Born in the 15th year of Wanli, Aixin Jueluo Mang Gurtai is in the most prosperous period of his life. As Nurhachi's fifth son, he began to learn how to fight with Nurhachi at the age of 10, and at the age of 20, he led the army independently and conquered six cities in the war against the Ula tribe, thus being admired by many young soldiers.

In the Battle of Salhu, which decided the fate of Ming Jin, he first followed Nurhachi to annihilate the 60,000 troops led by the Ming general soldier Du Song in Salhu, and then went south to annihilate more than 40,000 people of Liu Ling's army. It can be said that he has shown his great martial arts, and even Dai Shan, who has been in battle for a long time, is a little afraid of this younger brother.

Six years after the Mandate of Heaven, Mang Gurtai was mainly responsible for the use of troops against the Mongols, so he stayed away from Shenyang. In 1626, the year of Nurhachi's death, he was still leading an army against the Khalkha Bahraini tribe.

Judging by Nurhachi's actions before his death, Mang Gurtai was clearly considered as an heir. The Later Jin Dynasty established the country with martial arts, and the leaders of the Eight Banners were more like military leaders than tribal leaders, and the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty was the supreme military leader of the entire Eight Banners army.

Therefore, the Great Khan without martial arts could not tame this group of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals in the Eight Banners Army. According to the Eight Banners military system established by Nurhachi, the way for the Eight Banners to feed the army was mainly to rely on foreign raids, but the army that did not participate in the war could not share the spoils.

After the establishment of the Later Jin Kingdom, he used troops in all directions: attacking the Ming Kingdom was to obtain land, wealth, and slaves; The crusade against the savage Jurchens outside the Northeast is to enrich the people of the Jianzhou Jurchen headquarters; The purpose of attacking the Mongol tribes was to determine the master-slave relationship between the Jurchens and the Mongols in the northeast, and in addition to obtaining Mongol horses and men.

In addition to attacking the Ming Kingdom, the people obtained from the crusade against the savage Jurchens and the Mongol tribes can be directly used to supplement the Dingkou of this banner. And the more prosperous the people of this banner, the more the number of troops sent next time will increase, and the more people and spoils of war can be recovered, which is a positive cycle.

Most of the savage Jurchens live in the harsh environment of the outer northeast, and the various tribes are very scattered among them, so the savage Jurchens basically do not get any spoils except for the Dingkou. If it weren't for Nurhachi's strong orders, the banners would not be willing to crusade against the savage tribes that are far away from the mountains.

However, the Mongols are different, although the Mongol tribes are also short of living materials, but the large number of livestock owned by the Mongol tribes is exactly the means of production needed by Houjin, who occupies most of the northeastern region. The Han slaves captured by the Eight Banners, together with these livestock, can create a steady stream of wealth for each banner.

The Mongols, who grew up on horseback, were the best cavalry candidates as long as they were trained and armoured. Although these Mongol cavalry were not as savage and hard-fought as those savage Jurchens in the outer northeast, the Dingkou that could be obtained by conquering the Mongol tribes was by no means comparable to that of a few savage tribes.

In the wars against the Mongolian tribes in these years, the strength of the Zhenglan Banner has expanded very rapidly, and if it were not for Nurhachi's death, the Zhenglan Banner is estimated to overwhelm the two red flags with its own strength.

But Mang Gurtai, who was good at commanding operations, failed politically. When Huang Taiji led his troops into battle, the capture was often fairly distributed to the troops who went out, regardless of whether these troops had been on the battlefield or not, so the little Baylor liked to be close to Huang Taiji.

But although Mang Gurtai is not as greedy as Amin, who often fights other people's spoils, it is not lenient. Mang Gurtai ruled the army strictly, and commanded the battle and was extremely brave, so every time the battle was the first and the most captured. Mang Gurtai does not have the heart of Huang Taiji, although he will not plunder the spoils of friendly forces, but he is also unwilling to take out his own spoils and share them with friendly forces.

Therefore, although Mang Gurtai was very successful, no one wanted to get close to him and follow him. Every time I went out with him, the exploits and spoils of war were won by the blue flag, and the others felt that they were just here for an outing, so naturally they didn't have a good impression of Mang Gurtai.

And Nurhachi, although he asked Mang Gurtai to support the crusade against the Mongolian tribes in the northeast, in order to strengthen the strength of the Zhenglan Banner. However, as a result of staying away from Shenyang, the center of the Later Jin Dynasty, Mang Gurtai did not have much influence among the Houjin and nobles.

This is also why, as soon as the contemporary Shanyi nominated Huang Taiji, everyone at the meeting seconded it, and few people considered the possibility of Mang Gurtai inheriting the throne.

Seeing the throne of Houjin Great Khan slip out of his hands, Mang Gurtai was naturally full of resentment. However, as a qualified military commander, he also knew very well that there must be no chaos in the Houjin country at this time. Because the enemies of the Houjin are too strong, whether it is the Ming Kingdom or the Chahar Ministry, theoretically they have the ability to destroy the Houjin alone.

This point, since Nurhachi rebelled against the Ming, although the Ming army and the Mongol army led by the Chahar Department have repeatedly defeated the Ming army and occupied most of the northeast, but the Ming State and the Chahar Department still do not see any signs that they cannot fight.

The Ming Kingdom and the Chahar Department were like two giants with huge bodies, and no matter how many scars Houjin left on them, they were just some skin wounds. Houjin, on the other hand, is a short and fragile dwarf, and if he is hit by these two giants, he may be killed.

Therefore, when Houjin fought against these two countries, he always had the idea of breaking the kettle and sinking the boat, and never dared to have the slightest luck in the war.

Nurhachi's unexpected death, although Nurhachi's descendants are enthusiastic about the ownership of the position of the Great Khan of the Later Jin, but there is also a kind of anxiety from top to bottom in the Later Jin country. That is, without the Mandate of Heaven Khan, who can still lead the children of the Eight Banners to fight against the alliance of the Ming Kingdom and the Chahar people?

For the nobles of the Later Jin Dynasty, who were Mang Gurtai, they were even more worried at this time whether the Ming Kingdom and the Mongols would take advantage of the death of Nurhachi and the instability of the people in the Later Jin Dynasty to launch a crusade against the Later Jin.

You must know that during the period of Nurhachi's death, the number of Han Chinese who fled from Houjin increased significantly, and the attitude of the Mongolian Korqin Tribe, which had always been Houjin's most reliable ally, was also somewhat intriguing at this time.

In this situation, Mang Gurtai was not willing to break up Houjin for the position of a great khan, so he made compromises and concessions.

However, no one expected that the Chahar-Ming encirclement, which Nurhachi had not been able to break during his lifetime, would be automatically dissolved shortly after Huang Taiji ascended the throne.

Lin Dan Khan did not take advantage of Nurhachi's death and the unstable domestic political situation in Houjin to regain lost territory, but took the initiative to lead his troops to move westward, giving way to Monan Mongolia for Houjin, which was also the passage to the northwest border of the Ming Kingdom. And the young Son of Heaven of the Ming Kingdom also died suddenly in this year.

The continuous occurrence of these two events not only allowed Hou Jin to get through the time required for the transition of the Khan, but also made Hou Jin inexplicably have a favorable situation of monopolizing the entire Liaodong region. And Huang Taiji, who succeeded to the throne of the Great Khan because of Caide, won a great political advantage by this.

It is impossible to say that Mang Gurtai has no regrets. He was only willing to back down, because he was ready to deal with the most sinister situation in Houjin, rather than so easily letting Huang Taiji win the hearts of the military and the people of Houjin. Is this all God helping Huang Taiji cheat?

If he had known that Lin Dan Khan would move westward, and the Son of Heaven of the Ming Kingdom would not have died soon, he would not have given up the throne of Great Khan so easily. Now, some people with ulterior motives in the Later Jin Kingdom are privately rumoring that Huang Taiji is indeed the destiny of heaven, otherwise how could he ascend to the throne of Khan, and then the two strong enemies of the Jin Kingdom will have a situation?

Mang Gurtai could only stutter and eat Coptis chinensis, and turned all his resentment towards Da Belle Daishan. If it weren't for this brother's moth, how could Huang Taiji pass him to inherit the throne?

However, in the third year of Tiancong, Mang Gurtai had to let go of his resentment against Dai Shan and prepared to reconcile with this big Baylor. Without him, it was all because Huang Taiji's power developed too fast, and in less than 3 years, Huang Taiji, who ranked at the end of the four major Baylors, was already able to compete with the other three Baylors and began to lead the national politics of Houjin.

Nurhachi didn't pay much attention to Huang Taiji's son, Huang Taiji only got 18 bulls of the positive white flag because of his princely ranking, which was only higher than the 15 bull flags of the eight flags.

Moreover, Huang Taiji was born in the twentieth year of Wanli, although he participated in the most important battle of Sarhu in Jin Liguo, but he was not the commander of a large army, and he had no experience in leading troops alone in important battles. Only in the tenth year of the Mandate of Heaven, the same brother Abatai led 5,000 elite cavalry to aid Horqin, and relieved Lin Dan Khan's siege of Horqin, which is an important achievement.

In general, Huang Taiji cannot be compared with the previous brothers in terms of military exploits, especially Daishan, Mang Gurtai, and Amin. This is also why these three people think that letting Huang Taiji take the throne will be more harmless to the power of the three people.

What's more, before Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, the three of them also forced Huang Taiji to swear: they can't confiscate the Niu Lu of other banner owners' subordinates casually, even if the flag owner is guilty and punished to hand over the Niu Lu of his subordinates, the Niu Lu handed over can only be distributed to other flag leaders in this banner.

In Mang Gurtai's view, as long as the Zhenglan Banner is still in his hands, he does not need to be afraid of a Great Khan who has no record and does not have much strength. However, less than three years later, he realized that he had been wrong.

The Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, Huang Taiji, and the Fourth Beile Huang Taiji of the Later Jin Kingdom, are certainly not the same creatures, and if someone asks Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai, who are sitting in the big tent and talking, they will definitely get such an answer.

Huang Taiji, who inherited the throne of the Great Khan, has shown jaw-dropping political talent since he ascended the throne. Huang Taiji assumed the throne of the Great Khan of Later Jin in Shenyang in September of the 11th year of the Mandate of Heaven. Several edicts were issued in succession that month, the most important of which were.

1. The Manchurians and the Han Chinese, without or disagreeing, litigated and imprisoned, and made sure that they were uniform. Baylor's subordinates are not allowed to hunt outside the border. The municipal tax is paid by the state fee, and it is the crime of allowing it to trade and trade, and to go to foreign countries and evade taxes.

2. Let the Han people live separately from Manchuria. First of all, the thirteen strong men of the Han people were a village, and they were slaves to the Manchu officials. As a result, eight people were left in each reserve, and the rest were compiled into private households, and they were punished with Beitun, and those who were honest and honest of Han officials were selected.

3. Set up eight solid mountains and eight flags.

These three policies, one is to abolish the ethnic discrimination policy against the Han people during the Nurhachi period, and officially include the Han people in Liaodong into the population of the Later Jin; the second is the division of the Manchu and Han dynasties, which is equivalent to directly weakening the strength of each banner and winning over the Han officials in the Later Jin Dynasty; The third is to deprive the Eight Banners Banner Owners of their direct control over the Eight Banners, thereby dividing the loyalty of the Eight Banners to the Banner Owners.