Chapter 19: Prince Zheng Zilharang
The residence of Prince Zheng.
Prince Zheng Jierharang is one of the few iron hat kings in the Qing Dynasty, the so-called iron hat king, refers to the prince Zheng, the title of the prince can be hereditary, the so-called hereditary replacement, that is, after the death of the prince, the title is not downgraded and passed on to future generations.
The royal titles of the Qing Dynasty are divided into 12 levels: Prince Heshuo, King of Doro County, Dorobele, Gushan Beizi, Zhenguo Gong, Fuguo Gong, Zhenguo Gong, Zhenguo General, Auxiliary Guogong, Fengguo General, and Feng'en General.
The Qing Dynasty titles were hereditary, divided into demoted hereditary and hereditary succession. Downgraded hereditary, that is, each succession must be downgraded by one level, but after several downgrades (the prince is reduced to the prince of the town, the prince of the county is reduced to the auxiliary state, the bailer is reduced to the eighth-point town, the beizi is reduced to the eighth-point auxiliary state, the town-state is reduced to the town-state general, and the auxiliary state-duke is reduced to the auxiliary general) and then it is no longer handed down, and this title is passed down.
The hereditary succession is that one of the prince's sons is made prince, and the rest of his sons are made princes. One of the sons of the prince of the county was named the king of the county, and the other sons were named Baylor. The son of Baylor was named Beizi, the son of Beizi was named Zhenguogong, the son of Zhenguo Gong was named Fuguogong, and the son of Fuguo Gong was awarded the third-class Zhenguo.
In addition to the clan title, there is also the title of meritorious hero with a different surname, and the title of meritorious hero with a different surname is of course awarded to a meritorious person with a different surname. Males, marquises, uncles, sons, and males are part of it.
The titles of meritorious heroes with different surnames are divided into nine ranks, and naturally they are also hereditary in terms of lower rank.
Of course, there are also three major vassal kings, which are kings with different surnames, such as Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, and Shang Kexi, the king of Zhennan, etc., can also be hereditary, which is the result of the struggle for power.
Prince Zheng Jierharang was an important minister of the Qing Dynasty during the Huang Taiji era, and he was also a prominent military achievement.
In the era of Huang Taiji, Zilharang also made many meritorious contributions.
In the first month of the first year of Cheoncong (1627), Jilharang and Beile Amin, Yuetuo, Azig and others conquered Korea, and drove all the way to the city of Pyongyang. In desperation, the Korean king Yi Yu could only send an envoy to the Manchurian army to negotiate peace, but Amin did not agree and still wanted to continue to attack the Korean capital.
Like Yue Tuo, Zilharang did not agree to continue the attack on Korea, believing that the Qing Dynasty could not garrison Korea for a long time, and that the best way was to make Korea a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty.
So he said to Amin: "It is not advisable for us to go deep behind enemy lines, but we should garrison our troops in Pingshan Castle to wait for the conclusion of peace." So he led the army to talk to the king of Joseon about the items that Joseon should pay tribute to Manchuria every year in the future, and only after the peace agreement was reached, the Qing army withdrew from the siege and returned.
In March of the first year of Tiancong (1627), Jierharang followed Huang Taiji to attack the Ming Dynasty. The Qing army set out from the old edge of Quang Ninh City and marched to besiege Jinzhou. Jierharang, together with Beile Mang Gurtai and others, led a partial division to guard the grain transportation of Tashan, encountered 20,000 Ming soldiers, and defeated 80 people in the front army of Houjin. After that, he moved to Ningyuan and met the army of the Ming general soldier Mangui. The two armies fought fiercely, and Zilharang was wounded in the battle, but he only bandaged his wounds a little, and then returned to the battle and continued to fight, and the soldiers, influenced by his courage, fought desperately, and finally defeated Mangui's army.
It can be seen that Zilharang is not only brave but also resourceful, and Huang Taiji was a trusted prince when he was in power.
From Nurhachi's imprisonment of his younger brother Shuerhaqi and the killing of two nephews, to the Huang Taiji's use of tactics to kill Amin and Mang Gurtai among the four major beylers, the bloody struggle of cannibalism within the royal family of the Qing Dynasty has never stopped.
And Zilharang from Nurhachi to Huang Taiji, all the way to the current Dolgon, has not been excluded, and has been reused, it can be seen that this Prince Zheng is a master of the struggle for survival in the court.
What is even more commendable is the appearance of two ministers in Zilharang, which is extremely rare in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
He and his son Dorojan County Wang Jidu were ranked as ministers of parliament in the same dynasty, which shows the power of Prince Zheng's way of dealing with people.
"Amma, you said that this time the emperor asked me to be the supervisor of Bogol, is it the emperor's intention to let our Zheng family support Bogol, plus your relationship with the imperial concubine Namu Zhong, do you want to secretly help Bogol".
This is the son of Zilharang, King Jidu of Jianjun.
"Jidu, Ama has something to say to you today, and you need to keep it in mind in order to stand tall in this ever-changing and deceitful court,。。。 cough cough". Zilharang, who had entered his twilight years, coughed violently without saying a word.