Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1434 Support and Betrayal (Part [-])
"Ha, two brothers guarding one door each?" Cao Yan laughed loudly when he heard this, "What kind of clever plan is this?"

Qi Jin also found it inconceivable, frowned and said: "Zong Rong's words are reasonable, what kind of strategy is this, in my opinion, it's not even a normal response."

Although Ma Chengxun was born in General Xuan's family, he actually trained under Ma Fang when he was young. He was good at cavalry rather than infantry combat.Therefore, he couldn't help being a little surprised after hearing these words, and asked: "Why is this? Oh, I mean, why can't you even count as a normal response?"

Qi Jin also knew that Ma Chengxun was a cavalry general, so he replied: "Ma Canrong, since Nurhachi has been quite suspicious of Shuerhaqi, but now he has to rely on his troops to defend the city, then usually , let alone Shuerhaqi should not be used alone.

If I were Nurhachi, there are two things that should be done at this moment. One is to disperse Shuerhaqi's troops as much as possible, and never let them gather together; By your side, don't let him have the opportunity to act alone.

So when it comes to defending the city this time, it must be that Shuerhaqi and I will join forces to sit in the center of Hetuala, and the east and south gates will be handed over to the generals E Yidu and An Fei Yanggu respectively.Shuerhaqi also had four generals under his command, Urkun, Naqibu, Changshu, and Yangshu brothers, and these four were appointed as the deputy of Eyidu and Anfei Yanggu, and they were dispatched separately.

In this way, although Shuerhaqi has [-] soldiers and horses, they are divided into two divisions, and E Yidu and Anfei Yanggu are commanded to sit in the town. Although they are powerful, they are not difficult to control.

As for myself, I only need to keep an eye on Shuerhaqi so that he cannot pass orders to the soldiers of the two sects. Urkun and the others will cause chaos without a name, but also worry about the safety of their master, so naturally they dare not act rashly.If so, Shuerhaqi's three thousand army is as good as my own, how good is it? "

Ma Chengxun suddenly said: "So that's the case, I understand, Qi Canrong is right." This is the difference in thinking between offensive cavalry generals and defensive infantry generals.

According to Ma Chengxun's habitual thinking, everyone under his command is cavalry and they are fighting in the wild, so Eyidu and An Feiyanggu will definitely look down on Wu Erkun and others.

The reason is simple: if Uerkun and the others are determined to lead their men away, Eyidu and Anfei Yanggu will not dare to pursue deeply—this is the characteristic of Mangu's tactics, the people in front shoot arrows behind them , the people behind can only be shot after chasing, and it is pure wishful thinking to fight back, because there is no one to shoot at.It's a question of relative speed.

Qi Jin's thinking fits well with the situation of defending the city, so there is no need to explain this.

Now that Qi Jin has explained the truth clearly, Cao Yu made a conclusion, saying: "So in short, Nurhachi's actions are either stupid and unwise, or have ulterior motives."

Ma Chengxun thought about it, Nurhachi not only successfully ambushed himself, but also defeated Li Chengliang by tricks, such a person, how can he not be stupid and wise.In other words, he did nothing more than have ulterior motives.

"But this news was sent by Shuerhaqi." Ma Chengxun frowned and thought about it: "The battle situation is clear now, and Nurhachi is already a turtle in the urn. It is hard to believe that at this moment, Shuerhaqi is planning to fight for Nurhachi Be faithfully buried."

Qi Jin pondered and said: "Is there such a possibility that Nurhachi temporarily promised Shuerhaqi a particularly big benefit, and Shuerhaqi ungrateful for the benefit, and stood aside with Nurhachi again?"

This time Cao Yu didn't answer right away, but showed a thoughtful expression.

In fact, Cao Yu himself has such doubts. However, the meaning expressed in the several confidential letters Gao Yushi gave him before is very clear. There is going to be a falling out, and as long as Daming works harder on Shuer Haqi, the time for this falling out will definitely be brought forward.

Gao Pragmatism has always not relied on intuition to control his actions, and may not even rely entirely on "historical proof". His decisions must be made after detailed deduction. Again, mainly from his own inferences.

Shuerhaqi was imprisoned and killed by Nurhachi, which is a fact generally recognized by Chinese and foreign historians in later generations.For a long time, most historians believed that Shuerhaqi died in a power struggle with his brother Nurhachi.

Gao Wushi originally agreed with this point of view, but after he had been in Daming for so many years and served as Liaofu for a period of time, he had a different view on this. He now believes that the dispute between the Shuerhaqi brothers is by no means just about ruling The recurrence of the regular tragedy within the class, the rivalry between the beans and the pan, and the struggle for power in the same room, is a political struggle arising from the collision of the two ideas of "supporting the Ming" and "rebelling against the Ming".

Since Nurhachi himself created the "Seven Great Hatreds", there is no need to elaborate on his treasonous thinking. Therefore, the first point of high-practical inference is the social foundation of the Ming Dynasty and the formation of the "Shuerhaqi Ming Dynasty".

For this reason, Gao Wushi carefully recalled the history books he had read at the beginning, and found that in the early records of Nurhachi's rise of troops, there is a very noteworthy problem, that is, the compilers of Nurhachi's various memoirs, all of them painted a picture of The thrilling scene where the "Taizu" was repeatedly assassinated by his clansmen and enemies.

From the second month after he rose up to May of the following year, there were as many as five assassinations recorded.Later historians generally believe that this is an inherent phenomenon of the Jurchen transition to a class society.However, Gao Yushi believes that this theory only pays attention to the internal development of things, while ignoring the external connections of things.The compilers of Qing Taizu's Records crowned this as "avoiding heroism", and avoided an important historical premise, that is, why did the assassination activities of the sixth patriarch's descendants and enemies happen just after Nurhachi raised his troops?Is this a coincidence, or is there a profound historical background?

"Manchurian Records" has made records that are more in line with historical truth.In the 11th year of Wanli, when Nurhachi asked the border officials of the Ming Dynasty for Nikanwailan, "The death of the ministers Rierzu and father of the Ming Dynasty was due to my soldier's mistaken killing... and the governor Le Shu was given. The matter is over. From now on , I immediately helped Nikanwailan build the city Jiaban, and made me the lord of Manchuria. Therefore, the people of the country believed in it, and all belonged to Nikanwailan.”

This record looks ordinary at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find that it shows that "the people of the country believe in it" is the order of the Ming Dynasty, and what the people of the country support is the leader appointed by the Ming Dynasty.Because of this, "the descendants of the fifth patriarch, swearing to the gods, also wanted to kill the Taizu in order to return to Nikanwailan."In other words, they all made the same political choices as the "countrymen".

It can be seen from this that the concept of the Ming emperor's "co-lord of the world" has indeed been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.This kind of traditional concept inherited from generation to generation has become an insurmountable barrier in people's thinking. It has a strong appeal and authority. Even Nurhachi himself dared not openly raise the banner of anti-Ming for a long period of time. .

40 years later, in July of the eighth year of Tiancong, when his son Huang Taiji wrote to Emperor Chongzhen of Ming Dynasty, he still admitted that "Manchuria was originally a country. It is the strength of the Ming Dynasty to maintain the unity of the country, and it is also the ideological basis of the Ming faction within the Jurchen clan after Nurhachi raised troops.

Therefore, when Nurhachi raised his troops in the 11th year of Wanli, he felt that it was difficult to find a bosom friend. Once his political allies were enlightened by the right and wrong of the Ming court, they immediately "broke their promises and refused to go."

What is particularly "unfortunate" is that Nurhaci's only major supporter in the early days, his brother-in-law Gahashan, was also killed by his tribe.When Nurhachi wanted to gather people to collect his bones, "none of the brothers and sisters of the various clans went."This embattled situation truly reflects the support of the people. This is the first aspect of the problem.

In the second aspect, after the Ming Dynasty inherited the rule of the Yuan Dynasty in the Northeast, in terms of the subordinate relationship between the center and the local minorities, it adopted "give seals, subordinate to each other, encircle and graze, each live in peace, do business, and facilitate exchanges." " policy.

This measure of using the chiefs of various tribes to control their tribes, on the one hand, can make all the tribes belong to each other, preside over the affairs of the headquarters, develop the economy of the headquarters, and receive the actual effect of "encircling and grazing, and each of them lives in peace"; Each village is dominated by each village, and each clan is the leader." There are countless large and small local power groups scattered all over the place.

These groups enjoy their own independent political and economic rights and interests through obtaining the imperial edict of the Ming court, so their special political and economic interests closely link them with the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, any effort to change this status quo is bound to be fiercely resistance.

In the original history, historians generally believed that Nurhachi had completed the unification of the Jianzhou Jurchen Headquarters in the 16th year of Wanli. However, judging from the records of the Jianzhou Jurchen tribute tribute in the Ming Dynasty Records, the internal struggle against Nurhachi did not end.

Opponents used the tribute as a link to continue to strengthen political ties with the Ming court, trying to rely on the power of the Ming court to insist on contending with Nurhachi.From the 17th year of Wanli to the 23rd year of Wanli, it is clearly recorded that there were as many as four times that the governors and commanders of the left and right guards in Jianzhou came to Beijing to pay tribute.

What's more important is the record from North Korea. In Shen Zhongyi's book in the first month of the 24th year of Wanli, when talking about the internal situation of the Jurchen in Jianzhou, he quoted Ma Chen as saying, "there are thirty guards, and more than twenty followers. guard".It can be seen that by the end of the 23rd year of Wanli, Nurhaci had not yet fully controlled the Jianzhou Jurchen Headquarters.

This fully shows that the Ming court's political influence in Jianzhou Jurchen is deeply rooted.The consistency of the fundamental interests of the leaders of the guards and the rulers of the Ming Dynasty determined the long-term, intense, and complex nature of the anti-annexation war.This kind of visible and invisible power dominates people's psychology and influences people's opinions. Even those who defected to Nurhachi had to pay a heavy price.

According to historical records, in the 16th year of Wanli's reign, the Minister of Yaergu, Shi Lahu, did one thing first when he came back: "kill the brothers and patriarchs".In the same year, when He Heli led the crowd back, his ex-wife also "swept out of the country, wanting to fight with him".The fierceness of the struggle is a concentrated expression of the conflict of interests, and also reflects the fundamental antagonism between right and wrong.This is the reason why Nurhachi was very isolated politically at the beginning of his army, and this is also the political basis of the Jurchen Pro-Ming faction.

The third point is that due to the uneven economic development of the Jurchen ministries, any merger by force will inevitably encounter force resistance.At the end of the [-]th century, the economic development of the Jurchen ministries was very uneven. In the advanced Liaodong area, some tribes had new production relations, but most tribes still stayed at the stage of clan communes, and even the advanced tribes still tenaciously retained remnants of the clan system.

What are the remnants of the clan system?For example, in the 12th year of Wanli, when Nurhachi wanted to take the opportunity to annex the Dong'e tribe for the first time, the generals advised each other that "soldiers should not enter the territory of others lightly". This is the typical Jurchen clan system at that time. break in.

Although due to economic development, there has been a trend of unity among the Jurchens in Jianzhou, and the people at the bottom have begun to have expectations for unity, but the idea of ​​"unification" has not been generally accepted by everyone—especially the upper-class nobles. As the Jurchen ruling class, they will not allow this kind of change.

Because of this, in June of the 21st year of Wanli, the four coalition forces of Yehe, Hada, Ula, and Huifa launched the first military strike against Nurhachi.After this strike failed to achieve its goal, in September of the same year, Yehe, Hada, Ula, and Huifa joined forces with nine Mongolian troops to take preemptive military action against Nurhachi.

These actions all show that maintaining the stability and legitimacy of the existing political and economic life was still a generally accepted principle and a common goal for people to fight for—at least the common goal of the nobles in charge of various political and military powers. .And this is exactly the soil on which the Jurchen Pro-Ming sect survives and develops.

The war has drastically changed people's political and economic status. "In the past, the president acted on his own will, and he was able to hunt in the field, but now he restrains himself and accepts what he hunts. Although he fears the enemy and does not speak, is there no bitterness in the center? "Moreover, when the majority of Zhushen (that is, Jurchen) mentioned the heavy corvee burden, they all "resented bitterness."

This even led to the fact that after Nurhachi's victory in the Battle of Sarhu, the situation was still "all the slaves, big or small, look forward to the success of peace, but they are lucky to have nothing to do without fighting."This is the fundamental attitude of the Jurchen masses and middle and lower level leaders towards war.

What's the meaning?In short, it was the Ming Dynasty who relied on its political, economic, and military power to influence and support a group of special power groups among the upper echelons of the Jurchen ministries. The special economic and political interests of these groups determined their relationship with The Ming court has kept inextricably linked.

Coupled with the uneven political and economic development of various ministries, any attempt to destroy the status quo is bound to be resisted and resisted by traditional forces.Since Nurhachi rebelled against the Ming under such historical conditions, he naturally created his own opposition.As a result, Shuerhazi, as a representative of the opposition, stepped onto the stage of history in a grand manner.

Gao Yushi found that, as a representative of the opposition, the conflict between Shuerhaqi and Nurhachi had gone through a complicated process of development.Looking for the trajectory of its activities, it is not difficult to find that Shuerhazi's thought has a dual nature, that is, the unity of aggressiveness and conservativeness.

When he was in a position of being ruled, his aggressive thinking drove him to "conquer everywhere since he was a child", and became Nurhachi's fellow traveler in "recovering his grandfather's revenge", and made a great contribution to the great cause of the reunification of Jurchen in Jianzhou. He was hailed as the hero of "Darkhan Batulu" by Nurhachi for his great achievements.

But Shuerhazi's thinking is not static.With the victory of the military campaign, Shuerhazi's political status and military strength are also growing.In June of the 15th year of Wanli in the original history, Nurhachi became king in Feiala, and Shuerhaqi was also called the captain of the ship at the same time-the so-called "ship leader" is also commonly known as the "helmsman".That is to say, from this time on, Shuerhaqi has become the number two figure in Nurhachi's political and military clique.

In the 23rd year of Wanli, Shuerhaqi's elite soldiers had grown to more than [-], and there were more than [-] civil servants and veterans.At this time, Shuerhaqi was famous among all the ministries for his "war exploits", and because of "winning the hearts of the people", his stature was higher than that of his disciples and nephews.

With the change of status, aggressive thinking and conservative thinking will be suppressed and one will ebb and flow.In the 23rd and 25th years of Wanli, Shuerhaqi went to Beijing to pay tribute twice, and received special favors from the Ming court, giving him the same political treatment and courtesy as Nurhachi.

This made Shuerhaqi in fact ascend to the political throne of the second leader of Wei Nuzhen in Jianzhou of Ming Dynasty, and accidentally knocked on the door of happiness.As a result, his high-spirited fighting spirit and enterprising spirit in his youth gradually faded away, and the influence of various traditional forces and traditional ideas took advantage of the momentum.

Shuerhaqi began to grope in the existing social order, which meant that his relationship with Nurhachi's fellow travelers had come to an end.After bidding farewell to Nurhachi and his own aggressive thinking, Shuerhaqi continued to retreat under the dual pressure of traditional thinking and real political external pressure, and became a conservative in real life.

In order to remain invincible, Shu Erhaqi unswervingly proclaimed his minister to the Ming court.In December of the 34th year of Wanli, when Nurhachi "refused to pay tribute for two consecutive years", Shuerhaqi entered Beijing for the third time to pay tribute.The Ming court reconfirmed his political identity as the governor and commander.

Under Ming's continuous wooing, Shuerhaqi's thoughts are also undergoing drastic changes. A desire to support Ming's self-reliance is increasing day by day, and his loyalty to the Ming court has reached the level of "everything has been preached to China, and he has always listened to it".

At the same time, Shuerhazi also actively developed the relationship with Ula.In the 24th, 26th, and 31st years of Wanli, he married Buzhantai three times successively. His political influence has surpassed the barrier of the tribe, and his strength has also been greatly strengthened.Within Jianzhou Jurchen, Shuerhaqi finally became a main force to contend with Nurhachi because of "winning the hearts of the people".

Due to ideological differences, the political relationship between Shuerhaqi and Nurhachi became increasingly tense. From time to time violent quarrels occurred "in the great affairs of the state".

Political confrontation will inevitably lead to military non-cooperation and confrontation.According to historical records, in September of the 27th year of Wanli, Nurhachi led his troops to conquer Hada.In such a major battle, Shuerhachi first "stopped fighting", and then "swarmed the front", causing Nurhachi to fall into a passive position of being beaten. "Many sergeants were wounded". It is better to say that it is opposite.

Another example is in March of the 35th year of Wanli, Nurhachi ordered Shuerhaqi and others to lead troops to take Feiyou City, which belongs to Ula. Chase.

After the battle, the scheming Nurhachi wanted to punish Shuerhaqi's second minister for the crime of "disobedience" and cut his power.Shuerhaqi immediately "showdown" and forced Nurhachi to make concessions with a tough attitude of "killing the second minister is no different from my death".So far, the relationship between their brothers has finally come to the point where they are in dire straits.

In today’s world, the time is only at the beginning of the 16th year of Wanli, and last year because of the butterfly effect, Nurhachi was first warned by Ming for colluding with Tumen, and now he was attacked for invading the Dong’e tribe, so he did not have time to become king , so the two of them are still the "Ningguta Big Baylor" and "Ningguta Second Baylor" within Jurchen.

However, this does not prevent the transformation of Shuerhazi's thinking faster than in the original history.

Why is it fast?Of course it was because Daming's support for him was far stronger than in the original history.
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