1703, 67-year-old Soetu hurried in the corner of of the family mansion. He raised his eyelids and looked at the empty bowl at hand, sighed and burst into tears, and closed his eyes for a long time.
He had a lucky chance earlier, Kangxi could be as gentle as before, and he was as good as before.
Because before, his archenemy Mingzhu was deeply involved in a major corruption case and even confiscated his home. Now he is not a good person?
However, he didn't know that Kangxi had murderous intentions towards him and killed his life without bloodshed.
Suoetu starved to death in prison, Kangxi was particularly unhappy and scolded coldly: He is really the number one sinner of the Qing Dynasty !
made the final conclusion in one sentence, and then copied Soetu's home and ordered the execution of his two sons.
01 Former close comrade
Soetu, the son of the four auxiliary ministers Sony , and the uncle whom Kangxi despises the queen the most.
When Kangxi was 13 years old, he became interested in killing Aobai . When he was weak, Soetu was the person he trusted the most.
One day, Kangxi frowned and summoned Soetu into the palace to play chess.
The two of them used a chess sentence: The pawn crossing the river is the chariot commander, and decided on the trick to overthrow Oboi.
The 30-year-old Soetu took the initiative to resign as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel and became the personal bodyguard beside Kangxi.
uses this layer of identity to legitimately help Kangxi train Buku boys.
Hundred Years later, using "Buku Opera" ( wrestling ) to take down Oboi in one fell swoop.
Then, Suo'ertu's career started to cheat, soared and became the most powerful minister.
At that time, the two were the closest comrades-in-arms, Kangxi's most trusted in-laws.
02 The rift of competing with each other
After defeating Oboi, Kangxi's biggest wish was to cut Sanfan .
He turned the "Three Feudatories, River Affairs, Caoyun " on the 6 large-character seal pillars, and raised his head three things every day, even became his obsession in his sleep.
However, Soetu, which has been respected as "Suoxiang", has become a "blind" person who cannot understand Kangxi's intentions. In the hall, Kangxi mentioned "reducing the vassal state", and he took the lead in opposing: "The power of the Three Feudal states should not be underestimated. If they are angry, they will inevitably cause turmoil." "
A group of court officials only followed the leader of the "Search" and there were endless voices of opposition. Kangxi was very unhappy when he was unable to relax his wishes.
At this time, Nalan Mingzhu stood up and stood up to support Kangxi.
Kangxi's final statement: If you withdraw today, you will be reversed, and if you do not withdraw, you will be reversed. It is better to start!
One stone caused a thousand waves. Wu Sangui took the lead in holding up the anti-bank flag and instigated the prefecture and county government offices one after another. For a time, Southern fell.
surrounding tigers. Seeing that the Qing Dynasty was unstable, the surrounding powers were also waiting for an opportunity to move, and the situation was quite critical.
At this time, Soetu made another hindsight. He scolded the "reducing the vassal state" in court, looked at Nalan Mingzhu with great momentum, shouting: "Clear the emperor's side!"
This is no less than slapping the emperor in the face in public.
Kangxi slapped the table and angrily scolded: "It is my idea to reduce the vassal states, and I should have killed it too!"
in one sentence, Suo'etu was shocked and sweated in a cold sweat. Then he stopped and stopped pulling his braids.
Although Kangxi was young, he was definitely not a person who was afraid of trouble. He did have the courage to keep his face unchanged.
He was calm and calm. On the one hand, he recruited surrender and treated the surrendered people well; on the other hand, he activated Tuhai and cleverly used Eight Banners slaves to expand their military strength.
took 8 years to eliminate the Three Feudals and relieve internal and external troubles.
03 Being concerned about your affection, enduring it again and again
Queen Hesheli was the love of Kangxi throughout his life, but after giving birth to the prince Yinreng, he passed away.
Kangxi cried so hard, but was unable to turn the world around. He hugged the sweetheart in his arms: "I want to protect him in full."
s need someone to support him, Soetu is the queen's family, so he is the only candidate.
Since then, Soetu has become even more fearless and has set off the stance of being below one person and becoming more arrogant and rude.
There is a man named Gao Shiqi who once voted under his sect.
This person is a poor man, but he is quite talented. Suo'ertu has a noble status and is like a family slave to a well-educated man. He scolds and beats him when he opens his mouth, and shows no mercy.
Later, Kangxi recognized the beads with keen eyes, and appointed a high-ranking official and generous salary, and was in the same palace as Suo'etu.
However, Soetu sneered: "Gao Shiqi is just a nuer. I told him to kneel down and he dare not lie down and get up."
In order to show his authority, he asked Gao Shiqi to kneel down and reply to him in public. When he was unhappy one day, he even scolded Gao Shiqi's mother.
The noble man was proud of his literati. Seeing that Soetu did not regard him as a human being, he humiliated him again and again. Although he had the kindness of knowing him, it was also heartbreaking to practice this way.
instead, and joined Mingzhu.
Not only that, Soetu was even more greedy and used the officials who surrendered to him to make money everywhere.
" The World's Long River ", the officials who managed the Huanglong flood were unable to pay the money to make money and respect him, and they also misappropriated the public funds for building the embankment, causing the Yellow River to flood.
Finally, fearing that the matter would be exposed, the scapegoat had to commit suicide fearing guilt.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, and there are countless hidden ones below.
Soetu is unrestrained, not only losing the emperor's heart, but also unknowingly losing the heart of his subordinates.
04 Touching the reverse scale, I can’t bear it anymore
Later, Soetu handled the Sino-Russian border negotiations pretty well. According to Kangxi's intention, the "HTM1 Nibuchu Treaty " was signed with Erguna River as the line, which won back some emperor's hearts. However, when attacking Galdan, he faced the bluff of the enemy and was confused by the enemy's remarks that "borrowed 60,000 troops from Tsarist Russian ".
actually wanted to escape at the last minute, which caused the disruption of the morale of the army and almost failed.
Earlier, the energetic Soetu became a person who was afraid of life and death and was greedy for glory. Kangxi was very disappointed with him.
Suoetu knew it was boring, so he simply withdrew from the court on the grounds of being old.
However, he did not stop. Seeing that the "old master" was not good, he put his ideas on the prince and repeatedly instigated the prince to take office as soon as possible.
("History of Qing Dynasty·Volume 269·Biography 56": The next day, the emperor said to the court minister: "Suoetu was in private and advocated that the crown prince use yellow for all clothes, and all the rituals were almost similar to me. The gradual arrogance was really because of this. Soetu was the first sinner of this dynasty!)
Once, taking advantage of the opportunity to serve the prince, he planned to seize the throne from "Kang Lao San". He was accidentally heard by a servant. He shot and killed him without stopping, but he did not expect that the news had leaked.
urged the crown prince to usurp the throne. Kangxi could no longer bear it, and immediately passed the order: "Capture Soetu! "
It is said that on the day of his arrest, Soetu was surrounding the lotus pond and drinking and having fun in the yard with his wife and concubine. Seeing someone coming to catch him, he kicked the hot pot and for a moment, delicious delicacies spread all over the floor.
He never expected that Kangxi had no room for reconciliation, and there was no grain of rice in the bowl before his death.
If he was the same as Mingzhu, although the government was in power and corrupt, perhaps Kangxi could spare him.
What if he did, he led the prince whom Kangxi cultivated, encouraged the prince to commit a crime of treason, and broke the father-son relationship ruthlessly. This is no less than shaking the foundation of the country, which makes Kangxi unable to bear it.
Even if he dies, it will be difficult to recover the losses. How could Kangxi tolerate him?
Therefore, the death of Soetu is unforgivable!
So, the crime of Soetu's death is unforgivable!