In the history of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to the founding emperor and the Kangxi Emperor, there were actually many people, although they were not emperors, but they also held great power, and their power was even higher than that of the emperor.
And Dolgon is one of them, he is the younger brother of Huang Taiji and the first regent in the history of the Qing Dynasty, so why didn't Dolgon replace him when the new emperor was young?
In the long history of the Manchu Empire, after the death of Huang Taiji, Dolgon was one of the people who had the best chance of becoming emperor, but he finally chose to stand as Empress Xiaozhuang, support Fulin to ascend to the throne, and himself served as regent.
Although he is ostensibly the regent, but due to Fulin's young age, Dolgon is actually the leader of the Qing Dynasty, but why doesn't he accumulate strength and finally take Fulin's place, after all, the regent does not sound as good as the emperor, and he will face the problem of the emperor growing up.
In fact, Dolgon did not become the emperor, probably for many reasons, when the Manchu Emperor Huang Taiji died, the succession to the throne gradually became prominent.
Because Huang Taiji died suddenly, so he did not have time to leave the edict to set up an heir, according to the minister's idea, Huang Taiji's eldest son Hao Ge is the most qualified to inherit, and Hao Ge is both civil and military, and has a lot of military achievements.
According to the development of events, Hauge has no problem inheriting the throne, but at this time, in addition to Huang Taiji's son, his brother also wants to fight, and Dorgon is one of the strong contenders.
Many factions in the Qing Dynasty secretly supported Dolgon, hoping that he would ascend to the throne, and in this way, Dolgon and Hauge became the main contenders for the throne of unification.
But whether in terms of strength or etiquette, Hauge has a better chance of becoming emperor than Dorgon, and Hauge knows this, and Dolgon also understands.
In order not to cause trouble, Dorgon chose the strategy of retreating, and he took advantage of Hauge's weak personality and the complicated situation at the time to successfully prevent Haug from ascending to the throne.
Next, Dolgon and Hauge decided to take a step back and let the six-year-old Fulin inherit the throne, which would be the future Emperor Shunzhi.
The reason for this result was that only the succession of this young emperor would not pose a direct threat to either side, so in the period before and after Fulin's succession, a situation of coexistence of three great powers was formed in the court of the Manchu Empire, and in addition to Hauge and Dolgon, there were also some neutral factions.
In this special period, if Dolgon tried to establish himself as emperor, he would inevitably be suppressed by the other two forces, so he had to give up his claim to be emperor.
After the Manchu Qing slowly entered the customs, Dolgon gradually grasped the control of the court, and his title was promoted from the original uncle regent to the imperial father regent, enjoying a title of great prestige at that time, and the courtiers had to kneel down to Dolgon when they traveled.
Moreover, in order to exercise power more conveniently, Dolgon directly threw the jade seal used by the Shunzhi Emperor into his home, and had the right to appoint and dismiss military and political personnel.
Therefore, at this time, Dolgon wanted to usurp the throne and become the emperor, it was easy to do it, and the Shunzhi Emperor, who was only ten years old at the time, could not compete with Dolgon, Nurhachi's own son, and the real power was completely in the hands of Dolgon, if he wanted to depose the Shunzhi Emperor and establish himself as the emperor, everything was handy.
But to people's surprise, Dolgon never acted, but accidentally fell off his horse and died in the seventh year of Shunzhi, if Dolgon knew this ending, would he regret not being the emperor?
