Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 774 Self-abandoning martial arts or self-mutilation?
Although the marriage of Dacheng Taiji and Zhong Jinhatun seems to make the right-wing Mongolia completely united, Gao Pragmatic is not worried about this, because as long as Butashri exists, this situation will never happen.

Dacheng Taiji already has a son. Although he is young, as the eldest son, he will definitely have his own power in the future, and he may even be the next Great Khan.

However, Zhong Jinhatun also has sons, not even Buta Shili alone. She and Alta have three sons, the eldest son Buta Shili is the seventh among the sons of Alta, the second son Sha Chixing is the eighth son, and the youngest son Yi'er Will be inferior to nine.

These three are the sons of Al Da, but Butashiri was assigned to the tribe, Sha Chixing and Yi'er Jiang Xun were still young, so they didn't get any of them, so Zhong Jinhatun didn't think about it?

But even if Butashri is satisfied with Xin Ai's subordinates, Dacheng Taiji can leave him alone after he becomes a profuse khan, what about Sha Chixing and Yi'er Jiangxun?The two of them are not the sons of Dacheng Taiji, and Dacheng Taiji is worried that the combined strength of the three brothers will surpass him, and he will not be willing to give them the tribe. In this way, how is the combination of him and Zhong Jinhatun possible? Really indistinguishable from each other?

So this contradiction, at least for the time being, is impossible to resolve, and high pragmatism can rest assured.

Of course, one of the worst outcomes is possible, that is, when Dacheng Taiji and Zhong Jinhatun give birth to a son, and both of them can let go of their private thoughts and designate this son as the next successor of King Shunyi In time, when that child grows up, he may be able to unite the entire Tumed Ministry.

But, even if they are really so successful and so selfless...it will have to wait more than 20 years.

For more than 20 years, I still can't master Tumed?

So this matter, calculated to this point, can already turn the page.

After solving this big problem, Gao Wushi began to examine the strength of right-wing Mongolia again.

The third point mentioned by Cao Gan alerted Gao Yushi, although it was Gao Yushi’s acquiescence to watch Altan Khan introduce the Yellow Sect lamas into Mongolia, because the introduction of Lamaism is actually a typical self-defeating martial art for Mongolia. At the time, Gao Yushi was very happy to see this, and he even quietly promoted it—for example, he had instilled some ideas of death in Han Naji back then.

But now, the matter seems worth a second look.

First of all, I want to explain a question that few people in later generations understand: We all know that Altan Khan introduced the yellow religion to replace the shamanism, but why did he do it?Is it just because shamanism likes to perform blood sacrifices and slaughter livestock?
That would underestimate Al Da Khan. He began to suppress shamans during his most powerful period. It cannot be because of this loss of financial and material resources.

In fact, the root of this problem lies in Dayan Khan, my grandfather.Dayan Khan is the lord of ZTE in Mongolia. After he came to the throne, Mongolian society was relatively stable.

Dayan Khan re-divided [-] households on the left and right wings, appointed his third son Baalsborot to lead the [-] households on the right wing, and himself stationed in Chaharwan to control the [-] households on the left wing.

In order to maintain the rule, Dayan Khan not only made important adjustments and deployments in the political and military aspects, but also made corresponding reforms in the religious aspects.

Dayan Khan closely linked the "Destiny Thought" of Shamanism with the Golden Family of Genghis Khan, and clarified the orthodoxy of the Golden Family with religious theories.Therefore, in theory, the ancient shamanism's "destiny thought" is applied to the feudal hereditary system, and used as an ideological weapon to ensure the permanent right of succession to the throne of the Golden Family.

Dayan Khan died and was succeeded by his eldest grandson, Bodi Arak Khan.Since then, a system in which the eldest son of Dayan Khan, a descendant of Genghis Khan's golden family, inherited the khan power has been formed.Shamanism's "Destiny Thought" became the ideological weapon inherited by the elders, and the Mongolian Great Khan's resident tent - Chahar Wanhu also became the center of Mongolian politics, economy and culture, and became a symbol of Mongolian orthodoxy.

But after the mid-Jiajing period, Altan Khan of Tumed had become the de facto leader of the [-] right-wing households.As Altan Khan's wings became more and more full, he was eager to try to compete for the position of Great Khan.For this reason, he opened up Qinghai and Hexi, traded with Daming, vigorously developed agriculture and handicrafts, and laid a solid material foundation for fighting for sweat power.

However, Altan Khan clearly knew that the deep-rooted orthodoxy among the Mongolian people was a huge ideological obstacle in front of him.According to tradition, Al Da Khan can only be a "fan screen", but according to reality, Al Da Khan is the de facto leader of [-] right-wing households, and he still remembers the lesson of his father's violating the tyrannical title and finally being forced to hand over his power still fresh.

This is a contradiction between tradition and reality, and I am in urgent need of a new solution.

At this time, the "innate khan power" of shamanism was contrary to his political purpose, and the Taoism introduced by the farming society of the Central Plains could not take root in Mongolia.

In the fifth year of Longqing, the meeting between the eminent monk Axing Lama of the Gelug Sect known as "Ezige Lama" (the father of Mongolian Tibetan Buddhism) and Altan Khan was the prelude to the second introduction of Tibetan Buddhism to Mongolia. .

During this historic meeting, Lama Ashing, citing history, deliberately compared Altan Khan to the incarnation of Kublai Khan.Lama Axing explained in detail the specific meaning of the Buddhist "Three Jewels, Six Paths, and Eight Precepts", and gave a brief introduction to the Buddhist classics "Kanjur" and "Tanjur".

But that is not the key point. The key point is that he advised Altan Khan to get in touch with Sonam Gyatso, the religious leader of the Gelug Sect, and Altan Khan readily accepted it, and made the decision to immediately send people to Tibet to welcome Sonam Gyatso.In fact, the situation of the Gelug faction was also very bad at that time, and they needed an authoritative ruler to help them.

Needless to say about those things in the middle, anyway, at the end, Sonam Gyatso officially announced: Altan Khan and him are the incarnations of Kublai Khan and Phagpa respectively.

what does that mean?It means that the leaders of the Gelug Sect are determined to rely on Mongolia and revitalize the Yellow Sect, and the intentions of the two sides coincide with each other.

When it comes to the official meeting, the Mongolian and Tibetan monks, laymen and rulers shake hands and greet each other with titles.The living Buddha Sonam Gyatso respected Alta Khan as "Zan Kelavaldi Chechen Khan Turning the Thousand Golden Wheel", which is the same title as Kublai Khan (meaning the wise and wise wheel-running king).

Altan Khan respects the living Buddha Sonam Gyatso as "Wazirda (Lai) Lama with all the holy knowledge" (meaning the great master with boundless Dharma sea).This is the origin of the highest title of "Da (Lai) Lama" for the monks of the Yellow Sect who are both Mongolian and Tibetan.

The living Buddha Sonam Gyatso went up to claim the second generation, and claimed to be the third Dalai Lama.It corresponds to Shamanism's "Destiny Thought" and "Innate Khan Power".

Therefore, the Living Buddha Sonam Gyatso legalized Alta Khan's succession to the position of Khan who was not the heir apparent in the form of religion.

Altan Khan followed the example of Kublai Khan, implemented the policy of paralleling the two systems of administration and religion, and promulgated the law "Ten Good Fortunes" to promote the yellow religion, which established the dominant position of the yellow religion from a legal point of view.

The Yellow Sect linked Altan Khan with Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, which not only maintained the admiration of the Mongolian people for Genghis Khan, but also eliminated the traditional concepts of "natural power of Khan" and "inheritance by the eldest son", taking the complete religious theory as the basis. Altan Khan fights for Khan's right to pave the way.

According to the Mongolian feudal hierarchy, Altan Khan stipulated that the corresponding upper-class monks of the Yellow Sect enjoyed the same political and economic treatment as the Mongolian nobles, and were exempted from taxes.

Since then, it has become the duty of every Mongolian to respect the Yellow Sect and respect Lamas.

Therefore, the yellow religion can be introduced by Altan Khan, just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who only respected Confucianism in the past, it is the need of the ruler.

But the trouble is that although An Da has stabilized his position and made the right-wing Mongols more and more independent from the "Great Yuan", he still failed to completely break away from the Mongolian Yuan court and had to send his eldest grandson Lalik to the left wing Tumen Khan of Mongolia held important positions around him.

At the same time, what made Cao Gan feel compelled to report to Gao Pragmatically was the rapid development of the Yellow Sect in right-wing Mongolia.

According to him, after the Yellow Sect was introduced to right-wing Mongolia, it rejected, attacked, transformed, and merged with Shamanism, the traditional Mongolian religion.For example, at last year's Chabchari Conference, Alta Khan stipulated that shamanism should be banned from killing and offering sacrifices, and shamanistic sacrificial ceremonies should be replaced by ceremonies such as chanting scriptures, worshiping Buddha, and burning incense of the Yellow religion; The statue of the six-handed master of wisdom replaces Weng Gun. When offering to the Buddha, only three whites are offered, and flesh and blood are forbidden.

In the process of preaching, the monks of the Yellow Sect often appear as doctors, advocate asceticism, get close to the lower herdsmen, experience the customs of Mongolia, and grasp the most extensive thoughts of the people.In response to the psychological demands of the lower-class herdsmen, they put forward the slogan: "Turn the blood-gusting river into a clean sea of ​​breast milk"-in addition to persuading the Mongols not to kill at will, there is an additional benefit for Ming, that is, they also persuade some The restless Mongolian nobles stopped provoking Ming.

This high level of pragmatism is also appreciated, and the Yellow Sect has other benefits. For example, the Yellow Sect advocates compassion, does not kill, and abolishes the bad habit of slaughtering a large number of livestock for the dead in the sacrificial ceremony of Shamanism. So now The price of beef and mutton on the border of the Ming Dynasty continued to drop. Cao Gan said that the price of beef and mutton in the capital was already [-]% cheaper than pork.

However, Cao Gan also told him that many Mongols now feel that fighting a war is an extremely sinful thing, and they should be as merciful as the Buddha cut his flesh to feed the eagle in the face of everything.

At the same time, under Altan Khan's personal demonstration, the Yellow Sect monastery is being built rapidly, and the number of lamas is also increasing. Cao Gan is worried, if this continues, who will herd the herds in the future?Will Jinghua still be able to do business in Mongolia when we come to Mongolia?

Well, it's not surprising that Cao Gan has limited vision.

Gao Yushi is actually more worried than Cao Gan—the precept of lamas not marrying wives will definitely lead to a slow development of the Mongolian population, no, it should be decreasing year by year, resulting in the continuous weakening of the Mongolian military power, and the growing number of producers. reduce.

It doesn't matter if there are a little less Mongols. After the Ming Dynasty completes the transformation of the Gunpowder Empire, it will no longer have to worry about any nomads.

However, if you are doing this now, how can I use the Mongolian cavalry to fight against the Hou Jin who may rise up?How can we use the Mongolian musketeers in the future to go against the Russian Cossacks?

At that time, even if Ming Dynasty has become a gunpowder empire, it can't send hundreds of thousands of infantry to hide and seek with the Cossacks on the grassland, right?
So, it's not impossible for you to abolish your martial arts, but you can't just break all your limbs!
Gao Wushi couldn't help but sigh: I'm such a miserable person, I'm so busy with my own affairs that I'm going bald, and I have to help other people to think about it...

(End of this chapter)