The Qing Dynasty was the last feudal dynasty in Chinese history, which collapsed in 1912. The Qing Dynasty had the most legendary women, one Empress Dowager Cixi led the Qing Dynasty to its demise, and the other Xiaozhuang led the Qing Dynasty to the prosperous era of Kangqian. Here we have to say a strange problem, Cixi's son Tongzhi reigned for fourteen years, and not a single child was left. And Xiaozhuang's son Shunzhi had seventeen children in his eighteen years on the throne, which makes people wonder how he did it.
The Shunzhi Emperor Fu Lin was born on the thirtieth day of the first month of the third year of Chongde (1638), and his father Emperor Taiji died when he was 5 years old. Because Emperor Taiji did not have a successor, there was a dispute for the throne between Emperor Taiji's eldest son and Dorgon, the Prince of Heshuorui. Originally, it was not about the young Fu Lin, but at that time, the Qing army was facing a critical moment of entering the customs, and Dolgun proposed that Fu Lin, the ninth son of the Emperor Taiji, ascend the throne, and he and the Prince of Heshuo Zheng, Zilharang, assisted the government, and forced by the situation, Hauge was unwilling and could only agree.
Foley was only 5 years old when he ascended the throne, but he showed weather spirit at an early age. When he left the palace to attend the enthronement ceremony, the nursing mother planned to sit with him because of his young age, but Fu Lin refused to say, "This is not suitable for You." On June 6, 1644, when Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui were fiercely fighting at Shanhaiguan, the Qing army suddenly attacked and retreated Li Zicheng, and the Qing army officially entered the customs. Fu Lin also became the first emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty, of which Dorgon was indispensable.
In the second year of Shunzhi (1645), Dorgon was promoted to regent, and he was prominent for a time, and one person was above ten thousand people. In May of the third year of Shunzhi (1646), Dorgon felt that the emperor's letter was in the palace, and he had to go to get it every time he transferred troops, so he took the letter back to his palace on the grounds of inconvenience. From this time on, Dorgon's use was only one less than that of the emperor, and the gap between him and the emperor was getting smaller and smaller.
A regent with real power and military achievements is the most threatening, and Shunzhi has no choice but to wait because of his young age. On December 31, 1650, Dorgon fell from his horse and died. Fu Lin pro-government in advance, and it was not long before he listed a number of crimes against Dorgon and deposed him and posthumously sealed him, and later Qianlong overturned the case before he rebuilt the tomb for Dorgon and restored the title.
Fu Lin was very successful in politics in the early stages, and he was also a person with his own ideas. Until he met Concubine Dong, dong Eshi was the daughter of the Minister of the Interior, Eshuo. E Shuo has been stationed in Suzhou and Hangzhou for a long time, so his sons and daughters are deeply influenced by the Han culture in Jiangnan. Dong Eshi began to study history books from an early age. Calligraphy, grew up to become a gentle and virtuous lady.
At that time, shunzhi's harem was mostly inhabited by steppe women, and even if he deposed the first empress, he would marry a second empress from Mongolia. Dong E's family grew up in Jiangnan, which is very different from the noble nature of Mongolian concubines, she is very in line with Shunzhi's wishes, Dong E's family was extremely favored as soon as she entered the palace, and there was only one month from concubine to imperial concubine.
Princess Dong Died only a few months after giving birth to the fourth son of the Emperor, and Princess Dong died of her heartache on August 19, 1660, the seventeenth year of Shunzhi (1660). Shunzhi died at the age of twenty-four after the death of Concubine Dong E, who contracted smallpox and left Emperor Li's third son Xuan Ye as emperor.
By the time of Shunzhi's death, he had a total of 17 children, and the reason why there were so many children was because the ancients married very early, and the first empress of Shunzhi was married at the age of 14, and he had four empresses, seven concubines, and seven concubines. Three of the seventeen children were not biological, but were adopted for various reasons. Fourteen children in ten years is actually not much, after all, he has 18 concubines.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Record of the Qing Dynasty