The Qing Taizu Nurhaci was originally only a descendant of a small chieftain of the Jurchen clan in Jianzhou, and under the circumstances of the tragic death of his father and ancestors and the rebellion of the clan, he only started with the "thirteen pairs of the remaining armor", and after decades, repeatedly defeated strong enemies, and finally not only unified the Jurchen gradually, but also laid a good foundation for the descendants to unify the world.
Have a broad mind
According to records, in addition to being proficient in Manchu, Mongolian and Chinese and other languages, Nurhaci also "read and read, and looked good at the Three Kingdoms and the Second Transmission of water margin". These two famous books not only taught him the art of war, but also taught him how to buy people's hearts. In the process of conquest of the world, he formulated and implemented the strategy of "enwei in parallel, obedience to virtue, and rebellion with soldiers", and on the basis of military victories, he also constantly shocked the enemy's psychology and disintegrated the enemy's psychological defense line.
Nurhaci implemented a policy of favor with the Jurchen, Mongol, and Han people who were trying to absorb the submission of various ministries, whether they were forced to surrender or those who voluntarily surrendered, and did not reduce them to slavery or take away their wealth, and unified them into households.
Be kind to those who voluntarily submit
Especially those who voluntarily surrendered, nurhaci gave a particularly generous reward, according to the return rate of many low points and rewards aha, cattle and horses, brocade and so on. Driven by Nurhaci's vigorous policy of appeasement, the scattered people led the automatic surrender, and more tribal leaders also came with their troops to submit. Only the "Eight Banners Manchurian Clan Genealogy" is not completely counted, and the Jurchen tribal chiefs in all parts of the northeast have led the crowd to return to nearly three hundred cases.
Nurhaci's preferential treatment of returnees was in stark contrast to the Ming Dynasty's harassment of the people and the practice of expropriating the people and expropriating people. Therefore, not only the Jurchens rushed to be annexed, but even the Liaodong Han people envied the life of the Later Jin Dynasty, and "it is better to be born in Liao than to walk in Hu" became the consensus of the Han people in Liaodong, and many people fled to Nurhaci to provide them with labor and advanced farming techniques.
Every expedition ensures that the division is famous
In addition, nurhaci had to find a moral basis for the military operations he launched every time he went to war, focusing on being famous. When most of his subordinates were blood relatives, they swore to raise troops on the grounds of "family hatred". In May of the eleventh year of the Wanli Calendar, the attack on the city of Tulum, where Nikan Wailan was located, was launched in the name of "revenge for his father and ancestors", opening the curtain on his lifelong military service.
However, when troops were sent against the Jurchen departments of Haixi, they often said that the nine-part coalition army was crusading against Jianzhou. Against the Ming Dynasty, the "Seven Great Hatreds" were issued, which concentrated the hatred of the state and the family, and attributed the fact that the corrupt officials and tough generals of the Ming Dynasty had long bullied the Jurchens and grossly interfered with the unification of the Jurchen nation to all the people of the Ming Dynasty, arousing the great indignation of the vast number of Jurchen people, and rendering the color of hanging the people and cutting down the crimes for the action of starting up the army and cutting down the Ming Dynasty.