On the first day of September in the 11th year of the Mandate of Heaven (1626), the enthronement ceremony of the new Great Khan was officially opened.
Huang Taiji's mood is like a bright sun, this is the most glorious moment of his life. Thirty-five years old is still the season of sowing for a man, however, in the deafening sound of drums, Huang Taiji has already begun his harvest of the country.
However, as the ceremony progressed, Huang Taiji's mood gradually became gloomy, and he felt a dark cloud drifting towards the sky in his heart. The officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners also felt abnormal, and this ceremony was obviously unusual from Nurhachi's enthronement ceremony.
11 years ago, an ordinary person could win the admiration of 10,000 people by himself. Now, before ascending the throne of Khan, Huang Taiji must kowtow to his uncles and brothers, and bow side by side with the Eight Harmony Shuobeile.
Although Huang Taiji sat in the center, on the rostrum, the ten Baylors were of equal status, and it was difficult to distinguish who was the Great Khan of the Later Jin. Huang Taiji's heart was full of doubts and troubles, because he knew that the root of all this was the political system of co-governance.
Under this system, the Great Khan's powers were greatly limited, including being deposed by the Eight Harmony Shuobel, jointly adjudicating military affairs, controlling the law and personnel, handling the Eight Banners dispute, sharing the financial economy, and being courteous side by side with the Eight Harmony Shuobel.
For Huang Taiji, this is a system that is both a challenge and an opportunity, and he must carefully take a piece of the pie in this feast of power, and if he is not careful, he may lose everything.
Once, my father Khan sat alone in the middle hall, and the military generals knelt down on both sides, his spirit was high, and his majestic posture was enviable. Now, although I am the head of a country, I am like a puppet at the mercy of others, and I can only sign, draw, and seal many major issues, and it is difficult for me to be independent.
Although there is not sufficient evidence to prove how Huang Taiji thought about the handling of his relationship with Hachihe Shuobeile on the night of his accession to the throne, we can be sure that accepting the pattern of ten people facing south and turning their backs to the north must have made him feel painful.
However, Huang Taiji must accept this reality, because Nurhachi's system has an inviolable constitutional effect that, if easily abolished, would jeopardize the legitimacy of his rule.
More importantly, based on the system of co-governing the country, Bahe Shuobeile has formed a special interest class, which shares weal and woe with each other, and with the strength of Huang Taiji alone, he cannot fight against the entire group.
He can only compromise with reality first, and then wait for an opportunity to clean up and implement a monopoly. This means that the torch of the new official cannot be burned as he wants. In order to control the political situation, win people's hearts, and gain support, on the second day of the ninth month, Huang Taiji led Dai Shan and other brothers and nephews to affirm their vested interests in the form of an oath.
The Fourteenth Baylor also swore an oath to the heavens, saying that he would abide by the system of co-governance and support Huang Taiji. Although the Eight and Shuo Baylor are on an equal footing, the four major Baylors are the real political core in terms of performance and qualifications.
Daishan, Amin, Mang Gurtai and Zhu Xiao Baylor are either father and son, or brothers, and stabilizing them is equivalent to controlling little Baylor. Huang Taiji knew that the three Baylors had deep qualifications and were not willing to eat with Little Baylor on the same kang at all, and Little Baylor was still young and could not get along with Big Baylor on an equal footing.
After the oath of the alliance, Huang Taiji bowed three times to the three major Baylors, saying that he would treat them as brothers, not as courtesies, and the four of them sat facing south at the same time to manage the government together.
While enjoying the bow of the new Khan, the three Baylors did not expect that they would fall into the political trap set by the Emperor Taiji. Huang Taiji divided them into two factions by dividing them into two factions, and transformed the originally equal relationship with Shuobeile into a subordinate relationship between Big Baylor and Little Baylor.
On the surface, it seems to improve the status of the three major Baylors, but in fact, it has weakened the power of Little Baylor and increased the control of Huang Taiji. In order to further weaken the power of the Baylors, Huang Taiji adopted a strategy of gradually adjusting the distribution of work.
Since the Eight Banners were the national capital of the Later Jin Khanate, the Baylors were able to compete with Huang Taiji by virtue of their banner politics and banner soldiers. In order to deprive them of their right to speak, Huang Taiji must first weaken their control over Qizheng.
If the flag rights are taken back outright, it may trigger political unrest. As a result, Huang Taiji adopted a curvilinear method of saving the country, sending his henchmen to install his own people around the Baylors in order to disperse their power.
In the third year of Tiancong (1629), Huang Taiji implemented the system of flag ministers, and each flag set up a general flag minister, who had the right to prime minister all the affairs of the flag and participate in politics with the Baylors.
Each flag also has two assistant flag ministers and two secondment ministers who are responsible for state affairs and judicial affairs. In this way, Huang Taiji can control the Eight Banners through the Minister of Flag Affairs, weaken the power of the Baylors, and achieve the goal of fighting against Huang Taiji.
In the sixth year of the Mandate of Heaven (1622), Nurhachi appointed the four major beylers as the beylers on duty, and took turns to handle the confidential affairs of the country every month. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he continued to implement the on-duty Baylor system.
Due to the implementation of co-governance in the Khanate, the status of Huang Taiji and the three major Baylors was parallel, and there were often multiple politicians and prevarication, which made Huang Taiji feel very painful.
In order to solve this problem, Huang Taiji sent the eight ministers in charge of flag affairs in the third year of Tiancong (1629) to have a showdown with the three major Baylors: "In the past, due to the reason of the month, all the machine affairs were handled by your brothers, which brought great inconvenience to Huang Taiji.
Later, it can be handled by other Baylors. ”
On the grounds that the responsibility is too heavy and he cares about his brother's health, he abolished the monthly duty system and forced the three Baylors to take a back seat. Although the little Baylors can handle government affairs, because they are hollowed out, they can't make decisions on their own, and they need to ask for instructions on everything, and the power falls into the hands of Huang Taiji.
Watching the Baylors go from arrogant and rude to honest and fearful, Huang Taiji smiled with satisfaction, and he gradually realized the benefits of being a leader. With the pressure of the Great Khan, Daishan and others have faded out of the ruling core and gradually retreated to the edge of power.
On December 28, the ninth year of Tiancong (1635), Dai Shan led the Baylors to show their loyalty to Huang Taiji. In the team that swore allegiance, there was no such thing as Amin and Mang Gurtai and other powerful Baylors.
According to the blueprint of the co-governance system, the Great Khan was constrained by the Eight and Shuobeile, why did Dai Shan swear allegiance to Huang Taiji, Amin and Mang Gurtai ** went? Amin, who pulled out the nails, set up the flag minister and abolished the month system, which was only the first step for the emperor Taiji to monopolize power.
Although this move suppressed the power of Daishan, Amin, and Mang Gultai, the three major Baylors still sat side by side with the Great Khan, and as the banner masters, they worked hard for many years, and their strength was still very strong.
If you want to achieve ** politics, you have the final say completely on your own, and you must pull out these three nails. The premise of dealing with them is that they are guilty of the mistakes of "not doing the right way" and "doing what is unrighteous and doing what is wrong", and the procedure is that after the collective discussion of the Eight and Shuo Beile, it is impossible to depose any of them by the personal will of Huang Taiji alone.
From the seemingly compromised and submissive eyes, Huang Taiji read the message hidden in his heart, that is, uneasiness and rebellion. The poisonous snake crouches around and will bite itself one day, even if it doesn't hurt anyone, and it will not allow it to stretch its hands and feet.
Huang Taiji quietly waited for the opportunity, waiting for the opponent to show seven inches.
In the fourth year of Tiancong (1630), Huang Taiji asked Amin to garrison Yongping, Luanzhou, Qian'an, and Zunhua, preparing to use this as a springboard to march into Guannai. However, the Ming Dynasty's Liaodong passed through Sun Chengzong's army to take it, and Amin saw that the Ming army was strong, and after passive resistance, he slaughtered the city and fled to Shenyang.
Huang Taiji immediately convened a council of ministers of Baylor, enumerated Amin's sixteen cardinal sins, and imprisoned him. The massacre of the people in Amin lost the city had a bad military and political impact and was punished as he deserved.
However, Amin usually likes to sing against Huang Taiji, and has become a thorn in the flesh that Huang Taiji wants to get rid of. This defeat just gave Huang Taiji an excuse.
Bahe Shuo Beile recommended Huang Taiji, and Amin saw that the wind made the rudder support him, and did not raise objections, but while the Baylors were on the occasion of the vigil, he sent Fu Erdan to Huang Taiji and said, I have merit in choosing you to be the Great Khan, and I ask you to send my troops to garrison the foreign domain after you succeed to the throne.
Of course, Huang Taiji understood Amin's greasyness, he categorically refused, and the blue flag went out to live in the foreign domain, and the other flags also proposed to be stationed abroad, and the eight banners were divided, so Huang Taiji was not the commander of the light pole.
Amin's plot to set up another door not only failed, but also exposed his ambitions to Huang Taiji. In February of the first year of Tiancong (1627), Amin led Jilharang, Azig, Dudu, Yuetuo, and Shuotuo to capture Korea.
Yue Tuo suggested that after the peace agreement was completed, the teacher should be taught early to prevent Meng Ming from committing crimes. Seeing that he was free from the control of Huang Taiji, and the troops he brought could fight against him, Amin's idea of independence was revived.
He found Du Du and said, whoever wants to go, let's go, our uncle and nephew stay here. Amin thought that the death of Du Du's father Chu Ying was related to Huang Taiji, and he must have resentment, but he didn't expect Du Du to disagree.
Amin wanted to stay in North Korea, Yue Tuo wanted to return to the division, and the two sides were at a stalemate. Yue Tuo said to Zilharang, "What your brother has done is against the principles of heaven, and you should advise him." Yue Tuo also threatened that if you want to stay here, I will lead the two red flags away, and the two white flags and the two yellow flags will also follow me.
Amin weighed the pros and cons and had to agree with the class teacher. This incident shocked Huang Taiji extremely much. However, not long after he succeeded to the throne, his foundation was unstable, and Amin did not openly rebel, and the disposal of the banner lord required a referendum of Bahe Shuobeile, and Huang Taiji could only hide the sharp blade in his heart.
Amin fled back in a hurry without serious resistance in the battle of the four cities of Yongping, Huang Taiji saw his abacus at a glance, and only with strength did he have the right to speak, and Amin obviously wanted to save his family.
At this time, Huang Taiji had been in power for four years, and the tree of power had been deeply rooted, and it was no longer the former Wuxia Ameng.
He struck out decisively, depriving Amin of the title of lord and granting it to Zilharang instead. Amin eventually repeated the mistakes of his father, Shulhaqi, and attempted to rebel but failed, dying in captivity.
5, remove the nail - after Mang Gurtai Amin was imprisoned, there were only two of the three major Baylors left, and Huang Taiji was closer to the goal of **. Just as he patiently waited for the opportunity, Mang Gurtai jumped out on his own.
In August of the fifth year of Tiancong (1631), Huang Taiji led an army to attack the Daling River. Mang Gurtai wanted to transfer back the troops who had been allocated on the grounds that the loss of the Zhenglan Banner was serious.
Huang Taiji accused his ministry of lax discipline and frequent delays in military aircraft. Mang Gurtai defended himself by saying that his subordinates had always taken on heavy responsibilities and had never made the slightest mistake. Huang Taiji was unhappy with his confrontation and said that he would strictly investigate and hold the relevant personnel accountable, regardless of whether the delay was true or not.
Mang Gurtai tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword, glared at Huang Taiji, and asked him if he wanted to kill him. When his half-brother Derge saw this, he rebuked him for his great rebellion. Mang Gurtai drew his knife and was pushed out of the camp by the Derge.
In the evening, Mang Gurtai came to his senses and pleaded guilty to Huang Taiji, explaining that he had been drunk and had spoken nonsense, and although he had offended him, he had no malicious intent. Mang Gurtai thought that saying sorry would eliminate Huang Taiji's dissatisfaction, but he was too naïve.
Last year's action to imprison Amin showed that Huang Taiji had already begun to act against the three major Baylors. Judging from what happened to Dai Shan later, even if Mang Gurtai retreated at this time, he could not ensure safety, but he took the risk to challenge authority, which was undoubtedly his own death.
In the struggle of officialdom, it is a traditional art to wait for an opportunity to find or create excuses, and then put the opponent on the line indefinitely, completely defeat them, but let them have a hard time.
After five years of waiting, Huang Taiji finally found an excuse to abolish the Great Belle Mang Gurtai, and this time Mang Gurtai exposed his shortcomings, how could Huang Taiji easily let it go?
After the Battle of the Great Ling River, Huang Taiji summoned all the ministers of Baylor and decided to remove Mang Gultaige from the name of Baylor and fine him 10,000 taels of silver. Some ministers suggested that Mang Gurtai was not a big bailer, so he was not qualified to sit and receive gifts with Huang Taiji and Dai Shan.
However, Huang Taiji knew that the abolition of Mang Gurtai was his first priority, so he had to avoid arousing suspicion and misunderstanding in other countries. So, he handed over the proposal to Dai Shan, hoping that he would stand up and make a statement.
Dai Shan understood Huang Taiji's intentions and handed over this hot potato to himself. He offered to sit in the center and serve himself on one side. Huang Taiji pushed the boat down the river, decided to sit alone on the south side of the Great Khan's seat, and abolished Nurhachi's legacy.
Soon after, shortly after Mang Gurtai was punished, he and his younger brother Dege died of depression one after another. His sister Mang Guji family slave Leng Chanji came forward to tell the informant, saying that the Mang Gurtai brothers, Mang Guji and his wife and others had conspired to rebel, and he had also participated in it.
Huang Taiji made people raid the house, and found 16 wooden plaque seals, engraved with "the seal of the emperor of the Jin Kingdom", and then killed Mang Guji and her son. However, it doesn't matter whether these are true or not, what matters is that Huang Taiji cleared the Mang Gurtai Group and justifiably put the Zhenglan Banner under his name.
Next, Dai Shan became a thorn in the side of Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji cleverly took advantage of Dai Shan's hesitation and indifference to remove him from the title of Big Baylor and fined him 10,000 taels of silver.
Dai Shan understood Huang Taiji's methods, but it was too late, he could only spend four years in trembling, and was finally removed from the title of Great Baylor and fined 10,000 taels of silver.
In April of the tenth year of Tiancong (1636), Huang Taiji finally sat on the throne of the emperor of the Qing Empire and changed the name of the country to Daqing. In order to celebrate this important historical moment, the enthronement celebration lasted for a month and cost a huge amount of 100,000 taels of silver.
The haze of ten years dissipated at this moment, and Huang Taiji's ** reign officially began. His reign is rising like the sun, and it's a moment for him to celebrate.