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Studying the history of the Qing Dynasty, Aobai is an unavoidable topic, he has the reputation of "the first warrior of Manchuria", through the three dynasties of Emperor Taiji, Shunzhi and Kangxi, and is an important figure who influenced the political pattern of the early Qing Dynasty.
Ao Bai Rong Ma had a remarkable battle record and made great achievements for the founding of the Qing Dynasty. However, in his later years, Aobai was captured by the young emperor Kangxi because of his pride in his achievements and his alliance with the party, which ended in a tragic end.
It is worth pondering that even though Ao Bai despised the imperial power and committed unforgivable crimes, the Kangxi Emperor only put Ao Bai under house arrest after painstaking efforts to successfully capture him, but did not kill him quickly.
Ai Xinjue Luo Xuan Ye ascended the throne at the age of 8, Chong Ling succeeded to the throne, the lord was less suspicious of the country, although he had the name of the emperor in his early years, he did not have the reality of the emperor, and the real power has always been in the hands of the "four auxiliary ministers". These "four auxiliary ministers" were personally designated by the Shunzhi Emperor on his deathbed: Soni, Suksaha, Shubilong, and Aobai.
In the sixth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the 14-year-old Kangxi Emperor finally survived the death of the first auxiliary minister Sonny to be able to pro-government, but pro-government did not mean that he had real power, because only two months later, Ao Bai designed to get rid of Suksaha, and only Ao Bai and Shu Bilong were left among the "four auxiliary ministers", and these two were the same party wearing a pair of pants. Therefore, although the Kangxi Emperor at this time was already pro-government, Aobai was the real ruler of the dynasty.
The 14-year-old Kangxi Emperor, although young but extremely deep in the city, planned the layout for two years, only to eliminate Aobai and take sole power.
Over the next two years, the Kangxi Emperor gradually sent Aobai's cronies on mission to other places through "a small number of times", and then let his cronies control the garrison of the Capital Division. At the same time, Kangxi also trained his sons and daughters in the palace to become his own dead soldiers in the name of practicing the play of "Buku" (Manchu, which means wrestling). The Kangxi Emperor mingled with these teenagers all day, and everyone thought that he was just playing a fool's errand, and did not think that a big drama had already been practiced countless times in Kangxi's mind.
In May of the eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1669 AD), the time was ripe for the play to be staged. On this day, the Kangxi Emperor summoned Ao Bai into the palace as usual, and Ao Bai did not notice anything unusual, and went happily as usual. However, he did not think that as soon as Ao Bai stepped into the palace gate, he was thrown to the ground by a group of young guards, and because Ao Bai was defenseless, he could only tie his hands and grab it.
Immediately afterward, the Kangxi Emperor listed 30 counts of Aobai' crimes, all of which were punishable and unforgivable. Initially, the Kangxi Emperor did indeed decide to kill Ao bai to establish his sovereignty, and made the decision to make a decision. However, after Ao bai was captured, he took the initiative to ask for a meeting, but completely changed the original intention of the young Kangxi.
According to the French missionary Bai Jin, when Ao Bai was imprisoned, he asked to meet Kangxi for the last time. Unexpectedly, after seeing the Kangxi Emperor, Ao Bai directly took off his shirt, revealing a body full of scars. Kangxi was young, who had seen such a scene, and just when he looked at the dense old wounds on Ao Bai's body, Ao Bai began to speak.
It turned out that these scars were all left by Ao Bai during his early conquests on the battlefield, and each of them was ironclad evidence of his great military achievements for the Qing Dynasty, and the most fatal knife wound was caused by saving Emperor Taizong taiji of the Qing Dynasty.
The Kangxi Emperor understood the meaning of Aobai - I am a hero of the Qing Dynasty, and I have saved your grandfather's life, you can't kill me.
Listening to Ao Bai's tearful expressions, the Kangxi Emperor could not help but feel compassion and tears, for eight years, he had lived very depressed under the control of Ao Bai, and he really hated Ao Bai to the bone, and he only wanted to kill him quickly. However, to be fair, Aobai has gone through three dynasties, and it is indeed a great hero of the Qing Dynasty, and its indelible merits are indelible. More importantly, Ao Bai only had the right to use power, but he did not have the intention of usurping the throne, and even if the merits were offset, he should not be sentenced to death.
In the end, after a fierce ideological struggle, the Kangxi Emperor was exempted from the death penalty of Aobai and commuted to a reduced post and imprisonment. However, no matter who it is, it is difficult to accept the sense of falling from heaven to hell in an instant, and Ao Bai, who was once a very popular courtier, was once reduced to a prisoner of the order, so he quickly died of depression and died of illness in prison.
In fact, not only in the matter of capturing Aobai, but also in the life of Kangxi, he can indeed be regarded as a relatively benevolent emperor, whether it is to disloyal courtiers or to the son of rebellion, he always can't give a cruel hand, which may be the tender side of the emperor of the ages.
Reference: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty