Empress Xiaozhuang of the Great Qing Dynasty is a famous generation of sages in Chinese history, the noble and atmospheric Xiaozhuang is intelligent and wise, and she is not only the xiannei assistant of Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, but also a rare female politician in the Qing Dynasty and even in history.
Xiaozhuang gave birth to 1 son and 3 daughters for Emperor Taiji in his lifetime, on appearance and talent, Xiaozhuang can be described as outstanding among the harem beauties, but it is quite puzzling that Xiaozhuang, who has both talent and appearance, actually did not get the real love and pampering of Emperor Taiji, and the woman who Emperor Taiji really held on the tip of his heart was Xiaozhuang's sister and the second marriage to his concubine Hai lanzhu.
Although Xiaozhuang did not receive the true love of Emperor Taiji, she made her little uncle Dolgun very obsessed, and he was also the son of Nurhaci Gang and Brave, why did one not love Xiaozhuang, and the other did not love Xiaozhuang?
In the end, historians sniffed this historical doubt in a restoration map of Empress Xiaozhuang made using modern technology, and combined with relevant historical facts to find the answer.
Empress Xiaozhuang - A legendary and outstanding harem woman in the Qing Dynasty
Historians and the world are always full of praise for Empress Xiaozhuang in the early Qing Dynasty, and this harem woman known for her wisdom and wisdom has forged a legend with her life's efforts and deeds: after the unfortunate death of Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty in middle age, Xiaozhuang not only managed to maintain the stability of the Qing Dynasty and the political situation, but also cultivated the two generations of Ming Emperors before and after Shunzhi and Kangxi.
Because of this, Empress Xiaozhuang was praised by the world as an outstanding female politician of the Qing Dynasty, and has always held a more respected position in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
In the past, the 13-year-old Mongolian young girl Xiaozhuang married Huang Taiji, who was 21 years older than her, and Xiaozhuang gave birth to a total of 1 son and 3 daughters for Huang Taiji in the beautiful and young years, but even so, Xiaozhuang's position in the harem of the Qing Dynasty was not prominent - when Huang Taiji was alive, the most favored was Xiaozhuang's sister, the concubine Hailanzhu, who entered the palace later.
In the autumn of 1643, Emperor Taiji, who had been "disobeying the sacred bow", died suddenly, because Emperor Taiji did not leave any will before his death, so the various forces in the DPRK and China inevitably fell into a struggle over the issue of "the heir to the throne of the Qing Dynasty".
In response, the military generals quickly stood in two factions: one faction supported Emperor Taiji's eldest son Hauge to inherit the throne, and the other supported Emperor Taiji's younger brother Dorgon to ascend the throne.
The already intelligent and astute Xiaozhuang saw the opportunity and privately drew his younger uncle Dorgon behind him, and through the joint efforts of many parties, he pushed the 6-year-old prince Aisin Kyora Fulin to the throne, and Fulin was the shunzhi emperor in history.
The clams competed, the fishermen gained, and Aisin Kyora Fu Lin was able to inherit the throne as a result of the competition of many political forces. Subsequently, the Shunzhi Emperor began to take power with the assistance of his mother Xiaozhuang and his uncle, the regent Dorgon.
The ambitious Dorgon was not without covetousness for imperial power, and in the process of growing up as the Shunzhi Emperor, Dorgon, the regent of the Shunzhi Emperor, deliberately and publicly flaunted his strong military strength many times, which could not help but shock Xiaozhuang.
However, the brilliant Xiaozhuang saw that what Dorgon wanted most was the power of "covering the sky with one hand", so as long as he stabilized Dorgon and did not let him rebel, he could almost ensure that the Shunzhi Emperor was safe.
According to the official document of the fifth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the Shunzhi Emperor Fu Lin began to publicly rename the emperor's uncle Dolgun as the "regent of the emperor's father", and allowed Dolgun to stand behind the Shunzhi Emperor and accept the prostrations of the courtiers every time the Shunzhi Emperor accepted the worship of his subjects.
This move was of great use to Dorgon, who, after great respect, had no reason to raise an army to rebel, and from then until Dorgon's unexpected death in 1650, the Shunzhi Emperor always sat firmly on the throne and was safe.
When the Shunzhi Emperor became an adult, he began to fully regent, but the relationship between him and his mother Empress Xiaozhuang was always divided and cracked. Later, because of Concubine Dong'e, the relationship between mother and son was once very stiff, and the 23-year-old Shunzhi Emperor disappeared from the Qing court without a trace.
According to the conjecture of today's people, the Shunzhi Emperor either became a monk or died of a violent illness, and his "disappearance" once again left the qing dynasty's throne vacant, and Xiaozhuang had no choice but to play a twelve-point spirit to once again assist his grandson Xuan ye, who was later famous in the world.
In the twenty-sixth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Empress Xiaozhuang died at the age of 75. Xiao Zhuang left a last wish before his death, telling the Kangxi Emperor not to bury his coffin with the Emperor Taiji, and naturally obeyed the Kangxi Emperor, who was full of filial piety to the Emperor's grandmother.
The Qing Dynasty's royal scrolls must have recorded this historical fact clearly, but when you think about it carefully, the reason why Xiaozhuang deliberately left his life not to be buried with the emperor Taiji must have a lot of dissatisfaction and hatred for this husband.
Assuming that Huang Taiji was willing to spoil Xiaozhuang when he was alive, the annals of history will certainly not leave a written account of Hailanzhu's favor to the extreme, and Huang Taiji will not be sad and injured because of Hailanzhu's early death, and die suddenly in his prime, leaving the burden of maintaining stability in the dynasty to Xiaozhuang alone.
Why did Huang Taiji not really like the talented and beautiful Filial Piety
In 1636, Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty ascended the throne as emperor in Shengjing, and at the same time crowned the four concubines of the harem.
Among the last four concubines, Princess Zhuang of Yongfu Palace was the last, she was the famous Empress Xiaozhuang in history, and her sister Hai Lanzhu, who was 4 years older than her, although she entered the palace the latest, was second only to the empress, and was crowned as a concubine of Guan ju Palace.
Xiaozhuang had already given birth to 3 princesses to Emperor Taiji before her sister Hailanzhu entered the palace as a concubine, and moreover, Hailanzhu had a husband before marrying Huang Taiji, and she was already a mature woman of 26 years old when she entered the palace - everything was incomprehensible in Xiaozhuang's eyes, and she did not understand which aspect of herself was inferior to Hailanzhu from beginning to end.
There were a total of 15 concubines in the life of Emperor Taiji, and among those concubines with rich cheeks and strong physiques, only Hai Lanzhu, who was beautiful and gentle in appearance, was most favored by Emperor Taiji.
According to historical records, Huang Taiji lost his mother at the age of 12, understood the meaning of struggle and killing very early, and formed an iron-blooded and strong personality in the process of trying to ascend to the throne, such a strong man, very much hope that a weak and delicate woman can appear around him, so that Huang Taiji can show male strength to pity and protect it a hundredfold.
And Jiaomei Hailanzhu is just such a feminine woman who can make Emperor Taiji feel pity in his heart.
Compared with the young, naïve, intelligent and generous Xiaozhuang, Huang Taiji prefers the "silly white sweet" Hailan Zhu, which seems to need to be loved and protected at all times.
Perhaps, Hai Lan Zhu has a unique charm, which makes Huang Taiji feel a freshness that has never been seen before, and successfully arouses a sense of value that Huang Taiji has never had as a husband.
Hai Lan Zhu became pregnant under the favor, and in one fell swoop gave birth to a prince for The Emperor Taiji, and the mother was precious, and Hai Lan Zhu was more favored because of this.
Unfortunately, this son was weak and died before he was one year old, and Hai Lanzhu could not bear the blow of losing his son, and he could not afford to be sick due to excessive sadness, and he died depressed at the age of only 36.
Hai Lanzhu's death dealt a huge blow to Huang Taiji, and at Hai Lanzhu's funeral, Huang Taiji also cried several times until he fainted and mourned to the extreme. Two years after Hai Lanzhu's death, The Emperor Taiji, who always missed her, was also depressed and gradually developed to the point of not being cured, and was in his prime but suddenly died in the harem of Shengjing.
Why Dorgon was obsessed with filial piety
It can be said that the delicate and beautiful Hai Lan Zhu is very lucky, she monopolizes all the true heart and true love of Huang Taiji, and the dignified and beautiful, intelligent and astute Xiaozhuang is also an extraordinary woman, although Huang Taiji does not love her, she is the "white moonlight" in the mind of the little uncle Dolgun.
Dorgon was many years younger than Emperor Taiji, but he was similar to Xiaozhuang's age, although the first meeting between Dorgon and Xiaozhuang in his youth was on the wedding of Xiaozhuang marrying Emperor Taiji, but perhaps at that time, Xiaozhuang, full of vitality and youthful beauty, quietly entered the bottom of Dorgon's heart.
Historians can see from a restoration map of Empress Xiaozhuang made by using modern technology that Xiaozhuang's appearance when she was young is by no means a country that has fallen into the city, it is more than dignified and beautiful, and there is still a kind of heroism between the eyebrows.
On the whole, Xiaozhuang's appearance and wisdom added a lot of charm to her, the old saying that turnip greens have their own love, perhaps in dorgon's eyes, only a woman as talented and virtuous as Xiaozhuang will make her obsessed.
In addition, historians later discovered through in-depth study of Qing history that Xiaozhuang's various performances after the death of Emperor Taiji made Dorgon see the wise side of a feminist strategist, and if Dorgon wanted to ascend to the top of power in the future, he was bound to need a political power like Xiaozhuang to form an alliance with him.
Combining the above reasons, Dorgon was naturally obsessed with Xiaozhuang, and after that, Dorgon gradually became the "guardian" of Xiaozhuang and the little emperor Fulin, from which we can also see how much filial piety and mother and son face Dorgon, which represents how deep Xiaozhuang's city government and plan are.
Some people say that Dorgon has been paving the way for Xiaozhuang's mother and son all his life, and even willingly "extinguishing" the raging flame and grand ambition of calling the emperor king in his heart, these actions are an external embodiment of Dorgon's deep affection.
In the seventh year of Shunzhi, Dorgon died of a sudden illness while out hunting, and shortly after his burial, Xiaozhuang and Shunzhi issued an edict to flogg and punish Dorgon, and recovered all the rewards and graces.
It can be seen that in the game of feelings and reality, Dorgon and Xiaozhuang are still the ones who give the most but also lose the most.