Let's talk about who Ganlong wants to be the heir from succession to his death in his later years, and compare and analyze Jiaqing's ability among these heirs.
Before Jiaqing, Gan Long had considered three princes as heirs in his early years. In fact, Gan Long's successors mainly revolve around his three women. Because Gan Long is conservative, he prefers the eldest son as the heir, and also has the idea of his grandfather Kangxi.
So the heir he is going to be awarded must surround the children born to his three queens. The first is filial piety, virtuous and pure Fu Cha, who is also the love of Qianlong's life.
Fu Cha has given birth to two sons for Gan Long, the second Yong Lian and the seventh Yong Cong. Immediately after Gan Long acceded to the throne, Yong Lian's name was written into the secret collection. Unfortunately, Yong Lian died young.
Eight years later, Fu Cha gave birth to Yongcong, and Qianlong wrote Yongcong's name in the secret collection. It's a pity that Yong Cong is dead, too.
Shortly after Yong Cong's death, Fu Cha also died, which made Gan Long very sad. In addition, Fu Cha's death also had a great influence on Gan Long's character and mood. Therefore, according to historical records, Gan Long often talked to himself about Fu Cha's memorial tablet in the following decades, which shows that Gan Long deeply loved Fu Cha.
Many years later, Qianlong repeatedly mentioned to the ministers that Yong Lian and Yong Cong were secretly set up in those years, and he always lamented the death of his son, thus letting future generations know that Qianlong had secretly set up two sets of storage before Jiaqing.
These are the two heirs that Qianlong once considered before secretly conferring Jiaqing as the heir. Let's talk about the third heir that Qianlong once considered.
Qianlong once considered the title of Yong Qi, the son of Yu Guifei, as the heir, that is, Yong Qi, the male master in the TV series Princess Zhu Huan.
Although Yu Guifei, Yongqi's mother, has a low position in the harem, Yongqi's ability is so excellent that she is deeply loved by Qianlong.
Yongqi's talent is very versatile, so Gan Long loves Yongqi especially regardless of her mother's noble status. Mainly Yongqi is very comprehensive. He is good at painting and calligraphy, proficient in various minority languages, and good at riding and shooting. It can be said that he is both civil and military and has a very noble character. The most important thing is that he is also very filial.
There was a fire in Yuanmingyuan, and only Yongqi rushed into the hall regardless of the danger for the first time, chanting his father's dry dragon. Therefore, Qianlong thinks that Yongqi is the purest and filial son, so he wants to be the crown prince.
When Yongqi was alive, Qianlong made him proud of Wang Qin. This title is no ordinary baron. The emperor shunzhi once wanted to make Dong E Fei's dead son the Crown Prince, but was blocked by sourdrang queen, so Shunzhi had to let him honor Wang Qin. Therefore, in the late Qing Dynasty, the title of Rong was a symbol of nobility linked to the Crown Prince.
But unfortunately, Yongqi is also unlucky. He got the same disease as his thirteenth grandfather, Huang Hongfa, and died of bone tuberculosis. He died at the age of 25.
When Qianlong later met with the British envoy Ma Jiani, he boasted about his love for Yongqi in front of foreigners, and told Ma Jiani directly in front of Jiaqing, who had been secretly made heir, that he wanted to make Yongqi the crown prince, but Yongqi died young.
Of these three people, Yong Lian and Yongcong don't know if they can survive in the future, but compared with Yongqi, who has grown up, Jiaqing will look mediocre, mainly because Yongqi is so versatile and excellent in all aspects.
During the secret storage period, Qianlong had five sons who were eligible to inherit the throne. Yong Lian and Yong Cong died young, and Yong Qiying died young in, which made Gan Long very sad and depressed. Therefore, for a long time, Qianlong did not consider the issue of heirs until he finally made a decision to secretly set up a reserve.
At that time, Qianlong had seven sons still alive, but Yong Yun, the fourth son of the emperor, and Yan Yong, the sixth son of the emperor, had been adopted by Qianlong to Yuntuo and Yunxi, respectively, and inherited the titles of the two uncles, so they automatically lost the right to inherit the throne.
The remaining five sons who have the right to inherit are: Emperor VIII, Emperor XI, Emperor XII, Emperor XV and Emperor XVII.
It says above that Gan Long must choose his successor around his three queens. Among them, Dayong was born to Huifa Nala, the second queen of Qianlong, and should be the heir. But Huifa Nala had fallen out with Qianlong at that time, and the emperor turned against him, so Dayong was not favored by Qianlong, and Dayong was mediocre than Jiaqing, so Qianlong would naturally eliminate him forever.
Dayong's mother, Huifa Nalashi, fell out with Qianlong, but Qianlong didn't abolish her. However, Huifa Nalashi was not wasted, because she was no longer loved by Qianlong, so at this time, the imperial concubine Wei Jiashi was favored by Qianlong and actually became the Lord of the harem. After the death of the imperial concubine, Qianlong was named the queen of pure filial piety, which gave her a birthright.
So in Qianlong's mind at that time, your princess was already a queen. Therefore, if Qianlong wants to establish an heir, he will inevitably prefer the two sons born to the imperial concubine, Jiaqing and Yongyu.
Lin Yong and Jiaqing, that is, the armadillo, were born to your concubine, but Lin Yong was still very young at that time, so although she was favored by Qianlong, she was too young to be an heir.
The emperor's eight sons always declare that they are frivolous and dissolute. Because of his impetuous personality, he was severely reprimanded by Qianlong many times, so in everyone's eyes, Yongxuan is not qualified to be a prince.
Therefore, in the end, the only prince who can compete with Jiaqing for the throne is Jin Yong, the eleventh brother.
Yong Xun is generous, virtuous and good at calligraphy and literature, so he is very talented. However, the performance of the Spring Festival Gala is mediocre at ordinary times, and the ability in all aspects is not particularly outstanding, but it is modest and sincere and well received by the public.
When Qianlong decided to set up a secret cache, all courtiers thought that they would definitely choose between the two. But this secret was not really revealed until Qianlong decided to abdicate in 60 years.
Why did Qianlong give up the eternal life with both ability and political integrity and become a mediocre Jiaqing platform? In fact, after Qianlong secretly set up the reserve team again, court officials once speculated who would win, namely Yong Jun and Armadillo, because on the surface, Yong Jun and Armadillo were the highest paid princes, so they were basically recognized as powerful contenders for the throne by the outside world.
So why didn't Qianlong choose to have both ability and political integrity, and chose to be fifteen years old? In fact, there are two main aspects to this problem.
First, as mentioned above, when Qianlong chose the Crown Prince, he had to choose between the two women he loved in his life, that is, the children born to Queen Fu Cha and the imperial concubine. Queen Fu Cha and her mother both died young, so you must choose from the children born to your concubine.
Your princess gave birth to two sons for Qianlong, one is an armadillo and the other is Lin Yong. While Lin Yong is young, there is certainly no way to inherit the unification, so the armadillo that is well-behaved and can serve the public has become the first choice in Qianlong's mind.
On the other hand, it is Yong-hoon's own problem. Yongxun is really talented and good at calligraphy and painting, especially calligraphy. He, Liu Yong, Weng Fanggang, are also called the four great masters of Qianlong.
However, Jin Yong's character is a bit like Cao Zhi, the son of Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms period. Although he is brilliant and kind-hearted, he is bohemian. His scholar's sour taste is very serious, and he specializes in literature. He doesn't bow and horse, and his constitution is very weak, which doesn't please Qianlong.
Moreover, there is a serious habit of Han Confucian scholars in Yong Xun's bones, which is the most offensive to Gan Long. He once severely reprimanded his son Yong Xun in order to correct this sour habit of Confucian scholars. It's a pity that Yong-hoon is stubborn and remains the same.
So let's think about why Cao Cao gradually dislikes Cao Zhi and prefers Cao Pi. This is why Gan Long gradually likes armadillo and hates it forever. Therefore, the balance in Gan Long's heart gradually turned to the armadillo.
Moreover, in terms of ability comparison, although Jiaqing is mediocre, he wins in omnipotence, while Jin Yong specializes in literature and is no better than Jiaqing.
In the thirty-eighth year of Qianlong's secret storage, many people are curious to guess who Qianlong chose as his successor, among which the Lee Dynasty of Korea, a subsidiary country of the Qing Dynasty, is the most curious. According to Korean history books, the North Korean envoy explained Yong Jun and the people of the armadillo to Li after returning home, and the North Korean envoy evaluated Yong Jun as "an enlightened, filial and most benevolent person"
The evaluation of armadillo is "bow to study, just know the commandments, grow up in the forbidden, have a great reputation, study hard, where people look." Being a man is important, and doing things with integrity is what the emperor loves and what the government and the public want. Koreans also recorded that Ganlong once praised the North Korean envoy face to face, "measuring empty-mindedness, fantastic manners, liking others, loving and yearning for China and foreign countries." "
According to the records of Korean history books, Yong Jun, although he has both ability and political integrity, is a man who combines rigidity and softness, so he is not a perfect heir to the throne. Therefore, in Qianlong's mind, he gradually disliked Yong Jun and preferred the armadillo, and finally chose the armadillo.
Therefore, judging from the records of North Korea, it also shows that Jin Yong is not much better than Jiaqing. Jiaqing is mainly better than Jiaqing. Jiaqing is relatively balanced in all aspects when his excellent brother Yongqi died young and no one can choose.
In the end, although Jiaqing in history was really mediocre and extremely mediocre, during his reign, Tian Li Uprising and Anbaili Uprising broke out one after another, and the national strength of Qing Dynasty declined day by day. It can be said that the reign of Emperor Jiaqing for more than 20 years was spent in daily complaints, confusion, pain and embarrassment.
But Jiaqing's younger brother Yongqing is not necessarily better than Jiaqing, because Yongzheng is too pedantic, so he can't change the decline of the Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, if there is a brother who can be much better than Jiaqing, it is only May Yongqi who died young. Maybe Yongqi will do better than Jiaqing if she succeeds.
After 2 1 year in power, the emperor was often disheartened, but he never relaxed his authority. Until the day before his death, he was still dealing with government affairs tirelessly.
However, behind Jiaqing's seemingly diligent work is actually another kind of laziness. His diligence is actually just an inertia, and it has become a kind of "lazy" diligence.
On the surface, Jiaqing doesn't rest all day. In fact, he is used to not using his brain and letting the brains of his ancestors be used for himself. "The heart of the imperial examination is the heart, and the rule of the imperial examination is the rule." As long as the ancestors said or did it, he did it and did it.
Therefore, Jiaqing is a mediocre emperor who has neither political courage nor innovative spirit, neither political talent nor courage as a character.
However, it is too much to blame Jiaqing for the decline of the Qing Dynasty. In fact, the decline of Qing Dynasty mainly lies in the decline of feudal system and the decline of feudal conservative die-hards.
After all, the emperor did not say that innovation can be innovative, even if the innovation reform of Emperor Meiji of Japan was based on violence and bloodshed. Therefore, the decline of the Qing dynasty was defeated by the system and the power class, unless the successor of Qianlong was a man with great innovation consciousness and courage, who not only had innovation consciousness, but also dared to remove all obstacles by force. Obviously, from a historical point of view, Jin Yong and the armadillo did not meet these requirements, including Qianlong, so Qianlong missed the opportunity to communicate with the world and innovate the Qing system in his later years.
Perhaps Qianlong seized this opportunity and Jiaqing continued to follow his train of thought. Maybe the Qing dynasty will become powerful, but unfortunately there is no if in history.