Located on the southwest of the venue, one monument and two ornamental columns are reserved.
Standing in a corner, it has witnessed the changing seasons and a long history.
The Life of Zhaohui
Zhaohui, whose full name is Uya Zhaohui and whose courtesy name is Hefu, belongs to the Plain Yellow Banner.
He is a grandson of Empress Xiaogongren, mother of Yongzheng Emperor.
01 In the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign, he was appointed as a military officer of Privy Council as a scribe.
He served as a captain of the Ministry of War, a Grand Secretariat, a Vice Minister of Justice in Shengjing, Right Vice Minister of Justice, Vice Manchuria Commander-in-chief of the Plain Yellow Banner, and Guard Commander of the Bordered Red Banner.
02 In the thirteenth year of Qianlong Emperor's reign, he assumed the post of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
After pacifying Jinchuan, he assumed the post of Governor of Shandong.
03 In the 1750s, the Junggar tribe and the Hui nobles in the northwest region rebelled repeatedly.
04 In 1750, the fifteenth year of Qianlong Emperor's reign, he was promoted to the Grand Council.
05 In 1753, the eighteenth year of Qianlong Emperor's reign, he was designated to coordinate the defense against the Junggar tribe in Tibet.
06 While stationed in Yili, he led countless fierce battles in the north and south of Tian Shan.
He pacified the northern and southern feet of Tian Shan, which are now called north region of Xinjiang and the south region of Xinjiang, respectively.
The Qing army finally unified the land in the north and south of Tian Shan measuring about 1.9 million square kilometers and named the region Xinjiang.
After Xinjiang was unified, he led the Western Expeditionary Army to return to Beijing. The Qianlong Emperor received Zhaohui in person and accompanied him back to the city.
07 In 1764, the twenty-ninth year of Qianlong Emperor's reign, he died at the age of fifty-six. He earned a posthumous title of Wenxiang, and he was sacrificed in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
Among all portraits of meritorious statesmen in the Hall of Purple Light (Ziguangge), Zhongnanhai, he ranks second.
Main Achievements of Zhaohui
Supervision of the Transportation of Army Provisions in Jinchuan
01 Since the twelfth year of Qianlong Emperor's reign (1747), the Qing Dynasty launched the Jinchuan campaigns, providing Zhaohui to show his talents in military affairs.
02 In June of the thirteenth year of Qianlong Emperor's reign (1748), he was ordered to supervise the transportation of army provisions for the Qing army on the front line of Sichuan after he assumed the post of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
03 After arriving in Sichuan, he showed his abilities to handle affairs efficiently and actively allocated and transported army provisions.
Pacification of the Northern Xinjiang
01 In the twentieth year of Qianlong Emperor's reign (1755), the emperor decided to conquer Yili. He sent Zhaohui to assist in military affairs and take charge of provisions, funds, and logistics.
02 In August of that year, the situation deteriorated after the Amarsanaa tribe rebelled. At this critical and difficult moment, Zhaohui was sent to the Barkol Military Camp as the commander.
03 In the twenty-first year of Qianlong Emperor's reign (1756), Zhaohui was appointed the Dingbian Left Deputy General to handle the aftermath.
04 In Winter, Zhaohui stationed in Yili with just 2,000 soldiers after the Junggar tribe launched a large-scale rebellion again.
05 Zhaohui led his army to get through the close siege and returned to the Barkol Camp.
Emperor Qianlong issued a decree to reward him, "Zhaohui is conferred the title of a First-class Earl, which is hereditary."
06 In the twenty-second year of Qianlong Emperor's reign (1757), Zhaohui served as the commander of the West Army after the Qing army launched the third campaign.
He led his army to fight at the northern foot of Tian Shan, hunted down the rebel leaders who had fled everywhere, and finally pacified the region.
Pacification of the Muslim Regions
07 In the twenty-third year of Qianlong Emperor's reign (1757), the Altishahr Khojas rebelled.
08 Jingni General Yarhašan led the army to suppress the rebellion. However, his command failure let Khwāja-i Jahān escape.
Emperor Qianlong ordered Zhaohui to replace General Jingni to suppress the rebellion led by Khwāja-i Jahān.
09 Zhaohui led a few knights and arrived in Aksu. After summoning troops in Aksu, Uqturpan, and other cities to surrender, he left some soldiers to defend those cities.
Leading an army of more than 3,000 warriors, he trudged for more than 750 kilometers in the Gobi Desert.
In October of the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong Emperor's reign (1761), he arrived at the city of Yarkent, where Khwāja-i Jahān was guarding.
10 The siege of Blackwater Camp at the foot of Yarkent was the most difficult battle that the Qing Dynasty fought in its unification of Xinjiang.
11 Under extremely difficult conditions, Zhaohui and his troops stayed in a stalemate with the rebels for three full months.
12 Finally, in the twenty-fourth year of Qianlong Emperor's reign (1758), reinforcements arrived.
Attacked from both inside and outside, the rebels led by Khwāja-i Jahān, who had surrounded the Blackwater Camp, fell apart. Zhaohui finally won battle.
Commemoration
Mansion of Zhaohui
Located at No.3 Qianjing Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing, it faced south and consisted of the south courtyard and the north one, which were separated by a small alley running from east to west with a closed west entrance.
Only a Sanheyuan of the north courtyard remains now.
Tomb of Zhaohui
The tomb mound has been demolished long ago. The structure now remains one monument and two ornamental columns, which were erected in the twenty-ninth year of Qianlong Emperor's reign (1764) in the Qing Dynasty.
In 1986, the Chaoyang District People's Government announced the Zhaohui Tomb Stone Carving as a Registered Cultural Relic Protection Unit in Chaoyang District, Beijing.
In January 2013, the Cultural Committee of Chaoyang District established a plaque reading Relics Registered in the General Survey of Chaoyang District, Beijing for Monument of Zhaohui.
