The Shunzhi Emperor ascended the throne at the age of 6 and only lived to be 24 years old, but gave birth to 14 children!
Up to now, many people are 24 years old and have not yet married, let alone have children, and they are so "prolific".
So how did the Shunzhi Emperor do it?
Are these 14 children sure they were all born to him?
Could it have something to do with his uncle Dorgon?
Shunzhi's first son
Shunzhi is the ninth son of Emperor Taiji and the only son of the famous Empress Xiaozhuang, and this "factory configuration" is a winner in life at first glance.
However, reality hit his face hard, in that era when the son was precious by his mother, Shunzhi was not favored by his father Emperor Taiji after he was born.
Because Emperor Taiji did not like Xiaozhuang, he even ignored his son Shunzhi.
After the death of Emperor Taiji, there was no will to inherit the throne, but it is reasonable to say that Shunzhi had nothing to do with the throne.
However, Emperor Taiji's eldest son Hauge and fourteenth uncle Dolgun all looked at the throne, and with the help of Xiaozhuang in the back, the throne fell to the six-year-old Fu Lin, that is, Shunzhi.
After Shunzhi ascended the throne, the government was always controlled by the regent Dorgon, and although he was emperor, Shunzhi basically had to obey his uncle Dorgon in everything big and small, including his marriage.
When Shunzhi was 14 years old, under the arrangement of Xiaozhuang and Dorgon, he married Xiaozhuang's niece Meng Guqing as his empress.
However, Shunzhi did not like Meng Guqing, and because it was arranged by Dolgun, he was particularly disgusted with Meng Guqing.
Meng Guqing grew up on the grassland, with a flamboyant personality, and the two people quarreled every day after marriage.
Two years later, Shunzhi deposed her empress, and Meng Guqing did not give birth to a single child in these two years.
However, before that, Shunzhi already had his first child, Ai Xinjue Luo Niu, niu niu's birth mother was a small palace girl by Shunzhi's side, Bal, and Shunzhi's love dou had just opened, spoiling her. Unfortunately, niu niu died at the age of 1.
Shunzhi regained real power after the marriage, and the Bal clan was also promoted to a concubine, and was very favored, and was flopped the most times, so the Bal clan bore 3 children for Shunzhi in just 4 years.
But does Shunzhi really like Bal?
In fact, this is not the case, and favoring the Bal clan and snubbing Empress Meng Guqing is a kind of rebellion by Shunzhi against Xiaozhuang and Dorgon arranging his marriage.
It can only be said that Meng Guqing or Bal Shi are actually victims of politics.
Until the appearance of a woman, it brought light to Shunzhi's repressed life.
Shunzhi favored Concubine Dong, but did not delay the birth of a child
Why did Shunzhi only 24 years old give birth to 14 children? In the final analysis, it is Shunzhi who married early.
After the 16-year-old Shunzhi insisted on deposing Empress Mengguqing, Xiaozhuang arranged a second empress for him, that is, Empress Xiaohuizhang.
For Shunzhi, there is actually no difference between the two empresses, but Empress Xiaohuizhang wins in her gentle personality and does not fight or grab.
It was precisely because of his gentle treatment of everyone in the harem that during her time as empress, the atmosphere of the harem was harmonious.
Although Shunzhi did not like her, he respected her, but Empress Xiaohuizhang did not give birth to a son and a half daughter for Shunzhi, but instead kept welcoming the birth of Shunzhi's children.
Because during this period, Shunzhi created the "draft system", that is, the emperor chose the woman of his choice to enter the palace as a concubine.
In fact, this is also a means for Shunzhi to rebel against Xiaozhuang, since he can't choose the woman he likes as an empress, then choose the woman he likes as a concubine.
Shunzhi's harem quickly filled up because of the draft system.
It is said that before Shunzhi's death, there were 37 of his famous concubines, plus those who had no name, there were more than 200 people!
Thirteen years after Shunzhi, a special woman appeared in front of Shunzhi through the draft, she was Dong Efei.
Although Dong Efei was born in the Eight Banners, she grew up in the Jiangnan region, and her gentle personality immediately attracted Shunzhi.
When Concubine Dong entered the palace, she was crowned as a "concubine", and then in just one month, she was promoted two levels in a row, becoming the "imperial concubine" second only to the empress.
Shunzhi's favor for Concubine Dong was no less than his father's favor for Hai Lanzhu.
This "Imperial Concubine" of Dong Efei was not just an honorary title, it was one that had real power in the "Sixth Palace Affair".
Because Empress Xiaohuizhang was too honest, Shunzhi was not cold to her, so from the time Dong Efei entered the palace to Shunzhi for 17 years, the affairs of the harem were basically taken care of by Dong Efei.
After Shunzhi crowned Dong Eshi as an imperial concubine, he specially issued a "general amnesty order", and the following year Dong Efei gave birth to the fourth son of the emperor, and again issued a "general amnesty order", and regarded him as his "first son" to be made crown prince.
However, this child only lived for 104 days before he died, shunzhi was so sad that he posthumously named him "Prince HeshuoRong", and Concubine Dong was also deeply shocked and could not afford to be ill.
Shunzhi's preference for Dong Efei was recognized by even history, but although Shunzhi favored Dong Efei alone, it did not delay him from favoring other concubines.
First of all, the royal family pays special attention to the reproduction of heirs, and as an emperor, having children is an important KPI.
Moreover, in ancient times, in order to maintain the nobility of blood, many times the royal family was married to their cousins, coupled with poor medical conditions, the quality of the child was slightly worse, naturally more children, otherwise who would inherit the throne?
Secondly, Dong Efei is also meritorious, a woman is favored in the harem, which will inevitably cause the jealousy of other women, at this time, Dong Efei's virtuous and wise side is reflected.
She repeatedly advised Shunzhi to "rain and dew evenly dip", not to be arbitrary and arbitrary, and to reproduce more heirs as an emperor.
Moreover, Shunzhi once wanted to depose Empress Xiaohuizhang and set up Concubine Dong E, who knew that Hou Chang could not kneel, and repeatedly asked Shunzhi to take back his life.
Such a gentle and considerate, virtuous and sensible Kennaisuke, how could Shunzhi not be confused.
The character of Dorgon
Among Shunzhi's 14 children, is there a role for Dorgon?
Shunzhi ascended the throne at the age of 6, and it was Dolgun who helped behind it, so Dorgon took over the power in the name of "regent" and became
Since Hauge was suppressed and died, Dorgon had basically no opponents in the court, and it could even be said that if he wanted to, he could completely replace Shunji.
In his heyday, Dorgon, with his left hand and beautiful hand, had a total of four wives and six concubines, and even rumors with Empress Xiaozhuang.
Shunzhi's feelings for Dorgon, as he grew older, slowly changed from the initial respect to hatred.
After all, what emperor could tolerate the existence of a person with more weight than his own words?
Therefore, Shunzhi was bent on regaining real power after he became an adult, and his wife, who was married to a big marriage, was still chosen by Dorgon and Xiaozhuang.
Since Dorgon's status is so high, some people can't help but wonder if Shunzhi's harem is also interfering with Dorgon. Shunzhi gave birth to such a "high yield", did Dolgun have "help"?
In fact, this is not established, Shunzhi ascended the throne at the age of 6, still a child, in the previous years by Dorgon to control the government and there is no harem.
As early as after Shunzhi ascended the throne, Dorgon chose Meng Guqing as empress for him.
However, it was not until the eighth year of Shunzhi that the two were married, and Dorgon fell off his horse and died in the seventh year of Shunzhi.
Therefore, even if Dorgon had a heart, he was powerless, which did not hold at all.
Before meeting Concubine Dong, the women in the Harem of Shunzhi had already given birth to 3 sons and 5 daughters for him, including the later Kangxi Emperor Xuan Ye, who was his third son.
After meeting Dong Efei, Shunzhi simply spoiled her to heaven, and Dong Efei urged Shunzhi to be evenly exposed in order to ease the relationship in the harem.
Although Concubine Dong and Shunzhi's children were not retained, other women in the harem gave birth to 4 sons and a daughter for Shunzhi.
In this way, although Shunzhi made such a drama as a monk and died young, he still gave birth to 14 children.
However, although "highly productive", these children in Shunzhi are ill-fated.
Shunzhi has a total of six princesses, except for the second princess who married at the age of 15, the other five princesses all died early, and the oldest was only 8 years old.
Of the remaining eight princes, The Emperor's third son Xuan Ye succeeded to the throne, and the Emperor's second son Fu Quan and the Emperor's fifth son Chang Ning became Xuan Ye's right and left arms.
Several other princes also died prematurely, and died.
There are also many helplessness in being born in the imperial family, and even the matter of having children is not up to him.
Although Shunzhi had 14 children at a young age, it sounds a little exaggerated. However, in the royal family, which pays attention to the continuity of heirs, this is not an exaggeration at all.
The so-called blue is better than blue, and his son Kangxi had a total of 55 children in his lifetime! I'm afraid that all of them are standing in front of Kangxi, and he can't recognize them all.