If you love her, let your love surround her like sunshine and set her free.

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

After successfully convincing the nine brothers, including Mang Gurtai, to support his succession, Huang Taiji, accompanied by Mang Gurtai, came to the Zhenglan Banner military camp of the Great Belle Daishan, where he had been living for some time and had not left.

In all fairness, among the three of Dai Shan, Huang Taiji, and Dolgon, on the surface, the most advantageous ones are actually Dolgon and Dai Shan, because the former is the owner of the Zhenghuang Banner personally appointed by Nurhachi before his death, and the latter is the eldest son of Chu Ying after his death.

It's just that the inseparable connection between Nurha's death in a strange poison and Dai Shan's death makes it difficult for Dai Shan to gain the loyalty of Nurhachi's old cronies;

You must know that when Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, as well as the five ministers joined forces to overthrow Chu Ying, the relationship between Dai Shan and the five ministers was very close;

It is a pity that these old things have passed away, and there is no going back; at this time, Dai Shan not only did not get the support of Nurhachi's cronies and old ministry, but even the five ministers who were close to him did not stand behind him to support him in ascending to the throne.

Before he died, why did Nurhachi give his three henchmen to Dolgon, Dudu, and Hauge, but not one of them to Daishan? Among them, it was inevitable that there would be the impact of the assassination; otherwise, Turg, who was assigned to Dudu, would most likely be given to Daishan.

Aobai, Fucha Hengtai, and Daishan, those are the three most trusted confidants and lovers around Nurhachi, and they are powerful saint-level powerhouses; giving these three to Dolgon, Dudu, and Haoge is undoubtedly the outpouring of Nurhachi's true feelings.

Dai Shan, who lost a move in this regard, did not lose his qualification to inherit the throne, but the distrust of too many people made it difficult for Dai Shan to gain an advantage over Huang Taiji and Dolgon, which gave Huang Taiji more opportunities.

In other words, unless Daishan and Dolgon unite, they are not Huang Taiji's opponents at all, and Huang Taiji will inevitably succeed to the throne in the end.

How could the treacherous and cunning Dai Shan and the young and intelligent Dolgon not be aware of the current situation in which the power of Huang Taiji was getting stronger? However, they lacked the foundation of trust and could not unite with each other, and in particular, the young and vigorous Dolgon could not forgive Dai Shan's actions.

When Nurhachi died just a few days ago, it was the joint persecution of Daishan and Huang Taiji that made his biological mother Abahai have to die for Nurhachi's burial;

What's more, even if Dorgon was willing to forgive Daizen? The core supporters of Dorgon's power were his brother Azig and his brother Dord, two hot-tempered and impulsive Baylors who had no idea of living in peace with Daishan.

In view of this, it was impossible for Dolgon to unite with Daishan to deal with Huang Taiji, and it was impossible for him to turn his head and support Huang Taiji's ascension, and Dolgon, who was in an extremely awkward situation, had to maintain a hostile relationship with Daishan and Huang Taiji at the same time in order to stabilize his two brothers.

In fact, Dorgon, who was also only fourteen or fifteen years old, already had extremely strong hostility and hatred towards Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, who had a vengeance against his mother, and it was not an exaggeration to describe the relationship between the three brothers and Dai Shan and Huang Taiji.

There was still one day before the day when Zhubeile and the ministers elected the new khan, and the restless Dai Shan was thinking hard in his military tent about a feasible way to succeed the khan;

Why did Huang Taiji and Mang Gurtai come hand in hand? Dai Shan had a faint premonition in his heart, but he did not dare to make a judgment immediately, so he restrained the sadness on his face and pretended to be pampered and not shocked to receive Huang Taiji and Mang Gurtai.

"Second brother, tomorrow is the day when everyone elects the newcomer Khan, what good candidates do you have?" As soon as he walked into Dai Shan's military tent, Huang Taiji, who was full of smiles, said with a sharp voice: "I plan to advance and retreat with the second brother!"

"Is it?" Dai Shan, who raised his eyebrows slightly, said insincerely: "Then it is better for you and my brother to elect the old fourteenth to succeed the Khan, after all, he is the lord of the Zhenghuang Banner appointed by his father Khan before his death, and he can be regarded as the legitimate heir of the Khan." ”

"The old fourteen are gifted and intelligent, and they are indeed good candidates. Huang Taiji, who nodded yes, changed his words and said: "However, if the old fourteenth succeeds to the position of Khan, then the black cauldron of the concubine's martyrdom will be carried on you and me." ”

"This ......" Thinking of the fact that he had joined forces with Huang Taiji to force Abahai to death a few days ago, Dai Shan knew in his heart that the excuse for electing Dolgon to succeed him to the throne was unspeakable, but he was unwilling to give up, so he had to stop talking for the time being.

"Second brother, I have a good suggestion, why don't you consider it. Huang Taiji, who knew what Dai Shan was thinking in his heart, quietly probed: "I think between you and my brothers, you can consider and choose to support me to inherit the throne." ”

"Why?" Dai Shan, who had an unhealed look on his face, said in an unkind tone: "Eighth brother, I am your second brother and the son-in-law of my father Khan, why don't you support me to inherit the throne, but I support you to inherit the throne?"

"Second brother, do you think you are qualified to inherit the throne because of the assassination of you and your father Khan?" The impatient Mang Gurtai said dissatisfiedly: "To tell you the truth, our nine brothers and five ministers have decided to fully support the eighth minister, you can do it yourself." ”

"What? You nine brothers, all of them chose to support the eighth child's position?!" The choice of the five ministers was not unexpected by Dai Shan, but the collective support of his younger brothers for the eighth child shocked Dai Shan, who had always been unwilling to give up his position.

"Second brother, I can repeat the promise to you about the fifth brother, I hope you can make a wise choice. After that, Huang Taiji repeated his promise to Mang Gurtai and others without reservation.

Huang Taiji promised that Dai Shan would become the great Beile of the eight Jurchen and Shuo Beile in the future, and would also be the third prince after Shulhaqi and Murhaqi were crowned kings;

In the face of the almost impeccable favorable conditions offered by Huang Taiji, he knew that he might really be unable to succeed Dai Shan, who was on the throne of Khan; after some painful struggles, he finally chose to support Huang Taiji's ascension, but he also made one more request.

That is, after Huang Taiji's throne is secured, he must appoint Dai Shan's eldest son Yue Tuo as the banner owner of a certain banner, Baylor; even if the cavalry of the banner that really belongs to Yue Tuo is only 10,000, Dai Shan does not mind, he only asks his eldest son to serve as the banner owner Baylor.

In this regard, how could Huang Taiji, who was only one step away from the position of Khan, refuse? Early the next morning, at the meeting of the ministers of the Jianzhou Jurchens, Zhu Beile and the meritorious ministers jointly elected Huang Taiji as the new Khan of the Jianzhou Jurchens!