Aobai, a name that can not be bypassed in the history books of the Qing Dynasty, is a name that the Qing Dynasty naturally did not allow Batulu (warrior), and also the Minister of Trust orphans before the death of the Shunzhi Emperor, such a minister who was so famous in military merit and deeply appreciated by the Shunzhi Emperor, but lost himself due to the loss of power in his later years, and was finally captured by the Kangxi Emperor. After the Kangxi Emperor captured Aobai, after investigation and announcing his 30 crimes, according to the law, Aobai should be dismissed from his post and immediately decided, but just when the Kangxi Emperor announced the killing of Aobai, Aobai made a move, and the Kangxi Emperor read it and immediately spared him from death. So the interesting question is, what did Ao Bai do, and would the Kangxi Emperor generously avoid his death?
Ao Bai, born in the Guarjia clan, the grandson of su wan patriarch Sol Guo, and the nephew of Fei Yingdong, one of the five ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty, was born in the shogun family and was proficient in riding and shooting from an early age, and from his youth Ao Bai began to serve in the army and made many great achievements. Among them, the most attracted the attention of the world, and was given the title of Baturu is the Battle of Phi Dao, when the HouJin army and the Ming army were deadlocked on the border of Ningjin, the Ming army relied on the convenience of Phi Dao to often harass and contain the Hou Jin army, the Hou Jin army was in pain, starting from Nurhaci, the Hou Jin army wanted to pull out this nail that harassed them, but unfortunately every time it failed, in the Huang Taiji period, with the decline of the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor Taiji once again moved the idea of attacking Phi Dao, at this time Ao Bai took the initiative to ask for help, and made a military order, his words:
"If I cannot wait for this island, I will not come to see the king." Vows to return to The Island. ”
In the end, after a hard battle, Ao Bai took the island and returned, and when emperor Taiji learned of it, he was overjoyed and gave Ao Bai a special reward and gave him the name Batulu.
After the next few key battles, Ao Bai ju was the most powerful, such as the Battle of Songjin, which decided the life and death of ming and Qing, Ao Bai charged into the battle, and the five battles were victorious, because of the merit of the first class Meile Zhangjing; the battle of Xichong that destroyed Li Zicheng, Ao Bai was the first to do the first. In addition to his outstanding performance on the battlefield, Ao Bai was also loyal to Emperor Taiji. At that time, after the death of Emperor Taiji, the Imperial Family of the Qing Dynasty was caught up in a dispute over who to establish as emperor, and at the critical moment, Aobai, who had a heavy army in hand, resolutely supported the heirs of Emperor Taiji to inherit the throne, and finally the Shunzhi Emperor Fu Lin inherited the throne.
With his loyalty to the Shunzhi Emperor, Aobai was appointed as an auxiliary chancellor before the Shunzhi Emperor died. After the beauty of the first supreme power, Ao Bai began to lose himself.
At that time, the four auxiliary ministers were Sony, Suksaha, Shubilong, and Aobai. Sony, the elder of the Four Dynasties, although highly respected, but he is old and sickly, afraid of things and avoids disasters, and often neglects to ask questions in many things. Suksaha was originally a subordinate of Dolgun, and after Dorgon's sudden violent death, Suksaha took the lead in submitting to the Shunzhi Emperor and was deeply valued by the Shunzhi Emperor, but unfortunately the other three ministers did not shame Suksaha's performance and looked down on him. He was a famous family, but he was a coward, and he had no opinion when things happened, and when he saw that Ao Bai was strong, he often echoed Ao Bai. Although Ao bai ranked last among the four auxiliary ministers, due to his old qualifications and high military merit, he often had the right to speak in many matters.
The convenience of power made Ao Bai begin to become more and more arrogant, began to become blind, and did not take the little emperor Kangxi Emperor in his eyes, the Kangxi Emperor's bodyguard Wu He was dissatisfied with Ao Bai's performance and deliberately behaved less politely to Ao Bai in front of the palace, Ao Bai was indignant, and then executed him on the charge that Wu He and others were good at riding royal horses and taking the royal bow to shoot deer, but the Kangxi Emperor could do nothing about it. As for Aobai's other unauthorized affairs, the Kangxi Emperor mostly turned a blind eye to Aobai's power.
What directly led the Kangxi Emperor to decide to eliminate the Aobai clique was the killing of Suksaha, one of the four auxiliary ministers. In 1667, Sonny became seriously ill, and before his death, Sony wrote to the Kangxi Emperor to follow the precedent of the 14-year-old pro-government of the former emperor Shunzhi and began to pro-government. With the blessing of Sonny's last words, Ao Bai was not easy to oppose, and the Kangxi Emperor began to pro-government. However, although the Kangxi Emperor was pro-government, his power was still in the hands of the auxiliary chancellor, and in the face of the threat of Aobai, Suksaha was unable to cope with it, so he wrote a letter requesting the dismissal of the auxiliary minister, willing to go to Zunhua to guard the Shunzhi Mausoleum.
AoBai knew that Suksaha's move was specifically aimed at himself, because once Suksaha, who was the auxiliary minister, stepped down, it meant that he, the auxiliary minister, had to hand over power, and Aobai was not willing to withdraw from the center of power, so he began to weave charges, and finally sentenced him to death on 24 counts of treachery, long-term ambition, defiance of young lords, and reluctance to return to the government. The Kangxi Emperor knew that Suksaha would not change his mind to killing, but was in Aobai
"Arms up, strong play"
Under duress, he ordered Suksaha to be executed.
The killing of Suksaha made the Kangxi Emperor realize that Aobai had posed a threat to the imperial power, and if he did not deal with it, he might be the next Suksaha.
After that, the Kangxi Emperor quietly trained a group of strong and powerful sons in the name of practicing Buku, and captured Ao bai in one fell swoop when Ao Bai was defenseless. After capturing Aobai, the Kangxi Emperor ordered his men to interrogate Aobai immediately, and finally determined that he had committed 30 crimes, and according to the law, Aobai should be executed immediately. At this time, Ao Bai made a move to open his clothes in front of the Kangxi Emperor, revealing a body full of scars to show the Kangxi Emperor, the Kangxi Emperor read it, remembered his exploits to the Emperor Taiji and the Shunzhi Emperor, and considered that he really did not rebel, decided to treat him leniently, the history book said: "Nian has been serving for a long time, making battle merits, lending him to death, and not detaining him." In this way, Aobai spent the rest of his life in prison.
The Kangxi Emperor did not exterminate Aobai's descendants, and the history books record that one of his grandsons, Dafu, was a former official and a minister of the Scattered Ranks and a forward commander.
Reference: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Liechuan No. 36 Ao Bai
Records of the Qing Dynasty - Records of the Kangxi Dynasty
Quan Chen: A Contest with the Young Kangxi. People's Network, etc.