Friends who have watched the "Kangxi Dynasty" Qing Palace drama should have some understanding of the historical figure of Ao bai, who was one of the four auxiliary ministers in the early years of Kangxi, and because Kangxi was only a small child when he succeeded to the throne, the power of the government was in the hands of Ao Bai and other auxiliary ministers. However, after a long time, Ao Bai began to be unscrupulous, believing that the power of the government was in his own hands, so he began to act recklessly, and even wanted to oust other auxiliary ministers from power and let himself take charge of the government. This made Kangxi intolerable, afraid that Ao Bai would one day drive himself out of power, so he secretly trained a group of teenagers to serve as his personal bodyguards; then on a certain day Xuan Ao Bai visited him, and when Ao Bai entered the main hall, Kangxi ordered the palace door to be closed; and then ordered the young men to rush out and take down Ao Bai. Because Ao Bai was already old at that time, and they were numerous, not to mention that he did not know that Kangxi would come to this hand, he was taken down by Kangxi.
In fact, in the main history, there are also Aobai this figure, and his experience has many similarities with the "Kangxi Dynasty". However, there is one thing in the TV series that is not stated, which makes people who know little about the history of the main history confused. That is, in the later years of Kangxi's life, he actually personally rehabilitated Ao bai and said that Ao Bai was a loyal subject. Many people felt incredible when they heard this, why did Kangxi make such a move? Since Kangxi also said that Ao Bai was a loyal subject, didn't he prove that he was a dark lord when he did such a thing? In fact, whether he captured Ao Bai in his youth or rehabilitated Ao Bai in his later years, Kangxi did nothing wrong. Then some people will be confused, what the hell is going on, why did Ming Jun arrest the loyalists? In this regard, we must understand the specific historical facts.
In fact, as early as the Huang Taiji period, Ao Bai served the Qing Dynasty; at that time, in the Battle of Songjin, Huang Taiji was trapped in a heavy siege; at this moment, it was Ao Bai himself who came to the rescue alone. At that time, a Ming army armed with a steel knife slashed at Emperor Taiji, and Aobai ignored it at this time and blocked the steel knife with his body; at that time, Aobai had too much blood on his shoulder, and he was bleeding all over, but he refused to retreat in order to protect Emperor Taizong's Emperor Taiji, which made the Ming army stunned, until later other Qing troops arrived to kill the enemy. From then on, Emperor Taiji admired Aobai and reused him, promoting him to the rank of commander of the protectorate.
Seeing that Huang Taiji had the grace of knowing himself, Aobai thanked Huang Taiji and vowed to always serve him in this vein. Later, after the death of Emperor Taiji, his brother Dorgon and his son Hauge did not hesitate to fight each other in order to compete for the throne, so Aobai sided with Hauge at this time, after all, he was the son of Emperor Taiji. Even, Ao Bai also led his troops to surround the Chongzheng Hall, and shouted with all the concubines of the Emperor Taiji: The former emperor is like our regenerative parents, if we do not let his son succeed to the throne, we are willing to go to Huangquan with the former emperor. Since the Qing Dynasty implemented the eight flags system, and the two yellow flags were the emperor's concubines, and prince Hauge of Su also held the zhenglan banner, plus the two red flags held by the Daishan family of Prince Li also supported Hauge, which was equivalent to forcing the two white flags of Dolgun to the edge of the cliff, fortunately, the blue flag prince Zilharang made a compromise proposal, let the emperor Taiji's younger son, that is, Hauge's younger brother Fu Lin, succeed to the throne, and let Dolgun and Zilharang both be the regents. In this way, the two sides will no longer quarrel.
When Dorgon became the regent, he constantly looked for trouble for Ao bai; after all, it was also Ao Bai who took the lead in making trouble, so that he did not realize his dream of becoming an emperor. Therefore, Dorgon suppressed Aobai three times, forcing Aobai to serve himself, and almost took Aobai's life. However, even in this case, Ao bai never gave in. This loyalty of Ao Bai was also seen by the Shunzhi Emperor, so after Shunzhi was pro-government, he reused Ao Bai and made him an important backbone around him. Moreover, on the occasion of the shunzhi emperor's death, he also made Aobai one of the four auxiliary ministers, and let him and the other three auxiliary ministers assist the young Xuan Ye, who later became the Kangxi Emperor.
It can be said that during the Period of Emperor Taiji and Shunzhi, Ao bai was a loyal minister; it was precisely because of his bold loyalty that he was highly valued. Then some people will ask: If he was so loyal before, why did he later do such a thing of arbitrary dictatorship, and did not even take the young Kangxi Emperor seriously? Speaking of this, I must explain that this person is indeed a tyrannical and tyrannical person, but he is still a person who is loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and even if he dies, he has not thought about rebellion. Then some people will say: Is it true that all the crimes committed by Ao Bai are all crimes of desire, and he himself has no problem? In fact, it is necessary to talk about the crime of Aobai.
Ao Bai's main crime was to seize the land and kill the minister, and he did do this kind of thing. However, many people do not understand why he did such a thing. First of all, let's talk about the enclosure, in fact, it is not Aobai who implements the enclosure, but Dolgun; at the time of the regency of Dorgon, he not only occupied the private land, but also forcibly occupied the land of other nobles. For example, he seized the land of the two yellow flags by virtue of his power, which allowed the two white flags he led to live a rich and oily life. And after Ao Bai came to power, he would definitely take back the land of the two yellow flags, could he not take revenge?
Therefore, Ao Bai was only taking back his due benefits, and as for the land that was not himself or the land where he was placed with yellow flags, he did not even move a finger. As for killing another auxiliary minister, Suksaha, in fact, there is nothing, this is the struggle between powers, Zhuge Liang also fought with another minister of life, Li Yan, and in the end, Zhuge Liang also drove Li Yan out of the court, can this show that Zhuge Liang is a thief? Moreover, the killing of Suksaha also eliminated a scourge, after all, he was a capricious villain; he was originally a person of the white flag and was deeply favored by Dolgun; however, after Dorgon's death, he reported to Fulin, the Shunzhi Emperor, that Dolgun had a disobedient heart; therefore, Shunzhi would open Dorgon's coffin and whip the corpse, remove his tablet from the temple, and the descendants would be paid as civilians, and a large-scale purge of the people and horses of the white flag was carried out. It can be seen that Suksaha is a villain who will stop at nothing to achieve his own interests, so the rest of the White Banner also hates him to the bone, and is also looked down upon by opponents such as Soni and Aobai. This leads to the conclusion of why Suksaha, who ranks second among the auxiliary ministers, was killed by Ao Bai, who ranked last; after all, what he did led to his own sin against all the people, there was no power to speak of.
As for why Kangxi took him, it can only be said that this is a struggle between imperial power and xiang power. From ancient times to the present, emperors are supreme, and they cannot see the power of others above themselves. As the Kangxi Emperor grew older, he wanted to take power for himself, and Aobai was the biggest stumbling block; since the death of the first assistant minister, Sonny, Aobai had become the de facto acting emperor. Therefore, in order for Qian Gang to decide, even if Kangxi knew that Ao Bai did not have the heart of an unservient, he had to take it down, only in this way could he become a real emperor. Kangxi understood that Aobai was a loyal subject, so after capturing him, he also went to visit him in prison, when Aobai also stripped off his clothes, so that Kangxi could see the scars he had left on the battlefield. In this case, Kangxi was even more open to Aobai, but only imprisoned him in the palace, did not kill him, and reused his descendants. Therefore, Kangxi's capture of Naaobai was only an inevitable thing that happened on the road of the imperial power struggle.