In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens of Jianzhou gradually rose under the leadership of Nurhaci. In order to deal with the Ming Dynasty, Nurhaci decided to ally with the Mongols and marry the Mongol Korqin and other tribes. In the forty-second year of the Ming Dynasty, Zhe Zhe, the daughter of the Mongolian Horqin Belle Manggus, left her hometown where she had lived for sixteen years and embarked on the road of marrying Nurhaci's eighth son, Emperor Taiji.
This was not the first marriage between Manchuria and Mongolia, as her uncle had married nurhaci long before Zhezhe got married. In addition, the Mongolian Zarut ministry also married two women to Nurhaci's two sons, Daishan and Mang gultai. Therefore, Zhe Zhe was the fourth person to marry Manchu and Mongolian, and the second person to marry Horqin and Jurchen.
After Zhe Zhe married Emperor Taiji, it did play a role in linking Manchu-Mongolian relations, and in this way, the Jianzhou Jurchens became more and more powerful, gradually ruling over the tribes and becoming a Post-Jin force that could oppose the Ming Dynasty. Eleven years after the Mandate of Jin, Emperor Taiji officially succeeded to the Khan's throne, and Zhe Zhe was the "Great Blessing of the Lord of the Kingdom".
Later, Emperor Taiji was proclaimed emperor, changed the name of the country to Daqing, and held a ceremony for the canonization of concubines, and Zhezhe was awarded the Golden Book of Gold, becoming the first empress of the Great Qing Kingdom.
During the seventeen years of Emperor Taiji's reign, zhezhe's harem status was never shaken, although she did not give birth to a son to emperor taiji, but fortunately, later Horqin sent zhezhe's two nieces into the palace, and they both gave birth to sons for emperor taiji. In addition, since ZheZhe became empress, he has maintained the image of modesty and virtuousness, gentleness and generosity, and has won the heart of the Emperor Taiji.
Whenever a Mongol emissary came to the court, The Emperor Taiji asked Zhe Zhe to lead the concubines to greet each other, and each time he gave generous gifts, this time the Manchu-Mongolian marriage was undoubtedly very successful. Because Zhe Zhe was very virtuous and had the support of Horqin, even if she did not have a son, Huang Taiji did not mind, but was very satisfied with her.
Although Zhe Zhe did not give birth to a son, it did not mean that she was infertile, because she bore three daughters for Emperor Taiji. So what happened to these three princesses?
Princess Gulun Wenzhuang
The first daughter, named Aisin Kyora Makata, was the second daughter of Emperor Taiji and was given the title of Princess of Gulun Wenzhuang, born ten years after the Later Jin Dynasty. At the age of eleven, he married Erzhe of the Chahar Department of Mongolia. Erzhe was the son of Lin Dan Khan, and after the death of Lin Dan Khan, Er Zhe led the rest of the army to surrender to Emperor Taiji and sacrificed the jade seal of the Yuan Emperor, so he was given the title of Prince of Heshuo.
Six years after Makata married Erzhe, Erzhe died, and she remarried to Erzhe's younger brother Abu Nai. At that time, Manchuria and Mongolia had the custom of "accepting the succession marriage", that is, when the father died, the son could marry the stepmother, the brother died, and the younger brother could marry the sister-in-law. Therefore, it was very normal for women to remarry at that time.
After Makata remarried to Abu Nai, Abu Nai inherited the title of his brother. In the second year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Princess Wenzhuang of Gulun died, and Chinese New Year's Eve nine years old. In the eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Abu Nai was imprisoned by Kangxi for "negative grace and disrespect". In the fourteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Abu Nai was hanged. Together, the two had two sons, Bhuni and Robzang.
Princess Gulun Jingduan
The second daughter, whose name is unknown, is the third daughter of Emperor Taiji and was given the title of Princess Jingduan of Gulun. At the age of ten, she was married to Chitat, the son of Taijisonom of the Korqin Tribe. In fact, the two were not of the same generation, the princess was one generation older than Chittat and was his cousin, but this phenomenon was not surprising at the time.
In the eighth year of Shunzhi, Chitat died, and princess Gulun Jingduan was only twenty-three years old at this time. Originally, according to the custom, the princess was also to remarry, but at that time, under the influence of Sinicization, "accepting the marriage" was no longer recognized. Therefore, since the death of Chitat, Princess Gulun Jingduan did not remarry.
In the twenty-fifth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Princess Gulun Jingduan died at the age of fifty-eight.
Princess Gulun Duanzhen
The third daughter, the eighth daughter of Emperor Taiji, was nicknamed Dazhe and was given the title of Princess Zhenchang of Gulun Duanzhen. In the sixth year of Chongde, the seven-year-old Dazhe was promised to the Horqin Ministry, and the eldest son of Prince Tushetu, Bayas Golang. In the second year of Shunzhi, the twelve-year-old Dazhe was officially married.
In the eleventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Bayas Golang inherited his father's title, but died in the same year. In the thirty-first year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Princess Gulun Duanzhen died at the age of fifty-nine.
Zhe Zhe, from the Mongolian Horqin Province, once married Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty for the sake of the Manchu-Mongolian alliance. And her three daughters also contributed to the alliance between the two sides in order to maintain the Manchu-Mongolian relationship. The reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to smoothly enter the Central Plains was inseparable from the support of the Mongol ministries, of which ZheZhe and his three daughters contributed greatly.
(Reference"Qingsushi")