Aixinjueluo Yongyan, first named Yongyan, was born in 1760 and was the fifteenth son of Qianlong. So it’s the fifteenth brother. His biological mother, Wei Jia, was originally a member of the Han Army Banner and was later transferred to the Manchurian Banner. Therefore, later generations said that Yong Yan was born from "Qinglong Hanfeng".
Yong Yan's father Qianlong was still in good health after sixty years as emperor. He only made his fifteenth prince Yong Yan the crown prince because he did not want to exceed the reign of his grandfather Kangxi. , and gave the imperial throne to Yong Yan, and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Jiaqing. As a result, the Qing Dynasty had an unprecedented Supreme Emperor, and an Emperor Jiaqing who ascended to power under the shadow of the Supreme Emperor.
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1. Introduction to Aixinjueluo Yongyan:
Qing Renzong Aixinjueluo Yongyan [yóng yǎn] (1760 November 13, 1820 - September 2, 1820), formerly known as Yongyan, was the seventh emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the fifth emperor after the Qing army entered the Pass, and the fifteenth son of Emperor Qianlong.
The reign name was Jiaqing and he reigned for twenty-five years. Born on November 13th in the 25th year of Qianlong's reign (1760), her mother was Xiaoyichun Empress Wei Jia (Han nationality). In the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign (1789), he was named Prince Heshuojia. ?
Yong Yan had no real power in the first four years of his reign. Emperor Qianlong took sole power after his death. Yong Yan hated corruption deeply. He purged the administration and punished corrupt officials such as He Shen. However, in order to maintain the stability of the regime, his efforts to eradicate corruption from the ruling class were limited and had little effect. By the end of the Jiaqing period, not only had the corruption problem not been resolved, it had become more serious.
His reign coincided with the rise of the world's industrial revolution and the period when the Qing Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline. During this period, the White Lotus Rebellion occurred, and problems such as the livelihood of the Eight Banners and river transportation became increasingly prominent, and opium also flowed into China.
The Qing Dynasty experienced a decline. He died in the 25th year of Jiaqing (1820). His temple name was Renzong, and his posthumous title was Shou Tianxing Yun Fu Hua Sui You Chongwen Jing Wu Guang Yu Xiao Gong Diligent and thrifty Duan Min Ying Zhe Rui Emperor. He was buried in Changling in the Western Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty.
2. Introduction to Empress Xiaoyi Chun:
Queen Xiaoyi Chun (1727-1775), Wei Jia, the third empress of Emperor Qianlong, the biological mother of Emperor Jiaqing, and the leader of the internal affairs department. The daughter of Wei Qingtai, the third-class Chengen Gong, was posthumously named. ?
In the tenth year of Qianlong's reign, she was granted the title of Wei noble concubine. The fifteenth son of the emperor Yongyan (i.e. Emperor Jiaqing) was born in the same year. In the 30th year of Qianlong's reign, he was promoted to the imperial concubine.
In the winter of the thirty-eighth year of Qianlong's reign, the emperor's fifteenth son Yongyan was secretly appointed as his heir by Emperor Qianlong. On the twenty-ninth of the first month of the fortieth year of Qianlong's reign, the imperial concubine died of illness at the age of forty-nine. , on February 11th, she was conferred the posthumous title of Imperial Concubine Ling Yi; she was buried in Yuling on October 26th, the 40th year of Qianlong's reign.
On the third day of September in the 60th year of Qianlong's reign, Emperor Qianlong declared the emperor's fifteenth son, Prince Jia Yongyan, as the crown prince, and also posthumously named the crown prince's biological mother, Concubine Ling Yi, as the queen of Xiaoyi. After the Jiaqing and Daoguang dynasties, the posthumous title was added, and the full posthumous title was Xiaoyi, Gongshun, Kangyu, Ciren, Duanke, Minzhe, Yitian, and Shengchun.
Reference materials:
Baidu Encyclopedia - Aixinjueluo Yongyan
Baidu Encyclopedia - Empress Xiaoyi Chun
Baidu Encyclopedia －Aixinjueluo·Hongli