In 1687 AD, Yu Chenglong, the governor of Zhili, secretly played Kangxi: "Ming Xiang and Yu Guozhu sold their official titles in private, and their official positions were almost sold out!" Kangxi, who has always been known for his calmness, became not calm after hearing the news.
After that, Kangxi angrily asked Gao Shiqi: "Why is no one involved in the impeachment?" Gao Shiqi replied helplessly: "Your Majesty, the power of the Ming Prime Minister is too great, who is not afraid of death?" ”
A year later, the imperial historian Guo Xiu impeached Nalan Mingzhu for forming a party for personal gain, and Kangxi made up his mind to crack down on the Nalan faction. Subsequently, Kangxi deposed Nalan Mingzhu from his official position as a bachelor and imprisoned him in the Zongren Mansion, where he was most likely beheaded by the Autumn Queen.
Nalan Mingzhu has been up and down in Huanhai all her life, and she knows Kangxi's temperament very well. He knew that if he wanted to avoid this bloody disaster, there was only one person who could save him, and she was his wife Ai Xinjue Luo.
So, Nalan Mingzhu asked someone to send a message to his wife: "You must go and tell the emperor, just say that I am going to rebel, my life is at stake, remember, remember!" When Nalan Mingzhu's wife heard the news, she almost fainted with fright.
So, what happened to Nalan Mingzhu later? Why did he accuse himself of treason?
Nalan Mingzhu was born at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and his grandfather Jin Taishi was the commander of the Yehe tribe, and later died on the battlefield when he fought with the Jianzhou Jurchens. Seeing that the tide was turning, his father Niyaha could only lay down his weapons and take refuge in Nurhachi.
The Nalan Mingzhu family has a lot of connections with the Aixin Jueluo family, Nurhachi's concubine Meng Gu Zhezhe is his aunt, and Huang Taiji is his cousin.
At the age of 17, Nalan Mingzhu married the daughter of Prince Azig. In terms of generation, he can be regarded as Kangxi's cousin. However, in the feudal society where imperial power is supreme, no matter how young Kangxi's generation is, he and Nalan Mingzhu have a monarch-subject relationship.
At the beginning of Kangxi's accession to the throne, Nalan Mingzhu, who was a Manchu nobleman, was selected to serve as a guard in the palace. Later, due to his outstanding work performance, he was transferred to Luan Yiwei as the ruler of Yizheng and began to be responsible for Kangxi's car driving honor guard.
Soon, Nalan Mingzhu, who was deeply trusted by Kangxi, was transferred to the Internal Affairs Office to serve as Langzhong. During this period, he was in charge of court affairs. Because Nalan Mingzhu was thoughtful and organized in handling things, he was later promoted to the head of the Internal Affairs Office.
Nalan Mingzhu, who is knowledgeable and talented, has gradually emerged with his extraordinary ability. In 1666, Nalan Mingzhu, who had just passed the year of his establishment, was promoted to a bachelor of Hongwen Academy by Kangxi, and thus obtained the qualification to participate in decision-making on state affairs.
Nalan Mingzhu is resourceful and a doer, playing an important role in coordinating the investigation and handling of the Huaiyang floods. Since then, in just 4 years, from the book of the criminal department to the imperial history of the left capital and then to the book of the military department, all the way to the official fortune is prosperous.
As Nalan Mingzhu's official position rose, he also became Kangxi's most relied on minister. In 1673, the "Rebellion of the Three Feudatories" broke out that shocked the government and the opposition, and Kangxi decided to withdraw the feudal feudatories in order to prevent future troubles forever.
At that time, there were many war-fearing ministers who advised Kangxi to think twice, otherwise it would be easy to shake the country's foundation. However, Kangxi, who is strong in blood, believes that if the three feudatories are not removed, there will be endless troubles.
Nalan Mingzhu resolutely stood on Kangxi's side, which also led to the intensification of the contradiction between him and Suo Etu. However, Nalan Mingzhu, who is the secretary of the military department, did not waver in his determination to withdraw the feudal domain.
Facts have proved that this time Nalan Mingzhu resolutely supported Kangxi to bet right. After quelling the rebellion of the three feudatories, Kangxi thought that he could take the opportunity to recover Taiwan, and Nalan Mingzhu remained his staunch supporter.
Moreover, he made a lot of contributions to this matter, so he was rewarded by Kangxi again. If these two miraculous feats were enough to make Nalan Pearl shine in the annals of history, then the next battle of Tsarist Russia made him even more famous.
As Nalan Mingzhu's influence in the court grew, he also fell into a strange circle of arrogance, and became a greedy and greedy person, which also allowed the Suo Etu faction to seize the handle.
Suo Etu handed over all the evidence he had painstakingly collected to Yushi Guo Xiu, and this became a talisman for Nalan Mingzhu to fall off the altar.
After Kangxi learned about this, he didn't believe that Nalan Mingzhu would be corrupt at first, although he had an unlimited pursuit of power, but he never did anything arrogant.
Due to the large number of officials involved in this matter, Kangxi had no choice but to detain Nalan Mingzhu first. In order to save herself, Nalan Mingzhu could only make a risky move, so she asked her wife to report her rebellion.
The reason why Nalan Mingzhu did this was because he wanted to play a drama of fish dying and breaking the net. Obviously, rebellion is more serious than the crime of corruption, but rebellion is not committed by one person, and it will inevitably implicate more officials in the DPRK and China, and even lead to shocks in the government and the public.
Kangxi knew very well in his heart that Nalan Mingzhu was the only one who could compete with Suo Etu, and once he was completely overthrown, then Suo Etu would be the only one, and then it would affect his rule.
For this reason, after careful consideration, Kangxi only symbolically reprimanded Nalan Mingzhu and took away the vacant position of a scholar of Hongwen Academy. Soon, he took the Nalan Pearl to the Galdan expedition.
After Nalan Mingzhu was released from the Zongren Mansion, he was not reused by Kangxi until his death, perhaps this is the so-called way of checks and balances.
Keep Nalan Mingzhu to restrain Suo Etu, but he can't let him be too rampant, this is the real means of a generation of Ming Jun Kangxi.
