As the founding hero who followed Emperor Taiji to lay down the Qing Dynasty, his status can be said to be quite prominent in the early qing Dynasty, coupled with the fact that Emperor Taiji was very important to him, so Aobai had a unique scenery and great power in the Qing Dynasty. After the death of Emperor Taiji, another founding hero and emperor, Dolgun, coveted the throne, but with the support of Aobai, it was eventually succeeded by Emperor Taiji's six-year-old son Fu Lin, which is what we later know as the Shunzhi Emperor. After supporting Shunzhi to succeed to the throne, Aobai's power has been further strengthened, and he is still the existence of the Great Qing Dynasty.
In the sixteenth year of Shunzhi, the emperor died of illness, and under shunzhi's designation, Xuan Ye, who was also in his infancy, succeeded to the throne, which was the later Kangxi. When Kangxi succeeded to the throne, he did not have much real power because he was young, so as an auxiliary chancellor, Ao Bai became a presence above ten thousand people under one person, and all military and political affairs were basically in his hands, and he himself also controlled an army of 400,000 yellow flags.
It is reasonable to say that in the case of powerful ministers with heavy troops, rebellion is likely to happen, but what makes people wonder is that Ao Bai has 400,000 heavy troops, but he has never been difficult to Kangxi, which can be said to be loyal. So, why didn't Ao Bai, who held great power, dare not rebel? Kangxi said the real reason!
We know that Kangxi did two great things after he became pro-government, one was to sentence Wu Sangui to peace, and the other was to overthrow Aobai. After overthrowing Aobai, he did not execute him, but only imprisoned him. According to Kangxi, although Aobai was in power and opposition, he was essentially a person who adhered to traditional concepts, and in his mind, only the descendants of Emperor Taiji were eligible to sit on the throne, which was the main reason why he never dared to rebel. It was precisely because Ao Bai never had the idea of rebellion that Kangxi would turn a blind eye to him and did not execute him.
In fact, in addition to sticking to the concept, there is another reason why Aobai did not dare to rebel, that is, when the Qing Dynasty was just established, the power of the dynasty was mainly in the hands of the Eight Banners. Although Ao Bai presided over the yellow flag, he was not absolutely sure that he would be the enemy of the Seven Banners, and he never dared to easily offend these people. It was precisely because of his jealousy of these people that Ao Bai did not dare to easily abolish Kangxi, or even dare to make a living against him, which enabled Kangxi to have the opportunity to overthrow him later.