"What...what's going on?" Yue Tuo stared wide-eyed, completely bewildered.
"Didn't they say Hauge was going to attack me? Why is he tied up?"
Amin quickly said, "Yue Tuo, you've misunderstood, haven't you?"
"That Hauge... right, he's been going against the tide. He's turned our once prosperous Later Jin into what it is today."
“We, the Beile and the banner chiefs, have already discussed it and concluded that Hauge is no longer fit to be the Great Khan.”
"Among all the Aisin Gioro clan members, your brother-in-law is the most intelligent and of the highest status."
"We've made our decision, you'll be the new Khan!"
Yue Tuo looked completely bewildered, his mind a complete mess.
He was prepared to be beheaded by Haugra.
He even muttered a few harsh words in his mind, intending to give Hauge a good scolding before he died.
But when he got to the door, he found that the situation was completely different from what he had imagined.
Amin felt a little flustered when she saw that Yue Tuo was not speaking.
Hauge had been the Khan for several months and was also the banner lord of the two Yellow Banners.
They do have some foundation, to some extent.
Only if Yue Tuo becomes the Great Khan and then has him kill Hauge can this matter be resolved.
If Yue Tuo refuses to become the Great Khan, then Hauge will be in a difficult position.
If the Ming Dynasty could stage a coup, who dares to say the Later Jin Dynasty couldn't?
Amin gritted her teeth and gave her trusted servant a meaningful look.
Immediately, someone rushed out and draped a yellow robe over Yue Tuo's shoulders.
Then, they pulled on a rope and tied the yellow robe around Yue Fei's neck to prevent it from falling off.
Upon seeing this, Amin immediately knelt down and shouted loudly, "The new Khan has been appointed, and that is Yue Tuo!"
Do you all acknowledge him?
The other princes had long been unable to hold back any longer.
Upon hearing this sound, they all bowed down together.
"Greetings, Great Khan!"
They waited for a long time, but Yue Tuo did not reply.
I had no choice but to look up.
Only then did they notice that Yue Tuo's face was pale and he was foaming at the mouth.
Everyone was startled and rushed over, only to find that it was the servants who had dressed him earlier who had tied the ropes too tightly.
They almost strangled Yue Tuo to death.
They worked for quite a while before they finally managed to rescue Yue Tuo.
However, those present, upon witnessing this scene, suddenly found it both comical and tragic.
"Has our Later Jin dynasty really fallen to this state?"
"The mighty new Khan was almost strangled to death."
However, Amin remained conscious at this time.
He knelt directly beside Yue Tuo.
"Great Khan, what do you intend to do with Hauge, this sinner?"
Yue Tuo was already quite confused, and having just been strangled half to death, he hadn't recovered yet.
He coughed and said, "Whatever."
Amin immediately got up.
"The Khan has already said that Hauge should be executed!"
Upon receiving this order, two axemen who were already prepared rushed out and hacked Hauge to death on the ground.
Beheading is a professional job, and Amin couldn't find a qualified executioner right away.
However, since Haug is dead, the matter is considered settled.
Amin hurriedly gathered with the other princes.
"The two Yellow Banners together comprise more than fifty Niru (military units), how should we divide them?"
"What fifty-odd Niru? After Huang Taiji and Haoge messed things up, we can only manage to gather twenty Niru at most now."
“Let’s just remove the two yellow flags, and then…”
Just as they were dividing the spoils, Yue Tuo gradually regained consciousness. He looked at Hauge, who lay dead on the ground with his eyes wide open, and then at Amin and the others gathered together.
My mood immediately plummeted.
He thought to himself, "Although I didn't die this time, and even became the Khan, it's not because those people supported me that much."
"It's simply that the other beiles didn't trust Hauge and wanted someone to take the blame, so they nominated me to be the Khan."
"If Shengjing falls, my fate won't be much better than Hauge's!"
He glanced at Amin and the others again, then quietly retreated outside the city gate.
Dai Shan thought he and his son were doomed this time and was wiping away tears.
He was a little stunned when he saw Yue Tuo coming over wearing a yellow robe.
"Yue Tuo, you're not dead?"
Yue Tuo rolled his eyes.
"Father, what do you mean by that? Are you disappointed that I didn't die?"
Dai Shan quickly shook his head, then asked, "What exactly happened?"
Yue Tuo sighed and explained what had just happened, and Dai Shan immediately understood.
He gritted his teeth and said, "These bastards are trying to kill my son and me!"
"Yue Tuo, what do you think we should do?"
Yue Tuo had fully recovered by this time, and he said in a deep voice, "Father, since they are unrighteous, then we will be unrighteous too!"
"We'll surrender right now!"
"Huh?" Dai Shan looked at Yue Tuo in disbelief.
"Yue Tuo, didn't you suggest not long ago that we delay until next year so that we could negotiate better terms?"
Why did you change your mind?
Yue Tuo nodded.
"Father, you heard me right, I'm surrendering!"
He took a deep breath, as if organizing his thoughts.
After a while, he continued:
"There's a saying among the Han Chinese: 'Times change.'"
“Just a few days ago, the Great Khan was still Hauge, and we were just banner lords of the Eight Banners.”
"The longer the Later Jin lasts, the more our Eight Banners' fighting strength will be demonstrated. Even if we surrender to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will still treat us well."
"But now, I'm already drenched in sweat!"
"If we resist for another six months, others will enjoy preferential treatment, while my son and I will be the culprits and beheaded in the capital!"
Dai Shan wasn't stupid; after hearing Yue Tuo's explanation, he understood.
The stronger the Jurchens' fighting power, the more preferential treatment they would receive from ordinary Eight Banner nobles, and the more tragically the Jurchen Khans would die.
Dai Shan gritted his teeth and said, "You're right! We should have surrendered sooner."
"However, Yue Tuo, this is not a principle that only my father and I could think of. Others, especially that Amin, probably thought of it long ago as well."
"It won't be that easy for us to surrender!"
Yue Tuo nodded and said, "Father, don't worry, I've already thought about this!"
"This is how I see it."
"Although the Ming army is currently focusing on developing southern Liaoning as a retreat route for winter."
"But they will definitely launch a probing attack before winter arrives."
"At that time, I'll just find some excuse to leave the city and say that I want to have a face-to-face talk with the Ming generals."
“Amin and the others couldn’t object.”
"Once I meet the Ming generals, I will surrender immediately and then lead the Ming army into the city!"
Dai Shanren was dumbfounded; he never expected his son to say something so outrageous.
"Yue Tuo, are you serious? Has there ever been a Khan who led enemy troops into his own city since ancient times?"
Yue Tuo coldly replied, "Yes, didn't the Ming Dynasty produce a 'Gatekeeper Emperor'?"
"At this point, Father, please don't hesitate anymore."
"If we hesitate even for a moment, my son and I will only face certain death!"
After pondering for a long time, Daishan finally nodded.
"Okay, let's do it this way then."
"But doing this is really unfair to the Khan."
"When he passes away, how will we, father and son, face him?"
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