Heshuo Prince Zheng Jierhalang has been having a hard time recently. Originally "Jierhalang" means happiness in Mongolian. But now he really can't be happy!
He was sued for building a mansion in excess of regulations and using bronze lions, turtles, and cranes without permission.
The crime of exceeding the limit can be serious or minor. If it is a serious sentence, you will lose your head; if it is a small sentence, you will be fined a small amount of money.
The venomous snake you accuse yourself of is not scary, but the person who released the venomous snake is scary.
When he thought of the person behind him, Jierhalang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. This person's skills are so powerful!
After Emperor Shunzhi succeeded to the throne, Prince Dorgon of Heshuorui was very kind to Jierhalang.
He said: "Brother, you are the first regent and you are old. You stay in Shengjing to help the emperor handle government affairs and leave the hard work of leading troops to fight to my younger brother."
Jierhalang felt warm in his heart. This brother is good. Do the hard work yourself and leave the good work to me. Good brother!
The problem is that the Qing Dynasty is different from the Ming Dynasty. It implements the system of establishing a country based on military merit. Whoever wins more battles will be more powerful. In addition, Dorgon is a loyal person and does not hold grudges. Even those who drew a sword against him in the first place
As long as people have made meritorious deeds on the battlefield, Dorgon will go to the big country to narrate his merits. Everyone said that Prince Rui is a kind man. Slowly, more and more people defected to Dorgon, and his power became stronger and stronger.
Come bigger.
Jirharang was very scared. He was a poor boy and knew the cruelty of political struggle. When he was twelve years old, because of a royal dispute, the eldest Benurhaci killed his father and two brothers and raised him by his side. During that time,
Huang Taiji, who was seven years older, gave him the warmth of a real brother, and he was very grateful to Huang Taiji. But soon, as an adult, he witnessed the other side of Huang Taiji, whom he regarded as his elder brother: ruthless! Huang Taiji tortured him to death.
His other brother Amin.
This special growth environment made Jierhalang cautious and cautious, and knew how to advance and retreat. Huang Taiji liked his character and made him the leader of the blue flag.
Dorgon's power is growing, and Jierhalang's first reaction is not to fight, but to show weakness, compromise, and tolerate.
He thought very simply, if you, Dorgon, want power, I will give it to you. Let’s change positions, you will be the first regent, and I will be the second regent. It would be great if we all live in peace!
So Jierhalang ordered the ministers to report everything to Prince Rui Dorgon in advance, and the title of the book would be Dorgon first. He also took the initiative to request that his ranking be changed to under Dorgon.
Dorgon was very happy: Brother, you think being the first regent is too tiring, okay, I will help you shoulder this burden. From now on, I am the boss and you are the second child.
In politics, if you don't advance, you will retreat. Jierhalang's show of weakness did not earn Dorgon's gratitude. Soon Dorgon launched a political struggle against Jierhalang and Hauge.
Dorgon's methods are very powerful. He will recruit a group of people, beat a group of people, and let your dogs bite dogs.
At the beginning, eight senior generals of the Two Yellow Banners, including Sony, Aobai, Tu Lai, Turge, Baiyintu, He Luohui, Tan Tai, and Leng Sengji, swore to the Tianmeng that they would protect Emperor Taiji's son Hauge from succeeding to the throne.
Dorgon decided to divide and disintegrate these eight people.
The first breakthrough was He Luohui, who defected to Dorgon.
Once a dog betrays its owner, it will bite the original owner more severely than other dogs.
Dorgon asked He Luo to bite Hauge.
Hauge trusted He Luohui very much. Faced with the behavior of some generals of the Two Yellow Banners betraying him and defecting to Dorgon, Hauge was very angry. He complained to Heluo Hui: "Everyone in the past has joined me, and now Yi and others led the two flags to join in."
"King Shuorui". And when He Luo met, he cursed Dorgon as "not a blessed person, but a sick person", and shouted: "Can't you kill him with your hands by splitting his neck?".
He Luohui was overjoyed and told his superiors that Hauge had evil intentions and coveted the throne.
Dorgon said that Hauge's crime was too great and he had to be killed. Jierhalang and others said that the crime was not punishable by death and he had to be saved.
This move is called advancing before retreating. Dorgon knew that his current strength could not kill Hauge, so he raised the price high and asked Jierhalang to counter-offer.
One side said they wanted to kill, the other said they couldn't kill. Finally, Dorgon said, to give you a face, he won't kill. But he has to cut off his royal title, and several of his men are too bad, so they have to be killed.
After the bargaining was over, Dorgon reduced Hauge's title of Prince Su, and killed Hauge's four generals in one go: Yang Shan, Omoktu, Yichengge, and Luo Shuo.
These four people are not ordinary people. They are all big nobles with the eight major surnames in Manchuria. For example, Yangshan, Guerjia, and the son of Yindahuqi, the younger brother of Fei Yingdong, the fifth minister of the country.
Killing these four people is equivalent to sending a clear political signal to other forces supporting Haug: Haug is dying, do you want to die or live?
The eight brothers who swore to the Tianmeng to protect Hauge to the death were further divided. In addition to He Luohui, three more people: Baiyintu, Tan Tai, and Leng Sengji defected to Dorgon.
The other four people: Sony, Obai, Turai, and Turg saw that Hauge could not protect his men, so they turned to Emperor Shunzhi's biological mother, the Queen Mother (Xiaozhuang).
Hauge's only remaining power is Zhenglan Banner, which he directly controls.
Dorgon did not give up and killed several more civil servants who supported Hauge.
Jierhalang was even more afraid: You have finished cleaning up Hauge, will it be my turn next?
He decided to help his allies and said to Hauge: "Nephew, our Qing Dynasty is about to enter the border. You have to make more military exploits!"
Hauge understood this and fought desperately. When describing his achievements, except for Dorgon, he ranked first among all the kings.
So Jierharang united with a group of Huang Taiji veterans to speak: Hauge has made such great contributions, he should be restored to the throne!
This force is very powerful, so powerful that Dorgon must give in.
Soon Hauge restored the throne of Prince Su.
One chopstick is easy to break. Two chopsticks can be hugged into a ball. Jierhalang and Hauge hugged each other tightly, and Dorgon couldn't do anything to them for a while.
He figured it out: No matter how crazy Hauge is, he is not the regent; no matter how timid Jierhalang is, he is the regent. Jierhalang should be eliminated first.
But Hauge was there, so it was difficult to make a move. So Dorgon took advantage of Hauge's mentality of wanting to make military exploits and seize power, and asked Hauge to go to Sichuan to fight Zhang Xianzhong. As soon as Hauge left, he immediately dealt with Jierharang.
Dorgon continues to let the dogs go.
The press release on impeachment of Jilharang for exceeding the legal limit has just been released.
Baiyintu's younger brother Gong Adai publicly reported Jierhalang, saying that he often complained and had evil intentions.
Ji'erhalang saw something strange at first sight. He was very smart and immediately apologized to Emperor Shunzhi. His meaning was very vague. Your Majesty, you saved my life and I will definitely repay you in the future.
The Queen Mother (Xiaozhuang) was very happy and expanded the power of her own line without any effort. This person cannot be killed, but he can be kept useful to contain Dorgon.
The Holy Mother went to negotiate with Dorgon. This man had done great service for the country and could not be killed. Dorgon said that this man was too bad and had to be killed. The Holy Mother said so, fine him two thousand taels of silver and think about his mistakes at home; in addition, give him
How about getting rid of the regent and letting your brother Duduo be the second regent? Dorgon thought, it would be more convenient for him to have a regent on his side; Jilharang was already a toothless tiger.
If you don’t want to kill, then don’t kill. I agree.
The political struggle in Beijing is temporarily over.
Dorgon happily took over power, while Jierhalang drank millet porridge at home.
On the surface, the biggest winner is Dorgon. He and the two brothers Duduo drove away Jierhalang, ranked first and second regent, and absorbed half of the two yellow flags.
In fact, the biggest winner is the Queen Mother. She has absorbed the other half of the two yellow flags, and made Jierhalang with the blue flag die devoted to her.
More importantly, the bad guy is Dorgon; the good guy is the Queen Mother!