The Kangxi Emperor, the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty, ascended the throne at the age of 8 and was pro-government at the age of 14, reigning for 61 years, making him the longest-reigning emperor in China.
Children who lack fatherhood
Kangxi's birth was a person who was not expected. This person is Kangxi's father, Shunzhi. Kangxi's mother was an unfavored concubine in the imperial palace.
Except for the fourth son born to Concubine Dong, the birth of the rest of the heirs was not happy for Shunzhi.
When he needed his father's love, Shunzhi gave all his father's love to Concubine Dong's son. At this time, when Kangxi was seven years old, he suffered from smallpox, and in order to avoid large-scale infection in the palace, he moved Kangxi out of the palace and was taken care of by the granny and others, so the young Kangxi was a child who lacked love.
It was precisely because Kangxi survived smallpox that he had lifelong immunity to this terrible disease. Therefore, when Shunzhi died suddenly, Xiaozhuang supported Kangxi to ascend the throne.
Eight-year-old Kangxi became the lord of the world, while eight-year-old Kangxi had no father.
After Kangxi ascended the throne, it was Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and the four auxiliary ministers who controlled the imperial government. And the mother Tong Jiashi, who gave Kangxi care, also died when Kangxi was ten years old.
Ten-year-old Kangxi has the world, but no parents.
At this time, the love given to Kangxi's mother was Shunzhi's second successor, this girl came to the Forbidden City from the grassland at the age of 15, and she had no favor in her life, but gave Kangxi love.
And Kangxi himself was enlightened at the age of five, and since then the cold and cold have never stopped, both civility and martial arts, ten arrows and nine middle schools. At this time, Kangxi received the Manchu riding and shooting education, the fierce influence of the Mongolian steppe, as well as the ideas of Han Confucianism, diversified learning, Kangxi finally had a prototype of a Ming monarch.
Then, in order to completely control the court, Kangxi chose to marry.
At the age of 12, Kangxi, under the auspices of Xiaozhuang, chose the Hesheri clan as empress. At the same time, those who entered the palace as concubines were also the Niu Hulu clan and the Tong Jia clan. This is also the successor of the Kangxi dynasty.
After marrying the empress, in addition to learning martial arts every day, the most important thing for Kangxi was to leave an heir.
This life is about seeing off loved ones
At the age of 14, Kangxi had his first son, Chengrui, born to Concubine Ma Jia.
At the age of 15, Kangxi had his first concubine, Empress Hesheri and his second son, Chenghu.
However, a month later, 15-year-old Kangxi had a third son, Chengqing, born to Concubine Nalan of the Hui clan.
However, in two years, the birth of three sons made Kangxi very happy. However, a year later, three sons died one after another, and none of them were raised. Kangxi was deeply shocked, and it was not until the age of 17 that Concubine Rong once again gave birth to a fourth son for Kangxi.
Empress Xiaozhuang did not choose the name chosen by Kangxi this time, but gave the child the Mongolian name Saiyin Chahun, hoping that her great-grandson could grow up as healthy as a Mongolian man.
But when the child was four years old, a smallpox took the child's life. Since then, Kangxi has sent away his four sons in five years.
It was not until Concubine Hui gave birth to Kangxi's fifth son Baoqing, Empress Hesheri desperately gave birth to a second concubine, and Kangxi's sixth son Baocheng, that Kangxi ended his son's fate of early death.
But the 21-year-old Kangxi once again bid farewell to his original wife, Empress Hesheri. This woman, who accompanied him to destroy Ao Bai and be able to become pro-government, died on the delivery bed in order to give birth to a concubine of An Bang Dingguo.
It was also after that all the princes were reordered, and Baoqing became the eldest son of the emperor, Yinlu, and Baocheng became the crown prince Yinren.
The 22-year-old Kangxi had his own son and an inherited prince.
The 24-year-old Kangxi, three years after his wife's death, once again established Empress Niuhulu.
The 25-year-old Kangxi once again bid farewell to his stepwife, and Empress Niuhulu died in Kunning Palace.
The 26-year-old Kangxi finally won victory in Pingding San Francisco, but in the same year, the Jingshi earthquake caused the Hall of Taihe to burn down in a fire. At the same time, Kangxi's younger brother Longxi the Prince of Chun died of illness.
The 32-year-old Kangxi once again suffered the pain of losing his son, and the six-year-old sixth prince Yinzuo died of illness.
The 34-year-old Kangxi was in full swing at this time, but Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, who supported him to ascend the throne as emperor, died of illness, and Kangxi once again lost his relatives.
The 36-year-old Kangxi was once again canonized as empress, this time the empress was Kangxi's cousin Tong Jia, but the day after her establishment, Empress Tong Jia died of illness.
The 42-year-old Kangxi, the eleventh-year-old eleventh prince Yin Yu, died of illness.
The 45-year-old Kangxi, looking at the growing prince, began to fear the old age, in order to balance the prince, the heir was sealed, and at the same time set off the prelude to the nine sons seizing the throne.
48-year-old Kangxi, eighteen-year-old eighteenth prince Yinxi, died of illness.
The 50-year-old Kangxi once again sent away his eldest brother Fuquan, and Fuquan died of illness. In the same year, Kangxi's younger brother Changning also died of illness.
51-year-old Kangxi, the nineteenth prince Yin Yu died early, at the age of three.
The 55-year-old Kangxi deposed the crown prince Yinren for the first time, and in the same year, the eighth prince Yinhe was cut down because he sought the position of crown prince. The eldest son of the emperor, Yin Yu, was denounced by his third brother Yin Zhi to curse the crown prince and was imprisoned by Kangxi for life.
The 56-year-old Kangxi once again reinstated the crown prince.
The 59-year-old Kangxi once again deposed the crown prince and imprisoned Yinren in the Xian'an Palace and could not leave for life.
The 64-year-old Kangxi sent away his last elder, the Empress Dowager who made up for Kangxi's lack of maternal love in his childhood, the Borzigit clan.
Kangxi, 65 years old, gave birth to his last son, the twenty-fifth son of the emperor, Yin Yu, but died on the day of his birth.
At the age of 69, Kangxi held a banquet of a thousand people, and in November of the same year, Kangxi died of illness in Changchun Garden. He was succeeded by his fourth son, Yin Yu, the Yongzheng Emperor.
During his 69-year career, Kangxi reigned for 61 years, and never tired of dealing with imperial politics. However, he lost all his life, lost his father and mother, three wives died of illness, saw the early death of 9 sons, sent away the Empress Dowager who supported him, the Empress Dowager who cared for him, and the three brothers who grew up together.
Even if you are the king of a country, you cannot escape the loss of life.