Live streaming life: The ancients begged not to stop

After watching a few episodes of My Fair Princess, Qi Cheng suddenly thought of a question. At that time in the Qing Dynasty, there was no technology for DNA testing. Was there anyone who pretended to be of royal descent?

He remembered reading an article that said the Qing Dynasty killed a prince's child.

After searching carefully, he finally found it.

Everyone should know the story of the civet cat replacing the prince in the Song Dynasty. This story is false, but a similar incident happened in the Qing Dynasty.

【The story takes place during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.】

Song Dynasty

Zhao Kuangyin sighed. The descendants of his second son were not at all worry-free.

How could such a thing happen again? The Song Dynasty has lost all its face.

When can we hear good news?

Qing Dynasty

Qianlong looked at the sky curtain carefully, and was a little bit unbelieving of the information on it. At the same time, he was recalling in his mind whether he had left any offspring during his southern tour.

It shouldn't be.

Tianmu, isn't this nonsense?

Several concubines didn't dare to say anything, but the queen suggested that no matter what the situation was, they should try their best to bring the person back to the palace.

It's not right to leave it outside all the time.

While Emperor Qianlong was on tour, a monk suddenly brought a child to see him. He claimed that the child was the son of the fourth prince, Yongsheng, and therefore Emperor Qianlong's grandson.

Emperor Qianlong, after questioning the matter, was still unsure whether it was true or not. Upon returning to the capital, he ordered the Grand Councillors to conduct a rigorous interrogation.

Unexpectedly, the child answered questions fluently. Just when everyone was convinced that the child was a descendant of the imperial family, a minor official named Baocheng beat and scolded the child, and the child admitted to being a grandson of the emperor. Thus, the case of the fake grandson of the emperor was settled.

[This problem seems to have been solved, but there are still many mysteries. ]

[This Yongsheng was Qianlong's fourth son, and he wasn't particularly favored.]

When he got married, his wife's family couldn't even afford a complete dowry, and they had to use the tax silver from Chongwenmen, which was a gift from Emperor Qianlong.

[So it can be confirmed that the legitimate wife's family does not have much power, and she is probably not very favored.]

[Yongcheng's favorite was his concubine Wanyan, and this child was also Wanyan's child.]

After the child was sent to the capital, Emperor Qianlong asked his wife about the child, but he did not ask Wanyan.

[The legitimate wife does not acknowledge it.]

[An old eunuch beside the legitimate wife said the opposite.]

[There is something fishy going on here. Perhaps the Emperor also knows who has the final say in Yongsheng's family. Even if they are biological children, their status cannot be restored.]

Qianlong didn't understand what this meant.

It was the Queen who reminded him that Wanyan now had her own son and she didn't need a child whose real identity she didn't know.

But whether this is true or not is not certain?

Qianlong had given up on this son long ago because he had been adopted.

Moreover, he also likes male favorites, which is quite contrary to her wishes.

"Issue an order: Have all members of Yongcheng's family come into the palace. I want to personally investigate this matter."

Emperor Qianlong, mindful of the young age and ignorance of the "fake grandson of the emperor," spared him the death penalty and exiled him to Yili as a warning to others.

When the "fake grandson of the emperor" arrived in Yili, he continued to boast everywhere, claiming that he was indeed the grandson of Emperor Qianlong. Ili General Song Jun was afraid that this child would "blind the people," so he executed him.

Qi Cheng checked some more information and found that this minister did exist and had indeed served as the General of Yili.

However, this person is a Mongolian, and he may not really know some of the secrets in the palace.

Yu Sheng, who was connected online in the morning, opened his eyes wide and felt his breathing quicken.

Isn’t this my favorite palace secret? I must write it down.

We also need to investigate to see if this is really happening in the palace.

As for how a clerk like me could contact the palace, there were many low-ranking officials in the palace.

It's easy to introduce a few servants to each other.

........

Qi Cheng found another one, whose bloodline was questionable and who was pushed to the position by a powerful official.

Let's take a look at this legendary figure who rose from humble beginnings to become an emperor - Emperor Lizong of the Southern Song Dynasty.

If we were to name the most "grassroots" emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, it would undoubtedly be Emperor Lizong. Not only did this emperor come from a humble background, his bloodline was as pure as a stray dog ​​in a dog market. If it weren't for the goddess of fate, he would likely have lived an ordinary life in the countryside.

His origins are like a story of a "throne descended from heaven." His original name was Zhao Yuju, the tenth-generation descendant of Zhao Dezhao, son of Zhao Kuangyin. His father, Zhao Xijuan, held a lowly ninth-rank official position in the imperial court, a position so low that even the gatekeepers wouldn't bother to greet him.

So Xiao Zhao and Ju's childhood was no different from that of ordinary people, playing in the mud every day with great joy.

How did he come to be the emperor? The story begins with the powerful official Shi Miyuan. The then Crown Prince Zhao Hong hated Shi Miyuan so much that he kept clamoring to exile him to Hainan Island.

Think about it, Hainan Island back then wasn't the resort it is today, but a dreaded wilderness. Shi Miyuan saw that the situation was not good and decided to find another obedient master.

The situation at the time was quite interesting. The crown prince chosen by Emperor Ningzong of Song was still in office, but Shi Miyuan did not approve of him, so he pushed for another candidate.

The other ministers disagreed, but they didn't have the courage to argue with Shi Miyuan.

Song Dynasty

It's really embarrassing for me. Zhao Kuangyin slammed the table and thought, this descendant of many generations has never been educated.

Do you know how the son of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty died?

What's the point of fighting with such a powerful official if you don't have strong wings?

Such a person would be a waste even if he became emperor.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the sky curtain for such a long time and felt that there were many famous ministers and generals in the late Ming Dynasty.

The host mentioned seven or eight of them.

Why doesn’t our own Song Dynasty have them? We have raised them for so many years, but it seems to be of no use.

"Send someone down to see what these scholars are reading, and try to guide them towards loyalty to the emperor and patriotism."

"Yes."

"Wait, let them do it willingly, and don't let anything backfire."

big man

Liu Che said that the above two things are quite interesting.

The first one is a small matter for the Han Dynasty. When the emperors traveled, or when the princes did not have children among the people, which one of them did not have children among the people?

As for the second thing, he could only say that the Song Dynasty's ability to have children was really too poor.

I actually found such a bloodline.

Could it be that the previous emperor was also a single-line son for several generations, and not even a cousin could be found?

"We in the Han Dynasty must learn from this lesson and have more children. As for the powerful ministers... there are many powerful ministers in the Han Dynasty, but not many dare to interfere in this matter."

"There's another thing. We're cracking down on all kinds of scammers across the country. There are a lot of scammers among us Han people!"