Among the 11 sons of Emperor Taiji, the eldest son Hauge was not the most noble, so he called himself "Fu Bo", and asked a person who raised a butcher's knife to his wife how to come to the world and subdue people with virtue, so he called himself "De Xiao". "De Xiao Fu Bo" together, resulting in a tragic life.
1. The shadow of an unhappy childhood
Hauge's biological mother was Emperor Taiji's step-concubine Uranara clan, who was originally the daughter of Ullabe Bele Boguoduo, who was defeated by Jianzhou in 1607 at the Battle of Ujangyan and beheaded by Daishan, the father of the Uranara clan. Subsequently, fearing retaliation from Jianzhou, the leader of the Ula clan, Bu Zhantai, married his cousin Uranara to Nurhaci's son Huang Taiji.
In fact, this is not the first marriage between the Uranab and Jianzhou, as early as six years ago, the niece of the Uranara clan, Abhay, came to Jianzhou and became the Fujin of Nurhaci, this time, the arrival of the Uranara clan, their aunts and nephews will assume the bond of maintaining the relationship between the Jianzhou Ula.
In 1609, the Uranara clan gave birth to the first child of the Emperor Taiji, the eldest son Hauge, and two years later, the second son, Log, and it seems that the early Uranara clan was very favored. However, after giving birth to the eldest daughter (Princess Gulun Ao Han) for Emperor Taiji in 1621, the successor Dafujin disappeared from the historical record.
Looking through the historical materials, there is such a record in the "Manchu Old Archives":
May of the eighth year of the Mandate of Heaven (1623) ... The ninth day of the first month... Khan said: "The mother of Hauge, the sister of Chergyi, when she came to her father's house, took a mop bed through the door of the great Azig, and also took the mop bed into my door, because of her frivolous evil deeds, she was convicted and abandoned by her husband. Do not insult the new sister-in-law, the daughter-in-law, etc., and the sisters-in-law and the daughter-in-law should not insult the long-term like the blessings and blessings of the sins of the past. ”
According to this account, some people believe that the "mother of Hauge, the sister of Chergyi" who was abandoned by the Emperor Taiji, was the Uranara clan, and from the perspective of time, the time of the abandonment of the Uranara clan should be between the birth of the eldest daughter of the Emperor in 1621 and the publication of nurhaci in 1623.
At that time, Hauge was only a teenager, and his mother's unfortunate experience left a deep impression on him, the most ruthless imperial family, for the sake of political future, the father can abandon his mother, in the future, if he faces the same encounter, will he abandon his wife or kill him?
2. The choice of killing his wife and inviting favors
Hauge's concubine Fujin was of the Hadanara clan, and the Hadanara clan was the daughter of Nurhaci's third daughter, Mang Guzig, and the former hada chief Wu Ergu, the daughter of Hauge's aunt's family, that is, Hauge's cousin. Originally, this was a combination of kinship and kinship, but it was tragically killed by a major internal turmoil in the royal family.
MangGuji's half-brother was The fifth son of Nurhaci, Mang Gultai, this brother of Mang Guji was very powerful, originally the lord of the Zhenglan Banner, Xiao Yong was good at war, and his military achievements were outstanding, and he was listed in the Four Great Baylors.
However, in order to invite favor to his father Khan Nurhaci, Mang Gultai personally killed his own mother (stepfather Fucha), which made Mang Guji unforgivable, so Mang Guji pinned his hopes on two daughters, and she married two daughters to two nephews, one was Yue Tuo, the eldest son of the Great Belle Daishan, and the other was Hauge, the eldest son of the Fourth Belle Emperor Taiji.
In Mang Guji's view, these two nephews can be described as outstanding talents of the Ai XinJue Luo family, both of whom can recruit good warriors, and their two political investments will certainly bring rich rewards to themselves. But what Mang Guji did not expect was that things were going in the opposite direction.
In the sixth year of Tiancong (1632), Mang Guertai of the Imperial Front's exposed blade died depressed under the pressure of Emperor Taiji. Subsequently, after the war against Lin Dan Khan, Emperor Taiji gave Birchfujin to his son Hauge. The distribution of this booty made Mang Guzige very unhappy, and the son-in-law Hauge had another Fu Jin for no reason, or the widow of Lin Dan Khan with a lot of background, which was bound to affect the status of his daughter, so there was a unhappy scene of Mang Guji flicking his sleeves at the banquet, in exchange for the sneer of the Emperor Taiji.
In April of the first year of Chongde's reign, Emperor Taiji declared himself emperor in Shengjing and established the Qing Dynasty, and his eldest son Hauge was made the Prince of Heshuosu and in charge of household affairs. However, when Emperor Taiji executed his own sister Mang Guji, the two sons-in-law of Yue Tuo and Hauge seemed to have some resentment, so Hauge was demoted to Baylor and the household affairs were dismissed.
At this time, Hauge's situation is very dangerous, this is a political choice, whether to choose to side with his mother-in-law (aunt) Mang Guji, who is already in a different place, or to move closer to his father, Emperor Taiji, it does not seem difficult to choose.
So, the next tragic scene occurred, Hauge returned home, without saying a word, and killed his wife (Concubine Fujin) Hadanara. Faced with the choice of his son, Huang Taiji's heart of course was praised, and then Hauge was revived, and Huang Taiji also married a Fu Jin to his son, who was the daughter of Kong guo'er Belle of the Horqin Tribe, the cousin of Empress Xiaoduanwen, and the cousin of Empress Xiaozhuangwen.
However, the act of killing his wife and inviting favors will accompany Hauge for the rest of his life.
3. Prince Heshuo who died in an unjust case
In terms of military merit, Hauge was unique among the many sons of emperor Taiji, and as early as the year of the Mandate of Heaven, Hauge came to prominence in the war against the Mongols, and was named Baylor by his grandfather Nurhaci. After Emperor Taiji succeeded to the throne, Hauge became a reliable warrior relied on by his father Emperor Taiji, and achieved good achievements in the war against Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty, and after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Hauge was even more pacified sichuan and shined.
Even compared with several uncles, Hauge was no less than that, so he could become one of the six princes of Heshuo alongside Prince Daishan of Li, Zilharang the Prince of Zheng, Dolgun the Prince of Rui, Duoduo the Prince of Yu, and Yue Tuo the Prince of Cheng.
However, hauge, who is heroic and extraordinary on the battlefield, has a weak side in his personality, and his personality determines his life, which will become the decisive factor in the life and defeat of Hauge.
In the eighth year of Chongde (1643), on the ninth day of the first month of August, Emperor Taiji suddenly collapsed in the Qingning Palace, leaving no will before his death, and then the Manchu Qing magnates launched a fierce struggle over the succession to the throne.
In fact, the eight flags system created by Nurhaci is a relatively perfect system, integrating production and military affairs, and is easy to manage. This system also has a fatal flaw, it will make the military force too dispersed, forming a situation of mutual restraint, if the emperor is alive, can maintain a relatively stable state, but once the emperor leaves and does not designate an heir, it is easy to produce a situation of mutual tilting, after all, everyone wants to be the emperor, this situation has been fully reflected after the death of Nurhaci and Emperor Taiji.
Therefore, after the Shunzhi Emperor, in addition to strengthening the emperor's pro-unification power (Shangsanqi), he also continuously weakened the power of the flag lord and replaced it with a mobile capital, and by the Jiaqing Daoguang years, the threat of this system to imperial power was minimal.
In the political contest after the death of Emperor Taiji, in fact, although Prince Rui Dolgun and the two white flags behind him were a very powerful force, Hauge had the great advantage of the eldest son of the former emperor, and had the full support of the two yellow flags and the positive blue flags, and even Daishan and Zilharang were inclined to Hauge.
However, the weak side of Hauge's personality burst out again, and he even uttered a humble word of "De Xiao Fu Bo", which eventually passed by the throne and buried his own life.
In February of the fifth year of Shunzhi (1648), Hauge pingding Chuandi banshi returned to Beijing, and was subsequently framed by Dorgon, who said that he was hiding his subordinates and taking advantage of the sinner's brother, and died in prison two months later at the age of 40.
Unexpectedly, after Hauge's death, his Fujin were divided up by several uncles, including a Fujin from the Korqin Department, the daughter of the King of Sonom and the Princess of Korqin, who was taken in by Dorgon. There are also two Fujin who were married into the family by Zilharan and Azig respectively, which is really pitiful.
It is worth mentioning that after Hauge's death, three wives and concubines were martyred for him, one was the Huang clan of Shufu Jin, that is, the daughter of Shufu Huang Yeqin, the other was The Side Fu Jin Shu Hu Li, and the identity of one is unknown.
In the eighth year of Shunzhi, the pro-government Shunzhi Emperor rehabilitated his eldest brother Hauge, re-created him the Prince of Heshuo Su, and erected a monument to posthumously, that is, Prince Suwu, and Hauge became the first prince of the Qing Dynasty to be posthumously honored. In the forty-third year of Qianlong, Hauge was appointed as one of the Eight Iron Hat Kings in the early Qing Dynasty, and the tablet was entered into the Taimiao Temple.
Zichen said:
As the eldest son of Emperor Taizong Taiji, Hauge possessed the innate advantage of Han culture, outstanding military achievements, and prominent status, and was the prince banner lord who had an important influence on the situation. However, it has to be said that character determines success or failure, and Hauge, who is quite strategic and brave on the battlefield, has the fatal flaw of weakness and hesitation, so that he misses the throne. However, as far as Hauge's personality is concerned, even if he inherits the throne, it is not a good thing for Daqing.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Taizong, General Genealogy of the Eight Banners of Manchurian Clans