Emperor Taiji was one of the greatest emperors in the history of the Qing Dynasty, and he made Jurchen, who was originally only a second-rate force, become the king of the steppe, and he not only subdued the various tribes of Mongolia, became the Heavenly Khan, but also laid down most of the Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for his physical problems, Dorgon would always have been just a minor general under his command.
In order to achieve great deeds, Huang Taiji also paid a lot, for internal stability, he once bowed down to his brother in public and promised the benefits of Heavenly Great, but in the ensuing battle, several brothers died in danger, all of whom died under the schemes of Huang Taiji.
Schemes are king
Like many princes, Huang Taiji decided from birth that he had to face strong competition, Huang Taiji's father Nurhaci had a total of 16 sons, of which a total of eight people were qualified to inherit the throne, namely the four great baylors and the four little baylors, although the emperor taiji belonged to the four great baylors, but did not have much advantage among the brothers.
Among the four great belles, the most advantageous is Nurhaci's second son Daishan, who has obtained Nurhaci's verbal promise to be the future heir because of his outstanding military achievements, so the Emperor Taiji must first deal with this competitor.
The competition among the princes was fierce, but Daishan felt that he was sitting on the Diaoyutai, so he made a fool of himself and had an unclear relationship with his father Nurhaci's concubine, the Daifukujin Abhay.
Abhay is Nurhaci's fourth concubine, and her status is equivalent to that of the empress next to the emperor, because it is a political marriage, so the age difference between Abhay and Nurhaci is very large, but it is not far from the age difference of Daishan, as a man, Huang Taiji understands very well what Daishan means when he looks at Abahai.
Huang Taiji told this secret to his father Nurhaci through Xiao Fujin's mouth, and the storm was as fierce as imagined, Daishan lost the right to inherit the throne, and Abahai's son Mang Gultai also lost the right to compete, plus Amin was only Nurhaci's nephew, leaving only Huang Taiji alone among the four great belles.
But this is only the first step in the plan, because the four little Baylors also theoretically have the right to inherit, although they are still young, but the war is still going on, which also means that they will get a larger military industry at any time, and it is best to do it once and for all.
However, this matter still needs to be worked on from Abahai, and in the Nurhaci period, because it did not enter the Central Plains, the Jurchen (Later Jin) still retained many bad habits, including funerals.
Originally, Abba Hai did not need to be buried, but the Emperor Taiji falsely passed on the holy will, so that Aba Hai also entered the funeral list, for this matter, everyone is commonplace, naturally no one doubts the authenticity of the holy will, with the death of Aba Hai, her young sons Dorgon and Doze, also lost the right to inherit the throne.
The way of forbearance
At this point, everyone saw that behind all these things was Huang Taiji's ghost, and after Nurhaci's death, no one would take care of the throne by force, but Huang Taiji would obviously not allow such a thing to happen.
Even if he eventually seized the throne by force, the overall power of Houjin would inevitably be greatly weakened, and defeating the Ming Dynasty would become nonsense, and for his own future, Emperor Taiji chose to endure it.
In the Yuan Dynasty, there was a precedent of four brothers ruling the world together, so the Emperor Taiji, in front of everyone, bowed down to the other three of the four great baylors at the succession ceremony, making it clear that the future world would belong to the four brothers, everyone was equal, and the other three baylors did not need to perform the courtesy of the emperor Taiji.
For the other three Baylors, this is obviously the best result, the bloodiness of the throne battle has long gone beyond words, and it is obviously beyond their imagination to be able to get such treatment, but this is only the verbal agreement of the Emperor Taiji, and through subsequent events, it can be proved that they are still too simple.
The first to be disposed of was Amin, after discovering that The Emperor Taiji did not have the heart to kill, he directly put forward the idea of going out to be the king of the domain, this request no matter which emperor will not agree, but the Emperor Taiji is not easy to directly refuse, so he designed a plan for Amin.
He first allowed Amin to fight outside, and after the war worsened, he gave him a difficult city to defend, and after the defeat of the army, he was retaken by other generals, and at the same time, Amin was held accountable, and afterwards, Amin was imprisoned and imprisoned for various crimes, and lost all his rights.
Strike back across the board
After Amin's accident, Huang Taiji was ready to start working against the other two brothers, Mang Gultai was a typical rough man, inheriting the blood of his mother Mongols, murderous, but not much brain, so it was very simple to deal with him, that is, to find various reasons to weaken his military strength.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to attack the city of Beijing, Huang Taiji directly drew nearly half of his troops, but as Belle, Mang Gurtai could not refute it, and could only bite his teeth and swallow in his stomach, but this was only a beginning, and then Huang Taiji repeatedly transferred troops, so that the Zhenglan Banner led by Mang Guertai weakened step by step, and finally lost to the Ming army in the Battle of Daling River, and was beaten badly.
At this time, Mang Guertai could no longer stand the practice of Huang Taiji, and drew his sword at Huang Taiji in public, this matter can actually be big or small, if Huang Taiji chooses to tolerate it, at most one beating board will be over, but Huang Taiji has been waiting for this moment for many years, he immediately arrested Mang Guertai for a crime of rebellion and disrespect, and removed his Baylor identity.
The last remaining person is DaiShan, although Daishan has a bad brain, he is a wise man, as early as the time of Amin's accident, Daishan knew the final result, and when Mang Gurtai was convicted, Daishan not only did not stop it, but persuaded Mang Gurtai to accept this result.
Emperor Taiji knew Dai Shan's thoughts, but Dai Shan was the leader of the Red Banner and the Red Banner, and the soldiers were many and had to be dealt with, so in Huang Taiji, he casually found an excuse and asked Dai Shan if he had the idea of rebellion, Dai Shan knew that there was no way to avoid it, and handed over his military power on the spot to show loyalty, Emperor Taiji naturally did not blame such a wise person, and Dai Shan was eventually able to enjoy his old age in peace.
With DaiShan handing over his military power, Huang Taiji finally took all the eight banners into his pocket, and at this time he was even more determined to unify the Central Plains, but unfortunately, Huang Taiji's body did not allow him to do so, and he died young, and the rest of the things could only be done by Dolgun.
However, Emperor Taiji eventually kept a hand, and before dying, he entrusted his children Shunzhi and Jiangshan to the loyal Aobai, which made Dorgon never succeed, and before dying, he could only have a false name, and the world of the Qing Dynasty still reached the hands of Emperor Taiji's descendants.