Chapter 538: The Political Situation Is Chaos

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On August 11 of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Houjin Heavenly Mandate Khan Nurhachi was deceived by his son-in-law Liu Aita to Jinzhou, and led Mao Wenlong, the general soldier of Dongjiang Town, to cross the sea at night for a surprise attack. www.biquge.info When the city of Jinzhou was broken, Mao Wenlong's army was massacred, and Nurhachi heard the movement outside in the inner room, and died of terror, and was beheaded by Mao Wenlong.

By the time the Eight Banners army heard the news, Jinzhou City had already been burned to the ground. When the ruins were cleaned up a few days later, with the jade Buddha beads that Nurhachi usually wore, the Jurchens reluctantly recognized the "Wise Khan of the Nations" who had been burned into black charcoal, and transported them back to Shenyang for burial.

The Jurchens did not have the habit of cremation, but because Nurhachi died so badly that he couldn't even find his head, he couldn't hold a burial ceremony at all. In desperation, he had to change the burial to cremation, and completely turn the corpse that had been burned once into ashes. Then put it into the bone altar and buried it in the North Mausoleum of Shenyang.

In order to "defend His Holiness", the Jurchens later forcibly changed the funeral customs, so that all the dead would be cremated in the future. Later historians did not know why, and they still thought that cremation was a Jurchen tradition, but in fact, how did they know that it was all thanks to Liu Xingzuo and Mao Wenlong.

In fact, according to the original history, the Battle of Ningyuan and the death of Nurhachi both occurred in the sixth year of the Apocalypse. But due to Zhu Youzhen's crossing, the trajectory of history has undergone subtle changes, and Nurhachi's death has been advanced by two years. His death was tantamount to dropping a special bomb in this already chaotic era, which caused an uproar.

First of all, on the Houjin side, because the Great Khan suddenly "died" and did not designate a successor, those careerists who had the strength and coveted the Khan throne immediately showed their powers and launched a desperate battle.

Originally, Nurhachi's favorite son was the fourteenth son, Dorgon. Dorgon was born to the eldest concubine Abahai, along with two brothers, Azig and Dord. Prior to this, Nurhachi had intended to let the three brothers take charge of the Zhenghuang Banner on his behalf. The Zhenghuang Flag is the first of the eight flags, with the largest number of men and horses and the strongest military strength, and its symbolic meaning is self-evident.

But Nurhachi suddenly hung up, and the three brothers, Azig, Dolgon, and Dodor, were not very old and inexperienced in the struggle, which gave their uncle and brother an opportunity. Under the conspiracy of the elder Baylor, the Emperor Taiji of the Four Baylors took advantage of the chaos to seize the seal of the Zhenghuang Banner, and forced the eldest concubine Abahai to be martyred for Nurhachi.

Originally, according to the rules, concubines with children did not need to be buried, but Huang Taiji and others were afraid that Abahai would clean himself up with the status of the queen mother, so they came to strike first. Poor Abahai was only thirty-five years old, and in the prime of his life, he became a victim of dirty politics.

As soon as Abahai died, the three Dolgon brothers lost their backers and completely lost their qualifications to compete for the throne. Among the remaining beylers, the alliance formed by the Great Beyler Daishan and the Second Beyler Amin has four flags, namely white, white, red, and red, and is the most powerful. But now that all the soldiers and horses of the four banners have been pulled to North Korea by Amin, Daishan did not expect that Nurhachi would die at this juncture. Now he doesn't have a single soldier in his hands, so he naturally has no confidence to speak.

And Erbel Amin simply stayed in Seoul after receiving the news of Nurhachi's death later. He knew that if he was close by blood, he had no hope of ascending to the throne. But he has four banners in his hands, and no matter who takes the throne, he can fight in court. It's really not good, and it's okay to be the lord of North Korea.

Another promising successor to the throne of Khan is Mang Gurtai, the fifth son of Sanbeile and Nurhachi. He is the leader of the Blue Banner, the most brave and good at fighting among the sons of Nurhachi, but he is somewhat lacking in strategy. As soon as he heard the news of Nurhachi's death, he immediately led his troops to occupy the Shenyang Imperial Palace, thinking that in this way he could become a natural Great Khan.

And the most insidious and cunning Huang Taiji among the beylers, was originally the owner of the Yellow Flag, and now he took advantage of the chaos to seize the Yellow Flag. The two flags of Zhenghuang and inlaid yellow are the absolute main force of the Eight Banners, and their strength is still above Amin's Four Banners. Huang Taiji did not say a word on the surface, and never mentioned the matter of the Khan, but secretly sent people around to win the hearts of the Jurchen nobles; He also sent a secret letter to Zilharang, the owner of the White Banner in Korea, asking him to try to lead his army back and join forces with him.

When the Jurchens were fighting within themselves and the new Great Khan could not be produced for a long time, the Ming Dynasty was not much better. Originally, Mao Wenlong won the head of Nurhachi and made great contributions; But he only cared about chasing Zhu Youzhen and others, and he was also hit by the super typhoon.

As a result, most of the warships of the Dongjiang Naval Division capsized, and the sergeants drowned in the sea. Although the ship that Mao Wenlong was riding was fine, in the wind and rain, he accidentally dropped Nurhachi's head into the sea.

After returning to Phi Dao, Mao Wenlong immediately reported to Jingshi and Dengzhou Yuan Keli at the same time. However, due to the lack of the most critical evidence of the head, Yuan Keli has always been cautious and does not dare to believe this result. Later, Zheng Sen returned to Dengzhou by boat, and Liu Xingzuo told Yuan Keli about Mao Wenlong. Yuan Keli saw that Mao Wenlong, in order to grab credit, disregarded the overall situation and killed innocents indiscriminately, and his attitude towards Mao Wenlong changed greatly, and he no longer helped him.

And the government is still in power, and Wei Zhongxian originally regarded the upright Yuan Keli as a thorn in the flesh, and he wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible, but he couldn't find a suitable excuse. Now that Mao Wenlong has reported such a great victory but has no evidence, it just gives Wei Zhongxian an opportunity to strike at Yuan Keli.

At his behest, the recitals poured into the celebrant like snowflakes, all of which impeached Yuan Keli and Mao Wenlong. Among them, many of the words Mao Wenlong falsely reported his military exploits, spent money and food in vain, and committed lawlessness, all of which were the result of Yuan Keli's connivance and cover-up. Yuan Keli was speechless, and finally resigned angrily. However, Mao Wenlong was good at seeing the wind and making the rudder, and when he saw that Yuan Keli, the backer, was unreliable, he immediately changed his court and worshiped Wei Zhongxian, but the result was not dangerous.

In the end, the account was calculated, and this surprise attack and assassination operation was extremely successful, but as a result, Yuan Keli, who was in charge of the overall situation and should have made the greatest contribution, ended up going home to farm. Wei Zhongxian was also satisfied with bringing down Yuan Keli, and did not want to make progress at all, and took advantage of the chaos to crusade against Houjin's great opportunity to be easily missed.

Yuan Keli fell, and Liu Xingzuo was not reused. The Han people, who were originally a little wavering in Liaodong, saw this result, and they fell even more desperately to the side of Houjin.

The situation is so complicated, as one of the parties involved, Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qin, is completely unaware. Because, he has been swept into the sea by a big wave, and at this moment he is sitting on a huge boat board with Li Zhenyan, the lord of Miaoxiang, and he is involuntarily taken to an unknown distance!