Wanli Xinming

Chapter 265: On Tour ([-])

"Department of Horqin, Kuimengke Tashara meets His Majesty the Khan of Heaven! His Majesty's long life is boundless!"

"The Khalkha, Hu Lahachi meets His Majesty the Khan!"

"The Doluo tribe, Huo Luochi, sees His Majesty the wise and wise Heavenly Khan, who has enshrined the destiny of longevity, revived the kingdoms, and wished you a long life without boundaries!"

With the sound of reporting in, the Mongolian "Khans" who were lined up outside the emperor's golden tent, under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites, entered the tent in sequence according to the day they arrived at Saihanba, knocked on Zhu Yijun, and expressed their surrender.

Half an hour later, more than 80 "Khans" of different sizes from Mongolian tribes filled the big tent.Some of them came from the "West Sea", that is, Qinghai, and some came from Mobei, and they accounted for more than half of the people who came to court, and they were still the tribes of Monan Mongolia who had the most dealings with Ming Dynasty.

Although there were a lot of people, the chiefs did not talk to each other, and at most they smiled and nodded when they met acquaintances.After everyone sat down, they looked down at the golden pot and the golden bowl on the wooden table in front of them, which contained amber milk tea.Because the whole ceremony took too long, the milk tea was already cold.

Apart from King Shunyi, Zhu Yijun, the chief of the other chiefs, didn't know any of them, so he didn't say goodbye to the Mongolian chiefs who were bowing down.

In this way, although the chieftains felt that the emperor was young and somewhat heroic, the first impression was not very good.It is also in line with his own imagination of the emperor of China - aloof, but powerless.

The reason why everyone is not rude is that in addition to the decisive role of the two heads of Tumen Khan and Kundu Liha, the Yingyang Army who stood guard outside the golden tent also left a deep impression on the chiefs. impression.

More than ten years ago, many familiar faces in the Yingyang Army were "comrades-in-arms" who fought side by side with the chiefs of Monan Mongolia, and the income from killing and looting was divided according to the agreement.

Now I see them wearing helmets and armor, and their waists are slashed in front of them.One by one, with their chests raised and their belly raised, they proudly raised their heads and stared at them. The Mongolian chiefs who came with them had mixed tastes: they were both envious of the Jurchen Ministry who lived a good life, and fearful of the Ming court. , more of a confusion about his own future and destiny.

The Minister of Rites, Shen Shixing, saw that everyone had gathered, and proceeded to the next step.The emperor replied "Yes".

Immediately, an official selected by the court who was proficient in Mongolian got up and said: "If there is a will, all the chiefs will kneel and listen!" Everyone heard the words and got up and knelt down on the side of the small table.

Before waiting for the decree to announce the decree, the chiefs suddenly heard the emperor say in Mongolian on the throne: "The decree is very long, don't kneel."

This is not in the process and the chiefs are not trained.When the officials of the Ministry of Rites heard the words, their heads buzzed, for fear that so many people would mess up the law.The decree did not dare to delay, so he could only say: "After thanking everyone, please sit back."

What I didn't expect was that although Xie En's voice was uneven, everyone thanked Tian En Fang Gui and sat back without being rude.

The decree official wiped his forehead with his sleeve, and declared the decree in Mongolian language: "I, Emperor Taizu, inherit the original destiny of the Yuan Dynasty. Long Fei, Haoliang, swept away the heroes. Eliminated violence, saved the people, put things right, and became an emperor in less than ten years. Kejian Datong. It has been more than [-] years since today!"

"At that time, Emperor Taizu thought 'I am the lord of the world, and China is inexhaustible. Although the surnames are different, they are the same.' And so on. And tell the Yuan Lord 'If you can know the destiny, you will come back with a jade, and you should treat him with special courtesy' and so on."

"At that time, Yuanbei went out of Yuyang, swirled around the desert, and restored the old capital without losing the old things. The people who drew bows were no less than a million people, and the tribes who belonged to them were no more than thousands of miles away. It is still dependable and used, and the camel, horse, cattle and sheep are still complete and there.”

"His ambition is to get away with the advantage of size, and it will not be destroyed. Emperor Taizu has no choice but to raise his troops to clear the desert. The conquest is useless, and the chasing and driving the north. In the battle of fishing Erhai, the Yuan Lord was only able to ride the ancient Stimur. After taking it off, he was hanged and killed by Ye Sudie’er for a few days.”

The entire decree is indeed "very long" as Zhu Yijun said.The main content of the decree is to sort out the 200 years of grievances and hatreds between the grasslands and Han lands from the two perspectives of Han and Mongolia, express deep regret for the reality that the two sides belong to the Chinese people, but have endless hatred, and propose solutions .

This decree of more than [-] words has become the programmatic document of the national policy of this time and space.It abandoned the "political correctness" of the previous Ming Dynasty's court literature, "regarding the strong as barbarians", and evaluated the more important conflicts and "mutual markets" from the perspectives of both sides, so as to let the audience One conclusion is that if both sides could properly handle conflicts and manage differences at the time, we would not be as miserable as we are now.

For example, when describing Mongolia's war with Daming for many years, the sand was scattered, and there were endless attacks and killings. Later, the commanders took it, and the five passed it down to Kun Timur. Xian was killed. In such a chaotic world, the armor and stomach are not separated from the body, the bow and sword are not put away, and the old people are not allowed to live their lives, and the young are not allowed to live in peace. Also. In the event of a disaster, the deceased will sleep on the pillow.” [Note 1]
The imperial decree did not shy away from the failures and existing problems of the Ming court itself: "After its expansion, it demanded China's property, and the age increased. And the imperial court sent envoys, A Mei, first, asking for nothing without permission, and then getting what they got. Only four or five out of ten, so it's a title of resentment."

"When the people of Han and Mongolia were trading with each other, the shearing width of the silk was insufficient; the boots and hats were unbearable, and they were broken. The scolding and humiliation, the threats of bows and knives, accumulated over time, and caused disasters in the military - the change of civil engineering. , the pain is so deep!"

Although the imperial decree was translated into Mongolian, it was read and translated into Chinese.Members of the golden tent, such as Zhang Siwei, Shen Shixing, etc., had read the original text of the imperial edict before, but their expressions did not change at this time.Han officials, who had never seen the content of the imperial decree before, heard that the imperial decree talked about the changes in Tumubao, and there were a lot of self-criticisms, and they changed their minds.

And the Mongolian chiefs who listened to the emperor's decree, all blushed and breathed heavily, obviously not calm in their hearts.They could never have imagined that the emperor's decree treated the conflict between Mongolia and Han so objectively.

In fact, the decree was not objective. Before and after the change of Tumubao, it had the intention of restoring the Mongolian Yuan, and took the opportunity to usurp the Khan throne.Therefore, this war is inevitable, but it is not the accumulation of contradictions that lead to conflicts as stated in the imperial edict.But to be honest, one of the Mongolian chiefs here counts as one, and none of them are proficient in history.The decree set the tone while avoiding the important, and they couldn't hear it.

Later, the imperial decree reviewed the relationship between Han and Mongolia after the "Alta's tribute": "Fortunately, I have the emperor's examination, the soldiers and the people will be relieved.
"You and others are scattered in the desert grasslands, people do not cultivate and weave, and the land has no other produce. The daily use of pots, kettles, and needles must be made by the Han people; the color of silk, satin and silk cloth, only rely on each other. If the court does not pay tribute and closes the market, only looting That's it."

"The only ones who got it were looting and the two ends of Gongshi. After Dayan Khan, every time he entered the bandits, there were [-] seniors, more than [-] juniors, and thousands of young people. But how much did they get? Many people and horses were killed and wounded. When the imperial army was strong and strong, such as the Tumen Khan and Kundu Liha the previous year, there were absolutely no species."

When all the prisoners heard the words "species are gone", they shivered again: the Chahar tribe is so powerful, it is the eldest son of Dayan Khan, the most powerful golden family since Emperor Shun of Yuan, and it is known as the "Central Ten Thousand". household.Sunit, Ujimqin, Haozit, Keshiketeng, Aohan, Naiman and other ministries all respected Tumen Khan.Although the various ministries can't work hard for the Tumen Khan, the Zhuang Zhuang momentum is completely sufficient - the total number of people who control the strings exceeds [-].

However, the previous wars were lackluster for Ming.Bangkok's evil tactics are a joke in front of the Wanli [-]-type musket.It is useless to migrate in a yurt. The Han people use four-wheeled carriages to bring soldiers to feed. The movement speed is faster than that of tribal migration, and they can also use the carriages to form a vehicle formation.

Times have changed!The Mongolian soldiers who fought with the Ming army and escaped after the war said that their greatest feeling was that the morale of the Ming army was extremely high, and the desire to fight was extremely strong, which was completely different from the weakness of the Han people for more than a hundred years.

42 years ago, in the 21st year of Jiajing, Al Da Khan led 38 cavalry to drive in and plundered Shanxi. During the Gengwu Revolution, Altan Khan besieged the capital, and the Ming army along the way "did not dare to shoot an arrow", and "looted more than two million people and animals".

The Mongolians at that time recorded this history in the form of lyrics: "Altan Khan, who was in high spirits, led [-] households to go on an expedition, / Surrounded the city of Suburgatu in the Han Dynasty until he reached the Blongir River, / The drunken Han people went on their own. Come to surrender, / Let them go in a file, and the women and children will travel in a car. When the prisoners are released, the first to arrive at Ulan Mulun, / The latter has not left the Great Wall."

Until the time of "Alda's tribute", the Mongolians in Monan also believed that one Mongolian soldier could beat five Han soldiers.In order to preserve the political achievements of "Alta's tribute", Alta Khan made [-] statutes with various ministries, no matter the details - the main content is to restrict the Mongolians not to bully the Han people in the mutual market.

However, everything has changed.At this time, sitting on the throne, the emperor they called "Tian Khan" turned all the soldiers and horses on the Nine Fronts into a killing machine in just seven or eight years. Unveiled, waiting for the tribes beyond the border wall to make fatal mistakes - mistakes like those of Tumen Khan and Kunduliha.

　Note 1: "Site" in Mongolian refers to a great feudal lord who was not from the Genghis Khan family.

　　
　
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