On August 11, 1626, the Qing Taizu Nurhaci died. As for the cause of death, there are some who were shelled by Yuan Chonghuan and eventually died; there are also those who died because of the great defeat in the Battle of Ningyuan and suddenly became ill and died in the end. But this is not the point, even when Nurhaci died, he did not leave a will and establish an heir. Then the first question before Hou Jin is who will inherit the throne.
In fact, the only people who had the ability to inherit the throne at that time were the eight people who were named Baylor.
Including the four great beylers: Daishan (second son), Amin (Nurhaci's nephew), Mang gultai (fifth son), and Huang Taiji (eighth son); four little belles: Azig (twelve sons), Dorgon (fourteen sons), Zilharang (Nurhaci's nephew), and Dodo (fifteen sons). And this battle for the throne, the emperor Taiji is bound to win.
In fact, as far as the current situation is concerned, DaiShan, as his brother (at this time, Chu Ying was already executed), holding the red flag and the red flag is strong, which can be described as the number one opponent; while Amin, although holding the blue flag, is only his father's nephew, he cannot ignore it; while the reckless Mang Gultai holds the right blue flag, as for the three sons of the grand concubine Abahai, Dolgun, Dodo, and Azig hold the white flag and the white flag, which are also a fierce enemy.
You might think this is a very explosive battle for the throne. However, the result was quite smooth, and in the end, Huang Taiji easily defeated the most powerful brother Dai Shan and the three brothers Dolgun holding two white flags. Because Huang Taiji is indeed clever and clever, he easily solved the opponent with 2 moves.
The first trick is to "slander" the elder brother Daishan
As the crown prince personally established by Nurhaci after Chu Ying's death, Daishan actually had many merits. During this period, he also assisted Nurhaci in pacifying the Ural Department. At a time when his father took the "Seven Great Hatreds" oath to formally oppose ming, but he was afraid of his head and tail, Dai Shan, just like Li Shimin encouraged Li Yuan to raise an army, resolutely entered the counsel, thus also contributing to the first battle of Fushun between Later Jin and Daming. In the Battle of Salhu, he and Emperor Taiji were ordered to block the Ming army and won a great victory.
The victory at the Battle of Salhu also marked a reversal in the balance of power between the Later Jin and Ming armies in Liaodong.
But just when Daishan was in full swing, Daishan had an accident. The root cause is that in the third month of the lunar calendar in 1620 (the fifth year of the Mandate of Heaven), Nurhaci's concubine Deinze denounced Abahai and Daishan for having an affair, and claimed that the grand concubine Abhay often sent people to Daishan's house and went out late at night.
This also made Nurhaci, who was suspected of a green hat, suspect that he had never committed a crime, and on the pretext of his contradictions with Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo, he abolished him from the throne. As for the whistleblower Deinze, he was martyred together when the Emperor Taiji carried out the second move, which also caused the embarrassment of Shi Wucheng.
However, at that time, some people already pointed out that it was the Emperor Taiji who secretly operated, and because of this indecent relationship between men and women, even if Dai Shan held great power, he was above the competition for the throne, losing the support of the most important Eight Banner Lords. And Dai Shan himself had to retreat to the second place, choosing to support Emperor Taiji's ascension to the throne.
The second is to bury the mother of the three brothers Dorgon, Dordor, and Azig, Abahai
When Nurhaci died, only The Grand Concubine Abahai was by his side. His three sons, Azig, were twenty-one, Dorgon thirteen, and Dordogon twelve.
If you let Aba Haifuzheng, who holds two white flags in his hand and has the name of his mother's queen concubine, can be described as a fierce enemy on the road to the throne of the Emperor Taiji.
So it was very simple, he united with Daishan, who was as jealous as he was, and the two hit it off. Subsequently, nurhaci's will was passed on under false pretenses, and in the name of fear of his unauthorized power, he issued an edict to bury Abhay.
Without the support of Concubine Abahai, the brothers Azig, Dodo, and Dolgun became a relatively weak side in front of The Emperor Taiji.
So on the first day of September 1626, only twenty days after Nurhaci's death, Emperor Taiji ascended the throne.
Reference: Manchu Old Files