Review
Every day when we get up and open the mobile phone news, we can see a variety of political events, the most eye-catching of which is of course the presidential elections of various countries and various leadership changes, canvassing speeches, parades and debates, which can be said to be quite intense, but it is definitely far worse than ancient society, after all, the road to the struggle for imperial power is always paved with countless corpses, even brothers are killing at all costs, of course, there are examples of love and affection, such as Kangxi and his brother, Fuquan.
The emperor is still a prince
Fuquan and the Kangxi Emperor, that is, Xuan Ye, were both sons of the Shunzhi Emperor, one oldest two and one third oldest, the eldest who was born two years earlier could have been directly made crown prince as the eldest son of the concubine, but unfortunately his life was not good, without this blessing, he was born less than one year old and died prematurely, so Xuan Ye and his brother Fuquan also succeeded in making up for the throne and became the eldest son of the Shunzhi Emperor.
So the question is, why is it not Fuquan who finally became emperor, but Xuan Ye? In fact, such a situation is very common, although in general, the throne is the firstborn son inheritance system, but in actual operation, it will also change due to various specific circumstances, and the candidate for the crown prince in the heart of the Shunzhi Emperor is actually neither Fuquan nor Xuan Ye, but the fourth brother who was just born to Concubine Dong.
But who ever thought that this child did not survive, the Shunzhi Emperor did not have time to give him a name, he died early, which was a huge blow to Dong Efei, who was already weak and sick, and it did not take long to follow his own children, Shunzhi has always cherished Dong Efei, this time he was also overly sad, hurt the root, and it was not okay to see, but before he died, he still had to complete an important thing, that is, to determine the candidate for the throne.
At this time, the only children who were still alive around him were Xuan Ye, Fu Quan and Chang Ning, although they were still very young, but as the saying goes, three years old to see the old, Shunzhi wanted to see where the ambitions of these children were, so he called them to his bed to ask, Fu Quan's answer was very straightforward, he told Shunzhi that he wanted to become a virtuous king when he grew up, and Xuan Ye expressed his hope that in the future, he could do his best to govern the country like Shunzhi.
Compared with the two, it seems that Xuan Ye is more appropriate, but in the end, what made Shunzhi make up his mind was the advice of the missionaries in the palace, when smallpox was raging, several children were still young, and the possibility of being recruited was very large, but Xuan Ye had already had to pass once, so it was relatively safer, and in this way, Xuan Ye became the next Heavenly Son.
If Fuquan and Xuan Ye were not five or six years old at that time, but in their twenties, things were likely to be much more troublesome, after all, people grew up and wanted more things, such as the change of Xuanwu Gate, such events have long been common in history, fortunately Xuan Ye ascended the throne at an early age, and when the two brothers grew up, everything was a foregone conclusion.
Brothers in arms
However, from Fuquan's later growth experience, he really did not have too many ideas about the position of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, a child with pure character and friendly treatment, which was also the basis of the intimacy between him and the Kangxi Emperor, the two grew up together, with a very deep friendship, Fuquan always did his best to assist his younger brother, the young Tianzi had to take on the major affairs of the country, and it was not easy to face the old and treacherous courtiers in the court.
When the Kangxi Emperor was 14 years old, he accepted the advice of the courtier Sony and decided to start a pro-government, but in the face of opposition from the powerful ministers led by Ao Bai, he was still hindered at every turn, and in order to strengthen the power behind him, Kangxi made Fu quan a prince and let him go to the court with these old ministers.
Fu Quan's intention for his brother was naturally to understand the spirit, but also very dedicated to help him dredge up the disputes in the court, to find a way to deal with Ao Bai Yigan, etc., the two brothers worked together, in two years to win the Ao Bai, removed a piece of the big trouble, Fu Quan also received the title of chancellor of the Council, which in the government at that time, it can be said that it was a pivotal position, obviously Kangxi had absolute trust in his brother.
In the 29th year of Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty was threatened by Gardan from the north, provoking war on the border line, which became more and more intense, and there was a great tendency to enter the customs from the south, so blatant provocation made Kangxi furious, so he ordered the army to be assembled and immediately went north to fight, and the three roads of soldiers and horses led by Prince Fuquan, the fifth brother Chang Ning and himself respectively rushed to the north.
A total of 100,000 horses and horses against Gardan's army of less than 30,000 people should have been inevitable, but unexpectedly, the right road battle led by the fifth brother Chang Ning made a mistake and lost to Kaldan's troops, so that the two teams of Fuquan and Kangxi had a lot more pressure, plus Gardan pretended to surrender, carried out a sneak attack, and the crusade was quickly declared a failure. In order to protect the face of the Kangxi Emperor, Fuquan took all the faults of the defeat in the war on himself, and Kangxi also deeply appreciated his feelings, and after recuperating, he started another war and successfully annihilated Kaldan.
epilogue
Fu Quan wholeheartedly assisted the Kangxi Emperor and served as a prince for 36 years, when he died, Kangxi was quick to rush back from outside to pay tribute, the history books record that he was grief-stricken and wept at that time, from the perspective of auxiliary government, Fu Quan had a much more pattern than Yin Xiang, who assisted Yongzheng, who established himself by suppressing his brothers, far less than Fu Quan bowed down and died selfless righteousness.