Chapter 20 2.Dorgon's ambition

"Poverty leads to change, change leads to success"; "The time is not yet ripe for prosperity." Until Fan Wencheng left after leaving, Dorgon was still thinking about hexagrams and Fan Wencheng's words. At this time, his Fujin came over with two maids in his arms, and when he saw him, he couldn't help but asked with a smile: "The guest is gone, can you perform Yangko again?" He looked up at the sky and said, "Isn't it too late? Let's save it for tomorrow." When Fujin heard this, he pouted unhappily and sat aside. Dorgon couldn't help but looked at her and frowned.He doesn't like this Fujin, but this marriage was arranged by Huang Taiji. For this reason, Huang Taiji once deprived him of a happy marriage. It can be said that this is the only regret that Huangxiong left in his heart.As a descendant of the Aixinjueluo family, Dorgon could not refuse this marriage that caused him headaches, but when he saw this Fujin, another figure would appear in front of him, flashing a pair of melancholy eyes at him, and when he thought of this The look in the eyes, Dorgon's heart, was so painful.

Right now, Fujin left angrily, he wished that she would leave soon, so that he could think about his own thoughts: Nurhachi, the great ancestor, said: Big and small, small and big, there are many ways of rise and fall in ancient times.He also said: I, Jinhan, walk the righteous way, and God loves me. Besides, Nanjing, Beijing, and Bianjing are not the places where one person lives, but the places where Jurchen and Han people live in turn. One day, the territory of the Dajin Khanate will be recovered. He thought, how similar today's hexagram is to the current situation!My Qing army is strong and strong, and the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed, the north and south of the country will be unified, and the wishes of the two generations of father and brother will be fulfilled.

Thinking of these, Dorgon couldn't help but a lot of thoughts... Thirty-three-year-old Dorgon admired two people most in his life, his father Nurhachi and his elder brother Huang Taiji.Speaking of which, Nurhachi was born in poverty, his mother died young, and was abused by his stepmother. At the age of nineteen, he separated and lived in another family. He dug ginseng, picked pine nuts, hunted wild boar, and did anything as long as it could be exchanged for money. That year, grandfather and father—Jue Changan, who was the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou at that time, and Ta Keshi, who was the commander of the left guard at the time, went to Atai with the Ming army. As a result, the father and son were "killed by mistake" by the Ming army.Jue Chang'an and Takshi have always been hailed by the Ming Dynasty as good chiefs who "learned with loyalty and learned well, and worked at the sidelines", but now they were killed for no apparent reason. , but the post of "Jianzhou Zuowei Commander" left by Jue Chang'an was reassigned to Nurhachi.

Commanding all districts, he was just a border guard in the Ming Dynasty, not much different from a watchdog. Nurhachi looked down on this title from the bottom of his heart, so he swallowed his hatred and returned to his hometown. Soon, he set up an army with the thirteen sets of armor left by his grandfather and father, and started the sacred cause of unifying the Jurchen ministries.With the weakest tribe, after more than ten years of war, "small and big", finally completed the great cause of reunification. After that, the Eight Banners system and the Jurchen script were established, and various systems were established; they attacked Mongolia, plundered North Korea, defeated the Ming Dynasty, fought everywhere, and spread their prestige on all sides; , Haizhou and more than 70 cities.Finally proclaimed the emperor, established the capital in Shenyang, the founding name was "Da Jin", and the year name was "The Mandate of Heaven".

Undoubtedly, his father is a legendary figure. This is a fact that not only within the Aisin Gioro family, but also their enemies have to admit.Nurhachi not only has a burly figure, a loud voice, superhuman martial arts and courage, but more importantly, he can remain calm in a critical moment. It was that time, facing the joint attack of Ye He, Huifa and Horqin's nine tribes, the disparity in strength between the enemy and us, the situation was dangerous, and some people in the family were timid and ready to surrender.But Nurhachi was calm and calm. Seeing that the enemy had already set off, he was still asleep. His side Fujin Fucha was anxious, and pushed him awake and said, "You still want to sleep, the enemy has already hit the door of the house."But he smiled easily and said, what are you afraid of? Although the Nine Divisions have a large number of people, they are a rabble, and their hearts are not in harmony. They all want to preserve their strength. As long as they can defeat one, the rest will fall apart.

In the end, everything went as he expected—the Nine Allied Forces were defeated by him, and the leader of the Horqin tribe, Ming An, got stuck in the mud, lost his clothes and saddle, so he had to wear a pair of shorts and fled home on a bareback horse. . At that time, Dorgon, Prince Rui, was only a teenager and unable to participate in the battle, but he was familiar with his father's great achievements, and he was proud of having such a father. After Nurhachi's death, the fourth beile Huang Taiji took the throne. Among the sixteen sons of Nurhachi's five concubines, Huang Taiji ranked eighth. There were many rumors within the royal family about his succession, and Dorgon was involved, but Dorgon didn't quite believe it.

Huang Taiji seems to be born with the emperor's life.When he was born, Nurhachi was just a small tribal chieftain, and he didn't have the conditions to be called emperor at all, but he accidentally named his son "Huang Taiji". He didn't know until later that the prince of the Han people was called "Huang Taiji". Crown Prince", while the Mongol crown prince is called "Huangtaiji".These two names are homophonic with the word "Huang Taiji". Nurhachi thought it was God's will. Huang Taiji originally had the share of inheriting the great line.He was the original wife of Nurhachi, who was born of the Yehenala family whose temple name was Empress Xiaocigao.Yehenala's personality is gentle and virtuous, and her behavior is stable and generous. She is honored as "Sister Mongolia" by everyone. Unfortunately, she only lived to be 29 years old and died. Nurhachi did not drink alcohol or eat meat for more than a month. Condolences to this rare empress, according to the traditional succession law, the son is more precious than the mother, so there should be no doubt that Huang Taiji will inherit the throne.

But some things that happened later made Huang Taiji's succession a little awkward, which is the origin of the rumors - among the sons of Nurhachi, there are two people who can rival Huang Taiji, these are the eldest son Chu Ying and the second son Daishan, Before Chu Ying died in Nurhachi, he died after being imprisoned because he was dissatisfied with Nurhachi; while the second son Daishan fell out of favor with Nurhachi because of some trivial matters and was not taken seriously.In his later years, Nurhachi doted on the concubine Nalashi, who was the mother of the three brothers Azige, Dorgon and Duoduo. Because of her favor, she was established as a concubine. The "big concubine" is also called Dafujin.

Nurhachi conquered Ming Dynasty with an army of 100,000, but was defeated by Ningyuan City with only more than 10,000 troops.This was a shame and humiliation that he had never experienced since he joined the army. After returning home, he was depressed and finally developed a gangrene on his back. For this reason, he went to a hot spring to recuperate, but his condition did not improve, and he collapsed on the way back to Shengjing chicken burger. When Nurhachi died, only the concubine was with her. According to her, the last words of Emperor Daxing were passed down in Dorgon. As soon as this remark came out, Shi Potian was shocked.Didn't you say "Guo Lai Changjun"?Not to mention that Dorgon was only thirteen years old at the time and had no military achievements at all. Besides, isn't Daishan the first of the "Four Baylors"?Even when Nurhachi was alive, the four major Baylors had already participated in controlling the military and state power. Now that Nurhachi has passed away, he has handed over the power to a "yellow-mouthed boy". Isn't this deliberately provoking civil strife?

Everyone concluded that the last words were definitely not the original words of the founding king with great foresight and great talent, but could only come from the mouth of a woman with long hair and short knowledge. The fish is in the water, but it doesn't know the depth - the concubine is looking for death. Therefore, the four beiles and the five ministers discussed and recommended Huang Taiji as the emperor. Huang Taiji humbly and repeatedly said, "The kindness is hard to refuse", so he became the emperor before Nurha Chiling, respected the first emperor as Taizu, changed the year name to "Tian Cong", and took next year as the first year of Tian Cong. The concubine, who was still young, was forced to be buried for Emperor Daxing - it is said that this was the last emperor's will.

Concubine Nalashi seemed to be celebrating a major festival. She changed into a dress, wore gold, silver, pearls and jade, and used a three-foot white silk to realize her dream of following the Emperor Daxing forever.At the end of her life, she cried bitterly and entrusted the three underage children to Zhongbei Le. They still need someone to take care of them! Dorgon will never forget the scene of life and death. The three brothers watched their mother leave them, but Dorgon did not bear any grudges against Huang Taiji, because this brother was so kind to him. Later, some rumors spread When it came to his ears, he judged the situation, and he also thought it was not the truth—indeed, the great Taizu Emperor Gao was able to discern the smallest details and see thousands of miles clearly. I handed over my unfinished business to a minor. Despite all the gossip and rumors, Huang Taiji has always cared for his own younger brother. In Huang Taiji's eyes, Dorgon, the younger brother, is smart and witty, a rare talent, and he will definitely be a great man in the future—that is, in the hands of Huang Taiji, Dorgon was named "Prince Heshuorui", a wise man, smart The meaning of wisdom is also called "Mergen" in Manchurian. That time, Dorgon, who was only sixteen years old, and Duoduo, who was only fifteen years old, accompanied Huang Taiji to Chahar and returned with a complete victory.Huang Taiji gave credit to the Dorgon brothers, saying: "Blessed by heaven, I first ordered the two young brothers to go to the distant country with them, to be hardworking, and to achieve victory in a timely manner. It is appropriate to give a beautiful title as a token of praise." So he gave Dorgon "Mergen Dai Qing". In the fifth year of Tiancong, Huang Taiji led the army to conquer Ming and besieged Zu Dashou in Daling River. The range, was bombarded by a burst of heavy artillery from the Ming army, causing many casualties, and the lieutenant Meng Tan was killed because of this. At that time, Dorgon, who was greedy for merit, was the one who charged beside Tulai. When Huang Taiji pursued the responsibility, he put aside the "Mergen" he often said in his mouth, and was responsible for Tulai. In the Dagon camp, he blamed Dorgon's subordinates for failing to protect "Mergen", and said: If "Mergen" is wrong, I will chop you into a pile of meat. The brotherhood is beyond words, and throughout Huang Taiji's life, he always took care of Mergen very much. Of course, Dorgon respected Huang Taiji not because of Huang Taiji's favor, but because of his admiration for Huang Taiji's lifelong achievements. It was this brother who completed his father's unfinished business.In the hands of Huang Taiji, he not only surrendered to North Korea and Mongolia, but also went deep into the Central Plains several times. He used countermeasures to get rid of Yuan Chonghuan, the deadly enemy of the Qing Dynasty. Prepare. Huang Taiji, with his intelligence and martial arts, had the ambition to unify the world, his vision was far-sighted, and his methods were innovative. It was in his hands that he laid the foundation for the great cause of destroying the Ming, which Dorgon admired unceasingly.At that time, facing the powerful Ming country, the Qing Dynasty lived in a corner. Although it had achieved some success, to fundamentally destroy such a big country was like a small saw trying to saw down a towering tree.The counselor Zhang Cunren contributed three strategies to Huang Taiji, saying: lock the throat, stab the heart, and pruning the branches.Locking the Throat means taking down the Shanhaiguan Pass first, cutting off the connection between the inside and outside of the Ming Dynasty Pass; stabbing the heart means bypassing the Great Wall and going straight to Beijing; Huang Taiji first adopted the strategy of pruning. In order to win the stronghold outside the pass, the first step was to recruit Zu Dashou, a general of the Ming Dynasty. Zu Dashou is a native of Liaodong, brothers, nephews and relatives, who have guarded the border for the Ming Dynasty for generations. That time, Huang Taiji used countermeasures to induce Emperor Chongzhen to kill Yuan Chonghuan, the general guarding the frontier, who made Nurhachi hate him all his life.Zu Dashou hated the emperor's injustice and killed Zhongliang by mistake, so he returned to Jinzhou with his troops.Huang Taiji always wanted to recruit him, but he still did not change his original intention and defeated the Qing army many times. Later, Huang Taiji found out the residence of Zu Dashou's family, and invited all his brothers and nephews to Shengjing, but Zu Dashou remained indifferent until he was stationed in Dalinghe, surrounded by Huang Taiji, and his food and supplies ran out.After all the generals surrendered, Zu Dashou finally agreed to surrender. When he paid homage to Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji gave him the black fox hat and sable fur and comforted him. He proposed to go back to Jinzhou to recruit the rest of the troops, and Huang Taiji agreed without hesitation. But as soon as he returned to Jinzhou, But he changed his mind, and when Huang Taiji led his troops to attack Jinzhou, he personally fired red cannons to bombard him, which almost killed Huang Taiji. It was not until the Songliao victory that even Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty, was captured. Zu Dashou, who was trapped in Jinzhou, had no way out, so he left the city and surrendered. Huang Taiji's left and right all hated Zu Dashou deeply, and they all spoke to Huang Taiji, saying that this person is capricious and cruel, and he surrendered today at the end of the road, and he is afraid that he will run away again if he has the chance.But Huang Taiji smiled tolerantly, and he said to Zu Dashou: General, don't worry about it, let the past be the past.After that, he had a lot of trust in Zu Dashou.This action made Zu Dashou cry bitterly, and finally surrendered with all his heart. After that, Huang Taiji went deep into the pass several times, locked his throat, stabbed his heart, and killed the Ming army several times without any parry. Right now, his elder brother Huang Taiji is in his prime, but he is gone.Dorgon understood that the heavy burden of his father and brother's destruction of the Ming Dynasty fell on his shoulders as an obligatory duty.During the period of national mourning, facing his six-year-old nephew, the new emperor Fulin, he remembered the last words of his brother Huang Taiji, and kept an eye on the situation in the customs all the time.