I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 376 Simple and crude but effective
When Altan Khan heard from his entourage that something big had happened in Ordos, his mind buzzed and even his voice became shrill when he asked questions.

"What happened? Tell me!"

"On his way back to his royal tent, Jinong (Prince) Jineng of Ordos was ambushed and attacked, resulting in heavy casualties. Jineng was beheaded."

Altan Khan suddenly jumped up from the tiger-skin chair, his eyes wide open, and rushed forward, grabbing his attendant and asking in disbelief: "What did you say!"

"I said that they were attacked on the road to Jinong and Jineng in Ordos."

Altan Khan raised his foot and kicked his attendant hard to the ground.

"Asshole, I'm asking you, which asshole did this!"

The Taiji, Zaisan and Nayan in the big tent looked at each other, all shocked by the news.

Jineng was the eldest son of Jinang, the eldest brother of Altan Khan.

Altan Khan's father was Sayin Alaq Khan, who received 30,000 households in Tumed, Ordos and Yongshebu, the right wing of Mongolia, from his father Dayan Khan.

Sayin Alaq Khan was so brave and good at fighting that he forced his nephew Bodi, who led the left wing Chahar and Khalkha tribes, to migrate eastward.

During his lifetime, Sayin Alaq Khan gave Ordos and Yongshebu to his eldest son Jinang, and Tumed to his second son Altan Khan.

Jinang was also quite powerful and once had a following of 100,000, but he died early and his family business was inherited by Jineng.

Altan Khan was even more powerful. He forced Bodi and Dalaisun on the left wing to move eastward to the Liaohe River and the area west of the Black Mountain. He also inherited most of the pastures and tribesmen conquered by Jinang. Jineng and his brothers only managed to keep the Ordos tribe.

Now, Jineng, Aldan Khan's eldest nephew, died on his way back from celebrating his birthday. This incident might cause a great turmoil in the southern part of the desert.

Altan Khan was well aware of the interests involved.

Now, on the surface, everyone in the southern part of the desert submits to Altan Khan and respects him as the Great Khan, but in reality, they all have their own thoughts and are filled with contradictions.

In order to fight for pastures, cattle, sheep, and tribesmen, they fought openly and secretly. If he had not been so skilled and able to suppress them, their brains would have been beaten into sheep's brains long ago.

But he was clumsy and managed to maintain it for more than ten years, and the calmness seemed to conceal countless turbulent undercurrents.

Altan Khan knew that he had suppressed the conflicts, but the price he paid was that the conflicts would only accumulate and deepen. If one day he could no longer suppress them, all the conflicts would erupt like a volcano, causing bloodshed for the Tumed tribe, the Mongolian right wing, and the entire southern desert.

Today, it was suddenly revealed that Jineng was murdered. Altan Khan keenly realized that this was most likely a trigger that would cause a major turmoil that he could not suppress.

The attendant rolled on the ground, got up and continued to report: "In reply to the Khan, it was Bahanaji who led his men to ambush Jineng and his party. Bahanaji also cut off Jineng's head and held it high to announce to everyone that the great Genghis Khan of Mongolia had his wife robbed when he was in obscurity, and he fought hard and achieved great things.

Born as a descendant of Genghis Khan's Golden Family, he was unwilling to accept the fact that Hanaji's woman was taken away by someone else. He wanted to learn from his ancestors and rise up in resistance. He killed Jineng, and it had nothing to do with anyone else! "

Altan Khan was so angry that his eyes turned black, his body staggered, and he almost fell to the ground.

Rebellious son, no, rebellious grandson!

How could I, Altan Khan, raise such a grandson!

As soon as the attendant's words came out, everyone in the tent was in an uproar.

These people all knew what happened during the birthday celebration. Ji Neng was greedy for beauty and, relying on his elder status and Jinong status, snatched a flower of the grassland from Han Naji.

Many people hate Jineng.

He even dared to snatch the woman of Altan Khan's most beloved grandson, Bahanaji. If one day he sets his eyes on your wife and daughter, do you think he would dare to snatch them away?

Hearing that Bahanaji followed the spirit of his ancestor Genghis Khan, rose up in resistance, killed his enemies with his own hands, and avenged the loss of his wife, everyone couldn't help but praise him in their hearts.

"Where is Hanaji? I'm going to whip him to death with a horsewhip!" Altan Khan said with red eyes.

"In reply to the Khan, after Hannaji killed Jineng, he took the captured Mianerjin, his wife, children and more than a thousand people, and fled west."

"Benxi, where did you go?"

"Some said they went to Qinghai, some said they went to Jinshan, but we don't know where they went specifically."

"Go after him. Send out your men immediately. Take my gold medal and chase Hannaji wherever he might have escaped. Bring him back to me! If he dares to resist, kill him immediately!" "Who dares to kill my grandson!"

A loud female voice came into the big tent, and an old woman walked in. Everyone hurriedly saluted respectfully.

The visitor was none other than Morun Hatun, also known as the Big Lady.

Molenhatun was originally the second wife of Altan Khan's father, Sayinarak Khan. After Sayinarak Khan's death, Altan Khan inherited his father's property and, according to Mongolian customs, married Molenhatun as well.

So although she was old and ugly, she was of noble status, and Altan Khan had to give her some respect, because she was not only his wife, but also his stepmother.
Bahan Naji is the son of Tiebei Taiji, the son of Molun Hatun, and a true grandson. Upon hearing the news about Bahan Naji, he hurried to the big tent.

Before he entered the tent, he heard Altan Khan angrily saying that he wanted to kill Bahanaji. He was so angry and anxious that he rushed in without caring about anything.

When Altan Khan saw that it was Molen Hatun, he cried out in his heart that things were not going well and it would be difficult to resolve the issue today.

He gritted his teeth and explained, "Hanaji's murder of my uncle is unforgivable. I will capture him and hand him over to Changshengtian for trial and punishment!
If he dares to resist, I will kill him."

Before Altan Khan finished speaking, Molen Hatun spitted at him, "You old man! You gave your grandson's woman to others just because you were greedy for the cattle and sheep of the Ordos tribe.

You are a spineless grandfather, so are you going to forbid your grandson to be spineless too? A man on the grassland who has his woman robbed and has to swallow his anger, is he still a man? He will be ridiculed for generations, and even his ancestors will be ridiculed! "

Altan Khan wiped the saliva from his face and argued: "This is a state affair, what do you, a woman, know?"

"Bah!" Molen Hatun spitted again, "When Sayin Alaq Khan went to see Changshengtian, according to etiquette, I should have married my eldest son Jinang with my property. It was you who kept begging me, and I was soft-hearted and married you with my property. Now you don't care about our friendship, and you want to kill my only grandson.

All right, all right, just kill me too, and we'll go on a journey together to accuse our ancestors of you, a bastard!"

Altan Khan was extremely embarrassed.

This is the custom on the Mongolian grasslands. If a father dies and the woman he leaves behind is married to one of his sons, it means that he has inherited the family business passed down by his father, which means that he can get the most generous part of his father's inheritance.

It was because Molen Hatun married Altan Khan with the people of Sayin Alaq Khan's royal tent that he was able to turn the tide, surpass his brother Jinang, become the leader of the Mongolian right wing, and then become the ruler of the southern desert.

This is well known to the Mongols.

Altan Khan knew that if he didn't appease Moran Hatun, his reputation as ungrateful would soon spread throughout the grasslands north and south of the desert. Then, even if Jineng's trouble was properly resolved, it would be difficult for him to control the situation.

Altan Khan compromised and quickly assured Molen Hatun, "I will send someone to bring him back now, and I will never harm his life!"

Only then did Moran Hatun give up.

After seeing off Moran Hatun, they returned to the big tent, where all the subordinates looked at Aldan Khan, waiting for his orders.

Great Khan, do you still want to continue your southward raid on the Ming Empire?

What the hell!
Ordos Jinong Jineng is dead, and he was killed by his own grandson. Can Jineng's troublesome brothers and sons let it go?

The Ordos Wanhu is quite powerful. It is located on the flank of the Tumed tribe. If anything happens, it will soon affect the Tumed tribe.

How can you go out and fight others when you are unstable internally?
Looking for some smoke!
Altan Khan waved his hand helplessly and asked everyone to disperse and wait for notification. He then called his younger brother Bosihar and asked him to rush to the scene of the crime immediately to conduct a field investigation and understand the current situation of the Ordos tribe as soon as possible, and find out the impact of Jineng’s death on the Ordos tribe.

The Ming army waited and waited in border towns such as Datong, but no northern barbarians came to invade, which was very strange.

Soon news came from the north.

Wang Chonggu took the news and hurried to find Wang Daokun.

Wang Daokun took the urgent report, glanced at it, and nodded: "It seems that our strategy has worked."

"Taihan, is this the strategy you devised to stop Altan Khan from raising his troops to march south?"

"Yes, let them mess around on their own, and they won't have time to take care of other things."

Wang Chonggu smiled, "It's simple and clear."

Wang Daokun smiled and said, "The prince's comments are simple and crude, but it's good as long as they are useful!"

(End of this chapter)