Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 894 Draw the curtain down?

How to deal with the 6000-strong Chahar surrendered army is a matter of great importance and pragmatism.

In fact, the fact that Magui and Qiataiji each accommodated [-] surrendered troops can explain some problems in itself.

Ma Gui took the three thousand surrendered troops in his hands, it must be out of consideration of "offering captives to the capital", not only for Daming's face, but also for his own credit; Chataiji's side is more direct, presumably for the sake of Strengthen one's own strength - this self can be either himself or the whole Tumed.

Now that Gao Wuzhen's prestige is in full swing, it is not impossible to force Chataiji to hand over the prisoners, but doing so will easily cause Tumet's centrifugal tendencies, which will conflict with his own win-win plan that he has already made up his mind. The meritorious deeds he made during the Monan War can be said to be the highest among Tu Mote, and it would be too ugly to take the prisoners from him forcibly.

If it is directly distributed according to the actual situation that Magui and Chataiji each get [-] captives, it is actually not very appropriate. The main reason is that Magui took the [-] captives in the first battle and fought with the remnants of Xin Ai. , and it was obtained after Chataiji dragged the opponent to exhaustion. The Ming army itself did not contribute in this battle.

After much deliberation, Gao Yushi decided to use these 3000 captives as favors. After all, when these [-] people were sent to Daming, they would only be used as captives in the Taimiao Temple. Apart from [-] heads, they would get nothing.

That being the case, it would be better to give it to Tumed to make up for part of their losses in the Monan War.Chataiji’s 3000 people are reserved for himself, which is regarded as a reward for his great achievements. The [-] people in Magui’s hand can be directly handed over to Han Naji, and let him distribute them to the various ministries participating in the war for supplement. .

In doing so, Ma Gui would not dare to disobey orders, but the high pragmatism still has to give some benefits.How Ma Gui's reward depends on the court's discussion and the emperor's decision, but Gao Yushi, as the civil servant who directly commands Ma Gui, has a great right to make suggestions on this, so he simply found Ma Gui and told him directly that he wanted him The 3000 people were handed over to Han Naji, and Gao Wushi suggested that Ma Gui be promoted to the chief soldier and Ma Chengxun be the deputy chief soldier when he went to the imperial court.

Ma Gui didn't have any objection to this, mainly because the things he had been worried about before were taken care of by Gao Yushi - the Ma family already had Ma Jin as the chief soldier.

If the Ma family sends out another chief soldier, then in terms of official position alone, it will even surpass the Tieling Li family. After all, "East Li Xima" and the Li family only has Li Chengliang himself as the chief soldier. Li Rusong is still "temporary" in the Shenji Camp exercise".Even if Li Rusong made a great contribution to beheading Dong Huli this time, he was still the commander in chief, and the Ma family could still stand against the Li family.

What's more, Ma's family also has Ma Chengxun, the younger generation's deputy chief soldier. Generally speaking, Yin Yin can still form a little advantage over Li's family - of course, Ma's family has fewer servants than Li's family, but this is another matter. something happened.

After dealing with Magui, Gao Wushi called Han Naji and Chataiji, and didn't mention the matter of continuing to pursue Tumen. Anyway, he would definitely not be able to catch up, so let him go.

Gao Wushi first told them the decision on the disposal of the captives, and the two looked relieved, looked at each other, and went forward to express their thanks together.

Gao Wushi accepted it with a smile, and then said: "Since this matter is settled, Tumen's side must be able to stop for a few years. The overall situation of Tumed has been settled, and the Monan War has come to an end. There are two things that should be done, one is that you, brother Naji, should marry Zhong Jinhatun as soon as possible, and the other is to hold a Kuritai meeting immediately after the marriage to inherit the position of Chechen Khan."

Hannaji was naturally delighted, and nodded repeatedly to express his approval.

Gao Wushi smiled, and said again: "By the way, there is a small happy event that I can tell Brother Naji in advance."

Hanaji looked joyful and asked, "I don't know what's going on?"

Gao Wushi said: "The canonization of the King of Shunyi this time will take back the previous seal of the King of Shunyi, and give a new seal and ribbon again, and this time the king's seal is a real gold-plated silver seal."

Hearing that Han Naji was overjoyed, he took a step forward and bowed solemnly to thank him. Gao Wushi smiled and helped him up.

It's just a seal, why is Han Naji so grateful?There's a bit of history to tell about this.

Previously, when I Da first conferred the title of King Shunyi, there were books and edicts, but they were not printed.It is recorded in the "Wanli Martial Arts Record" of later generations: "Make Taishi present a gold book, seal I Da as King of Shunyi, and bestow an imperial edict."

When Wang Chonggu was drafting the tribute matter, he determined that I should be awarded the king with a gold-plated silver seal, but he did not award it when he was canonized in the fifth year of Longqing.Therefore, in May of the following year, Wang Chonggu begged for four things for Ida Khan, one of which was "asking for the king's seal, as in the previous dynasty's loyalty to the king."

At that time, the Ministry of War, in conjunction with the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites, considered: "The seal of the king of Shunyi should be cast as if it were respected by the ancients, and all watches and seals should be printed respectfully." Gao Gong also supported it, and Longqing naturally agreed, but for some reason, this time it was printed. decision was not implemented.

In April of the first year of Wanli, King Alda Khan of Shunyi once again "please give the seal and show honor to all the ministries", and the Ministry of Rites "discussed that according to the title of the king, I would cast a gold-plated silver seal, and send officials to the governor to listen to my answer Only collar".In this way, Al Da Khan got the seal of King Shunyi two years after he became king.

According to these records, the Ming Dynasty agreed to issue the Shunyi King Seal, which is the same gold-plated silver seal as the Hami Zhongshun King Seal.However, in Zheng Luo's "Fuyi Jilue", there is a record "Answering the original seal of the king is not gold", which contains some different situations:

(Yi Envoy) also said that the day before yesterday China granted the king of Shunyi a gold seal, but today Jiulu is a copper seal, and Shunyi wants to return it for a gold seal, and it was originally gold, but it was copper.

Yu Ji laughed and scolded Yun: "Idiot, don't talk and make the world laugh. There is no gold cast seal in the world, gold is precious and called ears." But the gold belt worn by the bootstrap said: "If I am a minister, I wear a gold belt, It is very noble, but you can see that this belt is copper. If I use gold to make this belt, it will cost a lot of money, but the copper belt has always been called the gold belt ear. The king's seal is also copper. I am the governor of the three towns, and it is said to be hung with gold in ancient times Seal, it is also copper now. You urgently go back and tell the king, don’t make people laugh at you and you are not in trouble.”

At that time, the prisoner took the copper seal as a plan, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he responded casually, so the prisoner had no words.If you think about it, or argue that it is originally a gold seal, it will be difficult for you to insist on your words, and there is no way to respond.

This record obviously tells later generations that the Shunyi king seal claimed by the Ming Dynasty and regarded as a golden seal by Mongolia is actually a gold-plated bronze seal. Negotiations, asking for a gold seal, and punishing the person responsible, but Zheng Luo dealt with it casually.

So, what should the Shunyi King Seal look like?

According to "History of Ming Dynasty" and "Ming Huidian", it was printed in the Ming Dynasty. The prince is a gold book and the turtle seal is gold, and the county king is a gold-plated silver book and silver seal. It is the bronze seal, the general seal is the Hu Niu silver seal, and the general system, governor, governor and guard are the Zhi Niu copper pass defense.

The foreign royal seals are divided into three classes: gold seals, gold-plated silver seals, and silver seals.

Among the seals of foreign kings awarded by the Ming Dynasty, Goryeo is the highest grade, with the gold seal of the turtle, followed closely by King Bailin of Tubo, with the gold seal of the camel, and the gold-plated silver seal of the camel in Annan and Champa;
Among the king seals awarded to Mongolia during the Yongle period, the three kings of Shunning, Hening, and Wala were gold seals, among which the king seal of Shunning was the gold seal of Tuo Niu; the seal of King Zhongshun of Hami was a gold-plated silver seal.

It can be seen that there is still a clear distinction between gold, silver, and copper.What Zheng Luo said was indeed a "casual answer", because there is no gold-plated copper seal in Wang Yinzhong, which means that the bullying Mongols don't understand these things well, so they can fool them.

Therefore, according to the seals of foreign vassal kings, the seals of Shunyi kings should at least be gold-plated silver seals; if printed according to princes and officials, the seals of Shunyi kings should also be gold-plated silver seals or silver seals, and there is absolutely no reason for gold-plated copper seals.

However, what the Ming Dynasty actually awarded Altan Khan was a gold-plated copper seal.Whether the gold seal was changed to copper seal, whether the Ming Dynasty deliberately lowered the standard and rank of the King of Shunyi by lowering the printing, or whether the directors were willing to replace it privately at will, is an unsolved mystery sealed in the dust of history in later generations. puzzle.

Now, Gao Wushi is not interested in finding out how the Shunyi King Seal, which is currently in the hands of Zhong Jinhatun, has deteriorated, but he has personally taken care of the Ministry of Industry. .

Han Naji knew that there was a problem with the seal of the King of Shunyi last time, but Daming refused to admit it at the time, and he couldn't help it. Who knew that Gao Wushi could take care of such "small utensils", how could he not feel Congratulated and grateful?

After discussing the matter, the Battle of Monan has really come to an end, and the next step is to take advantage of the great victory to go through the process...

(End of this chapter)