Chapter 620: Dolgon 1

In the history of China, Huang Taiji and Dolgon are both the sons of the Qing Emperor Nurhachi, but their biological mothers are different, so from the perspective of blood relationship, Huang Taiji and Dolgon are brothers, since they are both princes, there must be a relationship between Huang Taiji and Dolgon in addition to blood relationship, so what kind of relationship does Huang Taiji and Dolgon have?

Huang Taiji was the eighth son of Nurhachi, and Dolgon was the fourteenth son of Nurhachi. Nurhachi had sixteen sons, among which Huang Taiji and Dolgon were the best sons of Nurhachi, among which Huang Taiji had his own views on politics, and it was he who later laid the foundation for Mongolia and the land outside the Guan, which laid the foundation for the Qing Dynasty to enter the customs. However, Huang Taiji was a man of great intrigue and cunning, and at that time he united with some men to force Dolgon's mother to death, when Dolgon was not yet fourteen years old.

Dolgon, who watched his mother die when he was not yet fourteen years old, must have been hurt very much in his heart. When he grew up, Dolgon was obsessed with power, perhaps his previous experience made him understand that only by holding power is the safest, so Dolgon had ambitions, and he used his ingenuity to break a path, which could even allow him to inherit Nurhachi's throne, but in the end, it was not him, but Huang Taiji.

At that time, when Huang Taiji and Dolgon's father died, he did not leave an edict to pass on the throne to Dolgon, and he did not even have time to choose his successor, so it is impossible to verify whether Huang Taiji usurped Dorgon's throne in history.

Dolgon and Hauge were both powerful generals of Huang Taiji's attack on the Ming Dynasty, and they both made many achievements on the battlefield. With the left and right guards of this uncle and nephew, the military in the early Qing Dynasty can be said to be invincible. However, because of the sudden death of Huang Taiji, the two did not make a will, and fought for imperial power, and they were tense.

Haoge was supported by the powerful generals of the two yellow banners, and important ministers such as Tugar, Sony, and Aobai all expressed their desire to support Haoge, the prince of Su, as the monarch. In terms of strength, Haoge has the support of the three flags of Zhenghuang, Huang, and Lan, plus the Zhenglan Banner led by himself, which can be said to have an absolute advantage in military affairs. Moreover, at that time, Dai Shan, the second brother of Huang Taiji, also strongly supported the eldest son of Huang Taiji, which could realize the great unification of the country.

With the support of the two white flags, coupled with the support of the officials in the court, Dolgon was on par with the emperor's eldest son at the time. His camp was adamantly opposed to the establishment of Haug as monarch, and the important ministers around him strongly advocated the establishment of Dorgon as king.

The battle between the two camps made the atmosphere in the entire royal hall very tense, and there was a possibility of misfire at any time. In order to find a solution, they decided to find a solution that would be acceptable to both sides, and both sides understood that there would be no good outcome if the confrontation continued in its current form. So it was proposed that a third person should be appointed to inherit the throne, and this luck fell to the six-year-old Fu Lin, and Dolgon and Hauge also passed by the throne, but their relationship plummeted as a result.

Dolgon plotted against Haug many times, and on one occasion, even the six-year-old Fulin wept. If Dolgon wants to kill Hauge, he will kill him as well, and the emperor will naturally fall to Dolgon. But Hauge's fate did not escape Dorgon's hands, and in the end Dolgon sent him to prison, where he died at the age of forty. After Hauge's death, Dorgon took his wife into his possession.

Emperor Shunzhi was only six years old when he ascended the throne, because he was still young and could not directly govern, so there were many people around him who helped him, one of them was Dolgon, so Shunzhi should respect Dolgon very much, but the truth of history is just the opposite, Emperor Shunzhi hated Dolgon very much, why is this?

The reason why Shunzhi hates Dolgon is mainly because Dolgon used to be the regent, and during this period he did some free things with his own rights, and Dolgon violated the imperial power like this, so since Dolgon became the regent, the little emperor of Shunzhi felt threatened.

Dolgon killed his political rival Hauge, who was Shunzhi's elder brother, and Shunzhi once cried because Dolgon wanted to execute Hauge for his rebellion, although Hauge was saved at that time, but he later died in prison. Dolgon married the imperial sister-in-law Xiaozhuang Empress Dowager Wen, this is the place where Shunzhi hates Dolgon the most, in the feudal society of three chastity and nine martyrs, such a thing happened is really a blow to Shunzhi.

Shunzhi already hated Dolgon, Dolgon died Soon after Shunzhi became pro-government, even though Dolgon had passed away, but Shunzhi's hatred for him continued unabated, and finally he ordered Dolgon's body to be exhumed and whipped, not only that, Dolgon's body was also beheaded, so even after Dolgon's death, he did not get a peace.

Gravedigging and whipping was a very cruel punishment in ancient times, and the punishment that Emperor Shunzhi inflicted on Dolgon is enough to show how much he hated Dorgon.

After entering the customs of the Qing Dynasty, Dolgon entered the customs with the unified army, and began a seven-year regency career with the first merit of the Central Plains.

In the first year of Shunzhi, when the ancestor Fu Lin was enthroned in Taihemen and crowned Dolgon as his uncle regent at the same time, he ordered to build a monument for Dolgon, and his fame was immortal.

As for the Dorgon, it was thirty thousand taels, and the auxiliary prince Zilharan was half of him, i.e. fifteen thousand taels, and the princes were ten thousand taels. Regarding the crown clothes, the crown worn by Dolgon has thirteen eastern pearls on the top of the hat, seven eastern pearls inlaid in front of the golden Buddha, and six eastern pearls inlaid in the back golden flower. The jade belt worn by Dolgon, each plate is inlaid with six east pearls, and one cat's eye stone, which is light yellow. Dolgon wears eight dragon robes in the court, in comparison, it is very close to the emperor, such as his crown is only one less Dongzhu, and his court clothes are only one less dragon than the emperor's dragon robe.

As for the mansion, the foundation of the Dolgon Mansion is 14 feet high, the building is three floors, covered with green tiles, and the ridge and four sides are made of golden tiles.

After Dolgon was promoted to the regent of the emperor's uncle, when all the great gifts such as hunting and going out to the army, the princes and nobles had to gather together to wait for the decree, and they also knelt down to send Dolgon. If he returns to the palace, he needs to be sent to the palace gate, such as New Year's Day, celebration ceremony, the minister of civil and military affairs in the court to congratulate the Shunzhi emperor, that is, to go to the court to Dolgon. During the last dynasty, Dorgon dismounted from the sedan chair inside the noon gate, and the kings had to get off the sedan chair outside the noon gate. All the rituals indicate that Dorgon was below one man and above ten thousand.

Dolgon thought that the emperor's letter was stored in the palace, and every time he sent troops, he had to play the bell seal, which was very inconvenient, so he immediately sent someone to move the emperor's seal to his own palace for later use. From that year onwards, the number of ceremonial guards used by Dorgon was equal to that of the emperor, twenty of them, although the specific number of each type was slightly less than that of the emperor. However, there are only fifteen kinds of honor guards for the auxiliary king, which is obviously inferior to Dorgon, and the gap between Dolgon and the emperor is getting smaller and smaller.

If the official recital refers to the emperor's uncle regent as the Nine Princes, or if he does not use his full name and omits words, he will be dismissed. Moreover, in the future, where the salute is held, the kneeling will stop forever, and Dolgon will no longer have to bow to Emperor Shunzhi.

Dolgon took another step forward and became regent of his father, and then Dolgon's ceremonial guards, music, and guards were the same as those of the emperor, which means that Dolgon not only held real power, but also began to look up to the emperor in ceremonial pomp. In all government affairs, Dolgon no longer had the act of humility and advice, and did not obey the emperor's will, but all called the edict, just like the emperor. And cronyism, arbitrary dismissal and promotion of officials.

As Dolgon's reign intensified, so did his greed. Because Li Zicheng burned down the Forbidden City after withdrawing from Beijing, he was repairing the palace room at that time. Dolgon, who was the regent of his uncle at the time, once asked: "I heard that the cost of repairing a palace in the Ming Dynasty reached 6 million, is it true?"

The scholar replied, "Yes, and I'm afraid it's more than that." ”

Dolgon immediately sighed and said, "The construction of a temple costs 6 million, which is too extravagant, and everything in the world should be moderate, and it is not good to be too much or too little." ”

However, in the seventh year of Shunzhi, Dolgon said that the sewage in the capital was salty, and it was uninhabitable in the humid and hot summer, so it was necessary to build a city to escape the heat, and sent an additional 2.5 million taels of silver to nine provinces including Zhili, Shanxi, and Zhejiang. Once upon a time, because the country's finances have been unable to make ends meet, Dolgon racked his brains to find a way to do this, but at this time, for his own selfishness, he ignored the people of the world, and even carried out the bad government of the late Ming Dynasty and increased taxes, and people became really fast.

Dolgon went out to hunt outside the Gubei Pass, but also to survey the terrain on the spot and build a summer city for the city of Kara. While hunting, Dolgon fell from a horse and injured his knee, and because he could not be cured, he died in the city of Kara at the age of thirty-nine.

The news reached the capital, and the whole country mourned. When Dorgon's coffin was brought back, Shizu personally came to meet him five miles outside the Dongzhi Gate. He knelt three times in a row, personally raised the lord to pay tribute and wept bitterly, and on the seventeenth day after Dolgon's death, he was posthumously honored as the emperor of Maode Cultivation and Guangye, and the people established the government and respected the righteous emperor, and the temple number was Chengzong, and the funeral was completely in accordance with the emperor's specifications. Dolgon and his wife enjoyed the temple as the righteous emperor and the righteous queen, and after Dolgon's death, he finally got the title of emperor, but this was already Dolgon's last glory.

Sukh Saha, the minister of the White Banner who was originally favored by Dolgon, came forward to expose Dolgon's crime of secretly hiding the royal dragon robe and other things in the coffin as burial goods, so it led to many of Dolgon's sins. The guards of honor, music, guards, and palaces used were similar to those of the emperor, and he wantonly squandered the state's property; all political affairs were not ordered by the emperor, but were handled by himself, and officials were promoted according to their own will, and they regarded themselves as the court, so that the kings and ministers waited for the king's palace every day.

When Dolgon was the regent, he did not allow Zilharang to participate in the imperial government, but let his brother Dordo be the auxiliary uncle, betrayed his oath of loyalty to assist the young emperor, arrogantly arrogant, and took the emperor's succession as his own merit; he attributed all the merits of the king's ministers to the battlefield and killed the enemy; he included the ministers who originally belonged to the Yellow Banner, such as Yilden and Ganglin, into the White Banner; he spoke out of the position of Taizong and originally seized the arrogant words of the throne; he forced Haoge to death, and took his wife, Niulu's dependents and property for himself; and won over the emperor's courtiers Erke Daiqing and others to be attached to him.

Therefore, the ancestor thought that Dorgon's conspiracy was true, and the gods and men were indignant, and not only robbed his mother and wife of the canon, but also gave his daughter Tungor to Doni, the king of Dorassin, as a slave, and gave Dorgon's adopted son Dolbo, who was originally the son of Dordor, and later succeeded Dolgon, first as a slave, and then ordered him to return to the sect and remain the son of Dordor.

Shizu's move is very high, so that Dolgon rejected the heir, not to mention, the white flag he held is no longer inherited by Dolbo, but naturally belongs to Shizu, plus the emperor's original two yellow flags, which is the origin of the three flags after the Qing Dynasty.

For Dolgon himself, Shizu not only removed his imperial title, but also ordered someone to destroy the tomb of Dolgon outside Dongzhi Gate, dig up the tomb, whip the corpse, and cut off the head to show the public. The aftermath of the death of Dolgon, who was famous during his lifetime, was unbearable, and the once supreme glory had vanished, leaving only a desolate hill of basil and a long silence.