?A brief introduction to the Niu Hulu family - the rise and fall of the iron-blooded family in the Qing Dynasty

, the surname of a Manchu noble, also written as "Niu Hulu". One of the eight major Manchu surnames. It is a common surname in "The General Chronicles of the Imperial Dynasty, Clan Briefing, and Surnames of the Eight Banners of Manchuria". , the Manchu language means "wolf". The oldest surname of the Manchu people is mainly distributed in the Songhua River Basin, Mudanjiang River Basin, and Changbai Mountain Area. The wolf is one of the totems of the ancestral Jurchens of the Manchu people. The Jurchens took it as their surname out of their worship of the wolf. > Prosperity Period: Early Destiny - Early Kangxi Period > Representative figures: Eyidu, Turge, Yibilong, Queen Xiaozhaoren > The rise of the Niuhulu clan began at the beginning of the founding of Taizu. As the soul of the family, E Yidu has followed Emperor Taizu in the north and south since he was a teenager, and made great military exploits. He eventually became one of the five founding ministers, thus laying the foundation for the rise of the Niuhulu clan. The special era determines the sources of fame and wealth. Therefore, since Eyidu, the main members of the Niu Hulu family still established themselves in the dynasty with their martial arts achievements. Many family members were shrouded in horse leather on the battlefield, and as a result, the Iron-Armed Great Wall of the Niuhulu clan's iron-blooded family was built. > During this period, the Niuhulu family was appreciated by generations of emperors including Taizu and Taizong. Men were given official titles, women were admitted to the palace as concubines, nephews married princesses, and daughters were married into the royal family. Its heyday was unparalleled in that era. This situation remained until the Kangxi Dynasty. Ebilong, the youngest son of Eyidu, was one of the four auxiliary ministers who asked Emperor Shunzhi for his deathbed excuse. In addition, Yebilong's daughter was selected into the palace and became Kangxi's concubine (later was established as queen), pushing the Niuhulu family to a new peak. >However, this kind of *** did not last long. The decline of the power of powerful ministers must be accompanied by the rise of promising monarchs. The young Emperor Kangxi has never been lonely in politics. So soon, the four auxiliary ministers were dismissed in different forms, until Obai was executed, finally ending an era in which powerful ministers were in power, and the centralization of monarchy reached its peak. In this complicated struggle, although Ye Bilong was not at the center of the conflict, he was always wise enough to protect himself and did not escape prison in the end. Although this punishment was not a true cut-off, and was even relieved later because of Queen Xiaozhao, the once-prominent Niuhulu family was no longer in glory.

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