In the history of the Qing Dynasty, only the second son of Kangxi, Yin Rong, was made crown prince by the Ming Dynasty, and this crown prince was ultimately unable to succeed to the throne and was deposed by both sides. In fact, in addition to Yin Rong, there were also some crown princes who were acquiesced, and although they were not ordained, they actually had the status of crown princes. Today, I want to talk about the first crown prince of the Qing Dynasty, that is, Guangluo Belle Chuying.
Chu Ying was the eldest son of The Qing Taizu Nurhaci, and his mother was Nurhaci's original fujin Tong Jia clan, born in the eighth year of the Wanli Calendar (1580). It is said that Nurhaci's early years had been separated from his stepmother, resulting in the Tong family, and the Tong family was a local famous and prestigious family, which undoubtedly played an important role in Nurhaci's entrepreneurship, that is, Nurhaci actually started with the Tong family.
When Chu Ying was 4 years old, Nurhaci raised the banner and began the journey to unify the Jurchen tribes, and in the early stages, Nurhaci was often hunted down and killed by enemies. Once, Nurhaci was besieged, and in desperation, he hid Chu Ying and three other siblings under the cabinet to escape the disaster. This environment of fighting made Chu Ying develop a strong and courageous character, and he began to follow his father on the battlefield before he was eighteen years old.
When Chu Ying was 19 years old, he was ordered by his father to enlist Anchuraku, but he did not expect to win a big victory, and was subsequently honored by his father Nurhaci as Humbaturu and promoted to Baylor. Since then, Chu Ying has been entrusted with heavy responsibilities by his father many times, for example, in the thirty-fifth year of the Wanli Calendar, together with his younger brother Chu Ying, he greeted the lord of The Youyou City, Tsemuthei, who had come to the annex, and was ambushed by the Ula Tribe, Chu Ying and his younger brother Daishan fought bloodily, and finally killed the BeleBok Duo of the Ula Tribe with fewer victories, and Chu Ying was awarded the title of "Alhatu Tumen".
After that, Chu Ying participated in the wars between the Jurchens and other tribes in Jianzhou many times, and made great achievements, and when Chu Ying was 29 years old, he was appointed to take charge of state affairs, in fact, he established the status of crown prince.
However, in terms of personality, Chu Ying has fatal flaws, such as not being good at handling interpersonal relations, being violent and unkind, which makes the contradictions between him and many brothers and ministers gradually intensify.
Nurhaci had five ministers, all of whom were brothers born and died with Nurhaci, and had a very high status in the Jianzhou Nuzhen, but Chu Ying did not take them seriously. As a result, the five ministers jointly reported Chu Ying to Nurhaci, saying that he was suspicious of his ill intentions. There is no conclusive evidence of whether Chu Ying has any ill intentions, but this is a matter of unity and stability in the establishment of the state, and Nurhaci must make his attitude clear.
Nurhaci wanted to give Chu Ying a chance to reform first, but Chu Ying was stubborn and even began to form gangs and factions against his father. If so, Nurhaci ordered him to be imprisoned, but by this time, Chu Ying still did not repent, and even burned his cousin to curse his father Khan and his brothers and ministers, Nurhaci would never allow such dangerous elements to exist, just like Shulhaqi (Nurhaci's brother) at that time.
On August 22, 1615, after two years of ideological struggle, Nurhaci finally made up his mind to put his eldest son Chu Ying to death, who was only 36 years old.
However, there is a tradition in Manchuria that, generally speaking, the sins of fathers do not harm future generations, such as Chu Ying's eldest son Du Du, who was brave and good at war, and became the first white flag bearer.
Du Du's second son, named Mulhu, was a great-grandson of Nurhaci, who had two daughters, the eldest daughter married Dong E, the minister of internal affairs of the Shunzhi Dynasty. Eshuo became the stepmother of Empress Xiaoxian Duanjing (Dong E's concubine), and the fourth daughter married the Kangxi Dynasty's interior minister Ullanara? Fei Yanggu, who gave birth to Empress Xiaojingxian, was the original match for the Yongzheng Emperor.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Manchuria