胤祥 Yìnxiáng
Biography
怡賢親王允祥
怡賢親王允祥，聖祖第十三子。康熙三十七年，從上謁陵。自是有巡幸，輒從。六十一年，世宗即位，封為怡親王。尋命總理戶部三庫。雍正元年，命總理戶部。十一月，諭：「怡親王於皇考時敬謹廉潔，家計空乏，舉國皆知。朕御極以來，一心翊戴，克盡臣弟之道。從前兄弟分封，各得錢糧二十三萬兩，朕援此例賜之，奏辭不已，宣諭再四，僅受十三萬；复援裕親王例，令支官物六年，王又固辭。今不允所請，既不可；允其請，而實心為國之懿親，轉不得與諸弟兄比，朕心不安。」下諸王大臣議。既，仍允王請，命王所兼管佐領俱為王一等一員、二等四員、三等十二員，豹尾槍二、長桿刀二，每佐領增親軍二名？屬，加護。二年，允祥請除加色、加平諸弊，並增設三庫主事、庫大使，從之。
三年二月，三年服滿。以王總理事務謹慎忠誠，從優議敘，復加封郡王，任王於諸子？中指封。八月，加俸銀萬。京畿被水，命往勘。十二月，令總理京畿水利。疏言：「直隸河與汶河合流東下。滄、景以下，春？河、淀河、子牙河、永定河皆匯於天津大直沽入海，河？多淺阻，伏秋暴漲，不免潰溢。請將滄州磚河、青縣興濟河故道疏濬，築減水壩，以洩之漲；並於白塘口入海處開直河，使磚河、興濟河同歸白塘出海；又濬東、西二淀，多開引河，使脈絡相通，溝澮四達；仍疏趙北、苑家二口以防衝決。子牙河為滹沱及漳水下流，其下有清河、夾河、月河同趨於淀，宜開決分注，緩其奔放之勢。永定河故道已湮，應自柳義水所歸，應逐年疏濬，使濁水不能為患。？口引之稍北，繞王慶坨東北入淀，至三角淀，為又請於京東灤、薊、天津，京南文、霸、任丘、新、雄諸州縣設營田專官，募農耕種。」四年二月，疏言直隸興修水利，請分諸河為四局，下吏、工諸部議，議以南運河與臧家橋以下之子牙河、苑家口以東之淀河為一局，令天津道領之；苑家口以西各淀池及畿南諸河為一局，以大名道改清河道領之；永定河為一局，以永定分司改道領之；北運河為一局，撤分司以通永道領之：分隸專官管轄。尋又命分設京東、京西水利營田使各一。三月，疏陳京東水利諸事。五月，疏陳畿輔西南水利諸事。皆下部議行。
Yunxiang, Prince Yixian of the First Rank
Yunxiang, Prince Yixian of the First Rank, was the thirteenth son of Shengzu. In the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi he accompanied the emperor to pay respects at the imperial tombs. From then on, whenever there was a tour, he always accompanied it. In the sixty-first year, when Shizong came to the throne, he was enfeoffed as Prince Yi of the First Rank. Soon afterwards he was ordered to take general charge of the Three Treasuries of the Ministry of Revenue. In the first year of Yongzheng he was ordered to take general charge of the Ministry of Revenue. In the eleventh month the emperor decreed: "Prince Yi was reverent, careful and incorruptible in the time of the Late Emperor, and that his household finances were empty is known throughout the realm. Since I took the throne he has supported me with a single mind and has fully performed the duty of a younger brother and subject. In former times, when brothers were given fiefs, each received 230,000 taels of money and grain; I followed this precedent in granting it to him, but he declined by memorial without ceasing, and when I declared my will again and again, he accepted only 130,000. I then followed the precedent of Prince Yu of the First Rank and ordered that he draw on government goods for six years, and the prince again firmly declined. If I now refuse his request, that is not permissible; if I grant his request, then this close kinsman, who serves the state with a sincere heart, will on the contrary not be placed on a par with his brothers, and my mind is uneasy." The matter was referred to the princes and high officials for deliberation. Afterwards the prince's request was nevertheless granted, and it was ordered that, of the companies the prince administered concurrently, there be for the prince one guard officer of the first class, four of the second class and twelve of the third class, two leopard-tail spears and two long-handled sabres, and that each company be increased by two personal soldiers [...] dependents, with added protection. In the second year Yunxiang asked to abolish such abuses as the surcharge for fineness and the surcharge for weight, and to add posts of Secretary and Treasury Warden for the Three Treasuries; this was approved. Edit
In the second month of the third year the three years of mourning were completed. Because the prince had taken general charge of affairs with care and loyalty, he was given a generous recommendation for reward and was further enfeoffed as a prince of the Second Rank, and the prince was allowed to designate one among his sons [...] to be enfeoffed. In the eighth month his stipend was increased by ten thousand taels of silver. The capital region was flooded, and he was ordered to go and inspect. In the twelfth month he was ordered to take general charge of water conservancy in the capital region. He memorialised: "The Zhili River joins the Wen River and flows east. Below Cang and Jing, the Chun[...] River, the Dian River, the Ziya River and the Yongding River all gather at Dagu in Tianjin and enter the sea; the rivers [...] are mostly shallow and obstructed, and when they swell violently in the dog days and autumn, bursting and overflowing cannot be avoided. I ask that the old channels of the Zhuan River of Cang Department and of the Xingji River of Qing County be dredged, and that sluice dams be built to let off the swollen waters; and that a straight channel be cut at Baitangkou, where they enter the sea, so that the Zhuan River and Xingji River both return to the sea at Baitang; that the Eastern and Western Lakes also be dredged, and many diversion channels be opened, so that the water courses connect and the ditches reach in every direction; and that the two outlets of Zhaobei and Yuanjia still be cleared to guard against breaching. The Ziya River is the lower course of the Hutuo and the Zhang waters, and beneath it the Qing River, the Jia River and the Yue River all flow together into the lake; they should be opened and cut so as to divide and pour off, to slacken the force of their rush. The old channel of the Yongding River has silted up, and from where the Liuyi water returns it should be dredged year by year, so that the muddy waters cannot become a calamity. [...] the outlet draws it a little to the north, going round to the northeast of Wangqingtuo and entering the lake, and reaching Sanjiao Lake, for [...] I further ask that in Luan and Ji Departments and Tianjin east of the capital, and in Wen'an, Ba Department, Renqiu, Xincheng and Xiong County and other departments and counties south of the capital, special officials for military agricultural colonies be established, and farmers be recruited to cultivate." In the second month of the fourth year he memorialised that, concerning water conservancy works in Zhili, he asked that the rivers be divided into four bureaus, and the matter was referred to the Ministries of Personnel and Works and other ministries for deliberation. The deliberation put the Southern Grand Canal together with the Ziya River below Zangjiaqiao and the Dian River east of Yuanjiakou as one bureau, to be governed by the Tianjin Circuit Intendant; the lakes and ponds west of Yuanjiakou and the rivers of the south of the capital region as one bureau, to be governed by the Daming Circuit Intendant changed to Qinghe Circuit Intendant; the Yongding River as one bureau, to be governed by the Yongding sub-office changed to a circuit; and the Northern Grand Canal as one bureau, with the sub-office abolished and governed by the Tongyong Circuit Intendant: each placed under the jurisdiction of a special official. Soon afterwards it was also ordered that one Commissioner for Water Conservancy and Military Agricultural Colonies be established each for east and west of the capital. In the third month he memorialised on various matters of water conservancy east of the capital. In the fifth month he memorialised on various matters of water conservancy in the southwest of the capital region. All were referred to the ministries for deliberation and put into effect. Edit
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七月，賜御書「忠敬誠直勤慎廉明」榜，諭曰：「怡親王事朕，克殫忠誠，職掌有九，而公爾忘私，視國如家，朕深知王德，覺此八字無一毫過量之詞。在朝諸臣，於『忠勤慎明』尚多有之，若『敬誠直廉』，則未能輕許。期咸砥礪，以副朕望。」七年六月，命辦理西北兩路軍機。十月，命增儀仗一倍。十一月，王有疾。八年五月，疾篤，上親臨視，及至，王已薨，上悲慟，輟朝三日。翌日，上親臨奠，諭：「怡親王薨逝，中心悲慟，飲食無味，寢臥不安。王事朕八年如一日，自古無此公忠體國之賢王，朕待王亦宜在常例之外。今朕素服一月，諸臣常服，宴會俱不必行。」越日，复諭舉怡親王功德，命復其名上一字為「胤」，配享太廟，諡曰賢，並以「忠敬誠直勤慎廉明」八字加於諡上。白家甿等十三村民請建祠，允之。撥官地三十餘頃為祭田，免租賦。命更定園寢之制，視常例有加。又命未殯，月賜祭；小祥及殯，視大祭禮賜祭；三年後，歲賜祭。皆特恩，不為例。乾隆中，祀盛京賢王祠。命王爵世襲。
子弘曉，襲。乾隆四十三年，薨，諡曰僖。子永瑯，襲。嘉慶四年，薨，諡曰恭。孫奕勳，襲。二十三年，薨，諡曰恪。子載坊，襲。明年，薨。弟載垣，襲。事宣宗，命在御大臣。咸豐八年，賜紫禁城內肩？前大臣行走，受顧命。文宗即位，歷左宗正、宗令、領侍輿。
載垣與鄭王端華及端華弟肅順皆為上所倚，相結，權勢日張。九年，命赴天津察視海防。十年正月，萬壽節，賜杏黃色端罩。七月，英吉利、法蘭西兩國兵至天津，命與兵部尚書穆廕以欽差大臣赴通州與英人議和。時大學士桂良已於天津定議，上許英使額爾金至通州簽約，英使額爾金請入京師親遞國書，不許。兵復進，上以和議未成，罷載垣欽差大臣。未幾，扈上幸熱河。及和議定，？臣請還京師，上猶豫未決。十一年七月，文宗崩，穆宗即位，載垣等受遺詔輔政，與端華、景壽、肅順及軍機大臣穆廕、匡源、杜翰、焦祐瀛稱「贊襄政務王大臣」 ，擅政。九月，上奉文宗喪還京師，詔罪狀載垣等，奪爵職，下王大臣按治，議殊死，賜自盡。事詳肅順傳。爵降為不入八分輔國公，並命不得以其子孫及親兄弟子承襲。同治元年，以莊親王允祿四世孫載泰襲輔國公，收府第敕書。三年七月，師克江寧，推恩還王爵。九月，以寧郡王弘？四世孫鎮國公載敦襲怡親王，還敕書。光緒十六年，薨，諡，奪爵，以先薨免罪。弟之？曰端。子溥靜，嗣。二十六年八月，薨。九月，坐縱芘拳匪啟子毓麒，襲。
In the seventh month he was granted a board inscribed in the emperor's own hand, "Loyal, Reverent, Sincere, Upright, Diligent, Careful, Incorruptible, Clear-sighted", and the emperor decreed: "Prince Yi has served me, fully exhausting his loyalty and sincerity. His duties are nine, yet he is public-minded and forgets self, regarding the state as his own household. I know the prince's virtue deeply, and feel that in these eight characters there is not a single word of excess. Among the officials at court, many have 'loyal, diligent, careful and clear-sighted', but as for 'reverent, sincere, upright and incorruptible', I cannot easily grant them. I hope all will encourage and improve themselves, so as to answer my expectations." In the sixth month of the seventh year he was ordered to handle military affairs of the two routes, northwest and north. In the tenth month it was ordered that his ceremonial escort be doubled. In the eleventh month the prince fell ill. In the fifth month of the eighth year, when his illness became grave, the emperor went in person to visit him, but when he arrived the prince had already died. The emperor was overcome with grief and suspended court for three days. The next day the emperor went in person to make an offering and decreed: "Prince Yi has died; my heart is grieved, food has no taste, and I cannot sleep or lie in peace. The prince served me for eight years as if for one day. From of old there has been no such worthy prince, so public-spirited, so loyal, and so mindful of the state, and I ought to treat the prince beyond the ordinary rule. I will now wear plain clothes for one month, the officials will wear ordinary dress, and no banquets are to be held." A day later he again decreed, listing Prince Yi's merit and virtue, and ordered that the first character of his name be restored as "Yin", that he be enshrined with the ancestors in the Grand Ancestral Temple, and that he be given the posthumous name Xian, to which the eight characters "Loyal, Reverent, Sincere, Upright, Diligent, Careful, Incorruptible, Clear-sighted" were added above the posthumous name. The people of thirteen villages, including Baijiameng, asked to build a shrine for him, and it was granted. More than thirty qing of government land were allotted as sacrificial fields, exempt from rent and taxes. It was ordered that the regulations of his garden tomb be revised, with additions beyond the ordinary rule. It was also ordered that before the burial, offerings be granted every month; at the first anniversary rite and at the burial, offerings be granted in the manner of a great sacrifice; and three years afterwards, offerings be granted every year. All were special favours, not to be taken as precedent. In the Qianlong period he was sacrificed to at the Shrine of the Worthy Prince at Shengjing. It was ordered that the prince's rank be inherited in perpetuity. Edit
His son Hongxiao inherited. In the forty-third year of Qianlong he died and was given the posthumous name Xi. His son Yonglang inherited. In the fourth year of Jiaqing he died and was given the posthumous name Gong. His grandson Yixun inherited. In the twenty-third year he died and was given the posthumous name Ke. His son Zaifang inherited. The following year he died. His younger brother Zaiyuan inherited. He served Xuanzong and was ordered to be a minister in attendance on the emperor. In the eighth year of Xianfeng he was granted [the use of a shoulder-carried chair?] within the Forbidden City and to serve as a minister before the emperor, and received the emperor's dying charge. When Wenzong came to the throne he successively held the posts of Left Director of the Imperial Clan Court, Director of the Imperial Clan Court, and Chief Chamberlain of the Imperial Guard. Edit
Zaiyuan, with Prince Zheng Duanhua and Duanhua's younger brother Sushun, was relied upon by the emperor; they joined together and their power and influence grew day by day. In the ninth year he was ordered to go to Tianjin to inspect the coastal defences. In the first month of the tenth year, on the emperor's birthday, he was granted an apricot-yellow outer jacket. In the seventh month, when the troops of Britain and France reached Tianjin, he was ordered, with Muyin, Minister of War, as Imperial Commissioners, to go to Tong Department to negotiate peace with the British. At that time the Grand Secretary Guiliang had already agreed terms at Tianjin, and the emperor permitted the British envoy Elgin to come to Tong Department to sign the treaty; Elgin asked to enter the capital to present his credentials in person, and this was not allowed. The troops advanced again, and the emperor, because the peace talks had not succeeded, dismissed Zaiyuan from his post as Imperial Commissioner. Before long he escorted the emperor on his journey to Rehe. When the peace was settled, the [...] officials asked for return to the capital, and the emperor hesitated and did not decide. In the seventh month of the eleventh year Wenzong died, and Muzong came to the throne; Zaiyuan and others received the testamentary edict to assist in government, and together with Duanhua, Jingshou, Sushun and the Grand Councillors Muyin, Kuangyuan, Du Han and Jiao Youying, styled the "Princes and Ministers who Assist in Government Affairs", and monopolised power. In the ninth month the emperor escorted Wenzong's coffin back to the capital, and an edict set out the crimes of Zaiyuan and the others, stripped them of rank and office, and referred them to the princes and high officials to investigate and try; they were sentenced to death, and granted to take their own lives. The matter is detailed in the biography of Sushun. His rank was reduced to Duke Who Assists the State, without the Eight Privileges, and it was ordered that it was not to be inherited by his sons and grandsons or by his own brother's sons. In the first year of Tongzhi, Zaitai, a fourth-generation descendant of Yunlu, Prince Zhuang of the First Rank, inherited the rank of Duke Who Assists the State, and the residence and the imperial charter were taken back. In the seventh month of the third year, when the army took Jiangning, favour was extended by restoring the princely rank. In the ninth month, Zaidun, Duke Who Guards the State and a fourth-generation descendant of Hong[...], Prince Ning of the Second Rank, inherited as Prince Yi of the First Rank, and the imperial charter was returned. In the sixteenth year of Guangxu he died; the posthumous name [...], his rank was taken away, and because he had died first he was spared the guilt. His younger brother [...] called Duan. His son Pujing succeeded. In the eighth month of the twenty-sixth year he died. In the ninth month, because he had indulged and sheltered the Boxer bandits [...] Yuqi, son of Qi, inherited. Edit
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Source: 清史稿 卷二百二十 列传七 诸王六 (Draft History of Qing, juan 220, Biographies 7: Princes 6)
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- [Source] 清史稿 卷一百六十四 表四 皇子世表四 Draft History of Qing, juan 164, Table 4: Genealogical Table of the Emperors' Sons 4
- [Collation note] 表云：「聖祖第十三子。康熙六十一年封怡親王，雍正八年薨，諡曰賢」 The table: “Thirteenth son of Shengzu. In Kangxi 61 (1722), made Prince Yi of the First Rank. In Yongzheng 8 (1730), died, given the posthumous name Xian.”