What are the merits of Fukangan? Why is it the king of the county?
The ancient feudal society followed the traditional etiquette and law, and the promotion needed to be done step by step, but in the three-hundred-year history of the Qing Dynasty, Fukangan's promotion process was extremely special. He was promoted from an ordinary guard all the way to a general, served as a feudal official in various feudal areas, and was even appointed as the Minister of Military Aircraft, becoming the first person in the history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to be named "Beizi" alive in addition to the emperor's immediate family.
What's even more amazing is that after his death, he was posthumously named the king of the county, which is unique in the history of the Qing Dynasty. Fukangan's promotion process undoubtedly broke the traditional promotion rules and can be called a miracle in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
For what merits was Fukangan named the king of the county? What are some of the lesser-known stories behind him? Let's find out.
In the workplace, it is very important to be appreciated and trusted by the leader. As a nobleman in the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty, Fukangan's background undoubtedly gives him an advantage in the workplace.
In addition, the deep relationship between his good aunt, Empress Fucha, and Emperor Qianlong also gave him more opportunities for development in the workplace. And Empress Fucha won the emperor's favor alone, giving birth to the emperor's eldest son and several children, and her death also made Qianlong very sad.
This example shows us that in the workplace, in addition to one's own abilities and qualities, network is also very important.
Looking at Fukangan behind the door, Emperor Qianlong's spiritual sustenance is so obvious, Fukangan was almost raised by Qianlong, followed him as an errand, and cultivated it single-handedly.
Emperor Qianlong is a person who is extremely emotional, although the He Shen around him is greedy like that, Qianlong has to wait until his death and let his son liquidate. However, Qianlong's favor for Fukangan is indeed excessive, in the entire history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is not only Fukangan who has outstanding military achievements, but there are many fierce generals who can fight, but only Fukangan can be named Baylor with a different surname alive.
Many wild histories speculate that Fukangan is the illegitimate son of Lord Qianlong, and he also has a nose and eyes. The Fukangan family is not only the same generation as Fukangan, but also has two brothers.
These two brothers were later recruited by Qianlong as concubines, and they were both nobles. Fukangan also thinks so, the two brothers are married to the princess, that is not bad for themselves, brothers one, two, three, four, five, the whole family marries the princess together, and then accompany the daughter-in-law back to her parents' house during the New Year's holidays, and you can also be a companion together.
But people never expected that Fukangan, who was favored by Emperor Qianlong, was rejected, Fukangan didn't expect it, and felt that it must be inadequately prepared, so he chose a suitable time again to continue to ask the emperor for a wife, and was rejected again.
Although Fukangan was deeply favored by Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong still strictly adhered to the royal etiquette and resolutely refused to let him marry a princess.
This speculation has caused many people to think: whether Fukangan is Qianlong's illegitimate son, why didn't he marry the princess as his wife, is he worried about the consequences of marriage between close relatives?
Of course, this is just a hypothesis. In fact, Qianlong did not want to be Fukangan's father-in-law, and there could be many reasons. Maybe it's because Qianlong hopes to liquidate him in the future, if he is his relative, it will be difficult to start.
An example of this is He Shen, who, although related to Qianlong, was still liquidated. So, even if the relationship is hard, if you want to be promoted, you need to have the corresponding strength.
Why was Fukangan named a king with a different surname at a young age? What did he do?
Fukangan's road to success is simply amazing! Although he inherited the good background of his ancestors, who fought with the Kangxi Emperor, his success did not depend entirely on it.
Fukangan is not just a family background, his intelligence and hard work are the key to his success. Fukangan started his resume at the age of 13, and modern people at this age are still in elementary school.
However, due to the inheritance system, he served as an errand in front of the emperor and became a third-class imperial guard. Two years later, he was specially trained by Qianlong to become a second-class guard and worked beside Qianlong.
A year later, he was promoted to the rank of first-class guard, a position in the Qing Dynasty's nine-rank official rank system, with the rank of Zhengsanpin, equivalent to the current provincial cadre. And he was only 16 years old at the time!
At the age of 16, this is an astonishing achievement, which is extremely rare both now and in the past. He not only performed well at work, but was also cultivated and cared for by Qianlong.
His success was not accidental, but the result of his talent and hard work.
At the age of 17, Fukangan was named the right attendant of the household, and in his short career of 25 years, he experienced a small war in three years, a big war in five years, and half a life of fighting horses, which left a deep impression on people.
He not only led the troops in the Battle of Jinchuan, braved the heavy snow, and launched a surprise attack over the cliff, which lasted five years, but also participated in many wars, including the pacification of the White Lotus Sect, the suppression of the Gansu Hui Tianwu Uprising, and the capture alive of the party leader Zhang Wenyi, and then crossed the sea to Taiwan to suppress the Lin Shuangwen uprising in Taiwan, and once again captured the leader of the uprising.
His military and political achievements are quite good, and he is a beautiful man who is both civil and military, and talented. After pacifying Yunnan, he set out to improve the copper smelting industry in Yunnan, using assessment methods, so that Yunnan's copper production continued to increase, and maintained it until the late Qing Dynasty.
After pacifying Taiwan, he suggested that the Qing Dynasty promulgate new decrees to strengthen Taiwan's management and safeguard the reunification of the motherland. After the pacification was completed, the constitution was revised to strengthen the power and status of the minister stationed in Tibet, including the use of a small golden bottle to draw lots to determine who is the reincarnated lama in the history textbooks of middle school students, all of which were made by Fukangan at that time.
The relationship between Qianlong and Fukangan became closer and closer, Qianlong not only really wanted to cultivate him, but also sent Fukangan a hand-selected fur coat to show that he was Qianlong's own son.
This shows that Qianlong would rather let Fukangan leave his side temporarily, but also exercise his ability. While some may think that this is Qianlong's deliberate belittling of Fukangan, this is not the case.
He just wanted Fukangan to get better training and growth, so that he could share more responsibilities for Qianlong in the future. Despite this, Fukangan died young, leaving many problems behind.
No one is perfect, and Fukangan is no exception. Although he was not a saint and could make mistakes, if he lived a long and healthy life, the mistakes he made would be insignificant.
He has some flaws that seem to be shared by many good people as well – arrogance. For example, Huo Quai, he took the cook and carried a luxurious bed to the battlefield, showing the ambition and pride of sealing the wolf.
Fukangan is not very evil, but he is very fond of those close to him, which is human nature, after all, he needs their efforts. However, because of their presence, he offended many people, which required him to be careful.
Whenever Fukangan leads the army through the local **, he will squeeze the local finances, but this is understandable, after all, his power is high and his credit is great, and the above will not be too pursued.
However, he passed on this bad habit to his son Delin. After Fukangan's death, he was posthumously crowned the king of the county, which was the largest title among the different surnames, and his son Delin continued to carry forward his spirit while escorting his body, eating and taking cards along the way, and receiving 40,000 taels of silver.
This made Emperor Jiaqing very angry at that time, because there was the instruction of Emperor Qianlong, after all, the real power at that time was still in the hands of Emperor Qianlong. Eventually, Delin was ordered to spit out the silver he had obtained and was fined doubled.
Delin is really not angry, Lao Tzu's hard-earned fame, such as the king of the county and Beizi, these can be passed down from generation to generation, but he is not successful, and there are still problems.
Emperor Jiaqing really looked down on this distant relative who was not successful, and finally cut off his fame little by little, and finally sent him to Yili, out of sight and out of mind.
Looking back on Fukangan's short life, although it is full of legends, he died young, and it only took 25 years to push the glory accumulated by his ancestors to the peak, but he died suddenly in the prime of life.
However, only a dozen years later, his descendants squandered these glories, and the wind and frost of history finally dissipated everything, leaving only the endless reverie of posterity.