In the forty-sixth year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty (1618), with the support of the Ming Dynasty, the son of Yehebel Jintaishi led an army to attack Houjin under the rule of Nurhachi. In the first month of the next year, Nurhachi took severe revenge. In the same year, the Ming Dynasty saw that Nurhaci was too rampant and almost all parts of the Northeast were conquered by him, so it sent Liaodong Governor Yang Hao to lead four armies to annihilate him. This is the famous "Saarhu War" in history. Ye He also joined the war, intending to help the Ming army. As a result, the Ming army was defeated. Seeing that the Ming army was defeated, Ye He retreated in a hurry.
After this battle, the Ming Dynasty lost its troops and territory. In order to restore the situation in Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty sent Xiong Tingbi to manage Liaodong. So Nurhachi turned his troops around and concentrated on attacking Ye He. In August, Nurhaci swore an oath: "If we cannot defeat Yehe, we will never return to our army!" He led an army to conquer Yehe.
Ye He was unfavorable in the battle, and Jintaishi and Buyanggu stood firm in the east and west cities respectively. Nurhachi ordered the Jin army to dig holes in the ground, the city wall collapsed, and the Jin army invaded the city. Jin Taishi refused to surrender and burned himself to death. Buyangu saw that the east city had been destroyed and the city was alone without help. After receiving the guarantee that he would not kill anyone after surrender, he finally surrendered. In order to prevent Ye He from making a comeback, Nurhachi did not fulfill his promise this time and killed Buyangu, and Ye He's tribe was destroyed. Nurhaci moved Yehe's civilians to Jianzhou, naturalized them and established flags, and became his own subjects.
It is said that Buyangu, the leader of the Yehe Tribe, swore to God before his death: "Even if I, Yehenala, only have one woman left, I will destroy the Jurchens in Jianzhou." Therefore, it has been spread among the people. Yehenara and Aixinjueluo have been enemies for generations, and the concubines in the Qing court did not choose Yehe's ancestral system. In fact, this is absurd nonsense. All emperors of the Qing Dynasty had concubines named Yehenala. Nalan Xingde, the most talented man in the early Qing Dynasty, was after Yehenala. Many of Ye He's descendants held important positions in the Qing court. Jintaishi's son Delgel was granted the title of Zuoling, a third-class baron; his younger brother Niyaha was granted the title of Zuoling, and given the rank of Cavalry Commander; his grandson Nanchu was appointed commander of the guard army and a third-class baron. Niyaha's son Mingzhu was a well-known powerful official in the Kangxi Dynasty. He was awarded the title of Luan Yiweizhi by the bodyguard, and moved to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was the imperial envoy of the capital, minister of the Ministry of War, and bachelor of Wuyingdian Palace. Later, he was given to the crown prince and Taifu, and he was the crown prince and Taishi of the Jin Dynasty. It can be said that he had overwhelming power for a while. Nanchu's son Mu Zhan led his troops to conquer Hunan and conquer Yunnan. He was later awarded the title of Commander-in-Chief of Zhenghuang Banner and became a minister of political affairs.
The Tong family of Yehe: originally from the Haixi Jurchen tribe, their ancestral home is the ancient city of Yehenala in Yehe Manchu Autonomous Town, Lishu County, Jilin Province. The Manchu people take the land as their surname, with the surname Yehenala, followed by the surname Tong.
After Nurhachi unified the Privet clan, he became a member of his subordinates, changed his name to Manchu, and was affiliated with Xianghuang Banner, which contributed to the suppression of the forces in the late Ming Dynasty. In April of the first year of Shunzhi (1644), Emperor Shunzhi led The Manchus began to enter the Pass. Among them, the surname Tong was the first to enter the Pass. After entering the Pass, Tong Zunarang'a and his brothers joined the army in the early years of Kangxi, and went to Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places to participate in the pacification of Wu Sangui and other three feudal lords. He rebelled and made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty's unification of China. After putting down the rebellion, he was ordered to return to the capital and live in the Xishan Camp. Among the brothers, he was the only one to return home honorably. His younger brother Yingneng died on the battlefield.
The Qing court entered the Pass. Later, due to the large number of Manchus entering the pass from Longshan, the Liaodong region was banned, leaving the Liaoshen region and even the entire Northeast region in an empty situation with deserted cities and forts, dilapidated tiles and fertile fields, and nothing to rely on. However, the invasion of Tsarist Russia Our Heilongjiang River Basin is becoming increasingly rampant, killing people and plundering property. Emperor Kangxi was very concerned about the invasion of the Tsar. From the 10th to the 25th year of Kangxi, he inspected the outside of the pass three times, determined to revive the Zhaoxing blessed land. So he entered the pass and put down the rebellion. The Manchu Eight Banners soldiers near the capital were stationed in various places in Liaoshen. His ancestor Nalang'a was ordered to go to Fengcheng as a city guard in the 26th year of Kangxi (1687), and had jurisdiction over the vast area in eastern Liaoning. He was loyal to his duties and set up checkpoints along the border. , patrol and patrol the border, also manage Zhongjiang taxation, supervise people's livelihood, renovate transportation and post roads, handle banner people's affairs, and maintain basic important areas.
After the ancestor went to Fengcheng to take office, he moved his family members in Beijing and Lishu places. I went to Shiqiaozi, a plain between two mountains in the east of Fengcheng City, as my ancestral home. In order to prevent future generations from forgetting their ancestors and hometown, I named this place Lishugou (now Lishugou, Shiqiao Village, Dongtang Town, Fengcheng City). Shugou). Later, the descendants multiplied and moved to various parts of Fengcheng, especially in the east Tangshi City, Daxing Aiyang, Saima Caohe Dabao and Fengcheng City where many tribesmen lived together. In the west of Huanren Xiuyan, Benxi Kuandian, Liaoning Province There are many tribes living in Feng and other counties. There are Yehenala and Tong tribes in Jilin, Heilongjiang (Qiqihar, Qitaihe, Mudanjiang, Linkou Boli), Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei and other provinces.
Yehnala. The Tong family, with the compound surname Ye. Since the tenth generation, it has been named after the names of the Yingxian Guoben Pei Hongye and Xiangbao Wannian of the Civilization Chengshengzhicaidedian, and continues to this day.
The Ye He Tong family became the first to move to rent after the death of Nalang'a. It has a history of more than 300 years and has been passed down for sixteen generations, with more than 30,000 people.
Reference: Ye Henala Tong's website
Some past events between Ye He, Tong and Ci Xi
Ye He's descendants, Tong Wen's family recorded this in their interview records: It turns out that Ci Xi's parents were poor. She was also seriously ill and gave birth to a son under Cixi. Because Cixi's parents were no longer able to raise the newborn, they had to give the son up for adoption and entrusted it to Tong Shuangxi of Yehenala in Fengcheng (father of Mr. Xi). Cixi entered the palace and was promoted to the Queen Mother. No one dared to mention this matter. Later, Tong Guiqing, the son of "Master Xi", was involved in a life-threatening lawsuit and had to flee into the palace to take refuge with Cixi. After the incident was revealed, Cixi could not hide it from anyone else, so she had to reveal the secret when she met with the German Minister Mr. Plander. According to Tong Chenghui: Tong Minggui (lived in Dongxin Village, died in 1989 at the age of 78) drove a horse for Master Tong Xi (Tong Bao Pedigree, ninth generation, Tong Ning Wende's grandson, Shuangxi's third son) in Beijing during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. Pulling a car, he knew the history and character of Mr. Xi very well, and often told them stories about Mr. Xi.
Mr. Ask him to report his family and personal history to the court in detail. Later, the Empress Dowager Cixi entrusted her younger brother to summon Mr. Tong Xi. After they met, they got to know each other and called themselves brothers.
After retiring from the official position, Mr. Xi returned to his hometown with his concubine (the sister of Jiumen Tidu in Beijing). At that time, it was the prosperous period of "Sihetang" (note), and he lived in Lishudianzi (now called Lishudianzi). Dong Xincun) has a large area of ??land and mountain farms. Tong Minggui also came back and still drove fancy cars for him.
When Mr. Xi came back, he opened a large-scale Shaoguo restaurant. The well used at that time is still preserved at the original site of the Shaoguo restaurant (see pictures of cultural relics). The business is very prosperous and a cart of wine is sent to Fengcheng every three days. When Mr. Xi returned to his hometown, he was also proud of his ancestors. His prestige was not reduced when he was in the capital. The sedan chair came and went, and he was surrounded by people, and his reputation spread far and wide.
Master Xi’s son Tong Guiqing (probably adopted) became the security chief through his father’s influence. There is a family named XV in Dongxin Village, who is a well-known local villain who commits evil and oppresses the people. Whenever someone marries a wife, he must sleep one night first, otherwise he will not be able to live a stable life. Because the people's anger was too great, as the security chief, he had to hide the people's grievances. He instigated people to hide in the woods one night, looking for an opportunity to kill the bully. But this villain also had bodyguards and guns. When a bodyguard came home to report the news, they followed closely and met the villain's father and others who blocked him. In desperation, they killed four people in a row.
Afterwards, although Mr. Xi had a certain influence, the county government did not dare not investigate the murder case, and Shengjing already knew about it. In this situation, Tong Guiqing knelt down to Master Xi's concubine and repeatedly called "little mother" for help. In desperation, the concubine agreed to go to see her brother in Jiumen Tidu in Beijing to plead for mercy, and went with her to the Chengde Mountain Resort to meet her brother who was on vacation. On the day of the meeting, his brother told them to leave Chengde immediately (normally relatives could stay at the summer resort for three days when they came to meet him) and rush to Beijing to hide Tong Guiqing in the palace.
The original text of these two paragraphs can be found on Yehetong's website