Chapter 14 (Chapter 14) Emperor Shunzhi

Emperor Shunzhi was a passionate man.In the future, he ignited great enthusiasm in love, and this enthusiasm should have been thrown into politics by him.During his short reign, he implemented many irreversible policies.He is not afraid to go too far, which can be said to be a kind of bravery. [Six-year-old King of the Chinese Empire] Among the dynasties of China, the Qing Dynasty is probably the one that has received the most favor from the Ming Emperor.The so-called: spring of the third generation Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong were the heydays of the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Kangxi ascended the throne in 1661 AD and reigned for 62 years.His son, Emperor Yongzheng, reigned for fourteen years, and his successor, Emperor Qianlong, reigned for sixty-one years.Qianlong said that he could not exceed his grandfather's reign and abdicated. Later, he became the Supreme Emperor for four years and still ruled the world.From the accession of Kangxi to the death of Qianlong, the 138 years were the golden age of the Qing Dynasty.

The Manchurians established a powerful Manchurian regime in Northeast China during the era of Qing Taizu Nurhachi.The era of the second emperor Taizong Huang Taiji was nothing more than a local government.The Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains when the third emperor, the grandson of Nurhaci, was Emperor Shunzhi. In 1644 AD, the Manchurian regime crossed the Shanhai Pass and entered Beijing.Emperor Shunzhi had ascended the throne the previous year.He entered the Forbidden City at the age of six and immediately became the Great Emperor of the Chinese Empire. Emperor Shunzhi reigned for nineteen years.Of course, in the early days, it was his uncle Dorgon who ruled everything.Due to Dorgon's death, Emperor Shunzhi took charge at the age of thirteen, and died eleven years later at the age of twenty-four.

why? When we face the wall of history, we have to ask this question. In the heyday of the great empire, even a young emperor was not a problem.However, the reign of Emperor Shunzhi coincided with the initial period of the Chinese Empire in the Qing Dynasty. The founding of a great empire begins with experienced and mature leaders.Qin Shihuang came to the throne at the age of thirteen, but he was already in his twenties when he deposed Prime Minister Lu Buwei and took over the government.As for subduing the six kingdoms and unifying the world, it was at the age of thirty-eight. There are different opinions on Liu Bang's age (maybe he himself doesn't know his correct age). Some people say that he was fifty-five years old when he became emperor, while others say that he was forty-six years old, but in any case he was in his prime.Tang Gaozu Li Yuan usurped the Sui Dynasty and ascended the throne at the age of fifty-three.Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was promoted as emperor by the army in Chenqiaoyi. It is said that he was thirty-three years old.Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was forty years old when he won the world.

Historically, the leaders of the founding period of great empires were not young children.Only the Qing Empire, which lasted for more than 260 years, supported the young emperor in its initial period. If you want to choose an outstanding figure from among the politicians in the Qing Dynasty, it must be one of the three generations.When I think of it, Emperor Kangxi is especially prominent.But because of the suppression of speech, I had to hesitate to choose him.Because Emperor Yongzheng ruled the country with spies, he always felt unfriendly.However, Emperor Qianlong had a serious tendency to be fatuous in his later years.

Apart from these three people, I admire Kangxi's father, Emperor Shunzhi the most.The peculiar situation of a young monarch becoming the leader of the founding period of a great empire fascinated me.Although he passed away at a young age, the surrounding legends and stories also added a little charm to the Shunzhi emperor Aixinjueluo Fulin. Nurhaci, the founder of the Manchurian regime, died at the age of sixty-eight, and was succeeded by his eighth son, Huang Taiji.This is Taizong, who was already thirty-five years old at the time.It is said that Nurhachi actually admired the qualifications of the fourteenth son Dorgon and wanted to designate him as the heir.But when Nurhachi died, Dorgon was only fifteen years old, and Huang Taiji was established as emperor after considering his age.

It is written in Korean records: Taizong (Huang Taiji) won the throne. In other words, the fifteen-year-old Dorgon should have been established, but the thirty-five-year-old Huang Taiji squeezed in. In 1643 AD, Emperor Taizong Huang Taiji passed away suddenly.Of course the eldest son Hauge could become the successor, but for some unknown reason he declined.He seemed to know that his uncle Dorgon was his grandfather Nurhachi's favorite heir.It may be because he considers that if he ascends the throne, he will be killed by Dorgon, who is over 30 years old and powerful, and will seize the throne.Because Hauge declined, his younger brother Fulin took the throne.Maybe because I'm only six years old, I don't know how to be afraid of my uncle.After all, six years old is still just sensible.

By the way, the Hauge family, which could have been the emperor, was the highest-ranking family of Prince Su in the Qing Dynasty, and received very courteous treatment.Yoshiko Kawashima in the late Qing Dynasty came from this family. The six-year-old Emperor Shunzhi sat on the throne without knowing anything, and soon understood many things.If he was five years older, Shunzhi would inevitably resign from the throne.As Nurhaci expected, Dorgon was an excellent general and statesman.He made brilliant achievements in many large and small battles, and fully exerted his strength in commanding and uniting the various tribes.If you really want it, the throne is at your fingertips.No, the throne belonged to him in the first place. Not only did many Manchurians think so, but he himself thought so too.Sitting next to such a terrible person, even sitting on the throne, should not be a pleasant mood.

【Uncle Regent who holds great power】 Judging from the fact that he ascended the throne at the age of five and entered the customs at the age of six, it can be said that Shunzhi was born to be the emperor of the Chinese Empire.After his death, Kangxi ascended the throne at the age of eight, and was often called the born emperor, but Shunzhi was even more regarded as the born emperor.In his memory, he has no other thoughts other than being an emperor. When Shunzhi came to the throne, he was assisted by his uncle Dorgon and his cousin Jierhalang, but there was a huge gap between the two, so Dorgon was essentially dictatorship.

In China, in principle, once the emperor dies, the successor ascends the throne immediately, and the reign title of that year is maintained until the following year before being changed to Yuan.The Qing Dynasty also followed this principle. The accession of Aixinjue Luo Fulin was the second year after entering the customs and becoming the master of the Forbidden City, which was the first year of Shunzhi.Dorgon died in the seventh year of Shunzhi, and after that was the period of Shunzhi's pro-government.Therefore, in the second year of Shunzhi, he captured Nanjing, defeated and wiped out Li Zicheng, and issued orders (forced braids). In the third year of Shunzhi, he pacified Fujian and captured Guangzhou. achievements.

I admit that the most important contributor to the consolidation of the foundations of the Chinese Empire during the Qing Dynasty was Dorgon.But the foundations cannot be consolidated in such a short period of time.The time when he exercised the highest real power as a general, uncle regent or emperor father regent was actually only seven years. Dorgon's seven-year efforts alone are not enough to rule China, which has a population of hundreds of millions, and establish a long-term regime.Shunzhi's pro-government for more than ten years later undoubtedly further consolidated the foundation of the dynasty.Shunzhi, who devoted his youth between the ages of thirteen and twenty-four to the cause of establishing the Qing Dynasty and achieved success, can be called an outstanding figure.Without the foundation laid by Shunzhi, there would be no Spring of the Third Age.

Some people may think that Shunzhi just followed the path laid by his uncle Dorgon.However, it is not easy to follow the paved path correctly. Shunzhi should have very tortuous feelings for his uncle Dorgon.Two months after Dorgon's death, Shunzhi stripped him of his title and deprived his clan (royal family) of his status.Because someone accused that Dorgon had conspired to usurp the throne during his lifetime, and Shunzhi's move agreed with this statement. Why did the uncle regent become the emperor's father regent?Shunzhi's biological mother, Taizong's empress, also known as the Empress Dowager, seems to have married Dorgon again.In this way, he is not only an uncle, but also the stepfather of Emperor Shunzhi, so he is qualified to be called the emperor's father and regent.In fact, it was extremely natural for the Manchus to have the widow of the Na brothers as a wife.The Mongols also have the custom of taking their father's wives and concubines as their own, except for their own biological mother.In groups that are constantly on the move, engaged in nomadic hunting, women must be placed under someone's shelter. In Confucian ethics, even if she is a widow, a sister-in-law cannot marry her deceased husband's younger brother.Shunzhi entered the Forbidden City at the age of six and studied the Four Books and Five Classics with a Han teacher.Manchurians had no written language until the time of Nurhachi.Although they borrowed Mongolian script (the Mongols borrowed Uyghur script) to create characters, the Manchus did not have ancient books.The emperor can only learn from the ancient books of the Han people.From his childhood, the Emperor Shunzhi had been deeply influenced by Confucianism and knew no other virtues.All the important Manchurians who could educate him had joined the expedition against the Ming Dynasty and were not in the Forbidden City. This may also be one of the reasons why Emperor Shunzhi was immersed in Confucianism. The young Shunzhi Emperor could not disobey his uncle Regent, who possessed great power, and Dorgon became a very glorious Manchu nobleman according to the Manchurian practice.As a result, Shunzhi was full of Confucian ethics, and could only resist secretly. After entering the Chinese Empire, Qing historians seem to have carefully omitted the remarriage of the empress dowager from their documents.But the story of the queen mother's marriage is widely spread among the people.It is not difficult to imagine that Emperor Shunzhi, who grew up in Han culture, was deeply hurt by his mother's remarriage. Dorgon the Regent was a dictator.Prince Zheng Jierhalang originally co-assisted the government with Dorgon, but was dismissed soon after.The problem is that when Taizong died, he wanted to push Daisu Prince Hauge.Hauge was Taizong's eldest son, so Jierhalang's actions could not be regarded as treason. However, due to his dismissal, Dorgon became a veritable dictator. The death of Dorgon is also the resurrection of Jierharang.Jierharang wiped out the Dorgon faction who dismissed him one by one, and Emperor Shunzhi, who was already in power, acquiesced in this matter. Although he was only thirteen years old, before the young emperor who had absolute power, even Prince Zheng Jierhalang, if he hadn't confirmed the emperor's intentions, he probably couldn't carry out such a large-scale purge!Jierhalang may indeed hate Dorgon's party, but we should also think that Emperor Shunzhi actively supported the purge activities through this hatred. I don't think the ethics of the young emperor, who regards his mother's remarriage as unethical, is the only motivation for purge.The Shunzhi emperor probably also wanted to practice his own politics, and therefore wished to completely remove key figures in the government.I think he's taking advantage of Jilharang's aversion to get him to take revenge in order to clean up the new regime. What is your own politics?It is politics based on Confucianism, which means that he wants to focus on eliminating the Machievelliism adopted by Dorgon. Dorgon cleverly used win-win and high-pressure tactics.Just when it was about to abolish corporal punishment, it was strictly ordered that those who did not braid their hair should be killed without pardon.He thought hard about how to suppress the Han people, but Emperor Shunzhi believed that this was only a policy implemented for utilitarianism, and there was no idea to support it, so he felt dissatisfied.In Dorgon's eyes, there was only one matter of maintaining the regime of the Manchus, but Emperor Shunzhi had the Confucian political philosophy that the politicians were upright and the people could not stand without trust. Emperor Shunzhi was a passionate man.In the future, he ignited great enthusiasm in love, and this enthusiasm should have been thrown into politics by him. 【All know the suffering of the government and the people】 The regent Dorgon died in December of the seventh year of Shunzhi, and the actual rule of Emperor Shunzhi began from the following year. Let go of Hanzhong year-old tribute oranges, Jiangnan oranges, and Henan pomegranates. This is his first political edict after pro-government.The listed products are famous products from various places. In order to transport them, the residents along the road were conscripted and worked hard.In order to maintain freshness, residents are often forced to do some unreasonable things.So he stopped these tribute activities. Next is to stop weaving. In Jiangning (Nanjing), Suzhou, and Hangzhou, there are factories that supply clothes and other textiles to the imperial court.Officials who went on business trips to urge the local weaving of textiles to be delivered to the imperial court were weaving errands.Because government-appointed officials are already stationed in these three places to oversee the business, there is no need for special supervision.This was a repetitive official position, and it also caused turf wars, so the Shunzhi emperor stopped it.In addition, in Shaanxi, wool was used to make various textiles with dragon and phoenix patterns, but this kind of thing was useless, so it was abolished. Then he decided to sort out the customs officials.The exchange is the exchange, and the officials of the exchange are nothing more than officials of the exchange and customs, that is, officials of the economy.This is a lucrative position, and many people want to work there.Appointed officials usually buy dozens of horses and recruit dozens of secretaries when they take up their new duties. The imperial edict reads: Shaoxing gangsters (thugs) conspired to be scribes, vying to gain camp, before leaving the capital, they first took bribes, and the household department filled out grain receipts (grain receipts), and harassed along the way. Shaoxing, Zhejiang is famous for producing people with brilliant minds.Shaoxing sticks are intelligent villains, also known as Shaoxing masters.They do not want to serve as regular officials, but would rather become the staff of officials and benefit from it.Taking the position of bribery, they undertake dirty things that are difficult for regular officials to do. Their bad practices make the people very miserable. I all know the suffering of officials and people today. This sentence follows the aforementioned edict.It means that I know everyone's suffering very well.Very confident. Emperor Shunzhi did not recognize the scribes of the economic bureaucracy and asked to go to work alone. He ordered people to investigate the postman (post station banning officer).There were battles all over the place.Transporting soldiers, weapons, and military supplies is the responsibility of post stations in various places. In order to achieve achievements, they force local residents to work.He's going to keep a close watch so that doesn't happen. In addition, monks and Taoists are exempted from paying silver.To become official monks or Taoist priests, they had to obtain a permit, called Dudu.At that time, it was customary to pay silver.This approach is tantamount to buying the qualifications of monks and Taoist priests with money.Because this is unethical (unreasonable), the Nayin will be permanently exempted in the future. From the perspective of the country's finances, the Nayin of Dudu should be a considerable source of income.In the period of starting a business, it is important to secure financial resources no matter what, but he does not ask for financial resources when it is contrary to reason.If it were replaced by the realist Dorgon, I am afraid that this measure would not be exempted.Shunzhi showed the attitude of using idealism as the political framework. Contributions from all walks of life are a practice of paying tribute to special products from various places, such as fan handles from Sichuan, fish bream (pickled fish) from Huguang (Hubei and Hunan), and so on.This was also dismissed through an imperial edict.At the same time, Jingdezhen's bowls also stopped paying tribute. In the second year of his pro-government, Emperor Shunzhi arrested Li Yingshi, the head of the Beijing underworld, and executed him, who was also known as Li San.This is a decisive move.Li Yingshi has been in Beijing for many years. He is a big boss known as Dahao. He has many subordinates and colludes with the government.Partisans everywhere scrambled to contribute huge fees.Because in case something happens, he can speak for them.No matter what kind of bad things happen, as long as you ask Li San, you won't be punished.Therefore, everyone happily sent fees, and Li San used the money to support more subordinates. Li San, also known as Li Yingshi, had social relations with civil and military officials in the capital, and they often drank together.Even if ordinary people can't get close to the place, he can calmly walk there, and no one will question him.His nephew Li Tianfeng murdered, but the family members of the deceased were unwilling to file a complaint for fear of reprisals.Li Yunchang, a high-ranking official in Lian Bingke's Shizhong (official position in charge of admonishment), also sworn brothers with Li Tianfeng, treated Tianfeng's son as his own, and asked him to serve as an official in a certain government. As other cases were discovered, the court wanted to investigate Li Yingshi.Emperor Shunzhi ordered Prince Zheng Jierhalang to interrogate scholar Ning Wanwo and Shangshu Chen Zhilin.When asked about their opinions on punishment, both Ning Wan and Chen Zhilin remained silent.Ji Erhalang questioned again and again, and Chen Zhilin finally opened his mouth and said: Li San is such a huge evil, there is no other way but to kill him.But if the sentence is not executed quickly, my fortune will be in danger. Even the top cabinet ministers in state politics are afraid of retaliation by Li Sancang followers. The young Shunzhi Emperor was furious and said: Does he cherish life so much?For a while, Chen Zhilin was also punished. Emperor Shunzhi also understood the terrible power of the underworld.But the root of the disaster must be eliminated.Except for the leader Li Yingshi and his concubine Li Tianfeng, Pan Wenxue, a major horse dealer in the organization, and Li Yunchang, who was in collusion with him, were all executed by beheading.The capital must be temporarily under martial law to prepare for retaliatory actions by the evil party disciples.Emperor Shunzhi summoned up his courage and rectified vigorously, but the rascals were at a loss.The unscrupulous elements were wiped out, and the people's trust in the Qing Dynasty should have increased.The hooligan groups living in Beijing have appeared since the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has been unable to take effective actions against it. Compared with the previous generation, Emperor Shunzhi should be able to get high scores. Shortly after this incident, the Shunzhi emperor issued an edict to speak out.Although there were medium-level officials (advisers) who seemed to speak out frequently in their positions, Emperor Shunzhi still felt dissatisfied: It's mostly detailed affairs, and I don't have any rules to cut my bow. The officials seem to be just reporting some innocuous matters.In this edict, Emperor Shunzhi said that he admired the ancient emperors who could accept blunt speech. This passage is very Confucian. If I have made any mistakes, all the ministers must directly admonish Wuyin. The young emperor said sincerely.There is no figure of the head of the military group like Nurhachi leading the hunting people to run across the wilderness here.What I see is the image of the emperor of the Chinese Empire, who advised me to pay attention to my personal immorality in case of natural disasters. 【The Prototype of the Spring of Li III】 The image of Emperor Shunzhi was inherited by his son Kangxi, grandson Yongzheng, and great-grandson Qianlong.The protagonists of the Spring of the Third Age, the three emperors who won the name of Mingjun as they wished, all took Emperor Shunzhi as their example. In the era of Emperor Shunzhi, it is worth noting that Dalai Lama V visited Beijing to meet Emperor Shunzhi.During the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty (1506︱21 AD), the Ming Dynasty gave the Dalai Lama a great gift and sent invitation envoys.But Dalai Lama II (whose reincarnation lineage actually began with the third generation, so the second generation should be regarded as a living Buddha. However, in Tibet, the famous Gendun Gyatso Living Buddha is generally regarded as the second Dalai Lama. ) has never been to Beijing.However, Dalai Lama V entered Beijing. In fact, until the fourth generation, the Dalai Lama was only a religious instructor and had no political power.By the time of the fifth generation, in addition to the right to teach, he also gained political power and became the master of Tibet.In the fourth year of Shunzhi (AD 1647), he sent envoys to Beijing to present gifts.A stable relationship with the Qing Dynasty was an indispensable condition for the establishment of the Tibetan regime.The Qing Dynasty gave him the title of Vajra Master, and in the ninth year of Shunzhi (AD 1652), when he entered the dynasty, he was granted the title of Great Goodness and Freedom Buddha of the Western Heaven, leading Buddhism (Buddhism) in the world.The Dalai Lama, of course, received a huge donation, and soon built the Potala Palace.Due to the entry of the Dalai Lama, the Qing Dynasty considered putting Tibet under protection. When the Dalai Lama came to power, Emperor Shunzhi strictly prohibited eunuchs (eunuchs) from interfering in politics.In view of the fact that one of the main reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty was the domineering eunuchs, this principle was established.He also stipulated that eunuch officials should not exceed the fourth grade or above.The fourth rank is the chief of the administrative district below the province, and in the central government is equivalent to a small administrative agency such as the deputy official of the Taipu Temple who manages horse affairs. They are all positions that have no access to high-level political administration. In the twelfth year of Shunzhi (AD 1655), Prince Zheng Jierhalang died.He did not become a regent, but he was a veteran and important minister of the court, and even Emperor Shunzhi respected him three points.Although already in charge, the young emperor has since gained greater freedom. Soon after Jierhalang's death, an iron sign was erected in the eunuch's office, which said that eunuchs should not interfere in politics.Ming Taizu also did this, but Emperor Yongle removed the iron plate in order to gain the support of the eunuchs when he seized power. In the fifteenth year of Shunzhi (AD 1658), the eunuch Wu Liangfu was executed for communicating with internal and external officials.Although eunuchs cannot socialize with government officials, even if they criticize which official is capable and which official is incompetent, they will be executed by Ling Chi, which is really a severe punishment. For the next two hundred years, eunuchs never appeared on the political stage of the Qing Dynasty.In the era of the Empress Dowager in the late Qing Dynasty, Li Lianying appeared as a favorite, but he was just a business partner of the Empress Dowager. Emperor Shunzhi regarded the White Lotus Sect as a cult and banned it.In addition to political reasons such as they often lure ignorant people, form cliques, disrupt order, and become a hotbed of conspiracy, Emperor Shunzhi's Confucian supremacy may also be related to this strict prohibition measure.But he saw that a ban alone was not enough to eradicate these cults, so in the first month of the 17th year of Shunzhi (AD 1660), associations and alliances were strictly prohibited. In June of the same year, he was ordered to remove Song officials Pan Mei and Zhang Jun who were enshrined in the Emperor's Temple.Formally, it followed Gu Ruhua's suggestion, but this undoubtedly should be the meaning of Emperor Shunzhi. Those who worship in the emperor's temple must be loyal ministers.Pan Mei was a warrior in the early Northern Song Dynasty. He made great contributions in pacifying Jiangnan, but was defeated during the Northern Expedition.This is because he could not stop his subordinates from leaving the defensive area without authorization, leaving Yang Ye and his son to die alone and helpless.It can be said that he was the chief culprit that caused Song to be unable to continue fighting with Khitan.So there is no reason for him to be enshrined in the Emperor's Temple.Zhang Jun framed Yue Fei, and there was no reason to worship him. In the tenth year of Shunzhi (1653 A.D.), he gave posthumous titles to the officials of the Ming Dynasty who were martyred in the late Ming Dynasty.At that time, Zheng Chenggong, who was his rival and self-proclaimed Mingchen, still maintained power in the south.This approach may have a connotation of tenderness, and it should also be based on Emperor Shunzhi's Confucian historical consciousness.He wanted to give Zheng Chenggong the title of General Jinghai, but was rejected. In the late period of Emperor Shunzhi, Guizhou and Yunnan had been pacified, and Sichuan was roughly included in the sphere of influence of the Qing Dynasty.Zheng Chenggong failed to attack Nanjing and retreated to Fujian.The outline of the great empire finally emerged. The re-use of Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Kong Youde and other Han people can be seen as inheriting Dorgon's policy.Although he pursued and punished Dorgon, he would not change this policy hastily. [The authenticity of Shunzhi's monkhood theory] On the fifth day of the first lunar month in the eighteenth year of Shunzhi (AD 1661), Emperor Shunzhi died in the Hall of Mental Cultivation in the Forbidden City at the age of twenty-four.The edict said: And gradually getting used to Chinese customs, in the simple old system, there are changes every day. This is a reflection on the fact that the old Manchu people's inherent simplicity and old system are being changed day by day (changing the string, changing the meaning) due to too much influence of Han customs.In the political posture of emphasizing the Han Chinese and the supremacy of Confucianism, it may be possible to sense the growing resistance of the Manchu aristocrats.His will seeks to correct this posture. Emperor Shunzhi married his cousin, the daughter of his uncle's biological mother Concubine Zhuang's younger brother.Because he was only fourteen years old at the time, the wedding ceremony did not reflect his intentions.However, there are many women in the palace, and he seems to have fallen in love with other women in the harem.After two years of marriage, he said that he would abolish the empress. Shushan is in a difficult period, and it is not enough to look up to the ancestral temple. He cited such incomprehensible reasons, in short, he just didn't like the queen. The queen retained her queen title and book treasure (Editor's note: book and treasure. The Qing Dynasty canonized empress dowagers, empresses, noble concubines, etc., all used gold books and gold books), and changed to a new queen.However, this person was not the favorite of Emperor Shunzhi. The women in the harem that Emperor Shunzhi loved did not have enough family background to be registered as empresses.The new queen is the granddaughter of the uncle of the abolished queen, that is, the family of the mother of the emperor Shunzhi. Of course, it can be regarded as a well-known family and suitable for being a queen. After he married a woman from his mother's natal family, the exchange was for the royal family below his mother to recognize the person he liked as an imperial concubine.In the thirteenth year of Shunzhi, Dong Shi, the daughter of the minister E Shuo, was canonized as the imperial concubine, but although she was a daughter, she was actually an adopted daughter.Due to her lack of family background, she was once allowed to enter the home of the Minister of the Interior and then become the imperial concubine. However, the imperial concubine Dong died of illness on August 17, the seventeenth year of Shunzhi. Emperor Shunzhi died more than four months later. The passionate Emperor Shunzhi was said to have become a monk because of excessive mourning over Dong's death. This rumor has been widely circulated among the people since then.It is an unusual thing for the emperor to become a monk, so it was announced to the outside world that he would collapse and the eight-year-old crown prince would take the throne.This is Emperor Kangxi. It is said that Emperor Shunzhi, who became a monk, became a monk at Qingliang Temple in Mount Wutai. In the Qing Dynasty, rumors that Emperor Shunzhi became a monk were only whispered in private, and of course they were not recorded in the literature.Perhaps just like the marriage between Dorgon and the Empress Dowager, it was carefully deleted by the historian. Meng Sen, a Qing historian who was also a professor at Peking University before the war, denied the claim that Emperor Shunzhi became a monk, saying that he died of smallpox.In this regard, Chen Yuan, a historian of the materialist school of thought, examined the German Adam E.The memoirs of Xia Lu (Chinese name Tang Ruowang) and other documents say that he can prove the fact that Emperor Shunzhi became a monk. Emperor Kangxi, who was devoted to Zhu Zixue but didn't care much about Buddhism, visited Mount Wutai five times, which is a strange thing.Moreover, Kangxi visited Mount Wutai five times during the first half of his reign, and suddenly stopped going after a certain period. It is also speculated that the purpose of Emperor Kangxi's visit to Wutai Mountain was to meet his father in Wutai Mountain. However, after his father passed away, he never went again. Wu Meicun, a great poet in the early Qing Dynasty, has a long poem called "Poems Praising Buddha in Qingliang Temple", which contains two sentences: poor millet wilting colorless Qianli is shortened to one character, which means heavy, and a cursive is added on top to become the character Dong.Wumei Village may be singing about the death of Concubine Dong Gui. Jia Baoyu, the protagonist of "A Dream of Red Mansions", lost his lover Lin Daiyu and became a monk. It is said that this story is based on the love story between Emperor Shunzhi and Dong Shi. I believe 80% in the statement that Emperor Shunzhi became a monk.However, it is not known whether Emperor Shunzhi remotely controlled politics at Qingliang Temple in Mount Wutai.He must have believed that he had paved the way.During his short reign, he implemented many irreversible policies.He is not afraid to go too far, which can be said to be a kind of bravery.If you overdo it, you can adjust it afterwards.The aforementioned introspection on the loss of the inherent simplicity of the nation due to excessive immersion in Han customs is only a small part of the long posthumous edict.The will was probably intended to guide the young son. Read this well!If there is anything you don’t understand, you can come to Mount Wutai, and I will teach you slowly. When quietly fleeing from the Forbidden City, Emperor Shunzhi may have said so while stroking his son's head!