hongli and Hongzhou are the ones who can really compare in front of Yongzheng. However, according to various data, Hongrui started to do some crazy things before Hongli was selected as the prince. Even until Hongli came to the throne, Hongrui still did some very absurd things.
Hiroaki had a funeral for himself when he was only sixteen years old. It sounds like an abnormal person would do it. Hong Zhou took the initiative to plan and arrange various matters for his funeral, even lying in the prepared coffin at the end.
And for this kind of funeral, Hong Zhou did not just show up once, on the contrary, he had to organize a funeral for himself every three weeks. Descendants of
speculate that Hiroyuki mostly pretended to be confused, in order to save his life and glory. Hong Zhou's funeral is undoubtedly telling Hongli that he does not want to die, nor does he want to compete with him for the position of prince.
1735, Hongli ascended the throne. Hong Zhou is still his Pegatron and Prince. In order to dispel Hong Li's suspicion of him, Hong Zhou still does ridiculous things. When
went to court once, Hiroshi and the Minister of Military Aircraft had a quarrel because of some issues. In front of Qianlong, Hong Zhou beat him up in front of the court. Qianlong saw the whole process of the dispute between the two and did not stop him, nor did he blame Yu Hong Zhou afterwards. It can be seen that Hong Zhou's move can be said to completely eliminate Qianlong's suspicion.
In addition to this, Hong Zhou has always been just a idle prince, never forming gangs with ministers in the court, but always alone, relying on himself as the younger brother of the current emperor Qianlong, and hegemony among the people. Qianlong must be aware of the various silly things that Hong Zhou did, but he did not deal with Hong Zhou. It was precisely because Hong Zhou had done all kinds of absurd things to prove to Qianlong that he was an incompetent who could only eat, drink and play. man of. As a result, he and his descendants’ lives and prosperity were preserved. Of course, Hong Zhou was definitely not an incompetent person. He had dealt with various affairs of Miao Jiang with Hongli during the Yongzheng period. The first "Jin Zun Yin" also undoubtedly proved that he is a very transparent person. The original poem is like this, "The world is impermanent, and the cup is drunk. Life is a rare confidant. Push the cup to change the past and the present." The whole story reveals Hong Zhou's emotions that he is not interested in power and just want to play in time.
And all the ridiculous things he did were used to deceive Qianlong. By pretending to be foolish, he could gain his glory and wealth. Why not do it? Hong Zhou can be said to be the smartest of Yongzheng's sons.
Reference: "Manuscripts of Qing History"
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