The marriages of ancient political forces were mostly profitable, and this interest was to maintain the balance between power and power, the cooperation between groups and groups; Zhezhe was a Mongolian woman, led by the Manchu clique Nurhaci, in order to be able to further strengthen his power and lay a solid foundation for his hegemony, he decided to let his son marry the daughter of the Mongolian Horqin Belle Manggusi, who is known as the steppe beauty Borzigit Zhezhe.
Such marriages, called "political marriages" in the history books, are not uncommon not only in the five thousand years of our country's history, but also in the countries of the European continent, such as Austria, in order to form an alliance with France, let Marie Antoinette marry Louis XVI, let Marie Louisa marry Napoleon Bonaparte, and so on.
Borzigit Jeze
First wife
She is the peerless beauty of the steppe and the object of admiration of Mongolian men. In April 1614, Zhe Zhe, who was still a green onion, was given to Emperor Taiji, who was in his twenties of the Manchu clique, at the decision of his father. Although Huang Taiji knew the role of political marriage, he was also looking forward to the bride he was about to face, the beauty that people advocated for beauty. This is as written in ancient poetry: "A lady and a gentleman." After everything was ready, Huang Taiji led his mighty subordinates from the town of Yongling in the Manchu Autonomous County of Xinbin County, Liaoning Province, and advanced for more than three hundred miles towards the Dahuifa Department where Zhe Zhe was located, which is now Huinan County, Jilin Province. The Manchu tribe and the Mongolian tribe are peaceful and united, in order to usher in today's big event, the two tribes are full of lights, and under the laughter and support of the people, the two Huaichun men and women have completed the wedding ceremony with traditional flavor. According to historical records, although ZheZhe's appearance did not reach the point of "astonishing the heavens", it was also considered to be generous and fallen into love, and at once he fell in love with the Manchu boy Huang Taiji, who was just in his early twenties.
After the two were married, they have been living a life of respect and love.
Promoted to Daifukujin
In 1626, Zhezhe's husband, Emperor Taiji, the son of Nurhaci, inherited the mantle of the Aisin Kyora family and took up the burden of establishing hegemony. After he became the Great Khan of the Manchu regime, he not only reformed the shortcomings within the power, but also made Zhe Zhe the "Great Blessing Jin". Because according to the ancestral system, the title of the Emperor Taiji at this time was still "Khan", so his family, the first person in the harem, could only be called "Great Fu Jin". At this time, Zhe Zhe had become the leader of the Manchu clique and the administrator of the internal affairs of the Imperial Taiji Harem, from which we can see that the Emperor Taiji attached importance to the Mongolian marriage and the importance and love for this wife.
In addition, we can also see from Zhezhe's mother, the Mongolian Princess Korqin, who came to Shengjing, and the etiquette and respect of the Emperor Taiji for his mother.
Note: We can see from this passage that from emperor Taiji's marriage to Zhezhe to his later succession to the throne, the Manchu Khan attached great importance to Zhezhe and various relations with Mongolia.
The reform of the Emperor Taiji and the rise of the status of Zhe zhe
With the passage of time, Emperor Taiji's love for Zhezhe did not decline, and in 1632, he abolished the old system of "Four Great Baylors" and began the exclusive dignity of "sitting alone in the south". In order to further consolidate his position and further highlight the fermentation and expansion of the Manchu power, he removed the original number of his "Khan" and took the name of "Emperor", and the name of the country also changed from the original "Houjin" to "Qing". With the rise of the emperor Taiji's status, zhezhe's status was also improved, and the original title of "Great Fu Jin" was removed and replaced by a more glorious "empress" title than before.
In order to show the status of his wife, in order to consolidate the newly established "Manchu Qing" regime, the Emperor Taiji gave the woman who had accompanied him for a long time the instruments of status symbolization at the "Canonization Ceremony", including the book, the golden seal, and the honor guard Luan Driving.
The virtuous Empress Zhezhe
"Behind a successful man, there must be a virtuous woman", so we can conclude that the later achievements of Huang Taiji and his Empress Zhezhe, the wife who accompanied him day and night, played an important role. Since Empress Zhezhe took on heavy responsibilities, she has been doing her best to deal with the large and small trivialities of the harem, which can be described as meticulous. It is precisely because the harem is well managed, so the Emperor Taiji has more and more respect and love for this empress.
Empress Zhezhe did not have children in the eleven years after her marriage, so why did she push her husband to others?
Although the marriage of Zhe Zhe and Huang Taiji has an emotional component in it, they are still political marriages after all. Zhe Zhe did not give birth to a son and a daughter for Emperor Taiji for a long time after her marriage, which made her mother-in-law, that is, the Mongol tribe behind her, the last thing to see. In other words, both the Mongol and Manchu groups were watching the movement of Emperor Taiji's wife, Zhezhe's belly, and in order to alleviate this embarrassment, in 1625, her twelve-year-old niece Bumubutai married Huang Taiji.
But such an act cannot be called Zhezhe "pushing out" the Emperor Taiji, and we can see more through this incident that Zhezhe's measurement and overall situation view, so many historians have a high evaluation of Zhezhe.
Because of the cooperation between the Manchu group and the Mongol group at that time, as well as the harmonious relationship, it had an important relationship with whether Zhe Zhe could give birth to the child of the Emperor Taiji and whether he could give birth to a Manchu prince with Mongolian blood. Therefore, at that time, the pressure that Zhe Zhe faced was not only his own psychology, but also multiple pressures from the outside world. In the face of such pressure, in the face of such a storm, for the unity of her husband's family and her own family, she can only make such an act, such a choice.
Therefore, this is not "pushing outwards", but for the sake of the overall situation and the community.
Empress Zhezhe was not without children
Empress Zhezhe did not have children in her lifetime, and in 1625, 1628 and 1634 she gave birth to Princess Gulun Wenzhuang, Princess Gulun Duanjingchang and Princess Gulun Duanzhenchang for Emperor Taiji. Later, like their mothers, these princesses married Ezhe, prince of the Chahar tribe of Mongolia, Chitat, king of Doro County, of the Horqin tribe of Mongolia, and Bayas Golang, prince of the Mongolian Horqin tribe and the prince of Shuotushetu, respectively, and made outstanding contributions to the country.