The root is the branch of the earth, and the branch is the root of the air.

– Rabindranath Tagore (Indian poet, philosopher, and Indian nationalist)

The lower five banners, which had 100,000 Jurchen cavalry, compared with the upper three banners, which had expanded to 160,000, were enough to make Shulhaqi and Murhaqi unable to compete with their nephews for the throne of the Khan.

As a matter of fact, the purpose of their alliance under the Five Banners was not to seek the position of the Jurchen Khan of Jianzhou, but to seek more benefits for themselves in the struggle for the throne of the Khan.

Because Nurhachi's sons are not light-hearted, the Shangsanqi in their hands is the essence of the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe, and the 100,000 cavalry of the lower five banners against the 160,000 cavalry of the Shangsanqi is not the choice of a smart person.

After uniting the Lower Five Banners, Shulhaqi and Murhaqi intervened to mediate, allowing the three banner owners, Urgudai, Soergo, and Subahai, to release the three Derge, Abatai, and Abai who were under house arrest, and to send them back to the Shangsanqi.

Urgudai and the other three powerful banner lords Belle didn't take the three Derg in their eyes, thinking that the other party was just three young guys, so they readily agreed to release the three Derg immediately.

The three Derge who returned to Shangsanqi originally wanted to persuade their brothers and sisters to send troops to clean up their banner lord Baylor, who had been placed under house arrest, but the increasingly severe situation of the battle for the throne of the Khan was like a basin of ice water, extinguishing the anger in their hearts.

Whether it was Dai Shan, Huang Taiji, or the three Dolgon brothers, in the face of the three Derge who took the initiative to come to the door, instead of sending troops to help, they repeatedly forced the three to express their stance on whether they supported their inheritance to the throne.

After running around for several days to no avail, the three of them gathered together with other brothers who did not have the strength to compete for the throne of Khan, trying to discuss a strategy to deal with the current situation, but unexpectedly, in the middle of the discussion, an uninvited guest came!

"Third brother, fourth brother, fifth brother, sixth brother, seventh brother, ninth brother, old ten, old eleven, old thirteen, all brothers gathered together today, why didn't you call me brother?" Huang Taiji, who walked into the hall, smiled and said: "Between our brothers, we haven't been together for a long time. ”

"Hmph, how dare we, Taiji, who have no soldiers and no power, have a relationship with you, a high-ranking and powerful Sibeile?" The irascible Mang Gurtai said with a face full of indignation: "You are the one who wants to inherit the throne of Khan, and we can't get into your eyes!"

"Fifth brother, you can't talk nonsense!" Lai Mubu, who was next to Mang Gurtai, said in a strange manner: "If our starling brother really becomes a khan, then you and I are both courtiers; ”

"Fifth brother, old thirteen, my Emperor Taiji thinks that he is not a kind of unkind person, why do you speak so meanly?"

"Family affection?" Abatai, who smiled disdainfully, asked Huang Taiji with a cold face: "Old eight, you are the banner master of the Zhenglan Banner, and your son Haoge is the Gushan Ezhen Baylor of the Zhenglan Banner, but what about us? We are Haoge's uncle, but we are just a titular Taiji!"

"Seventh brother, do you know that this is Father Khan's decision, am I qualified to raise objections?" Huang Taiji, who moved slightly in his heart, expressed his attitude in a timely manner: "In my heart, each of your brothers is my flesh and blood relatives, and they are all indispensable humerus ministers of the Eight Banners!"

"Flesh and blood relatives, humerus ministers?" Abai, who was a little disgusted with Huang Taiji's hypocrisy, said bluntly: "Eighth brother, if there is no threat from the second brother and the fourteenth brother, are we still your flesh and blood relatives and humerus ministers? ”

"Third brother, if you think what I just said is hypocritical, then I can swear in the name of Changshengtian: if my Emperor Taiji can have the honor to succeed to the throne of Khan, he will share the power !!of Khan with all his brothers, and if I violate this oath, I will destroy the heavens and the earth."

"Old eight, are you really willing to share the power of the Khan with us?" Tang Gu, who had changed his color, stood up suddenly, looked into Huang Taiji's eyes and asked him, "We all know that there are only four Heshuo Belle. ”

It was not only Tang Gu who was shocked, but the other Jibeile were also extremely shocked to look at Huang Taiji, because the oath made in the name of the immortal heaven was the most sacred and inviolable oath on the grassland, and it was an oath that the oath taker must practice!

With Huang Taiji's current identity and status, and the position of Khan that he may inherit in the future, it is impossible for him to swear arbitrarily, let alone reneg on the oath he swore in the name of the Immortal Heaven, which means that what he just said is true!

"Fourth brother, as soon as I sit in the position of Khan, the first thing I will do is to expand the four great and Shuobeile to the eighth and Shuobeile, and when the time comes, the second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, twelfth, and thirteenth will all be Heshuo Beylor. ”

"In addition, I will reappoint the Eight Banners Banner Masters Beile and Gushan Ezhen to ensure that each of our brothers is the real power of each banner, perhaps, I can't let each of you have equal status, but I can give each of you no less than five thousand cavalry troops!"

"What about the existing Lower Five Banner Banner Lords Baylor and Gushan Ezhen?" compared to the others' heavy breathing, Abatai, who barely kept his composure, asked, "These are all powerful Baylor and meritorious ministers, will they willingly hand over power?"

"Seventh brother, we have 160,000 cavalry in the upper three banners, and only 100,000 cavalry in the lower five banners, as long as we can work together, who dares to confront them head-on?" Huang Taiji explained: "Moreover, I will use high-ranking officials and marquis to let them make a wise choice." ”

"What about Shulhazy and Murhaqi?" suddenly thought of the two people's Derge, and said with a worried face: "They are both a high-ranking banner lord Baylor and our uncle, how can we make them surrender their military power?"

"Old ten, don't worry, I have already made a plan for the second and third uncles. Huang Taiji, who had been prepared, said with confidence: "Amin the son of the second uncle and Saharan the son of the third uncle are both members of our Aixin Jueluo family, and they will also be the real power Baylor." ”

"In addition, I will also establish a new two-level title of prince and prince above Beile, and those who are not members of the Xinjueluo family will not be crowned, and Uncle Shuerhaqi and Uncle Murhaqi will become the first two princes of our Jianzhou Jurchens, above Zhubeile. ”

"In that case, Starling, I am willing to fully support you in succeeding to the throne of Khan!" I felt that Daishan and Dolgon could not offer better conditions, and they were the first to stand up for Huang Taiji.

"Old eight, we also support you in succeeding to the throne of Khan!" This is Tang Gugu's statement, the fourth Tang Gu and the sixth Tabai are brothers of the same mother; Tang Gugu's attitude is actually Tabai's attitude, and the two of them are one.

"Starling, we also support you in succeeding to the throne of Khan!" This is the statement of Lao Jiu Babutai and Lao Eleven Babuhai.

"Old eight, our brother will rely on you in the future!" This is the statement of the old five Mang Gurtai and the old ten Dege.

"Old Eight ......"

After all the brothers had expressed their positions, Huang Taiji, who had finally won the support of the nine brothers, had almost already secured the position of Khan he was about to take, because one of the four great and most nominally powerful Heshuobeile had fallen to him.