According to the "Biography of Tong Yangzheng", the Yangzheng Liaodong people, whose ancestors were Manchurian, lived in Tong Jia, and took the land as their clan. Zudarhaqi, living in Kaiyuan with trade, followed by Fushun and his family.
Tong Yang was the grandfather of Tong Guowei, a famous official of the Qing Dynasty, and was originally a subordinate of Nurhaci. At the time of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Eight Banners army attacked Fushun, and Tong Guowei's grandfather Tong Yangzheng led the people to surrender, and later made an important contribution to the consolidation of the Later Jin regime.
Moreover, the Tong clan not only made many military achievements for the Qing Dynasty, but also had many in-laws with the imperial family. For example, Tong Guowei's sister was the mother of the Kangxi Emperor, so Tong Guowei was naturally the kangxi emperor's uncle. At that time, Tong Jia was one of the "eight surnames" of the Manchus in the Qing Dynasty, including empresses and concubines, etc., Tong Jia's office in the Qing Dynasty court reached 108 people, in addition to more than 500 people who served as prefects and counties.
Because the Tong family had great power in the early Qing Dynasty, especially during the Kangxi Dynasty, Tong Jia's talents emerged, and as a representative of it, Tong Guowei was therefore known as Tong Banchao.
De Kangxi was heavy, and returned home to retire because of his old age
As an emperor who attached great importance to family affection, the Kangxi Emperor trusted Tong Guowei and ordered him to pass on many edicts, especially after the death of Empress Xiaoyiren, Kangxi made up for his feelings for tong Guowei. The Kangxi Emperor had appointed Tong Guowei as a parliamentary minister, and during the Kangxi period, the parliamentary ministers no longer had much power, which was a rare honor for officials, which also showed the importance of Kangxi to Tong Guowei. Moreover, in the Records of the Qing Dynasty Ancestors, the words "The Uncle of the Minister of internal affairs, Tong Guowei, can be seen many times" in the manner.
Later, Tong Guowei and his brother accompanied the Kangxi Emperor on a campaign against Geldan, because of his brother's death in battle, causing Tong Guowei to defeat the enemy army in anger, thus gaining more weight from Kangxi, so during his official period, even if Kangxi had a time of dissatisfaction, he was eventually forgiven, and did not lead to serious consequences, and Tong Guowei, who gradually became a high-ranking and powerful force with the support of Kangxi, was a powerful political force in the dprk.
In 1704, Tong Guowei asked the Kangxi Emperor to return home for retirement on the grounds of old age and illness, and the Kangxi Emperor also agreed to his request, at which point Tong Guowei ended his official career. A year before he resigned and returned home to retire, he was also responsible for supervising the officers and soldiers who had given relief to the disaster under the orders of Kangxi, when many people were displaced due to the floods, and under the supervision of Tong Guowei, the disaster situation was resolved as soon as possible. Although please resign, Tong Guowei is still constantly paying attention to the changes in the situation.
Participating in the royal conquest of the concubine and supporting Yin Yu was reprimanded by Kangxi
Tong Guowei was once a major vassal of Kangxi, and his originally prominent family had become more prominent under his influence. However, such status is not permanent. In the final analysis, the status of the Tong Guowei family is only given by Kangxi, and if there is a change of emperor, and the new emperor is not satisfied with the Tong Guowei family, then their good days will come to an end, so Tong Guowei pays attention to the situation of the battle for the crown prince all the time, and plans to insert a foot.
At first, Tong Guowei bet the treasure on the eldest brother, but unexpectedly, due to various changes, the eldest brother withdrew from the battle to seize the concubine early, so Tong Guowei had to re-find the target to support, and this time, Tong Guowei chose to support the target of the eight brothers.
At that time, in order to support the Eight Brothers, Tong Guowei also confronted Kangxi. After the crown prince was deposed, Tong Guowei proposed to Kangxi that he wanted to replace the eight brothers, but at that time Kangxi had made it clear that he wanted the deposed prince to be re-established as crown prince, so Tong Guowei's statement made Kangxi very dissatisfied, and then the Kangxi Emperor restored Yin Rong as the crown prince and held Tong Guowei responsible.
In fact, at that time, the power of the Eight Brothers was already very strong, so Tong Guowei did not choose the wrong candidate, but the problem was that the eight brothers' forces were too strong, and a large number of courtiers in the dynasty at that time recommended him to be the crown prince, which seriously affected the dominance of Kangxi, so it was impossible for Kangxi to let the Eight Brothers continue to develop.
And at that time, Kangxi was also not very satisfied with some of the practices of the Eight Brothers, so ministers like Tong Guowei supported the Eight Brothers so much, which made Kangxi feel very angry. In the end, as if he had overly supported Brother Baba, Tong Guowei was ordered by Kangxi to return home to retire and not to participate in the matter of establishing a prince.
Tong Guowei was ordered by Kangxi to go home for the elderly because of his support for Brother Baba, so what was his final outcome? In fact, long before he was ordered by Kangxi to go home for the elderly, he had already made a more comprehensive plan.
Some people may wonder why Roncodo, as Tong Guowei's son, supports different candidates?
In fact, Long keduo chose the fourth elder as the object of support, not because there was any contradiction between their father and son, in turn, the reason why Long Keduo would support the fourth elder was because of Tong Guowei's order.
At that time, many princes were in a fight for the position of prince, and among all the princes, Tong Guowei found a person who was different, he was the fourth prince, Yin Chan, the Prince of Yong.
At that time, the four princes showed that they had no intention of competing for the position of prince, and in daily life, he would only copy some scriptures in his own house, and did not bother to compete for the position of prince. However, Tong Guowei saw the extraordinary features of the fourth prince, although the fourth elder at that time did not argue or grab, but he had always done a good job of Kangxi's orders, so he was a capable person, and in Tong Guowei's view, the fourth elder was not an ambitious person, he was just waiting for an opportunity.
At that time, if Tong Guowei personally supported the fourth elder, the goal was too big, and he could not be sure that the fourth elder would be able to achieve the final victory, so Tong Guowei asked his son Long Keduo to defect to the fourth elder. In this way, no matter who can gain the power of the last two princes, his Tong family can ensure that the glory and favor will not fade.
Thoughtful, he decided to save the family's power before he died
When the various princes competed with each other for the position of crown prince, Kangxi chose to re-establish Yin Rong as the crown prince in order not to let the situation become serious. At that time, Kangxi still had hope for Yin Rong, but the result was not satisfactory, when Yin Rong was reinstated, he did not learn from the last depose, but still did a lot of confusing things that caused Kangxi a headache, and even secretly plotted a mutiny, which made Kangxi break all his thoughts and depose him again, and this time Yin Rong no longer had any chance.
Therefore, the position of prince is once again vacant. At this time, although Tong Guowei could no longer participate in it, his son could, and he was still mixing well in the official arena. After the fall of crown prince Yinrong, Roncodo was appointed viceroy of the Nine Doors.
During the Qing Dynasty, Longkodo, as the Admiral of the Nine Gates, could mobilize the Eight Banners Infantry Battalion and the troops patrolling the Five Battalions, an army of more than 30,000 people in total. Therefore, it can be said that at that time, which prince Longkeduo fell to, which prince's chances of winning would be greatly improved, and Tong Guowei had selected a supporter for Longkeduo in advance.
By 1719, Tong Guowei had died, and Kangxi remembered the kinship between the two and buried him.
Three years later, the Kangxi Emperor also died, and the death of an emperor was a moment for the princes to determine their identity, even life and death. At that time, the fourth prince Yin Chan, after years of operation and the support of Long Keduo, successfully inherited the throne as the Yongzheng Emperor.
It can be said that Yongzheng was able to successfully ascend to the throne, and LongKeduo paid a considerable role, so after that, Longkeduo was also a very popular subject in the official field, thus ensuring that the power of the Tong family continued to expand, and this was already in Tong Guowei's calculations, and the meticulousness of Tong Guowei's mind can be seen.
Unfortunately, however, the later Ronkodo repeatedly angered Yongzheng and was eventually sanctioned. If Long Keduo knew how to restrain himself, then presumably Yongzheng would not hurt the killer, and Long Keduo's approach really failed Tong Guowei's painstaking heart.
brief summary
Throughout Tong Guowei's life, he was the emperor's uncle, who had been successful in the official field and was a very popular subject, and he was meticulous and devoted himself to preserving the family's position of power. Although in his later years, he was ordered to go home for the elderly because of the Li chu incident, which angered Kangxi, but his practice of making his son support the four princes was wonderful, and finally saved the family, and he was able to die safely and unhindered, and it was also a complete life.
Reference: "Tong Yang Zheng Biography"
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