Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 385 A lotus replaces gold (Part )

After taking complete control of Junggar, Suletan calculated the results of his victory, which can be described as brilliant.

Everyone knows that Junggar is barren, but this is not the case. It is rich in natural resources such as copper, iron, saltpeter, and sulfur. Due to its geographical location adjacent to Central Asia and Tsarist Russia, logistics and trade are prosperous. Batur Hutaiji is a good expert in economics. Under his governance, not only did the population and the number of cattle, sheep and horses in the Quanbu increase, but agriculture also made great progress. The handicraft and metallurgical industries were very developed. There were nearly a thousand craftsmen in the territory specializing in metallurgy and weapon making. Cattle, sheep, The low price of wheat flour and vegetables, the benefits of watering and trade, the prosperity of gold and copper mines, the simplicity of corvee and taxation, and the benefits of mutual trade in tea, horse, and cloth and satin from outside are all no less than those in the mainland.

This Huitai Ji also attached great importance to military affairs. He took sand oil juice, boiled soil to turn into sulfur, took braised soil and boiled it with saltpeter to make gunpowder. The soldiers were ordered to carry bird cannons and short spears, bows and arrows at their waists and sabers, and camels to carry cannons. It was precisely because of its strong military force that the ambition to unify Oirat was born, and it became Suletan's biggest opponent in Oirat. It was also because of years of fighting and militarization that it eventually led to destruction.

In short, Emperor Qianyuan conquered a vast area stretching from the Altai Mountains and Beita Mountains to the east, to the Gurbantunggut Desert (Junggar Desert) to the south, to the Ala Lake in the west, and to the Erdarqis River and Ob River basin in the north. . Because the territory was too vast, the emperor was worried about having one Wanhu Prefecture, so he decided to split it into two Wanhu Prefectures.

He compiled the nine tribes of Turgut, the four tribes of Durbot and some Buryat and Kyrgyz tribes who lived in the Erdalqis and Ob river basins and were affiliated with Junggar proper into the Thirteen Otos. Ke, plus Talbahatai Prefecture, merged into Turgut Wanhu Prefecture, with the capital being Talbahatai. Taiji Emogen of the Turgut tribe was appointed as Tu Mian, Taiji Orros of Durbot tribe was appointed as the head of ten thousand households, and his confidant and general guard of the Western Regions was appointed as General Talbahatai. Although the position of general is the same as that of the chief soldier and the chief of thousands of households, it is the second rank of Zheng. It is lower than the first rank of the chief of ten thousand households and the first rank of tumian. However, it is not controlled by the chief of ten thousand households and tumian in peacetime. In wartime, Caigui Ten Thousand Households were transferred to the Long March, and their actual power was greater than that of the General Soldier and Du Thousand Households. Because of Wei Zheng's military exploits, he was awarded this position, which was regarded as a promotion to some extent. The post of commander-in-chief of the Western Region was taken over by Buhe Artu.

The remaining Junggar area was organized into Hoboksali, Karamay, Yumin, Urumqi, Beslopali, Manas, Wusu Qifu and nine Otoks, headed by Hobokesali Mansion. Suletan appointed his father-in-law, Taiji Dalma of the Junggar tribe, as the head of the household, promoted his confidant, deputy admiral and Yarkand commander-in-chief Urigendalai, who had made great achievements, as the head of ten thousand households, and appointed the nobleman Ale of the Huite tribe. Dar and Shuoqi were generals of Hobokseri, and the post of Yarkand Commander-in-Chief was held by Toro Shihu, the grandson of Kundulun Ubashi, which was regarded as a compensation for the emperor's annexation of the tribes of Kundulun Ubashi.

The emperor needs to weigh all aspects of the relationship when employing people. The so-called heroes are all experts at dividing the pie. Suletan, who has been in charge of the horse whip for 19 years, is very familiar with this method, and he easily handled the personnel affairs in the two provinces. However, he was not in a hurry to return to Lhasa. He also wanted to do something that none of the leaders of the Huite tribe had been able to do, which was to replace the Jin family as the co-owner of all Mongolia, and let the Yikmin'an family replace the Borzhijin family. Became the Great Khan of all Mongolia.

This ambition is huge! It was so big that the ancestors of the Huite tribe never thought that even his wise and powerful father Nomudale's biggest dream in his life was just to let the Huite tribe return to their former ancestral land, Halaholin. But if you think about it carefully, it's not impossible. The Son of Heaven is the one who has strong soldiers and horses. Now that David has a strong army and strong horses, he has unified the Oirat, and is overwhelming the Khalkha Mongols, replacing the descendants of Genghis Khan as the Great Khan of all Mongolia, why not?
Things like ambition grow bit by bit, from small to big. Back then, when the Huite tribe was weak, Sultan's biggest dream was to become the Khan of the Oirat Mongols. Later, he was named Sarula Bilig Khan of Oirat by two divine monks of Gelug, which was regarded as realizing his ideal. But he was not satisfied and wanted to found a country and become emperor. After the founding of David and the founding of the Qianyuan Dynasty, this ideal was realized again. He was still not satisfied and wanted to be the Great Khan of all Mongolia.

The careerist Suletan even thought of the name of Khan. He always claimed to be the physical body of Padmasambhava. It happened that the pronunciation of the word "lotus" in Mongolian and Chinese was similar. If you understand, just call it "Lotus Khan". The king's power is given by the Buddha. Who dares to disobey it?
Therefore, he has been staying in Hoboksali, writing letters to the princes of the three khanates of Oirat, Khalkha, Monan, and Central Asia, asking them to support him as the "Lotus Khan". Most of the Taiji tribes in the Oirat tribes, including the Huite tribe, the Heshuot tribe, the Durbot tribe, the Torgut tribe, and the Junggar tribe, either accompanied the expedition or joined the army, and their attitude was naturally firm as iron support; The sixteen tribes and forty-nine banners of Southern Mongolia were already within the sphere of influence of the Qing court, so they naturally opposed it with unanimous voices. Some people also reported this outrageous move to the emperor's uncle and the regent; the three khanates of Central Asia: Kazakh and Buha Because La and Khiva are far away, no news has come yet; the biggest slap in the face is the Khalkha Mongolia, which originally had high hopes. Except for the Chechen Khan Shuolei who sent a low-ranking envoy to barely make up the number, the other Khalkha Mongols All the ministries refused on the grounds that they had respected the Qing emperor as their khan and this move might trigger a Qing army crusade.

Sultan knew in his heart that although hundreds of years had passed, there was still a popular view in various Mongolian tribes that people who were not from the Golden Family could not be the Great Khan of all Mongolia. Although the three Mongol Khans of Khalkha did not follow the orders of the Chahar tribe, the direct lineage of the Golden Family, to call themselves khans, they still belonged to the side branches of the Golden Family, and were the descendants of Dayan Khan. They also had the surname "Bo'er Jijin". Now, I want to be the co-leader of all Mongolia with the surname "Yikmin'an". Those Taijis, especially those with the surname "Bo'er Jijin", are naturally dissatisfied. Those who are willing to surrender to themselves are mostly tribes conquered by their own sabers.

Therefore, it is said that the emperor will do it if he has strong soldiers and strong horses. It seems that I am still not strong enough! Think of the Aixinjueluo family in Manchuria, who is not even a Mongolian, but because of his strong army and strong horses, he was obediently promoted as the Great Khan of Mongolia by the tribes in Monan and Mobei; the Chahar tribe, the direct descendants of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, were defeated because of their defeat in the war. I can only be a prince, I don’t even dare to call myself Khan. This time I am planning to become the Great Khan of Mongolia. Among the Mongolian tribes outside Oirat, only the Chechen Khan Shuolei sent an insignificant official, and no other tribes sent anyone to participate. This fully shows that my strength is not as strong as imagined.

(End of this chapter)