The life of the Shunzhi Emperor is a tragedy, he does not want to be an emperor but becomes an emperor, a woman who does not like has become an empress, and the woman he likes most is dead, and he does not want to do what he wants to do. Is it very tragic that the Nine-Five-Year Emperor can't decide his own destiny? The Shunzhi Emperor originally did not want to be emperor, but became a victim of the struggle for imperial power.
As the ninth son of Emperor Taiji, the Shunzhi Emperor originally had no heir to the throne in any way, but he passively became the one who "gained", which was the result of the struggle for power between Emperor Taiji's son Hauge and Emperor Taiji's younger brother Dorgon. Dorgon was no match for Emperor Taiji after Nurhaci's death, and as soon as Nurhaci died, Emperor Taiji joined forces with the four great belles to force Nurhaci's concubine Abahai to be buried for Nurhaci, and Abahai's three sons, including Azig, Dorgon, and Dordor, were all too young to change all this even if they joined forces.
So Emperor Taiji ascended the throne, and during the reign of Emperor Taiji, Dorgon grew up rapidly and made great achievements. Together with his two brothers, it seems that they are a major force in the DPRK that is difficult to shake. Huang Taiji died suddenly at the age of 52, and did not make a prince before his death, which divided the dynasty into two forces, namely Emperor Taiji's eldest son Hauge and Dolgun.
The two sides are similar in power, and Dorgon is a little stronger, but Dorgon is only a little stronger, unable to leave Hauge and ascend the throne himself, under the balance, Dorgon decided to retreat, but he did not support Hauge's ascension to the throne, but chose a young, powerless son from the Emperor Taiji to succeed to the throne.
So Fu Lin, who was only six years old, became the best choice for Dorgon, and no one asked Fu Lin if he wanted to be the emperor, so the six-year-old Shunzhi Emperor began his tragic career as emperor. After succeeding to the throne, the Shunzhi Emperor naturally could not personally govern, but obeyed the arrangement of the regent Dolgun in everything, and the whole thing was a puppet emperor.
The Shunzhi Emperor, the puppet emperor, did not have a puppet for a long time, because by the time he was thirteen years old, Dorgon died, and the still young Shunzhi Emperor began to pro-government. Although the Shunzhi Emperor has never had the ambition to be an emperor, it does not mean that he does not have the ability to be an emperor, in fact, his performance after ascending the throne is remarkable, and he is also quite calm and sophisticated in handling political affairs at a young age, not inferior to his father.
But although he was pro-government, he still could not decide his marriage, his first empress was the niece of his mother Empress Xiaozhuang, the second empress was the niece of Empress Xiaozhuang, all of whom were women of the Horqin tribe, even if Fu Lin did not like it, but he could abolish the first, he could not abolish the second, so it could only be so, and the shunzhi Emperor's favorite woman was the famous Concubine Dong.
Concubine Dong gave birth to the fourth son of the Shunzhi Emperor, the Prince of Rong, who was later posthumously honored. The Shunzhi Emperor had eight sons and four daughters in his lifetime, and it should be known that the Shunzhi Emperor was only twenty-four years old when he died, and it is not a lot to have so many children. Of the twelve children, the Shunzhi Emperor's favorite was Prince Rong, who insisted that Prince Rong was his "first son", or "concubine".
The Shunzhi Emperor regarded this son as a concubine, and neither of his empresses had children, so all eight sons were concubines, but among these sons, he insisted that Prince Rong was a concubine, his favorite existence, and had high hopes, and the other sons were not favored by him, or none of them were favored by Prince Rong. But the son, who had high hopes, lived less than four months, and died before he could even pick up a name.
But this was not the most shocking blow to the Shunzhi Emperor, two years later, Dong Efei also died, and the Shunzhi Emperor was really dead in his heart, so not long after, the Shunzhi Emperor also died. Once the Shunzhi Emperor died, who would succeed to the throne? Naturally, it was the Kangxi Emperor. Why was the Kangxi Emperor able to succeed to the throne? You must know that the Kangxi Emperor was originally only the third son of the Shunzhi Emperor, not the eldest son and was not favored, why did he stand out?
The first son of the Shunzhi Emperor was born in 1651, but died less than three months later, and there is also a saying that he left the palace with his birth mother shortly after birth, and has been away from the disputes in the imperial court ever since, in short, this child disappeared in the palace, so Xuan Ye only had one brother above him, namely Fuquan. There are several reasons why Xuan Ye bypassed Fuquan to become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, which can be summed up as Empress Xiaozhuang's liking, and Empress Xiaozhuang liked him for several reasons:
First of all, when Xuan Ye was still in the belly of his birth mother, his mother "had light like a dragon wrapped around her clothes", which made Empress Xiaozhuang feel a lot of emotions, because "Emperor Xiaozhuang really has Si Xiang, and the present concubine also has it, and the birth of a son will be blessed." That is to say, Xuan Ye had already been noticed by Empress Xiaozhuang before he was born.
Secondly, the historical records record an interesting incident when Xuan Ye was a child, in 1659, the Shunzhi Emperor was idle and did not have anything to do with the sons who came to greet An, the Shunzhi Emperor asked them what they wanted to do in the future, Fuquan said: "Originally the Xianwang. And Xuan Ye said, "Originally imitate the Father Emperor." This can be described as amazing, three years old to see the big, six years old to see the old, the young age of Xuan Ye has appeared different, Xuan Ye's ambition is naturally known by Empress Xiaozhuang, she is satisfied with such a grandson, more satisfied than the son of the Shunzhi Emperor.
Moreover, at that time, smallpox was more serious, and the Shunzhi Emperor himself seemed to have died of smallpox, and his sons also died of smallpox later, the difference of Xuan Ye was that he had smallpox but had no problem, and because the body had antibodies, it was impossible to get smallpox in the future, which also eliminated the death of smallpox because of smallpox, and such an heir was the safest.
In short, after the death of The Shunzhi Emperor, Xuan Ye, who was only eight years old, ascended the throne as emperor, although Xuan Ye succeeded to the throne as the will of the Shunzhi Emperor, but this edict was probably only the handiwork of Empress Xiaozhuang, who pushed Xuan Ye to the throne through the mouth of the Shunzhi Emperor. After all, the fourteen sins in Shunzhi's will about Emperor Shunzhi himself were probably written by Empress Xiaozhuang.
However, whether it is the Shunzhi Emperor who made Xuan Ye the heir or the Empress Xiaozhuang who made Xuan Ye the heir, in short, the Kangxi Emperor is the more accomplished emperor in the history of the Great Qing Dynasty and even the entire history, this emperor chose is really very good, the Kangxi Emperor, including his son Yongzheng Emperor, is the more accomplished emperor of the Great Qing, but when it comes to the grandson of the Kangxi Emperor, it is a little worse, no, it should be a lot worse, this ten-year-old man finally just touched himself, but buried the prosperity of the Great Qing.