On the seventh day of the first lunar month of the eighteenth year of Shunzhi (1661), the Shunzhi Emperor, who was only twenty-four years old, passed away.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the Qing court officially promulgated the Shunzhi Testament, and established Xuan Ye, who was only eight years old, as the crown prince, that is, to abide by the canon system, hold the service for twenty-seven days, and release the obedience, that is, the emperor's throne." At the same time, the edict also "specially appointed the ministers of the interior, Sonny, Suksaha, Shubilong, and Aobai as auxiliary ministers." ”
As soon as this personnel arrangement of shunzhi's will was announced, it immediately caused an uproar in the court.
Isn't there no one in the Aisin Kyora family, and this group of courtiers with different surnames should assist the government? The nobles of the Qing Dynasty could not believe that this testament was really a testament.
First, let's take a look at the experiences of these auxiliary ministers:
The first assistant minister, Hesheri Soni, was a Zhenghuangqi man, the founding hero of the Qing Dynasty, and he was the oldest of the four, which can be described as highly respected, and in the early years when he supported Shunzhi, he reached a united front with Xiaozhuang, which can be described as a hardcore concubine. Later, because of his opposition to Dolgun, he went up and down several times. However, he is an official oilman, coupled with old age and illness, he is often silent when things happen, and he is wise to protect himself and does not like to be the head;
The second assistant minister, Yehenara Sukhsaha, was a member of the Zhengbai Banner and the nephew of the Qing Taizu Nurhaci, who was extraordinary and good at forging good relations. He was originally an old subordinate of Dorgon, but later rebelled against the water on the Dorgon route in favor of Fulin or on the Dorgon route, and defected to Xiaozhuang, so he was quite highly valued, and his officials were appointed to the minister of parliament, the minister of internal affairs, etc.;
The Third Auxiliary Minister, Nyūrülu Tsubilon, was a man with a yellow banner, who was reprimanded for his repeated military exploits, and was once reprimanded for opposing Dorgon. But this man has a weak personality, belongs to the grass on the wall, and falls when he sees the wind;
The last chancellor, Guarjia Aobai, was a yellow-flagged man who was the most trusted warrior of the Emperor Taiji, known as the "First Warrior of Manchuria", and was later reprimanded for opposing Dorgon. He was a man of great military merit, an official to the Minister of Parliament, a man of rough character and a typical strong man.
So, how did these four ministers with different surnames, Soni, Suksaha, Shubilon, and Aobai, get elected as auxiliary ministers?
First of all, we must start from their identity in the Eight Banners, these four are from the Upper Three Banners, they are directly subordinate to the royal forces.
As we all know, the Manchu Qing dynasty is divided into eight flags, namely yellow, white, red, blue flag and yellow, white, red, and blue flag. What is Shangsanqi? The two banners of the Eight Banners, Zhenghuang and Huanghuang, were directly commanded by the Khan King (Emperor), and after the Shunzhi Emperor took over the government, the Zhengbai Banner under the jurisdiction of Dolgun was also assigned to the Emperor's command, so the Shangsan Banner was formed.
Therefore, from the analysis of the origins of these four auxiliary politicians, they are all from the royal forces, the so-called root is Miao Hong.
Secondly, these four elder brothers were all anti-Dorgon, standing on the front line between Shunzhi and Empress Xiaozhuang, and maintained the correctness of the line.
Just when there was an uproar in the court, Sonny and the others knelt down and said, "Now the Lord has decreed that the four of us will assist the Lord Chong, who has never been in state affairs, and who is the assistant of the clan, and Sonny and other courtiers with different surnames. "The meaning is very clear, this position is not what I am waiting to get, if everyone does not agree, you can take up your own responsibility, that is, to force the royal family to express their position."
Royal family relatives, you look at me, I look at you, I can only helplessly say: "The edict is very clear, who dares to interfere, the four ministers will not let it." ”
Sony and the others then swore an oath before Emperor Daxing: I Sony and others swore loyalty to the young lord to the death, and the four of them lived and died together, and assisted the young lord in handling government affairs. Do not private relatives, do not care about resentment, do not listen to the instigation of others and brothers and nephews, do not seek unjust riches, do not privately travel to the kings and belles and other houses to be left behind by them, do not form henchmen, do not accept bribes, and repay the great favor of the previous emperor with loyalty. If we break this oath for our own selfish purposes in the future, heaven will surely send calamities and exterminate us.
It has to be admitted that in the first two or three years, this auxiliary minister followed his oath, was able to work together in harmony, and played a positive role in the consolidation of the Qing regime. But after all, they look at three different interest groups, and there will be more or less conflicts of interest between each other; more importantly, the corrosion of the mind by the power thing is very severe, and once it loses self-control, there will be a worry of life.
Later, there was a fight and a fight between the four of them. So back to the theme, who has the worst ending?
Sony also introduced earlier, he is an official oil, no one can be guilty, like Mingzhe to protect himself, and later he also married his granddaughter to Xuan Ye as a big wife, and ended up with a good death, at the age of 66.
The ending of Ao Bai, those who have seen "Deer Ding", should know that he was more and more rampant in the late period of the auxiliary government, if he was just overbearing among the ministers, and even did not put the little emperor Xuan Ye in his eyes, then naturally there would be no good fruit to eat. After the Kangxi Emperor came to power, with the assistance of Wei Xiaobao (Suo Ertu), he arrested Aobai and imprisoned him, and finally died in prison. Both the wall-headed grass and Ao Bai came from the yellow flag, and after Ao Bai was convicted, he was also punished, dismissed from office and stripped of his knighthood, fortunately he was the old father-in-law of Kangxi and spared the death penalty.
Of the four auxiliary ministers, Aobai's ending was not the most tragic, but the most tragic was Suksaha.
Suksaha was brutally killed all because of Aobai. The cause of the contradiction between the two of them occurred on the land where the yellow flag and the white flag circle were exchanged, and one of them refused to change, not only did they kill many ministers, but finally all fourteen members of Suksaha's whole family died tragically at caishikou.
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