Ashes

The army returned victorious, and the banquet was held for several days.

The table was full of gold and silver utensils filled with delicious and attractive beef and mutton, and the mellow wine was fragrant, and joy spread in everyone's heart.

The kings and ministers sang praises to Nurhachi one after another, and their praises were endless.

"The Great Khan obeyed the destiny and conquered the four directions, and the tribes began to merge into one, and his achievements were unmatched."

"My Dajin now has a vast territory, reaching the East China Sea in the east, Liaobian in the west, Nenjiang River in the north, and Yalu River in the south. The sweat is brilliant and powerful, and it has created great achievements for thousands of years."

Nurhachi laughed heartily, and toasted to everyone: "Everyone has worked hard, Ye He has surrendered, my Dajin has become stronger and stronger, and I am no longer a loose sand that is bullied by others. Come, drink!"

Everyone raised their glasses and drank it all.

Nurhachi put down the gold bottle and wiped his mouth: "Daishan deserves the most credit for this battle."

A casual sentence brought the atmosphere of the banquet in a strange direction, and it seemed that everyone present fell silent.

Huang Taiji glanced at Daishan, then at Nurhachi, and lowered his head to take a sip of his wine.

Dorgon obviously froze when picking up vegetables, and looked at Huang Taiji.

Nurhachi continued: "Daishan was responsible for all the tactical arrangements this time, and he took a few younger brothers to capture the western city." He pointed to Daishan, "Well done."

Daishan got up with a smile, and bowed to Nurhachi: "Son all learn from father Khan."

"Okay!" Nurhachi smiled boldly, "With you here, why worry about my Dajin not being prosperous and prosperous, I am already old, and I will depend on you in the future."

"Father Khan is still young, and there are still many places waiting for Father Khan to conquer."

"Hey, getting old is getting old. If you don't accept it, it's time for you to take on the heavy responsibility." Nurhachi waved his hand, "Listen, everyone, my Nurhachi's heir is Daishan. From now on, this position will be yours." Now, you have to take good care of the whole family, and even some younger brothers, and treat them kindly."

Daishan was ecstatic in his heart, knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times: "Thank you father Khan, my son will do his best to live up to the expectations of father Khan."

Everyone present was astonished, even Amin and Mangurtai raised their heads and looked at each other.

No one expected that at the celebration banquet, Tianming Khan unexpectedly announced the successor.

Dorgon's eyes swept across the crowd, and everyone's expressions were playful.

Although Daishan was suppressed, he couldn't hide his joy at all. Amin raised his eyebrows and rolled his eyes around. Mang Gurtai looked east and west, constantly adjusting his sitting posture, while Huang Taiji was steady. Sitting like Mount Tai, he drank the wine in the glass and gently put the wine glass on the table, never leaving the glass in his hand.

Except for the four Baylors, everyone else has their own thoughts.

No one spoke, and the atmosphere suddenly seemed to freeze.

Huang Taiji picked up the jug and filled the wine glass again. The amber liquid was poured from the spout into the glass, drawing a curved arc and making a pleasant sound.Afterwards, he held up the wine glass to pay tribute to Nurhachi and Daishan: "The younger brothers must also support the elder brother and work together for the father Khan."

His voice was not loud, but it reached everyone's ears, and his tone was not strong, but it penetrated directly into people's hearts, as if warm spring water melted the atmosphere that had dropped to freezing point.

Amin, Mang Gurtai and others also quickly toasted: "The younger brothers must also support the elder brother and serve the father Khan together."

Dorgon looked at Huang Taiji, he smiled slightly, calm as usual, as if everything that happened in front of him had nothing to do with him, he was purely a good son, a good brother.

He has mastered the art of patience.

Nurhachi laughed loudly: "They are all my good sons and nephews. Let's drink again. This time we will drink with him for three days and three nights!"

Daishan sat down with a smile on his face, and the nearby Baylor ministers all toasted and congratulated him. He never refused to come, completely immersed in joy.

Although it seemed nothing on the surface, Huang Taiji was very silent.Jierhalang understood that it was wrong for him to be so silent.

After the banquet was over, he followed Huang Taiji all the way, watching his expression secretly, not daring to speak, his strides were big and he walked extremely fast, Ji Erhalang had to follow desperately, for fear of losing track.

Walking all the way to the door of Huang Taiji's house, Ji Erhalang finally couldn't help it: "Brother, don't be unhappy."

Huang Taiji seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and seemed to have noticed that Jierhalang had been following him, so he smiled: "I'm a little tired today, you go back."

Jierharang could feel the anger behind his smile: "I... I'll stay with you for a while."

Ji Erhalang's concern warmed Huang Taiji's heart, he finally let go of his clenched fist, and his smile became more natural: "I'm fine, you don't worry too much."

"I really didn't expect Da Khan to announce that Big Baylor would inherit the position of Khan. It was so sudden."

"Not suddenly, Father Khan has been thinking about it for a long time. It makes sense for us to follow the second brother all these years. What's more, Father Khan still misses Brother Chu Ying, so he always prefers the second brother. "

"Then..." Jierhalang hesitated for a moment, but he mustered up his courage and said, "Then are you willing to be driven by Big Baylor?"

Huang Taiji was silent, he was never willing to be controlled by others, but this was not something that could be done with words.

"You know my thoughts." Huang Taiji said in a deep voice.

"Then are you going to continue to be a bystander? Should we take some action?"

"I have the idea, but the time is not yet ripe. Fortunately, Father Khan is still in good health, and I still have time."

"You probably can't pin your hopes on Khan's body."

"I know, I only need one chance." Huang Taiji repeated over and over again, "One chance, one chance is enough."

From then on, Daishan came in and out as the prince, and everyone respected and obeyed him.

However, it is not easy to be the crown prince. He should neither be too much, threatening the status of the Great Khan, nor too modest, so that the ministers of Baylor looked down upon him.Can he play this role well?

Dorgon saw all this in his eyes.

That day, when he went to the military workshop to look for Huang Taiji, it happened that Dai Shan was also there.

For successive years of war, Nurhachi raised a large number of horses, built weapons, and manufactured siege equipment in Jiefan. Every time the war ended, a new batch of equipment would be distributed to each banner.

Daishan held a knife in his hand, trying to measure it: "This knife is good, you are very capable, old man."

Huang Taiji smiled and said nothing.

"Why don't these knives give me two red flags first, I'm short of them. Well, the armor looks good too."

Because of Ye He's surrender, Huang Taiji's Zhengbai banner had many more people. In addition to the previous consumption, he felt that he needed to replenish his armaments, so he specifically asked Nurhachi for instructions, and he personally supervised the creation of this batch of equipment. Unexpectedly Just when it was almost done, Daishan actually saw it.

"Old Ba, you also know that there are many people on my side, and things are really not enough. If you tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, you have fewer people, so it doesn't matter if you wait a little bit." Seeing that Huang Taiji was silent, Dai Shan said again: " It's okay if you feel bad."

"Second brother wants it, so why would I feel bad? You can just take it, I can be rebuilt, it doesn't matter."

"Then I won't be polite." Daishan smiled with satisfaction, and looked around again.

Dorgon was secretly amused in his heart, and stepped forward to interrupt their conversation.

"Brother, didn't you say you want to go eagle hunting with me?"

Daishan said to Dorgon: "Dorgon, don't think about playing all day long, you should learn some serious things."

Although Dorgon was disdainful in his heart, he still complied on the surface: "Second brother taught you the right thing, but today it's all agreed."

Huang Taiji said to Dai Shan: "Second brother, then I will go with the fourteenth brother first, you can take a look, if there are still others you like, come and tell me."

"Okay, okay, let's go."

After leaving the military workshop, Huang Taiji and Dorgon went to release the eagles outside the city as promised.What's rare is that Huang Taiji's whole heart is absent-minded, and his thoughts are wandering outside.

Dorgon looked at the eagle soaring in the sky, and said to Huang Taiji: "Myna, what are you thinking?"

Daishan has become more and more proud recently, and has put pressure on Huang Taiji intentionally or unintentionally many times, but on the surface he is still amiable, which makes Huang Taiji extremely uncomfortable.Although he never said it, he still cared more or less in his heart.

Huang Taiji said lightly: "You play, I want to go to a place." He said and walked towards his horse.

"Where are you going?" Dorgon asked.

Huang Taiji got on his horse and took the rein: "I'm going to Hetuala."

Back to the old city?What does he want to do?

"Accompany me?" Huang Taiji asked with anticipation in his eyes.

"Okay, I want to go back and have a look too."

"Then get on the horse."

The two just left without any warning or definite plan, and rode two horses straight to Hetuala.

They were speechless all the way, just galloping wildly, leaving behind a trail of smoke and dust.

By the time we reached our destination, it was dark.

He said he was going to Hetuala, but Huang Taiji stopped outside the city.

"Aren't we going in?" Dorgon asked.

"Don't go in." Huang Taiji glanced, and suddenly smiled on his expressionless face, "You didn't ask anything, just ran with me, this time you will suffer, right?"

"Suffered?"

"I'm going to spend the night outside, you go into town by yourself."

"Then I'm outside too." Dorgon said without thinking.

"Aren't you afraid of being eaten by wild animals?"

"If I want to eat, I will eat you, right? You have a lot of meat."

Huang Taiji smiled and said: "Find a place to light a fire, I'll go and see what I can catch."

I didn't expect him to do this kind of thing on a whim, it's really not like him who is calm and calm.Dorgon thought to himself, and began to work quickly with his hands and feet.

He picked up a bunch of dry branches, picked some wild fruits, picked a clean place and lit a bonfire.

The firewood crackled in the fire, and the scorching light made Dorgon's face flushed, adding warmth to the already chilly night.He picked up a branch, stirred the fire, picked up a fruit, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Eat it yourself without waiting for me?" Huang Taiji came back, holding a wild duck that had been plucked and gutted.

Dorgon picked up another one and threw it at him.

Huang Taiji caught it without hesitation.

The two sat on the ground, skillfully inserted the wild duck on the branch, and roasted it on the rack.

As time passed, the two remained silent. After an unknown amount of time, the aroma of the barbecue gradually dissipated, and the wild duck was slowly roasted into golden brown.

The two pairs of eyes were fixed on the duck, as if the duck would fly away as soon as they looked away, and swallowed unconsciously.

Huang Taiji picked up the duck and turned it over to look at it. He felt that it was almost ready, so he cut off a duck leg and handed it to Dorgon.

Dorgon was also polite, took the duck leg and took a big bite.

"How?" Huang Taiji asked excitedly.