The place where the emperors of the Qing Dynasty handled government affairs was the Qianqing Palace! ! ! Qianqing Palace, one of the three palaces behind the inner court. It was first built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420). It was burned down several times and rebuilt during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The current building was built in the 3rd year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1798). The Qianqing Palace is a verandah with double eaves and yellow glazed tiles. It is located on a single-layer white marble platform. The corridor is 9 rooms wide and 5 rooms deep. The building area is 1400? It is more than 20 meters high from the table to the main ridge. There are 9 ridge beasts on the eaves corners. , the lower level fights with a single cock, a single cock, and five steps? , decorated with golden dragons and colorful seal paintings, three-in-one? Linghua is separated by doors and windows.
The open room and the east and west secondary rooms in the hall are connected. The front eaves of the open room are minus the golden columns, and the beam frame structure is in the form of reduced columns to expand the indoor space. A screen is set between the two golden pillars on the back eaves, and a throne is set in front of the screen. A plaque reading "Upright and Bright" hangs above the throne. There is a warm pavilion between the east and west ends, a fairy tower on the back eaves, and a hall between the two ends, which can communicate with Taidian Palace and Kunning Palace. The hall is paved with gold bricks. On the spacious platform in front of the hall, there are bronze turtles, bronze cranes, sundial, and Jialiang on the left and right respectively. There are four gilt incense burners in front. The Danbi comes out in the middle, and is connected to Gaotaiyong Road and Qianqing Gate.
The Qianqing Palace is the largest building in the inner court. As the residence of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, 14 emperors from Yongle Emperor Zhu Di to Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian lived here. Because the palace was tall and spacious, the emperor once divided it into several rooms when he lived here. According to records, the Qianqing Palace in the Ming Dynasty had 9 warm pavilions, divided into upper and lower floors, with 27 beds, so that the concubines could enter. Because there were so many rooms and beds, few people knew where the emperor slept every night, just in case something unexpected happened.
2. Although the emperor lives in a maze-style palace and is heavily guarded, he still cannot sit back and relax. According to records, after the "Renyin Palace Incident" occurred during the Jiajing period, Shizong moved to Xiyuan and did not dare to return to live in Qianqing Palace. The "Red Pill Case" in which Concubine Zheng of Emperor Wanli fought for the Empress Dowager, and the "Relocation Case" in which Li Xuan, a concubine of Taichang, moved to Renshou Palace to compete for the throne, all occurred in Qianqing Palace. In the Ming Dynasty, Qianqing Palace was also used as a mourning place for the emperor.
3. Before the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, this place followed the Ming system. Since Emperor Yongzheng moved to the Yangxin Hall, it has been used as the place where the emperor summons courtiers, reviews memorials, handles daily government affairs, receives ministers from foreign vassal states, and receives annual visits. An important place for congratulations and banquets. Some daily offices, including the upper study room where the prince studied, were also moved into the verandas around Qianqing Palace, greatly strengthening the use function of Qianqing Palace.
In the first year of Yongzheng's reign, an edict was issued to secretly build the crown prince's storage box and store it behind the "Upright and Bright" plaque in the Qianqing Palace. During the Kangxi and Qianlong dynasties, Thousands of Old Banquets were also held here. ?