Now many film and television works like to talk about Dolgun and Xiaozhuang, but the two did have a husband and wife relationship, during the Shunzhi period, they also held a very grand wedding, but the problem is, Dorgon was only thirty-nine years old when he died, the two were still young when they got married, why did they have no children after eight years of marriage? Dorgon has a hard reason to say!
The first thing to see is why the two came together, in fact, Dorgon should be the most suitable candidate to inherit the throne after the death of the former emperor, and he also has real power, so it is because of him that the Shunzhi Emperor can successfully enter the Central Plains. At that time, there was a habit among the Manchurian nobles, that is, the younger brother could marry his widow, and many ministers at that time thought that Dorgon's efforts were very large, he not only fought everywhere but also gave the original position to Shunzhi, so Shunzhi should treat Dolgun as a father, and just when Dorgon's wife died, the minister felt that Dorgon and Dayu'er were Shunzhi's imperial father and imperial mother, respectively, and should let the two of them live together.
So the ministers at that time joined forces to play together, and asked the emperor to order Xiaozhuang to marry Dorgon. To repay Dorgon's kindness for abdicating the throne, so Shunzhi had no choice but to marry his mother Xiaozhuang to the other party, and also specially arranged a marriage, and Xiaozhuang officially became a husband and wife with Dorgon. However, since the Manchus entered the Central Plains, they also gradually learned the Han culture, so they gradually realized that it was not in line with human morality for their brother to marry his sister-in-law, so in the Qianlong period began to burn a large number of historical records about this matter at that time, and the royal family did not recognize this matter, for fear of smearing the royal family, so this matter became a suspicious case.
However, at that time, Xiaozhuang was indeed married to Dorgon, and at that time, Dorgon was in his prime and was in good health, and Xiaozhuang was only thirty years old, and he could still have children, so why did he have no heirs? In fact, this was caused by Dorgon's physical injuries in previous wars. Dorgon had been fighting for many years, and his health had become very poor because of his injuries, so his fertility was problematic, and he also had wind diseases, which were basically incurable in ancient times. This led to the fact that he did not have a son after him. Because this reason is more embarrassing, there is no record of this incident.
Dorgon had more than ten wives, but he never had sons, so in his later years he had to choose one of the ten sons of Dolgun to continue his incense, so the lack of heirs was not the reason for filial piety, but the reason for Dorgon himself.