Meanwhile, the people outside circled the mountain several times but found nothing.

Logan's men received the news earlier.

Logger urgently deployed personnel, suspecting that a family of three had gone to Taiwan by sea.

Huang Taiji felt inexplicably upset at that moment, and he wanted to confirm some things.

However, upon learning that Qin Wuyang had taken his wife and children to Taiwan, he refrained from mentioning it further.

In 1629, the third year of the Tiancong reign, the Later Jin army attacked the Ming Dynasty, resulting in the famous "Battle of Jiji".

Huang Taiji led his troops into the pass to conquer the Ming Dynasty, with his sights set on Beijing. His aim was to plunder resources, boost morale, and ease domestic tensions.

During the wars of this period, surrendered civilians were often required to "shave their heads and surrender," which led to bloodshed.

In the same year, Bumbutai gave birth to the fourth princess in the first month of the year.

The Horqin people are almost at their wits' end.

Huang Taiji's concubine, Yehenara, also gave birth to a daughter.

Huang Taiji was too lazy to even bother with it.

He was busy with internal political and military adjustments to consolidate his power and prepare for future conquests.

In the fourth year of the Tiancong reign (1630), Huang Taiji began to reorganize the three great beile.

He first weakened the power of the three great princes through a series of political means, thus consolidating his own rule.

He imprisoned and confiscated Amin's property on charges of returning defeated from Luanzhou and Zunhua, harboring rebellious intentions, and usurping the throne.

Subsequently, Mangultai was punished on the charge of "moving forward" with a knife (attempting to assassinate Huang Taiji).

After Daishan understood Huang Taiji's intentions, he voluntarily asked to step down, thus enabling Huang Taiji to "sit alone in the south," that is, to hold supreme power alone.

In the same year, Huang Taiji ordered Dorgon and others to lead troops to attack the Chahar tribe again.

Ejei, the son of Ligdan Khan, led his people to surrender and presented the Imperial Seal of the State.

This was a great honor for Huang Taiji, and was regarded as a divinely bestowed treasure that symbolized "unification for ten thousand years".

Huang Taiji continued to reform domestic affairs, consolidating and improving the Eight Banners system.

The Eight Banners of Mongolia were expanded to strengthen the control over Mongolia. The Court of Colonial Affairs was established to handle ethnic affairs. The Inner Three Courts, the Six Ministries, the Censorate, and the Court of Colonial Affairs were set up, forming a relatively complete government organizational structure.

In 1631, the fifth year of the Tiancong reign, the Later Jin dynasty successfully replicated the first batch of red-coated cannons and named them "Tianyou Zhuwei General".

In that year, Huang Taiji continued to reform the Eight Banners system, including the addition of the Mongol Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners.

For many years, Huang Taiji and Ligdan Khan were mortal enemies.

Ligdan Khan was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan and wanted to restore his ancestor's glory, so he vowed to fight to the death.

Therefore, they sought cooperation with the Ming Dynasty to jointly fight against the Later Jin.

The Ming Dynasty and the Chahar Mongols cooperated so well that Huang Taiji felt he was neglecting one thing while trying to do the other.

Whenever the Ming Dynasty was attacked by the Later Jin, Ligdan Khan would lead his troops to raid Huang Taiji's stronghold.

When the Later Jin, enraged, sought to cause trouble for the Chahar tribe, the Ming army seized the opportunity to wage war against the Later Jin.

This whole ordeal left Huang Taiji overwhelmed and struggling to keep up with everything.

It seemed that no one could gain an advantage, but Huang Taiji was unwilling to give up.

He not only wanted to kill Ligdan Khan, but also coveted a large number of livestock and people.

It refers to the "Odor" managed by the eight principal wives in history.

In other words, they are not weak women who have nothing, but wealthy women who control enormous wealth!

If we want to focus all our attention on dealing with the Ming Dynasty, we must first deal with Ligdan Khan.

Loge was actually a little anxious, but he tried hard to calm his restless heart.

After all, he was good at creating wealth and strategizing, but his martial arts skills were relatively weak.

This became the reason for his uncles and other relatives to attack him, and it also became his protective shield.

After all, someone who is too outstanding is destined to become a target of criticism.

But in all these years, Sherry has never sent him a message.

Loge was somewhat anxious.

They might as well stay in the Ming Dynasty's mines and improve their weapons while mining them.

As for what Sherry gave him, that was his most treasured possession.

It was to guard against Huang Taiji!

With the improvements made to Logitech weapons, Huang Taiji made rapid progress.

Loge advocated for suppression with weapons, appeasement internally, and a swift takeover of the Central Plains.

Loge's move made his uncles realize that Loge's position in Huang Taiji's heart was not because he was a male or because he was good at making money.

It's because this guy is very good at hiding!

The uncles and elders were still a little scared when they thought about the power of that weapon!

Meanwhile, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were utterly disheartened.

If the skill gap between them is not significant, then it's acceptable for them to exchange blows.

However, if the difference in strength is too great, it completely makes people lose the will to resist.

After a moment's thought, several ministers of the Ming Dynasty knelt down to welcome the new emperor, hoping that he would treat the common people well.

Loge thought of Chaoge and discussed it with Huang Taiji.

After all, the Han people have a deep-rooted belief that their bodies and hair are given to them by their parents.

Forcing everyone to shave their heads and change their clothes at this point will only provoke greater resistance.

It makes it easy for some rebels to take advantage of the situation.

Then he started talking about the ways of Chaoge.

This can be considered as setting an example for them.

Huang Taiji thought about it and agreed to observe first. If it didn't work, they would then suppress it!

In 1633, the seventh year of the Tiancong reign, Huang Taiji declared himself emperor directly in Beijing.

The country was renamed the Great Qing, the era name was changed to Chongde, and a national ruling institution was established in imitation of the Han system.

Hauge received the news early in the morning and brought his children to pay their respects to the Qing Emperor.

Huang Taiji had not seen this son for a long time.

Seeing how much more mature and composed he looked with his stubble now was a pleasant surprise.

Seeing that his eldest grandson had the same eyes and face shape as him, Huang Taiji was overjoyed.

But after the initial joy, he began to ponder his son's intentions.

After all, he didn't believe that any prince wouldn't want to be emperor or covet this fertile land.

Unfortunately, the Haug family left after only a few days.

He didn't have any particular ideas, but he was worried that the Empress's maternal family might cause trouble.

So after saying a few words to Loge, I left long ago.

I also took my younger sister, Zuofei, with me.

After all, his mother said that his sister could marry several men, but not through marriage alliances.

He remembers it well!

When Huang Taiji heard the news, he didn't say anything. He envied the close relationship between the two brothers, but also felt that Hauge was a bit disappointing.

At this time, the Chahar tribe had also submitted, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were overjoyed because the new emperor had granted a general amnesty and reduced taxes.

After all, for ordinary people...

They didn't care too much about who was sitting on the throne; as long as they could live a good life, that was enough.

Furthermore, the so-called "Manchus" did not force them to shave their heads and change their clothes, so the people accepted it well.

If it weren't for dissatisfaction with the previous dynasty, why would there be so many mutinies and uprisings among the people?

Huang Taiji suddenly realized that the improvements made to Log's weapons had saved him a lot of trouble.

And they focused on consolidating internal power and centralizing authority!

Loge already has three sons and one daughter.

Huang Taiji felt both satisfied and envious when he had a grandson.

After all, Bumbutai had given birth to two daughters for him in two consecutive years.