Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 827

"I have been traveling across the grasslands for more than 12 years from Handulai Xiya Tuotuo. Since [-] years ago, I have invaded the Ming realm with the Great Khan and fought a total of more than [-] times. I have seen important officials of Ming Dynasty The generals don't know how many people there are, but there is no one, just like Gao Qinshi today, people... have nowhere to use their strength."

In the yurt outside Yunzhong Ancient City, Chataiji sat at the head and sighed.There was a large bowl of kumiss on the short-legged bed beside him, and the bowl was still full until now, so it was evident that he had no intention of drinking it.

There are four other people in the tent, they are the four generals under Qiataiji's command, namely Yatouzhi, Dingshibu, Niuzhihai, and Yuankechi (I really admire this translation from the Ming Dynasty). They are also very ugly, looking at each other face to face, but don't know how to persuade them.

After a while, Ya Touzhi grabbed her beard and said: "Taiji, do you think this imperial envoy is too busy to do anything? We Tumet who is the Chechen Khan is none of his business. Ask him to come here." Insert a bamboo stick horizontally?"

It seems that his name was not obtained very well, and he really only has the IQ of a girl.

Chataiji was already used to it. He just shook his head slightly when he heard the words, and said, "Xian? This is not idle. This is a demonstration. Maybe there are even bigger plans."

"Demonstration?" Newton interjected and asked, "Are you trying to scare us with the Tonggong Exchange? What are you afraid of? It's great. Let's go directly to the Ming people to grab it as we did more than ten years ago!"

"Shut up!" Chataiji said angrily, "It took so much painstaking effort for Da Khan to be able to trade for more than ten years. Do you want Da Khan to waste all his previous efforts!"

The number one warrior in Mongolia was furious, and even Niu's hail, who was a confidant, couldn't help shrinking his neck in fright, lowering his head and not daring to say more.

But Chataiji still refused to let him go, and continued to scold him: "You also said to go to the Ming people to rob him. Did we rob him back then? You tell Bentaiji, at that time we robbed him every year, but when did the tribe Can people not starve to death? Now, how many years have you not starved to death or frozen to death in your tribe? Tell me?"

Niu's head bowed deeply, not daring to argue with Chataiji.

Dingshibu coughed lightly, and said: "Taiji is right, relying on robbing is not enough. It didn't work when Khan was there, and it's even more so now."

Yuan Kechi also nodded in agreement, and said: "Yes, it's better to trade in the market. You can exchange anything you want. As long as there are enough cattle, sheep and horses, there is nothing that cannot be exchanged. Everyone in the tribe is very happy."

Qiataiji didn't speak, but Yatouzhi spoke again, and said, "It's not like you can get anything, except for ironware. Only those pots in Jinghua are considered ironware, but those things can only be boiled and eaten, and they can't be used as arrows." , let alone a scimitar...Why didn't Gao Foye open it all back then."

Gao Foye was referring to Gao Gong, because he presided over the opening of the market and persuaded the emperor to agree to sell the pot to the Mongolians. After the introduction of the Yellow Sect, the Mongolians in Tumet regarded him as a Buddha and a Bodhisattva.

When mentioning Gao Gong, Chataiji's heart moved, and he suddenly said: "There is also a Buddhist temple in Tuotuo City, and there is a statue of Buddha Gao in it, or... tomorrow I will take Gao Qinshi to pay homage to him?"

Seeing that he stopped scolding himself, Niu quickly came out to save himself some points, and hurriedly said: "Taiji is a good idea. I heard that Gao Qin envoy is Gao Foye's nephew. If he goes to the Buddhist temple to see us, we will treat him If my uncle admires him so much, he will definitely feel good about him, and maybe he won't care about who is Chechen Khan."

The other three people immediately applauded when they heard it, but Chataiji himself, who proposed this idea, shook his head and said: "Take him to pay homage to Lord Buddha, I don't doubt that he will feel good about it, but, Because of this matter, he doesn't care about Chechen Khan's ownership, that's impossible."

Everyone hurriedly asked why, and Chataiji sighed: "In the words of the Han people, it is his private matter to pay homage to God Gao Buddha, but it is a public matter to be canonized King Shunyi. Judging from his performance today, it is impossible for him to combine private matters with Officially confused."

"Does Taiji still take him to pay homage to Lord Buddha?"

Chataiji thought for a while, and said: "Go, why not go? It's better to make him feel good than to make him feel bad. Besides, don't you all trade with Jinghua Trading Company, so you have a better relationship with Jinghua, the owner of Jinghua , will never be a bad thing."

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized, and praised him one after another.

At the same time, in Tuotuo City, in a mansion where Gao Yushi stayed temporarily, Ma Gui was explaining to Gao Yushi the current deployment changes of Tumote in front of a map provided by Jinghua.

Gao Wushi listened expressionlessly until at a certain moment, he suddenly interrupted: "You mean, the current Daban Shengcheng is different from 12 years ago, and it has built city defenses now?"

"Yes, although the last general has never visited it in person, according to the detailed report of Jin Yiwei, it is probably equivalent to a middle school."

There are three levels of counties and prefectures at the upper, middle, and lower levels of the Ming Dynasty, and the Zhongfu is also a middle-level prefecture.

However, Jin Yiwei does not know whether he refers to the central government of the inland or the central government of the nine borders. Although there is no difference between the central government of the mainland and the central government of the nine borders in terms of the division method of the Ming Dynasty, this does not mean that the population, In terms of acres of land, taxes, etc., it is not the case in city defense.

The central government on the nine sides is much stronger than the city defense of the central government in the interior.For example, Fenzhou Prefecture in Shanxi Province and Qingyang Prefecture in Shaanxi Province, if you compare the city defense with the mainland, the city defense system of both of them may surpass Wuchang Prefecture.

Fortunately, Gao Yushi felt that even the city defense level of the central government in the Mainland could be regarded as extremely strong for Tumed.

That's enough.

Then he asked again: "You said just now that Xishao is stronger than all the ministries, because in addition to the strength of the headquarters, Xishao also has a large board and at least [-] men in the city?"

Xishao refers to the soldiers and horses led by Hannaji, and its extended meaning refers to the tribes and territories he led.

Here it is necessary to briefly explain the situation of Dongshao at that time: Altan Khan divided the part of Tumot into two parts, namely Dongshao and Xishao.His khan court is located in the east sentry, which is Fengzhou Chuan Wangting, and the command of the west sentry was handed over to Han Naji by Altan Khan (also the historical fact).

This is because Han Naji was thrown into Daming in a fit of anger. No matter what happened, the final result was that Daming and Tumed realized the exchange of tribute, and Altan Khan was named King of Shunyi.

This is the goal that Alta Khan has been fighting against Ming Dynasty for more than 40 years. Because the cause of Hannaji was finally realized, not only did Altan Khan not blame Hannaji for throwing Hannaji’s south into the Ming Dynasty, but also Ida returned the West. Command of the post was handed over to him.Historical records: "At the beginning, Han Naji was returned, and I ordered the main board to be promoted, named Dacheng Taiji, and his wife was named Dacheng Biji, and all the troops and horses were strong."

Of course, the "soldiers and horses" here do not include the entire Dongshao, but refer to the strength of Hannaji's soldiers and horses. Except for the headquarters led by Altan Khan, there is no opponent. Including the tribe led by Xin Ai.

However, the troops of Alda's headquarters are not particularly concentrated. For example, out of the [-] cavalry here in Chataiji, [-] belong to Alda's headquarters.But after An Da's death, Zhong Jinhatun, who was actually in the position of regent, had only nominal authority over this army, and in fact could not be adjusted at all—unless Chataiji agreed.

At the same time, because Chataiji has been in the position of "the first important general" under Alda's command for a long time, the soldiers and horses assigned by Alda are very useful after Alda's own death and before the new Chechen Khan is elected. May prefer to act on the orders of Chataiji.

Therefore, the current situation of the military strength of Tumed Headquarters (excluding Dongtao, Xitao, and Qinghai) is as follows: Assuming that the strength of the two outposts that I answered originally was "ten percent", then Hannaji was in sole control from the beginning. About [-]% of the cost, and the remaining [-]% were directly controlled by I Da, but in fact, I Da began to believe in Buddhism after six years in Wanli and didn't care much about it.

As for the affairs of the exchange of tributes, he also sent them to Zhong Jinhatun and Han Naji according to the east and west whistle.

Now that my answer is dead, there is no problem with Xishao, because Xishao has always been in the sole control of Hannaji, and no one has shared power with him.

However, the problem of the east sentry is very big, and there is a tendency to divide it into three parts: Guihua City, where Wang Ting is located, is controlled by Zhong Jinhatun, which can be regarded as [-]% of the strength; [-]% of the strength, but because Xin Ai still has some Wuliangha and Yongxiebu tribesmen in his hands, the real strength is a little stronger; the other [-]% belongs to free forces, of which Chataiji has the highest prestige.

Therefore, in terms of military strength on paper, Hannaji must be the "Xiong Zhubu", because he monopolizes [-]% of the strength of the Tumed headquarters.Zhong Jinhatun, Xin Ai, and Chataiji theoretically all account for [-]% of the strength, but their respective advantages and disadvantages are different.

In addition to having the seal of King Shunyi and the nominal regent in his hands, Zhong Jin Hatun also had Guihua City, which is the later capital of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot.

Xin Ai's advantage is that he is in a state of preparation for war all the year round (because he faces the left-wing Mongolia), and he himself can be regarded as a veteran general for many years. In addition, there are some "bonus" of Wuliangha and Yongxiebu's troops. The real strength is second only to Yu put Han Najib.

At first glance, Chataiji's side is undoubtedly the weakest side. There are no strong cities like Dabanshengcheng and Guihuacheng to hold on to, and there is no superiority in military strength. He relies entirely on his personal prestige to call on those free forces. , it is slightly inferior.

However, his personal prestige is too strong—how strong is it?

For example, in the 29th year of Jiajing, Qiataiji had just turned 20 years old, and he was already a general Tumed who had won the title of "Zhebie Shenshe", and even shocked the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty.

This year, Qiu Luan, the commander-in-chief of Datong, said this in his report to Emperor Jiajing: "The most urgent problem for the captives is Xuanda...the four chieftains, Alta, Tuotuo, Xinai, and Wushen. The bandit camp will divide our Dabian piers into separate administrations, and the captives will look out for the pier army, and the army will herd horses for the Dalus, so there are no captives who don't know the true and false in the interior..."

Look, the four "captive chieftains" - Tuotuo, that is, Chataiji's ranking is second only to Alta, and even ahead of Alta's eldest son Xinai Huang Taiji!

Why did Gao Yushi come here to pay tribute, instead of going to Guihua City first, he came to Qiataiji first, because Qiataiji has now become the key to the change in the strength of Tumed headquarters.

If Chataiji chooses to stand on the side of Hannaji, then Hannaji and Zhong Jinhatun will be added to him, which will directly account for [-]% of the strength of Tumote Headquarters. Xin Ai can't win this battle even if she is possessed by me.

At this time, Ma Gui also replied, "Master, the saying that Daban was promoted to the city of [-] Han sons is still the situation ten years ago, and it may have increased a lot now."

As he spoke, his eyes flickered—a lot has been added, how much is a lot?He didn't dare to say it directly, for fear of offending Gao Yushi, because as far as he knew, there might be hundreds of thousands of Han Chinese living in Dabansheng City.

This is also one of the reasons why Hanaji is so powerful, because the cultivation level of the Han people is much better than that of the Mongols, so more Han people means more food, and because the Han people are also better at business, they have more wealth.

In fact, it is better to say that Han Najib's ministries are better than his ministries-financial power is his most stubborn part.

In addition, Daban Shengcheng is not only rich, but after the completion of Alda's tribute, because it was transferred from the hands of the Bailian sect to Hannaji, the original reason for not allowing Daban Shengcheng to build the city defense no longer exists ( This matter is described in detail in Volume [-] of this book), and now it has been renovated, and it has a city defense level equivalent to that of "Daming Zhongfu", which is even more serious-this means that Han Najib can be attacked and defended, and he has already Almost invincible.

In history, San Niangzi tried to promote the city several times, but she always failed to force her to grab it. One of the important reasons was that she couldn't raise the city.

The Mongolian cavalry are good in field battles, but they are far inferior to the most powerful period of the Mongol Empire in the past. They used to bring back cannons from Central Asia, but now... the iron pots can only be bought from Daming, what else? Easy to say?

But Ma Gui didn't know that there are many Han people in Daban City, although it is a shameful thing for the whole world, but he is very pragmatic and doesn't care about it, maybe he will be happy in his heart.

Because the more Han people, the higher the degree of Sinicization of Daban Shengcheng. If Han Naji is surrounded by some Han people all day long, his heart for Han will never be weakened.

"Departure tomorrow, head to Dabansheng City..." Gao Wushi was interrupted by the orderly outside as soon as he spoke.

"Report! The imperial envoy, the northern prisoner Chataiji sent someone to report, and asked to take the imperial envoy to Zhongyi to call for worship tomorrow."

Calling is the temple.

Gao Wushi was taken aback, went to the temple to worship?The Buddha is not my ancestor. Even if you go to worship Buddha, you can't say worship. Could it be that you, Chataiji, are so awesome that you actually found out that the Buddha is your ancestor?
Gao Wushi frowned and asked, "Did you pass the wrong message? Even if I go to worship the Buddha, how can I say worship?"

"Imperial Envoy, I am not mistaken, that's what the people from Chataiji said. They said that there is a separate side hall in the Loyalty Call, and in the side hall is the... statue of Lord Gao Wenzheng."

What the hell!

Gao Wushi was stunned: You Mongolians are really awesome. It’s okay to worship my third uncle’s portrait in private. You even dare to erect statues of gods in temples. Did you really turn my third uncle into a Buddha?
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