Chapter 831: The Eight Banners Event
At the beginning of April of the third year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, and at the beginning of April of the fourth year of the Later Jin Tiancong, in the days after Huang Taiji led the army back to the Khan Palace in Shenyang City, in addition to the three Beile Mang Gurtai, the main banner of the Zhenglan Banner, who took refuge in Fushun with the interface of recuperating from his injuries and illness, several banner owners who led the troops were rushed back to Shenyang City from Tieling, Gaizhou, Zhenjiangbao and other places one after another.
Tiancong Khan Huang Taiji only ordered these banner lords to return to Shenyang and go to the Khan's palace to discuss the important affairs of the Eight Banners, but did not specify what major matters were discussed.
However, these banner lords who came back, as well as the banner lords who were in Shenyang City, all thought that the Great Khan convened the eight banner lords to discuss state affairs, and they were not separated from ten, and they wanted to punish the three bailes of the blue banner lords.
However, what they didn't expect was that after everyone gathered in the Dugong Hall of the Khan's Palace in Shenyang City, the first issue that Huang Taiji raised was to convene everyone to agree on the position of the flag owner with the white flag.
After returning to the Khan's palace in Shenyang City, Huang Taiji didn't care about comforting the concubines of the harem who had been absent for half a year, and for a few days, he first summoned Luo Shi, Xifu, Leng Geri, Namutai and other Bakeshi and reviewers of the Jixian Yuan who stayed in Shenyang, and then summoned Dai Shan, Babutai and other Eight Banner clans who stayed in Shenyang City.
After a few days, Huang Taiji finally grasped the various situations in Dajin and Shenyang City, and at the same time, he also communicated some ideas with Dai Shan and other figures who stayed in Shenyang from the upper echelons of the Jurchen Eight Banners, and reached an agreement on some issues.
As for Mang Gurtai leading the army to Shenyang after arriving in Shenyang, he passed through the city gate without entering, and led a swinging tooth la escort army to the Zhenglanqi Manor near Fushun to recuperate from his injuries, Huang Taiji was angry at first, but within a few days, he didn't care at all.
Not only did he not care at all, but Huang Taiji also unexpectedly asked Babuhai, one of the members of the clan, to go to a Zhuangzi in Fushun Zhenglanqi to visit Mang Gurtai instead of him, telling him that he could rest and recuperate, and that he did not need to rush back to Shenyang.
Huang Taiji's actions not only earned him some fame in the clan, but also made Mang Gurtai relax his vigilance.
However, after Huang Taiji sent Babu Hai to visit with ginseng, Mang Gurtai could only continue to recuperate in Fushun for the time being.
It was under such a circumstance that Huang Taiji ordered the banner owners who were outside to return to Shen to discuss matters.
In the early morning of the eighth day of the fourth month, in the Dugong Hall of the Khan Palace in Shenyang City, the most powerful people in the upper echelons of the Eight Banners of the Dajin State were all gathered here.
Huang Taiji sat on the throne of the Dugong Palace, and the first position on his left hand sat on the main banner of the Zhenghong Banner, Dajin Guoda, Beile Daishan, while the first position on his right hand was usually empty.
This position was originally the position of the Blue Banner Banner Lord's Third Belle Mang Gurtai, but at this time, the Third Belle Mang Gurtai himself claimed to be sick and was recuperating outside, so he missed this meeting of the Eight Banners Banner.
Mang Gurtai thought he had a plan, but his absence at a critical time could only put him in a more disadvantageous position in the future.
After returning to the Khan Palace in Shenyang City, Huang Taiji's spirit was much better, although the broken arm was still curled up and unable to straighten, but his face was a lot ruddy, and his past embarrassed and haggard appearance was also swept away.
Although the situation in Daikin is not as good as before, it is still a little better than the situation he imagined on the way home.
He was defeated, but the various banner lords who stayed behind in the back road of the Dajin Kingdom also had their own handles with him.
As long as these people do not dare to stand up and accuse or even question themselves in public like Mang Gurtai, then he will not use the excuse of losing the battle to blame them.
In Tieling City, Mang Gurtai's fierce reaction still gave Huang Taiji a lesson, or a wake-up call.
To blame these banner lords for the same reason before their buttocks are clean is not only to fail to achieve their own purpose of questioning, but also to put themselves in a passive position, because by doing so, they are untenable and unconvincing.
Huang Taiji, who was sitting on the throne, swept the afterglow of his eyes from the sitting banner masters of Daishan, Yue Tuo, Haoge, Jierharang, and Dolgon, as well as the cold monk who was kneeling on the ground, one by one, thinking about what he was about to say.
Leng Monk, who was kneeling on the ground, kowtowed to the ground, buried his head between his arms, and didn't dare to move.
The Eight Kings Discussion System of the Dajin Kingdom, which used to be called the Bagushan Discussion System, was not common in the period of Lao Nu or after Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne.
When the old slave was dying, although he personally set the system of the Eight Kings Discussing Politics, that is, the Eight Banners Banner Owners jointly discussing politics, but when he was alive, he never really did it.
When the old slave was alive, the affairs of the Eight Banners of the Dajin Kingdom, anyone's life and death, were all decided by the old slave alone, and no one dared to say a word.
But when he was dying, he came up with such a system, which made Huang Taiji, who succeeded to the throne, very unhappy.
Therefore, unless it involves matters such as the abolition and change of the flag owner, Huang Taiji also easily does not engage in any discussion of the country by the eight flag owners.
Therefore, even ordinary sects did not have the opportunity to see or participate in such a confidential event, and as for Leng Monk Ji, he didn't even dare to think about it before.
However, this time, the owner of the Zhenglan Banner, Mang Gurtai, did not return to Shenyang, which was tantamount to giving up this opportunity, and at the same time, he asked Leng Seng Ji to temporarily take charge of the flag affairs for him.
In this way, Huang Taiji was also happy that he didn't come, so he asked Leng Seng to come over to attend the meeting.
However, Leng Seng Ji could only listen, not speak, and after listening, he went to report to his master Mang Gurtai.
In addition to Leng Monk Ji, the people in the Dugong Hall who could only listen but not speak at this time were Bakshrosh, Xifu, Leng Geri, and Namutai from Jixian Temple.
Rosh and the others are responsible for recording the words and deeds of all the banner owners in the temple.
Seeing that all the people who should have come had arrived, Huang Taiji coughed lightly and said, "The Eight Banners Banner Masters were summoned today to discuss the important affairs of the Eight Banners of our Dajin Country.
"Since I decided to go west to conquer Monan and make a detour to attack Ming in August and September last year, it will be October now, but the national strength of my Dajin Kingdom and the surrounding situation have changed suddenly.
"I led the army to make a detour to defeat Ming and then defeat first, it's not that my Eight Banners disciples are not brave enough and not good at fighting! The root of this is that I know that the strength of our Dajin Kingdom is especially inferior to that of the Southern Dynasty and the Ming Kingdom.
"The Southern Dynasty Ming Kingdom is full of Xiongguan Jiancheng, which is really not the riding and archery ability of my Jurchen Eight Banners, and those who can overcome it!
"I think about it, from now on, I Dajin should also take the selection of craftsmen and the casting of heavy artillery as the first priority. I can't make a heavy cannon comparable to the Southern Dynasty in one day, and my Dajin Eight Banners can't go south happily for a day!
"Previously, when I was in Geljurgen, I ordered the Horqin and Zalut tribes to follow the system of our Jurchen Eight Banners, and set up four banners before and after Horqin, left and right, as well as the Zalut Banner, to make up for the losses of the children of our Jurchen Eight Banners in this battle.
"Today, I summoned all the banner lords Baylor to come, and one of the matters to be discussed is that I have decided to build a Han army flag in addition to the Jurchen Eight Banners, with the two yellow flags, the red flags and other Han army Niu Lu subordinates, as well as the rest of the Wuzhen Chaoha Battalion.
"This Han military banner is mainly based on Wuzhen Chaoha, and the supervision is equipped with heavy artillery like the Southern Dynasty, in order to prepare for the siege of the city in the south!"
To this day, among the Jurchen high-levelers, not only Huang Taiji and Yue Tuo have seen the power of artillery, especially the importance of attacking the Ming army's fortified fortresses, and all the Jurchen high-level leaders with a little brains have realized this.
Therefore, when Huang Taiji said this, although everyone was slightly surprised, no one disagreed.
The Jurchens of this era were originally slaves of the Mongols, so all the previous social systems and military and political systems were learned from the Mongols.
After the Mongol rule was collapsed by the re-emerging Han Chinese, the Jurchens became vassals of the Ming Dynasty outside the Guan, and then various institutions began to learn from the Ming Dynasty again.
Therefore, in this era, the Jurchens, who were at the beginning of the flourishing of the dynasty, had not yet had time to form various rigid ancestral systems or other rules.
Therefore, it is indeed much easier for a figure like Huang Taiji to carry out some political or military "reforms" or something in the country of Dajin than Emperor Chongzhen.
As long as it is beneficial to the Jurchens of the Eight Banners of the Dajin Kingdom, there will basically be no opposition.