Liu Xingzuo said, "Mao Shuai originally had a biological son named Mao Chengdou. After Mao Shuai was executed, Shen Shikui was appointed by the imperial court as the chief soldier of Phi Dao, who relied on the guest soldiers sent by the imperial court later, so he deliberately excluded the righteous sons that Mao Shuai received. Shang Kexi was forced to surrender to Huang Taiji on Hirokashima. ”

"In order to prevent him from attacking Mao Chengdou, I secretly sent him to Mao Shuai's hometown Qiantang."

"If Your Majesty still has a holy family for Mao Shuai, the last general will recommend Mao Chengdou to re-lead Mao Shuai's old department."

Chongzhen's heart moved, he couldn't imagine that this Liu Xingzuo ate both ends, secretly killed Mao Wenlong on the one hand, and saved Brother Long's son on the other hand, he was indeed a bold and ruthless person.

Writing down Mao Chengdou's incident, Chongzhen was noncommittal, and asked Liu Xingzuo about the contradictions and conflicts within the Qing Dynasty.

"General Liu, do you know Nurhachi's youngest son, Dorgon? Where is this person now? ”

Liu Xingzuo pondered for a moment and then replied, "Dolgon is gifted and wise, and he is a fair and honest person, unlike Huang Taiji's selfishness, which is quite popular with old thieves. ”

"I have heard from Madame that Nurhachi had intended to be in Dorgon. It's just that his nephew Amin, who was with him before his death, had already hooked up with Huang Taiji in private at that time, so Nurhachi never passed on this edict. ”

"In the end, Nurhachi had to change his mind on his deathbed, and the eldest son, Daishan, Mang Gurtai, Huang Taiji, and his nephew Amin, the four major beyles, jointly inherited the throne."

"One country and four dukes?" Chongzhen was a little surprised, this is really an operation that I can't think of for 30 years of high blood pressure.

Liu Xingzuo said in 1510, "The Eight Banners are different from my Ming system, once they serve as Gushan Ezhen, their descendants will be the banner owners for the rest of their lives, and the control of the banner people is like private property, even the Great Khan cannot deprive them of their rights casually." ”

"It is precisely because of this that Nurhachi's sons and nephews dare to fight and lay a great foundation for him."

"The old thief divided the four sons and checked and balanced each other, which also made no one dare to embezzle the property of those young sons without permission, which can be regarded as maintaining the temporary unity of the Eight Banners."

Chongzhen nodded, to put it bluntly, it is the traditional feudal system, which was established in the Zhou Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, and it was almost the same.

Without this kind of hard incentive, you have made a half-day merit and a false title of Shaobao and Young Master, and you may be raided after death, who will still work for you?

Liu Xingzuo said again, "After the four great Baylors succeeded to the throne, the first thing they did was to force Dolgon and Azig's biological mother to death, Dafu Jin Abahai. My wife said that this was to prevent the old thief's edict from leaking out of Dorgon. ”

Chongzhen was surprised, "In this way, doesn't Dolgon have a grudge against a few of them?" ”

Liu Xingzuo shook his head and said, "The Jurchens have not abolished the vice of human martyrdom. I thought what my wife said was just a rumor. ”

"Otherwise, the four great Baylors obviously want to prevent the spread of the edict, how can even my wife know about it?"

"Personally, I think that since the old thief executed the crown prince Chu Ying, he no longer wanted to openly establish a prince, so as not to give birth to arrogance, so a situation of multiple sons checking and balancing and containing each other has been formed, which can be regarded as protecting several young sons from being bullied."

"I didn't expect Ning Yuan to die early after being bombarded by Inspector Yuan. He couldn't think of a better way to make a reserve. ”

Chongzhen nodded.

In this world, most conspiracy theories do not hold up. All the careful thinking is just a combination of historical accident and necessity.

Chongzhen asked again, "Then what is Huang Taiji's status among the four Baylors now?" ”

Liu Xingzuo replied, "Huang Taiji's status is now as stable as Mount Tai. ”

"The Jurchen tribe itself has a tradition of the eldest son inheriting his father's title and status, and the younger son inheriting the property, so as to preserve the father's bloodline to the greatest extent."

"Originally, it was the crown prince Chu Ying who was supposed to succeed him, but this person was imprisoned by the old thief early and died of anger."

"After Chu Ying, the second generation of good was deprived of the inheritance right by the old thief."

"Mang Gurtai Mune is cruel, and once killed his biological mother in order to prove his innocence to the old thief, and his reputation is extremely bad."

"Amin is the nephew of the old thief and has no inheritance rights. Abatai was born to a maiden and was not treated well by the other sons. Azig is a martial madman, and he can't do anything. ”

Chongzhen nodded, "The tallest of the short, and the turn can only be Huang Taiji's turn." ”

Liu Xingzuo nodded and said, "Not only that, Huang Taiji also united many little Baylors, that is, the sons of Chu Ying, Dai Shan, Mang Gurtai, the elder brothers, and the old thieves and young sons such as Dolgon. ”

Chongzhen was surprised, "Why do these little Baylors follow Huang Taiji's uncle? ”

Liu Xingzuo explained, "Since the old thief raised his army, his power has expanded very quickly. However, since our Liao town blocked it from continuing westward, the overall development has been relatively slow. ”

"Now most of the strength of the Eight Banners is divided by a few big Baylors, and the little Baylors can only drink soup with their mouths."

"If you don't follow Huang Taiji closely and continue to use troops against Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty, where will they get their status, property and tribes?"

"On the other hand, most of those big Baylors are no longer willing to work for Huang Taiji, and only want to preserve the current glory and wealth."

Chongzhen knew clearly, to put it bluntly, Huang Taiji's basic plate was the Shaozhuang faction composed of these little Baylors.

It's no wonder that he was able to overwhelm the other three Baylors later, after all, as long as Huang Taiji continued to expand externally, his power would become bigger and bigger.

Chongzhen asked again, "According to what you say, aren't these nephews of the old thief already having infighting?" ”

Liu Xingzuo shook his head and said, "The last general thinks that they just have different views and intentions. ”

"Fundamentally speaking, they are all evil bandits who do not produce anything, and they will always want to plunder the outside world to enrich themselves, but they have different views on the speed and pace of expansion."

"However, Amin has always been at odds with Huang Taiji."

Chongzhen Qi said, "You just said that Amin has a merit in supporting Huang Taiji, why don't they deal with each other?" ”

Liu Xingzuo said, "Amin was close to Huang Taiji at the beginning, and he always wanted to use his support to make Huang Taiji agree to his independence from the Eight Banners system and become the king of the soil. ”

Chongzhen sneered, "If Huang Taiji does it, the Eight Banners should also fall apart." ”

Liu Xingzuo replied, "Your Majesty Shengming, Huang Taiji naturally didn't want to set this precedent, so there was friction between the two. ”

Seeing that Chongzhen was deep in thought, Liu Xingzuo took the initiative to report again, "Your Majesty, these Karaqin people I caught this time said that the original Karaqin Khan was recently defeated by the Tiger Chief in the Battle of Zhaocheng. Now only their vassals are entrenched here, the so-called Karaqin Thirty-six Families. ”

"These people are dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty and cut off their annual gifts, and now they all fall to Huangtaiji."

"The ones I caught this time are all guides sent by Karaqin to aid the establishment of the state, and they are familiar with the local geography and people."

"If the emperor is interested, I can also sort out these materials and provide them for the emperor's reference together with the internal situation of the establishment of the state that I know."

Chongzhen was overjoyed and said, "So good! ”

As if remembering something, he asked, "Could it be that General Liu also understands Mongolian?" ”

Liu Xingzuo explained, "The so-called Manchu language of the Jurchens was originally mostly borrowed from Mongolian or Chinese, and I often dealt with the Mongols in Liaodong back then, so I also knew a little. ”

Chongzhen was extremely excited in his heart, it seemed that he had really picked up the treasure this time.

Hold Liu Xingzuo's hand and say, "Okay! I don't like to kill a Horqin this time, but I am happy to have a General Liu! ”

Liu Xingzuo was also flattered when he saw Chongzhen behaving like this.

Chongzhen said again, "It is too condescending to let General Liu go to Phi Island to be a general soldier. ”

"I will first give you a house in Jingshi, in case you can consult at any time. There will be great use in the future. ”

He solemnly promised, "General Liu's blood feud, he will definitely let you repay it in person one day!" ”

Liu Xingzuo was grateful, and solemnly saluted Chongzhen, "Holy heaven's grace, the grass will be repaid in the end!" ”