Chapter Eighty-Three: The Princes of the Qing Dynasty Who Died in the Interior (1)
Hou Ye's Mansion.
"Lord Totong, Prince Li asks to see you on behalf of Shan!" Ingley had just returned from training today, when a pro-guard Dott stepped forward and knelt down to report.
"Prince Li, is this generation still for the sake of her daughter's affairs, is it too tight, Shi Dun. Du Duo just picked up Angel back, and he didn't have time to tell her about it! Ingrid muttered to herself.
"My lord, you don't have to worry too much, the soldiers are coming, and the water is coming!"
Next to the captain of the guard, Shi Dun. Du Duo said.
"Hurry up, please!" Ingley felt that Shi Dun. What Du Duo said makes a lot of sense.
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"Prince Li, regarding the matter of your daughter, Pontotong has not yet discussed it with his insiders..... "Ingrid said first after bringing Daizen into the inner hall and sitting down.
"Lord Dutong, this prince has already told his daughter who is studying martial arts in Mount Emei that she is already on the way back, since Lord Dutong is unwilling, this prince can inform me of that daughter at that time, and Lord Dutong does not need to worry too much. My prince is here today because he has other important matters to discuss with you, so please ask others to leave. Dai Shan was worried, and his mood looked very heavy.
"Please ask Prince Zheng for advice." With a wave of her hand, Ingrid exited the inner chamber left and right, leaving only the two of them, and Ingrid said.
"Lord Dutong, you know, this emperor has been seriously ill for the past few days, and he is about to die as he sees that he is getting worse and worse!". Dai Shan sighed and said.
"What, didn't you say that the emperor occasionally felt the wind and cold and needed to rest for a few days?" English exclaimed.
"Hey, that's just a rhetoric to the outside world, I'm afraid of causing political turmoil, and all forces are ready to move." Dai Shandao.
"Hey, if this emperor Taiji collapses, the political situation that I have finally stabilized in the Qing Dynasty will begin to turbulent again, and this Aixin Jueluo will have to fight for this supreme imperial power, and the prince is very reluctant to kill each other within the Qing Dynasty, and he wants to stop it but is powerless." Dai Shan frowned and sighed.
"Internal cannibalism, isn't this enough, isn't there a council?" Ingrid Road.
"Hey, what the council will discuss is the result of a foregone conclusion, the previous intrigue, deceit, strength competition, and power crushing are the most important, Lord Dutong, do you know how many princes of my Aixin Jueluo clan have died in internal friction, and the history of entrepreneurship in the Qing Dynasty is also a history of blood and tears of fratricide." Daizen looked sad, grabbed Ingrid's hand and muttered to himself.
"If the prince is willing to speak, I want to hear it!!" Ingley comforted Dai Shandao, isn't this the involution that later generations say, but the price of this Qing imperial involution is life.
"This first internal conflict is the struggle between the king's uncle, Taizu's younger brother, Surhaqi, and the king's father Khan, this time, in addition to Surhaqi, there are also his two sons: the eldest son Altuna and the third son Zasaktu all died in this infighting."
"Aixin Jueluo Shuerhaqi, the third son of Aixin Jueluo Takshi, the same brother of the Qing Taizu Nurhachi."
In his early years, he went out with his brother Nurhachi to earn a living, and later defected to the Ming Dynasty general Li Chengliang's men as errands. Perseverance, tenacity, courage and good fighting character. In the forty-fourth year of Wanli (1616), Nurhachi was proclaimed Khan in Hetuala, and Shulhaqi was promoted to Beyler, second only to his brother, and became the second person.
In the forty-third year of Jiajing (1564), Shuerhaqi was born in Liaodong. His father, Tucker, was the commander. Her mother is the eldest daughter of Wang Gao, the commander of the right guard of Jianzhou. When Shulhazi was 5 years old, his biological mother unfortunately died, and the family affairs began to be presided over by his stepmother, Nara. The stepmother was mean and cold to the Shulhazy brothers. Shuerhaqi, who was just five or six years old, followed his brother Nurhachi to the deep mountains and forests, collecting pine nuts, fungus, mushrooms, and hunting wild fowl, and then sending these mountain goods to the horse market in Fushun to sell them to supplement the family. However, their rush and toiling did not earn the slightest mercy from their stepmother. Helplessly, when he was 10 years old, Shuerhaqi left home with his brother and lived under his maternal grandfather Wang Gao.
In the second year of Wanli (1574), when Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, led the army to break through Wang Gao's Gule Village, Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi were both captured and used as young soldiers to fight with the army. Every time they fought, the Ming army let the Jurchen captives take the lead and rush into the opponent's sword array. After a few battles, most of the Jurchen captives were killed, but only the Nurhachi brothers survived and developed a strong physique and exquisite martial arts.
In the 11th year of Wanli (1583), Shulhaqi's grandfather and father died in the chaos of the Ming Dynasty. Grief-stricken, Shulhaqi and his brother Nurhachi left the Ming army together and returned home.
After some deep thought, the two decided to avenge their dead relatives, relying on the thirteen pairs of armor left by their grandfather, raising a team of more than 100 people, and began the great cause of creating Houjin. During his entrepreneurial years, Shulhazi became the right-hand man and main fighter of his brother Nurhachi.
In August of the 23rd year of Wanli (1595), Shulhaqi led the Jianzhou Jurchen tributary delegation to Beijing for the first time, and this experience opened his eyes. He was dissatisfied with his subordinate position to his brother, and he hoped to one day become the supreme ruler of the Jianzhou Jurchens. At the same time, he developed a keen interest in advanced agrarian civilization and culture.
In July of the 25th year of Wanli (1597), Shulhaqi went to Beijing for the second time to pay tribute, and this experience fueled his ambitions. After arriving in Beijing, he was warmly and ceremoniously received by the Ming court, and was rewarded with rich gifts such as gold, silver, and satin. At the same time, the Ming court also granted him the high-ranking military position of command. The Ming Dynasty used this as a strategic countermeasure, trying its best to win over and buy Nurhachi's opponents and opponents, and stir up sow discord between the two in order to intensify the contradictions between them. For this reason, Shulhaqi was indeed grateful for the favor of the Ming Dynasty, he was grateful to the Ming Dynasty, and his political attitude became more and more inclined to the Ming Dynasty. In addition to his active close relationship with the Ming Dynasty, Shulhaqi also strengthened his ties with various other Jurchen tribes through political marriages in order to expand his personal power and influence. In the twenty-fourth year of Wanli (1596) he married the sister of Beyl Buzhantai of the Ula tribe, and the following year he married his daughter Eshitai to Buzhantai. Shulhazi also maintained a fairly close relationship with the DPRK, and the DPRK envoy went to Jianju to perform the same etiquette for Nurhachi and Shulhaqi to meet and give the same gifts to both of them. The two of them also slaughtered pigs and sheep separately, and each entertained the Korean envoys in their tents and gave gifts in return. The Joseon king was also willing to maneuver between the two Jianju chiefs and impose the principle of double recognition on them, in the same way that the Ming dynasty did.
With the unification of the Jurchen tribes, Nurhachi had enough strength to confront the Ming Dynasty, and his hostile attitude towards the Ming Dynasty became increasingly obvious, and his subordinates often engaged in armed conflicts with the Ming army. The Ming Dynasty was disturbed by the situation in Liaodong. In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli (1601), the Ming court used Li Chengliang, the former general of Liaodong, who had been deposed, in the hope that he could reverse the bad situation at that time. At the beginning of his tenure, Li Chengliang adopted the original policy of dividing and disintegrating the Jurchen ministries. He took advantage of the contradiction between Shulhazy and his brother, vigorously wooed him, and was very kind to him, especially high. Li Chengliang asked his son Li Rubai to marry Shuerhaqi's daughter as a concubine, which made the relationship between the two parties closer. In the thirty-third year of Wanli (1605), Shuerhaqi's wife died of illness, and Li Chengliang and his son prepared a rich sacrifice to go to the funeral, which was very grand. In the face of the favor of the Ming Dynasty, Shulhaqi was even more grateful, and he was determined to rely on the Ming Dynasty as a backstage to establish his position as the supreme leader of the Jurchens