The Qing Dynasty is only a few hundred years away from now. Even though many things have been sunk in the sea of ????history, there are still very clear records about the emperor and princes, which were almost as big at the time. of. So is the record fake? You can first take a look at the portraits of the previous and subsequent generations of Emperor Qianlong.
Although these portraits are from different periods of the four generations of emperors, and vary in fat and thinness, you can still see the inheritance between the eyebrows. Come on, especially the eyes of Kangxi, Qianlong, and Yongzheng. When discussing these four paintings, many people will point out that among these four paintings, only Qianlong's eyes are painted like single eyelids, while the two before him have double eyelids. eyelid. In fact, in some other portraits of Qianlong, his eyes also have double eyelids. The fact that they look like single eyelids is probably just a matter of painting technique.
(Order: Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing)
So based on these portraits, Qianlong has many genetic similarities with his biological father and mother. The palace painters were basically the top painters in the entire Qing Dynasty at that time, and their paintings should be quite lifelike.
Assuming that Emperor Qianlong was not the biological son of Yongzheng, how unlikely is this possibility? In the Qing Dynasty, there was a department called Jingshifang that was dedicated to recording the emperor's nightlife. Every time the emperor had sex, there would be detailed records, such as when, where, and with whom. According to ancient records, after the sex, the eunuch in the courtroom would kneel down and ask the emperor, "Do you want to keep it?", which meant that the emperor was not allowed to favor her. If a woman is not allowed to become pregnant, the eunuch will block the pregnancy through special acupuncture points. Of course, this statement is a bit fanciful, but ancient times did have their own special contraceptive methods. So if you don't want to keep the dragon seed, it will be difficult to be born. And once the favored concubine has a happy pulse, she will check the records of the Jingshi Room. If the records are not correct, the consequences can be imagined. When the prince was born, there were many imperial doctors, maids, and eunuchs around. In the early Qing Dynasty, when imperial power was at its peak, it was very difficult for a civet cat to replace a prince. The prince was recorded on a jade plate as soon as he was born. This is another reason. I can once again compare it with the emperor’s record of doting on his concubines.
Why is there a mystery about Qianlong’s life experience? The main reason may be the public opinion war between political opponents. Qianlong's biological father, Emperor Yongzheng, had ten princes. There were four brothers before Qianlong. Among them, except for his fourth brother Hongshi, who lived to be twenty-three years old, the other four eldest might reach the age of ten, and their mortality rate was 80%. Because the actual second son among them died young when he was two years old, Qianlong always said that he was the fourth son of the emperor Hongli, but in fact he was the fifth. Of course, all this only shows that there are not many people in his father's lineage who compete with him. But don't forget that his biological father Yongzheng experienced the famous "nine sons seizing the legitimate sons". Have all Yongzheng's political opponents really been eliminated? There must be political opponents who are dissatisfied with Yongzheng's lineage and are hiding. There is nothing you can do against Yongzheng, so how about giving him a trick? Cutting off his descendants? It is not impossible. Therefore, the death rate of these princes of Yongzheng is so high, there may be other reasons. , if Qianlong's life experience is really stained, will they give up? Because there is no conclusive evidence, or it is simply false, it is just spreading such rumors to criticize Qianlong and affect the direct overlapping of power between him and Yongzheng.
Furthermore, Qianlong’s political opponents were not only his uncles and cousins, but also various civil forces who opposed the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, in the eyes of these people, the emperor at that time was a dog emperor. ?, hated the Qing royal family to the extreme, and had nothing to do with them. No one had big fists, and no rich wallet, so they could only engage in assassinations and public opinion wars, so anti-Qing forces may also spread such rumors.