? In the Qing dynasty, people with smallpox had a narrow escape, even the royal family was not spared. According to the Qing Dynasty Royal Family Tree Jade Died, four of the emperor shunzhi's eight princes died of smallpox. In 166 1 year, after the emperor shunzhi died, his third son, Michelle Ye, who was eight years old, succeeded to the throne. This is Emperor Kangxi who acceded to the throne. When choosing a successor, he hesitated, but the advice of Tang Ruowang, a western missionary who worked in the palace at that time, finally made him make a choice, because when Kangxi was two years old, he had smallpox and was immune to smallpox for life. As a result, Prince Fan Yun unfortunately became another heir of the Qing Dynasty.
Emperor Kangxi's northern tour route is generally from Gubeikou to Inner Mongolia via Luanhe River. Because the emperor has many ceremonial chariots and horses, he can only walk 40 miles a day at most, and there are few people along the road, so a small palace is built every 40 miles along the road, and a larger palace is built every 80 miles as a place to stay. On the way from Beijing to Mulan paddock, a series of palaces, such as Cao Shi, Huairou, Miyun, Gubeikou, Baker Camp, Liang Fang, Jehol, Diaoyutai, Guanzhong, Tangshan, Boluo River Tun and Jierhalangtu, were built successively. However, these palaces are temporary places to stay, and the palaces on the Kara River are too narrow.
Compared with the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Summer Resort is the largest existing ancient imperial palace in China, with the style of simple and elegant mountain villages and wild interests, taking the true colors of natural landscapes and absorbing the scenery in the north of the Yangtze River.
This geomantic treasure-house has the following characteristics: the first characteristic is geographical advantage. The summer resort is located in the eastern part of Yanshan Mountains, with undulating mountains, mostly in the northwest and southeast. According to Feng Shui, this is for Long Mai.
The second feature is that the climate is suitable. After the Manchu entered the customs, they did not adapt to the hot summer climate in Beijing, especially after entering Beijing, smallpox occurred frequently, and Emperor Kangxi almost died of smallpox. The water and soil in Kyoto are very uninhabitable, while Chengde is a rare summer resort with high terrain, fresh air, distinct seasons, sweet water and soil, suitable temperature, dense vegetation, beautiful scenery and pleasant scenery, which is suitable for emperors to nourish their hearts and minds.
The third feature is its important geographical location and convenient transportation. After the completion of the summer resort, Jehol became one of the political sources of communication between northeast China and Mongolia at home and abroad in the early Qing Dynasty, and used troops on the Sino-Russian border to connect the ministries of northwest Mongolia to return home and control the south of the Central Plains. It connects Liaoshen to the left, Mongolia to the right, Shi Jing to the south and paddock to the north, only 230 kilometers away from Beijing. The emperor was stationed here to patrol and manage politics. Although it is located outside the Great Wall, it is "near Shen Jing".