In the eyes of many people, they always think that among all Qing emperors, the worst treatment of concubines should be Yongzheng and Qianlong. This father and son, one ruthless, one passionate, will naturally not treat their harem well. In fact, although Yongzheng was vicious to political enemies, he was still good to his wives and concubines. Although Qianlong was lustful, he was always good to the Sixth Palace. The most scumbag Qing emperor is undoubtedly Emperor Daoguang Minning.
Daoguang loved Empress Xiaoquan the most in his life, and almost lifted her to the sky, naturally leaving other women in the cold. This is nothing, after all, love cannot be forced. However, Daoguang turned his harem into a purgatory on earth. In order to cut down on food and clothing, he even stipulated that in addition to the empress dowager and empress, other concubines could not eat meat, and could not break the vows even on holidays.
In addition to raising his concubines as nuns, he also likes to lower the level of his concubines regardless of the reason. Heavy penalties for faults, and penalties for those without faults, the purpose is to save money. Yesterday, Xiao Jue said that there was a poor man who promised to be downgraded to four consecutive ranks. He was the first poor man to turn from a concubine to an official woman. He almost couldn't be buried in the imperial tomb after his death. The concubine I am going to talk about today may be even more miserable. Not only did she become an official woman, but she was not buried in the imperial tomb and was buried with the maid.
This poor woman is called Liu's, and her father is a second-class guard. In the eleventh year of Daoguang, the Liu family was selected into the palace and became a permanent presence. This is a very nice name, but it shows that Daoguang doesn't take her seriously. The reason is that there is no reason for this title. It is just that the emperor took it casually, and it was probably given based on her name.
At this time, the imperial concubine Quan is in full swing, enjoying Daoguang's special favor, and Man often does not have to think about changing her fate against the sky. However, even so, she was still drunk, and in the thirteenth year of Daoguang, she was reduced to Liu promised. In other words, after being in the palace for two years, after serving Daoguang, not only was there no credit, but also sin. What's wrong with
, which made Liu the bottom of the concubines? There is no record in the history books. It is estimated that it is what we mentioned earlier, Daoguang did in order to save expenses. Moreover, among the few historical materials on Liu's promise that I have seen so far, there is a piece of paper preserved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The things recorded on it are chilling:
Daoguang thirteenth year of the first day of December, the first day of the director Wang Ju Reward the two silver pieces of the main seat and two small pieces of Xiaoqian, followed by the order: "Liu promised not to reward, the rest will be rewarded as usual." Qin this.
In other words, it is the scattered silver that should be rewarded, Daoguang also deliberately decreed not to reward Liu promised. This kind of life, this kind of "care", how can a young woman live? So Xiao Jue said that he is a scumbag, so there shouldn't be any objections, right?
Liu's tragic fate is not over yet, two years later, on February 14th of the 15th year of Daoguang (lunar calendar, not Valentine's Day), she was demoted to official status. This time, even Empress Xiaoquan deliberately took shelter, and he has not reported the results to Daoguang. From this point of view, the Liu family should have violated some kind of palace rules, so it was up to the queen to deal with it.
Even the Queen Xiaoquan, who specializes in pets, could not keep Liu's family. Daoguang was angry with thunder, not only denounced the queen face to face, but also expelled Liu from the concubine sequence and demoted her to an official woman.
Before Daoguang, the so-called official woman was the palace maid, and she was responsible for the court chores. That is to say, starting from the twelfth year of Daoguang, when the Mu promised Hesheli was demoted to an official woman, there was a unique landscape. This kind of woman is between the palace maid and the concubine, both to work and to serve the emperor. Of course, Xiao Jue estimated that they were not favored, so the emperor basically did not need them to serve. However, this is at least a great humiliation to the concubine, so Mui promised to throw himself into the water on the third day after being promoted to the official woman.
Judging from Liu's experience, the girl in the palace was demoted or even tortured, and her relationship with Empress Niu Hulu, the queen of Xiaoquan, was not very big. It was entirely because Daoguang was too scumbag and cruel. Until the 22nd year of Daoguang, when Liu died, she was still an official woman, and Daoguang did not chase her. Therefore, the Liu family was not allowed to be buried in the concubine’s bed, but was buried in Cao Balitun with her court ladies. Perhaps, she would not rarely bury the imperial tomb, because to her, the place was dirty and ruthless.
