Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1973 Inside and outside the palace ([-]) Monarchs and ministers think differently

As for Burihatu, "he will definitely work the whole time", Gao Wushi can be sure through this analysis, but he is not really good at predicting things after all. .

From Gao Pragmatism's point of view, Brihatu's move probably did not distinguish between primary and secondary contradictions.Putting himself in his shoes, if someone Gao is now Brihatu, he feels that the first thing he should consider is to establish a hegemony in Central Asia, and then he must use various means to integrate the power of Central Asia, and finally consider Do you want to go back and find Daming for revenge?

In other words, going back to Ming Dynasty for revenge should be regarded as the "final goal" to a large extent, and should not be the number one goal, or the primary goal.

This kind of consideration has a realistic basis, and it is also a strategic thinking that has been proven to be very successful countless times.If you want to sum it up, it is the strategy of "weak first and then strong".That is to say, "Fight the weakest security team first, then hit the stronger Central Army, and finally hit the strongest Guangxi Army."

Gao Yushi believes that Altan Khan only sent all the Huangtaiji troops to subdue Oirat all the way to the west, and Oirat has not been unified since then, and it is still in a state of melee. It shouldn't be any stronger than it was back then.

Although Chahar is slightly inferior to Tumed in terms of strength, he was defeated by himself a few years ago, and even lost his hometown.However, since Brihatu had anticipated Ming's use of troops at that time, he had already made up his mind to run away in advance, so although Chahar's muscles were hurt in the first battle of Yuanyuan, it did not break his spine after all.

From this, it was also possible that Chahar defeated Yarkand and re-emerged in the Western Regions.And after they occupied and indeed conquered Yarkand, their lost strength must have been greatly replenished.

It’s hard to say exactly how much this supplement is, because Gao Yushi doesn’t know how Brihatu quelled the sectarian struggle within Yarkand—in fact, the biggest reason for the decline of Yarkand is probably the sectarian struggle, and the two sides of the struggle are called White Mountain Pie and Black Mountain Pie.

These two names sound a bit like martial arts novels, but they have nothing to do with martial arts, but a typical "heretics are more damned than heretics" problem.

The Baishan Sect and the Heishan Sect are originally of the same family, same clan, and same religion, but they have been in a state of opposition for a long time due to differences in sects and viewpoints.The two factions gradually transformed from the struggle for religious power into a political struggle. The long-term confrontational struggle was one of the main reasons for the continuous rebellion by the descendants of Hezhuo, resulting in continuous wars and long-term turmoil in the local area, which led to many tragic tragedies.

The Yarkand Khanate was originally a regime established by Said Khan, a descendant of East Chagatai, centered on Yarkand (now Shache, Xinjiang) in 1514 (the ninth year of Zhengde).In the country of Yarkand Khan, a religion that was the state religion developed rapidly, and two opposing sects emerged in it, the White Mountain Sect and the Black Mountain Sect.The two factions were divided by a political struggle for power and engaged in a decades-long bloody struggle.

The founders of the Baishan Sect and the Heishan Sect are the descendants of the leader of the Nahesibandiya Sect from Central Asia, Mahatum Azamu Hezhuo.In the beginning, these two factions were only created as a political force.

The rise of Mahetum Azamu and his Hezhuo family had a great impact on the political structure of the Yarkand Khanate.As the struggle between the two factions intensified, the relationship between politics and religion in the Yarkand Khanate also showed new characteristics.

At first, the rulers of the Yarkand Khanate needed to use the special role of the ZJ to maintain and consolidate their dominance.With the increase of ZJ forces, the secular government is gradually being controlled by ZJ forces.

The final result is obvious. Due to the extreme expansion of ZJ forces, the sect and Zhuo forces replaced the secular rulers of the Yarkand Khanate and established a political and political regime.

If Chahar would not have moved westward to Yarkand without the flapping of high-practical little wings, then the Yarkand Khanate should have existed for 166 years, and it would not be conquered by Junggar until 1680.

During this period of time, the power of local sects was concentrated in the hands of Ershidin and the Zhuo family for a long time.Due to his meritorious service in persuading Tuhelu Timur Khan to convert to a certain religion, his family has been manipulating various religious affairs in Khan's country. Of course, the power of the Eshdin family will also develop rapidly.

After the death of Mahetumu Azamu, his sons split up because of fighting for the succession of the leader.Among them, the struggle between the eldest son Yichan Karang and the youngest son Ishak was particularly prominent, which became the origin of the confrontation between the Baishan faction and the Montenegro faction.

After they entered the Yarkand area, in order to recruit more disciples and expand their influence, the conflict between the two sides continued to deepen, and gradually evolved into a life-and-death bloody struggle.

The Nahesi Bandiya sect split into two factions. One faction, headed by Ishak Hezhuo, mainly used the Yarkand area as a missionary center. It was called Ishakye, or the Montenegro faction.

The other faction, headed by Muhammad Yusuf, the son of Yichan Karang, mainly uses Kashgar as a missionary center, and is called Isaniyah, that is, the Baishan faction.

In fact, there is not much difference between the Baishan School and the Montenegrin School in terms of doctrine, but there are differences in the color, ceremony and form of the hat (for example, the Montenegrin School reads Zikel highly, while the Baishan School reads it low).The two factions often have disputes over unprincipled issues.In the end, this dispute developed into a bloody struggle for dominion.

The repeated struggles between the Baishan faction and the Montenegro faction are mainly manifested in politics.At first, the focus of the struggle between the two factions was to compete for the leadership of ZJ.However, since Muhammad Yusuf and Zhuo and Apak and Zhuo's father and son served as the leaders of the Baishan faction, the nature of the struggle between the two factions has also changed.Since then, the essence of the struggle between the two factions has gradually evolved from a struggle for civil leadership to a struggle for secular dominance.

The Baishan faction and the Montenegro faction are inextricably fighting for the right to succession, and it is difficult for anyone to win a comprehensive victory, so the Montenegrin faction Ishak and Zhuo decided to develop outward.After receiving the invitation of Abdul Kerim Khan, he entered the Yarkand Khanate.

In the original history, in 1592 AD, that is, the 20th year of Wanli, after the death of Abdul Kerim Khan, his younger brother Muhammad Khan succeeded to the throne.His coming to power would have marked a major political victory for the Montenegrin faction and Zhuo forces.Until the later period of his rule, the Montenegrin faction and Zhuo forces had seriously interfered in the government affairs, and could really control the situation of the government affairs.

However, the arrival of the Chahars changed the course of history.When Abdul Kerim Khan had not yet died but was seriously ill, the Chahar people suddenly killed him.

It is a coincidence that at this time not only Abdul Kerim Khan of Yarkand was seriously ill, but Tumen Khan, the "Mongolian Khan" of Chahar was also seriously ill-in fact, he was in the process of fleeing west. He was already ill, so it was at that time that he arranged for Brihatu to assist Buyan Taiji.

Now that the leaders of both sides are ill, it depends on who is more capable and united among the subordinates.

There is no doubt that at this point, Chahar has the upper hand.From the point of view of his subordinates, leaders like Brihatu are mature leaders who have been trained long ago by fighting wits and courage with Gao Pragmatic for many years.

From the perspective of unity, there is no doubt that there are sectarian disputes in Yarkand and people's hearts are not in harmony, but the Chahar people are dedicated to fighting, because they know that whether they and their tribe can survive depends on whether this battle can be achieved. win.

In this case, the battle is completely one-sided.I don't know if it is the characteristics of the war between nomads, but the huge Yarkand Khanate was completely defeated by the Chahar people in less than three months.

Abdul Kerim Khan, who was seriously ill and dying, chose to kill himself in desperation, which did not humiliate the status of King Khan.Later Tumen Khan heard the news, perhaps out of some kind of sympathy, and helped him hold a rather grand funeral.

But at this time, a really unexpected accident happened, and this funeral actually became the fuse of the next big war - because the funeral was held in accordance with the Lama J tradition that Chahar had practiced for many years.

Tumen Khan's good intentions were considered by the local Yarkand people as a deliberate humiliation of them, and then large-scale turmoil broke out under the deliberate provocation of the Montenegro faction.

This time, Tumen Khan was so angry that he died soon after.According to his last words, Buyan Taiji succeeded to the throne, named Buyan Chechen Khan.As the "Minister of Gu Ming", Burihatu was officially appointed as the Grand Master, in charge of the Nine-White Banner, and exercised great power.

Buyan Taiji —— er, I will call him Buyan Khan from now on. Although he has a somewhat impatient personality and seems to deal with many things too emotionally, and his attitude towards Buri Hatu was relatively suspicious for a while, but in the road west In the process of advancing, especially in the process of conquering Yarkand, they established friendship-this may also be one of Burhhatu's methods.

Since then, as the great khan, he has cooperated very well with Buri Hatu's work, and began to show one of his personal advantages-bravery.

Under Burihatu's planning, Buyan Khan's bravery was fully demonstrated.They worked out a counter-insurgency strategy of capturing the thieves first and capturing the king first. Every time the army was dispatched, the Hezhuo of the Montenegrin faction would be distinguished from ordinary people in Yarkand, and only the Hezhuo and the "mentors" would be killed during punishment.

[Note: Due to space limitations, the ZJ tutoring system of Yarkand was not explained above, and interested friends can refer to relevant information by themselves. ]
This move is very effective and the results are outstanding, but it is still not enough. After learning about the local people's sentiments, Brihatu quickly contacted the Baishan faction, and then introduced the Baishan faction into Yarkand to replace the Montenegro faction. The forces quickly quelled the turmoil.

However, Brihatu knew that such an approach would not cure the root cause—it doesn’t matter whether he is Baishan or Heishan, they are all doing the same thing.When the Black Mountain faction flourished, it would erode the authority of the Great Khan. Wouldn’t it be the case now that the White Mountain faction is replaced?
This is not allowed by Brihatu, so when he introduced the Baishan faction, he had already decided that the introduction this time was just to suppress the situation first and suppress the situation. The next thing to do is to completely eliminate the sect's influence. influence.

However, at the same time, Brihatu also knew that this matter was difficult to handle. If he suppressed it forcefully from the beginning, it would be no problem to cause another chaos in the Khanate, so other means were needed.

Since Yarkand's land, pastures, and other social wealth were concentrated in the hands of the Heishan faction and Zhuo before, after the introduction of the Baishan faction, except for a small part of these wealth was taken by the Chahar people, most of the rest Returned to the Baishan School.

This has led to a big trouble. It is difficult for Brihatu to effectively collect taxes on behalf of the Khanate - there is no doubt that all countries in the world are similar on this issue. Don't expect them to pay taxes if the sect is too powerful. Tax.

Burhatu is one of the very few people who can realize that the Mongolian nomadic social organization is not advanced enough, and taxation is a major problem.

He once thought about why the highly pragmatic reform can succeed?It was later concluded that highly pragmatic fiscal reforms were actually the basis of all his reforms.Even if some reforms were launched without fiscal reforms, in fact, the previous reforms will not be considered complete until the fiscal reforms are completed.

As a result, Burihatu launched a vigorous campaign of "planting cotton and weaving cloth".The reason for making this choice is that, apart from the fact that the local area is indeed suitable for growing cotton and weaving cloth, a big reason is that the places suitable for cotton fields were not valued by the Yarkand people in the past, that is, many of them were not in the hands of sects and Zhuo.

Through this campaign, a few years later, Burihatu led the Chahar people and the Yarkand natives who were willing to cooperate with Chahar to make a fortune, and completed the overtaking of the sectarian forces in terms of financial resources.So far, Brihatu's clean-up plan has entered a new stage.

Although he has the advantage in military power and financial resources, but as a smart man, Brihatu knows that it is better to kill with a knife than to kill himself.So there was a move to fight for the Ottoman musket deal and Kou Bian Daming.

As I said before, even if Brihatu tried his best to fight for and buy them, the Chahar people only had [-] Musketeers.

Here is the key point: Although there are not [-] troops sent, there are indeed about [-] troops, and there is not much moisture in this "title".However, among the [-] troops, the Chahar headquarters actually dispatched only about [-] troops, and the rest were all "local warriors" from Yarkand.

There is no doubt that these "local warriors" are not ordinary people, they are all armed forces in the hands of the Baishan faction and Zhuo and the few remaining members of the Black Mountain faction, and they are a group of people with the most steadfast beliefs in the sect.

Burihatu did not simply use force to force them to send troops, but mainly to lure them, supplemented by coercion. He used the benefit of "going to plunder the cities of Gansu, and the proceeds will not be paid" to drive them to use for himself.

The Baishan faction and the rest of the Zhuo and Heishan faction are very clear at this time that Buyan Khan and the others are not only powerful in force, but also have completely surpassed themselves in financial resources. If there is no way to recover, the future outcome may not be good.

Although it is dangerous to send troops to invade the Ming Dynasty, after all, all of them are cavalry, and the Ming army in Gansu is defending the sub-city and fighting on their own, so even if the battle goes badly, at least they can preserve their strength to the maximum extent.And if you play well, "the income is not paid", you will inevitably make a lot of money, and it may be able to save the crisis.

Even if the bait dropped by Brihatu was full of evil intentions, he had no choice but to bite it now.Maybe, as long as he bites carefully, Brihatu can lose his wife and lose his army?
Gao Wushi carefully analyzed the situation outside the Northwest Pass for the emperor. Except for the sectarian disputes that he didn't even know about, and Burihatu's murder with a knife, he basically explained the geographical situation clearly.

Seeing that Gao Yushi was still struggling with the "unreasonable" and "unreasonable" and "I'm afraid there is something wrong with Buri Hatu's move", Zhu Yijun appeared calm, even open-minded.

Zhu Yijun laughed, then shook his head and said, "Rixin, Rixin, you are good at everything else, but sometimes you rely too much on pre-war calculations, and you always unconsciously hope to think everything through before you start. It’s actually hard, and it’s not necessarily necessary.”

Gao Wushi was a little surprised, he looked at Zhu Yijun but didn't speak, obviously waiting for the emperor to explain the meaning of the words himself.

Zhu Yijun didn't play charades either, he moved the chair a little closer to Gao Yushi, raised Erlang's legs in a very inconspicuous manner, and said, "Rixin, do you know that as the emperor, when I face this situation, What I think is completely different from what you think. Why don't you guess what I think?"

Gao Wushi was shocked when he heard that, but he only looked surprised, and said: "The emperor is joking, the so-called monarch and minister, the minister can only think from the perspective and position of the minister, how can he know what the emperor thinks?"

"Oh...you are just a little boring sometimes." Zhu Yijun shook his head in disappointment, pretending to be listless, and said, "It's actually very simple, I just need to think about a few things: Since I was kidnapped again , then when can we counterattack? To what extent should the counterattack be fought? What kind of troops should be mobilized to be sufficient? How much silver and other materials do we need to prepare? And, who can we send to lead the army to win the battle? "

Gao Wushi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled wryly: "These ideas of the emperor are really...practical enough."

Zhu Yijun triumphantly bowed his hands to him: "Thank you, thank you - isn't it all because of your influence for 30 years?"

Gao Wushi scratched his head, thinking: "If the emperor wants to say that...well, it seems to be correct."

Zhu Yijun laughed loudly, and then said: "That's good, that's very good. Put away your wishful thinking about counting the strands of hair in advance, and let's discuss the few issues I just had. .First question: We are being beaten now, when will we be able to fight back?"

Gao Wushi reached out his hand and made a stop motion, frowned and said, "Hold on, Your Majesty, isn't it too early to talk about counterattack? Shouldn't we first discuss how to defend?"

"Do you think I don't know anything about the defense of the Northwest like some people in the outer court?" Zhu Yijun sneered and said, "Gansu is too far away. We just discussed how to defend here. Send the order to Gansu. Over there I don’t know what it looks like for a long time, and these orders have expired before they take effect.”

Good guy, the emperor Zhu Yijun is really getting more and more familiar with it now.Gao Wushi coughed lightly, and said, "The emperor means..."

"At present, defense issues can only be determined by the locals in Gansu. Whether we perform well or poorly, we can't help much in Beijing." Zhu Yijun put away his smile and said seriously: "The only thing we can do is The next stage is to arrange a counterattack!

Hmph, a group of bereaved dogs dare to bark at me, if you don't show them some color, how can I be the master of ZTE! "
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PS: 1, this chapter is 5K, and 4K is still owed. 2. Reply to the previous message: In fact, after reading this chapter and then reading the previous chapter, you will know that these two chapters are actually supplementary "Chahar's Conquest of the Western Regions", because if you don't supplement this paragraph, then Briha Tu's actions are inexplicable, and Daming's future actions will be like an NPC's automatic response.

Without an antecedent, the consequence becomes a neurosis.This is very inconsistent with the basic concept of my book: every important person's actions must have a reason and purpose, and every force is even more so.

(End of this chapter)