The mere fact that a man's opinion is different from that held by most of his contemporaries can never be said to be a mentally ill person. Were Copernicus and Galileo mentally ill? It is the norm in history for one person to hold new ideas and clash with the ideas of others.

- Ludwig von Mises (a famous economist of the 20th century, a brilliant liberal thinker)

Chu Ying is Nurhachi's eldest son, and his mother is Nurhachi's first concubine, Tong Jia Hahanazaqing, the first concubine of the Fujin Dynasty; when Chu Ying was born, Nurhachi was 21 years old this year, and when Nurhachi launched the war of unification, Chu Ying was only four years old, and Dai Shan was only one year old.

Nurhachi led his troops to fight, and the main generals were his brother Shulhaqi and the five ministers Fei Yingdong, Eyidu, He Heli, An Feiyangu, and Huerhan, and his sons were also his main generals until they grew up.

Chu Ying had just come of age, and Nurhachi ordered him and Fei Yingdong, one of the five ministers, to lead 10,000 troops to conquer the Anchulaku Road Department of the Jianzhou Jurchen;

Later, Shuerhaqi, Chu Ying, Dai Shan, Fei Yingdong, Hu Erhan and others led 30,000 troops to fight with the Ula soldiers, and Chu Ying once again made good achievements in this battle.

When Chu Ying was twenty-eight years old, he made great contributions in the battle of Wujieyan and was given a new title; the next year, Chu Ying and the others led the army to attack Ula and conquer the mountain city of Yihan.

Nowadays, the most prestigious 'four beylers' of the Jianzhou Jurchen are the four sons and nephews of Nurhachi's love for him: the second son Daishan, the nephew Amin, the fifth son Mang Gurtai, and the eighth son Huang Taiji;

Dai Shan is Chu Ying's younger brother, three years younger than Chu Ying; Amin is Chu Ying's cousin, the son of Shuerhaqi; Mang Gurtai is Chu Ying's fifth brother, brave in battle, riding ** through; Huang Taiji is Chu Ying's eighth brother, smart and shrewd, and strong in martial arts.

They possessed power, commanded the army, were rich in wealth, led the people, and were awarded by Nurhachi as Heshuo Beyler, that is, above the ordinary Beyler, and had the right to assist Nurhachi in managing the Jurchen tribes of Jianzhou.

Because the Jianzhou Jurchens did not have a tradition of establishing heirs, the capable younger brothers were dissatisfied with the status of Chu Ying's heir, but if they directly complained about their dissatisfaction with the eldest brother, it would inevitably arouse Nurhachi's dissatisfaction, so they decided to unite with the five ministers and jointly overthrow Chu Ying.

The five ministers followed Nurhachi since he was a child, with high prestige, great power, battles, and meritorious achievements, and Chu Ying was still in his infancy when he made meritorious contributions; the five ministers were also dissatisfied with Chu Ying's status as a military machine and a referee, and strived to combine with the four major Baylors to jointly overthrow Chu Ying.

From Chu Ying's side, he lacked a humble attitude towards the Jurchen pillars and fathers of the state such as the five ministers, and he did not have the wisdom to encompass his younger brothers, but wanted to take advantage of the lifetime of his father Khan Nurhachi to gradually reduce their wealth and power in order to consolidate his own throne.

As a result, Chu Ying gradually fell into isolation, and the contradictions between the two sides gradually became clear and intensified, so that Nurhachi had to make a choice between Chu Ying, the fourth beyler, and the five ministers.

After repeated considerations, Nurhachi finally decided to alienate Chu Ying, and then attacked Ula twice, but Nurhachi did not send his eldest son Chu Ying to the expedition, but let him stay at home; Chu Ying did not learn from it, but introspected and secretly kept himself secret.

On the contrary, Chu Ying also intensified his desire to implement his plan to ascend in advance, so he was severely punished by Nurhachi; Chu Ying, who was unwilling to fail, was confined in a high wall and died of depression in just a few years.

From the heir of the high-ranking Jianzhou Jurchen Khan to the corpse in a cage, the name Chu Ying quickly disappeared into invisibility among the upper echelons of the Jianzhou Jurchens, but Chu Ying was not a man of inaction, and the traces he left behind were not so easy to erase.

During the years when Chu Ying served as Nurhachi's heir, a large number of his cronies were installed by him in the Jurchen tribes of Jianzhou, and the number of troops he could control was not small;

Chu Ying's eldest son, Du Du and his third son, Nikan, were both brave and warlike Jurchen generals, and were favored by their grandfather Nurhachi.

Compared to Chu Ying, who has a lot of life experience, there is really nothing surprising about the fourteen-year-old Dolgon, except that his mother Abahai is Nurhachi's current concubine, he seems to have nothing worthy of attention.

Even though he was the son of Nurhachi's current concubine, his mother was not the only son, and Nurhachi's twelfth son, Azig, who was ranked before him, and Dodor, the fifteenth son of Nurhachi, who was ranked after him, were more loved by his parents than him.

Although Ames didn't understand why Bai Feng was particularly concerned about a fourteen-year-old child, he did his best to gather all the information about Dorgon and give it to Bai Feng, which turned out to be some meaningless trivial life.

After carefully reading the information sent by Ames, Bai Feng knew that it was impossible for him to start with Dolgon at this stage, and the two sons who performed well left by Chu Ying were more worthy of his attention than Dolgon.

Moreover, the disagreement between the Aixin Jueluo family and the powerful tribes such as the Sukesu River Moat, the Hunhe Tribe, and the Dong'e Department is also a potential crisis within the Jianzhou Jurchens that cannot be ignored; if we can find a way to intensify the contradictions within the Jianzhou Jurchens, it is also a good strategy to retreat from the enemy.

Bai Feng, who was deep in thought, focused his attention on provoking the Jianzhou Jurchen civil strife for several days, so much so that when the army entered the territory of Besansong Province, he realized that he had not yet come up with a solution to the problem of weapons and equipment of the five standing legions.

The weapons and equipment used by the five Imperial Standing Legions stationed in Besançon Province were all inferior and inferior products that were temporarily cobbled together by the Imperial Military Department; in Bai Feng's view, handing over this kind of weapons and equipment to the front-line combat troops was simply murdering the lives of soldiers!

Helplessly, Bai Feng could not use weapons and equipment from Rome on a large scale on the northern battlefield where all forces in the empire were in full sight, otherwise, the unexplained source of weapons and equipment would make Bai Feng a new target.

Taking out a large number of weapons and equipment under the banner of purchasing from the Westminster Chamber of Commerce was one of Bai Feng's usual methods, but such methods were obviously not suitable for the current situation, because the name of the first family of the empire had put the entire Bai family on the cusp.

If at such a time, Bai Feng purchased a large number of weapons and equipment from the Westminster Chamber of Commerce in his private capacity to arm the Imperial Standing Army under his command, this would not be a good thing for Bai Feng and the Bai family, but would become an excuse for people with intentions to attack the Bai family.

Therefore, Bai Feng had to think of some practical ways to replace the weapons and equipment of the five standing regiments stationed in Besançon Province to help them improve their combat effectiveness; after all, it was impossible for Bai Feng to complete the counteroffensive task on his own.