Chapter 43 Chapter 6 The Three Loves of Qianlong Recorded by the Missionaries

In addition to the information obtained from Castiglione, there is another source of information.It's ridiculous to say that it comes from Alan Perefit, the dean of the French Academy of Letters.Alain Perefit was a bold man who dared to write. He published a book called "Stagnant Empire", which specifically described China during the Qianlong period.The information disclosed in his book is very unfamiliar to the Chinese people, who have never seen it and do not know how to evaluate it.So where did his historical materials come from?It comes from the transcripts of many missionaries.

The missionaries came to China, met Qianlong, and experienced many things. The expression of these events in China is forbidden, and they will be copied and executed.So these things were completely wiped from our memory, but were brought to Europe by missionaries. At the same time, these materials have triggered our psychological panic, what panic?These preachers dared to say anything, and said it so far that it was impossible to judge whether it was true or not. For example, Alan Perefit described the three love affairs of Emperor Qianlong in this book "The Stagnant Empire". The book said that Emperor Qianlong was a man of temperament, and he had three vigorous love affairs in his life.Who was Qianlong's first love object?It was his father's concubine Ma Jiashi.According to Alan Perefit's records, this Ma family was young, beautiful and tender, and for some reason, had a tryst with Qianlong and made a private appointment for life.But things were soon exposed. In order to protect Qianlong, Ma Jiashi killed himself with a sword, which was very tragic.However, Chinese historians who record this paragraph generally go around and dare not agree.why?

Because I went back to check the list of Qianlong's father's concubines, but I couldn't find the Ma family.But if they are as bored as I am, if they look up further, they will find that there is a Ma family in his grandfather's place.The only thing that confuses us is the age difference between the Ma family and Qianlong's by fifty years.Imagining that Emperor Qianlong fell in love with an old lady who was fifty years older than him, this is too scary! This record is quite suspicious, but we also have reason to suspect that Emperor Qianlong may have destroyed the relevant records.This is the first love affair of Qianlong described by Alan Perefit, and the second love affair of Qianlong described by him is the story of the concubine Xiang we just mentioned.The story of Xiangfei is also very confusing. Where is the confusion?It is possible that Xiangfei really exists, because Alan Perefit's information is very detailed, but all his information seems to be hearsay.

When other missionaries came to China, they could only hear about it.But Castiglione, the court painter, shouldn't be able to scribble.He must have heard some kind of secret in the palace, so he wrote it on this painting. After Xiangfei, Alan Perefit revealed to us Qianlong's third vigorous love affair, and the effect of this love was extraordinary.Alain Perefit reveals that Qianlong's third passion was with a man——He Shen. This is so funny, as far as our current historical materials are concerned, there is no evidence that there was an affair between Qianlong and Heshen, but then again, if there was an affair, it would not be recorded.But this Frenchman is not surprising in his words, and his way of describing makes us believe that there must be some kind of secret spiritual echo between Qianlong and Heshen.Without this kind of telepathy, Qianlong would not have indulged He Shen so much, and He Shen would not have been so favored.

Looking back on the relationship between these two people, it still started when Qianlong went to Shandong.According to records, when Qianlong was in Shandong, he rode in a mule cart, and then whipped the mules to run away, changing one mule for each mile. The reason why Qianlong did this was to show off and show off to the people, look at how majestic Qianlong is!While he was running in the mule cart, a guard was running beside the mule cart, and this guard was He Shen.During this journey, He Shen was always blushing and breathless, and he was very energetic.So Qianlong deliberately teased him and whipped the mule to speed up, but no matter how fast he speeded up, he couldn't get rid of He Shen.At this time, Qianlong was happy to see this person, and asked him what your name was, and He Shen replied that my name was He Shen.

He Shen answered while running, and he was full of energy.Qianlong then asked: What is your background?He Shen said: I am Zhenghongqi.Qianlong laughed and said: You, you should read more books to get a job or something. If you don’t study, you can look at it. Now you can only run with my mule cart, regret it?He Shen said while running: Your Majesty Qizuo, I have studied, and I have also taken the imperial examination.Qianlong said: "Why did you fail the ranking after participating in it?"Give me your test paper by heart. At this moment, a miracle happened. He Shen ran wildly with the mule cart, and began to memorize his test paper with a lot of energy, and his tone and rhyme were very stable.The more Qianlong heard it, the more surprised he became, and said: You should pass this test paper, why didn't you pass it?

Since then, Qianlong has looked at Heshen with admiration and started a decades-long cooperative relationship between monarchs and ministers. The tacit cooperation between the two of them, to some extent, surpassed the relationship between the monarch and his ministers. That kind of trust cannot be understood by our descendants, let alone people at that time.