In the Kangxi Dynasty, the Kangxi Emperor not only canceled the Late Dynasty because of the death of Zhou Peigong, but also announced to his courtiers that he would keep vigil for Zhou Peigong.
Zhou Peigong was the greatest contributor to Kangxi's ability to quell the "Rebellion of the Three Domains".
With a letter of recommendation from the Kangxi Emperor's teacher Wu Ciyou, Zhou Peigong, who was originally a cloth cloth, was highly valued by Kangxi, especially before and after Kangxi quelled the "Rebellion of the Three Domains", Zhou Peigong showed extraordinary courage and outstanding talent: in the process of deliberating among the courtiers, it was judged that the eunuchs in the palace were going to rebel just by relying on candles without a wick; in an extremely difficult environment, they suppressed the rebels in Chahar with only three thousand slave troops; and then turned to the northwest, suppressed and took down Wang Fuchen's father and son Later, he swung his division south, and in the battle with wu Sangui's headquarters army, he also won frequent victories.
However, although Zhou Peigong made great contributions to quelling the "San Fan Rebellion", he was a Han courtier after all, and therefore the vigilance of the Kangxi Emperor and the Manchurian rulers in the dprk, on the eve of the imminent victory of the "Ping San Fan", he was recalled from the front line by Kangxi, and then transferred to the northeast to serve as the viceroy of Shengjing.
Ten years later, Kangxi personally came to Shengjing, but at this time, Zhou Peigong was already ill for a long time, bedridden, and then recommended Yao Qisheng to Kangxi, and after offering Kangxi the "Complete Map of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty" that he had devoted ten years of painstaking efforts to painting, he also passed away. After learning of Zhou Peigong's death, the Kangxi Emperor immediately announced the cancellation of the late dynasty and announced to his courtiers that he would personally keep vigil for Zhou Peigong.
The Kangxi Emperor's vigil for Zhou Peigong was a kind of repentance, a deep apology for Zhou Peigong, and a deep respect for Zhou Peigong.
In the Kangxi Dynasty, Kangxi appeared twice to guard the spirits of the deceased, once after the deaths of Xiaozhuang and Su Ma Lagu, Kangxi often sat in front of the spiritual seats of these two women who had a profound influence on him, while sniffing melon seeds and guarding the spirits; another time, after the death of Zhou Peigong, Kangxi often sat in front of the "Imperial Public Opinion Complete Map" painted by Zhou Peigong and kept vigil for Zhou Peigong. If Kangxi's vigil for Xiaozhuang and SuMa Lama was for the sake of gratitude and remembrance, his vigil for Zhou Peigong was more of a confession and an apology for Zhou Peigong.
Zhou Peigong was the greatest contributor to the pacification of the "San Francisco Rebellion", and Kangxi recalled Zhou Peigong when he was close to the final victory, and transferred Zhou Peigong to be the viceroy of Shengjing. Although the Viceroy was a feudal official of the imperial court, and Shengjing was the former capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was a great honor for Zhou Peigong to be the Viceroy of Shengjing, but in fact, Zhou Peigong was transferred away from the center of power, and at the same time, it was also used in this way to calm public opinion. However, Zhou Peigong was a southerner, and he was very uncomfortable with the cold northeast, coupled with some depression in his heart, and he gave his life to his post at a young age.
Even if there are many grievances in his heart, there are many unhappiness, but Zhou Peigong did not ask for credit, did not propose to leave, but continued to concentrate on serving the country, when Kangxi arrived, for the platform he recommended Yao Qisheng, in order to let Kangxi insight into the world, made and presented the "Imperial Public Opinion Full Map", which shows that although he was actually "banished" to the northeast by Kangxi, Zhou Peigong's heart was still tied to Kangxi and the entire Qing Dynasty.
When Kangxi saw Zhou Peigong's "The Whole Map of Imperial Opinion", he finally understood Zhou Peigong's intentions and saw Zhou Peigong's loyalty to him and the imperial court, and at this time he understood even more that his behavior was "living in the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain", and he was deeply remorseful and apologetic to Christ for his way and attitude towards Zhou Peigong, and Kangxi, who was full of self-blame, was also more solemn and respectful of Zhou Peigong.
Kangxi kept vigil for Zhou Peigong, and it was a decree that all the ministers waiting outside the country would know that he was keeping vigil for Zhou Peigong, which was to affirm the merits of Zhou Peigong to the courtiers, and at the same time to review his mistakes to the courtiers and the world.
Upon learning of Zhou Peigong's death, Kangxi immediately announced the cancellation of the Late Dynasty and asked Li Dequan to tell all the officials waiting to be called that he would keep vigil for Zhou Peigong.
The reason why Kangxi told the Qunchen this news was twofold: first, to show that he attached importance to Zhou Peigong, which was an affirmation of Zhou Peigong's merits; second, he was telling the courtiers that he was ashamed of Zhou Peigong and hoped to make up for it in this way, and at the same time, he was reviewing his mistakes to the world, and this mistake was that he had not really achieved Manchu-Han unification and fair treatment since he began, which led to the tragic end of Zhou Peigong.
Zhou Peigong made a great contribution to quelling the "San Francisco Rebellion", but just because he was a Han chen, he was suspected by Kangxi and the courtiers, if Soetu and Mingzhu were to exclude Zhou Peigong for their own interests, and he was the one who was really ashamed of Zhou Peigong, and Kangxi advocated manchu and Han equality every day, even he did not do it. Zhou Peigong could serve the country with desperation, while Kangxi treated him differently from the Manchus and Han Dynasties, which in itself was a huge irony and joke.
It is precisely because of this that Kangxi told the group of ministers the news of Zhou Peigong's vigil, in fact, this is Kangxi's review of the courtiers, an apology to the people of the world, but also in his own heart to reflect on his failure to correctly treat Zhou Peigong and the loyal and learned Hanchen like Zhou Peigong, but also to warn himself that such a mistake caused by such a tragedy like Zhou Peigong cannot happen again.
Therefore, after this, Kangxi's attitude towards Han Chen and even all courtiers changed, especially yao Qisheng, Li Guangdi, Shi Lang, Chen Tingjing, Zhang Tingyu, etc., which were completely different from before, and this is another credit of Zhou Peigong.