Like his father Kangxi, Ung Chinh is famous for being an industrious king. According to the collection of later generations, in just 13 years of his reign, the number of chapters he approved was up to 360 books. During his 13 years in office, he persisted in personally approving the record every day, and at the same time Ung Chinh also used the two sayings “I need to be first in the world” and “the dynasty must be translated” to set an example for himself, from then on. we can see Yongzheng’s serious attitude towards politics.
Referring to Ung Chinh, his life is also quite difficult and thrilling. Ung Chinh, Thanh The Tong Dan Chan, was Khang Hy’s 4th son, following Khang Hy deposed Crown Prince Yin But, Yin Chan and the other princes were caught up in the famous battle for royal power “the nine sons won over the nine princes”. destination”, Tu A Ca Dan Chan was the winner of that war, becoming his successor, named Ung Chinh. Originally, the emperor position was probably not his turn, his coronation to become emperor also had many mixed opinions.
The theory widely circulated in folklore is that Ung Chinh colluded with Long Ke Da to usurp the throne and change the sentence “passing the throne to the Tu Tu Tu” to “passing the throne to Tu Tu” to usurp the throne. The royal family is not so simple, Ung Chinh’s succession has also become a historical mystery.
The fact that Ung Chinh is diligent in the right thing is something everyone knows, in modern terms, it is a workaholic. Therefore, even on hot summer days, he is still passionate and immersed in his work. Of course, working hard is a good thing, but it is also necessary to avoid the sun and heat, because health is the most precious capital. So how does Ung Chinh resist the heat?
Turns out, every time he worked, there would be a lady standing next to him to cool him, during lunch break, he would also let the maid stand beside him to serve him. While fanning Ung Chinh, something like this happened. According to historical records, there was a summer year, Ung Chinh was taking a lunch break, next to him there were 2 palace maids standing by to fan him, two palace ladies standing fanning for a long time, of course also sweating profusely. Unfortunately, the wind brought the smell of sweat to Ung Chinh’s place, Ung Chinh smelled the sweat and immediately woke up. Because of smelling the bad smell on the palace maid, of course Ung Chinh felt annoyed, no one wants to smell this smell during their lunch break.
Then Ung Chinh issued a holy order, he ordered the Ministry of Public Works to research and manufacture a type of fan that can still be fanned without being in the room, in order to avoid smelling the sweat of the palace maids. After many days of research, the Ministry of Public Works has researched a new type of blower, this type of fan has not changed in appearance, just adding 2 pieces of rope. The palace maids outside the door pulled ropes to fan Ung Chinh, so Ung Chinh was immediately happy, because he might no longer smell the bad smell. It’s all for the ladies, it’s so hot outside that you have to stand outside to fan Ung Chinh, moreover, you can’t stop. Have to fan continuously, even continuously for a whole day without stopping. That would be extremely difficult.
According to rumors, later Qianlong changed this plan, he used Western techniques to bring water from outside the palace. After going around the palace once, lead water into the rooms, put a blower, use water as the driving force to make the fan rotate. There is no need for a manual fan, but the fan is still automatically moving, thereby solving the difficult problem of the palace maidens. At the same time, the water flowing around the palace can also reduce the temperature of the rooms that are scorched by the sun. Indeed a double plan, it is impossible not to say, Qian Long is indeed a king who knows how to enjoy.
From this, it can be seen that the wisdom of the ancients was extremely profound, and the birth of a new thing was often caused by someone raising a problem, otherwise how might the ancients be able to invent? make a remote fan, and use water power to make the fan rotate?
