The myth of emperor Qian Long

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   You know the story of Moses.But emperor Qian long  of Qing might provide you a similar story, but the ending was quite different. A myth stated that he was not Manchus but hans,his real father was a senior han stateman.The story stated that during the late Kang Xi, the prince of Yong(future emperor) wanted to take the crown, but Emperor Kang Wi did not like him so much.The prince believed that if he had a son, the chance would be greater,since Emperor Kang Xi might have a"long term planing" for his empire, he might choose the prince who gave him grandson to be his successor.But unfortunately, the prince got a baby girl.At that time, a senior han officier born a son,  so the prince asked for a "look" of his son. The officier sent his son to the prince.But in return, the prince sent back a baby girl to the officier.Of course, this baby girl was the daughter of the prince.And the prince raised the boy and claimed that this boy was his son.

Finally, the prince of Yong became Emperor Yong Zheng,no matter whether the boy really increased the chance.And after the dead Yong Zheng, the boy (now a young man), became the next Emperor,Qian Long.This was the story

But from history, We knew that both Emperor Yong Zheng and Qian long, especially Qian Long,respected that han officier and his family very much.
Emperor Qian Long even gave money to his family(the officier had died) to build a great garden.Empeor also stayed in this garden for many times when he visited southern China. And he wrote poems to express his love to the officier.And his used some words only a son would use when he was  describing 
 his love to the officier.

Even today, this myth still exist, some writers use this to write popular novels.

Have you ever heard about this myth. But I forget the name of the officier,his last name was Chan?