Life is like the sea, we are gathered together in a small boat, and when we die, we go to shore and go to our own world.

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

At the meeting of the Ministers of Parliament, the forces of the Yellow Banner represented by Dolgon and the forces of the two Blue Flags represented by Huang Taiji launched an extremely fierce confrontation; when the meeting entered the most critical time for voting and election, it showed a one-sided situation.

At first, only Azig and Duoduo supported Dolgon's succession to the throne of Khan, and later Dudu and Nikan were added; those who supported Huang Taiji to succeed to the throne of Khan were not only Nurhachi's other ten sons, but also the Jurchen elite class of Jianzhou headed by the five ministers.

With such a strong support force, Huang Taiji easily defeated the union of the three Dolgon brothers and the two Du Du brothers, and the three Dolgon brothers, who were unable to resist, had to sit back and watch Huang Taiji obtain the throne of the Khan, and witnessed the ceremony of Huang Taiji presiding over the succession to the throne.

The core of the ceremony was that Huang Taiji sacrificed cattle and sheep to Changshengtian in exchange for Changshengtian's recognition of his position as Khan.

The first order issued by Huang Taiji, who succeeded him as the new Khan of the Jianzhou Jurchens, was to expand the number of Heshuo Belles, who were in charge of the military and political power of the Jianzhou Jurchens, from the initial four to eight, and to add four new Heshuo Belles, who had entered the core of Jianzhou Jurchen power.

The new eight great Heshuobeles were Daishan, Abai, Tanggu, Mang Gultai, Abatai, Babutai, Azig, and Laimubu, and Amin, the son of Shulhaqi, one of the original four great Heshuobeles, was kicked out of the ranks of Heshuobele.

Dolgon, who was originally the most powerful to compete with Huang Taiji for the throne of Khan, was also excluded from Heshubel by Huang Taiji on the pretext that he was too young, and there was only one Azig, representing the Zhenghuang Banner of the three Dolgon brothers, and became one of the eight great Heshubeles.

Except for the Eight Great Harmony Beyler, all the other sons left by Nurhachi, that is, the elder brothers and brothers who had not yet been knighted by Huang Taiji, were all canonized as Baylor by Huang Taiji, and after that, the five ministers who had no title were also canonized as Baylor by Huang Taiji!

First of all, after announcing the appointment of Heshuo Baylor and Baylor, Huang Taiji announced the establishment of a new first-class title of Beizi under Baylor to replace the unofficial title of Taiji, and a new two-level title of county king and prince above Baylor to reward meritorious officials who have made great contributions.

Immediately, the long-planned Emperor Taiji canonized Shulhazibel and Murhaqibel in Longxiang Province as the only two princes of the Jianzhou Jurchens, but they had to come to the khan in person to accept the canonization before their princely titles would officially take effect.

If Shulhaqi and Murhaqi, the two banner lords, Baylor, are temporarily unwilling to come to Huang Taiji to accept the canonization, then their princely titles are just meaningless and have no real value.

After the ceremony of sacrificing to heaven and the succession ceremony of the Khan, at the bonfire dinner that all the Jurchen magnates of Jianzhou had to attend, Dolgon and the others, who had tasted it, dealt with it with a cold face, and then went back to their own barracks.

That night, Azig, Dolgon, Duoduo, Dudu, Nikan and other five people gathered in the Dolgon military tent in the Zhenghuang Banner military camp;

"Second brother, you are the rightful heir of your father Khan, and now that Huang Taiji has robbed you of your sweat position, we must hurry up and take it back!" The grumpy Azig said angrily: "Otherwise, it will be cheaper for Huang Taiji and Dai Shan, the two embarrassed guys!"

"Twelfth uncle, how can this matter be as simple as you think!" Du Du, who was full of helplessness, said quite abruptly: "Huang Taiji has won the support of the five ministers and the other Zhubeile, and if we want to turn the tables, there is almost no possibility." ”

"Hmph, even if he has the support of the five ministers and Zhu Beile, so what?" Azig, who looked disdainful, said indifferently: "We have a full 100,000 elite cavalry under our command, I don't believe it, 100,000 cavalry can't beat their 60,000 cavalry!"

"Twelfth uncle, even if we have 100,000 cavalry, I'm afraid it will still be difficult to succeed!" Du Du smiled bitterly: "When I left the Zhenglan Banner military camp tonight, the 30,000 Zhenglan Banner cavalry in the barracks seemed to be celebrating greatly, but in fact they were on guard. ”

"If we really gather a large army to launch an attack on the two blue banners that fully support Huang Taiji, the 60,000 cavalry of the two blue banners, which have long been on guard, will definitely encircle and suppress my and Nikan's cavalry at the first time; ”

"Yes, Uncle Twelve, you must not underestimate the influence of the five ministers, they are all old ministers who have followed grandpa for decades. Du Du's brother Nikan also echoed: "The staff and leaders under our command are more respectful to the five ministers than to us. ”

"Bang!" Dudu Nikan's words to me, and Azig, who was becoming more and more irritable, slammed the table angrily, and then he suddenly stood up and said: "I don't believe that the words of the five ministers in Zhenghuangqi can be more effective than my words!"

"Big brother!" Seeing that Azig was about to walk out of the military tent, Dolgon, who had never spoken, quickly got up and grabbed Azig, and Wen Yan persuaded him: "Tonight is not only the night of Huang Taiji's sacrifice to the sky, but also the night of the soul of Father Khan, we can't use swords tonight." ”

"Hmph!" Azig, who was panting like a cow, finally sat back when he heard Dolgon say this, and even after sitting back, his mouth was not idle: "Then let Huang Taiji and Dai Shan, two treacherous villains, live one more night!"

The solemn atmosphere in the military tent made everyone ignore a small detail that was not easy to detect, that is, Dolgon easily pulled Azig who fell into a rage, you know, Azig was a young and famous strong man in Jianzhou Jurchen, and he had the strength of a great swordsman when he first became an adult.

And there are only two possibilities that Dolgon can easily pull the angry Azig: the first is that Azig's anger is deliberately feigned, and Dolgon just pulls him by the way, and the second is that Dolgon's strength is stronger than Azig!

"Uncle Fourteen. After Azig and Dolgon were seated back in their seats, Dudu hesitated for a long time before slowly saying to Dolgon: "Actually, I have an immature idea, and I don't know whether to say it or not. ”

"Du Du, our three brothers have grown up under the watchful eye of the eldest brother since childhood, and now that the eldest brother is gone, we are your closest people. With a kind look in his eyes, Dolgon said sincerely: "So, we are a family, just say what you want to say." ”

"Hmm!" After nodding with a little emotion, Du Du said bluntly: "Fourteenth uncle, since we stay here and Huang Taiji will meet sooner or later, why don't we lead the army south and join forces with the two uncles Shuerhaqi and Murhaqi to deal with Huang Taiji?"

"What kind of good people do you think Shulhazi and Murhaqi are? They are the ones who betrayed our father Khan!" Azig, who did not have a good impression of his two uncles, said with disdain: "To unite with them is to betray our father Khan!"

"No, big brother, what Du Du said makes sense!" Dolgon, who was in front of him, stopped Azig and said: "Joining forces with the two uncles Shuerhaqi and Murhaqi is indeed the most suitable choice for us at the moment, and in my opinion, they are more trustworthy than Huang Taiji and Dai Shan!"