Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 865 Vassal's Vassal

Lenglongling.

The sun is setting, the evening glow is flying lightly,
The top of the mountain is covered with white snow, glittering and translucent, sometimes dark red and lavender, sometimes light dark blue, just like an ice dragon roaming among flowers, changing in thousands of ways.

Lingxi pass is Biandukou pass city, where the emperor inspected the soldiers of the garrison.

"It's really infinite scenery, beautiful rivers and mountains!" The emperor praised. Since traveling west, he has seen countless beautiful rivers and mountains. Although the west is not as prosperous and prosperous as the Central Plains, the scenery is majestic and intoxicating.

Biandukou is located in the hinterland of the Qilian Mountains, interrupted by the rolling Qilian Mountains, and a gorge passage runs through Qinghai, Gansu.

This natural narrow pass has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

"Your Majesty, this place was called Dadouba Valley in ancient times. Biandukou is the sound change of Bianmaduo in the Tibetan language. It originally means Jinlumei. There are many low shrubs under Qilian Mountains. They have a lot of flowers and delicate flowers, which are often golden yellow. There are also silver-white and pink ones, such as Jinyintan where the newly established Haiyan County in the east of Qinghai Lake is located. There are a large number of this kind of golden dew plums, and they are everywhere in summer.

Every summer in Biandukou Canyon, golden dew plums bloom all over the mountains and plains, and it also attracts countless herds of flower-eating deer. "

The general who was stationed at Biandukou excitedly introduced himself to the emperor. This young battalion officer held the rank of a fifth-rank cavalry general. He also wore a soldier's soul bestowed by the emperor on his waist, and a red cotton armor on his chest. Also embellished with several medals.

There are several scars on his young and resolute face, which are more proof of his bravery than the shiny purple, gold and silver star medals on his chest.

This disciple of the emperor who graduated from the martial arts hall of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has a very impressive resume. In the first year of Shaotian, he said that he joined the emperor's master in Ningbo. Qin Xun Yiwu served in the four guards, and then sent out, and then became a battalion officer stationed in the defense battalion. If he hadn't been seriously injured during the battle in Nanjing and then recuperated for a year, he would have missed many opportunities, far more than just a battalion officer.

"This is the most convenient passage from the east of Qinghai to the Hexi Corridor in Gansu. It has been very important in military affairs and trade in the past dynasties."

Biandukou is not just a pass, but a dangerous and narrow valley. It is an important passage for the ancient Guanlong and Hehuang areas to enter the Hexi Corridor and lead to the Western Regions. Sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, the danger is extremely dangerous.

On one side is the grassland of Qilian Mountains, and on the other side is folk music in the southwest of Zhangye, Ganzhou, Hexi Corridor.

To the south of the canyon is the ancient city of Ebao built in the Yuan Dynasty. After restoration, it still guards the south entrance of the canyon, and to the north is Biandu Pass.

Two gates guard this nearly [-]-mile-long dangerous canyon passage.

There is even a customs office here, because this canyon was also an important route passage of the ancient Silk Road.

To the south of Ebao Pass is Yemachuan River, and to the north of Biandukou Pass is Tongzi River.

Ebao passes through the grassland valley of the Qilian Mountains, that is, the Datong River Valley. It can pass through Menyuan County, cross Daban Mountain, and enter Xining in the Hehuang Valley, or through Huangyuan, Haiyan, and Qinghai Lake, or through the Yema River in the Qilian Valley. The river goes west to Qilian County, then crosses the Niuxin Mountain Pass and goes south to the Mole River Valley, then south to Datong Mountain, Hargai River, and directly to the north bank of Qinghai Lake.

Shandan Royal Racecourse is just north of Lenglongling, not far to the east of Biandukou.

Excellent pastures, dangerous passes, and important passages.

Whether it is from Xining to Menyuan, Ebao, Biandukou, or from Ebao to Qilian and Haiyan, now that Ming Dynasty is planning Qinghai-Tibet, this main road is becoming more and more lively.

The military, business travel, immigrants, supplies, and commercial goods are constantly coming and going, and there are often queues for customs clearance.

In just a few years, two bustling commercial towns have been built at the north and south gates. They have even become distribution, processing, and trading towns for cattle, horses, llamas, fur, and tea. They are also important places for post stations and military warehouses. .

There are several Ganqing passages, but this one is undoubtedly the most convenient and important.

Coming from the Shandan Royal Racecourse, Zhu Yihai stayed at Biandukou to gain a deep understanding of the real side of the military, civilians, merchants, and aboriginal people here, and even wandered around the market in micro-clothes.

He is very satisfied with the development here. After the Shaanxi-Gansu turmoil was put down, this was the first place where the imperial camp was stationed and the industry and commerce were resumed first.

A large amount of food and other materials from the agricultural area of ​​the Hehuang Valley in the eight hundred miles were quickly transferred to Hexi and even to the Western Regions.

"Your Majesty, Qinghai Khan is here, and he is asking for customs clearance in front of Ebao."

Qinghai Khan Dalai Batur is a little bit burnt out now, Khan was elected, but he failed to become Heshuote Khan, and now even Qinghai has not been able to control it. He is connected with his son, Handu, who is independent in Khamba.

Dalai endured it for the time being, and wanted to lead his troops into Weizang first, and get rid of Dayan Khan first, but now the emperor made a decree, saying that the evidence of Dayan's murder of Gushir Khan was somewhat flawed, and Dayan Khan provided new evidence to prove his innocence , the emperor needs to send someone to investigate in detail, and before the results are obtained, he ordered the Heshuote ministries to temporarily suspend their troops and strike.

With the emperor's decree, the other Taiwanese in Qinghai also immediately led their troops back to their own tribes, and the chief nephews in the already vacillating Kashgar area responded immediately.

Isn't this contradictory?

Dalai refused to accept, but the emperor's envoy told him that this was the imperial decree of the Emperor of Heaven, and they were here to announce the decree, not to discuss it.

If anyone refuses to obey the will of the emperor, dares to send troops to cross the current actual control line without authorization, and dares to provoke a civil war in Heshuote, then Daming will unite with Heshuote and other troops to punish him.

These words are full of murderous intent.

Even Dalai's sons were afraid.

Other Taiji even persuaded him to wait for the emperor's investigation results, and said they believed in the emperor.

Kodalai is considered by Gushi Khan to be the smartest son. After a little thought, you can understand why Daming had such a series of coquettish operations. This is to split the Heshuote Khanate.

What happened next was just as he expected.

The situation changed suddenly.

Dayan Khan fought against Ji Shepa and other rebels in Houzang, and many surprising accidents happened. First, the coalition forces of Dayan Khan and Ganden Phodrang defeated Ji Shepa’s rebel coalition forces, but Nyingmasa happened casually. Jia waited for Hua and Hongjiao's rebellion in the middle of the night, He Shuote stood still and refused to save him, and Suonan Raodan was defeated.

Then Jishepa and Dayan Khan actually met under the Gyantse Fort, and then under the mediation of the Ming envoy, they went to Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse to meet the fourth master, and asked the 80-year-old Dafa to be the first to preside over it The official alliance of the two.

The envoy of the Ming Dynasty and the head of the fourth generation came forward together. Dayan Khan and Jishediba shook hands and made peace. In fact, the entire peace talks had been reached long before coming to Shigatse, and they were all presided over by the Ming Dynasty. fixed.

Dayan Khan was stationed in Shigatse, Houzang, and Ji Xueba was stationed in Lhasa, Front Tibet.

Gyantse Fort was garrisoned by General Weizang of the U-Tsang Yamen, leading the Ming army to maintain peace.

After the meeting in Shigatse, the Lhasa was notified. In fact, the raw rice was cooked into cooked rice, and it was really just a notification to them.

Dashou came to Lhasa in person, and the Fifth King also had to give face. Jin Shengtan also invited Dayan, Ji Xuediba, Hua, Hong, and Baijiao, as well as the Diba rebels from Gongbu, and even Ladakh, Sikkim, Brukba and other feudal clans joined together to form an alliance.

The emperor's envoy read out the emperor's edict, and the situation in Weizang changed drastically.

Although the fifth emperor was dissatisfied, his general manager, Sonam Raodan, died in Gyantse for no apparent reason. He said that he was attacked and died in the rebellion. Dayan was placed under house arrest because Sonam Raodan refused to agree to the division of front and rear Tibet, and was then secretly handed over to Jishe Diba by Dayan Khan for execution.

Dayan Khan murdered Sonam Raodan together with Jishediba.

Without this capable agent, the fifth world was also in chaos.

In the end, under the pressure of all parties, they had no choice but to agree.

Jin Shengtan had already talked with him in private, saying that Khan Dalai of Qinghai respected him very much and wanted to build a Gelug Temple by the lake in Qinghai, and then invited him to stay in Xi.

When the fifth generation was still young, after the Jishepa family was defeated by Tsangpa Khan and driven to Amdo, Qinghai, they planned with Chotu Khan to force the fifth generation to go to Qinghai. Sonam Raodan took the fifth generation and hurried away I went to Shannan to hide for a long time.

He knows very well that once he leaves U-Tsang, it means that the fish leaves the water, and will be completely controlled by others in the future.

Under Daming's multi-pronged coercion and lure, the fifth king, without a powerful assistant like Suonan Raodan, could only compromise in the end.

Not only following the imperial decree of the Ming emperor, but also recognizing the division of the front and back Tibet, letting Jishedipa take over as the second Ganden Phodrang Dipa, and he also took over Ganden Phodrang, the civil administration and taxes of the various sects of the former Tibet, etc. Under his management, local officials such as various sects were nominated by him and then transferred to the imperial court through the Weizang Yamen for review and approval by the emperor.

Even the Gelug sects and bans were completely separated from the front and back Tibetans. The Gelugpa temples, monks, manors, monks and soldiers in the latter Tibet, as well as the subjects and serfs of the monasteries, were all handed over to the sects.The monasteries, monks, manors, serfs, etc. of the class in Qianzang were also handed over to the Dalai class.

But it is obvious that the former possession has lost a lot.

Ganden Tripa, the Pope of the Yellow Sect in name, is no longer directly selected by Dalai, but is nominated by the two together, and then appointed by the Da Mingzi, with a term of five years.

The emperor intended to elevate the titular pope.

The Diba families who rebelled in Gongbu and other places were also appeased by the court this time. Not only did they restore their status and retain their hereditary manor wealth, they also gave them a formal canonization edict, setting up their manor territory as For the county and township Baojia, etc., give them the same autonomy privileges as monasteries.

The emperor guaranteed and strengthened their lordship, even exempting them from taxes, and they could manage the land and subjects in their territories.

The emperor even conferred titles of various ranks on the foreign vassals of the Ming Dynasty.

They have the obligation of loyalty to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and they need to pay tribute to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty regularly, and pay tribute according to the size of the territory.

In fact, it is equivalent to a fixed quota tax system in disguise. The emperor does not collect taxes from them, but pays tribute. The amount is fixed, and it is determined according to the size and economic strength of the lords and nobles. .

These powerful local nobles, large and small, directly became the vassals and lords of the Ming Emperor. The two local governments of Heshuote Khanting and Ganden Phodrang in the front and back Tibet commanded them in name, but in fact they could only rule directly. The private land of non-noble lords and the land of temple manors are equivalent to the U-Tsang version of the parallel system of prefectures and states.

Aristocratic lords, monastery manors, and then two local governments in front and back Tibet, three parts of Weizang.

As soon as the emperor's decree came out, the local nobles who had endured the days and months of Heshuote Khan and Sonam Raodan for a long time were all rejoiced. Many Diba families have been passed down for thousands of years. Hand over the territory?
He Shuote's reformation in U-Tsang was not thorough, but it also touched the fundamental interests of the old nobles. A strongman like Suonan Raodan was very difficult to carry out. Now that Daming came over, an imperial decree was issued, Now that the nobles have a strong backing, they naturally agree with both hands.

As long as they can keep their hereditary manor territory, subjects, and autonomy, even if they need to pay tribute to the emperor, they are willing. After all, compared with paying tribute to the emperor, the New Deal of Heshuot Ganden Phodrang was much more ruthless. .

He Shuote wanted to pick up their ancestral graves, and the Emperor Daming at most just wanted to get some food.

What's more, the Son of Heaven also offered real things in exchange, which were given to them with titles and titles, as gifts from officials, including silver seals and bronze medals, and official uniforms.

It is guaranteed by the endorsement of the Ming court and the son of Ming Dynasty.

With these things, their hereditary lord status can be more stable, and there is no need to worry about Heshuo Tehan robbing their manor, Ganden Phodrang taking them as subjects, collecting taxes from them and sending servants.

In this way, when Gushi Khan and Sonam Raodan wanted to integrate U-Tsang, it was impossible to build a unified U-Tsang court. The Emperor of Ming reversed them, and later Zang Dayan Khan and Ji Xueba divided governance, it is impossible to truly integrate the two parts.

But this is in the best interest of Ming Dynasty, it is also beneficial to U-Tsang aristocrats, and it is even beneficial to temple monks of other sects.

After all, they maintained their privileges, did not pay taxes, did not serve servants, and even continued to occupy huge manors, subjects, and serfs, and they could continue to have monks and soldiers, and have the governance rights on their own manor territories.

In the future, U-Tsang will still be an alliance of several major power classes, and it is impossible to become a unified and centralized khan court.The worst loss is actually Dayan Khan, and the fifth king.

But they stumbled, a group of people were full, and they could even get enough to eat. There were so many people supporting Da Tianzi's will, even if the two of them were dissatisfied, they were outnumbered.

This is the high-level technique of fighting against the enemy, dividing and drawing together, separating from the weak and uniting the strong, in just eight words, it is invincible.

Daming took the big pieces of fat in Weizang, Qingkang, and Ali Nanjiang in his hands, cut them left and right, and turned them upside down. In the end, it seemed that they were all divided up, but in fact their hands were already full of grease. In the second plan, Dayan Khan actually handed over Yarkand, Khotan, Hotan, and Qiemo to Daming.

The Ming Dynasty temporarily handed over these places to the grandsons of Gushri Khan for management, but they had already separated from the rule of Dayan Khan of Heshuote Khanate, and they did not belong to Qinghai Khan or Saiyin Khan.

"Dalai Batur is still not giving up, he is a little greedy, I think he is such a smart person, he should have known it long ago, since he wants to use my power to sit on the throne, he must have a corresponding exchange Yes, he has to accept the current result, and he can only accept it."

"Come here now, what do you want to do? You want to wipe your mouth clean before you eat it?"

Zhu Yihai dared to plan in this way, apart from his insight into the whole situation, it was because of the pattern in his mind. Of course, it was also supported by Daming's powerful strength which is now in full swing.

"Let him go back and forth wherever he comes from, and lead the left and right wings in Qinghai well, grazing with peace of mind, and don't make any progress. I have issued a decree, so don't say it was unpredictable."

Zhu Yihai didn't mind showing his toughness to Dalai Khan properly at all, even domineering.

If the strength is strong, it is a domineering threat; if the strength is weak, it is just a mouthful.

What Daming wants is weakening and balance, but he will not wholeheartedly help Dalai Batur unify the Heshuote Khanate, even if he is Zhu Yihai's cheap son-in-law.

(End of this chapter)