Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 806 Alta is dead, the war is near

Guo Pu's departure was indeed a retirement after a successful career. As the only surviving minister of Gu Ming, his retirement was highly praised by scholars. Instead, Gao Yushi, a personal disciple, was ignored.

They did not receive such respect when they were in power, but they received it when they delegated power. This may be a certain characteristic of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why Washington in later generations is praised is not necessarily because of how well his two presidents did, but more importantly, because of his courage to delegate power.

In fact, according to certain unwritten rules, it is not uncommon for Gu Ming Fuchen to work until his death.

Like Guo Pu, his body is still very healthy, and he even looks tougher than Zhang Siwei, who is only 55 years old. If you can’t keep it, it can be described as high-spirited and bright-yan Song joined the cabinet at the age of 63 and worked until he was in his 80s. What’s the matter with you at 70?

But everyone has their own insistence. Yan Songzhan was obsessed with power and position, and he wanted to seek personal gain. That's why he sent food to the tomb before his death. The clothes are gone, and the merit and fame are deeply hidden, but they are seen off by hundreds of officials, and Shilin looks up to them.

Presumably, within a period of time, Guo Pu and Gao Yushi, the pair of mentors and apprentices, will be the favorites of scholars: the teacher is high-spirited and honest, and the student is the best in Kyushu.

Life is like this, what more can a husband ask for.

Guo Pu is gone, and a new era is coming, waiting for high-level practical challenges, and there will be more.

However, the challenge has not yet appeared, but the important task has come first.

After spending the New Year at the uncle's house, Gao Wushi received the imperial decree as soon as he returned to duty, asking him to preside over the Shanxi provincial examination together with Sun Jigao, the editor of the Imperial Academy, as a student of the Imperial Academy.

This is another situation where people are more popular than others, because Sun Jigao was originally a senior with high pragmatism—the number one scholar in the second year of Wanli. The number one scholar for eight years is already a waiter.

Of course, Sun Jigao's qualifications are enough. It stands to reason that next year he will pass the nine-year exam. Even if he has no merit, he should be promoted. It is estimated that this year's presiding over the rural exam has this meaning in it.

But just after Gao Wushi received the decree, before he went to see his majesty in the palace, the big news came: King Shunyi, I will die!

Immediately there was news in the palace that the emperor's reaction to I Da's death was: He was very respectful, and he specially ordered seven altars to be mounted, twelve bezels and one hundred pieces of cloth to show his superiority.

But this was just an official article. When the news came out, Chen Ju ran to Gao Yushi's mansion in sweat, and invited him into the palace, saying that the emperor had summoned him urgently.

Gao Wushi didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurried into the palace to ask for an audience.

When they arrived at the West Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yijun just saw him, and said: "Don't be polite, be pragmatic, come here quickly."

Before Gao Wushi could even make a gesture of greeting, he was called to him.

There was a map on the imperial case in front of Zhu Yijun. He pointed to the map and said, "Practically speaking, according to the situation map you submitted earlier, the core area of ​​Tumed is now divided into two major forces. Among them, The original Tumochuan Khan Court was controlled by Zhong Jinhatun, and the naturalization—that is, the original Daban Shengcheng was the territory of Hannaji.

The eastern region, up to the border with left-wing Mongolia, is the territory of Xin Ai's subordinates.Now that I am dead, what should Xin Ai do in the first place? "

Gao Wushi said: "Generally speaking, it is natural to rush back to Tumochuan immediately to prepare to succeed."

Zhu Yijun looked at him with piercing eyes: "How is the matter that was explained last time? How about Han Naji and Zhong Jinhatun?"

Gao Wushi said: "As far as Han Naji is concerned, he doesn't mind marrying Zhong Jinhatun, but he seems to be hesitant about transferring Xin'ai's territory to Butashri. Zhong Jinhatun has no objections. I just asked my ministers and others again and again whether they can guarantee to get Xin Ai's department."

Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "Why didn't Hannaji transfer the territory of Xin'ai? It's not his either... I heard that the Mongols' enfeoffment of territories is different from ours in China. Mostly he won’t be able to get the territory.”

"Although he can't get it, he may not be willing to give it to Butashri." Gao Wushi frowned and said, "Jong Jin Hatun's marriage to him may stabilize his position, but the position of Great Khan may not be guaranteed." Now, if he announces the transfer of Xin Ai's territory to Butashri right now, I'm afraid Xin Ai will turn his face and go to war immediately."

Zhu Yijun was surprised and said, "Xin Ai dares to fight first? Is his headquarters stronger than his father's?"

"That's definitely not." Gao Wushi said: "In terms of strength, Xin Ai's department is definitely not as good as Ida's department, but Ida's department is divided into at least three factions, and the one with the strongest financial resources is the master of Dabanshengcheng. The most manpower is the Alta Khan Court under the control of Jong Jin Ha Tun, but both of them have a big problem, that is, they have never fought any battles, and their ability to use soldiers and lead them is very difficult. It's all unknowns... and the one I answered most can fight is Chataiji."

Chataiji is the number one general under Alta's command. Gao Yushi saw it ten years ago. Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, the difference is not that big. At that time, his cavaliers and Magui's Majia army were with Chatai Gee briefly exchanged hands.

Chataiji must be really capable of fighting, so don't think too much about it.

"Is this Chataiji an independent force?" Zhu Yijun frowned and asked, "But Jin Yiwei's report said that he is a trusted confidant of I Da, and everything is on my orders."

"That's right, but that's where the trouble lies." Gao Wushi said, "Now that my answer is dead, we don't know whether he left any will before his death. Since this Chataiji only listens to my answer, in case I answer, if Xin Ai Huang Taiji succeeds to the throne by death, what do you think, the emperor, who will Chataiji help?"

Zhu Yijun's face changed as expected, and he frowned and said, "That's not good. Although Xin Ai is old and sick, she is also a battle-hardened person, and she is well-known in the Mongolian army. If you add Tumot's first battle Will help each other, I am afraid that even if Han Naji and Zhong Jinhatun join forces, they may not be his opponents."

Gao Wushi said: "Not only that, but there is another trouble."

Zhu Yijun said in shock: "Is there still trouble? Tell me."

"Lalik is still in Chahar (actually the translation in the Ming Dynasty is "Jia Han")." Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "If the situation just mentioned happens, that fellow Tumen might carry it out under the banner of Emperor Dayuan. Intervene, and the consequences will be unpredictable."

Zhu Yijun was a little skeptical and said, "What kind of strength and prestige does Tumen have?"

Uh, this... is really hard to answer.

After Dayan Khan regained the right-wing Mongolia and rebuilt the [-] household system, the authority of the Great Khan was restored and improved.Under the leadership of the "golden family" of Dayan Khan, thousands of households and tribes obeyed Dayan Khan's orders, and Mongolian society once again formed a unified situation.

After the death of Dayan Khan, the third son of Dayan Khan, Barsborot, who had been entrusted to right-wing Mongolia as Jinong at that time, ascended the throne of Khan.Although he "was seized by the mandate of heaven before he was in charge of political affairs" after he ascended the throne, and his reign was extremely short, judging from the concept of eldest son inheritance at that time, this was after all an usurpation of the Khan throne.This incident shows that there was a gradual separation between the left and right wings of Mongolia at that time.

This trend of separation also appeared between individual households and even individual tribes.The most far-reaching impact was in the third year of Jiajing, when Wuliang Hawanhu attacked the Kalkawanhu subordinates and provoked a war.

At that time, the news came out that Altan Khan immediately led his troops to expedition to Wuliangha, which opened the prelude to the 20-year war between Wanhu and Wuliangha Wanhu.

Tens of thousands of Mongolian households carried out six military operations against Wuliangha.Among them, the fourth conquest of Wuliangha was jointly carried out by the right-wing [-] households led by Mergen Jinong and Altan Khan, and the left-wing Chahar and Kalkhawan households led by Bodi Khan. In one fell swoop, Wuliangha Wanhu was defeated and dismembered. Most of the tribes were divided into [-] households. Now part of Xin'ai's territory comes from the previous "Wuliangha Heritage".

But the problem is that the expropriation and suppression of Uliang Hawan households this time was the result of the "agreement" of the tens of thousands of households participating in the operation, not the decision of the Great Khan, Dayan Khan's eldest grandson, Bodi Khan.In other words, as early as that period, the power of the Great Khan had been weakened again, and Mongolia once again fell into a situation where there was no unified political authority to speak of.

In fact, during this period of history, the right-wing [-] households were relatively consistent under the leadership of Mergen Jinong and Altan Khan, while they were in a close relationship with the left-wing [-] households.

In the 21st year of Jiajing, after the death of Mergen Jinong, Altan Khan became the de facto leader of right-wing Mongolia.Let’s not talk about the achievements in the early years. After the tribute in the Longqing period, Tumote and other right-wing households under his command achieved a peaceful tribute city with Daming, developed agriculture and handicrafts, and became stronger and stronger. The relationship between the leading left-wing Wanhu is naturally more alienated, and there is even competition and confrontation from time to time.

However, the reason why Zhu Yijun doubted Tumen's "leadership" was due to an incident in the second half of last year (the ninth year of Wanli):

In July last year, "Tuman (Tumen) Fang moved the wall and knocked hard, knocked the Han, and speed up the Hai sacrifice. It was scheduled to go straight to the front of Ning on the [-]th day of August. Later, the local barbarians changed the contract with the captives because the chieftain, Lao Sihan, had not yet arrived. On the [-]th, the barbarian envoys rushed there, but they did not come. Those captives who arrived in the west had only one branch of the ancient python. The barbarians could not take captives , dare not enter. In September, the captives began... to part ways."

When this happened, Gao Wushi was still on his way back to the capital, and he only found out after arriving in Beijing.

What does it say?It means that Tumen Khan had originally agreed with other tribal leaders that on August [-] they would join forces to attack the area under the jurisdiction of Qianbingbeidao in Liaodong Ning, and punish those who "did not arrive" but the chief, Lao Sihan, did not arrive after the deadline and changed After the date, after being urged by Tumen Khan's proclamation, he still failed to come to join the army as promised. Only a leader of Mang Guxie came as promised. Tumen Khan had no choice but to postpone the action for one month.

It can be seen from this that the authority of Tumen Khan as the "Khan of all Mongolia" has declined to what extent at this time. Zhu Yijun's doubts about his authority were not groundless.

But Gao Wushi is a person who is very good at "guiding". He immediately said: "It is not surprising that Tumen's orders are not easy to use when attacking Daming, especially before Ning... It is not only the defense area directly under Li Chengliang (the Liaodong General Army is stationed) Guangning), and it’s not too far from Ji Town, the Mongolian tribes are frightened by the two of them, how can they mess with these two?”

"But!" Gao Wushi emphasized: "If you intervene in the Tumed civil strife, the situation will be very different."

Zhu Yijun thought about it and asked, "Because this is an opportunity to unify Mongolia?"

"No!" Gao Wushi said decisively: "The other ministries will never help Tumen because he has a chance to unify Mongolia. On the contrary, they will not be happy to see Tumen unify Mongolia."

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment: "Why is that?"

"Because the unification of Mongolia is only good for the Khans, not for them!" Gao Wushi spread his hands and said, "You think, after the unification of Mongolia, the Khans will keep their promises, so all kinds of Khans like them, What authority is there?"

Zhu Yijun stayed for a while, and then said: "If that's the case, why do you still think that Tumen Khan will be popular when you join the Tumote Department? Don't the other Khan and Khan refuse to help him?"

Gao Wushi laughed, and said: "These are two different things. For the Tumen, what they see is the opportunity to unify Mongolia, but for the 'Khan Nahan', what they see is the division of the land. Mert's chance!"

"Oh... I understand." Zhu Yijun is not stupid after all, but he was just stunned by Gao Yushi just now, and now he came back to his senses and said: "That is to say, Tumen Khan thinks there is a chance to bring Tumote back under his command , and even directly grasped it, while the other "Khan and Khan" were in the name of helping Tumen Khan, in fact, they just wanted to break Tumed to pieces, and then each robbed a part of Tumed's tribe and territory , Divide it up and let the Tumen sweat and rejoice?"

Gao Wushi smiled and cupped his hands: "The emperor is wise."

I am a fart, isn't this what you pointed out?
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "But this is very troublesome for me, Ming, because... Tumote is now a subject of Ming, and his great sweat is King Shunyi of my Ming."

Gao Wushi sighed: "That's right, that's where the trouble lies. Since Tumed's Great Khan is the Shunyi King of my Ming Dynasty, no matter who inherits the Khan, as long as my Daming hasn't given up on Tumed, then they Being attacked by Tumen, it is not easy for me, Daming, to sit idly by. What's more, when the time comes, we will push Han Naji to be Tumed Khan. , How can I, Daming, ignore it?"

It was only then that Zhu Yijun realized that the matter was serious. Although he had been following a highly pragmatic train of thought and wanted to completely control Tumed, he had never thought about following Tumen in a daze at this time—even the entire Mongolian university. fight.

What should I do now?Do you still care about Tumed? ——
Whether there will be another chapter today, I don't know now...

(End of this chapter)