This dynasty consolidated power after its ascent by convincing the officer Liu Jinzhong (loo jin-zhong) to betray his master, leading to the death of a peasant leader called the Yellow Tiger. This dynasty further solidified i
This dynasty consolidated power after its ascent by convincing the officer Liu Jinzhong (loo jin-zhong) to betray his master, leading to the death of a peasant leader called the Yellow Tiger. This dynasty further solidified its rule by defeating the army of Shi Kefa, a calligrapher who set up the Prince of Fu as a rival emperor and who insisted on being beheaded rather than joining this dynasty. An early leader of this dynasty protested the slaughter of his family in the Seven Grievances. After the previous dynasty's ruler hanged himself on a tree in the imperial garden, this dynasty's rise was aided by the defection of the general Wu Sangui, leading to a victory at the Battle of Shanhai Pass. This dynasty, which thusly defeated the rebel general Li Zicheng, then installed its first emperor on orders of the regent Dorgon. For 10 points, name this dynasty that prospered under the Kangxi Emperor, after it supplanted the Ming.