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| | Qing Empire 1644-1799 by Sanderson Beck |
 | | The document also named the four Manchus who were to govern as regents (Soni, Oboi, Ebilun, and Suksaha) for his seven-year-old smallpox-immune son Xuanye, who became Emperor Kangxi (r. |
 | | The new government abolished the Thirteen Offices that had been controlled by eunuchs, executed officials favored by the late emperor, reduced the influence of censors and the Hanlin Academy, and after a trial beheaded eighteen Han Chinese for tax delinquency. |
 | | Suksaha was investigated and executed along with several of his relatives; other families involved were enslaved. |
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