"Chapter 37: The Battle for the Khan's Throne"

The light light is young, but it is ancient, and the shadow is transient, but it is born old.

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

If the encounters of the three Taijis, Derge, Abatai, and Abai, if they were placed in the heyday of Nurha's naked and strong body, it would inevitably cause conflicts between the Aixin Jueluo family and the Sukesu River Moat, Hunhe and Dong'e tribes, and the possibility of a full-scale war between the Jurchens in Jianzhou was possible.

But Nurhachi's state of being poisoned and dying determined that he could not take any strong measures against the tribal leaders such as Urgudai who had placed his son under house arrest;

Among all the three banner owners and the six Gushan Ezhen Baylor, except for Yue Tuo, the son of Daishan, Haoge, the son of Huang Taiji, and Du Du Nikan, the son of Chu Ying, who are not qualified to inherit the Khan, the other five have the qualifications and strength to win the Khan.

Because the three brothers Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo had already formed a group and fully supported Dolgon Beyler, the owner of the Zhenghuang Banner, only Dolgon, Daishan, and Huang Taiji actually competed for the throne of Khan, and the other Nurhachi sons had no competitive strength.

Among Nurhachi's fifteen sons, six of them, including the third son Abai, the fourth son Tanggu, the sixth son Tabai, the ninth son Babutai, the eleventh son Babuhai, and the thirteenth son Lai Mubu, who had neither maternal support nor real power, were eliminated from the competition at the beginning.

The eldest son, Chu Ying, has been dead for many years, so how could his two sons be the opponents of the sons of Nurhachi? Mang Gurtai, Dege, and Abatai, who were not inferior to Huang Taiji, were all sent by Nurhachi to the Lower Five Banners, and naturally they also lost their qualifications to inherit the throne in disguise.

The three brothers, Dai Shan and Dolgon, who were born more noble than Huang Taiji, were already fierce rivals with each other; compared with Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, who had a solid foundation, the biggest shortcoming of the three Dolgon brothers who suddenly ascended to the high position was that their foundation was still shallow and they were still young.

Azig, who has just come of age this year, Dolgon, who is fourteen or fifteen years old, and Duoduo, who is twelve or thirteen years old, are so young, if they want to defeat the two powerful opponents of Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, there is almost no possibility under normal circumstances.

Their only advantage was the Zhenghuang Banner given to them by Nurhachi, and the Zhenghuang Banner, the most elite and most powerful of the Eight Banners, was definitely one of the most important decisive factors in determining the identity of the Khan's heir within the Jianzhou Jurchens, who only recognized strength.

This means that if Daishan and Huang Taiji want to inherit the throne, they must have the support of the three Dolgon brothers, otherwise, even if one of them sits on the throne, whether they can sit firmly is another matter.

For the steppe tribes who worship the strong, the so-called bloodline inheritance is just a floating cloud in the face of strong strength; the various Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou who believe in the respect of the strong will only gather under the command of the strong and become tools in the hands of the strong.

Before he took his last breath, the ambitious Daishan and Huang Taiji still tried to maintain their due restraint, but the three Dolgon brothers were saddened and saddened by the imminent death of their father Khan.

Dai Shan and Huang Taiji were ready to move, and the true feelings of the three Dolgon brothers were revealed, how could Nurhachi, who was terminally poisoned, really not know at all? Nurhachi, who had returned to the light, divided his core elite personal defense force into three and handed it over to three people.

Aobai, one of the Khan's personal guards, was given to Haug with one-third of his personal guards, Fucha Hengtai, one of the Khan's personal guards, was given to Dolgon with one-third of his personal guards, and Turg, one of the Khan's personal guards, was given to Dudu with one-third of his personal guards.

Haorge was the eldest son of Huang Taiji, Dolgon himself was the most legitimate heir to the throne, and Du Du was the eldest son of Chu Ying.

After Nurhachi's official death, when the three Dolgon brothers were mourning with grief, the first thing Huang Taiji and Dai Shan did was to unite and ask Abahai, the biological mother of the three Dolgon brothers, to be martyred for Nurhachi!

The Jianzhou Jurchen Khan's concubine, both in her own power position and influence within the tribe, is much greater than the Khan's son;

Dai Shan's biological mother was Nurhachi's first concubine, but she had been dead for many years, and her influence was almost negligible; Huang Taiji's biological mother was just a side concubine, and her status was only slightly higher than that of the concubine, and she couldn't even compare with the step-concubine, which was too far from the main concubine.

Dai Shan and Huang Taiji teamed up to force Abahai, the biological mother of the three Dolgon brothers, to be martyred for Nurhachi, which was indeed a good strategy to further weaken the possibility of Dolgon's succession to the throne, but for the three Dolgon brothers, this move made them have an unforgettable hatred for the perpetrators!

The three Dolgon brothers who decided to fight back with all their might, if it weren't for Abahai's desperate obstruction before his death, maybe the civil war in Shangsanqi would have started; even with Abahai's obstruction, the three Dolgon brothers' hatred for Daishan and Huang Taiji has not diminished in the slightest.

The Khan is dead, and the Jianzhou Jurchens and the Aixin Jueluo family must immediately elect a new Khan; at this time, the four major Beylers and the five ministers who hold the power of the Jianzhou Jurchens, as well as the banner owners Beyler, have become the key figures in the election of the new Khan.

The five ministers who had a close relationship with Dai Shan and Huang Taiji naturally spared no effort to support one of Dai Shan or Huang Taiji's successor khan; among the five banner lords of the Five Banners, Beile, Shulhaqi and Murhaqi, may not have their own ambitions to ascend to the throne.

Brother-to-brother and father-to-son succession are all the usual inheritance methods of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and Shulhaqi and Murhaqi, as Nurhachi's own brothers, already have the inheritance power of the Khan;

When Dai Shan and Huang Taiji actively wooed the five ministers and the banner owners Baylor, Shuerhaqi and Murhaqi also reached a series of agreements, and even the three flags of red, white, and white in the lower five flags were drawn into their camp.

Urgudaibel of the Sukesu River Protector is not only the owner of the banner with the red flag, but also the son and daughter of Shulhaqi, and Shulhaqi's eldest son Amin married Fujin, who is the eldest daughter of Urgudai, and with this connection, they are naturally close allies.

Solgobel of the Hunhe tribe, the Paoza brothers who lived and died together with Murhazy on the battlefield, and not only that, but the brave and skilled Murhaqi also rescued Solgo from the enemy's sword three times, and their relationship is even closer.

Suba Haibel of the Dong'e Department did not have a too close relationship with Shulhaqi and Murhachi, but he was dissatisfied with Nurhachi's strength for a long time, and getting close to Shulhaqi and Murhaqi was also his means and way to fight Nurhachi.

The inlaid white flag is one of the five flags, and when the other four flags have been closely united, the white flag of Subahai naturally cannot be left alone; so far, the two brothers Shulhazi and Murhaqi have finally completely controlled the lower five flags in their hands.