In ancient society, the imperial power was highly concentrated, and no one had the courage to violate the heavenly power, however, some people liked to go to extremes and draw swords at the emperor, and this person was still a prince. Today, I want to talk about Mang Guertai, the fifth son of Qing Taizu Nurhaci.
Mang gultai was born in 1587 to the daughter of Nurhaci's concubine Fucha.
Fucha clan was originally Nurhaci's cousin Qi Zhun Fujin, Qi Zhun died early, he remarried to Nurhaci according to the custom of "brothers die brothers and wives and their sisters-in-law" in Manchu society, what people did not expect was that Nurhaci was very fond of Fucha, not only made him a stepfather, but also gave birth to three children with Fucha, in addition to Mang Gultai, there was also a third daughter Mang Guzig and the tenth son Dege class.
Mang Gurtai lived in an era of war and strife, when his father Nurhaci was gradually developing and expanding the Jurchens of Jianzhou, and the friction with other tribes gradually increased, Mang Gurtai went to the battlefield at a very young age, followed his father Nurhaci to fight on the battlefield, and gradually became a heroic Manchurian general.
According to historical records, Mang Gurtai had been in the six cities of Lianke during the conquest of the Urab, and later followed his father Nurhaci to participate in the Battle of Salhu, and shined in this battle, so Mang Gurtai's status in the army gradually improved. In the first year of the Mandate of Heaven, Mang Guertai, who was already the lord of the Zhenglan Banner, was named Heshuo Belle by his father, ranking third among the four baylors, and the fourth place was the later Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty.
However, although Mang Gultai was a man of great military merit, his personality was extremely flawed, and this person was irritable, extremely impulsive, and courageous, and such a person was acceptable in the military and very dangerous in politics.
For example, in the fifth year of the Mandate of Heaven, Mang Gurtai's mother, Fucha Clan, hooked up with the Great Belle Daishan and was denounced, and Nurhaci abandoned the Fucha Clan. However, what is shocking is that Mang Guertai, who was bent on inviting his father's favor, actually raised a butcher's knife to his mother Fucha and killed her mother.
This incident did not win Mang Gurtai's favor with his father, but instead caused his reputation in the military to plummet, and after Nurhaci's death, no one even mentioned Mang Gurtai when he nominated candidates. Eventually, Nurhaci's eighth son, Emperor Taiji, succeeded to the Khan's throne and changed his era name to Tiancong.
After Emperor Taiji succeeded to the throne, in order to take power into his own hands and realize the dream of sitting alone in the south, he began to suppress the other three Baylors, the first being the second Baylor Amin. Although Amin has a high status, he is not Nurhaci's son after all (Amin is Nurhaci's nephew), so the Emperor Taiji did not make much effort to overthrow Amin.
After Amin fell, the second one was Mang Gultai.
In the fifth year of Tiancong (1631), Mang Guertai accompanied Emperor Taiji to besiege Dalinghe, and his troops were severely damaged by the Ming army, and Huang Taiji blamed Mang Guertai's army for disobeying orders and suffering heavy losses. Unexpectedly, speaking of excitement, Mang Guertai actually pulled out his waist knife and glared at Huang Taiji, and under the obstruction of his tenth brother Dege Class, he did not further aggravate the situation. However, Mang gultai was impeached by the prince for revealing his blade in front of the imperial court, demoted from Pessho Belle to Dorobele, and stripped of the Five Bulls.
After this incident, Mang Guertai, who had suffered a major blow, was mentally depressed and died of a violent illness in December of the sixth year of Tiancong (1632), at the age of 46. It is said that he was "unable to speak" before his death, and it is speculated that he may have died of death.
Unexpectedly, however, Mang Gurtai's story is not over. Three years later, in the ninth year of Tiancong (1635), Mang Gultai's sister Mang Guzige's subordinate leng monk Ji Ji reported that Mang Gul tai's three brothers and sisters had gathered a crowd to rebel, and Mang Gu Zi Ge ge's husband Sonomu testified, and then, sure enough, a wooden plaque engraved with the "Seal of the Emperor of the Golden Kingdom" was found on Mang Gultai's mansion.
As a result, Emperor Taiji ordered Mang Guertai to be stripped of his title, and his descendants were demoted from yellow-belted to red-belted and deposed. Even Mang Gultai's sister Mang Guzige was ordered to be executed.
As a result, the largest internal tilt before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs ended with the great victory of Emperor Taiji, who realized the dictatorship of Qiangang and truly became the head of a country. The following year (1636), Emperor Taiji proclaimed himself emperor in Shengjing and changed the name of the country to Daqing.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Manchuria, Four Genealogies of the Qing Imperial Family