Eighty-Six: The Princes and Belles Who Died of Involution (4)

The Battle of Wujie Rock weakened the power of the Urabe. Nurhachi was overjoyed, and Chu Ying was "brave and first" and gave him the honorific title of "Alhattumen". Alhatutumen is a transliteration of Manchu, which means resourcefulness. Later, in the battles of Yihan Mountain City and other battles, Chu Ying also made outstanding military achievements, and made important contributions to Nurhachi's completion of the great cause of Jurchen unification, and can be called an outstanding hero in the establishment of Houjin. Because he was the eldest son, he made many military exploits and was appointed to take charge of national affairs. He was only 29 years old.

Chu Ying was brutal and narrow-minded by nature, and with his great military achievements, he did not take anyone seriously, so Nurhachi's "Five Founding Ministers" Yi Yidu, Fei Yingdong, He Heli, An Feiyangu and Hu Erhan, as well as some brothers, were at odds with Chu Ying.

The "Four Great Beylers" are Nurhachi's four sons and nephews: Jianzhou has no tradition of establishing heirs and elders, and the younger brothers are dissatisfied with Chu Ying's status as the heir and the ruler of the country. But if they directly complained about their dissatisfaction with their eldest brother, they seemed to be in contention for the heir, so they decided to unite with the "five ministers" and dump Chu Ying. The "Five Ministers" followed Nurhachi in his early years, with high prestige and power, experienced battle formations, built special honors, and conquered Tulun City when Chu Ying was still in infancy. The five ministers were also dissatisfied with Chu Ying's status as a military machine and a referee in political affairs, and tried to combine with the "Four Baylors" to jointly bring down Chu Ying. The "five ministers" first sued Chu Ying, the heir, and seemed to be suspicious of bad intentions.

From Chu Ying's side, he lacked a humble attitude towards the "five ministers" who were the "pillars" and "fathers" of the state; He did not have the wisdom to encompass his younger brothers, but wanted to take advantage of the lifetime of his father Khan Nurhachi to gradually reduce their wealth and power, so as to consolidate his own position. This practice put everyone in danger in the "Four Baylors" and the "Five Ministers" and promoted their union. As a result, Chu Ying was isolated. The gradual clarity and intensification of the contradictions between the two sides forced Nurhachi to make a choice between his eldest son Chu Ying and the "Four Beylers" and "Five Ministers". He weighed it repeatedly and finally decided to distance himself from Chu Ying. After attacking Ula twice, Nurhachi did not send Chu Ying to the expedition, but let him stay at home. Chu Ying not only learned a lesson from this, but also introspected and secretly talked to himself. On the contrary, "Chu Yingyi was not complacent, and burned his watch to sue the heavens", so he was convicted of "chewing". On March 26, the 41st year of Wanli (1613), Nurhachi followed the method of Shuerhaqi, who was punished that year, and ordered his eldest son Chu Ying to be imprisoned in a high wall.

In the forty-first year of Wanli (1613), the "crimes" they accused Chu Ying were: first, Chu Ying sowed discord and made the "Four Baylors" and "Five Ministers" discord with each other; second, he claimed to demand the property and horses of his brother Belle, which caused his brother to be dissatisfied; Third, he said: "After I ascend the throne, I will kill all my brothers and ministers who are evil to me."

Soon, Chu Ying's above-mentioned words and deeds were discovered, and Nurhachi knew Chu Ying's shortcomings very well, but he also wanted to give his son a chance to review himself and regret his mistakes, so he recruited Chu Ying and asked him to read the documents of the "Four Beylers" and "Five Ministers" denunciating him, as long as he admitted his narrow-minded, arbitrary, and selfish mistakes, he might still be forgiven and supported by his father Khan. But Chu Ying still stuck to her own views and did not repent. As a result, Nurhachi began to gradually weaken Chu Ying's power, clearly showing his distrust of him. This further aroused Chu Ying's great dissatisfaction. So far, Chu Ying has only been three months from being appointed prince to finally losing his ruling power. Chu Ying began to be hostile to his father, befriended his henchmen, and waited for an opportunity to take revenge. When his father was out in the army, Chu Ying conspired and wrote a curse to burn the heavens and the earth. He also threatened that if the army was defeated, "If defeated, I will not let the defeated father and brothers enter the city."

When Nurhachi heard about this, he was very angry, and in a fit of rage, he ordered his eldest son, Chu Ying, to be imprisoned in a high wall. After being suppressed for two years, on August 22, the 43rd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1615), Chu Ying was ordered to be executed by Nurhachi in the name of unrepentance at the age of 36.

Chu Ying began to lead troops to fight at the age of nineteen. In the twenty-sixth year of Wanli (1598), Chu Ying led an army to conquer the Jurchen Anchulaku Road in the East China Sea, collected more than 20 people from the tunzhai and returned, and was given the name "Hongba Tulu" (meaning "vigorous hero" in Chinese). Chu Ying's real rise to prominence was due to his outstanding performance in the Battle of Wujieyan, through which he was valued by his father Nurhachi.

In the first month of the 35th year of Wanli (1607), Nurha Chichuying escorted the newly annexed subordinates back to Jianzhou. On the way back, the general of the Beyleb Zhantai faction of the Urabe tribe, Bokedo, led 10,000 soldiers and horses to intercept it. The two sides fought a major battle at Ujaeam on the banks of the Tumen River (in present-day Chungseong, Joseon). The Battle of Wujieyan not only greatly weakened the power of the Ula Division, but also opened up the passage from Jianzhou to the Ussuri River basin and the middle and lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River. “

In the forty-first year of Wanli (1613), Chu Ying, who entered the middle age, was the eldest son of the eldest son, and was once the first heir to the throne of the early Jurchen (Manchu) regime by virtue of his military exploits in many years of expeditions. Regrettably, however, this illustrious heir to the throne soon lost his father's right to take charge of the country, and left our brother with a tragic end. Dai Shan was already in tears when he said this.