Chapter 21: The Origin of the Four Baylors

Later, your grandfather tried to split Houjin, and after failing, he was imprisoned to death by Emperor Taizu Nurhachi.

Not only did your grandfather lose his life, but our family also lost your uncle and third uncle.

Your eldest uncle, Altuna, has followed your grandfather for many years, is familiar with various military struggles, and participated in his grandfather's challenge and break with Emperor Taizu, and was later killed by Emperor Taizu decisively taking measures to deal with it.

Your third Bozha Saktu, who had a very high status in the eyes of his grandfather Shulhaqi at that time, was above his second brother Amin, so he also participated in the rebellion, and was also killed by Taizu Nurha and his eldest brother Altuna.

And your second uncle Amin, when your grandfather was in power, Amin's political status was not as good as that of his brother Altuna and his third brother Zasaktu, and he did not participate in the struggle, so after his father broke with his uncle and rebelled, he was not affected, but fortunately Daishan, Huang Taiji and other Baylors advised him to avoid death, but because of the blessing of misfortune, he was reused by Nurhachi, and later became the banner owner of the blue flag and one of the four great Baylors in the early Qing Dynasty.

Your father and I were only ten years old at the time, so I was not affected by my father's defeat in the struggle, I was a playmate with Huang Taiji at that time, and I had a very close relationship with Huang Taiji, so Huang Taiji interceded with Nurhachi on my behalf.

Emperor Taizu Nurhachi finally felt that he was ashamed of his fellow brothers, and I also respected him, so I made it clear in front of him that I would kill my relatives and swear to sever ties with my father. Emperor Nurhachi raised me as if I were his own son, and I developed a deep bond with Emperor Nurhachi and his sons, your cousins.

Emperor Taizu Nurhachi was very kind to me and Amin, and kept giving us two more officials and knights, perhaps because he made amends for his guilt over his father's death.

After the death of your grandfather Shulhaqi, Taizu Nurhachi asked his eldest son Chu Ying to help him preside over some military and political affairs. Chu Ying is the eldest son and has military merits, so he should be a good heir, but Chu Ying's desire for power is too heavy to tolerate people, and he offended his brother and the "Five Founding Ministers" Yi Yidu, Fei Yingdong, He Heli, An Feiyangu, and Hu Erhan, and was targeted by these people.

Nurhachi had to alienate Chu Ying for the sake of the overall situation, but unfortunately Chu Ying did not understand his father's intentions, but resented Nurhachi, and even befriended his henchmen with the intention of rebellion, and was finally executed by Nurhachi's order.

In 1616, Taizu Nurhachi ascended the throne as Khan and established Houjin.

In the early days of the establishment of the Later Jin regime, Nurhachi had to personally lead his troops to fight everywhere, and it was difficult to sit in the national capital for a long time, so it was an inevitable choice to choose someone to handle the government instead of him.

But in the face of power, even his brother Shuerhaqi and son Chu Ying are unreliable, and handing over power to one person will eventually lead to rebellion.

was worried about Taizu Nurhachi, and after contemplation, there were the "Four Great Beylers" with decentralized power and mutual checks and balances.

Emperor Taizu Nurhachi appointed his four sons and nephews Daishan, Amin, Mang Gurtai, and Huang Taiji to help him deal with the government, and the status and power of the four were equal, which was the four great beylers.

The Great Belle Daishan, the Second Belle Amin, that is, your second uncle, the third Belle Mang Gurtai, and the fourth Belle Huang Taiji each have their own subordinates, and the major affairs of the court are discussed by the four people; Daily affairs are rotated on a monthly basis, and one person manages them for one month. In this way, Nurhachi was the absolute authority in the Houjin regime, and the "Four Great Beylers" could only work hard and reduce mistakes in order to maintain their powerful position.

The situation of the "Four Beylers" in charge was naturally excellent for Nurhachi, who was his father, but after Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he could not sleep comfortably with his brothers who were in power.

The big Belle Daishan holds the red flag and the red flag, the second Belle Amin holds the blue flag, and the third Bel Mang Gurtai holds the blue flag, these three people are the elder brother of Huang Taiji, and the military power in their hands is not weaker than Huang Taiji, and when the court meeting is held, the four people sit side by side to accept the minister's worship, and the Huang Taiji, who is the Great Khan, is naturally unwilling.

Although Huang Taiji is uncomfortable, but Huang Taiji City is extremely deep, on the surface he did not show any signs, just secretly planning, when the time comes, he will give Amin and Mang Gurtai a fatal blow.

Huang Taiji first set up the prime minister and flag minister in the Eight Banners to disperse the power of the kings and the power of the army; then vigorously promoted Hanchen to help him deal with the government;

Amin and Mang Gultai were strong, reckless, irritable, and arrogant, and offended almost all the ministers and Baylor.

Everyone hated both of them.

Huang Taiji knew that the time had come to clean them up, and he needed an excuse.

The excuse finally came, Amin led the troops to defend the city, but was unexpectedly attacked by Zu Dashou's cannon, and lost all the four Ming Dynasty cities that Dajin had fought down with great difficulty, and Amin also slaughtered all the Han people in the city before abandoning the city and fleeing.

At the council, Dorgon took the lead and everyone demanded that Amin be executed.

Huang Taiji ordered Amin to be imprisoned for life.

Soon after, Amin committed suicide in prison.

Mang Gurtai lived in fear every day after that, borrowing wine every day to drown his sorrows, and once he was drunk and brought a knife to Huang Taiji to ask for an explanation, and was taken down by Dolgon on the spot.

Dorgon asked the Emperor's guards why they had let in a drunken Manggultai with a knife.

The guards replied that Mang Gultai was the brother of the Great Khan, so he did not dare to stop him.

Dolgon said: Although Mang Gurtai and Huang Taiji are brothers, they are also monarchs and ministers, and Mang Gurtai offended the king and should be punished heavily. ”

As a result, Mang Gurtai was cut from his post and seized power.

Dolgon had the greatest credit for Huang Taiji's handling of Amin and Mang Gultai, so he was most trusted by Huang Taiji.

He was soon promoted to Prince Rui and served as the secretary of the ministry.

And the remaining Da Belle Daishan was too old and had no ambitions, so he took the initiative to write a letter to request the revocation of his special status and obey Huang Taiji's orders.

How many years has it been since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Taizu and your grandfather Nurhaqi have died because of the struggle for power, brothers turned against each other, and there are so many princes and grandsons who died of cannibalism, these are all their own brothers, for the sake of this imperial power and cannibalism, I love how unfortunate it is for the Xinjueluo lineage, outsiders only think that the imperial power is noble, but they don't know that this imperial power also represents bloodshed and sacrifice.

Your second uncle Amin and Mang Gurtai competed for victory, but in the end they did not end well, and my father and I never argued, but now we can get a good death, why are we two ministers of parliament, in today's Qing Dynasty, this is the only one, how precious. "

"So what I want to tell you is that the first is to learn to endure, and the second is not to fight desperately, it is useless for you to fight if it is not yours, but it will harm your own life. "

"The third is that in the current situation, don't stand in line casually, otherwise you will put yourself in a passive situation. Whether it is the crown prince or Bogol, our Prince Zheng's family treats everyone equally, and this is the right decision. Prince Zheng looked at his son and said.

"Amma rest assured, my son will remember Amma's words today." Jidu still didn't seem to come out of the story told by Amma, and just muttered to himself.