Seeing that Nurhaci had lost his mother, his stepmother always bullied him and treated him harshly.

Not only that, Nurhaci's stepmother often spoke ill of Nurhaci to his father, Taksi, and talked about how difficult it was for her to be a stepmother.

Over time, Taksi grew to despise Nurhaci.

Left with no other choice, Nurhaci was forced to leave home to make a living.

So when Nurhaci first started out, let alone establishing an empire, even getting food was a problem.

To make a living, Nurhaci and his younger brother Shurhaci relied on gathering medicinal herbs, pine nuts, hazelnuts, mushrooms, and wood ear fungus in the deep mountains, as well as trading in horse markets.

Historical records from the Qing Dynasty state that their founding emperor and ancestors were of relatively noble birth.

Because the Qing Dynasty was established by the Manchus from outside the Great Wall, during the reign of the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchen (Manchu) people, who lived between the Changbai Mountains and the Heilongjiang River, were still under a tribal slave system.

Therefore, the so-called relatively noble birth refers to tribal chiefs or leaders.

Regardless of whether the records of the ancestors' origins are true or accurate, it is certain that by the time of Nurhaci's grandfather, Giocangga, and father, Taksi, the family had already declined.

How far had they fallen? So far that the father and son were shuttling between the Ming Dynasty's Liaodong General and the Jurchen tribes, exchanging intelligence—somewhat a double agent situation.

Nurhaci was born into such a declining family and lived in extreme poverty.

In order to curry favor with Li Chengliang, the Ming Dynasty's commander-in-chief in Liaodong, his father, Taksi, "had no choice" but to send Nurhaci to Li Chengliang as a hostage.

Although Li Chengliang did not intend to do anything to Nurhaci, living under someone else's roof was never a good thing.

During his time as a hostage, Nurhaci developed a seemingly good relationship with Li Chengliang and had the opportunity to learn a great deal about Han Chinese culture. It is said that Nurhaci's habit of reading "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" was formed during this period.

This experience as a hostage greatly cultivated Nurhaci's emotional intelligence. He not only completed his mission as a hostage admirably, but also forged a father-son-like bond with Li Chengliang and his son.

As for whether this friendship is genuine or not, only the parties involved know the truth.

After Nurhaci began living independently, his luck gradually improved.

During the horse market trade in Fushun, Nurhaci met Tambayan, a famous wealthy merchant at the time.

Nurhaci's intelligence earned him the appreciation of the wealthy merchant Tambayan.

After much deliberation, Nurhaci agreed without hesitation to become a son-in-law in his wife's family.

He knew that the support of prestigious families was essential for him to rise above others.

Tambayan not only took in Nurhaci, but also married his daughter, Tongjia Hahanazaqing, to him.

In 1577, the sixth-year-old Hana Nazaqing married the nineteen-year-old Nurhaci.

On February 20th, the sixth year of the Wanli reign (1578), the original owner gave birth to Princess Dongguo.

Later, Nurhaci married Dongguo Gege, who was only eleven years old, to Heheli, the leader of the Dong'e tribe.

He Heli already had a wife at that time!

It can be said that in order to unite his relatives by marriage and conquer various tribes, Nurhaci gradually became a cold-blooded emperor!

In 1580, the eighth year of the Wanli Emperor's reign, Hahana Zhaqing became pregnant with her second child. At that time, Nurhaci, then 22 years old, was away on business.

According to the "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty", Nurhaci stayed at the home of Eidu's uncle, one of the "Five Founding Ministers of the Early Qing Dynasty". That night, the two talked by candlelight, and Eidu, despite his aunt's objections, resolutely decided to follow Nurhaci.

Although Nurhaci claimed that he decided to start a rebellion because his grandfather and father were mistakenly killed by the Ming army in 1583, this description suggests that he had planned to start a rebellion long ago.

Sending troops for his father was merely a pretext for his rebellion!

Nurhaci raised an army on the grounds that his grandfather and father were mistakenly killed by Ming soldiers. He successively unified the various tribes of Jianzhou Jurchen and most of the Haixi Jurchen and Wild Jurchen tribes. He was appointed by the Ming as Vice Commander-in-Chief and General of the Dragon and Tiger.

It is now the fourth day of the seventh month of the eleventh year of the Wanli reign (1583).

Sherry had just woken up to find herself facing a baby, their second son, Daishan!

During the original owner's pregnancy, Nurhaci and his uncles and brothers were dissatisfied with him. His uncles and brothers sent assassins to kill Nurhaci at night, but the original owner hid the child and cooperated to deal with the situation!

According to the "Veritable Records of Manchuria", in September, the bandits took advantage of the darkness of night to cut down the wooden fence of the Taizu's residence and sneak in. At that time, a dog named Tangguha looked around and barked in fright, and the Taizu noticed it.

According to the "Old Manchu Archives", such assassination attempts would occur every few months. The original owner of this body would not have been able to endure such a life of constant fear if she had not loved Nurhaci.

This love deeply wounded Hahana Zhaqing when Nurhaci was seriously injured.

In the twelfth year of the Wanli reign (1584), Nurhaci was shot in the neck by an arrow, bleeding profusely and on the verge of death. Hahanaza, dressed in green, took care of him all night without taking off her clothes, and the bleeding did not stop until noon the next day.

After recovering, Nurhaci attacked Ongkolo again and won. Afterwards, he took two concubines, one of whom was Niohuru, a cousin of Eidu.

Since then, there has been no further record of Hahana Zhaqing in historical materials. Nurhaci never mentioned his first wife, did not posthumously confer any titles, did not promote his wife's family, did not offer sacrifices, and did not know the whereabouts of her tomb.

Hahana Zhaqing disappeared into the long river of history.

Sherry thought about it and laughed heartily!

She took the opportunity to slip the saint's medicine into his wine!

The original owner did not know that the Tong family was just one part of Nurhaci's ladder to heaven!

Even with a wife, children, and a warm bed, Nurhaci was still unwilling to live an ordinary life!

They began to try every means to befriend powerful Jurchen tribes.

In the tenth year of the Wanli reign (1582), Nurhaci, who had almost nothing, dared to go to Yehe East City to ask for a marriage alliance.

Yehe Dongcheng Beile Yangjinu, with his discerning eye, agreed to Nurhaci's marriage proposal and promised to give him his youngest daughter, Menggu Zhe Zhe.

However, the process was not simple in reality; Nurhaci must have made some kind of promise.

In retrospect, it was nothing more than achieving fame and fortune and marrying Meng Gu Zhe Zhe with the rites due to a Grand Consort.

Whether it was the original owner or Fucha Gundai, they were both discarded pawns!

What kind of true feelings could a man like that have?!

Sherry watched him drink it in big gulps before closing his eyes to sleep!

Actually, she was looking for a medicinal formula in the secret realm; there was nothing else to it. She was just fed up with these kinds of people!

What a heartless and ungrateful bastard!

Nurhaci came in, looked at her, hesitated for a moment before reaching out to touch her, but then withdrew his hand.

He clenched his fists tightly, his face contorted with conflict, then closed his eyes and strode away!

Sherry flipped through books until her eyes were sore but still couldn't find a recipe that suited her!