Mingzhu

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Ming Zhu (明珠, November 19, 1635 - June 3, 1708), full name Na Lan Ming Zhu (納蘭明珠), a Manchu, was an eminent and powerful Qing Dynasty official during the reign of Kangxi Emperor of China.

He presented himself to young Kangxi when Kangxi visited his friend Wu Ciyou, who was actually the unofficial imperial teacher of Kangxi. He became a "Zhong Tang", which was a high ranking official but was sent to prison for corruption and various other charges in his final years.

He was a brother of Hui Fei, a concubine of Emperor Kangxi who bore the emperor his first surviving son.

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