Nurhachi had many sons in his life, with a total of 16, but at the beginning of his business, his eldest son, Essien Qiao Luo Chuying, was the most outstanding one. Chu Ying was brave and good at fighting, and made great contributions in the process of unifying Nurhachi and establishing the post-Jin inheritance. And because he is the eldest son, he should be the candidate of Chu Jun. It can be said that Nurhachi had high hopes for him at first. However, why did it end up killing people and then quickly?
According to some historical records of later generations, Chu Ying made a big mistake in the battle of Salhu, disturbed the morale of the army and was finally beheaded. This statement is obviously not in line with the facts, because Tang's eldest son is brilliant and outstanding. You can't just kill him because of a small mistake. The real reason is recorded in detail in the historical material Man Wen Lao Dang. As the eldest son, Chu Ying is very arrogant, aloof, narrow-minded and inhuman.
Nurhachi put him in charge of state affairs with the intention of training his mind and inheriting the great position in the future. However, after Chu Ying took charge of state affairs, he did two things: first, he made all his brothers swear allegiance to him, and he was not allowed to tell Nurhachi what he said; Second, ministers were ordered to kill all those who went against his will or opposed him after he ascended the throne. These two events fully demonstrated Chu Ying's unkindness and took the credit to himself.
However, these two orders made the five masters of Nurhachi very dissatisfied and reported to Nurhachi. If you were the emperor, what would you think? Isn't that what princes do? And he is not a prince, so he is so arrogant. If he really becomes a prince, then don't kill his father and his brother. So Nurhachi began to gradually weaken Chu Ying's power. This on the general prince, will certainly begin to converge, after all, Chu Jun is a man, with tail between his legs.
But this Chu Ying did the opposite. Instead, he began to hate his father Nurhachi, so he began to cultivate his cronies and wait for an opportunity. According to historical records, when Nurhachi led the army to war, Chu Ying took control of the whole city, behind closed doors, practiced witchcraft, that is, a bunch of curses and the like, which were directly applied to his father to curse the failure of the army, so that he could occupy the imperial city.
However, when Nurhachi returned victorious, the servants of the Chu Ying Wang family who participated in the incident were afraid of being caught, so someone ran to the emperor to report. Nurhachi was furious after hearing this. Isn't this regicide usurping the throne? Therefore, Chu Ying was immediately put in prison in order to teach him a lesson and make him repent. It can be said that until this time, Nurhachi did not want to kill his son directly.
However, Chu Ying, who was imprisoned in his cell, not only showed no remorse, but also swaggered, constantly complaining about Nurhachi's injustice to himself, and continued to curse Xu Jin and Nurhachi in his cell. These actions were quickly reported to Nurhachi by those who opposed Chu Ying. At this point, the helpless Nurhachi could only order him to be killed and personally killed his eldest son.