Kangxi, a famous Ming Emperor in China's history, is not only second to none in the Qing Dynasty, but even in the entire history of the river, it can also be compared with the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. Kangxi reigned for more than half a century, and many important things happened in his life, and many people had a profound impact on him. In Kangxi's early years and adolescence, two people played a key role in Kangxi.
These two people are Tang Ruowang and Ao Bai, of course, Tang Ruo Wang promoted Kangxi's progress from the positive side, and Ao Bai made Kangxi mature and wise from the negative side. John Tang was a European, proficient in astronomical calendars, blue-eyed and blond, and actually had a major influence on Kangxi. First of all, without John Tang, Kangxi might not have been able to ascend the throne, because when Shunzhi was electing the crown prince, John Tang reminded him that Kangxi had already suffered from smallpox and would not have this incurable disease in the future, so Kangxi was successfully elected.
John Tang is proficient in astronomy and proficient in calculation, which just complements the astronomy of our country. He also understood artillery, physics, and other knowledge, and was deeply valued by Dorgon, Shunzhi, and Kangxi. John Tang was awarded the honorary title of "Tongxuan Teacher" by the imperial court, in charge of Qin Tianjian, and can be said to be a real master. Later, Kangxi changed it to "Tongwei Teacher" because it was necessary to avoid it.
At the beginning of the founding of the Qing Dynasty, John Tang presided over the compilation of an almanac called "The Constitutional Calendar of the Great Qing Dynasty", which was obviously a song of praise for the Great Qing, after all, the new wave and new atmosphere, everything needs to be updated. However, john Tang may have limited ability, or he may feel that it is useless to calculate too long, and only 200 years are calculated in this calendar book. That is to say, after 200 years, this calendar book will not be used. What Tang Ruowang couldn't imagine was that just for this, he was almost delayed.
The person who planned to ling chi tang master was Ao Bai, who was above the young Kangxi at that time. At that time, Kangxi was young, and everything was the master of Ao Bai, and Ao Bai was a mighty blessing, and the dictatorship was stubborn, and the little Kangxi Chong Ling ascended the throne, and there was no way to take him.
When Ao Bai discovered that John Tang's "Constitutional Calendar of the Great Qing Dynasty" only estimated the next 200 years, he was greatly angered, saying that he cursed the imperial court, had bad intentions, and how could the Great Qing Dynasty be forever solid, how could it be only 200 years, which was simply far from the slogans of "long live" and "long life without boundaries". In fact, Ao Baicai didn't care if Kangxi could live long live, he just found an excuse to clean up Kangxi's people, and this excuse was very sinister, leaving Kangxi with nothing to say.
John Tang was arrested and sentenced to lingchi. In fact, this 200-year almanac is not short, 200 years in the long river of history can sometimes experience several dynasties, after the Great Qing into the Customs did not expect to be able to sit firmly in the Jiangshan, always ready to return to the Guanwai, can sit firmly for 200 years of Jiangshan is already the luxury of the qing dynasty at that time.
Shunzhi understood these principles, so after reading John Tang's 200-year calendar, he did not feel anything wrong. Unexpectedly, a few years later, Ao Bai discovered that John Tang had "ulterior motives". Tang Ruowang was actually Kangxi's teacher, and kangxi of course could not sit idly by, so he and the old empress dowager put pressure on Ao Bai, who raised his noble hand and exempted Tang Ruowang from Ling Chi's punishment, but let him sit on the bottom of the prison. It was not until Kangxi calculated to get rid of Aobai that he fished out John Tang.
Kangxi was an understanding person, and knew that long live is false, even if the emperor who died at the age of 100 has not had a single emperor since ancient times. If you want to maintain the Qing Dynasty for a few more years, then learn the lesson of the Ming Dynasty's heavy and heavy taxes and heavy taxes, and abide by the four words of "never add more endowments". The four words that Kangxi said to Aobai and others, "Never add an endowment", are actually more useful than a "perpetual calendar".