Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1430 The one who obeys me is prosperous ([-])
It takes time to communicate with each other. By the time the imperial court’s decision was communicated outside the Liaodong border wall, many things that were originally approved had already been half done.

For example, the Ministry of War asked Li Chengliang to gather the defeated soldiers and report the actual losses, and Li Chengliang had already done so.

In the "Night of Hetuala", Li Chengliang's troops lost (killed, captured and missing) elite cavalry as high as 720, 430 horses, 640 horses, mules, Donkeys lost 120 seven heads.

In the end, Li Chengliang reported that the remaining troops of the headquarters were about [-], but the loss of horses was huge, and he no longer had the ability to continue to attack, so he took the initiative to withdraw to the Yahu Pass to wait for orders from the Ministry of War.

Another example is the order of the Ministry of War issued by the emperor's order requiring Cao Yu to replace Li Chengliang, and to command the remaining three armies to continue to encircle and suppress Nurhachi.Because after Cao Yu received the high-level pragmatic secret letter before, he took the initiative to take over the command when Li Chengliang was defeated, and not only issued relevant orders to Ma Chengxun, but also issued orders to Yang Yuan.

Ma Chengxun would definitely obey the order, needless to say, Yang Yuan did not refuse to the surprise.After receiving Cao Yu's military order, Yang Yuan immediately decided not to wait for the procrastinating Dong'e Department to "get ready", and led his own 400 soldiers and the [-] people provided by Dong'e's Department to set off immediately, and began to circle eastward through wind and snow. OK, prepare to encircle Hetuala according to the scheduled plan.

In addition, Cao Yu once again received a secret letter from Gao Yushi, which clearly told him that the emperor had decided to relieve Nurhachi of all duties after the victory, and at the same time awarded these positions to Nurhachi's younger brother, Su Kesu. River Department II Baylor Shurhazi.

This is the so-called "someone in the court is easy to be an official". With Gao Pragmatic's letter and a clear plan for the arrangement and disposal after the victory, Cao Yu didn't have to worry about making mistakes in his handling and making the emperor and the court dissatisfied.

The three-way army continued to advance, and the encirclement became smaller and smaller. Cao Yan asked Ma Chengxun and Yang Yuan to report their locations three times a day, while marching carefully with Qi Jin.He used to be nicknamed "Desperate Cao Sanlang" in his early years, but since the defeat in Chang'an Fort, he has become more and more cautious now, especially the closer he is to victory, the more cautious he is, and he would rather slow down than fail at the last moment.

In fact, although Cao Yu's approach is not wrong, he is really worried at this moment, because Nurhachi is now under greater pressure than him.

Nurhachi's pressure comes from both internal and external parts.Needless to say to the outside world, although the four-way army was defeated by him, the remaining three-way army is still stronger than him, and from the perspective of time, there is no chance to use their strategies.

But what Nurhachi is most worried about is internal pressure, but to explain this pressure, he must first sort out the origins of Jianzhou Sanwei.

Jianzhou Jurchen began to attach themselves to Ming Dynasty when Ming Dynasty expelled Remnant Yuan, paid tribute to Ming Dynasty, and accepted the canonization of Emperor Ming Dynasty.In the second year of Yongle, the Ming Dynasty established the Jianzhou Guard, and appointed the local leader Aha Chu as the commander of the Jianzhou Guard.

Later, because another leader Mengge Timur had made great achievements in attacking Mongolia with Chengzu, he was named the commander of Jianzhou Zuowei.But later in the turmoil, Mengge Timur was killed, his son Dong Shan was also captured, and Jianzhou Zuoweiyin was lost.Mengge Timur's younger brother Fancha reported to the imperial court, and the Emperor of Ming Dynasty granted Fancha the new Jianzhou Zuowei seal again.

However, soon after, Dong Shan was redeemed, and the original Jianzhou Zuowei seal was found again. The uncle and nephew had a dispute over the ownership of Jianzhou Zuowei.In the end, Yingzong ordered the left guard of Jianzhou to be divided into two, and then the right guard of Jianzhou was added. Fancha and Dong Shan each held a seal.

Therefore, the earliest Jianzhou guards were divided into three, namely Jianzhou guards, Jianzhou left guards, and Jianzhou right guards, known as the Jianzhou Sanwei in history.

Among them, Nurhachi is a direct descendant of Meng Ge Timur, and to some extent, he is also the most "legal" ruler of Jianzhou Zuowei.

But the problem is that Daming's principle of "If you have a descendant, establish a descendant, and if you don't have a descendant, establish an elder" is not very popular in the eyes of the Jurchen (it's just "in my mind", in fact, in most cases, I still have to obey Daming's canonization).

This issue has been mentioned before. The customs of the Jurchens are actually more influenced by the Mongols. Specifically, the Jurchens prefer to follow the traditions of the Mongols in terms of registering heirs and dividing inheritance.

Nurhachi's father, Takshi, had five sons in total. Nurhachi was the eldest son, Murhaqi was the second son, Shuerhaqi was the third son, Yaerhaqi was the fourth son, and Bayara was the youngest son.

Speaking of this, readers may have doubts, since Shuerhaqi is the third child, why is he called "Second Baylor"?The reason is simple, the second child Murhazi and Nurhachi are not siblings.

After Nurhachi became the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou, according to the tradition of Ming Dynasty, only Shuerhaqi was recognized by Ming Dynasty, while Murhazi who was "a concubine" was not recognized.

As for the fourth child, Yaerhaqi, he was also a compatriot of Nurhachi, but this guy who could have become the "Three Baylor" died early, which is an early death, so... there is no reason.

As for Bayara, he was born of Nurhachi's mean and ungrateful stepmother, and his relationship with the Nurhachi brothers is obviously not much better, and his current position in Jianzhou Zuowei is rather embarrassing.Fortunately, he was only five or six years old, so Nurhachi didn't care about any malice towards him.

To put it simply, Nurhachi still has three living brothers, and the second brother, Murhaqi, is also an iron brother who fought with him, but because Daming did not recognize his status, although he also obtained part of the military power according to the tradition of the Jurchens, but This power is "residing" under Nurhachi's banner.

The youngest, Bayara, can be ignored for the time being, but the third, Shuerhaqi, as the "Second Baylor", is very powerful.How powerful is it?Nurhaci's Ba Yala soldiers numbered about one thousand, and Shuerhaqi's Ba Yala soldiers numbered eight hundred.

Why is Shuerhaqi so powerful?There are two reasons: firstly, he is the direct descendant of Mengge Timur recognized by Ming Dynasty, and he was officially appointed by Ming Dynasty as "Jianzhou Zuowei Commander Tongzhi"; secondly, he is actually the "youngest son of Tu Keshi". According to the custom of "young son guarding the stove" passed down by the Mongols to the Jurchens, his strength must not be inferior, otherwise Nurhachi will be seriously questioned.

In other words, if Taks is Temujin, then Shurhazi is equivalent to Tuo Lei.According to the habits of the Jurchens at this time, after the death of Taks, he should be the "supervisor of the country" and his father's number one guardian.

The Jianzhou Jurchens were influenced by Ming and Mongolia at the same time, which led to this somewhat weird inheritance system, and also made Shuerhaqi powerful.

If the current Jianzhou Jurchen internal strength is divided into [-]%, then Nurhachi holds [-]%, Shuerhaqi probably holds [-]%, and the remaining [-]% is in the hands of Murhazi—but Murhaqi cannot really control it. He is subordinate to Nurhachi.

The two brothers Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi played on June [-]th, which is basically the current strength division of Jianzhou left backs.

Because of factors such as the oldest age, the relatively harmonious relationship between brothers, and the level of the canonized position of the Ming Dynasty, Nurhachi's position is relatively stable in normal times. Not only Murhaqi completely obeys Nurhachi, but Shuerhaqi is also the only elder brother Nurhachi to follow.

However, that is usually.

As the encirclement of the Ming army's three-way army became tighter and tighter, a rumor spread: The emperor of Ming Dynasty was extremely dissatisfied with Nurhachi's rebellion, and had decided to punish the left guard of Jianzhou. , all canonization of Nurhachi will be abolished, and Shuerhaqi will be appointed as the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou.

There are several key words in this rumor: punishment, breach, abolishment, and reseal.

Punishment means that Da Ming is still the familiar Da Ming.If you dare not listen to him, he will beat you until you are obedient, and will inevitably bring severe punishment-killing is one of the inevitable ones.For the Jurchens of Jianzhou Zuowei, who will be killed is of course cause for concern.

Breaking through means that Ming no longer intends to "peacefully conquer" Hetuala.Li Chengliang's unexpected defeat shocked the entire Jurchen region, but just like Gao Wushi's analysis of Zhu Yijun, the outcome of this war has not yet been decided, and Li Chengliang's defeat was not regarded as "unbeatable" by all parties. Insist on continuing to fight, and when Hetuala is defeated, all doubts will naturally disappear.

Abolition means that Ming's tolerance is very limited.Daming decided to severely punish Nurhachi, who surrendered and rebelled, and broke his word.Although Daming has always insisted on the lineage of the Jurchen rulers, it does not mean that they cannot be changed.For example, in the early days of Wang Gao's rise, Daming also admitted for a short period of time that he was the commander of Jianzhou Right Guard.

The change of title means that although Daming decided to severely punish Nurhachi, he still intends to try his best to maintain the ruling lineage of Jianzhou Zuowei unchanged.To a certain extent, this is also a means of maintaining stability-Shuerhaqi was originally the No. [-] figure in the left back of Jianzhou, known as "Second Baylor". Since Nurhachi is going to step down, Shuerhaqi will naturally take over.

Oh, I forgot to mention that Nurhachi already has sons, and not one or two, but five sons.

The eldest son, Aixinjueluo Chuying, whose mother is Tongjia Haha Nazhaqing, was born in the eighth year of Wanli and is eight years old this year (Chinese New Year is now, it is now the 16th year of Wanli. );

The second son, Aixinjueluo Daishan, whose mother is his regular wife Tongjia Haha Nazhaqing, was born in the 11th year of Wanli;
The third son of the concubine, Aixinjueluo Abai, was born in the 13th year of Wanli;
The fourth son of the concubine, Aixinjueluo Tanggu, whose mother is the concubine Niu Hulu, was also born in the 13th year of Wanli;

The fifth son, Aixinjueluo Manggurtai, was born in the 15th year of Wanli and was still in his infancy.

Although he already has five sons, even his eldest son, Chu Ying, is only eight years old this year.The Ming Dynasty has always adopted a policy of confinement for the Jurchen ministries, so when the heir is too young, he is usually not allowed to attack his post, lest he cannot suppress the internal power faction, causing civil strife and dragging the Ming Dynasty into the water.

Therefore, the recent "rumors" made Nurhachi quite nervous. He knew that if Daming really wanted to abolish his position, the possibility of Shuerhaqi's ascension was indeed the greatest.Judging from Jurchen's historical experience, once Shuerhaqi succeeded in attacking his post, his descendants of Nurhachi would basically have no chance with Jianzhou Zuowei Foundation.

Moreover, there is still an important point unclear in this rumor: it does not explain what Nurhachi should do after Shuerhaqi attacked him.

If it was just to remove the title of Commander granted by Ming Dynasty, Nurhachi felt that he could still think of a way, such as performing a double reed with Shuerhaqi: on the surface Shuerhaqi exists as a commander, but in fact Jianzhou Zuowei internally It is still based on him, Nurhachi.

As for when to get back the title of Commander, Nurhachi is not in a hurry. In the future, he will find an opportunity to show his loyalty, or make some contributions to Daming, and then let Shu Erhaqi go to Shuerhaqi, and basically it should be able to get things done.

But now Nurhachi has a worry, that is, whether Shuerhaqi will develop ambitions because of this, and he will simply prepare to completely replace him.

This kind of worry did not arise out of thin air, and Nurhachi had already grasped some clues.For example, before he led the army to fight against Ma Chengxun on the North Road, and designed to trap Li Chengliang in Hetuala, but during this period, Shuerhaqi did not seriously implement the plan before the war, and seriously harassed Cao Yu's department.

Shuerhaqi only harassed Cao Yu twice in total, and both times were just small-scale scouts who defeated Cao Yu. In total, they only fought with less than 100 people from Cao Yu's tribe-is this considered harassment?It's either acting or fear of the enemy.

Nurhachi does not think that Shuerhaqi fears the enemy and avoids war, because Shuerhaqi has never shown a mentality of fearing the enemy during the expansion in the past few years.Whether it was the crusade against Nikanwailan or the conquest of the Zhechen tribe, Shuerhaqi was very heroic, often fighting more with less. The only possibility is that Shuerhazi was unwilling to offend the Ming army too much.

Originally, although Nurhachi already believed that Shuerhaqi had reservations about the Ming army's combat, he thought that Shuerhaqi was only for the sake of not being hated by the Ming army in the future, but now looking back, he had to doubt Shuerhaqi There is already a certain tacit understanding with the Ming army.

Reminiscing that Shuerhaqi had stayed in Cao Yu's army for a while, and Cao Yu took special care of him and never let him go to the battlefield, Nurhachi couldn't help but become more suspicious: Could it be that Shuerhaqi really had a different heart?
Once the seeds of suspicion are planted, they can take root and germinate with a little nutrition.Daming's various actions and the rumors this time are such nourishment.Nurhachi's uneasiness is accumulating rapidly, and his doubts about Shuerhaqi are also deepening.

At this time, Shuerhaqi's performance made Nurhachi feel even colder: Shuerhaqi, who had just withdrawn to Hetuala, immediately took back the eight cattle records that had been handed over to Nurhachi in the name of "" emergency preparations".
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