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Shengjing City in Liaodong, Chongzheng Hall in the pseudo-Qing imperial city.

Huang Taiji looked at Haoge and Dorgon, but did not say much. Instead, he turned to look at Daishan, the Prince of Li, who was sitting at the first seat on the left, and asked him, "Grand Prince, what do you think?"

Daishan originally looked like he was resting with his eyes closed and did not want to express his opinion, but he was called out by Huang Taiji, so he, as a great prince, had no choice but to make the decision.

"Cough cough..."

Prince Li Daishan first coughed sharply. He did not stand up from his seat directly, but took a sip of tea to calm his throat. Then he slowly stood up and replied, "Your Majesty, what my fourteenth brother said is very true. In the battle of Jinzhou last year, we did not gain much advantage. It was all thanks to the mutual support of the various banners that we were able to get through the winter smoothly. However, we still touched the grain in the old warehouse.

Ahem... I agree with my fourteenth brother's opinion. While the Ming dog emperor has broken the treaty, we can use the old and weak to hold back the Ming army in Liaodong, and then mobilize the elite warriors of the Eight Banners to rush into the Central Plains to rob food, people and property. Only in this way can we survive this winter, and we can also use this to appease our Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners warriors and the Mongolian tribes. "

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Daishan was already in his sixties. As the second son of an old slave, he joined the army when he was young. At the age of sixteen, he was named Beile for his outstanding military achievements and was given the title of "Guying Baturu"!

When Daishan was only 33 years old, Lao Nu had already identified him as the future successor. He was allowed to lead two red flags alone and became the second most powerful person in Jianzhou after Lao Nu.

However, Daishan later abused the sons born to his first wife Li Jia because he favored his second wife Nara, and conspired with his second wife to frame his second son Shuotuo for having an affair with Daishan's concubine. He was eventually deprived of his status as heir by an angry old slave. But even so, Daishan was still the head of the four beile who "co-managed state affairs", which is why Huang Taiji called him "the great beile".

But when Huang Taiji inherited the old slave's legacy and succeeded in taking power, he used a series of political means to first strip the second prince Amin of his title and imprison him, and then found an excuse to seize the title of the third prince Manggurtai and demote him to Duolo Prince. This series of operations really frightened the first prince Daishan...

In fact, the reason why Huang Taiji was so cruel was that he wanted to change the situation of "the four great beiles jointly managing the state affairs". Therefore, after imprisoning Amin and depriving Manggurtai of his title, he did not kill Daishan, the only beile who participated in the discussion of state affairs.

Of course, this is also closely related to the surrender of the great prince Daishan!

But even so, Huang Taiji was still very cautious about Daishan, and suppressed him through a series of means. He first stripped him of his title of Great Beile, then abolished his position as Heshuo Beile, and then deprived him of the Niulu people under his command. Finally, he banned him from going to war with the army on the grounds of his old age. Until now, he has even lost the right to participate in politics.

If it weren't for the occasion to welcome the Emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji, back from hunting, I'm afraid that this great beile would not have appeared in the meeting hall of Chongzheng Hall today.

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Huang Taiji did not show any change in expression after hearing Daishan's words. He looked at Heshuo Zheng Prince Jirgalang and asked him, "Zheng Prince, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, I fully agree with what the Great Prince and Prince Rui have proposed."

Jirgalang bowed to Huang Taiji with a very respectful expression, and then said: "Your Majesty, since the emperor of the Southern Kingdom has gone back on his word and dared to arrest Chen Xinjia who advocated peace talks with us, we really have to teach him a lesson, otherwise he will really think that we lost many soldiers in the battle of Jinzhou and can no longer take our Great Qing Kingdom for granted."

"Where should I hit?"

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Jirgalang was a very patient and capable person among the Manchus. His father Shulhaci was the younger brother of the old slave Nurhaci and the second in command of the Jianzhou Jurchen armed forces. However, he wanted to seek independence and was arrested and imprisoned to death by Nurhaci. His eldest brother Altong'a and third brother Zasaktu were also killed by Nurhaci's personal order because they participated in their father's separatist activities.

Like his second brother Amin, he was not in power under Shurhaci at that time and hardly participated in his father's separatist activities, so he saved his life from his uncle Nurhaci. In particular, his second brother Amin inherited his father's remaining troops, made many military achievements, and won Nurhaci's trust, and then became the leader of the Bordered Blue Banner, Beile.

Amin, Daishan, Manggurtai and Huang Taiji were known as the four great beiles. According to their age, Amin was honored as the "Second Beile", once again continuing the glory of Shulhaci's lineage.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. After Huang Taiji became the second Khan of the Jianzhou Jurchens, Amin, who had become unruly and arrogant due to his many achievements, naturally became the first target of Huang Taiji's suppression. Huang Taiji charged him with 16 crimes, including abandoning the four cities of Yongping, and imprisoned him until his death.

However, although Shurhaci and his eldest, second and third sons were all killed or imprisoned by Nurhaci and Huang Taiji, his clan did not fall into despair.

As the sixth son of Shulhaci, Jirgalang successfully took over the burden of family inheritance from his second brother Amin after years of forbearance.

Jirgalang lived with the old slave Nurhaci since he was a child. He was raised by Nurhaci himself, so he had a good relationship with the old slave's sons, especially his relationship with Huang Taiji was extraordinary.

As early as the old slave era, Jirgalang was already one of the "eight great beile who jointly controlled the country's affairs". Together with Dorgon, Dodo and Yuetuo, he was honored as the "four little beile".

After the second Beile Amin was imprisoned by Huang Taiji, Jirgalang naturally inherited everything from him and officially became the Beile of the Bordered Blue Banner of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and was appointed by Huang Taiji to be in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Justice.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, when Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor and changed the reign title, he conferred titles on his meritorious officials. Jirgalang was conferred the title of Prince Zheng, becoming one of the first six princes of the Qing Dynasty. He was also the only one of the eight iron-hat princes of the Qing Dynasty who was not a direct descendant of Nurhaci.

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At this moment, facing Huang Taiji's inquiry, Jirgalang had actually been prepared in his heart, but he did not blurt out the answer. Instead, he pretended to think for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty, I think it is better to attack the rich areas of the southern capital."

"We have robbed the capital of the Ming dynasty so many times, even going to Shandong. What can we get if we rob again? In my opinion, it won't be much better than Xuanfu!" Prince Su Haoge couldn't help but complain when he saw that Jirgalang disagreed with him.

"That's right... I also think that Prince Su's plan to attack Xuanfu is better." Duolo Wuying Prince Ajige also spoke out in support of Haoge's opinion.

Inside the Chongzheng Hall, all the princes, beile and ministers kept silent. No one wanted to get involved in the argument between Hauge, Dorgon and Jirgalang. After all, these were forces they could not afford to offend.

"Cough cough cough..."

Huang Taiji coughed rapidly, and his red cheeks made people very worried, fearing that he would vomit blood again...

"Haoge, I didn't ask you to speak, so you shut up, understand?" (End of this chapter)