Today Xiaohui wants to tell you the story of a woman, this woman has made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty, she is the Empress Dowager Wen of Xiaozhuang. The founding and prosperity of the Qing Dynasty are inseparable from filial piety, and now I will tell you a few small stories in her life.
Shunzhi, the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty, ascended the throne at the age of six, and at that time, Shunzhi took his mother Xiaozhuang's hand and entered the Forbidden City in Beijing with some nervousness. Xiaozhuang was revered as the queen mother, and although she was only thirty years old, she was in the prime of life, and from then on, the mother and son began to govern the country.
Six-year-old Shunzhi sat on the dragon bed of the Jinluan Palace, he looked around the vast land of China, and saw the turbulent Yangtze River, herds of cattle and sheep outside the Great Wall, snow-capped Kunlun Mountains, and the vast East China Sea. However, anti-Qing and anti-Ming sentiment was rising everywhere, and some people wanted to overthrow the rule of the Manchus, and it was not easy for the six-year-old Shunzhi to sit firmly in the dragon chair.
Despite the adjugation of his uncle, the regent Dorgon, the founding of the Great Qing Kingdom was not easy. Although Dolgon's exploits are touted in the history books, the role of filial piety must not be overlooked. As the emperor's mother, the queen mother of the imperial court, whether she is a regent or an auxiliary minister, must salute respectfully when she sees Xiaozhuang.
Xiaozhuang's status in the court can not be underestimated, although the Qing court stipulates that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, but Xiaozhuang flexibly intervened, and with the support of Xiaozhuang, Shunzhi implemented various punishments on Dolgon, eliminated his title, deposed his whimsical hobbies, confiscated his family property, and Shunzhi gradually matured.
Surprisingly, however, Shunji died young at the age of twenty-four. Next, Shunzhi's son Kangxi ascended the throne and ascended the throne at the age of eight, and Xiaozhuang began to worry about his grandson. Kangxi respected Xiaozhuang as the empress dowager, Xiaozhuang was forty-eight years old at this time, and she was a politician at the time of her prime, and she knew the affairs of the court well.
When Kangxi was sixteen years old, Kangxi and Xiaozhuang worked together to raise the curtain and successfully removed the powerful ministers. With the assistance of Xiaozhuang, Kangxi governed the country smoothly. When Kangxi reigned for twenty-six years, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang died at the age of seventy-five, and Kangxi was already thirty-four years old and had become a mature politician and military strategist.
He reigned for 61 years, making him the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history and creating a great situation in the prosperous Kangqian era. Kangxi is a filial grandson who has not forgotten his grandmother's kindness in raising and assisting him. In December of the twenty-sixth year of Kangxi, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was critically ill, and Emperor Kangxi served the decoction day and night, and then led the princes and ministers to walk to the Temple of Heaven to pray to the heavens, asking for a loss of his life and an increase in his grandmother's life.
Kangxi burst into tears when he read the blessings: recalling his weak age, he had already lost his estimation and tended to inherit the teachings of his grandmother for more than 30 years. The kindness of the same pole is difficult to repay for a lifetime... If you are big or poor, you are willing to reduce the age of the ministers to increase the life of the empress dowager by a few years.
How direct Kangxi said: If you don't have your grandmother, you would never have your grandson's success today! This shows the deep affection between Kangxi and his grandmother and the weight of filial piety in his grandson's heart. From a politician's point of view, Xiaozhuang made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty!