Love Shin Kyoro Emperor Taiji
Aisin Juelo Huang Taiji, the second monarch of Later Jin, the founder of the Great Qing Kingdom, and the first emperor after the founding of the Qing Dynasty.
Emperor Taiji was the eighth son of Nurhachi and his mother was Empress Xiaoci Yehenara. Huang Taiji is different from other princes, he is very interested in sinology, so he has learned Chinese since he was a child, and his heart does not reject Han and Han culture like other princes, so Huang Taiji has been different since childhood, very intelligent and witty, rich in literary brilliance, and often has unique opinions when things happen. Because he often handles government affairs with his father, and sometimes handles political affairs for his father, he has been well trained since he was a child, and he has quite a lot of skills and means in politics.
Manchu calligraphy
In addition, Huang Taiji began to fight with his father Nur Hachi very early, in the forty years of Wanli (1612), Huang Taiji just turned 20 years old and accompanied his father to the Haixi Jurchen Ula Division, Huang Taiji was young and vigorous, and repeatedly asked to go all out to fight, but Nur Hachi told him that Ulla was a big tribe and could not be swallowed at once, but had to be cut and cut with a knife and an axe, and slowly wear it out. The young Emperor Taiji was nurtured by his father since he was a child, constantly honed his combat level on the battlefield, provided advice to Nur Hachi, and after several years of hard work, he was appointed as the owner of the Zhengbai Banner and became a member of Nur Hachi's generals.
After Nur Hachi officially broke with the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji suggested that his father attack Fushun first, take advantage of the opportunity of Fushun to open the horse market, send 50 people to infiltrate Fushun disguised as horse merchants, and then suddenly attacked, and took Fushun City, which shocked the Ming Dynasty.
In the Battle of Salhu, the Ming Dynasty dispatched 400,000 troops to encircle and suppress Nur Hachi in four ways, Huang Taiji was ordered to lead the three banners of Zhengbai, white and red to block the Ming Dynasty's western road army, Huang Taiji was the first soldier, rushed to the front, the Ming army was defeated, the main general Juniper was killed, and the first battle of the Houjin soldiers was successful. Later, he intermittently followed his father to break the Ming Dynasty's northern and southern road armies, forcing the eastern road army led by Li Rubai to withdraw in a hurry. In the end, in this decisive battle between the Later Jin and Ming dynasties, the victory of the Battle of Emperor Taiji made a great contribution.
It can be seen that Huang Taiji is excellent in martial arts, and he is indeed a suitable candidate for Nur Hachi's successor, but at that time, no one believed that Huang Taiji could become the second great khan of Houjin, and he didn't even think about it. There are three main reasons:
First, it is at the bottom of the ranking. The inheritance tradition of the Jurchen tribe pays attention to "standing up without standing up, standing long without standing young". Although Huang Taiji's mother was an empress, Nurhachi had several empresses in his life, and he was not the only one. In addition, Huang Taiji ranked eighth, even if several brothers unfortunately died, there were three older brothers in front of him, and he couldn't get his turn.
Second, the matrilineal background is not good. Huang Taiji's mother is from the Yehe family, and this family has a deep hatred with the Nur Hachi family, and it is the kind that does not share the sky, so that after the death of Huang Taiji's mother, Nur Hachi asked the Yehe family for the body, but the Yehe family flatly refused. Therefore, as a descendant of the Ye He family, the maternal family component of Huang Taiji has become a disadvantage.
The third is not favored by the father. Nur Hachi had many sons, and at the beginning established the eldest son Yuying as the successor, so he made every effort to train him, although it was not achieved later, but at that time, in addition to the eldest son, the second son was kind and loyal, and he was very popular in the dynasty, and had outstanding military achievements, and was deeply loved by Nur Hachi. There is also the young fourteenth son, Dolgon, who is even more pampered by Nurhachwan, and once said to the outside world that this son is the most similar to me, which can be seen in general. Although Huang Taiji is not bad, it has never been his father's favorite.
Since Huang Taiji did not have any advantages, why could he finally ascend to the supreme Khan throne? We have to see how he solves the above problems one by one.
Although Nur Hachi's eldest son Yuying was cultivated by his father since he was a child, he also followed his father to fight everywhere, and fought very bravely, but this person had a bad character, narrow-mindedness, and was particularly vindictive, especially with Nur Hachi's "five ministers", and even his many younger brothers could not tolerate it, once drunkenly said, saying that he would kill the "five ministers" and disobedient brothers when he sat on the Khan's throne in the future, which made everyone fearful, so he jointly reported Yuying to Nur Hachi, Nur Hachi had no choice but to imprison Yuying, and then thought twice to calm down internal conflicts , to ensure the development of the cause, Nur Hachi killed Yuying. At this point, the original successor is gone.
After Yuying was killed, Nur Hachi established the Houjin regime, reintegrated the Eight Banners, and appointed his second son Daisan as the eldest beile, his nephew Amin as the second beile, the fifth son Manggultai as the third beile, and the eighth son Crown Prince Ji as the fourth beile, which is the "four great beiles". Except for Huang Taiji, the three people were all obstacles to his ascension.
Big Four Baylors
Daisan because of his good personality, he has excellent popularity in Houjin, plus he is also a big beile, originally the most promising successor, but he was reported to have an affair with Nur Hachi's Dafujin, and what is even more incredible is that when Nur Hachi confronted him, he did not admit or refute it, but Dafujin admitted it, which is basically true. Later, although Nur Hachi did not publicize this matter, his attitude towards Daisan changed greatly since then, and there was no impermeable wall, and after this matter was reported, Daishan's prestige in Houjin was greatly reduced, and he basically lost the opportunity to inherit the throne.
Then there is the second Bel Amin, he is the son of Nurhachi's younger brother Shulhazy, and Shulhaqi later broke up because of his political disagreement with Nurhazi, and Shulhaqi was imprisoned and finally given death. Therefore, it is impossible for Amin to inherit the throne.
Finally, look at Sanbeyle Mangurtai, his mother once had a quarrel with Nur Hachi, Nur Hachi said in anger who killed this woman for me, but Manggultai suddenly said that I am coming, and then took up a knife and cut off the head of his biological mother, which although it expressed his loyalty to his father, but also left him with a ruthless and unrighteous name. He also lost his qualification to inherit the throne.
Now only Huang Taiji, the four Baylors, remain. After Nurhach's sudden death, he wooed his three brothers and promised that after he ascended to Khan, he would govern with them, and the three Baylors, thinking that they had no chance anyway, agreed to jointly support Emperor Taiji's accession to the throne, so that the last obstacle left was his father's favorite fourteenth brother Dolgon.
Since Nurhachi loved him very much during his lifetime and had expressed his intention to pass on the throne to Dolgon in front of people, the problem of Dolgon must be resolved. At that time, Dolgon was still relatively young and could not become one of the protagonists of this competition, but his mother was Nur Hachi's Dafu Jin, and his status was not ordinary, if she fully supported her son to the throne, it would be a major threat to Huang Taiji, so the four major Baylors unified their caliber, lying that Nur Hachi asked for Dafu Jin to be buried after his death, even if Dafu Jin was unwilling, he was finally forced to commit suicide, and Huang Taiji promised her before Dafu Jin died that she would treat Dorgon and Dordor well, and later it turned out that he did it.
Emperor Taiji cultivated Dolgon
Huang Taiji finally sat on the Khan throne of Houjin and changed the year to Tiancong. But after all, it is the four major Baylors who share the imperial government, and there are three chairs on either side of his seat, which is definitely not what Huang Taiji wants, so after that, he used various excuses and reasons to get rid of Amin and Manggultai, Daisan is more knowledgeable, seeing this scene, he took the initiative to take a back seat, surrendered his power, and began to retire early, so he finally ended well.
At this point, Huang Taiji finally achieved centralized power, holding the power of King Khan tightly in his hands, all obstacles have been removed, and he can let go of his hands and feet.
After Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, he followed the historical development trend and promoted the feudalization process of the Later Jin regime. Huang Taiji himself had good cultural literacy, and at this time he introduced measures to revitalize culture and education. He proposed to "fight chaos with martial arts, and teach culture to support peace", changed his father's policy of slaughtering literati, and conducted an examination that year, selecting 200 Manchu, Han, and Mongolian students. It is stipulated that the children of the ministers of Van Baylor are under fifteen years old and over eight years old, and they are allowed to study. He sent people to measure the land, returned "everywhere to the public", and distributed it to the people to cultivate, and did not allow the banner owners and nobles to establish farmland again.
The Crown Prince united and wooed the Han and Mongols, strengthened the ruling foundation, and at the same time expanded the Eight Banners Organization to the Han and Mongols in order to increase military strength to meet the needs of the war against the Ming Dynasty, and to balance the military power of the Manchu Eight Banner Banner Owners and Zhubeil. Under the influence of Emperor Taiji, the Ming generals Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi returned to Houjin. Emperor Taiji led Zhubele out to greet the Hunhe River and greet him as a sign of Youlong.
In the ninth year of Tiancong (the eighth year of Ming Chongzhen, 1635), Dolgon and others pacified the Chahar department, unified southern Mongolia, and obtained the so-called "jade seals of successive generations". On April 11, Emperor Taiji worshipped the heavens at the Temple of Heaven in Shengjing, and then "trampled the throne of the Son of Heaven", was honored as "Emperor Kuanwen Rensheng", fixed the country name "Daqing", and changed to Yuan Chongde.
At the end of the year when the People's Republic of China was founded, Emperor Taiji sent troops to attack Korea to stabilize his rear. Korea was originally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and after this battle, the Qing Dynasty replaced the Ming Dynasty and turned Korea into a vassal state. Joseon used to be known as a former brother to the Qing Dynasty, and even more courtesy to the vassals. At this point, Huang Taiji completely relieved the Qing Dynasty of the worries of attacking the pass.
Huang Taiji's military operations against the Ming Dynasty were mainly blocked by Shanhaiguan, during the Chongde years, Huang Taiji launched a total of three attacks, but they were all hindered by Yuan Chonghuan and failed, thinking that his father was also planted in the hands of this person, and he was defeated by him many times, Huang Taiji really hated Yuan Chonghuan, since he couldn't beat you, then play yin, and finally Huang Taiji used a counterplot to let Emperor Chongzhen kill Yuan Chonghuan, and the Chongzhen Emperor self-destroyed the Great Wall and destroyed the last hope of Daming.
Battle of Songjin
Huang Taiji is a lover, and among his many concubines, he favors the Chenfei Borzigit clan, that is, Hai Lanzhu. This concubine was virtuous and quiet, and the emperor Taiji was very affectionate with her, and had a son after marriage, and the emperor Taiji was extremely happy, and issued the first amnesty decree of the Qing Dynasty. It is a pity that this child died at the age of two, and Concubine Chen fell ill due to the pain of losing her son, when Huang Taiji was on the front line of the Battle of Songjin, hearing about the case of Concubine Ai, he immediately put down the war and rushed back, but before he arrived, Concubine Chen had died of illness, Huang Taiji was sad, often tasteless, sleepless at night, and his health was getting worse and worse.
When commanding on the front line of a battle, Huang Taiji suddenly had nosebleeds, and even used a bowl to receive blood, but he had to insist on commanding. In the eighth year of Chongde (1643 years of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty), on the ninth day of the first month of August, Emperor Taiji died suddenly in the Shengjing harem at the age of 52. Ying Tianxing Guo Hongde Changwu Kuan Wen Ren Sheng Rui Xiaowen Emperor, later added as Ying Tianxing Guo Hongde Changwu Kuan Wen Ren Sheng Rui Filial Piety Honor Min Zhaoding Longdao Xiangong Wen Emperor, temple number Taizong. Buried in Zhaoling (Beiling) in Shenyang.
Less than ten years after Emperor Taiji came to the throne, he unified the entire northeast, and went south to Korea and west to Mongolia, repeatedly defeating the Daming officers and soldiers. The Qing Empire was established as a unified Kanto region, and the clan name was changed to "Manchuria". He ambitiously marched westward, and Gyeonggi was shocked by what the army pointed at. After two decisive battles in Songjin, the elite of the Ming army was annihilated, and outside Shanhaiguan, only an isolated city in Ningyuan remained, and the Daming River and Mountains were in danger. Huang Taiji is well-read in history, magnificent, militarily brave and resourceful, politically full of pioneering spirit, not only has a strong national consciousness, but also yearns for Han culture, promotes advantages and eliminates disadvantages, treats Han officials favorably, and is known as the founding king of "inheriting the founding of the country by Taizu above, and the grand plan of unification in the Qing Dynasty". He died on the eve of the Qing army's entry into customs, failing to realize his long-cherished wish to seize national power.
Statue of Emperor Taiji