Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 773 Out of the fortress
In March of the sixth year of Shaotian, the emperor made a tour to the west, stationed at Jiming Station, and ordered to set up Jiming Town.

Then went north to inspect Xuanhua and Zhangjiakou Fort, and changed Zhangjiakou to Zhangyuan Town.

When the emperor visited Wucheng, the leaders of various tribes in Outer Mongolia came to worship and pay tribute.

Tengji, Si Tengjite and his brothers and nephews drove cattle and sheep, and carried furs to Zhangjiakou. Standing on the pass, Zhu Yihai saw the sky full of smoke and dust, and there were countless people and horses. He almost thought that Brother Tengjisi had rebelled again.

Fortunately, now that Ming Dynasty has gone out to defend outside the Great Wall, Huaihuang Tun Town has been set up outside Zhangjiakou. Huaihuang Station and Huaihuang Tucheng are adjacent to the Zhangku Avenue under construction.

Now most of the people here are of a military nature. The elite imperial battalion is stationed at the bastions. There are also post stations in the post city. The post soldiers are also paramilitary personnel. The people in Tunzhuang also organized Baojia and militia.

In the Northern Wei Dynasty, six towns were set up outside the pass, and now the Ming Dynasty also set up new military towns such as Yuyi, Huaihuang, Rouxuan, Fuming, Huaishuo, and Wuchuan along the outside of the Great Wall, as the core support outside the pass.

Outside the walls of the Great Wall with these military towns as the core, there are half-cultivating and half-grazing, all of whom are soldiers, paramilitary and armed immigrants.

To the north of them, there are Taipusi Ranch, Royal Ranch, Donggong Ranch, Military Horse Farm, etc. established by the imperial court. In the mountains to the east, there are also Royal Mulan Hunting Ground and Summer Resort.

These places are mainly grazing, and they are also at the forefront of the direct control. The pasture is the boundary. Further north, there are some scattered Mongolian herdsmen recruited, who are directly registered as households, and the pastures are divided here for them to graze. They are with Sunit buffer.

To the north are the two wings and eight ministries of Sunit. The imperial court set up two guard houses for them.

Teng Jisi brothers came to pilgrimage, and also came to pay tribute and trade.

"Since the fifth year of Longqing, my Ming Dynasty and Altan Khan of Mongolia reached a tribute agreement and started to open tea and horse exchanges in Zhangjiakou and other places. Zhangjiakou has become the largest exchange market along the Great Wall. In the 41st year of Wanli, the imperial court built it at the foot of the Great Wall. Yuanbao specializes in Mongolian-Han trade. Since then, tens of thousands of Mongolian herdsmen have driven cattle, horses and alpacas from the grasslands to Zhangjiakou for trade. It has thus become the largest fur distribution center in the north, and even won the leather city among the people. title.

It is also an important tea distribution center in the north. "

Wen Anzhi looked at the countless herdsmen without any panic, knowing very well that these herdsmen were able to come, and they had all been checked in front of them.

Many Han people who went out for trade also used to call this place Dongkou.

Most of the people go out of the Great Wall through Datong's Shahukou and Xuanhua's Zhangjiakou, which are the two Great Wall passes. Therefore, people are used to calling Shahukou the West Gate and Zhangjiakou the East Gate. Now a large number of immigrants go north to develop cultivation or export trade. The upsurge of walking west and east.

Standing on the tower of Dajingmen Gate in Zhangjiakou, Zhu Yihai can feel the importance of this place more intuitively.

In the north is the Bashang Grassland on the southern edge of the Mongolian Plateau, which is really like a huge dam blocking the front, overlooking Xuanfu from a high position.

The Central Plains built the Great Wall along the mountains on the southern edge of the plateau. When the Great Wall reached Zhangjiakou, there was a natural pass.

In the Ming Dynasty, the key point of the national defense strategy was the Nine Sides, and Xuanfu Datong was the head of the Nine Sides.

Dushi, the two members of the Zhang family are the backs of Xuanfu; Xuanfu is the Pinghan of the capital.

The mouth of Zhangjiakou refers to the natural water mouth that passed through when the Great Wall was built. Ningchuan Water is the natural water mouth formed between the East and West Taiping Mountains where the Great Wall passes through at the northern end of Zhangjiakou after the Qingshui River exits the Chongli Mountains.

This kind of natural waterway cannot be blocked, but can only be guarded by troops.When the troops were stationed at the beginning, there was a family surnamed Zhang living nearby, so it was named Zhangjiakou according to the convention.

"There are Foye Mountain and Dama Mountains outside the Zhangjiakou Great Wall, and Zhangjiakou guards against natural waterways. The dangerous pass between the Taiping Mountains on the left and the Taiping Mountains on the right is the first place where the Mongolian Plateau enters Gyeonggi. This place is truly unique."

Compared with Dushikou in the east, here is Zhangjiakou, Huailai, Tingqing and other basins. Along the Yanghe River and Sanggan River, you can directly hit Juyongguan Pass. If you can break through the pass, you can go straight to Beijing, Yanzhao Plain Unobstructed view, no hindrance.

However, because of this, there is a continuous Great Wall defense here, which also makes this family's mouth not only an important military defense area, but also an important area for transportation and trade.

The Qingshui River passes through the water mouth between the East and West Taiping Mountains, passes through the city of Zhangjiakou, and flows all the way to the southwest, which also makes this geomantic treasure land.

With mountains, water, and basins and plains, it is a good Jiangnan.

The Yinshan Mountains have become a natural boundary here, and the inside and outside of the Great Wall are two completely different geographical units.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the population here was underpopulated, and the imperial court settled Yu Ding from the Shanxi Guard Station to settle down and farm. Now, after being ravaged by the Tartars, it is still recovering quickly.

As an important foreign trade port, the self-healing ability here is amazing.

Tengjisi and other Mongolian tribes came to trade again and again, and many adventurous Han merchants brought their goods out of customs, which also made this place change with each passing day.

"Tell Teng Jisi, it's been hard work from afar, rest outside the customs first, and I will summon him tomorrow."

"Your Majesty, Teng Jisi is quite ambitious, so be careful."

Although the imperial court greatly rewarded the Sunite Department who was the first to oppose the Qing Dynasty, it did not completely trust them.

"Ma Qing, are brothers Teng Jisi restless lately?" Zhu Yihai asked Ma Jixiang, the commander of Jin Yiwei.

"Returning to Your Majesty, since Tengjisi was bestowed by His Majesty and moved them to the dam, they have become very powerful. Under the banner of fighting rebellion for the imperial court, they have attacked other tribes in Monan Mongolia everywhere, just like Genghis Khan with different fathers The Abaga tribe, the descendant of his mother and brother Beligutai, was attacked many times by them, and many livestock, cattle, sheep, and people were taken away. Looting.

Because of his repeated victories, this person has become a little swollen. He always publicizes that he is the sixth grandson of the Mongolian hero Dayan Khan, and he wants to restore the glory of his ancestors. "

Zhu Yihai just laughed when he heard this.

Lin Dan Khan, the last great Khan of Mongolia, is the seventh grandson of Dayan Khan, so he is regarded as Lin Dan Khan's uncle in terms of seniority.

However, when Dayan Khan rejuvenated Mongolia and unified the tribes, he sent his descendants to be the leaders of the tribes. Therefore, the leaders of the Mongolian tribes in the south and north of the desert, except the Karaqin tribe, were all descendants of Dayan Khan.

He smiled and pointed to the cattle and sheep herders outside the pass, "I heard that the word Sunit means curiosity? It is said that this tribe used to be a nomad in the south of Lake Baikal. They are very curious and good at hunting for novelties?"

"How curious?" Wang Zhiren was also curious.

Wen Anzhi, the first assistant, said, "According to the secret history of Mongolia, Genghis Khan once divided the entire Mongolian Khanate into east and west wings, and divided the population into ten, one hundred, one thousand, and ten thousand households according to the strength of the troops. It was divided into 95 thousand households and 95 people. The meritorious generals who made great contributions to the unification of Mongolia were awarded the title of land. Among them, the leader of Sunit, Glugenbattle, ranked fifth. Sunit used to have a high status.

Later, the tribe moved south to the area north of Zhangjiakou, and belonged to one of the eight tribes of Otok in Chahar. During the period of Lin Dan Khan, [-] households in the west rebelled, and Horqin and Karaqin in the east surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. When Lin Dan Khan conquered [-] households in the west, The Ujumqin, Haoqit, Sunit, and Abaga tribes of the Chahar tribe moved northward and left Chahar.

When Sunit moved to Hanggai, it was divided into left and right wings. Taba Haidarhan and Shuoqi, the sons of Baoerhai Chuhuer, commanded the Left Banner of Sunit, and Chaoerhongtaiji, the son of Baoyin, led the Right Banner of Sunit. .

Brother Tengjisi is the son of Taba Haidarhan and Shuoqi.

After the death of Lin Dan Khan, his wife and son surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the whole Chahar was returned to the Qing Dynasty. The left part of Sunid also took the initiative to surrender to the Qing Dynasty soon. Si became the king of Zhasak Doro, and married a princess, granted him the title of He Shuo, and also ordered his royal title to be hereditary.

Later, the right wing was also attached. Teng Jisi's cousin Souse, named Batur Jinong, was granted the title of king of Zasak Doro Duleng after the attachment, and he was also hereditary and took over the right.

Although they are all grandsons of the sixth generation of Dayan Khan, Teng Jisi was more ambitious, so he rebelled against the Qing court very early, moved north to Mobei and voted in Khalkha to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and later he even made a statement to support the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. anti clear.His cousin, on the other hand, had no such ambitions and stayed where he was. After Jierhalang fled north without a fight, he also moved north with him.

Historically, the Qing court settled Jiangnan in the first battle at the beginning of Shunzhi. The Teng Jisi brothers rebelled against the north and led the Kalkha coalition forces to the south. As a result, Dorgon sent his brother Doduo to lead the army to the north to conquer. Not only the Khalkha coalition forces were defeated, Teng Jisi was even more miserable. Several of his nephews were beheaded, and his soldiers and horses were defeated.

Chechen Khan Shuolei sent four more sons and [-] troops south to seek revenge from the Qing army, but was defeated again. The Qing army chased him all the way to the Selenge River. He hid outside for a year. The above table begged for mercy and surrender, and the Qing court accepted it, but soon after, Dorgon took another opportunity to send troops to teach Chechen Khan, who refused to surrender sincerely.

However, in this time and space, not only did the Tartars fail to conquer the Central Plains, but they were devastated by Zhu Yihai's continuous northern expedition, and even fled north in a panic.

On the contrary, the strength of Sunit's left wing has continued to increase, and now it is even using Daming's tiger skin to attack other tribes everywhere, greatly increasing its strength.

Even many people from Sunite Right Banner came to join him.

"Tengjisi is very ambitious. Now he has moved inland to the north of Huaihuang. With the convenience of tribute trade, the Sunite department has indeed risen very fast in strength, and it is faintly a tyrant."

"The Abaga Tribe, Sizi Tribe, Keshigten Tribe, Wengniute Tribe, Maoming'an Tribe, etc. were plundered and attacked by Sunit. They must be very angry." Zhu Yihai looked at the dusty sky in the north, "Send someone As long as they are willing to submit to these tribes, the imperial court will let them go and arrange them properly and divide the pastures for them.

Moreover, as long as they belong to Ming Dynasty, the imperial court will not grant them titles and official positions, divide them pasture boundaries, but also protect them from being plundered by Sunite and others, and allow them to come to trade. "

Wang Zhiren thought it would be better for them to bite dogs.

"Your Majesty, why don't you ask Teng Jisi to clean up those wavering tribes in Monan?"

Zhu Yihai replied, "It's almost done, it's time to make a move. If Teng Jisi is allowed to snatch it like this again, then his family will be the only one, and it will be difficult to control at the end of the day, so we have to guard against it."

"Tomorrow, I will warn Brother Teng Jisi that you are not allowed to attack other tribes under the banner of Ming Dynasty, and you are not allowed to cross the border between the two capitals of Sunit. By the way, let Sunit send some more women from the tribal princes to marry, and send some more The children come to guard."

He smiled and said to Wang Zhiren, "Your loves will each bring a daughter of Prince Sunit home as a concubine, it will be regarded as my reward."

"You can also adopt a young maid in your family as a adopted daughter, and then the court will arrange a marriage with the Sonite."

Wen Anzhi has no objection to this marriage. The emperor is now playing the marriage card very fiercely. He has married all the princes and princes of Mongolia and Jurchen. , and even the princes and ministers of the Ming Dynasty married with him.

It is also a proton method to recruit a large number of tribal children to study in the Imperial College in Beijing and serve as guards in the Imperial Army.

"The minister suggested that someone should be sent to appease Sou Sai, who is on the right side of Sunit. Reorganize the two divisions of Sunite, or hand over some of the left-wing troops to the commander of Souse, which can not only divide the division of Sunite, but also weaken the population and strength of the Tengjisi brothers."

Now among the tribes led by brothers Tengjisi, there were originally many people from the Right Banner of Susai, and they recruited Susai to go south. At that time, the existing Sunit territory would be divided into three brothers, or even four brothers, two brothers. The number of shares has changed from three to four, and some of the population has to be allocated to Sosai, which will inevitably weaken the power of Tengji's thinking.

It would be even better if the brothers of their clan could turn against each other, or even fight among themselves. The court could be the referee, so that they could unite the weak and separate the strong, and balance it out so that no one could be strong.

This has always been the favorite method of the Central Plains dynasty to play against nomadic tribes. Although the Sui Dynasty knew its fate in history, it was the most successful way to play against the grassland. The powerful Turkic people were beaten by the Sui Dynasty.Not only did the Eastern and Western Turks split, but even five sweats and seven sweats competed for sweat.

Zhu Dadian interjected beside him.

"Your Majesty, I have another strategy. After appeasing Souse, we might as well split up the current Sunit and reorganize it into three parts, and then use Tengji to think about living in the current place. Souse and Tengjite will be separated separately. It is best to divide the land into enfeoffments, such as the north of Daqing Mountain in Guihua City, or the side of Chifeng in the paddock.

At that time, the Susai tribe will move to the north of Daqing Mountain and set up a new capital guard mansion, and then the Sizi tribe, Maoming'an tribe, Ulat tribe and other newly recruited tribes there will be merged into its capital guard mansion, and each will set up a capital governor's mansion.

Tengjite set up another Duhufu in the east, and also recruited Keshiketeng, Wengniute and other banners under his Duhufu, and established a new Dudufu. "

Zhu Yihai thought about it carefully. This is a good suggestion. Divide Sunit into three parts, separate them and keep them far apart, so as to weaken them even more. The three Jite brothers are all guards, but each ministry still sets up a governor's mansion, has its own territory, and still manages its own tribal affairs.

On the contrary, their capital protection mansions are not pure, and Sunit's three capital protection mansions, which have become more complicated and far apart from each other, are less threatening.

Zhu Yihai couldn't help admiring these ministers, they really played with their hearts, all of them had eight hundred hearts, all of them were exquisite hearts.

Think about those Sunite people who are driving cattle and sheep and are still busy setting up tents to feed them. They are probably only thinking about the cattle, sheep and camels that came this time, and the fur ghee that can come from Zhangjiakou. How many silk tea bricks, how many shredded tobacco iron pots will be exchanged.

(End of this chapter)