It is said that Nurhaci chose Dorgon as his successor, mainly based on Korean historical materials. In "The Complete History of the Qing Dynasty", the Japanese Inaba Junzan quoted the content of "Records of the Ranjishi" by the Korean Li Kenyi as an argument: "As far as the Koreans heard, when Taizu was about to die, he said to Kiyongjie: "The nine kings should be here. He is still young, and after you take the throne, you can pass it on to the nine kings. ?Gui Yongjie was Daishan, and Hong Taishi was Huang Taiji. And "Nine Kings" is what North Koreans call Dorgon.

But after Nurhachi defeated Yuan Chonghuan in Ningyuan in the eleventh year of Tianming, he was very worried: "Since I have used the army, no one has resisted Yan Xing." Who is Yuan Chonghuan? He is capable. ? ("Manuscripts of Qing History? The Chronicles of Taizu") He wants revenge, and this burden is definitely not something that young Dorgon can bear!

1. At the age of fifteen, Dorgon had not yet been on the battlefield. And his brothers: Daishan, Mang Gurtai, Huang Taiji and their sons all became brave and good generals. As a horse emperor, Nurhaci would naturally understand the personalities of Huang Taiji and others, and would definitely not obey the orders of a young emperor who knew nothing about military affairs.

The second and eighth Heshuo Beile *** governed the country and the Shigushan Beile *** led by Daishan was in power together. Although the Dorgon brothers are among them, they are young and have little merit. The ones who really have the right to speak are Daishan and Huang Taiji. Dorgon's political status is not as good as Azig, or even worse than Dodo. Dorgon was nowhere to be seen in many major events during the Tianming years.

"Secret History of Taizu" Nurhachi and Abahai

3. Nurhaci may not be willing to let Dorgon succeed to the throne and govern on behalf of Shan. Daishan and his concubine Abahai, the mother of Dorgon, were suspected of having an affair. Abahai once left the palace in the middle of the night to go to Daishan's house. Nurhachi was naturally relieved to let Abahai take charge of the government as the queen mother and the ruling generation. That would only cause the son to re-enact the emotional drama with his stepmother.

4. According to the Jurchen clan’s system of keeping the stove for the youngest son, the fifteenth son Duduo is the youngest legitimate son. Therefore, Nurhachi's preferential treatment to Duduo was obviously more than that of Dorgon. Take Nurhachi's allocation, Duduo is two years younger than Dorgon, but he became the leader of the Zhenghuang Banner ahead of schedule (ranked first in the Shangsan Banner). In addition to the fifteen niulu that the three brothers received at the same time, Nurhaci also wanted to give all the remaining portion of his personal soldiers to Duduo.

5. Regarding the division of power among the Eight Banners, except for the Dorgon brothers who took over the two Yellow Banners, the other Six Banners were all controlled by the four great Baylors and their followers centered on Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji is both wise and brave, alert and wise, good at using power, and has outstanding achievements. Taizu wanted to strengthen Houjin and take revenge on the Ming army, so Huang Taiji was the perfect candidate for his ideal successor.

"The Storm of the Qing Palace" Zhang Fengyi's version of Dorgon and Jiang Wen's version of Huang Taiji