Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 772 Cao Gan's Emergency Report
Gao Wu was so busy in Annan that he devoted all his attention to the establishment of the southern border, and he was inevitably a little slack in other aspects. When Cao Gan sent an urgent letter, he suddenly realized that there was about to be a man in the north. changed.

Cao Gan could barely read some words at first, so he didn’t mention his literary talent, but since he surrendered to Gao Yushi, Jinghua Trading Company is in a unique position in the trade with right-wing Mongolia, and has monopolized at least half of the trade with right-wing Mongolia. With the trade within Mongolia's sphere of influence, his status has gradually improved, and he gradually feels that he must strengthen his cultural accomplishment.

Especially when his son Cao Ke has been a high-level pragmatic companion for ten years, he is now a proper "Jinghua first secretary". In turn, Cao Gan was forced to strengthen his self-cultivation, so the bald king of the year Cao Dazhao invited several teachers to teach him to read and write, and his level gradually improved a lot.

The letter written to Gao Yushi this time, Cao Gan did not give anyone a fake hand, it was completely written by himself.

Cao Gan's letter was a long letter, and it was very long, containing tens of thousands of words.Of course, he didn’t write so much to show off his literary talent in the letter, but he gave Gao Pragmatic a detailed analysis of the situation of the Mongolian right wing from the headquarters to the situation of the Ordos Department and Qinghai Tumed Department. This is to confirm his conjecture.

Cao Gan’s conjectures are mainly three-fold:
First, Altan Khan is already seriously ill, and may die of illness in a few months or at most one or two years. At that time, there may be a power change or even a struggle within Tumed. I hope the master will prepare for it in advance.

Second, Da Ming—even to say that he is highly pragmatic—the two major allies in Tumot, Dacheng Taiji and Zhong Jinhatun, did not have much conflict of interest when I Da was still alive, but as long as Once An Dahan dies, their interests will conflict immediately, and I hope the master will make preparations quickly.

Cao Gan even expressed worry here: Maybe the master will choose one of the two allies as the only ally in the future.Obviously, he is not optimistic about Dacheng Taiji and Zhong Jinhatun, that is, Han Naji and San Niangzi, who can still maintain harmony after Alta's death.

Thirdly, Cao Gan specifically pointed out that with Alda’s conquest of Qinghai three or four years ago, he brought Tibetan Buddhism back to Mongolia again, and made the greatest efforts to promote it in Mongolia. Now Mongolian Lamaism is clearly gaining power, while The situation with shamanism is tough.

However, Cao Gan always felt that Tibetan Buddhism was "extremely lazy" and "lifeless", which might ruin the bravery of the Mongols. Please consider carefully whether you support or oppose it.

Finally, Cao Gan also brought up an "extra topic", saying that five years ago in the Northern Yuan Dynasty "Zasak Tuhan" Tumen held the "Kuritai Conference" to reform the Khan court system and delegate important positions to other departments. A person with real power in ten thousand households, assisting the Great Khan in handling major government affairs in order to consolidate the Khan's power.

Among them, Amutai from Wanhu in Chahar, Weizheng Subahai from Wanhu in Khalkha, Kutuktai from Wanhu in Ordos, Nomuda Lagulaqi from Wanhu in Yongshaobu, etc. In desperation, Al Da Khan also sent his eldest grandson Lalik to take up the post.

However, due to the longevity of Altan Khan, his eldest son Xinai Huang Taiji is now over 60 years old. In Mongolia, he is completely old. Now his eldest grandson is far away from the Northern Yuan Emperor in Chahar. , in case I Dahan died suddenly...

Cao Gan expressed cryptically that perhaps the master could choose to support Dacheng Taiji or Zhong Jinhatun's son Butashri, and surpass Xin Ai and Lalik to ascend to the position of Khan.

With great difficulty, Gao Wushi finally turned his attention back to Annan, seriously recalled the situation in Mongolia, and took Cao Gan's letter to read it carefully again, and then slowly sorted out thinking.

My answer is that death is something that cannot be escaped. This old Khan is already in his seventies. He has fought all his life. He must be the same as Ma Fang and Liu Xian. He is full of injuries and can survive until now. Already amazing.

When did he die in history?Nine years of Wanli, or ten years of Wanli?Gao Yushi can't remember clearly, anyway, he has at most one year to live.

As for the power struggle after his death, that's for sure.It has happened in history, and the power structure inside right-wing Mongolia has not changed much in history, so the probability of it happening is infinitely high.

However, Cao Gan thought that Dacheng Taiji and Zhong Jinhatun would have conflicts, which surprised Gao Yushi a little.

To his surprise, Dacheng Taiji in the original history fell off his horse and died when he was hunting not long after Ida died, so there was no obvious fight between him and San Niangzi, so that he was very pragmatic. He forgot to think about what would happen if Dacheng Taiji did not die, but Cao Gan discovered this keenly.

It seems that Lao Cao has made great progress in recent years...

However, the question he raised really needs to be carefully considered. After all, such things as falling from a horse and falling to death may be just an accident of history.

You know, his Dacheng Taiji is quite strong in right-wing Mongolia!On the other hand, San Niangzi has very limited actual strength, especially because her child, Butashri, is young and has not yet gained the power to control the Khan Court because of his advocacy of Buddhism and negligence of government in his later years. How many packages.

That is to say, regardless of Ida's eldest son, Xin Ai Huang Taiji, once Ida dies, Dacheng Taiji will hold great strength, and Zhong Jinhatun will hold the name of Khan Ting.

Will the two of them pinch?It is very possible, because there is already a prerequisite here: Xinai is old, and his eldest son Lalik is far away from Tumen Khan. Lalik was detained or placed under house arrest in left-wing Mongolia, waiting for the right time.

"Third Lady..." Gao Wushi murmured.

Of course, he didn't have any special thoughts about Zhong Jin Hatun, but he thought of the third lady in history... She is a good friend of Daming, so she has been highly praised in many documents of later generations .

However, Gao Wushi knew very well that this "faithful friend of the Ming Empire" might be the chief culprit that led to the collapse of the prairie hegemony that Al Da spent his whole life building up in just over thirty years.

His nectar, my dove poison.vice versa.

This is not a high-level pragmatic grandstanding, it is what it is.At that time, after the death of Altan Khan, the eldest son Xinai Huang Taiji inherited his father's Khan title, throne and power. Considering that Zhong Jinhatun was always in charge of the trade with Ming Dynasty, which was of great importance to right-wing Mongolia, so he He also took his father's favorite concubine Zhong Jinhatun as his wife.

Xin Ai and Huang Taiji have fought with his father for many years, and I answer that he only needs to divide the army into two groups. If he leads one of them, then the other must be Xin Ai. It can be seen that as long as I answer is gone, his prestige in the army is beyond doubt.

With such prestige, Tumed could have been safe and sound.However, when he came to the throne, he was over sixty years old, suffering from injuries and illnesses, unable to handle many major government affairs, and difficult to control the political situation.As a result, Zhong Jinhatun took the opportunity to manipulate the real power of Tumed Wanhu.

Zhong Jinhatun and Alta Khan had a son, Butashri, who was the youngest and least powerful among Altan Khan's sons.As a mother, Zhong Jin Hatun naturally tried her best to help her son get the most benefits, even if it was unreasonable.

Altan Khan's direct descendants, Kuku and Tuncheng (known as Guihua City) under his personal command and possession were all owned by his beloved Sun Dacheng Taiji after his death.As a result, in the second year of Altan Khan's death, Dacheng Taiji fell from his horse and died while hunting.

This is a big trouble. Zhong Jinhatun was afraid that Dacheng Taiji's inheritance would fall into the hands of others, so he came forward in person and actively matched, asking Dacheng Taiji's widow Dacheng Biji to marry his son Butashri, so that Dacheng Taiji's estate was transferred to Butashri.

But such tricks are too obvious, and some nobles headed by Alta Khan’s confidant, Chataiji, strongly opposed it, which triggered the civil war in Tumed—Chataiji was loyal to Alta, and Dacheng Taiji was also very loyal. , he believed that after Dacheng Taiji died, his fief should belong to his son.

If there is no agreement, the only option is to fight, so the two sides fought bloody battles with swords and swords, and many soldiers died in the internal fighting.In the end, it turned out that it was Xin Ai Huang Taiji's eldest son Lalik who married Mrs. Dacheng Taiji, which brought the dispute to an end.

However, this is only the first time that Daming's old friend San Niangzi messed up Tumote's world.

In the 14th year of Wanli, Xin Ai Huang Taiji passed away.His eldest son Talik succeeded Khan to the throne, and at the same time, he proclaimed himself the third generation King of Shunyi.Zhong Jinhatun, who had failed last time, once again made waves, taking the military talisman used by Chechen Khan to dispatch troops and the special seal used by King Shunyi to trade with the Ming court in his own hands, claiming to hand it over to Butashri.Lalik was furious, so he sent troops to crusade, and the internal fighting resumed.

This time, the Ming court came out to be a peacemaker, and formally conferred the title of "King of Shunyi" on Lalik, forcing Zhong Jinhatun to hand over the military talisman and seal to him. Cooperate with Lalik to host and supervise the mutual market trade activities between the Mongolian right wing and the Ming Dynasty.

Lalik also made concessions, and he gave up Kuku and Tuncheng to Butashri.After two internal struggles, the vitality of Alda Khan's direct lineage was severely damaged, and its control over the [-] households on the right wing was greatly weakened, and it gradually failed to reach Qinghai, Hexi Corridor and other places.

After this turmoil, it was quiet for more than ten years, and in the 35th year of Wanli, Lali Ke passed away.His eldest son, Chaotu Taiji, had died before that.But his eldest grandson Bushitu, who was stationed in Qinghai at that time, heard the news of his grandfather's death, so he hurriedly returned to Tumote from Qinghai to prepare for the throne of Chechen Khan and Shunyi.

At the time of power change, Zhong Jinhatun stepped forward for the third time and decided to carry the turmoil to the end.This time she came forward to support her grandson, Su Nangtaiji, the son of Butashri, to fight for the supremacy of Tumetwanhu.

The leaders of Tumote's headquarters and even the right-wing ministries all believed that Bushtu was the legal heir, and they were enemies with Zhong Jinhatun and Su Nang. However, under such a confrontation, Bushtu was unable to ascend the throne.Until the 39th year of Wanli, Huang Taiji, the younger brother of Lalik, contacted 73 right-wing households, a total of [-] Taijis, gathered in Tumote, and unanimously decided to resolutely support Bushitu.

Zhong Jinha was frightened by the military threat of the right-wing leader, so he was forced to make a concession and handed over Chechen Khan's soldier amulet, mount, and King Shunyi's seal.Soon, Zhong Jinhatun, who had caused three civil strife in Tumetwanhu, passed away.

However, the matter was not over yet. In the 41st year of Wanli, Bu Shitu finally officially took the throne of Chechen Khan, and the Ming court also recognized him as the fourth generation "King of Shunyi".However, Su Nang Taiji still refused to obey the jurisdiction, and repeatedly provoked troubles, which caused turmoil in Tumote's ten thousand households.

Gradually, the royal orders in Kuku and Tuncheng could only take effect in the [-] households in Tumot, while the control over the [-] households on the right wing was completely lost, and the tribes in Qinghai, Hexi Corridor and other places no longer obeyed orders.

Altan Khan's hegemony, only 31 years after his death, was completely destroyed in the hands of the woman he loved the most during his lifetime.

Of course, it’s still the same sentence, he’s nectar, I’m poison.

On the other hand, the poison of the dove is my nectar.

Gao Yushi didn't care at all whether Altan Khan's hegemony could be maintained, what he cared about was the chain reaction caused by this situation.

At that time, compared with the turmoil in right-wing Mongolia, other parts of Mongolia were even worse.

When Dayan Khan divided the sons, the ninth son, Geyi Senza, was in charge of Waikhalka.In the 15th year of Wanli, his third son Nuonuohe's son Abadai had an audience with the Dalai Lama, and was named "Great Weiyi Wazir Khan", becoming the first leader in Mobei Mongolia to have a Khan number. ,

Since then, the leaders of various tribes in Khalkha have called Khan one after another, and Zasaktu Khan, Tuxietu Khan, and Chechen Khan have appeared successively. people to conquer.

At this time, the Oirats were also fixedly divided into four parts: Heshuote, Junggar, Durbert, and Turhut, forming the "Oirat Alliance". Sri Lanka was also granted the title of Khan by the Dalai Lama.The four alliances have been at war with the three Khans of Waikha for years.

In the 20th year of Wanli, Tumen, the last Mongolian Khan who was able to issue orders to various ministries, "Zasak Tuhan" died, and his son Buyan came to the throne, named "Chechen Khan". All he could control was Chaha Er Wanhu.

There was great chaos within Mongolia. Although there were "Khans" everywhere, none of them could stabilize the situation and reunify.

For Daming, this seems to be a good thing, but because of the other thing Cao Gan mentioned just now, it makes Gao Wushi worry about whether this thing is really good or fake.

Ten years ago, Gao Wushi had already started to implement his plan to secretly influence and gradually control Mongolia. There were both economic control, such as making Mongolia inseparable from the daily necessities provided by Ming Dynasty through the mutual market; political control, such as supporting the Han Naji became a powerful ally of Ming in Mongolia.

As for the third lady, Zhong Jinhatun... she is actually Daming's mistress just like Bahan Naji.

But the chaos in Mongolia is not what Gao Pragmatically wants—he only needs a little chaos, because a little chaos is enough to ensure that his plan can be implemented, and if it is a big chaos, even if it is successful, it will be of little use.

Historically, Lin Dan Khan took advantage of the decline of the Mongolian right wing and managed to unify Mongolia in name, but was hanged and beaten by Nurhachi and Huang Taiji. In the end, the Mongols became the lackeys of the Manchus.

Of course there are various reasons such as the decline of Ming's strength, but if Mongolia itself did not decline so quickly, how could it have fallen into such a situation?

Therefore, Dacheng Taiji is still the third lady, this multiple-choice question is not easy to do.

(End of this chapter)