When it comes to the close ministers of the Kangxi Emperor, one that has to be said is the Pearl of Nalan.
In detail, Nalan Mingzhu and Kangxi are still a little related.
In the early years, Naran Mingzhu's grandfather, Yehenara Kintaiji, led his troops to surrender to Nurhaci and became a general under Nurhaci.
In order to further make friends with him, Jin Taiji married his sister Meng Guzhe, the aunt of Nalan Mingzhu, to Nurhaci and gave birth to Emperor Taiji.
Nalan Mingzhu also naturally joined the ranks of the emperor's relatives and became Kangxi's "cousin uncle".
However, Naran Mingzhu's ability to become a high-ranking official not only depends on his prominent origins, but also benefits from his ingenuity.
All the way up
When Kangxi had just succeeded to the throne, Nalan Mingzhu was only a small internal guard, but he let Kangxi see the light on him in a very short time, promoted him to the position of Langzhong of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and two years later, he was promoted to the position of Governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Since then, the promotion path of Naran Pearl has become unusually smooth.
In the fifth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, he was awarded the title of Hongwen Academy, and from then on he began to participate in state affairs.
In the seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty, he was awarded the title of Shangshu of the Punishment Department for his meritorious service in controlling water.
In the ninth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, he was given the title of Duchayuan Zuo Du Yushi(御史).
In the twelfth year of Kangxi, Nalan Mingzhu seized a precious opportunity to become Kangxi's confidant.
In that year, Shang Kexi, one of the three kings of the three major domains, was old and wrote to Kangxi to ask for the old man to return to his hometown, but hoped that his son could stay in Guangdong and inherit the throne. The other two clan kings saw that Shang Ke was happy to write a book, and they also followed suit.
This move angered Kangxi. San Francisco's power is already huge, and now it still wants to be hereditary, so it will definitely threaten the imperial court.
Kangxi had an idea in his mind: withdraw the domain.
But when Kangxi brought this idea to the court, there were people who were opposed to it, some who were neutral, and only Nalan Mingzhu had been unswervingly supporting Kangxi's idea.
Kangxi's desire to withdraw the domain was very firm, and he vigorously defied the public opinion and ordered the three clan kings to be stripped of their thrones.
Who knew that as soon as this news came out, Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, immediately rebelled.
The dissenting chancellor Soetu found a reason to impeach Mingzhu, and he proposed to Kangxi that Mingzhu, who had originally supported the withdrawal of the domain, must be punished.
Who knew that Kangxi was furious after hearing this: "It is the retreat of the clan advocated by Yuan, do you want to cure the sin of Yuan?" Soeto was dumbfounded.
Wu Sangui was once a fierce general, although he was old, but his strength should not be underestimated, Kangxi spent a lot of effort to quell the rebellion and successfully abolish san francisco.
From then on, Nalan Mingzhu's relationship with Kangxi became closer, and by the sixteenth year of Kangxi, he was awarded the title of Scholar of Wuyingdian University, served as the chief editor of many royal writings, and was made a prince and a master.
Killed
Although Nalan Mingzhu received the high-ranking official Houlu, the beam between him and Suo'etu was completely knotted. Soetu had a lot of eyeliner around him, always looking for an opportunity to take him down.
Over time, he collected a lot of evidence of Pearl's alliance with the party for personal gain, corruption and bribery, and was ready to find an opportunity to report it in one fell swoop.
In the twenty-sixth year of Kangxi, this opportunity came, and the Qing official Yu Chenlong discovered the matter of pearl selling officials, and a secret letter reported his guilt to Kangxi.
Kangxi opened the secret letter, only to see that it was written on it: "I have no official to seal now in the Qing Dynasty, because the Nalan Pearl has sold out all the officials." ”
Kangxi felt that this matter was not trivial, so he sent someone to investigate, and this investigation really found evidence of pearl selling officials.
After getting this evidence, Kangxi's heart was entangled, on the one hand, Mingzhu had made many meritorious achievements and held important positions, and had long become his right and left arm; on the other hand, he had indeed made a big mistake. What should be done with him?
Just as Kangxi hesitated, Suo Ertu instructed Yushi Guoxuan to submit all the evidence of Pearl's alliance with the party and embezzlement and bribery collected over the years.
Kangxi was furious when he saw this, and ordered naran Mingzhu to be sent to prison to await his release.
Mingzhu knew that what she had committed was a felony, and if she really wanted to fall, I was afraid that she would not be able to escape death, how could this be good?
Trick off
Mingzhu's intelligence is not just talking, he thinks left and right in the big prison, and really thinks of a plan.
One day, Mingzhu's wife came to visit him, and Mingzhu quietly said to her, "I will dictate a list, and you will write it down with your heart." Then inadvertently revealed a message to Soetu, saying that I wanted to unite with these people to rebel. ”
The wife was puzzled: "You have already committed several sins, and now you say that you want to rebel, do you want to join the Nine Tribes?" ”
Mingzhu shook her head: "I have my own clever plan, you just do as I say." "The wife and Pearl had lived for many years, and naturally knew that he was a resourceful person, so they did all these things according to his instructions.
After hearing the news that Mingzhu was going to rebel, Suo Ertu was overjoyed and thought, "With this felony, Mingzhu will no longer have the possibility of surviving." So he instructed Guo Xuan to report that Mingzhu was going to rebel.
After kangxi received this list of rebels, he was completely enraged and decided to behead Mingzhu. Just as he was about to give the order, he noticed a name on the list, and this person turned out to be a civilian official.
Looking down further, I found that these people were either waiters or university scholars, although the official positions were not small, but they were all people who held the pole of writing, how to rebel?
Thinking of this, Kangxi felt that he had been tricked. Since Guo Xuan was able to falsely accuse Mingzhu of rebellion, was the previous accusation also a false accusation?
Kangxi knew that Suo Etu and Mingzhu were not in harmony, and Guo Xuan obeyed Suo Etu's orders, thinking that this time the two must be trying to frame Mingzhu. If the pearl is punished at this time, then the court will definitely be the sole power of suo ertu, which is not conducive to the future situation.
Therefore, Kangxi did not hesitate to convict Mingzhu of a minor crime, and it was not long before he was reinstated as an official.
This operation of the pearl can be described as a model of retreating into progress, he will calculate people's minds thoroughly, and use extreme means to get out, no wonder the court has been disturbed, he has not been greatly affected, lived to the age of 73.