Geldan was the most powerful man in the Mongolian steppe, and in just a few years, he was able to go from an inconspicuous figure to an overlord who conquered the various tribes of the steppe, which showed his ambition and ability.
This time, When Geldan and his envoys came to the Qing Dynasty to meet Kangxi, they had ulterior motives. He deliberately disguised himself as an envoy's retinue, wanting to find out the veins in the capital, and in the future, he would raise an army to attack the Qing Dynasty, becoming the Ninth Five-Year Emperor above ten thousand people, and replacing Kangxi's position. But during his dormancy, the appearance of a woman changed his fate.
Kangxi's helplessness and cunning
Since the ancient hero sad beauty guan, the brave and warlike Mongolian Khan Geldan has been in a weapon shop since he met 16-year-old Lan Qi'er, who was in full bloom, and he could not sleep at night and could not forget it for a long time. Lan Qi'er has a sweet smile and a lively personality, and Gordan has seen more domineering and direct women on the grassland, and suddenly met such a naïve and lovely girl, and has already fallen in love at first sight.
I thought that this meeting was just accidental. Who knew that when Geldan accompanied the envoys to see Kangxi, Lan Qi'er was accompanying Kangxi and silently watching the envoys of various countries meet him. The envoy Ge Long knelt on the ground and bowed to Kangxi, and as soon as Geldan entered the hall, he saw Lan Qi'er, who was thinking of his heart. At this moment, he was shocked and excited, his eyes were tightly fixed on Lan Qi'er, he had long forgotten the Kangxi in the court, and he had also forgotten the etiquette.
Kangxi looked angry: That slave, won't your knees bend?
Gron gave Gordan a look, and Gordan reluctantly knelt down. Ge Long wrote the gold, silver, cattle, sheep and horses brought by this visit to Beijing on the fold, and the eunuchs around Kangxi wanted to take the fold, but Werean refused.
Kangxi had already seen the affection of Geldan looking at Lan Qi'er, so he let Lan Qi'er take the fold in Geldan's hand. Geldan watched Lan Qi'er get closer and closer to him, and deliberately handed the fold to Lan Qi'er reluctantly. He knew that if he delayed for a few more seconds, he would be able to take a closer look at the beauty of this LanZierge and determine his intentions.
When the envoy Ge Long saw Kangxi, he was well-mannered, but some of the retinue around him had no one in sight, and they were stubborn and stubborn, with the strength to refuse to lose in their bones. Kangxi determined that Geldan was the Great Khan of the Khalkha steppe, his enemy for his expansion. It's just that Gordan didn't take the initiative to expose his identity, and he wasn't good at exposing it.
Since Gordan hid his identity, he took this opportunity to knock on the side and say to Gron: Gordan wants to live with me and me, does he regard himself as the king of a country? Did he still remember that the city of Beijing was his yuan capital? You tell Göldan that all Mongol leagues, including Dzungar, must abide by the laws of the Qing Dynasty, call themselves tributes, and be ordered to reassure the people, and are not allowed to wantonly expand their power. Here there is not only the grace of reward, but also 800,000 iron horses to be waited for.
Kangxi gave the Khalkha steppe to Geldan, and deliberately and seriously said these words in the court, just to let Geldan taste the sweetness and warn him that if he is not satisfied now, there will be a hard battle to be fought in the future. He Kangxi had 800,000 iron horses, and he could not step on the Mongolian steppe?
But Geldan did not take Kangxi's words to heart at all, he was not afraid of Kangxi's beating in the court, and even went out of the imperial court, when he met Lan Qi'er and his sweetheart Li Guangdi outside the palace gate, he shouted domineeringly: Lan Zigege, King Geldan likes you.
For Geldan, the biggest gain in this entry into Beijing is to meet his beloved woman. He didn't care if Lan Qi'er had a heart, and whether she was Kangxi's favorite daughter or not, he had already made plans to marry Lan Qi'er.
Half a year after Geldan left the palace, Kangxi was following Yao Qisheng's advice and devoted most of his troops and financial resources to the recovery of Taiwan, which was the weakest moment of the Qing Dynasty. At this moment, he could attack Daqing and make Lan Qi'er a prisoner, but this would not be a victory, so he thought about it and decided to ask Kangxi to marry Lan Qi'er, only in this way would it be easier to get Lan Qi'er's heart. As long as Kangxi promised to make peace, Geldan was willing to marry the good and submit to Kangxi.
Kangxi knew that Lan Qi'er's heart belonged to Li Guangdi, and he also planned to complete this marriage, and now that Geldan suddenly appeared, Kangxi was a little defenseless, so he said to Ge Long: Lan Qi'er Gege is the pearl in the palm of Yuan, besides, she is still young, what if She does not agree to her marrying?
Ge Long said confidently: We have thousands of miles of grassland in Dzungar, cattle and sheep are like clouds, and there are countless golden iron horses, and the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty looks down on King Geldan, so don't he look down on Mongolia even more? The emperor cherishes the world, how can he not be reluctant to love a daughter?
At this time, the forces of Geldan and the Great Qing were on a par, and it was difficult to predict the life and death of the real war, and Geldan bet that Kangxi would definitely choose the most secure way for the sake of the Great Qing Society, and exchange peace and relatives for the people's peaceful days for several years. If Kangxi was not allowed, he would speak with strength and attack the Qing Dynasty.
At this time, the qing dynasty was still weak, Kangxi was not necessarily a rival of Geldan, Kangxi had no choice but to agree to Geldan's conditions, and crowned his favorite daughter as Princess Heshuo and married Mongolia.
Concubine Rong had only one daughter, and now that she was going to marry so far away, she couldn't help but wash her face with tears. She had long heard of Gordan's fierce killing, a famous steppe wolf, what if Lan Qi'er married and was bullied by the Mongols? What if you are abandoned by Gordan? She had never seen a wolf in her life.
Did Kangxi consider these questions about Concubine Rong? He had already thought of it, and even hated Gordan's decision, but what could he do? If he wanted to fight for three to five years for the Qing Dynasty, he had to sacrifice Lan Qi'er.
Kangxi calmly explained: "Xiang has repeatedly considered that Geldan is a tyrant of the Mongolian steppe, much stronger than Li Guangdi, if Lan Qi'er marries Geldan, it is a combination of pearls, and it is a fortunate thing in the sea! Gordan is an enemy of the past, and now he can turn enemies into friends or enemies into relatives.
When Kangxi promised Lan Qi'er to marry Mongolia, he angrily smashed the cup on the table. At that moment, I experienced Kangxi's helplessness as a father and his unavoidable choice as an emperor. If he didn't love Lan Qi'er, how could he be so angry? Would he even be sad and cry when he and Concubine Rong had a disagreement over this matter?
But what happened later made me understand that Kangxi seemed to be tender, but in fact he was the most scheming.
Lan Qi'er married mongolia
The eldest brother escorted Lan Qi'er to run for several months before arriving at the Mongolian border, Lan Qi'er sat on the carriage, nostalgic for the carefree days in the capital, nostalgic for the love for Li Guangdi, and said with tears in his eyes: Big Brother, we have been gone for almost two months. It's really far away, and the birds in the capital can't fly here if they break their wings.
Lan Qi'er knew that he had become a pawn in Kangxi's balance against Geldan. She didn't know that the Mongolian man she had seen in the capital before was Geldan, so she had already made it to her lifelong plan to be sad and depressed. The capital is too far away from Mongolia, even if she has a bad life in Mongolia, who cares about her and is willing to travel thousands of miles to shield her from the wind and rain and protect her? She was no longer the carefree, optimistic princess.
Who knew that as soon as Lan Qi'er arrived in the territory of Dzungar, Geldan led his henchmen to greet him. Gordan carried LanZier out of the carriage, and LanZier, disgusted by this stubble-faced man who looked bad at words, struggled to get down. But he said softly and firmly: Don't move, be careful if you fall, you will fall. Come, put your hand around my neck.
He was not upset by Lan Qi'er's temper, nor did he blame her for making unreasonable trouble, but instead felt sorry for her falling. Lan Qi'er was momentarily overwhelmed by his domineering and gentle interplay of tone, and could only wrap his arms around Gordan's neck and let him carefully place her on his horse.
Gordan shouted to the soldiers behind him: I have a princess, I have a princess!
Gordan's excitement is beyond words. Lan Qi'er thought that Guerdan was so excited that he had married the daughter of Kangxi and brought glory to the Mongols. But with the long contact, she found that Geldan really loved her, cared for her, and let her experience the respect and pampering that a wife should have.
Kangxi harem beauty three thousand, who can read his mind, in order to win his like. If you annoy him, the end is miserable. But Gordan was different, and Gordan was the only one in his heart. No matter how she plays small or loses her temper, Geldan is always tolerant with her heart. Lan Qi'er's heart was gradually captured by Gordan, and he willingly gave birth to a son, Amida. Although Gordan is not good at words, he has her in his heart. He knew that Lan Qi'er missed his hometown, so he specially built a palace in Ulanmutong, exactly like Concubine Rong's bedchamber.
Lan Qi'er grew up in the Rongfei Palace, and how could she not be moved to see this familiar palace, the home that had appeared in her dreams countless times? Gordan named the palace Pegatron Palace and gave it to his beloved Princess Pegatron.
However, at this time, Kangxi and Lan Qi'er's state of mind were completely different. He had always remembered the shame of Gordan forcibly marrying his daughter, the powerlessness with which he threatened him at the court, but he could not resist. Now that Geldan was about thirty-five years old, he had been fighting all these years, expanding his territory, and even collaborating with foreign countries, and Kangxi could not watch his power continue to grow and threaten the Qing Dynasty.
After Lan Qi'er married Geldan, Concubine Rong never heard about Lan Qi'er again. She knew that the emperor didn't want her to know, so he wouldn't tell her any information, lest she cry and cry. Now that Amida was two years old, Concubine Rong learned from Kangxi that Lan Qi'er had become a mother and that she was going to be a grandmother. Over the years, Geldan treated Lan Qi'er like a heavenly immortal, infinitely pampered.
Concubine Rong heard that her daughter was doing well, happy and contented. However, Kangxi turned sharply, he had already prepared a great gift for Geldan, a hundred thousand iron horses.
Concubine Rong asked: The emperor wants to drive the imperial conquest, and the concubine wishes you a triumphant return. But if you really fight, will Gordan kill Lan Qi'er before the war starts?
Kangxi froze, but quickly shook his head and said, "No!"
Since ancient times, emperors have been good at power and scheming, and Concubine Rong can think of problems, will Kangxi not think of? Kangxi crusaded against Geldan, and the first thing to be embarrassed was Lan Qi'er, because Lan Qi'er's father wanted to kill her favorite husband, and both sides were her family, how should she treat herself?
Whoever is fierce, wins.
Kangxi and Concubine Rong prepared many gifts for Lan Qi'er and the child, as well as a battle book to personally conquer Dzungar. Gordan said to his two-year-old son: Remember, you are the son of a Mongolian, you are a child who grew up eating roast meat and drinking goat's milk, you know? Your grandfather is now going to kill your father, what do you say?
Although Amida was young, she knew who was closest to him. He immediately took off the gift that Kangxi had given him and threw it into the fire.
Kangxi really personally enjoined Dzungar, and even if he had malaria and was bedridden, he would not cease the war. Lan Qi'er knelt where the two armies were fighting, crying and begging the eldest brother to retreat, or else he would step over her corpse. The eldest brother sent someone to report to Kangxi, but due to Lan Qi'er's obstruction, Geldan was now in a dilemma and was also in a stalemate.
Concubine Rong told Kangxi that Lan Qi'er was a kind heart and wanted to turn Gange into a jade warrior. Kangxi dragged his sick and weak body and said: These two couples, one with a knife and the other with love, have come to oppose Yuan. At this time, if there is a truce, it is not a joke for Geldan. She is now Gordan's concubine and can do whatever she wants. Tell the soldiers that those who follow us will perish, and that whoever stands in my way is my enemy, and will be shot and killed.
Gordan had not yet executed Lan Qi'er, but Kangxi had given Lan Qi'er a death order. If it weren't for the fact that the eldest brother couldn't bear to watch Lan Qi'er being shot and killed to start a war in advance, Lan Qi'er would have died.
When Gordan fought the war, he cleverly used a clever trick to lure the eldest brother into a trap and became a prisoner. The Qing Dynasty had a rule that only death in battle was allowed, and no capture was allowed. If Gordan had exchanged the lives of the Eldest Brother and Lan Qi'er, it would have been a disgrace to Kangxi. Even if the eldest brother survived, Kangxi would hate him completely.
The eldest brother knew that Lan Qi'er was still on the battlefield, and Gordan wanted to exchange him for Lan Qi'er. But with Kangxi's personality, are you really willing to exchange? Even if it is exchanged, what awaits him is a dead end. Just when the eldest brother was helpless, Lan Qi'er appeared.
Princess Rong wanted to take her back to the capital, but Lan Qi'er could not let go of Geldan, and over the years, it was Gordan who gave her warmth and made her a happy woman after leaving her hometown. Compared with Kangxi sacrificing his daughter for Jiangshan, Geldan's willingness to exchange Jiangshan for Lan Qi'er's behavior really made her both moved and unrequited, and all she could do was to accompany Geldan all the time.
When Gordan saw LanZier return, he excitedly picked her up and wanted to drink with her to celebrate. A drunken Geldan shouted: Kangxi, you old man has raised a good daughter.
Geldan was really happy, he knew that Kangxi was ruthless, but he didn't expect Lan Qi'er to be a person with a lot of love and righteousness. All these years, he did not waste his life to love her. At Lan Qi'er's advice, Geldan decided to retire to Ulanmutong for repairs, but even if he retreated, in a few months, he and Kangxi would still have a decisive battle. Because his presence threatened Kangxi, whether he sincerely surrendered or not, Kangxi had to get rid of him.
Things really happened as Gordan expected, and a few months later, Kangxi was again on the throne, and this time Kangxi was bound to kill Gordan quickly. Gordan was defeated by Kangxi and died under the sword of the Eldest Brother.
Lan Qi'er knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Kangxi Emperor, I didn't like Geldan back then, you had to force me to marry him." Now I am in love with him, but you insist on killing him, and you will not leave me with a corpse. You tell me, are you worthy to be a father?
At this point, I understood Kangxi's true purpose in promising Geldan and his relatives. At that time, he recognized at a glance that the envoy's retinue was Geldan, and when he saw The look in Gordan's eyes, he was sure that Gordan had a heart for Lan Qi'er. He wasn't sure if Gordan would be good to Lan Qi'er, but he could be sure that Lan Qi'er was the age when she was waiting to be released, and even if Gordan only loved her for five or six years, it was enough to reorganize the army.
Therefore, when Gordan asked lan qi'er, Kangxi stood in his father's point of view and should have refused, but from the perspective of the emperor, he agreed. It is worth it to exchange lan qi'er's happiness for the peace of the qing dynasty for several years. On the day Lan Qi'er got married, he made up his mind that one day he would kill Geldan and retake Lan Qi'er Gege, and be ashamed of it.
Although Lan Qi'er's marriage to Geldan was Kangxi's strategy to slow down the army, Kangxi also made plans, if the two armies fought and Lan Qi'er helped him, he would treat Lan Qi'er kindly. If Lan Qi'er stopped him, he was his enemy.
Although Geldan is ambitious, although he has been expanding his territory, wanting to become the king of the grasslands and even become the king of the Qing Dynasty, since marrying Lan Qi'er, he has repeatedly compromised for her, and even gave up his ambition to become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Otherwise, before he died, he should have told Lan Qi'er that he was not willing to fail so much, and even blamed Lan Qi'er for delaying his great cause, instead of telling Lan Qi'er affectionately that he could marry her in this life and was satisfied.
From this point of view, Kangxi was more ruthless than Geldan. It is said that Mercy does not control the army, and it is easy to change places. The reason why Guldan was defeated was that his heart was too soft. If he is more ruthless than Kangxi, he can sacrifice family affection and love for the sake of profit, and may be more accomplished than Kangxi.
However, for Geldan, although he became a defeated general under Kangxi in his career. But emotionally, he won over Kangxi. The beautiful phrase "I want to borrow a lotus-like time, along with your memories, is sealed in that half-open bud" is just right to describe Geldan's love for Lan Qi'er. At least he had the heart of Len Qi'er completely, and his children became the king of Dzungar, hereditary.
On the other hand, Kangxi, for the sake of the emperor's face, reduced the kind-hearted Concubine Rong to slavery and brushed the toilet for more than ten years, lan Qi'er hated Kangxi because of Concubine Rong's ruthlessness, and refused to step into the capital half a step again. He won the world, but those who had been loyal to him either respected him or parted ways with him again, and his imperial road was destined to be tortured by loneliness for a lifetime.
As an emperor, Kangxi was decisive in killing and fierce, and was a ming emperor for thousands of years, but as a father, he was ruthless and suspicious, and he did not deserve the title of father. Since ancient times, everything is difficult to do, perhaps this is the emperor, with the country and the supreme power, you must accept the price of the family becoming a silent battlefield!