As the saying goes, "the dragon gives birth to nine sons, nine sons are different", this sentence is most applicable to the emperors of the dynasties, even if there are the best genes, but not necessarily able to shine, in the end only one person can stand out from the many princes to become the new emperor, the remaining princes are excellent, there are also mediocre, the worst is the wine bag rice bag generation. For example, Nurhaci has a son, and Babuhai is the most incompetent prince, not one of them.
Nurhaci is who, is the founder of the great cause of the Qing Dynasty, in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, he led the army to set off a bloody storm, although he did not enter the Central Plains, but unified the tribe, in the Liaodong area to establish the Later Jin Kingdom, after which his descendants adhered to his legacy, into the Central Plains, just his sons promoted the great cause of a big step forward, to the grandson Fu Lin's generation, successfully established the Great Qing Kingdom, became the new ruler of the Central Plains.
There is a brave and warlike father like Nurhaci, and his dozen sons are not to mention many, when he was a prince, he was both literate and martial, and he was knighted by virtue of his military achievements. The Manchus are the best at riding and shooting, and in the cruel royal competition, the princes naturally attach great importance to training in this area, so it is not surprising that they can fight well. But there was a flaw in this, Bab Hai.
Bab hai was the eleventh prince, born of a concubine, and his status was not too high, so it seems that he was neither the first few sons, nor the wife or the favored concubine, so it is understandable that Bab Hai is not reused. The biggest official he was given in his life was general Of Zhenguo, and literally, General Zhenguo seemed to be a very important official position, but in fact it was not, it was a very low-level official position.
From the historical records, it is known that the general of Zhenguo was never a high-ranking official and a heavy subject, and the treatment of Feng Lu was only average, with only 412 silver and 410 yuan of Lu rice, which was even inferior to the treatment of the surrendered generals of the previous dynasty. For the crown prince, such a trivial official position could not have been rewarded for meritorious service, which shows that Babuhai had never made meritorious service at all, and such an official position was still rewarded by his royal status.
But at that time, it was the time of Nurhaci's four-way conquest, as princes should have been sent to the battlefield to fight, in a few years, there were indeed many princes who had made meritorious contributions, some became Grandpa Belle, some became princes, and Huang Taiji, as the best prince, had remarkable military achievements, was elected as the heir, they were all working hard for the position of heir, but Babuhai seemed to be determined not to do anything, and when it came to the time of merit and reward, naturally there was no part of him.
The original father, Nurhaci, looked at the face of his son, or gave Babu Hai a small official, let him be the head of the capital, and the high official could not give it to him, after all, he did not have real talent and practical learning, and he was not competent. Niu Lu was the most basic unit in charge of the three hundred people, and Babu Hai was there for many years, until the day of his father's death, he did not promote again, and then he could only rely on the support of his brother.
The brothers also looked down on this incompetent Bab Hai, and more than a dozen princes earned important official positions by their own ability, but Babu Hai did not grow in the slightest for many years. When Emperor Taiji succeeded to the throne, he reshuffled the officials of the imperial court, and did not think of the existence of this younger brother, and it was not until fourteen years later that Emperor Taiji thought that he had a younger brother, whose official position was really ridiculously low and inconsistent with the royal status, which made him a general of zhenguo.
Over the years, it was not easy to be promoted, should have been grateful to Dade, but Babu Hai was not satisfied with this, when he was named Mailer Erzhen, he also uttered wild words, "This official is as many as grass", such dismissive words, from the mouth of an incompetent person like him, it is really angry, he even thinks that he should still be promoted, these words made Minister Tan Tai tell the Emperor Taiji. This made Babu Hai panic, the whole person was instigated, and he also said that it was Tan Tai who slandered him, and he had never said those words.
Huang Taiji listened to his cunning words and did not believe it, he naturally knew that this brother had a few pounds and a few pairs, and Tan Tai's official position was much higher than Babu Hai, Tan Tai could not tolerate his slander, and immediately swore that under the comparison of the two, Huang Taiji knew who said it was true and who said it was false.
Emperor Taiji abolished Babuhai's title, and said to him, "I was supposed to sentence you to death, see your pity, this is to spare your life", was so warned, Babuhai still did not learn the lesson, when the Shunzhi Emperor came, he was also considered the emperor's elder, wrote an anonymous letter to the emperor to report Tan Tai, but there was no substance, it was all a vicious slander against Tan Tai.
The emperor did not pay much attention to this letter, knowing that most of the content was fabricated, but Babuhai, the person behind the scenes, was exposed, but it was really stealing chickens and not corrupting rice, the emperor did not spare him, strictly interrogated him, and then sentenced him to death, not only was he punished with death, his women and children were also implicated, and sentenced to consecutive sitting, so that the Babuhai family was beheaded by the door.
Bab hai is an incompetent person, fortunately he was born in the royal family, if he did his duty, his life is also worry-free, but he is not self-aware, not satisfied with the status quo, he died himself, ending the life of the nest.
Resources:
【Draft History of the Qing Dynasty" and "Records of the Qing Taizu"]