"Why you?" Manggurtai looked at Huang Taiji scrutinizingly and said slowly, "Because you have Yehe blood in your veins, isn't that right?"
Huang Taiji gave a wry smile and said, "Fifth brother, you are wrong! Whether it is the Yehe tribe, or the Ula, Huifa and other tribes, they are all Jurchens. Today, the Ming court promoted Nara Zhongming, so it is necessary to expel Yehe. Now the Ming court will create a Nara, so it will also expel the Nara clan?"
Hada, Ula, Huifa and Yehe all belonged to the Haixi Jurchens, and were all destroyed by Nurhaci. Most of their tribes were incorporated into the banners and became important members of the Manchus.
Many Yehe and Nara clans also served as high-ranking officials in the Later Jin Dynasty, such as Burhanggu, Delger, Hubush and others from the Yehe Nara clan.
There are also Huang Taiji's uncle Ashdarhan and Gulun Efu Gu Santai, both of whom are from the Yehenara clan and are also high-ranking officials of the Later Jin Dynasty.
As Huang Taiji said, completely stripping the Yehenara clan of its power was impossible, foolish, and dangerous. Causing confusion and even division among the people was precisely what the Ming court was trying to do.
Manggurtai lowered his eyes, and after a while his expression cleared up a little. He said, "My father Khan has summoned me to tell me something. If you have time, you can go to my mansion to talk."
Huang Taiji was touched and quickly agreed.
Now, Huang Taiji and Manggurtai are both frustrated. They used to hold a banner each, but now they have both lost their position as the leader of the banner. They feel a sense of sympathy for each other.
Nurhaci became more and more fond of his three youngest sons, Ajige, Dorgon and Dodo, and his actions to support their power became more obvious.
The four great beiles used to hold large armies and hold great power, but now, some are dead, some are disabled, and some are dismissed. Only Daishan still has two banners of troops, but they are incomplete, and Nurhaci has not provided him with any reinforcements.
However, the four young princes came from behind and showed signs of replacing the emperor.
There will definitely be loss and dissatisfaction. The reason why Huang Taiji and Manggurtai, who were not originally on good terms, became close was also due to this mentality.
As for Manggurtai, although he was just a warrior, he also had his own ambitions.
Being stripped of his title as leader of the Zhenglan Banner meant he had lost his qualification to inherit the Khanate. He did not dare to resent his father, but he was furious at the rise of his younger brothers, such as Ajige.
It is obviously not correct to say that Manggurtai lost his strength without the Zhenglan Banner.
He had an older sister named Manggusi, with whom he had a very good relationship. At the age of thirteen, she married Wuergudai, the leader of the Hada tribe of the Jurchens. She was stationed in Kaiyuan and was also known as the Princess of Kaiyuan. This was also one of Nurhaci's means of winning over the Hada tribe.
After the death of Wuergudai, the last leader of the Hada tribe, Manguji continued to live in Kaiyuan and run the business for many years. Moreover, as Wuergudai's widow, she still had a certain appeal to the remaining Hada people.
What Manggurtai thought of was to rely on his sister's power. In addition, he had served as the leader of the Zhenglan Banner for many years, and he also had several confidants in the Zhenglan Banner, such as Tunbulu, Aibali Mimi, etc.
Now he is thinking about competing or fighting for power with Ajige and others after his father Khan is gone. Manggurtai obviously will not think so carefully.
Moreover, Nurhaci was still in power, so Manggurtai did not dare to act rashly. But he was unwilling to be a useless beile, so he just quietly accepted his fate.
Huang Taiji didn't know that his fifth brother was thinking a lot. He was indeed planning in secret and secretly developing his power in preparation for future responses.
Don't think the Later Jin were truly united; the internal strife wasn't as intense as during the Ming dynasty, and the scale was much smaller. But when it came to political struggles, the Jurchens were no slouch either, their tactics also filled with conspiracy and bloodshed.
Historically, after Huang Taiji ascended the throne, Manggurtai died under unclear circumstances, with some saying he starved to death in captivity. Manggusi was executed by lingchi (sliced to pieces), and the close associates of Manggurtai, Dergelei, and Manggusi were all purged.
The root cause of the Jurchen people's instability lies in external pressure and the dire situation. When the building is about to collapse, they consider their own solutions; this is also an unchanging rule.
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Huang Taiji thought his mother was a member of the Yehenara clan, and the Ming court found a reason to target him.
But in fact, Zhu Youxiao's different treatment of the remnants of the Yehe tribe was not just to divide and disintegrate the Later Jin.
In Chahanhot, the capital of Yaddan Khan, another Yehenara received a reward from the Ming court and was happily looking in the mirror and dressing up.
Yehenara Sutai's grandfather was Jin Taishi, the last Beile of the Yehe tribe of the Jurchens, and her father was Deerheli, the Taiji of the Yehe tribe. She was known as the second most beautiful woman in Yehe.
As for the most beautiful woman in the Yehe tribe, she was Donggo, an old woman from Yehe, who was predicted by the shaman as "this woman can make the world prosperous or destroy it."
Yehenara Sutai was married to Ligdan Khan of the Chahar tribe of Mongolia when she was fifteen years old. At that time, the Yehe tribe was in decline and was being oppressed by the increasingly powerful Jianzhou Jurchens.
So, this was a political marriage. The Yehe tribe wanted to obtain the help of the Chahar tribe to counter the constant attacks of the Jianzhou Jurchens.
But the Yehe tribe was still destroyed, and Yehenarasutai became the daughter of a destroyed tribe.
Fortunately, she was beautiful and gave birth to Ligdan Khan's eldest son, Erke Konggor Ezhe. She was favored by Ligdan Khan and became the third of Ligdan Khan's eight wives.
Although Narasutai is currently only third in rank, she commands the entire Khanateumen Wanhu Ordu. Furthermore, her son is the eldest son of Ligdan Khan, so when he inherits the Khanate throne, she will be the empress dowager.
Narasutai did not know the real reason why the Ming Dynasty emperor rewarded her with a dressing mirror, and she actually took the messenger's words seriously because she was the granddaughter of Jin Taishi, the last Beile of the Yehe tribe.
Little did she know that Zhu Youxiao paid special attention to this woman because after the death of Ligdan Khan in history, Narasutai and his son Ezhe surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty and presented the imperial seal.
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