Speaking of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is estimated that everyone has some understanding.
Originally, the Qing Dynasty had only four flags. With the continuous expansion of the scale of the later war, the speed of military expansion became faster and faster, and the number of soldiers and civilians increased. In the year before Nurhaci established the post-Kim regime, it was added as the Eight Banners. The original four flags were divided into the main flag and the planting flag, the yellow, white and blue tricolor flags were set with red edges, and the red flags were set with white edges, becoming the world-famous Eight Flag Soldiers.
The Eight Banners are commanded by the Banner Lord, gushan Erzhen, and they all belong to the Khan family.
When the Four Banners were first established, the Yellow Banner directly belonged to Nurhaci, the Blue Banner was in charge of Shu'erhaqi, the White Banner was in charge of the eldest son Chu Ying, and the Red Flag was in charge of the second son Daishan.
After Nurhaci eliminated his biological brother Shulhazi and his eldest son Chu Ying, almost all of the military power was in his own hands.
After the establishment of the Later Jin regime, the yellow flag, yellow flag, and white flag of the Eight Banners still belonged directly to Nurhaci.
The white flag palm was in the hands of Nurhaci's eighth son, Emperor Taiji; the zhenglan banner was in the hands of the fifth son, Mang Gurtai; the blue flag was given to Shulhaqi's second son Amin; and the red flag was in the hands of Daishan.
The man who commanded the banner was called Pegatron Belle. In chronological order of age, Daishan, Amin, Mang Gultai, and Huang Taiji were the Great Baylor, the Second Baylor, the Third Baylor, and the Four Baylors.
Since Nurhaci loved his eldest concubine Abahai the most, he gave two yellow flags in his hand to two of his three sons, Azig and Dodo.
Because Nurhaci wanted Dorgon to inherit his Khanship. And he had already given the yellow and white flags out, so only the white flag could be given to Dolgun.
However, something unexpected happened, and Nurhaci died suddenly. Before he could leave a will of succession, he died in a hurry.
Huang Taiji, through co-optation and differentiation, turned out to be the flag owner of the Zhengbai Banner. He first put his eldest son Hauge in charge of setting the white flag. Then replace the two white flags with two yellow flags, and then replace the original two yellow flags with two white flags.
He then abolished Azig's position as the flag bearer, disrupted and mixed up all the soldiers and civilians of the Eight Banners, and finally handed over the white flag to Dolgun and the white flag to Doze.
After the Emperor Taiji took the throne, there were new changes in the flag owners. He personally received two yellow flags, Dorgon led the white flag, Daishan still received the red flag, Mang Gultai led the blue flag (after Tiancong was sentenced in the sixth year, his brother Dege class received the blue flag, and after the Derg class was also convicted, the blue flag was drawn into two yellow flags), Doze led the white flag, Azig led the red flag, and Amin led the blue flag (later after Amin was convicted of the "Sixteen Crimes", the blue flag was handed over to Zilharan).
On October 13, the ninth year of Tiancong (November 22, 1635), emperor Taiji issued an edict, which officially established the title of Manchuria. At this point, the title of "Eight Banners of Manchuria" was formed. After entering the customs, it was also known as "Eight Flags Manchuria", and those who previously joined the Eight Flags were collectively called "Chen (Old, Buddha, Old) Manchuria".
After Dorgen came to power, he restored the positive blue flag and personally led it. Carrying the white flag, Dorgen was personally led by the blue flag and the white flag. In the seventh year of Shunzhi, Dolgen died, and the real white flag he brought was brought by the emperor. In this way, the emperor brought three flags, namely the true yellow flag, the yellow flag and the true white flag. Thus, the theory of "three banners on the top", that is, "three banners of the emperor", began. The rest of the Five Banner Lords and the Two Towns of Lonely Mountain also changed from time to time.