Chapter 20 2. When the king is in the world, Huang Taiji strives to gain power

After Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, he and Daishan, Mang Gurtai, and Amin three Baylors jointly managed the government.Huang Taijikong has the name of a khan, but he has no right to be a khan.In fact, all the military affairs and political affairs of the Houjin Dynasty were in charge in turn.The population and finances obtained in the war are distributed equally among the Eight Banners.If Huang Taiji wanted to implement any policies, he would often be blocked by Zhu Baylor. At this time, Huang Taiji was almost the same as the previous Baylor.Huang Taiji couldn't bear this situation, so he began to think of ways to solve the above problems, concentrate his power, and use it for himself.

Soon Huang Taiji took a measure. He believed that in order to centralize power, the first thing to do was to decentralize the power of the three major Baylors and set up eight ministers and sixteen ministers.The eight ministers are prime ministers for all affairs, and discuss with Zhu Baylor when encountering important matters.In addition, in terms of military power, the rights of the three Baylors were once again assigned to the sixteen ministers.Incorporate the main forces of the Eight Banners, which had relatively strong autonomy in the past, into the formal political system, so as to strengthen their own rights.In the previous mechanism structure in which the four major Baylors jointly discussed state affairs and took over military and political power, the administrative mechanism of eight ministers and sixteen ministers was used to represent the supreme ruler to exercise daily military and political management powers, which relatively weakened the other three Baylors except themselves. rights, so that the rights are concentrated in their own hands.However, if you want to consolidate your Khan position, you must also completely eliminate the rights of the three major Baylors.Huang Taiji, whose plan had already been made, was quietly waiting for the time to come.

In June of the fourth year of Tiancong, Amin led his army to fight the Ming army. As a result, he fell into the strategy of the Ming army to encircle and annihilate the four cities of Luanzhou, Yongping, Qian'an, and Zunhua in a row, and almost the entire army was wiped out.In the end, he found an opportunity to lead the remaining remnants back to Shenyang in a hurry. After Huang Taiji got the news of Amin's defeat, he was very angry in his heart. It was so difficult for the four cities of Yongping and Ping to take it, but he didn't expect to lose it so simply.Now that the matter has come to this point, Huang Taiji can only sigh.When discussing the strategy of defending the four cities, I always opposed Amin's battle plan, and I objected to it. The strategy I proposed was not approved by the other three Baylors... Thinking of this, Huang Taiji's mind suddenly flashed , Secretly said: I have been looking for an opportunity, and now the opportunity has come just in time.Throwing four cities in a row, massacring the Han people, making decisions without authorization, and abusing military power... Huang Taiji went through it in his mind, and he thought that there were as many as sixteen crimes against Amin. Not enough to hurt him anything, but sixteen?The situation is different.He wrote down Amin's sixteen crimes on a piece of paper, pondered over and over for a while, and finally made up his mind to use these sixteen crimes to deprive Amin of his rights.

The next day, Huang Taiji convened a meeting of Zhubeile and ministers, and he said to everyone: "Yongping was bought by my warriors in Houjin with their lives and blood. Now not only Yongping is lost, but even the other three cities are also lost." I lost them all. If victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, the success or failure of a single battle can’t explain anything, Erbeile Amin’s crimes are not limited to these..." He said, one by one, the sixteen crimes committed by Amin Listed out, the tone is sonorous and powerful, like a heavy chisel.Zhubeile and the ministers were a little terrified when they heard this, and thought: If anyone stands up to speak for Amin in this situation, it will undoubtedly be asking for trouble.

"So after careful consideration, I sentenced Amin to confinement, confiscated all of Amin's family wealth, and handed it over to his younger brother Jierhalang." In a few short sentences, Amin's rights were deprived, and even Sentenced to confinement.In terms of punishment, Huang Taiji had carefully considered it before. Brothers and sisters, for serious crimes, cannot be lethal, nor can they be dispatched to the army. Only the punishment of confinement is more appropriate.It is also Huang Taiji's brilliance to bestow Amin's family wealth to Jierhalang.According to common sense, Amin's family wealth should be put into the national treasury, but doing so will inevitably cause some people to misunderstand that the family wealth is given to Jierhalang, and Amin is relatively taken care of.In fact, Amin's military power is what Huang Taiji values ​​most.

Amin was sentenced to confinement, Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai were very angry, and at the same time felt a sense of crisis.Dai Shan thought, it would be better than Shun, and he would be careful in doing things in the future, and always think of him, so Amin's matter would not fall on his own head.Mang Gurtai and Daishan have exactly the opposite ideas. His temper is very reckless, and he will throw a tantrum when he encounters something. The small ones use words to refute, and the big ones need to use actions.Mang Gurtai wanted to refute a few words vigorously at the meeting. Considering that there were so many people and the person who refuted was the emperor, even if he was right, it would be disadvantageous, so he held back.

In August of the following year, Huang Taiji led his troops to start a war with the Ming army at the Daling River. The defender of the Ming army was Sun Chengzong who captured the four cities of Yongping.Mang Gurtai suggested that the battle should be resolved quickly, taking advantage of the Ming army's construction of the Linghe dam, and dealt a painful blow.Of course Huang Taiji could see this, but he deliberately dismissed Mang Gurtai's suggestion, saying: "The Ming army seems to be building a dam, but they are actually trying to lure our army. If the mouth of the dam is dug, wouldn't our army be wiped out?"

Mang Gurtai knew that this was Huang Taiji's intention to make things difficult for him, so he thought it would be better to make it clear: "Now that one of the three major Baylors has been removed by the emperor, and Daishan and I are left now, is the emperor still alive?" Looking for an opportunity to trouble us again? If so, the emperor should not hold back today. The enemy is facing the enemy, and victory or defeat is a matter of thought. The emperor is still considering these issues. Why don't you send troops now and wait for the victory? It won't be too late for the emperor to get rid of me when he goes back."

Mang Gurtai's words were too explicit, Huang Taiji shook his head when he heard it.He said: "I have made up my mind and I can't change it. You think too much. I see that you are eager to kill the enemy. I don't blame you. It's just that Dalinghe can't fight now." Mang Gurtai was in a hurry, he pulled out his waist knife at once, and threatened Huang Taiji: "We must send troops now!" Huang Taiji was startled, but at the same time his heart was burning with anger, and the horse he was riding took a few steps back.Mang Gurtai urged him to follow a few steps, but was suddenly dragged off the horse by the bodyguard beside Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji shouted: "Tie me up."

The battle of Dalinghe was naturally won by Hou Jin, which was expected by Huang Taiji long ago.But his heart wasn't completely basking in the joy of winning.On the way back to the capital of Shenyang, Huang Taiji began to think about the problem of Mang Gurtai.Mang Gurtai didn't have too much scheming, and everything was revealed on the bright side.Before the Battle of Linghe, Mang Gurtai's actions had completely exceeded his imagination. He did not expect that he would force himself with a waist knife. This is a bad omen.Maybe it was just as he said, even if he didn't resist, sooner or later he would find a chance to seize his power.But for Mangurtai, it is not just a simple matter of seizing power.Since he dared to threaten me with a knife, he might do something even more outrageous in the future!Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and made a cruel decision.

Huang Taiji accused Mang Gurtai of "drawing the sword in front of the imperial court", deprived Da Baylor of his title, downgraded him to ordinary Baylor, fined him 10,000 taels of silver and put it into the treasury, and excluded Mang Gurtai from the ruling Da Baylor.Mangurtai was deprived of Baylor's title, and he was naturally unwilling. A few months later, Mangurtai suddenly suffered from a strange disease, and his body was covered with malignant sores.Huang Taiji immediately sent an imperial doctor to take a look and prescribed some medicines, and it really got better, but within a few days, his condition began to deteriorate, and he died suddenly nine months later. Daishan would not make low-level mistakes like Mang Gurtai, and he also followed Huang Taiji's orders.Before Mang Gurtai died, Dai Shan began to move closer to Huang Taiji, but it was too late.After Huang Taiji abolished the two Baylors, he had no intention of keeping Daishan in his heart.So in September of the ninth year of Tiancong, Huang Taiji convened a meeting of all ministers of Baylor, and listed four crimes against Daishan. After discussion, the name of Dashan Dabeile was removed, Baylor's position was eliminated, and his family wealth was poured into the national treasury. Since then, the three major Baylor forces that could pose a threat to Huang Taiji have been basically eliminated, and Huang Taiji's sweat power has been truly consolidated.After eliminating the three major Baylor forces, Huang Taiji established a national administrative system imitating the Ming Dynasty in order to adapt to the new situation and meet the development needs of Houjin.So far, the Prince Baylor conference system in the post-Jin political system came to an end, and all power began to be concentrated in the hands of one person, Huang Taiji, realizing the true sense of dominion over the world.