Before Shunji's death, he chose the eight-year-old Xuan Ye as his successor, and at the same time appointed the four ministers of Soni, Suksaha, Shubilong, and Aobai to assist him. You must know that they are all of the opposite sex, which has not been seen in the history of the Qing Dynasty, and before it was still the prince regent of Dolgun, the reason why this is so, is because the influence of dorgon regency is too great, in order to strengthen the decisive measures taken to strengthen the imperial power.
So why these four? Mainly because the four of them all belonged to the Shangsan Banner and were all ministers of the interior who were in charge of guarding the guards, and more importantly, they were on the side of Empress Xiaozhuangwen with a clear banner and a firm attitude during the ascension to the throne in Shunzhi.
At that time, Dorgon was the regent and was able to handle the affairs of the military state alone. But now the assistant ministers they are just auxiliaries, these are two concepts. The power of the regent is too great, and it is very easy to exclude the empress dowager and the young lord, which is a threat to the imperial power, and fortunately Dorgon did not rebel, and it is very likely that if he deposes the emperor and stands on his own. In contrast, the auxiliary chancellor was still helpful in maintaining imperial power.
Therefore, the ruler adopted a system of auxiliary government that was different from that of the regent.
As for why they were in love with Sony and the other four? We all know the Manchu Qing eight flags system, but the eight flags are also constantly changed, before entering the customs, the emperor Taiji made changes to the eight flags, originally he himself mastered the two white flags, but he and the three brothers of Dolgun belonged to the two yellow flags reversed, just like this, the two yellow flags because of the direct leadership of the emperor, became the emperor's personal soldiers. As for the other Six Banners, they were commanded by the sons and nephews of king Khan.
After Dorgon's death, Shunzhi was pro-government, and he confiscated the Zhengbai Banner, together with the two yellow flags, which formed the core of the Eight Banners and the noblest "Upper Three Banners" of the system, while the "Lower Five Banners" gradually became the fiefdoms of the kings and Belle, and in the process of continuous concentration and strengthening of imperial power, they also gradually broke away from the participation in state affairs.
Therefore, the Shangsan Banner has become the backbone of the emperor's governance of the country, and the candidates for auxiliary subjects must also come from the Shangsan Banner.
Sony is the yellow flag, Suksaha is the white flag, and the yellow flag is set in the yellow flag of Shubilong and Aobai. So how can so many people on the three flags be the four of them? At that time, all four of them were ministers of the interior who were in charge of guarding the army, but they were not the four who were unknown.
Sony came from the Herschel clan, a well-known family in the Qing Dynasty, who made a contribution to Shunzhi's ascension to the throne, and he never succumbed to Dolgun. After Shunzhi became the prime minister of Manchuria, he was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he was also the head of the four auxiliary ministers.
Suksaha, whose father and was a donkey, originally belonged to Dorgon and was a close attendant of Dorgon, but after Dorgon's death, he defected to Xiaozhuang and was appointed commander of the escort army.
He was the grandson of Nurhaci, the sixteenth son of the "Founding Five Ministers", and a first-class bodyguard. After Shunzhi pro-government, he was appointed minister of parliament and minister of the interior of the consular guard.
Ao Bai, the nephew of the founding father Fei Yingdong, also has a lot of merit, known as the "First Warrior of Manchuria", he also did not support Dolgun, and was persecuted very badly. After Shunzhi pro-government, he was regarded as a close confidant.
It can be seen that three of these four were his absolute cronies during the Shunzhi period, and they were extremely popular subjects, and as for the other Suksaha, he also sided with Xiaozhuang at the crucial moment.