Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 711 Horqin Four Parts, The Choice of Herdsmen
Horqin Grassland.

Horqin means "archer" in Mongolian, and it was one of the pastoral areas under the jurisdiction of Genghis Khan's second brother Habutuhasar earlier.

It is located at the northwestern end of the Songliao Plain, bordering on the Xilin Gol Grassland in the west, Hulunbuir Grassland in the north, Liaohe River, Liuhe River and Daling River in the south, and Lamulun River and Laoha River in the west. Rich.

The Horqin tribe mentioned in the late Ming Dynasty used this place as a pasture.

However, the Horqin mentioned here is actually divided into four tribes, the Nenhorqin, Maoming'an, Urad, and Sizi tribes.

The reason why it is called Horqin is naturally because the Nen Horqin tribe is the most powerful.

In addition, these four departments plus the Heshuo Special Department belong to the Horqin branch, and the birthplace of Horqin is the Hulunbuir Prairie-now it is the territory of Alu Horqin.

As early as the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1624), the leader of the Nenhorqin Tribe formed an alliance with Nurhachi and became the first ally and younger brother of Houjin.

Therefore, it is conceivable how strong the relationship between the Horqin Department and Houjin (Qing Dynasty) is.

After the Northern Expedition, the tribes in the western and central parts of Monan Mongolia all broke away from the control of the Qing Dynasty, and then made friends with the Ming Dynasty. Only the four tribes of Horqin still maintained their vassal relationship with the Qing Dynasty.

Usually, there are only a few people, at most ten people, who go to each camp to pass orders and collect taxes.

Although there are not many males on our side, as long as everyone works together, it is not difficult to keep them. "

"Drink tea every day?" Ge Gen's small eyes lit up, "Really? Are you talking about the people who grow tea in the south of Ming Dynasty?"

"Going north, there are water and grass for grazing all the way. How can there be no food and drink?" The cavalry commander said coldly, "If you want to be a slave for the Ming people, stay here!"

Otherwise, if the Ming army came to Horqin Grassland to plow once a year, they would have finished all four parts.

When Daming establishes a local government here, all herdsmen can live a good life, only those nobles can no longer collect cattle, sheep, fur from us, and can no longer enslave us like before.

These people all understand that their privileges and wealth come not only from pastures, cattle and sheep, but also from their subjects—if there are no subjects, who will graze them?Who will accept their exploitation and oppression as masters?
So the four chiefs and nobles bewitched the vast number of ignorant herdsmen...
In a certain camp in Nenhorqin, a cavalry commander raised his whip and scolded: "You idiots, it's been a few days, why haven't you started to pack your things? Are you waiting for the Ming army to chop off men's heads as military exploits? , snatch women and children as slaves?!"

The herdsmen relaxed—although these cavalrymen would not kill anyone, it still hurts to be whipped by them a few times.

In the third year of Zhaowu, the Ming Dynasty took over the west and east of Liaoning, and the Qing Dynasty retreated into the deep mountains and old forests to the east of the Great Wall of the Liao Dynasty. The communication with the Horqin Grassland was almost cut off, and the Horqin Four Departments panicked.

Even if the living conditions are not as good as here, and there are few pastures, they all admit it, as long as they can keep their privileges and wealth.

As long as we become citizens of Daming, we will definitely have a future.Uncle Gegen, you don't even know that ordinary people in Daming can drink tea every day! "

At this time, he stepped forward with a flattering smile and explained: "My lord, it's not that we don't pack up. It's because the journey is too far this time. We should save more cheese and dried meat. Otherwise, there will be no food on the way, and I'm afraid I will be hungry." A lot of people died."

Therefore, the leaders and nobles of the four tribes of Horqin decided to run with their subjects—to the Hulun Buir Prairie in the northeast, or to the territory of Mobei Mongolia in the northwest.

At the same time, they had to continue to curry favor with Daming and show their submission.

Hu De lowered his voice and said: "Actually, the nobles don't have many relatives now, and the little Taiji above us has no more than 100 relatives, half of them stay with him, and the other half go out.

Gegen came to a tent, looked at an ordinary-looking herdsman sitting by the pond fire, and asked, "Hude, is what you said really credible?"

It's a pity that Zhu Yuxi had a long-term plan for Monan Mongolia, and she didn't want to accept all the tribes as subjects like the Ming and Qing kingdoms did before.

Hu De went to look outside, came back to sit down again, leaned into Gegen's ear and said in a lower voice: "No - we just need to delay for a few more days.

The nobles of the four tribes never expected that after waiting for two years, Daming would hold back such a big move to directly rule the tribes of Monan Mongolia and take away their privileges and wealth as grassland nobles for generations.

Besides, such a good pasture in the Horqin Grassland can't be found anywhere, and Sibu is not willing to discard it at all.

In front of the dilapidated yurts, the herdsmen, mostly women and children, lowered their heads and kept silent, trembling with fear.

Ge Gen didn't fully listen to Hu De, and said: "It may not be difficult to keep ten pro-riders, but what if dozens of them are attracted later?"

"Where," Hu De pointed to the south, "I came from the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which is the north."

The deep mountains and old forests in the Northeast may not even be able to support the people of the Qing Dynasty today, and there is no place to settle when the four Horqin tribes go.

It's not that they don't want to withdraw with Qing, but they can't.

After finishing speaking, the captain waved his horsewhip, and led several cavalrymen under him to another yurt to urge them.

Ge Gen longed for the days of drinking tea every day, but he couldn't help sighing: "But the relatives of the nobles have come to urge us several times. If we drag on, they may drive us away."

This is simply harder to accept than killing them!
Wanting their lives is just asking for the privilege and wealth of one person or a generation, but Da Ming is asking for the privilege and wealth of their generations.

Daruge (ten husband leader, part-time military and political officer) in this yurt is a 50-[-]-year-old herdsman named Gegen.

The reason is simple--as relatively hard-core vassal tribes of the Qing Dynasty, the Horqin Four Tribes have frequently entered the customs and plundered them in the past few decades. Now they are still the enemies of Ming Dynasty, so why beat you?
Horqin's four tribes, which had lost a lot in the pass, were beaten up by the Ming army, and their strength became weaker.After a year or two, they can't do anything, they can only nest in their respective pastures and lick their wounds.

"Uncle Gegen, can I Hude lie to you? Daming is really only here for the nobles this time.

Gergen limped a leg in the battlefield when he was young, and only escaped the call of the nobles a few years ago, and survived until now.

At this time, they also began to try to make friends with Da Ming, and turned around and surrendered to Da Ming.But before he could act, he was beaten again by the Ming army.

The nobles in Horqin want to take everyone to move north, and Daming will not ignore it.

A few days later, the Ming army will definitely come over, and the nobles' cavalry will no longer be able to show off their prestige.

When they saw the Ming army now, they were as terrified as a lamb seeing a wolf. "

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　　
　
(End of this chapter)