At dawn on August 14, the eighth year of Chongde (1643), Soni Soni of Qixinlang, together with Baya Lama Zhang Jing Turai and Baturu Ao Bai, led two yellow banner ministers to gather outside the gate of the Great Qing Dynasty, and Soni said to everyone: Now that the emperor of Daxing has returned to heaven, the royal family has no master, for the sake of the great Qing dynasty for thousands of generations, follow the ancestral system, we must support the prince as the successor. After speaking, he raised his right hand and led everyone to swear to heaven: "My subordinate eats from the emperor, clothes the emperor, and the grace of nurturing is as great as the heavens, if I do not establish the son of the emperor, I would rather die from the emperor to the ground!" Then, he ordered the two yellow banners to "open their bows and hold the arrows, and stand around the palace", which was extremely majestic and majestic, to show that the two yellow banners were unshakable. This is the oath action that Sony directed and participated in to show his determination to establish the throne of the crown prince.
Why would Sony do this? Reason.
Soni was annexed to Nurhachi by the Hada Department along with his father Shuose in the early days of the post-Jin state. Because his father and uncle Xifu were fluent in Manchu, Mongolian, and Han languages, Nurhachi awarded him the title of "Baksh" (i.e., Mr. and Daru to manage the paperwork), so Soni was also awarded the title of first-class bodyguard to Nurhachi to serve around him. He was very loyal to Nurhach, and Nurhachi trusted him very much.
In the fourth year of the Mandate of Heaven (1619), the Hadabu invaded the city of the Kaiji Domain, and Soni took the lead, wielding his sword and fighting hard to repel the incoming soldiers. Later, with Taizu's campaign against Dongyang, the Mongols sent a large number of reinforcements to help Dongyang, set up the second village, and formed a horn with Dongyang to resist Houjin. Sonny cooperated with the generals and concentrated his forces to attack one village first, but the wall was broken, and all the soldiers of the other village surrendered. In the first year of Tiancong (1627), Sony accompanied Emperor Taizong to attack Jinzhou. When more than 1,000 Ming troops migrated to the Da Ling River people, Soni only led 20 cavalry to surprise the Ming army, and he immediately crossed the knife and fought alone, captured many Ming troops, and protected the Da Ling River.
In the second year of Tiancong (1628), when Emperor Taizong prepared an expedition to the Khalkha Mongols and recruited troops from the foreign domain, other tribes responded, but Horqinbu Oba was delayed in sending troops, which made Emperor Taiji very annoyed. He sent Soni with his bodyguard Azhuku to Horqin with his edict to rebuke Tushetu and Oba. At the beginning, Oba was a taiji of the Horqin tribe of Mongolia, and when he annexed Taizu, Taizu married Shulhazy's granddaughter to him in order to co-opt him. Soon, he repeatedly violated the covenant and secretly interacted with the Ming Dynasty. This time Emperor Taizong asked him to recruit troops, but he was slow to move, so Soni was ordered to go and announce the pardon of Tiancong Khan. When he came to Horqin, Oba did not come to see him immediately because of a foot disease, and ordered his men to send him beef and mutton, but Soni refused sternly, saying, "Your sweat has a different heart, how can I eat your things?" Take! "After that, go to meet the princess. The people told Oba about the situation, and Oba also came to the princess with the help of the attendants, and as soon as he entered the door, he pretended not to know what was going on, and deliberately asked the princess: "Who is this person?" Soni raised his head and replied loudly: "We are all messengers of the Celestial Empire Khan." You have repeatedly broken your promises, and you are a sinful person, and it is said that you should have cut ties with you, and it is only because the princess is here that we have come to greet you. At this time, Oba was choosing between Houjin and Ming, and his mind was undecided, seeing that Sony's attitude was so tough, if he hesitated any longer, I was afraid that he would bring disaster to the tribe. So he quickly ordered a banquet to be set up left and right, and Soni led Azhu Ku and others to disdain, and flicked his sleeves out. Oba was both bottomless and scared, and did not know why Sony and his party came here, so he sent Tai Giseleng to ask Sony. Sonny took out the edict and handed it to Selen, all of which were words to rebuke Oba, and then, without waiting for Oba's reply, Sonny wanted to lead his entourage back to the dynasty first. Oba read the edict, terrified, and ordered everyone to pay the bill, but Soni did not comply, and everyone cried, crying and saying: "I Khan will personally enter the dynasty to apologize with sin!" At this time, some people knelt and kowtowed, while others took the reins of Sonma's horse and tried to hold on, and Soni could barely stay. The next day, Oba again used foot disease as a reason to make Taiji Bai Ngar and Sangar Zhai and Soni apologize together. Seeing that Oba was still not sincere, Soni said angrily: "If you want to absolve yourself of your sins, and let the two of you go with me, how can I come to take Byrngar and wait?" Oba also sent men to explore the bottom of Nidi: "If Khan forgives me, I should naturally sincerely apologize, for fear that the Khan King will not allow me and drive me away." Soni Xiao persuaded him with great righteousness: "The emperor's heart is as vast as heaven and earth, and if you confess your sinners and meet him, you will definitely receive sympathy and forgiveness." Sony's work made Oba dispel his worries, bowed his head to Sony one after another, and decided to enter the DPRK himself. Seeing that he sincerely repented, he went back to the Ming Emperor Taiji with Azhu and his minister, Ah Lai. During this trip, Sony successfully completed the task, allowing Horqin to be repossessed by Houjin.
In the third year of Tiancong (1629), Sony followed Emperor Taizong to destroy Ming again. This time it was to attack the Gyeonggi region. When the Later Jin army arrived at Beijing, Ming Governor Yuan Chonghuan led his troops to help, and the two sides faced each other southeast of the capital. At first, Bellehaug rushed into the enemy position first, and the Ming army swarmed and surrounded it. The rocks are like rain, and Hauge's situation is very dangerous. Seeing this scene, Sony sacrificed his life and forgot to die, rushed into the position, fought in the east, swung his knife like a fly, killed countless enemies, and finally killed a bloody road to save Hauge from the encirclement. In the second year, he participated in the battles of Hazelnut Town, Fusha Heyi, and Keyongping, and everywhere he went, he used Chinese to refer to the military and the people, and the military and the people were happy and sincere, and they all obeyed. In July of that year, he was elected as the official Kaixinlang.
In August of the fifth year of Tiancong (1631), he besieged the Daling River with Emperor Taiji. In mid-September, the Eastern Governor Fu Qiu Hejia and others led 7,000 troops from Jinzhou to aid the Daling River, marched to the bank of the Xiaoling River, and encountered the Houjin soldiers who took the initiative to block the Ming reinforcements. In the following year, he accompanied Emperor Taiji to Chahar, entered the Ming border from Datong, and captured Futaizhai. In the eighth year of Tiancong (1634), Emperor Taiji appointed him as an official of Soni without any fault, and granted him the post of riding the capital lieutenant. Nichi Inner Courtyard. In the eighth year of Chongde (1643), he was evaluated for his performance and entered the third class Lamazhangjing (counselor).
On August 9 of the eighth year of Chongde, Emperor Taiji collapsed violently in Qingning Palace, and before he could arrange the aftermath, including the succession, a struggle for the throne began among the kings.
At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the system of succession to the throne was not yet perfect, and there was no explicit stipulation of who would take the throne after the death of the previous emperor, so it was inevitable that the dispute between the kings would arise. Prince Rui Dolgon, who is the first of the kings, has coveted the throne for a long time, of course, he cannot miss this opportunity, the prince Haoge has a prominent position (as the Prince of Su), outstanding ability, he also wants to seize the throne on the basis of "father death and son succession".
On August 14, in accordance with the practice of the Eight Banners, Dolgon first consulted the kings and ministers of the two yellow banners under Emperor Taiji on the matter of succession. He summoned Soni (Manchurian Zhenghuangqi) at the Temple of the Three Officials to discuss the establishment of the book. Sony said decisively: "If the emperor has a prince, he will establish one, and he does not know it." After Sony, seeing that Dolgon did not agree with it, knowing that he wanted to establish himself as emperor, Sony performed the scene we mentioned earlier that night, vowing to die to defend the inheritance of the prince. The reason why he did this was actually out of loyalty to the Qing dynasty, and it was also influenced by traditional concepts.
For this reason, he was ostracized by the powerful regent Dolgon in the years that followed.
When Shizu succeeded to the throne, Soni joined Tan Tai, Turai, Gong Adai, Xihan, and Ebai in the Sanguan Temple to swear to assist the young lord, and the six were one. However, as Dolgon seized power and his power grew, Tan Tai, Gong Adai, and Xihan all violated the covenant and became attached to Dolgon, and were very dissatisfied with Sony's lack of attachment to him.
In the second year of Shunzhi (1645), Soni entered the second class Aung Bang Zhangjing (Dutong), and Dolgon believed that since Soni was in charge of the capital, he should not be a civil official, so he dismissed Soni from the post of Qixinlang, but still managed the ministry.
Before Li Zicheng left, he set fire to the palace and proposed to build the palace, but at this time Dolgon was also building his own mansion, recruiting workers to prepare materials, and the Ministry of Works paid a relatively high salary for building the royal palace, and as a result, craftsmen went to the royal palace construction site to work, affecting the construction period of the palace. A man named Tong Ji objected to Dolgon, Dolgon was furious and wanted to kill Tong Ji, and Sony tried to defend him, believing that this person was not guilty, so Dolgon hated Sony even more.
Prince Azig scorned the emperor and regarded him as an eight-year-old child. Sony told Dolgon about this and asked Azig for his guilt, but Dolgon did not agree. Dolgon had summoned the ministers to discuss the division of the kings, but Soni thought it was impossible, and Gong Adai, Xihan, and others sent a rumor to Dolgon, saying, "Didn't Soni not let you calm the world?" "Please punish Sony, and Dolgon did not allow it. Sony denounced Tan Tai for concealing the edict, and Tan Tai was stripped of the duke. A man asked Soni for a guqin, and Sony took a lacquer from the library and gave it to him. Sonny also ordered his servants to fish under the forbidden bridge, and seeing that the grass in the yard was growing taller, he asked the herders to put the horses in to graze. These were originally trivial matters, and Tan Tai impeached Sony in order to avenge his personal revenge, and as a result, Dolgon ordered him to be investigated by the Law Department, so he cut Sony's life post and never used it.
In the first month of the third year of Shunzhi (1646), Thurai impeached Tan Tai, involving Sony. Tulai Tan Tai had no battle merits because he arrived later, and when the army went south, Tan Tai was worried that he did not want to participate, and told Tulai that he looked very dissatisfied. Tourai said he asked Sony to report the book to Dolgon, but Sony didn't. When the person carrying the book was brought to him, he made a fuss and said, "When I gave the book to Sony, Sony told me not to make a noise. "The ministers agreed that this crime should be beheaded. Dolgon personally interrogated Sony, and Soni felt very strange, saying: "I used to accuse Tan Tai of concealing the crime of edict, but now I can still hide Thurai's book and shield Tan Tai?" "The ministers questioned the bookkeeper again, only to learn that it was Zo Leader Heathhan who threw the book into the river, fearing that Tan Tai would be guilty. The truth came out, and Sony made it clear. He was soon made a viscount of the second class.
Sony was never attached to Dolgon, and often argued with Dolgon in political affairs, and Dolgon held a grudge because of this. In the fifth year of Shunzhi (1648), Beizitunqi and others falsely accused Sony of plotting with Thurai and others in the eighth year of Chongde to establish the Prince of Su and swearing an alliance, so he was sentenced to death. Shun ruled by decree to spare him the death penalty. Dolgon, however, insisted on removing him from all his posts, and sent him to guard the Zhaoling Tomb because he had no family property.
Three years later, Shunzhi became pro-government. Nian Soni was loyal to the emperor, not afraid of power, just and upright, and previously called Soni back to Beijing and reinstated on the grounds that his crime was untrue. After that, he gradually rose to the rank of first-class uncle, hereditary, promoted to Minister of the Interior, concurrently Minister of the Diet, and in charge of the Ministry of the Interior.
After Sony's reinstatement, the Shunzhi Emperor favored him very much. In the seventeenth year (1660), he issued an edict ordering Soni to write a letter detailing political affairs. Sony was called to list eleven articles on the shortcomings of the times, and wrote to Shunzhi, who believed that all the actions were real and should be banned, and ordered to be carried out accordingly.
In the eighteenth year of Shunzhi (1661), the Shunzhi Emperor died of illness, and Xuan Ye succeeded him to the throne, which was for the Kangxi Emperor, and appointed Soni, Suksaha, Qibilong, and Ao Bai as the four auxiliary ministers, and Soni was the first assistant, and his status was above the kings. The four ministers with the surname Shunzhi were auxiliary to the government, in view of the lesson that the Dolgon auxiliary government endangered the imperial power in the early years of Shunzhi. However, Sonson, fearing to arouse the displeasure of the kings, immediately knelt down when announcing the edict and asked the kings Baylor to share the state with them. All the kings Baylor said: "The emperor of Daxing knows your four ministers very well, so he entrusted you with a heavy task, who dares to intervene?" Subsequently, Soni led his auxiliary ministers to swear in front of the spirit of the emperor of Daxing: "The first emperor will not regard Sony, Suksaha, Qibilong, Ao Bai, etc. as mediocre, and will place his edict on him and protect the lord." Sony and others swear loyalty, symbiosis and death, and assist in government affairs. Do not selfish relatives, do not care about grudges, do not listen to the instigation of others and brothers and nephews, do not seek unrighteous wealth, do not privately travel to and from the kings of Baylor and other houses to be fed by them, do not form henchmen, do not accept bribes, but faithfully repay the great favor of the emperor. If each of them conspires for his own sake, he violates his oath, and God will punish him, and he will be murdered. "
Soon after the auxiliary government, the proud Turtle Bai forgot all his oaths, he despised Sony, wooed Qibilong, rejected Suksaha, formed a party for personal gain, and tried his best to occupy the position of chief assistant. Due to his old age and illness, Soni was unable to do so, and often took a cautious and evasive attitude towards Ao Bai's domineering, and as a result, Ao Bai's attitude became increasingly arrogant, and he even walked in front of Sony in disregard of order during the last dynasty.
In the fourth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1665), in order to enlist Shoufu Sony, so that he could better play the prestige and role of Shoufu and curb Ao Bai, she specially decreed that her granddaughter Hesheri was appointed empress, and a grand wedding of the Kangxi Emperor was held that year to welcome the empress palace. Sure enough, two years later, in order to maintain the Kangxi Emperor's throne and out of loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, in the first month of the sixth year, in order to curb the ambitions of Ao Bai and out of concern about the current situation, Soni first proposed in the first month of the sixth year of the Kangxi Emperor, and jointly asked the emperor to be pro-government with the ministers. In April, an edict commended him for his achievements: "Auxiliary Minister Bo Soni, Emperor Taizu Gao served Guimian, and Emperor Taizongwen was able to be decisive and loyal in major internal and external affairs." Emperor Shizuzhang also served as a major internal and external event and devoted himself to his loyalty. With his honor and loyalty, he can be entrusted with great trust, and he has given an edict to assist the government, scrupulously obeyed the order, and lived in the night and night, and achieved great achievements! Now that he is dyed and old again, he should be graced to show his reward. "The first class duke of Jin, and the former first-class uncle is hereditary. Although Sony resigned, he did not allow it. The Kangxi Emperor was pro-government, and Soni died.
Sony served the three emperors Taizu, Taizong, and Shizu, and can be described as the "elder of the three dynasties". Many glory is received during life, and after death, it is also shaded by future generations. His fifth son, Xin Yu, attacked the first rank uncle, and the sixth son Fa Bao attacked the first class duke and was appointed as a minister of the interior. His eldest son, Kabula (father of Empress Hyoseongjin), served as the minister of the interior of the bodyguard, and the third son, Soetuguan, was a scholar and served as the minister of the interior of the bodyguard.