Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 294 Han Eight Banners

Huang Taiji nodded, and immediately announced the disbandment of the dynasty.

After the court was over, Azige, Dorgon, Duoduo, and the three brothers walked out of the palace gate side by side.

Outside the hall, Duoduo suddenly said: "Brother Fourteen, what does Brother Khan mean? Not only did he let Fan Wencheng go, but he also wanted to set up the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. Now those Han dogs can't stand up?"

Dorgon squinted at Ning Wanwo, who was walking in front, and made a light gesture to Duoduo. Azige and Duoduo immediately understood, and immediately slowed down.

When the people in front drifted away, Dorgon turned his head and glared at Duo Duo: "What nonsense are you talking about! Do you know how dissatisfied the Han people will be if your words are spread?"

Duoduo curled his lips and said disdainfully: "It's just a group of slaves. Even if they are dissatisfied, don't they dare to rebel?"

Dorgon stretched out his hand and slapped Duoduo on the head, and scolded, "Can you think about it carefully! Is this what a big Jinbaile should say?"

Sighing lightly, Dorgon said: "Brother Twelfth, Younger Fifteen, Daming's population is a hundred times that of our Jurchens. It is absolutely impossible to defeat Daming by Jurchens alone. Therefore, we tried every means to win over Daming. Mongols, but the population of Mongols is also limited, even with the help of Mongols, my Dajin’s strength is still not enough to compete with Ming Dynasty.”

After a pause, Dorgon continued: "If our Dajin wants to defeat Daming, we must rely on the strength of the Han people. We have to let the Han people beat themselves. When they are almost exhausted, then our Dajin can sit on the edge of the fisherman." profit."

Seeing Azige and Duoduo nodding slightly, Dorgon changed his subject: "But if you want the Han people to fight themselves, you must give benefits to the Han people who are attached to us. If these people are forced too far, they will be punished." Turn around and deal with us. Therefore, no matter how much you look down on them in your heart, you can't say it out of your mouth."

Speaking of this, Dorgon suddenly smiled: "Although the foundation of our Dajin was laid down by Khan first, the real growth came after Brother Khan succeeded to the throne, and after Brother Khan began to reuse Han people. You think, Brother Khan Do you think highly of the Han people? You are wrong. Brother Khan has never looked down on the Han people, because no matter how he rewards the Han people, the Han people will always be slaves. However, Brother Khan’s wrists are very clever, and the Han people did not notice this at all. a little."

Youyou sighed, and Dorgon continued awe-inspiringly: "Actually, brother Khan's wrist is more than that? You should know how powerful he is when you see how he has tidied up our brothers in just a few years. I know There are still some brothers who are dissatisfied with Brother Khan, let me tell you, don’t meddle with it, Brother Khan now holds all the power, and it’s just a matter of hand to deal with whoever he wants to deal with.”

Azige and Duoduo listened to Dorgon's words, thought for a while silently, and then nodded slightly.

To be honest, although Azig, Dodo and Dorgon are brothers, Azige and Dodo are quite dissatisfied with Dorgon in their hearts.Because Dorgon was highly regarded by Huang Taiji, and his status in the court was far above the two of them.

Especially Azig.

Azige was much older than Dorgon and Duoduo. When Nurhaci passed away, Dorgon and Duduo were still young. At that time, Azig had already led the banner alone, and his status was only under the four major Baylors.

I don't want Dorgon to grow up in a few years and become more and more important to Huang Taiji, and now he is in charge of the bureaucracy.

In the past, Azige thought that Dorgon could be reused because Huang Taiji loved Dorgon and promoted him. (After the death of Concubine Abahai, Dorgon and Duoduo were brought up by Huang Taiji in his own mansion, which is equivalent to Huang Taiji's Banla sons.)
Because everyone led the army and fought bravely in the battle, and no one had a bad record, why did Huang Taiji only value Dorgon?Now it seems that Dorgon's ability is indeed much higher than him.

Patting Azig and Duo Duo lightly on the shoulders, Dorgon said solemnly: "Brother Twelfth, Brother Fifteen, we are blood brothers of our first-milk compatriots, brothers will not harm you, listen My advice is to do your own thing and don't care what others do."

Azige and Duoduo didn't know what Dorgon meant, but they nodded slightly.

After leaving the palace gate, the servants of the three brothers' mansion were already waiting outside.

After bidding farewell to the two brothers, Dorgon got into the carriage and ordered his servants to drive back home.

Sitting in the car, Dorgon sighed secretly, wondering if the two brothers listened to what he said.

Dorgon knew much more about Dajin's current situation than those brothers. He knew that Dajin's big defeat in Datong a few months ago was by no means a simple defeat, and there were huge variables in it.

First of all, after the defeat of Dajin, several Mongolian tribes that had just surrendered began to waver.

It's no wonder that these tribes were originally attached to Da Ming, and saw that Da Ming was unable to help them resist Da Jin, so they surrendered Da Jin.

But Da Ming suddenly gave Da Jin a hard time, how could these people not be afraid?Daming can defeat even Dajin, so it's not a piece of cake to deal with them?
At this time, if they still put on the posture of Dajin's allies, it is difficult to guarantee that Da Ming will not attack them.

Dorgon knew that these tribes were waiting to see what Da Jin would do next.In other words, these tribes will not send troops for Dajin now.

Huang Taiji knew this very well when he thought about it, so he ordered him to form the Han Eight Banners to make up for the lack of Dajin troops.

However, those ministers in the court couldn't see this, and turned their anger on the Han people because of Fan Wencheng's humiliation of the country.

Dorgon knew that once these people went too far, Huang Taiji would never spare them lightly.

Dorgon is very clear about Huang Taiji's means, once Huang Taiji takes action, he will never be soft.

I think that when Nurhachi passed away, Huang Taiji relied on Daishan's help to ascend to the Khan position. But at that time, the four major Baylors were in power together. He also removed the title of Mangurtai Great Baylor, thus changing from the weakest of the four major Baylors to the strongest, laying the foundation for the final abolition of the old system and his sole control of the regime.

And in this process, Huang Taiji's wonderful use of wrist is really admirable.

The most brilliant method of Huang Taiji is to take Dorgon and Duoduo into his mansion to raise him after the death of the concubine Abahai.

At that time, Dorgon, like others, thought that Huang Taiji was sympathetic to his brothers when they were young, but as he got older, Dorgon realized that was not the case at all.

Huang Taiji adopted his two brothers not because of deep brotherly affection, but because of the military power in the hands of his two brothers.

Because although the two brothers are young, they have a lot of military power in their hands.

Huang Taiji adopted his two brothers. In the eyes of others, these two brothers undoubtedly obeyed Huang Taiji's order, plus the two brothers' own elder brother Azige, that is to say, Huang Taiji obviously only had one team. But in the eyes of others, it is the strength of three banners or even four banners.

Huang Taiji's bluff made the other two Baylors dare not move lightly, and finally seized the opportunity to knock down Amin and Mang Gurtai in one fell swoop.

From the bottom of his heart, Dorgon hated Huang Taiji, because his mother Abahai died, and Huang Taiji was one of the driving forces behind the scenes.

However, he knew that Huang Taiji's forcing Abahai to death was only a very normal practice. If he was in Huang Taiji's position, he would also attack Abahai, and his attack might be even more ruthless.

For the sake of power, what is family affection?
Although Dorgon hated Huang Taiji for forcing his mother to death, he admired Huang Taiji more. He admired Huang Taiji's methods and his ability to govern.

In these years, he has been following Huang Taiji's example all the time, and has worked hard to learn Huang Taiji's way of handling affairs and Huang Taiji's governing philosophy.

It is precisely because of this that Huang Taiji will be promoted and reused in him. This is the reason why Dorgon stands out among the brothers.

Of course, there is a price to be paid for being outstanding. Many times, Huang Taiji has to say what Huang Taiji doesn't want to say, and he does many things that Huang Taiji is inconvenient to do, and he will inevitably offend many people during the period.

And this is one of Huang Taiji's methods.

Because when he was speaking and doing things for Huang Taiji, he was offending people at the same time, and those who offended were all powerful people.

In this way, Dorgon must closely follow Huang Taiji, and he cannot and dare not have any dissenting intentions at all. Even if he is in charge of the official department and the military power, he dare not make any changes. He can only be firmly controlled by Huang Taiji. hands.

Shaking his head, Dorgon smiled wryly. Others looked at him for his beauty, but who knew the price behind his beauty?
Dispelling his wild thoughts, Dorgon began to think about the formation of the Han Eight Banners.

Forming the Han Eight Banners is not a trivial matter, because since it is the Han Eight Banners, it means that the Eight Banners will all be composed of Han people. Let the Han people form an army alone, and the leading generals of each banner will have to be careful.

First of all, these generals must be absolutely loyal to Da Jin, have a deep hatred with Da Ming, or be the kind who betrayed Da Ming and were caught and killed by Da Ming.

Calculating the information silently, Dorgon couldn't help but smile wryly. Although there are many Han generals in Dajin, there are not many who are qualified to be the banner owner.

Only Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Ma Guangyuan, Sun Degong and so on are few who can meet this condition.

Originally, Li Yongfang, the son-in-law, also met this requirement, but Li Yongfang had passed away a few months ago.

After pondering for a while, Dorgon shook his head slowly. Appointing the Banner Master of the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty is not a child's play. As a Banner Master, one must have the ability to lead the army in battle, not just loyalty.

Moreover, once the banner owner is appointed, unless he has made a major mistake, he cannot be removed casually.

In addition, in addition to the banner masters of the Eight Banners, there must also be deputy banner masters and generals at all levels. It is not possible to promote a person who is only a low-level general to the banner master.

Dorgon pondered for a long time, and finally decided to appoint the banner owners of the Five Banners temporarily, and the remaining three banners will not have banner owners for the time being, until there are suitable candidates in the future.

(End of this chapter)