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during the qing dynasty's entry into the country, several han princes made great contributions and were later granted titles in the southern region. they were called the "three feudatories". in fact, it should be the "four feudatories" because there is another prince, but he is often overlooked. this prince was also a prominent figure. he was a general of the ming dynasty and the adopted grandson of mao wenlong. after surrendering to the qing dynasty, he also made many military achievements, but later, he was forced to commit suicide! so, who was this "fourth prince" of the qing dynasty?

1. launching a mutiny

this man was named kong youde, with the courtesy name ruitu, and was from liaodong. some historical records say that kong youde was born a miner, and although he was illiterate, he was extremely brave. after the later jin occupied the liaodong region, kong youde defected to the ming dynasty general mao wenlong and came to pi island. because kong youde was "brave and good at fighting, the first to go to the battlefield, and the best among all the generals", he attracted mao wenlong's attention and was promoted to the position of lieutenant general. at the same time, mao wenlong also adopted kong youde as his grandson and gave him the name mao yongshi.

after mao wenlong was killed, kong youde left liaodong and joined the army of sun yuanhua, the governor of denglai. in 1631, the army of the later jin dynasty besieged dalinghe city, and kong youde was ordered to lead his troops to help. as the soldiers were short of food and clothing, a mutiny broke out when they arrived at wuqiao, hebei, and kong youde led his troops back to dengzhou. in april 1633, kong youde led his troops to cross the sea by boat and surrendered to the later jin dynasty. huang taiji was very happy to hear the news, and personally went out of the city to greet him, and treated him with the most solemn "hug ceremony".