Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1442
Since Yang Yuan's troops had not yet arrived, Hetuala was not in a state of being besieged on all sides, which meant that the news that the Ming army sent people to Zhangjia to find Baoshi could not be concealed from Nurhachi.

Of course, the Ming army did not intend to hide it.

The five patriarchs of Nurhachi built cities on the five main roads leading to Hetuala City. Therefore, these five cities were built as satellite cities to govern the city with Hetuala as the center. The valley is the main road.

Among them, Juercha City guards the main road of the valley in the southwest of Hecheng, Ahahuoluo City controls the throat of the western valley of Hecheng, Huoluogashan City controls the passage of Pizi Valley in the northwest of Hecheng, and Nimalan City controls the northern part of Hecheng. The main road of Jiahe Valley, Zhangjia City guards the traffic arteries in the east and northeast of Hecheng.

This kind of layout is not only beneficial for the five ancestors to occupy one side, but also convenient for grazing, farming, fishing, hunting, and gathering. .

Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi had just received Nimaha's reward. They heard that Cao Yu wanted to divide Jianzhou into two again. situation.

After Chenghua Liting, the Haixi Jurchen gradually changed from the role of the retinue of the Jianzhou invaders to the main force who repeatedly invaded Liaodong.As the Hulawen Jurchen went south to plant in Haixi to form the "Four Clans of Hulun", the focus of the Ming court's management of Jurchen gradually shifted from Jianzhou to Haixi.

As Haixi turned into the main force of border invasion, the Ming Dynasty adopted the method of "rewards" and "official positions" in Haixi to win over Haixi Jurchen in exchange for them not to invade the border again.From Hongzhi to Jiajing, as the Ming court’s control over the Jurchen gradually got out of control, the Ming court had to gradually turn to support the "submissive" powerful chieftain's method of restraining the barbarians, so it was as strong as the Hada tribe.

The turn of the Ming government's management policy caused changes in the Jurchen situation in the late Ming Dynasty, and it was against this background that the Haixi Jurchen King's Terrace emerged.

However, Jianzhou Jurchen was in a scattered and weak state since it became Huali Court. Since then, the rise of Jianzhou Wang Gao and Wang Wutang, Jianzhou's three guards have been in a scattered and weak state. Gong became a minister, and a "fault" phenomenon occurred during the turn of Jia, Long, and Wan.

During this period, the three powerful chieftains that influenced Jianzhou were Wangtai, Wang Gao, and Wang Wutang.Among them, Wang Tai is the chief of the Hada tribe in Haixi, but because of the support of Daming, he maintains influence on Jianzhou, while Wang Gao and Wang Wutang are the real strong local chiefs of Jianzhou.

The distribution of Jurchen at that time, Jianzhou is Suke Suhu River, Hunhe, Wanyan, Dong'e, Zhechen, Changbai Mountain Neyin, Yalu River, Donghai is Woji, Varka, Ku Erka Department, Hercynian is Ula Department, Hada Department, Yehe Department, Huifa Department.

The area where the Liubeile of Ninggu Tower and the people under its management lived belongs to the area where the left guard of Jianzhou lived, and the Suke Suhu Department was the core area where the left guard of Jianzhou and the right guard of Jianzhou lived.

At this time, the Suke and Suhu River Department was under the direct jurisdiction of Wang Gao, commander of Jianzhou Youweidu. The city was built in Gule Village in the lower reaches of the Suzi River, that is, the area from Gulou Village to Shengli Village, Shangjiahe Town, Xinbin, Xinbin. Wang Gao The core control area and Ningguta Tribal Branch Suzihe live up and down.

Since Ningguta was originally a branch of Jianzhou Zuowei, according to the general ruling relationship, it was not originally part of the Suke Suhuhe tribe, but it was stated in the "Complete History of the Qing Dynasty" that it obeyed Wang Gao's orders. For the "tribal alliance".That is to say, the Suke Suhu tribe was a tribal alliance formed by the tribe directly ruled by Wang Gao and the Ningguta tribe ruled by Juechangan.

That is to say, the Suke and Suhu tribes are actually a regional community formed by the core area of ​​Wang Gao, Jianzhou Zuowei, Mao Lianwei, and Mao Lianwei scattered settlements and walled cities, not just an area centered on Jianzhou Zuowei , nor is it simply an alliance between Wang Gao's direct ruling tribe and the Six Villages of Ningguta.

But don't forget that there was another strong chieftain in Jianzhou at this time, that is, Wang Wutang, the chieftain of the Dong'e tribe at that time.

In terms of area alone, the ruling area of ​​the Dong E tribe is probably slightly smaller than the "tribal alliance" ruled and influenced by Wang Gao.However, due to its geographical location, it not only connects the various parts of the East China Sea, but also connects Northeast Korea, so its commerce and trade are relatively developed and it is quite wealthy.

At that time, Ahana, the second son of Nurhaci's sixth uncle, Baoshi, wanted to marry the daughter of a certain chief, but the chief thought that although Ahana was a "prince" but "poor", he married his daughter to Erji, the son of Wang Wutang. , it can be seen that Wang Wutang's strength at that time far surpassed Ningguta.

Wang Wutang's Dong'e tribe also belonged to Jianzhou. Although Wang Wutang was destroyed by Li Chengliang, the Dong'e tribe's strength has also been damaged and has not been restored. However, Cao Yu said that he would divide Jianzhou into two parts. Woolen cloth?Could it be that only Su Ke and Su Huhe were divided?

In the end, Nurhachi was still sensitive. After being stunned for a while, he immediately said angrily: "What two points for Jianzhou? It's just that the Ming court wants to forcibly separate my brothers!"

But Shuerhaqi's words didn't seem so angry, he just frowned slightly: "If that's all, what loss does my brother have?"

Nurhachi's complexion changed slightly, and before he could speak, he heard Shuerhaqi say: "In the past, my six ancestors also lived in six cities, but the one who got Hetuala was the main one, and the brothers were assistants. Today, the Ming court has a large army The situation is oppressive, it is nothing more than that I retreated to another city, pretending to be separated. Although my brothers live in another city, it is natural that Ahun stays in Hetuala."

Nurhachi was angry in his heart, knowing that his younger brother had already intended to "fly solo", but Jurchen has always had the old system of separating residences, and he couldn't find a reason to refute for a while.

Scholars of later generations believed that the Lingudachuan River Basin was the place where Nurhachi lived for a long time, and formed the Linguda (Ninguta) tribe.The six patriarchs lived close to each other, forming a regional sphere of influence centered on Hetuala, which was composed of cities in different places controlled by several masters (Liutaizi Chengzhai Ezhen).

The "patriarch" in the Jurchen tribe refers to the head of the patrilineal family, and a "Uksun (family)" in the tribe consists of several families with close blood relations (often from the same ancestral branch) ("boo", that is, " package") composition.

A certain son in the head family inherits the name of the chief, and other sons marry wives and live apart one after another, and form an independent unit "boo" with their children and their in-laws in a certain regional organization. Each branch son belongs to each branch family within the head family The patrilineal head of the family ("the head") is also Ezhen who belongs to the "nationals" of the separated village.

Due to the existence of the separation system, "Ninggutabeile" and its descendants and elders separated into twelve places. The descendants of "Ningguta" and twelve villages including six terraces formed Ningguta Village. Guta Tribe.

The center of the Ningguta tribe is Juechang'an. The "Drafts of Qing History" says that Juechang'an, the ancestor of Nurhachi, "revealed the ancestor's old career", that is, inherited his father's position and took charge of his tribe.However, in the remnants of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, it is often only recorded as the leader of "trading barbarians", and his followers are provincial, so he is called "shiyi leader", that is, the leader of "trading barbarians in the market".

However, the "Shiyi leader" can indeed be determined to be the tribal chief, because only the chief has the right to trade with Ming Dynasty, which coincides with Juechang An being the center of the power of the Sixth Patriarch.

But there is a serious problem here, that is, according to the customs of Jurchen in the Ming Dynasty, the chief's power is actually quite limited.Chieftains always refer to their subordinates as people under their control or under their control, and they have certain powers.For example, when the chief's family has no savings, "if there is not enough, the food will be taken from the subordinates", or the subordinates will be ordered to go to Mingbian traffic border officials to ask for rewards and promotions.In addition, if you dive to the offending side, you need to tell the chief to do it. There is no reason to do it without permission. There is also a ritual of meeting the chief and listening to his command.

However, the chief has no stable binding force on his subordinates. For example, when the North Korean envoys entered the Jianzhou territory to enjoin the forbidden border, Li Dahan, the Jurchen chief of a certain place, claimed that he was unable to restrain the behavior of the tribesmen: "If you want to kill them, you must want to kill them." Harm me, the punishment of life and death, I can't use it."

The chief has neither the power of life and death, nor the execution of orders, so that the subordinates even "the words of the chief are not obeyed", "although they are called chiefs, there is no distinction between superiors and subordinates".

The weakness of the chiefs' ability to restrain and control their subordinates generally exists in the relationship between chiefs and clans with the same surname, and clans with other surnames attached to the chief, which makes the tribe tend to be scattered and go their own way.

The internal relationship of the Ningguta tribe also has a relatively loose phenomenon, which is the result of the combined effect of various factors.After the death of Juechangan and his son, Nurhachi was enshrined by the Ming Dynasty. It is reasonable to say that he was already the chief of Ningguta. Just oppose him, even assassinate him, which shows that the chief's power is indeed limited.

Although the phenomenon of mutual killing and hatred among members of the Uksun in Ninggu Pagoda was deeply influenced by the Ming Dynasty's Liaodong policy, the centrifugal and independent tradition among the Jurchen relatives was the essential internal cause of the centrifugal phenomenon within the Sixth Patriarch's family.It is the old custom of Jurchen that Mukun and Uksun are separated from each other.

Based on this old custom, when the children of the tribal leader’s family in the Jurchen tradition live separately, the people and property of the tribal country must also be divided to a certain extent. The people of the country are divided and ruled.

For example, the five ancestors of Nurhachi each had certain subordinates, and the descendants of the five ancestors inherited the management rights of the village and its population from the original village owner.

But now, since Shuerhaqi supports the Ming court's "two divisions of the state", it is bound to be divided from the current forces.

Undoubtedly, this division will at least take away the tribes and the people he belongs to now, and even if one is not done well, Daming will ask their brothers to "half and half" the existing power. For Nurhachi, The blow is even greater.

Nurhachi forced himself to calm down his anger and tried to soften Shuerhaqi with family affection.He coughed lightly, and said softly: "Dou, what you said makes sense, but the current situation of our Shens is different from usual, the Ming court is already under pressure, and if something goes wrong, the tragic situation of Chenghua may reappear.

However, Cao Yu didn't aim for this, but just let my brother and I separate from each other. What do you think is the reason for this? "

Of course Shuerhaqi knew "what is the reason for this", but he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he fell silent.

Seeing this, Nurhachi immediately said: "I don't think it's difficult to understand the truth. The Han people have a saying: 'Brothers are of one heart, and their benefits can cut through gold'. If my two brothers work together, there will be an army of nearly ten thousand. Who can take care of the nearby ministries? Even if you look around Zhushen, there are only a few countries such as Yehe, Hada, Ula, etc., which can have the power to fight my brother.

But what if my brothers live separately and form a separate family?I have less than five thousand soldiers, and I have only three thousand soldiers. Dong'e in the southeast and Hada in the northwest, who should be afraid of my brother?In this way, I would like to go to the ancient pagoda! "

Hearing what his elder brother said, Shuerhaqi couldn't help hesitating.

He remembered that he grew up under the protection of his elder brother since he was a child, and his elder brother did not treat him badly after he raised his army, making his strength second only to him.If it weren't for the fact that Murhazi has always fully supported the eldest brother, the strength of the eldest brother's direct line is actually very limited compared to his own.

In such a situation, forcibly asking for a separation, it seems that there is indeed some suspicion of unreasonable betrayal.

But Shuerhaqi was also afraid of Daming's power, and thinking of Gao Situ's "deep kindness" and great power to him, he worried that he would offend him and cause even greater disasters.At this moment, he only felt in a dilemma.

Seeing that his younger brother's expression was a little shaken, Nurhachi was about to strike while the iron was hot and try to persuade him again, but unexpectedly, Shuerhaqi thought of the "perfect plan", his eyes lit up, and he said, "Ahhun, I suddenly thought that living in two places does not mean I would rather the ancient pagoda decline!"

Nurhachi frowned and asked, "Why?"

Shuerhaqi said enthusiastically: "Ahhun, what do you think, Ye He is so strong, where is his strength?"

Nurhachi's heart moved, knowing what Shuerhaqi wanted to say, but he deliberately said: "Yehe is stronger than cavalry."

"No." Shuerhaqi shook his head and said, "I think Yehe's narrow escape this time is not better than cavalry, but actually better than having two cities."

Shuerhaqi's eyes brightened, and he said: "If Yehe had only one city, it would be like Gule Village in the past. Once surrounded by Tumen's army, Yehe would have no choice but to die. I prefer the ancient tower today. Being oppressed by the Ming army, it is difficult to resist, and it is also because I am only a city of Hetuala.

If I am forced to live elsewhere in the future, I will naturally have to build a city. Then I will be able to form the shape of Yehe Dongxibeile, and Ahun will be the horns of each other, looking after each other.If someone attacks me, Ah Hun can send troops to cooperate with me and attack inside and outside; if someone attacks Ah Hun, I can also send troops to cooperate with Ah Hun to attack inside and outside.

Ah Hun, since Yehe can dominate Beiguan with two cities in the east and west, why can't my two brothers dominate Manchuria with the establishment of states in the east and west?I think the key here is not whether I live apart, but whether you and my brother can always be of the same mind! "

Nurhachi's heart was cold, and he sighed secretly: Can you and my brothers really be in the same heart forever?

But the matter has come to this point, internal and external difficulties, Nurhachi has no better way, so he can only forcefully smile and say: "Dou, if you can think this way, Ah Hun is at ease. In the future, when I build a state, I will follow the example of Yehe's system of two cities in the east and the west. , if you want to build a new city, Ahhun will definitely help you."

Shuerhaqi was overjoyed and said: "Thank you Ahhun, Ahhun can rest assured, Shuerhaqi will always follow Ahhun's lead!"

Nurhachi showed a "gratified" smile, but thought in his heart: After all, it was Gao Situ who made the first move. The fate of tomorrow is hard to break. The foundation that I have worked so hard for several years has been divided into nearly half for no reason...
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