Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 289 Differentiation
After Fan Wencheng was captured as a slave by the Jurchens in the 46th year of Wanli, he formally surrendered to Houjin and began to work for the Jurchens with all his heart.In every battle, Fan Wencheng bravely killed the enemy and made a lot of contributions.

In October of the third year of Tiancong (the second year of Chongzhen), Huang Taiji led an army to attack Ming (that is, during the Jisi change, Yuan Chonghuan was killed by Chongzhen after this battle), and Fan Wencheng joined the army.

The Hou Jin army broke into the fortress from Xifengkou, entered Jimen, and conquered Zunhua.Later, when Huang Taiji led the army to attack Beijing, Fan Wencheng stayed in Zunhua to garrison, and the Ming army came to attack.Due to his outstanding military exploits, Fan Wencheng was awarded the post of guerrilla.

In August of the fifth year of Tiancong, Huang Taiji attacked the Ming Dynasty again (the Battle of Daling River), Fan Wencheng went out with the army again, and rode alone to persuade the Ming army to surrender to Taiming.

In March of the seventh year of Tiancong, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming escaped from Denglai, and Fan Wencheng went to persuade him to surrender. In May, Kong Youde returned to Houjin after surrendering.

Since Fan Wencheng surrendered to Houjin, Fan Wencheng participated in all the major battles Houjin launched against Daming.

Moreover, Fan Wencheng was eloquent, good at strategizing, and brave and good at fighting. He was highly regarded by Huang Taiji and was relied on as his right-hand man. He discussed many important matters with Fan Wencheng.

Many of the military operations launched by Huang Taiji and later Dorgon against Daming were planned by Fan Wencheng. After Jin was able to occupy the Daming country, Fan Wencheng made great contributions.

In fact, when it comes to hardcore traitors, Fan Wencheng is none other than Fan Wencheng. Compared with Wu Sangui and others later, it is far behind. Even Wang Jingwei and others in later generations may be willing to bow down to Fan Wencheng.

For a hard-core traitor like Fan Wencheng, not only Huang Taiji trusted him, but even Jurchen princes Baylor also trusted him very much.

So under Huang Taiji's suggestion, Fan Wencheng was once again entrusted with the important task of recruiting Li Jing.

Fan Wencheng narrated very carefully, and Li Jing listened very carefully. During the period, Li Jing interrupted Fan Wencheng's speech many times, asking him to ask what the people present said, and even their expressions.

Fan Wencheng knew that Li Jing's purpose of asking these things was to inquire about the situation of the leaders of the late Jin Dynasty, but he didn't think these things were useful.

From Fan Wencheng's point of view, this is just Hou Jin's conclusion after the defeat, and then formulating a reasonable action. Selecting him to recruit Li Jing is just a very ordinary selection. The expression of disapproval is just to show their attitude.

Seeing Fan Wencheng's puzzled look, Li Jing would not explain anything to him.

The question Li Jing asked seemed useless, but it contained the information Li Jing needed.

Li Jing is not a butcher, and he is not going to kill the Jurchens. No matter how bad the Jurchens are, they are still Chinese. To exterminate the Jurchens, Li Jing can't do such a thing.

However, a Jurchen nation huddled together is definitely not conducive to ruling, and the best way is to divide and dissolve them.

When Li Jing asked about these details, he actually wanted to know whether Hou Jin was monolithic now, and whether there was a possibility of differentiation.

Because according to the information in Li Jing's hands, Li Jing knew that Huang Taiji's position was not stable, and there were actually many people who coveted his position.

One of the biggest threats is Huang Taiji's younger brother Dorgon.

According to legend, when Nurhaci was dying, he ordered Dorgon to take over the throne of Khan, with Dabeile acting as his assistant.But after Nurhachi's death, Daishan supported Huang Taiji's succession.And in order to ensure that Huang Taiji can successfully succeed to the throne, Daishan and others forced Dorgon's mother, the concubine Abahai, to commit suicide and bury herself, which prevented Dorgon from ascending the Khan throne.

Li Jing did not believe this rumor.

If Nurhachi really had this will, with Huang Taiji's character, after eradicating the three major Baylor threats, how could he keep Dorgon as a disaster?Dorgon will not be promoted to the position of Marshal of the Army.

Let Dorgon take charge of the military power, isn't that looking for illness for himself?

As a mature politician, Huang Taiji would never do such a stupid thing.

In Li Jing's view, another kind of rumor is also not credible.

Another rumor is that before his death, Nurhaci did not designate the heir to the throne of Khan, but let the eight Heshuobeiles who were in charge of the Eight Banners rule together.

This rumor is even more unreasonable.

It was under the strong leadership of Nurhachi that the Jurchens could get to where they are today. Nurhachi would not be ignorant of the benefits of centralized rule, let alone the disadvantages of eight people governing together.

If eight people are in power together, what should we do if we disagree with each other?These eight Baylors are all armed with heavy soldiers, and they don't have much culture. There is probably only one way to solve the problem, and that is to fight.

If single pinching is okay, at most the brothers will be beaten to death, and the human head will be beaten into a pig's head.

But if it was a group fight, the consequences would be unimaginable.

How many Jurchens are there in total?After a few group fights, the people are gone.If Daming took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, the Jurchens might have to exterminate their species.

Therefore, Nurhachi would never make such a stupid decision.

According to Li Jing's analysis, Nurhachi probably passed away before he could appoint a successor.

(There were many such things in the Qing Dynasty. It is estimated that it was the tradition left by Nurhachi. Neither Shunzhi nor Kangxi was the designated successor. On the contrary, Yongzheng, who was the most controversial, was actually the designated successor.)
At that time, the four most qualified Baylors were the ones who were most qualified to compete for the Khan position. Because Huang Taiji had the support of Daishan, he was able to ascend to the Khan position.

However, there should be no doubt that Dorgon hated Huang Taiji in his heart, because after Nurhachi's death, Dorgon's biological mother, the concubine Abahai, was buried.At that time, Dorgon was 15 years old, and Abahai was 37 years old.

What is certain is that Abahai definitely did not take the initiative to request to be buried.

At that time, Abahai's youngest son, Duoduo, was only 13 years old, and Abahai's mind was not bad. How could he abandon his youngest son and ask for a funeral?

Since it is not active, it is forced.

The only ones who can kill Abahai are Huang Taiji and Daishan.

As for the reason why Abahai was forced to death, it was actually very simple, because Abahai's three sons were too powerful.

Abahai gave birth to three sons, Azige, Dorgon, and Duoduo.

These three people were in charge of three armies. At that time, Azig held the Xianghuang Banner, Dorgon held the Zhenghuang Banner, and the youngest son Duoduo held the Nurhachi's pro-army. (This is very similar to Genghis Khan's method of distributing troops to several sons before his death, and the result of succession is also very similar, which shows that their thinking is very close.)
Huang Taiji controlled the Zhengbai Banner, and later captured the Xiangbai Banner. After Huang Taiji came to power, he changed the original Zhenghuang Banner and Xianghuang Banner to Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner, and changed the two banners he held to Two Yellow Banners.

The Jurchens only have the Eight Banners in total, and Abahai's three sons control three of them, and they are the strongest. How much power will there be.

Therefore, the four major Baylors all know that this woman, Abahai, must not be kept.So before the four of them competed for the sweat position, they falsely passed on Nurhachi's death, let Abahai be buried, and killed the woman first.

Although the Jurchen didn't value her mother very much, she was her own mother after all. (External words: Don’t be misled by TV dramas, thinking that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was very filial. The Jurchens were not fully civilized at that time, and their living habits were very similar to those of the Huns in the past. Think about how the Huns in the past treated themselves after they succeeded to the throne. Mother, you can see what is going on with the Jurchens. The Qing emperor’s filial piety to his mother was just superficial. It was done for political needs after entering the customs. Because the Han people pay attention to filial piety, and the Manchus came to the Central Plains to stabilize the country. You will be able to impress the Han people with filial piety.)
His mother was forced to death, and Huang Taiji was one of the culprits. It is impossible for the Dorgon brothers not to hate Huang Taiji at all.

But hate is one thing, if you really want to put it into action, you need to have strength.

To take revenge without strength is a stupid act, and a smart person would never do that.

And a really smart person, even if he has the strength, will not do it easily. Before doing it, he will find an excuse.

The defeat in the Datong battle this time is a very good excuse. The defeat in this battle shows that Huang Taiji's ability is not good enough, and it can be used as an excuse to attack.

But after hearing what Fan Wencheng said, Li Jing was disappointed.

Because in the process of summarizing after the war, no one challenged Huang Taiji's authority, and only a few people raised a little doubt about this battle.

Now it seems that as long as Huang Taiji does not fall, the Jurchens will not be divided.

However, Li Jing was not discouraged. He knew that the reason why no one challenged Huang Taiji's authority was because during the Battle of Datong, the troops directly under Huang Taiji did not suffer any losses.After a few more victories in the future, when Huang Taiji's confidence is lost, someone should take the lead.

At that time, Li Jing will push a little bit from the side, and the Houjin group will be disintegrated.

It was much easier to deal with the Jurchens who were falling apart. With Li Jing's military strength, he could easily disarm them and arrange them to live with the Han people, gradually assimilating them.

Li Jing is not only planning to use this method to deal with Jurchens, but also to Mongols and other ethnic minorities.

After listening to Fan Wencheng's narration, Li Jing closed his eyes and meditated for a while. Suddenly, Li Jing had an idea and thought of a way to weaken Houjin.

Fan Wencheng's full-mouthed benefactor, Khan, is obviously determined to treat traitors to the end, and under the rule of the Hou Jin, there are still many Han people like Fan Wencheng. It is precisely because of the great help of these Han people that the Hou Jin will become stronger and stronger.

But Li Jing knew that although the Jurchens reused a large number of Han people, they did not trust the Han people in their bones.

If the Jurchens could be made to suspect Fan Wencheng, a hardcore traitor, at this time, then the Jurchens would have even more distrust of the Han people, and the status of the Han people in Houjin would plummet, which might arouse the dissatisfaction of the Han people.

Even though these Han people did not dare to shake the Jurchens' rule, as long as they were dissatisfied, they would not devote themselves to Houjin, which would virtually weaken Houjin's strength.

Thinking of this, Li Jing suddenly smiled.

When Li Jing sneered, Fan Wencheng felt nothing but fear, but after seeing Li Jing smiling, Fan Wencheng's heart was trembling.

Intuitively, Fan Wencheng thought that Li Jing was harboring ill intentions towards him.

(End of this chapter)