Text Volume 2 Dawn Morning_Chapter 571 Huang Taiji's talent
Soon after ascending the throne, Huang Taiji took away the white flag in Du Du's hand, and made his son Haoge the owner of the white flag, so that he had two white flags and 33 cattle records in his hand.
When Nurhachi was alive, he gave 15 oxen to each of the three Dolgon brothers and two yellow flags, and he himself received 15 oxels. After Nurhachi's death, Huang Taiji took charge and handed over the 15 oxen to the youngest of the three brothers, his younger brother, Duoduo, and let Duoduo carry a banner alone.
Because Duoduo was too young to manage the affairs of the flag, this flag was temporarily held in the hands of Huang Taiji. And Huang Taiji found an excuse in the second year of Tiancong to abolish Azig's title and banner lordship, and let Dolgon take over his position as banner lord, thus cutting off Azig's influence on the two yellow flags.
After the two white flags under the name of Huang Taiji and the two yellow flags of the Dolgon brothers were changed, they began to try their best to win over these two younger brothers, first of all, in the second year of Tiancong, he took the Dolgon brothers to conquer the left-behind tribes after the migration of Hal, and this expedition was just a killing of dogs.
In the previous years, the Mongol tribes on the outskirts of Chahar had been conquered by Mang Gurtai, which was the main reason why Lin Dan Khan felt that he could not stay in Liaodong and chose to move west. Without the protection of these peripheral tribes, the cavalry of the Jurchens could directly raid Lin Dan Khan's direct headquarters.
After Lin Dan Khan moved westward, he took away the young and strong people in the Chahar tribe, leaving only some old, weak, sick and disabled, so when Huang Taiji, in the name of the Dolgon brothers, commanded the powerful two white flag forces to attack these remaining tribes, he naturally encountered no obstacles.
Such a war is a very satisfying task for the Jurchen generals with two white flags and two yellow flags. After all, their gains were far greater than the losses encountered in the war, compared to Amin's expedition to Korea with a large army, although he brought back a large amount of goods and people, but Benqi suffered heavy losses.
The attack on Chahar's remaining tribes in Liaodong was nothing short of an armed march. The generals of the two white flags were satisfied, and the young Dolgon brothers naturally did not dare to disobey Huang Taiji's orders. After all, they can still keep their Niu Lu and titles, and it is completely the support of these generals behind them.
Now that these two white flag generals are so happily obeying Huang Taiji's orders, they can't figure out whether this is true or false. If any of these generals really took refuge in Huang Taiji, if the two of them complained again, would there be any good end?
The obedience of the Dorgon brothers to Huang Taiji is not necessarily a good thing for the other three big Baylors. Although the two white flags with strong soldiers and horses were not included in Huang Taiji's name, if Huang Taiji can command the two white flags like an arm, then what is the difference between this and whether the owner of the two flags is Huang Taiji?
In just two years, Huang Taiji went from Baylor, the second-to-last flag owner of the Eight Banners, to the Houjin Great Khan who controlled the four banners, including the two strongest white flags. Even if the three Baylors join forces, it will only be a draw with Huang Taiji, not to mention that there are many contradictions between the three Baylors now, and it is difficult to see the possibility of joining forces for a while.
For Dai Shan, although he feels that he still has some way out, after all, he has the merit of support, but he still has many doubts about this brother. The two red flags that Dai Shan received, one of which was inlaid with red flags in the hands of his son Yue Tuo, but Yue Tuo's relationship with Huang Taiji was far better than that of his father.
After Yue Tuo's mother died, he was brought into the Khan Court by Nurhachi to raise him, and it was Huang Taiji's mother who raised Yue Tuo. Therefore, although there is a generation difference between Yue Tuo and Huang Taiji, the relationship between the two is as close as brothers.
Although Dai Shan is now the largest and most senior Great Belle in the existing Houjin Zhubeile, he has led his troops to fight for many years, and he also has enough influence on the generals of the Two Red Banners. But since Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne of Khan, with his support, Yue Tuo's prestige for the young generals with red flags began to gradually rise.
In addition, after Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he first set up Bagu Mountain Ezhen, and then set up 32 ministers to assist the flag owner in handling the affairs of the flag. This also made Dai Shan realize that he could not promote his cronies and handle the affairs of the flag as freely as before.
In particular, these officials who assisted the flag owner not only cut off him from direct contact with the flag people, but also made it difficult for him to cross Yue Tuo to manage the flag affairs of the red flag. All in all, Dai Shan felt as if he was in danger of being overlooked.
Although Dai Shan has no interest in competing for power and profit with Huang Taiji, it does not mean that he is willing to lose his current position. The Later Jin State was not created for a long time, so the political struggles in the court were not as frequent as those in the Ming Kingdom. But the Jurchens, who had not yet shed the customs of the Buraku, once launched a political battle in the court, were particularly bloody and violent.
Whether it is Nurhaqi or Chu Ying, once he loses in the political struggle, it will be the end of death. However, it is precisely because of this bloody ending that the current Jurchen relatives and nobles always choose to compromise at the last moment of the struggle to avoid the worst situation of tearing their faces.
If you want to avoid the fate of Nurhaqi and Chu Ying, it is fundamental to keep your power. Therefore, after seeing the strong rise of Huang Taiji, Dai Shan already wanted to reconcile with Mang Gurtai and Amin.
When Amin took the channel of trade with the Ming Kingdom, he came to show goodwill to Daishan, and Daishan accepted Amin's goodwill half-pushed and half-agreed, and built Yingkou Port with Amin.
At one point, Mang Gurtai believed that Amin had betrayed him, and was angry and wanted to break off his friendship with him. However, when Amin gave him some of the supplies he had obtained from the Ming Kingdom and asked him to reward them to the generals in the banner, Mang Gurtai finally changed his attitude. He accepted Amin's suggestion and also participated in the trade of Yingkou Port.
Since Huang Taiji ascended the throne, except for Amin to lead the army to fight North Korea once, the task of attacking the remaining tribes of Chahar has been taken over by two yellow flags and two white flags. The other four flags were all assigned tasks that did not have any oil and water, but had to gnaw bones.
Last year, the Ming invaded the estuary of Heilongjiang, and by the time Shenyang received the news, it was already spring. The road from Shenyang to Heilongjiang is long and difficult, and it is basically difficult to send troops to the expedition except in autumn and winter, and there is no benefit to be gained.
Dai Shan, Amin and the other little Baylors all thought that it was better to take the opportunity to move all the tribes in the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River to the city of the three surnames, and as for the desolate estuary of the Heilongjiang River, they would be left to the Ming people to toss. If the Ming wanted to attack along the Heilongjiang River to the hinterland of Liaodong, then the difficult road conditions along the way were enough to exhaust the Ming army, and then a small force could be sent to annihilate them near the Songhua River.
However, Huang Taiji believed that it was indeed difficult for the Ming army to attack Liaodong along the Heilongjiang River, but if the Ming army adopted a policy of evasion in response to this provocation of the Ming army, I am afraid that it would damage the prestige of the Hou Jin in the invincible Jurchen tribe of the savages.
Therefore, even if the remaining tribal population of Heilongjiang was to be relocated to the hinterland of Liaodong, it was necessary to send troops to make a posture of defending the mouth of the Heilongjiang River. If the Ming army did not dare to show up after holding out there for a winter, then the local savage Jurchen tribe would also downplay the victory of the Ming army.
Although Huang Taiji's reasons were good, both Daishan and Mang Gurtai were still dissatisfied, because the arduous task of transferring 350 people to the mouth of the Heilongjiang River was drawn from the banners of their two opponents. 350 people is equivalent to the strength of 6 Niu Lu, so many soldiers stationed at the mouth of the distant Heilongjiang River not only cost a lot of money, but also caused the two of them to incur the dissatisfaction of their generals.
In fact, when the three Great Baylors started doing business with the Ming Kingdom, they didn't want to continue the war with the Ming Kingdom. Because they have realized that the more battles they fight and the more victories they win, the greater the influence of Huang Taiji on the generals of the Eight Banners. In order to get a chance to go on the expedition, these bannermen unconsciously began to support the Great Khan.
However, if they kept peace with the Ming Kingdom, they would not have benefited less than the spoils they had gained from the war.
And more importantly, the benefits of trade are completely distributed by them, rather than obtaining Huang Taiji's approval first, as is the case with the spoils of war.
Although the generals of the Eight Banners were happy to hear the battle, they liked the opportunity to plunder the enemy's wealth, rather than risking their lives to fight the enemy.
If they can gain great benefits without having to fight, they will naturally change their attitude towards war.
The core of the Eight Banners system lies in the strict military system, even if it is Dai Shan and other big Baylors, once they enter the expeditionary army, they will not get any special treatment. And the Eight Banners system established by Nurhachi is naturally to serve himself, the Great Khan, not to serve the Lord of the Eight Banners.
Therefore, the orders issued in the army in the name of the Great Khan after Huang Taiji were far more authoritative than the orders he issued in the court. As long as Dai Shan and the others did not have the intention of immediate rebellion, they would not be able to resist the military order issued by Huang Taiji.
Therefore, every time Huang Taiji led the army to fight, he had an extra influence on the Eight Banners. If the Ming State always held the attitude of recovering Liaodong, they naturally had to obey Huang Taiji's orders and continue to fight against the Ming State.
But now that the Ming Kingdom has relented and wants to live in peace with the Houjin, Daishan and others feel that their biggest crisis now is the Houjin Khan Huang Taiji.
For example, this expedition clearly said that it was to crusade against the Chahar Department that moved west. However, after the Mongol vassal troops had arrived, on the march five days earlier, Huang Taiji summoned the Manchurian and Mongolian nobles in the army in the name of public opinion and asked them whether it was better to crusade against Lin Dan Khan or to go south to attack Ming.
These Mongolian tribal leaders, who had just succumbed to the Houjin, naturally did not want to swing their swords at their former masters so quickly. And the little Belles, the leaders of the various banners, were not willing to run to attack the Mongols, who had little oil and water.
Therefore, the meeting was quickly decided, changed the goal of the expedition, and went south to attack Ming. Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai were naturally reluctant to accept this ending, because they had already been forced to hand over a lot of grain on this expedition.
Originally, these soybeans were all goods ordered by the Ming people last year, which has caused them a lot of losses. Now if you go to attack the Ming Kingdom again, can the business over there in Yingkou continue this year? The resources they invested in Yingkou Port will not be wasted.
Therefore, after arriving in Qingcheng, Mang Gurtai finally couldn't sit still, and ran to Daishan's big tent, hoping to ask for an idea.