Speaking of the most famous and accomplished emperors in the history of the Qing Dynasty, people generally mention the "Kangqian Prosperous Era", that is, the two emperors Kangxi and Qianlong. **Ten Thousand Fans Incentive Plan In fact, other emperors of the Qing Dynasty were also "not far behind".
There are many people who believe that although in the late Qing Dynasty, China was highly regarded by foreign powers, but throughout the history of the Qing Dynasty, almost no emperor was a "faint monarch", even in the late period, there was none.
This is not only different from the previous Ming Dynasty, but also from other previous dynasties.
It does not mean that almost all the emperors of the dynasty are "wonderful", even at the peak of the Tang, Song and Han dynasties, there are still many emperors who are addicted to pleasure and are obsessed with calligraphy and painting.
The emperor of the Qing Dynasty was wise, which can be seen from the first emperor Shunzhi.
Many people have little impression of this emperor. In fact, he can only be blamed for his short life, but he is still a very effective emperor in his own right.
Although, in history, the emperor only lived to be 24 years old, but he had 17 princes under his knees.
At this age, there are so many heirs, compared to the phenomenon that the later emperors of the late Qing Dynasty are all peerless, they are really "talented".
So how did he do it? Today we're going to talk about it.
In the era of the Quan Chen, the emperors who generally sat on the throne were almost very small.
Without it, it was just because the emperor was young and could not govern himself, so it was natural for the ministers to take over the emperor's rights and realize their desire to "not be a king, but better than a king".
We call this kind of emperor a "puppet" emperor, and unfortunately, the starting point of Shunzhi is such an emperor.
The era when Shunzhi was born coincided with the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the children of the Eight Banners had almost stepped into the "Central Plains" in the Guannai, so there were many capable people in the clan and there were not a few people who could fight well.
With the sudden death of Huang Taiji, there was a vacuum of supreme power.
Under the circumstances at that time, there were many capable of succeeding to the throne, and the most powerful were none other than Dolgon, the Prince of Rui, and Hauge, the Prince of Su.
The former is the younger brother of Huang Taiji, who pursues the concept of "brother to brother"; The latter is the eldest son of Huang Taiji and pursues the concept of "son inherits father's business". As a result, the two sides quarreled, and the Qing court faced huge hidden dangers.
In many people's understanding, it is precisely because the two sides are in dispute and evenly matched that they finally compromise with each other and move out of the 6-year-old Fulin (i.e., Shunzhi) to succeed to the throne, which has eliminated the crisis of ** on the surface.
In fact, under the circumstances at that time, the eight banner owners who had the right to decide put aside the one flag led by the emperor himself.
Most of them are in favor of Hauge, and if you really want to let the flag owner decide, there is a high probability that Dorgon will be out.
Therefore, the clever Dolgon, seeing that "great things are not enough", retreated and advocated that the six-year-old Fu Lin be enthroned, replacing the brave Hauge.
In this way, Hauge will not be the emperor, and he will have the opportunity to clean him up in the future.
As for Fulin, a 6-year-old child, in Dolgon's eyes, is nothing more than "holding a handle", and he doesn't care about it at all.
We also know what happened next, and within a few years, Hauge was sent to prison on the charge of "rebellion".
Soon after, he died in prison "without explanation". Although Dorgon repeatedly said to the outside world: "I will not kill Hauge", Hauge's death may not be related to him.
With the late Qing Dynasty of the new emperor, he immediately put all his energy into the pass, and took advantage of the great opportunity of the peasant army to attack Beijing, and quickly waved his army into the pass.
In the end, he defeated Li Zicheng and became the ruler of Guannei, becoming another national regime established by ethnic minorities in history.
For this result, all the children of the Eight Banners were probably happy, but there was definitely one who was not happy, and that was Emperor Fulin of Shunzhi. Because although he became the emperor of the Central Plains and became the emperor of the whole world, he is really making fun of him.
Because there is no real power at all.
Shunzhi, who became an adult, once said: "My early years were just decorations, and I didn't participate in all the major military affairs, and no one came to tell me." ”
It can be seen how unwilling Shunzhi, the son of heaven, is in his heart, and it is not difficult to understand the behavior of "digging graves after death" of Dolgon in the future.
But Shunzhi was a lucky emperor after all, because he was not yet an adult, and the man who pressed on his head died early on the way out hunting.
As a result, Shunzhi, who had just turned 14, took charge of the government in advance.
For the emperor, pro-government is certainly a big deal.
But there is another thing that should not be underestimated, that is, "continue the incense" as soon as possible, one thing that ordinary people attach importance to, the emperor's house, there is a throne to inherit, of course, it is necessary to pay more attention.
So, our emperor completed the "big wedding" that year and married his first queen.
Since then, due to Shunzhi's willfulness, he has changed four queens before and after, and he is not afraid of the "gossip" of his subjects at all, let alone any political influence.
He is the emperor, and what he wants, others are helpless.
In addition to the diligent work of changing the queen, Emperor Shunzhi was not idle, and successively accepted many concubines, including his favorite concubine "Dong Eshi", who was named "Virtuous Concubine" at first, and only a month later, he was crowned "Imperial Concubine".
It can be seen that this young son of heaven is not only a man of temperament, but also has a bit of willfulness and recklessness towards the rules, so it is not difficult to understand why he later committed the act of "becoming a monk".
But despite pampering this Dong E's family, as an emperor, he also has to "rain and dew" no.
As a result, Shunzhi has had a lot of harem women one after another, and there are as many as 39 who have names and surnames before and after, and the others who are unknown are even more uncountable.
At the age of ten years, he naturally has inexhaustible energy, and with so many wives, Shunzhi is also very powerful.
In the 10 years of his reign, he gave birth to 14 princes, plus 3 adopted, a total of 17 children.
In his early 20s, he had 17 children, which is unthinkable today.
But don't forget, for a young son of heaven, who has the world, holds real power, is high-spirited, has many concubines, and it is not surprising that he has given birth to so many children.
Of course, in addition to having children, Emperor Shunzhi also spared no effort politically.
It not only swept away the misdeeds of the banner people after they entered the Central Plains, but also adopted the strategy of "suppressing and appeasing both", which greatly stabilized the power of the Qing Dynasty.
It can be said that if Shunzhi can live longer, even if he can live to the average age of most emperors, his achievements will definitely be greater, and he will not only leave the impression of "becoming a monk" and Kangxi's father to future generations.
It can only be said that for the heroic emperors in history, the basic condition for being able to realize their ambitions is to be able to live.
At this point, the later Kangxi and Qianlong obviously had to empathize a lot.