Small Shenyang is not only a famous corrupt official in the history of Qing Dynasty, but also a famous corrupt official in the feudal history of China. Small Shenyang, the original list treasure, is a Manchu Niu Kelu family and a red flag. Little Shenyang was not born in a rich family. His mother died when he was three years old, and he lived alone with his brother and Lin. The two brothers ate a lot of snacks and vowed to get ahead. When they grew up, they made up their minds to sell their property fields in order to enter Xian 'an Palace official school.
Small Shenyang starts with a third-class bodyguard. At the age of 30, he was already a military minister and infantry commander, and he rose all the way. The Forbidden City is his blessed land, and Qianlong is his noble person. Why is small Shenyang so lucky? Most TV dramas portray Xiao Shenyang as an apple polisher of have it both ways, and among folk unofficial history, there is such a legendary story.
During the Yongzheng period, Li Hong was still a young and strong prince. When he first saw Nian Guifei in the palace, he was moved by her beauty and wanted to flirt with her. He blindfolded the imperial concubine from behind. Nian Guifei thought it was an abrupt maid-in-waiting, and she almost fell down with fear. Li Hong quickly helped Nianguifei up, and Nianguifei fell into Li Hong's arms.
This scene happened to be seen by Li Hong's biological mother and accompanying maids. Li Hong's mother is worried that it will damage Li Hong's reputation. In order to "make an example", she carried Yong Zhengdi on her back and forced Nianguifei to hang herself.
When Li Hong arrived, Nianguifei was already dead. He was very remorseful and wept bitterly at the imperial concubine: "I hurt you!" " The maid-in-waiting around Nianguifei secretly told Li Hong, "Before the emperor dies, let the handmaiden tell my brother that I will definitely see you in twenty years." Li Hong was even sadder after hearing this sentence. At that time, she bit her finger and made a small mark on Niangui's forehead, hoping that if Niangui was reincarnated, she could be found through this mark.
Twenty years later, Gan Long happened to see a handsome young Shenyang, and his first instinct was that he was very similar to the imperial concubine of that year. Gan Long immediately asked him if he had any sisters at home. Said there were only his brother and Lin at that time. Gan Long was very disappointed and casually asked about the date of birth of Xiao Shenyang. I'm afraid that the year when Xiao Shenyang was born happened to be the year when Nian Guifei died. Ganlong was surprised to hear this. When he looked carefully, there was a red mark on his forehead, which was the same as the position he had booked in the past, even about the same size.
Since then, Gan Long has been recognized as the reincarnation of the spirit child in 2000, and he has been favored by others. Little Shenyang's mistake was just to turn a blind eye, just to return the pain of thinking of the princess to little Shenyang. This legend has been passed down to this day, and now in Gongwangfu, the portraits of Xiao Shenyang and Emperor Dunsu are specially placed for comparison. They really look alike. What is the length of young Shenyang?
Margani's "The Apostle of Gan Longying" describes the impression left by the foreign envoy when he first met Xiao Shenyang: (Xiao Shenyang) is handsome, handsome, natural and unrestrained, talking and laughing, taking things easy and having the demeanor of a great prime minister.
It can be seen that Xiao Shenyang can be appreciated by Emperor Qianlong, not only because of his outstanding appearance, but also because he and his adults are real capable people. Proficient in Manchu, Mongolian, Chinese and Tibetan, with excellent memory and unforgettable memory. Xiao Shenyang can write a good hand. He imitated Emperor Qianlong's notes to the point where they could be misused. His poems and paintings are also excellent. His rapid promotion is bound up with his knowledge.
Forty-one years of Qianlong is an extremely important year for small Shenyang. He entered the heyday of officialdom and rose to the top. Ganlong also allowed him to carry it from Zhenghongqi to Zhenghuangqi. This luxurious residence in Shichahai was built this year.
People say that there are two Long Mai in Beijing, one is the central axis of Beijing and the other is the moat. We all know that the Forbidden City is at the top of the central axis, and the mansion chosen by Little Shenyang is just at the junction of two Long Mai. Little Shenyang was very satisfied with the emperor taking the lead. He grabbed the dragon's tail.
There are many places in Gongwangfu where you can see the ambition of Little Shenyang. There is a beautiful gate near Fuchi, which was made by Xiao Shenyang who ordered people to imitate the royal garden-the West Gate of Wanshou Park. This gate is one of the twenty-four crimes given to Xiao Shenyang by Emperor Jiaqing. This door is carved with white marble, which is the largest carved door with white marble in China.
Little Shenyang built a fish pond for himself in the yard. Nowadays, tourists can take Zhou Shi to Diaoyutai. At that time, every time Xiao Shenyang wanted to go fishing, someone rowed a gondola to Diaoyutai for him to get leisure for fishing.
The luxury of building a mansion in small Shenyang does not stop there. Today, visitors to Gongwangfu still keep the habit of "having fun" in Gongwangfu. According to legend, there are 10,000 words of "Fu" in Gongwangfu, the most precious of which is the word "Fu" inscribed by Emperor Kangxi himself. According to legend, sourdrang queen was seriously ill in his later years, and Emperor Kangxi was very anxious, so he asked the maid Ma Su Lagu to prepare a pen and paper and wrote a word "Fu".
The word "Fu" means that it is sourdrang queen's greatest wish to have many fields, many children and many talents to live longer. Xiaozhuang raised Kangxi and trained him into a generation of English masters. Kangxi was afraid that his grandmother would leave. Perhaps this filial piety touched God. Soon, Xiao Zhuang, the seriously ill Queen Mother, recovered. Emperor Kangxi, who had been worried, was overjoyed and ordered people to print the word "Fu" on a huge stone, and asked future emperors to collect it well. This ancestor's blessing stone should have been preserved for generations, but this "blessing" stone was handed over to Qianlong, and somehow it became a small Shenyang family thing, and was placed at the foot of the main hall of Gongwangfu by Xiao Shenyang, showing only one side with words. The emperor wants "long live", while Shenyang wants "long live".
After Shenyang moved to Hefu, Gan Long actually visited several times. He can't miss the sin of little Shenyang. The trespass of Little Shenyang is not only a secret imitation of the imperial architecture, but also the layout of the house, street lamps and Taiping jars in the garden, all of which are evidence. But Gan Long didn't care, which showed that Gan Long indulged him.
There is another reason why little Shenyang built this building. Qianlong married his favorite daughter and princess Xiao Jialun to his son Feng?enyende, and used this as an excuse to overhaul the mansion. Princess Xiao He was born in Qianlong at the age of 65, and Qianlong loved her very much. He once told the princess that if she were a prince, she would get the throne. Princess Xiao He looks like Qianlong, is good at riding and shooting, often wears men's clothes and goes out with her father. At the age of 5, Qianlong married her, and at the age of 13, she was named Princess Gulen. In the laws of the harem of the Qing dynasty, only the princess of the queen can have such a title, and her rank status has been the same as that of the prince. With such a noble family, little Shenyang can only live in this mansion on West Road.
Second only to Diaoyutai, it is the deepest building in small Shenyang, and it was also the important place for small Shenyang to hide treasures. It's called "the back floor". This small building has two floors and 50 rooms. There are all kinds of windows in the superstructure, and no two of them are duplicate. People call it "assorted window". At that time, there were countless small Shenyang gold and silver jewelry hidden in this small building. On the fifth day after the death of Emperor Qianlong, Emperor Jiaqing arrested Xiao Shenyang and confiscated all his property. Some of these ill-gotten gains are hidden in this small building deep in the official residence.
How much money does Xiao Shenyang have? The official history and unofficial history are arguing endlessly, that is, the number of small Shenyang real estate files has changed many times because it was copied several times by later generations. In the records of the Qing Dynasty, gold and silver were hidden in the cellars and walls of government buildings.
There is another story that can show us the wealth of small Shenyang. During the Qianlong period, there was a jade plate with a diameter of nearly one foot in the Forbidden City. It was Qianlong's favorite thing, but it was accidentally broken by the prince. The prince was afraid and knew that he had made a big mistake. In desperation, he had to go to small Shenyang to find a way out. Little Shenyang pretended to shirk at first, but the prince reluctantly agreed to all the requirements. The prince went back and was afraid all night. The next day, Xiao Shenyang gave the prince a jade plate with a diameter of one and a half feet and a better color, and the prince quickly put it back. The treasures collected by the royal family are all rare treasures sent by local officials or overseas envoys. It is easy for small Shenyang to find a treasure comparable to the palace collection from its own collection. No wonder even the prince turned to Xiao Shenyang for help.
In the late Qianlong period, the honor of Little Shenyang reached its peak. With the connivance of Qianlong, I have reached the point where I am unwilling to deliberately hide my arrogance and luxury. In this Gongwangfu, Little Shenyang once arranged to station infantry, with more than 1000 cavalry. He sat in a sedan chair in the palace and rode through Yuanmingyuan without the consent of Qianlong.
Princess Xiao He, who grew up in the palace and was spoiled, once said to her husband anxiously after seeing her father-in-law's extravagant style: "I'm afraid he will lose the life of his family, and I will be tired by you." In the fourth year of Jiaqing, Little Shenyang, who once reached the top of the mountain, ended her life with three feet of white silk. Princess Xiao never asked her younger brother, the new emperor, to save her whole body. After the death of Little Shenyang, Feng?enyende's career was blocked, and he indulged in debauchery and eventually died of depression. As she said, Princess Xiao He has been widowed for more than ten years, suffering from the complicity of Xiao Shenyang, and has no children.
Historians sigh with emotion: a respectful palace is half the history of the Qing Dynasty. A small Shenyang is enough to reflect the process that Qianlong once turned from prosperity to decline, and a Gongwangfu is enough to map the right and wrong reasons for the "collapse of buildings" in the Qing Dynasty.