Longkodo was a Manchu court official who lived in the Qing dynasty.
13 Facts About Longkodo
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Longkodo was from the Tunggiya clan, which was under the Bordered Yellow Banner.
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Longkodo was the third son of Tong Guowei and the younger brother of the Kangxi Emperor's third Empress Consort, Empress Xiaoyiren.
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Longkodo was therefore both the Kangxi Emperor's maternal cousin, as well as his brother-in-law.
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In 1688, Longkodo entered the imperial court of the Kangxi Emperor, serving on the Imperial Guard.
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Longkodo then became deputy commander of the Plain Blue Banner in Mongolia.
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In 1705, Longkodo was found negligent for abuses committed by his subordinates, and dismissed from his positions.
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Longkodo resurfaced again in 1711, becoming the commander of the capital gendarmerie, better known as the Jiumen Tidu, which acted as both a police and military force overseeing the imperial capital, Beijing, and its vicinity.
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In 1720, Longkodo was named the minister in charge of Lifan Yuan by the ailing Kangxi Emperor, overseeing affairs of ethnic-minority border regions.
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At the time of the Kangxi Emperor's death in 1722, Longkodo was the only high-level official present at Changchunyuan, where the ailing emperor died.
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The biggest mystery surrounding Longkodo is the exclusive attention the Kangxi Emperor gave him before his death.
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Longkodo was later disgraced, charged with a list of 41 crimes, and then forced into house arrest by the Yongzheng Emperor at Changchunyuan.
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Longkodo died after spending about a year in solitary confinement.