Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 107 The great hero has great courage

"The old custom of Junggar is to chase water and grass and do animal husbandry." "Ask the rich and powerful to count the number of livestock. If you are hungry, you will eat their meat, if you are thirsty, you will drink their cheese, if you are cold, you will wear their skins, and if you drive to use them, they will all be given to the livestock." This is a portrayal of the life of Junggar herdsmen.

When he first succeeded to the throne, the young Batur Hutaiji rode a white horse around Junggar and sighed: "I can't live like this anymore!" He took over from his father Halahula, a powerful but poor man. tribe.

Halahula Hutaiji was a brave and fearless man. He was not afraid of death in battles. He led his tribe to fight everywhere and robbed a lot of pastures, cattle and sheep. He gained a reputation as "powerful". He was so powerful that other tribes let him Three points; but his ability to deal with the economy is a bit poor. After many things, the economy of the Junggar tribe is still based on animal husbandry. The people make a living by raising horses, cattle, sheep, and camels. Once they encounter white-haired In disasters, grass cannot grow, so people have to move or plunder to survive.

Poverty can create brave warriors, but it cannot create a strong country. Batur Hutaiji wanted to change all this, not only to make the tribe strong, but also to make the people rich. Only when the people are rich can the country be rich, and only when the country is rich can the army be strong! He realized that we could not rely solely on animal husbandry, but also had to develop agriculture and handicrafts.

In fact, the ancestors of the Junggar tribe had been engaged in agriculture as early as the 13th century, but to this day, agriculture is still stagnant in the Junggar tribe. The reasons are: firstly, the princes and nobles do not pay attention to it; secondly, the herdsmen only know how to herd cattle and are not good at farming; thirdly, the big people live in pursuit of water and grass, wandering around and cannot settle down, so how can they farm?
After moving to the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, the activity area of ​​the Junggar tribe was generally stabilized. Batur felt that the time was ripe to develop agriculture and gave advice to his father many times. However, the old father wanted to dominate the Oirat, and his favorite thing was "BMW bending his bow and shooting giant eagles". He disdained the Han people's lifestyle of "you plow the fields and I weave the cloth", so the reform was temporarily put on hold.

Finally, it was his turn to take charge of the Junggar tribe. He was as talented as him and could not wait to carry out reforms immediately.

"In our territory of Junggar, there is no shortage of springs, sweet soil and fertile land suitable for growing crops. We should promote agriculture as a supplement," he said to the ministers. After saying that, he appointed his second brother Mergen Daiqing to be responsible for farming matters; his fourth brother Dalma to be responsible for construction and the city of Buxel; and he also ordered Mergen and Shuoqi to contact the Siberian authorities in Oros, hoping to introduce advanced agriculture. and handicraft techniques.

However, it is not easy to get a tribe accustomed to herding horses and sheep to cultivate the land! Mergen Daiqing found a lot of land suitable for farming, but could not find anyone who knew how to farm. Farming was indeed a bit difficult for the descendants of Canglang Bailu!

I, a Mongolian, don’t know how to farm? It doesn't matter, other ethnic groups will!

Batur Hutaiji was not intimidated by the difficulties at all. He raised troops to plunder his neighbors, and forcibly moved the Uighurs in Kashgar, Yarkand and other places, the Han people in the border areas, and the captured Oros people to their pastures, and forced these "Bukhara" people to farm ; Also introduced breeding chickens and breeding pigs to the Siberian authorities of Tsarist Russia.

Thanks to his efforts, many settlements appeared in the Junggar tribe. The largest one was located in the valley of the Hobok River. He ordered a stone city to be built here, modeled on the Siberian towns, and named "Hebuxel".

In this regard, the visiting Tsarist Russian envoy wrote: "Kutaiji built a stone city in the Hebuxel natural boundary area on the Mongolian border to engage in farming, and he wanted to live in this small town." and Buxer) are composed of three or five small towns, all of which are located in the Hobok River Valley. Batur decided to establish a settlement here. He invited monks, introduced all the rules of Buddhism, and The agricultural population of Bukhara migrated here”.

In order to develop agriculture and handicrafts, Batur Hutaiji repeatedly tried to obtain blacksmiths, carpenters, plasterers, armorers, painters and stonemasons from Tsarist Russia and the Qing Dynasty.

As a leader of a nomadic tribe, it is indeed valuable to be able to see the importance of developing agriculture and handicrafts. Under his management, the power of the Junggar tribe grew day by day, and Buxel became the political center of Oirat, with princes, gurus, and foreign envoys from various tribes constantly visiting. A Western scholar wrote: "Sometimes in the new capital (and Buxel), sometimes in the camp of Khovd, he likes to receive the envoys of foreign princes and Siberian governors with majestic ceremonies. This nomadic warrior has become He became the king of legislators, farmers and merchants.”

Because of their close proximity, Khan, the national counselor of the Heshuote tribe, saw the profound changes in the Junggar tribe, so he lamented to Batur Hutaiji, "Who among the heroes of the world, the envoy and Cao, or the remaining sons, can share the wine cup?" .

Unfortunately, our protagonist Sultan's understanding of Oirat Mongolia mainly comes from the "History of the Four Oirat" he read before traveling through time and various messy TV series in later generations. There is not much introduction to Batur Hutaiji. . The Huite tribe was far away from the Junggar tribe, so he was not deeply impressed by the changes in the Junggar tribe. What he thought about most was the national advisor Khan who conquered the entire snowy region in history.

In short, Sultan regarded the national adviser Khan as the one who shared the wine glass, but the national adviser Khan regarded Batur Hutaiji as the one who shared the wine glass. Just like love, Brother Zhang loves Sister Li, but Sister Li loves Liu Lang. Many things can happen but cannot be sought!
After the defeat in the Qinghai expedition, half of the 5,000 elite soldiers led by Batur Hutaiji were lost, severely weakening their vitality. What depressed him the most was that after more than two years of reforms, he built a large number of arms workshops in Hebei and Buxel. The number of firearms and the quality of armor and weapons in the army have been greatly improved. He thought he was invincible, but unexpectedly He was actually defeated by the poorly equipped soldiers of Chotu Khan!
What's even worse is that when the national teacher Khan died, the Heshuote tribe split. He lost an important ally and was unable to suppress the increasingly powerful Huite tribe in the south!

Sultan didn't pay much attention to Batur Hutaiji, but Batur Hutaiji had been paying attention to Sultan and was very aware of the growth in the strength of the Huite Department over the years. Now that the national teacher Khan is dead and no one can suppress that kid, the Huite tribe is probably going to expand its power again!

"How to control it? How to control it?" He shouted in annoyance, completely forgetting that there was someone beside him.

"Brother, what are you talking about? What do you mean by 'how to control it'?" The person next to him, his third brother Chuhu'er Ubas, asked strangely.

"I mean that boy Sultan. If the Great Khan were alive, he could still suppress him. Now that the Great Khan is gone, who can suppress the Huit tribe? How can we control them?"

Chu Huer Ubashi rolled his eyes, "The death of the Great Khan is strange! It is said that he was attacked and killed by horse thieves. How can ordinary horse thieves have such strength? The place where the accident occurred is very close to the territory of the Huite tribe. Could it be that this kid was responsible for the murder? ?”

"Alas! I have also suspected this, but unfortunately there is no evidence." Batur Hutaiji sighed.

"It doesn't matter. Brother, you just need to tell Dayan Eqil, the eldest son of the Great Khan, about your suspicions." Chuhu'er Ubas thought for a while and then said, "You can also inform Lhasa that kid married Lin Dan Khan's Ketun and Rong Sa. News from Japa Sharpa Hutuktu”.

"Alas! I have thought about all this, but the Heshuote Ministry has been split, and Lhasa is surrounded from all sides and has too much time to take care of itself. It is probably useless!" Batur Hutaiji sighed again.

"At this point, all we have to do is make a strange move."

"Oh, third brother, please tell me if you have any good ideas." Batur Hutaiji stared at Chuhu'er Ubashi expectantly. He knew that this third brother had always been brave and resourceful.

"Brother, how come you forgot about the envoy sent by the Imperial Advisor Khan to Shengjing?"

Batur Hutaiji suddenly realized. In the first year of Chongde (1636), Huang Taiji was regarded as "Bogda Chechen Khan", also known as Tiancong Khan, by various Mongolian tribes in Monan. In the same year, the name of the Jurchen tribe was changed to Manchuria, and the founding name of the country was "Qing". This year, it happened that the national adviser Khan was preparing to march into Qinghai, so he implemented the strategy of "diplomating far away and attacking close". He sent envoys to Shengjing to pay tribute to horses and supplies, expressing his willingness to submit to the Qing Dynasty.

"That's right! That boy Sultan took in the rest of Chahar's troops and married Lin Dan Khan's Ke Dun. These are all against the taboos of the Qing Dynasty. I will send an envoy to report this matter to Huang Taiji in secret, and then pay tribute to the coral , white blankets and other things, you can also surrender when necessary. A man can bend and stretch, hahaha!" Batur Hutaiji laughed heartily.

(End of this chapter)