What I'm talking about is actually the end of two Zhou Peigong. One is the fictional Zhou Peigong of the Kangxi Dynasty, and the other is the real history of Zhou Peigong.
Here I will first answer the first question asked by the subject, that is, why zhou Peigong in the "Kangxi Dynasty" did not die well.
In fact, in a strict sense, Zhou Peigong in the Kangxi Dynasty is not a good death, he died of illness, and since it is a normal death, it is naturally a good death. Of course, although Zhou Peigong died naturally, his death was directly related to Kangxi.
Zhou Peigong in the film and television drama can be said to be kangxi's most important courtier, if it were not for his "turning the tide of the tide and supporting the building to fall", leading a miscellaneous army composed of eight banner household slaves and servants to crush the Chahar rebels who were the most threatening to the capital at that time. If he had not risked his life, he would have gone to Xiliang alone and used his three-inch tongue to persuade Wang Fuchen, the greatest threat in the northwest of the Qing court. If it were not for him personally leading the army all the way south, and repeatedly inflicting heavy losses on Wu Sangui's army. I am afraid that when the San Francisco Rebellion occurred, the Qing Dynasty was already in vain.
It can be said that in the "Kangxi Dynasty", Zhou Peigong is the first hero of the Kangxi Dynasty, and he is an immortal hero who has the merit of "rebuilding the society".
However, it was Zhou Peigong, who had such a great achievement, that after quelling the rebellion of san Francisco, he ended up with the fate of "being degraded to Shengjing and dying in a foreign land". Think about it, let a southerner go to the ice and snow, the perennial sub-zero of Shengjing, ask who can stand it, Zhou Peigong's health is originally poor, at this time was relegated to Shengjing, under the impact of the cold, Zhou Peigong's body naturally collapsed, and eventually died of illness. In fact, if Zhou Peigong had not been relegated to Shengjing, but to the south, Zhou Peigong would definitely not have died so early, but it was a pity that it had been a ruthless imperial family since ancient times.
Then many people here do not understand, why kangxi, who is so wise in film and television dramas, will not rise and fall such a hard-working Zhou Peigong, but even more to a bitter cold place like Shengjing?
In fact, this reason can be found in the "Kangxi Dynasty". When Kangxi inspected Shengjing and went to visit Zhou Peigong, who was terminally ill, he once said a sentence to Zhou Peigong: "It's just a pity that you are a Han Chinese", yes, this sentence can already explain everything, and it is always the Manchus who rule the Qing Dynasty.
Although, after Shunzhi entered the Customs, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty have always talked about "Manchu and Han equality", but is this possible? The rulers of the Qing Dynasty have actually been guarding against the Han people, after all, at this time to the Kangxi Dynasty, the population of the Manchus is not more than one million, and the Han people have already exceeded 100 million, so the disparity in the proportion is naturally to make the rulers of the Qing Dynasty worried, but also jealous, they are deeply afraid that the Han people will rise again, thus taking away the world of the Manchus. In addition, a "San Fan Rebellion" caused by Wu Sangui, Wang Fuchen, Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong and other Han Chinese almost led to the fall of the Qing Dynasty. In this way, the upper rulers of the Qing Dynasty were even more jealous of the Han people, and their guard was even greater than before.
Therefore, even if Zhou Peigong was a great hero in saving the Qing Dynasty at this time, his identity as a Han chinese was doomed to no longer be reused. Initially, because the Qing court had no one to use, coupled with the severe situation, they had to rely on Zhou Peigong, a Han Chinese, to suppress the rebellion, but when the Rebellion of San Francisco was about to be quelled and the Qing court no longer needed Zhou Peigong, they naturally would not reuse him again, after all, at this time, Zhou Peigong had more than 200,000 male soldiers in his hands, and most of them were green camps, not eight banners, so the Qing court was even more afraid.
In this way, just when the Qing court was about to quell the rebellion of the Three Domains, Zhou Peigong was quickly transferred back to the Beijing Division, and the more than twenty Wang Xiong soldiers were also controlled by the Manchu Tuhai. Of course, Zhou Peigong, who had lost his military power, was still jealous of the Manchus, as Kangxi said, "The Manchu Dynasty is constantly famous, and they are worried that you will become the second Wu Sangui", and those Manchus have a fearful heart, deeply afraid that he will become the second Wu Sangui and once again rebel against the rule of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, at that time, the Manchu leaders Mingzhu and Suo'ertu secretly planned to join Zhou Peigong and want to put him to death in order to avoid future troubles.
And for Kangxi, although he knew Zhou Peigong's loyalty to him and to the Qing Dynasty, as he himself said, "the unity of the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu and the Eight Banners is much more important than you Zhou Peigong, in the eyes of Zhou Peigong, so he has to sacrifice you", yes, as the king of a country, Kangxi, he has too many things to consider, although he knows Zhou Peigong's loyalty to him, but for the sake of the Great Qing, for the sake of the ancestral inheritance, he still resolutely decided to sacrifice Zhou Peigong to ensure the unity and stability within the Qing Dynasty.
However, Kangxi was really reluctant to kill such a hard-working and loyal courtier, so he retreated to the second place, and finally decided to demote him to Shengjing, which could not only maintain the internal stability of the Eight Banners, but also preserve the safety of Zhou Peigong. As for why he was demoted to Shengjing, in the play Kangxi himself also gave the answer, that is, "Shengjing is the hometown of the Manchus, and it is also to spy on you here", yes, Shengjing is the land of The Manchus, located in the hinterland of the northeast, surrounded by Manchus, and putting Zhou Peigong here is convenient for monitoring and avoiding his rebellion.
In this way, such a loyal courtier, just because of his Han status, he had to be not reused, he had to be degraded. Later, although Kangxi wanted to use Zhou Peigong again to help him regain Taiwan, it was a pity that decades of life in the icy and snowy land of Shengjing had already injured Zhou Peigong, a southerner, and when Kangxi arrived, he was already short of time.
However, Zhou Peigong, who was treated like this by Kangxi and the Qing Dynasty, was still loyal to the Qing Dynasty when his life was close to exhaustion, and he thought in his heart that it was still the foundation of the Qing Dynasty. Before his death, Kangxi asked him what he wanted, and he did not say a word for himself, but when he learned that Kangxi wanted to recover Taiwan, he instead recommended Yao Qisheng to Kangxi, and then painstakingly proposed a solution to the calamity of Kaldan for Kangxi. Until the moment of death, Zhou Peigong was so loyal to the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, the above is only the fictional plot of "Kangxi Dynasty", and the credit of Zhou Peigong in real history is not so great, and his death is not so moving and tragic. In real history, Zhou Peigong's only traceable merit is only one, that is, "persuading Wang Fuchen".
In 1674, the San Francisco Rebellion broke out. Wu Sangui sent troops out of Sangui, Geng Jingzhong sent out of Fujian, Sun Yanling rebelled in Guangxi, Luo Sen, Zheng Jiaolin, and Wu Zhimao rebelled in Fujian, Taiwan's Zheng Jingbing went out of Fujian Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, and other places, wang fuchen rebelled against Ningqiang, and at the same time Sichuan Tusi, Chahar Mongolian Burni, Qinghai Morgen Taiji, and other ethnic minorities also raised troops to clear the country.
Then in less than two years, the Qing Dynasty lost half of the country, the situation can be described as extremely critical, to deal with a slight disadvantage, the Qing Dynasty will fall apart. Therefore, in order to get rid of this unfavorable situation, in 1676, Kangxi appointed Tu Hai as a general, commanded the Shaanxi-Gansu conquest of a large army, and recruited the rebel wang fuchen in the northwest, so as to also transfer back the heavy troops stationed in the northwest, and then went to the south to suppress the rebellion. It was also at this time that Zhou Peigong appeared, and Zhou Peigong suggested to Tuhai: "Wang Fuchen's rebellion was forced by the situation, and he was reluctant to be a high-ranking official, Houlu, just like the blind longed to see the light again, and the paralyzed longed to stand again." Therefore, if the imperial court sends a person who can speak the Tao to exhort, Wang Fuchen will inevitably restrain himself from the precipice and surrender to the imperial court."
Then, Tu Hai followed Zhou Peigong's advice and asked him to go to persuade him to surrender, after which Zhou Peigong did not fail in his mission, and Wang Fuchen returned to the Qing Dynasty again, so that the Qing court solved the problem of the northwest without spending a single soldier. Later, Zhou Peigong, who had made great contributions to quelling the rebellion of Wang Fuchen, was personally received by Kangxi, and then he was appointed as a senator and a knight, and was given a yellow coat.
In the same year, Zhou Peigong was promoted to Shandong Denglai Dao, but due to the death of his mother Sun Shi, he returned to his hometown for three years. In 1679, Zhou Peigong officially went to Shandong to take up his post. However, Pei Gong, the governor of DenglaiDao, Shandong, only served for three years, and then due to political disagreements with the shandong general officers and suppression because of the status of the Han people, he simply resigned in 1682 and returned to his hometown. In 1690, Gardan raised an army against the Qing, and Zhou Peigong, who was idle at home, immediately played a plan to Kangxi to quell the rebellion against Kaldan. Kangxi was very satisfied with this, so he appointed Zhou Peigong as the viceroy of Shengjing, responsible for guarding against Kaldan. In 1701, Zhou Peigong died of illness while in Shengjing.