China's feudal system of more than two thousand years has always been very cautious about the inheritance of the imperial throne, and has never let others participate. However, in the eighteenth year of Shunzhi (1661) of the Qing Dynasty, when the Shunzhi Emperor was thinking about who should be the emperor, this matter was originally decided by the imperial family within the Qing Dynasty, but it was interfered with by a foreigner, which also changed the development of the history of the Qing Dynasty.
(Kangxi Emperor)
Due to the intervention of this foreigner, the hopeless Xuan Ye became the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and Xuan Ye's succession made the Qing Dynasty reach its peak and appeared "Kangqian Shengshi", and this foreigner was Tang John of Germany. John Tang has been in China for more than 40 years, experienced the change of the two dynasties of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and served the three emperors of Chongzhen, Shunzhi and Kangxi. The reason why Tang John was able to influence Xuan Ye's succession to the throne was because Tang Ruowang was particularly eloquent, and he persuaded the Shunzhi Emperor to believe in Christianity, thus influencing Shunzhi's thinking.
(Shunzhi Emperor)
Mention this missionary, I have to mention his background, in 1592, John Tang was born in Cologne, Germany, studied in the Three Crowns Middle School, the school attaches great importance to quality education, it is here to study, so that John Tang received a good education, in 1610 John Tang studied philosophy, classical literature, mathematical astronomy and other courses. In 1611 John Joined the Society of Jesus, followed by astronomy and mathematics. In 1613 he entered the Académie de Rome, completed his studies in 1617 and was promoted to priest, and in 1619 John Tong arrived in Macau under the leadership of the French priest Kinnige.
(Portrait of John Tang)
Three years later into Guangdong, the fourth year to Beijing, Tang John came to China for several years, mainly to study Chinese classics and ethics, and learn Beijing dialect, Tang John Wang in the process of communicating with Ming Dynasty officials, because of the astronomy, the lower knowledge of geography, and familiar with Chinese classics, Tang John wang is very popular with the literati doctor. The Ming Dynasty's Hubu Shangshu Zhang Qingda hired John Tang as a government commissioner. John Tang wrote scientific literature, selected almanacs, pushed forward astronomy, translated German mining and metallurgical books, and other rich knowledge, John Tang did not forget to promote his Christianity, Tang John did not have time to persuade the Chongzhen Emperor to believe in Christianity, the Chongzhen Emperor was hanged on the coal mountain.
In 1644, fate once again beckoned to John Tang, the Qing army entered Beijing, and the Shunzhi Emperor was very interested in the knowledge preached by John Tang, and obeyed John Tang's words, and in the eleventh year of the first year of Shunzhi, he let John Tang be in charge of the Qintian Supervisor. In order to support the spread of Christianity, in the seventh year of Shunzhi, the Shunzhi Emperor allocated and allocated land to build a church in Xuanwu Gate, not only Shunzhi had great respect for John Tang, but even Empress Xiaozhuang had a high degree of trust in John Tang. In the tenth year of Shunzhi, the Shunzhi Emperor gave John Tang the title of "Teacher of Tongxuan".
(Empress Xiaozhuang)
In the eighteenth year of Shunzhi (1661), Shunzhi suffered from pox, and the succession to the throne became a key issue, Shunzhi consulted with Xiaozhuang, the Grand Prince of Shunzhi was dead, and those who were eligible to ascend to the throne were the second prince Fuquan and the third prince Xuanye, and the Qing Dynasty imperial succession was "father dead son succession, brother and brother and brother", according to the arrangement of the eldest son's succession, the throne should be the second prince Fuquan, there was no XuanYe anything, but Tang Ruowang said a reason that no one could refute - Xuan Ye had smallpox and had a lifelong immunity to this terrible disease.
(Kangxi Emperor)
At this time, Fuquan had not yet had smallpox, and John Tang meant that the country had just experienced war, and the people needed to rest and recuperate, and there could be no turmoil again because of the sudden death of the emperor. John Tang's words are also very reasonable, it is precisely because of John Tang's recommendation, Xuan Ye, who should not have inherited the unification, ascended to the emperor's throne, and if there was no foreign missionary, Xuan Ye might have lost touch with the imperial throne, let alone the later "Kangqian Prosperous Era".