Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1719 Post-war Waves ([-]) Seal of the King of Shunyi
Perhaps the highly pragmatic prayers were more or less effective, and things developed relatively smoothly in the next period of time.Qi Jiguang, who was near Guihua City, was the first to get the news, and began to withdraw his troops from Guihua to the south, planning to go to Yanqing Prefecture to guard Jinglue Xingyuan.

However, it is said that Zhong Jinhatun was a little uneasy, and he personally saw Qi Jiguang off, and asked Commander Qi if Gao Jinglue had any dissatisfaction with Tumote—or with her personally, otherwise, why is he so close at hand? He also refused to come to Guihua City, so that she would have the opportunity to fulfill her friendship as a landlord.

In fact, from Qi Jiguang's point of view, it is not appropriate to answer this question.Gao Yushi's early return to Beijing was mainly based on political considerations within the imperial court, and it was obviously not convenient to tell the truth to Zhong Jinhatun about such matters.

But if you want to help Gao Wushi find another excuse, it is not convenient.As a general under Gao Jinglue's command, Qi Jiguang's words are good and in line with Gao's pragmatic intentions.

So, why don't you say anything or say that you don't know?It's possible, but obviously it's not a good idea either.Although Zhong Jinhatun has a strong thought of protecting the calf in the Tumet political system, from the perspective of Ming Dynasty's strategy, she is a firm pro-Ming faction and must belong to her own people, so she cannot show her confidence The attitude of others as an outsider.

Qi Jiguang was at a loss for words for a moment, hesitated for a while and said: "The princess is too worried, it's actually very simple to be naturalized if she doesn't come to Taiwan, it's just because the prince is not here."

Zhong Jinhatun said in astonishment: "What is the reason for this? Can Commander Qi make it clear?"

Qi Jiguang knew that the Mongols were far inferior to the rules of the Central Plains in this respect, so he had to explain: "The prince and Jingtai were called brothers 20 years ago, and Prince Erdemutu also worshiped Jingtai as his teacher, so Jingtai and the princess are actually brothers. It’s the relationship between uncle and sister-in-law. So, according to the customs of our Han people, uncle and sister-in-law don’t live in the same house when the elder brother is not at home. After passing through Guihua City and not entering, Qi thinks it is convenient or considers this taboo.”

Zhong Jinhatun's face turned strange, and he frowned and said: "This principle should be in the Celestial Dynasty, but since this is a Mongolian border, the Mongolian customs should prevail. Not to mention that Mongolia does not have such rules, even if there are, Jingtai is also not bound by this rule - he is the reincarnation of King Ming Bodhisattva, he only meets in the city at the slave's house, even if he is in the same room at night, no one will make irresponsible remarks."

Having said this, Zhong Jinhatun paused, then raised his eyebrows suddenly, and added seriously: "Even the great...king will not say a word."

This may be a difference in thinking. Zhong Jinhatun said it very naturally, but Qi Jiguang was rather embarrassed. He said, "ah, hehe... By the way, after Qi left, there are still many things in the city. It must be dealt with by Princess Lao. Especially Li Zongrong has chased the enemy far away, and he is looking forward to naturalization supplies, so please take care of Wangfei at that time."

"Don't worry, Commander Qi, this is what my family should do, and I must do my best." Zhong Jinhatun smiled, then rolled his eyes, and said: "Speaking of care, my family also wants to ask Commander Qi for something. "

Although Qi Jiguang was a little surprised, he still nodded and said, "Princess, please tell me."

Zhong Jinhatun said: "I am ashamed to say that my son Butashli is ignorant, and he made some mistakes last year, which made the prince angry. I think that if there are some good words from the scriptures, my son will have nothing to worry about." Therefore, the slave family thought, let my son take this opportunity to visit the scripture platform with some thank-you gifts, so that he can ask the scripture platform to give him some advice, and also ask Commander Qi to take him to Yanqing. I don’t know if Commander Qi is convenient. ?”

It turned out that he was just taking her son along, Qi Jiguang heaved a sigh of relief, nodded and smiled, "It's not difficult, but I don't know how many entourages the Prince will have on this trip?"

"Not many, just a few hundred." Zhong Jinhatun smiled sweetly: "It could have been less, but when he returned, there were no soldiers from tomorrow, so we still have to bring some people. I hope Commander Qi will forgive me."

Qi Jiguang can forgive it, after all, there are more than 6 Imperial Guards, and the number of hundreds of people has no effect at all, so he smiled and said: "The princess is serious, this is a trivial matter, how dare Qi refuse to follow orders? If you need to hurry up, please ask the princess to call the prince to come and accompany you quickly."

"Okay." Zhong Jinhatun was really refreshing, stretched out his hand and clapped his hands, and then Butashri rode out, and when he was approaching Qi Jiguang's horse, he suddenly got off his horse and turned into a single horse almost without hesitation Kneeling on the ground, imitating the fist-cup salute of the Han people, he bowed to Qi Jiguang, and said loudly: "The wild junior Butashli has seen Mr. Qi Shuai."

At this time, the Han people generally seldom call people "adults" indiscriminately, but the Mongols... can be more flexible, and Butashri's move is obviously deliberately done to show a low profile. Although Qi Jiguang was a little puzzled, he didn't To show it, he just smiled and stretched out his hand: "Prince, don't be so polite, so as not to break the rules."

The so-called rules, of course, are Daming's knighthood system.Hannaji is the Shunyi King of Ming Dynasty. Although Butashri is only his son in name—in fact, he is his uncle in terms of blood, because Butashri’s father is Altan Khan, and Altan Khan is Hannaji's grandfather, the problem here is that Butashri's mother Zhong Jinhatun remarried to Hannaji in accordance with Mongolian rules—but Daming has always attached great importance to the name, but the prince of Butashri Identity is unquestionable.

Qi Jiguang has a high position and authority, but he has not been knighted. How can a prince bow down to him? It is obviously inconsistent with the etiquette, so Qi Jiguang said this.But Qi Jiguang didn't seem to really care, why?This is more complicated, and the reason is roughly that the "prince" itself does not belong to the title, especially not the official title of the canonized foreign vassal.

In other words, at this time, there were only three people in Tumot, that is, "Da Ming Jin Guo", who were "registered" legal title holders in Daming.These three people are: Shunyi Wang Boer Jijin Bahanaji, loyal wife Qilagut Zhong Jin (Qiragut is the name of the tribe and her surname), Shunyi Wang Shizi Boer Jijin Erde wood map.

Except for the three of them, the other various princes and princesses are just called by habit. There is no real canonization on Daming's side, and of course they don't count officially.

Another point to be explained here is that the title of "Shunyi Prince" did not exist in the original history, but was added in this world due to the intervention of high pragmatism.

As for the reason for the addition, it is very simple: Hanaji sent the Erde Mutu to Gao Yushi. In order to ensure that there would be no accidents in the succession of Tumot's power, Gao Yushi proposed that the emperor give Tumot the map first according to the custom of Daming. specific successors.

The emperor readily agreed, because the completion of this matter was equivalent to Daming possessing the actual power to enshrine the leader of Tumot—this also meant that King Shunyi could be regarded as the real prince of the foreign vassal of the Ming Dynasty from now on. huge.

Closer to home, this time Butashri didn't play any outrageous tricks, Qi Jiguang asked him to get up and he got up, politely asked him to lead the team into the queue, and he led the team into the queue, acting like a member of Qi Jiguang's command, Qi Jiguang was secretly relieved.

However, not long after Qi Jiguang said goodbye to Zhong Jinhatun and led his troops to the south quickly, Butashri presented Qi Jiguang with many gifts during the break, including four top-quality Ujimqin horses, and then told Qi Jiguang There was something about Qi Jiguang that made him dumbfounded.

Butashri frankly admitted that he went south this time not only to give gifts to Gao Yushi, but also brought a letter from Zhong Jinhatun, asking Gao Yushi to accept him as his disciple.Only at this time did Qi Jiguang realize that he had been "schemed" by Zhong Jinhatun.

Poor Marshal Qi has been undefeated in all battles in his life, but he always suffers from women - he can't handle his wife at home, and he is cheated by Mrs. Zhongshun of King Shunyi when he is out, which makes him want to cry without tears.

Think about it, Butashri wanted to learn from Gao Yushi, but he was brought by Qi Jiguang. Even if Qi Jiguang honestly told Gao Yushi about the real situation, Gao Yushi would inevitably suspect that there might be "hidden secrets".

Apprenticeship is a very common thing in Daming, but Butashri's problem is quite special.Although Zhong Jin Hatun is already Hannaji's Hatun, the "inheritance" left by Altan Khan in her hand has always been relatively independent, and it has always been controlled by her instead of Hannaji.

So making Han Naji and her marriage very much a political alliance, the parties are roughly united, but Jong Jin Hatun has a lot of independence.The reason why Butashri merged with Erdemutu last year was that there was a lot of ambition in it.

Qi Jiguang couldn't help feeling a little dizzy, feeling that he might have brought a big trouble to Jingtai. If he didn't handle it well, it might destroy the extremely close relationship between Jingtai and Prince Shunyi's father and son.

A few days later, Qi Jiguang led his troops into the customs and arrived in Yanqing Prefecture.He immediately went to see Gao Wushi, and first reported the incident, and at the same time pleaded guilty to Jinglue.

Gao Wushi was really taken aback at first, and frowned.However, Qi Jiguang found that after he thought for a while, his brows gradually relaxed.

Commander Qi was puzzled, but Gao Wushi chuckled, and comforted him instead: "Commander Qi, don't worry too much. If this matter can be handled properly, it may be a blessing in disguise."

Qi Jiguang hurriedly asked about the clever strategy of Jingtai, but Gao Wushi didn't answer in a hurry, instead he said: "It seems that I will stay in Yanqing Prefecture for a few more days."

Seeing Qi Jiguang's bewildered face, he smiled and said, "A few days ago, King Shunyi had been ordered to return to his army, and Helin handed over some of the Western Sentinel horses led by Erdemutu and other Ordos soldiers and horses to temporarily garrison."

Qi Jiguang just said "Oh?" and didn't say much, because he knew that Gao Pragmatic's words were obviously not finished.

Sure enough, Gao Wushi continued: "King Shunyi mentioned something in his reply to me. He is very serious and sincerely hopes that I can help solve it."

This aroused Qi Jiguang's interest, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Change the seal." Gao Wushi twitched his lips, shook his head slightly, and said, "King Shunyi said that he discovered early on that the specifications of the king's seal he had been awarded were wrong. Although he didn’t say much at the time, he was still somewhat unhappy, so he always wanted to make new achievements in order to replace it with a gold-plated silver seal that conforms to etiquette.”

This is the first time Qi Jiguang heard about it, and he was surprised: "How can the king have the gift of a gold-plated copper seal? This seal... cough, Jingtai, I will dare to ask: Is it Shang Baosi who made a mistake, or the court?" On purpose?"

Gao Wushi was slightly silent.In fact, it is no wonder that Qi Jiguang was puzzled, and said, "How can the king have the gift of a gold-plated copper seal?"

The thing is like this: when I first granted the King of Shunyi, there was a book and an edict, but there was no king seal. It is recorded in "Martial Arts Records": "Make the Taishi present the golden book, seal I Da as the king of Shunyi, and give the edict."——You see, there are books and edicts but no seals. There are no records of this key etiquette. It may be due to the author's negligence, but it can only be that there is really no one.

In fact, when Wang Chonggu was drafting the tribute matters, he confirmed that I should be the king and give him a gold-plated and silver seal, but the strange thing is that he did not award it when he was canonized in the fifth year of Longqing.Therefore, in May of the following year, Wang Chonggu also begged for four things for I Da Khan, one of which was "asking for the king's seal, as in the previous dynasty's loyalty to the king".

Therefore, the Ministry of War discussed with the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites, and believed that: "The seal of the king of Shunyi should be cast as in the ancient proposal, and all watches and seals should be used." Emperor Longqing also quickly approved and approved.But for unknown reasons, the decision to print this time has not yet been implemented.

In April of the first year of Wanli, King Alda Khan of Shunyi once again "please show Yinrong all the ministries", and the Ministry of Rites "discussed that according to the title of the king, I would cast a gold-plated silver seal, and send officials to the governor to listen to my answer. collar".In this way, after two years of becoming king, Al Da Khan got the seal of King Shunyi.

Originally, according to the above records, the Shunyi King Seal issued by the Ming court was indeed the same gold-plated silver seal as the Hami Zhongshun King Seal.However, Zheng Luo, the border minister at that time and the new governor of Xuanda who was also a real school, wrote one thing into his "Fu Yi Ji Lue", entitled "Answering the Original King's Seal Is Not a Gold".

Relevant excerpts are as follows: (Yi envoy) You Yun said that the day before yesterday, China granted the king of Shunyi a gold seal, but today Jiulu is a copper seal, and Shunyi wants to return the gold seal, and it was originally gold, but it was copper.

Yu Ji laughed and scolded Yun: "Idiot, don't talk and make the world laugh. There is no gold cast seal in the world, gold is precious and called ears." But the gold belt worn by the bootstrap said: "If I am a minister, I wear a gold belt, It is very noble, but you can see that this belt is copper. If I use gold to make this belt, it will cost a lot of money, but the copper belt has always been called the gold belt ear. The king's seal is also copper. I am the governor of the three towns, and it is said to be hung with gold in ancient times Seal, it is also copper now. You urgently go back and tell the king, don’t make people laugh at you and you are not in trouble.”

At that time, the prisoner took the copper seal as a plan, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he responded casually, so the prisoner had no words.If you think about it, or argue that it is originally a gold seal, it will be difficult for you to insist on your words, and there is no way to respond.

This record seems to be a joke, but in fact there is a big problem!

The Shunyi King Seal, which was claimed by the Ming court and regarded as a golden seal by Mongolia, was actually a gold-plated copper seal.For this reason, Altan Khan specially dispatched envoys to negotiate with Zheng Luo, the governor of Xuanda of the Ming Dynasty, and demanded that the gold seal be exchanged, and the person responsible should be punished, and Zheng Luo "smartly" dealt with it.

The question here is, what should the King Seal of Shunyi look like?

Gao Yushi compiled the Wanli edition of Ming Hui Dian, and he is very familiar with these systems: the prince is a gold book and the gold seal of Gu Niu; the king of the county is a gold-plated silver book and a silver seal; Seals; bronze seals below the third rank; general seals are Hu Niu silver seals; general system, governor, governor and guards are Zhiniu copper pass defense.

The foreign royal seals are divided into three classes: gold seals, gold-plated silver seals, and silver seals.Among the foreign king seals awarded by the Ming Dynasty, Goryeo is the golden seal of the turtle; the gold seal of the king of Tubo Bailin; the gold-plated silver seal of the camel in Annam and Champa.

Among the king seals awarded to Mongolia during the Yongle period, the three kings of Shunning, Hening, and Wala were gold seals, among which the king seal of Shunning was the gold seal of Tuo Niu; the seal of King Zhongshun of Hami was a gold-plated silver seal.It can be seen that there is a clear distinction between gold, silver, and copper.Then, what Zheng Luo said was indeed a "casual answer", because Wang Yinzhong actually didn't have a gold-plated copper seal at all.

Therefore, if it is based on the seals of foreign vassal kings, the seal of the King of Shunyi should at least be a gold-plated silver seal; if it is printed according to the princes and officials, the seal of the King of Shunyi should also be a gold-plated silver seal or a silver seal.

However, what the Ming court actually awarded Altan Khan was a gold-plated bronze seal.Whether the gold seal was changed to a copper seal, whether the imperial court deliberately lowered the standard and rank of the King of Shunyi by lowering the printing, or whether it was arbitrarily exchanged by the directors at will, has always been an unresolved issue sealed in the dust of history in the original history. mystery of.

However, regarding this issue, Gao Pragmatic in this life is very clear about the inside story.
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