Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 192 The Perspective of the Oirat People!

Zhu Youtang had been observing Boluohan's expression and demeanor.

Seeing that Boluohan was so excited, and Zhu Youtang himself was suspicious, he was actually more inclined to believe what Boluohan said.

Zhu Youtang said expressionlessly: "Get up, I'll give you a chance."

"Tell me everything you know about Yesen and Emperor Yingzong."

"If the Oirat are truly loyal to the Ming Emperor for generations as you said, I will allow you to pay tribute to the capital every year."

"if not……"

Before Zhu Youtang finished speaking, Boluohan was already frightened and broke out in a cold sweat, nodding his head repeatedly in agreement.

"Yes, sir, I will tell you at once."

Boluohan got up from the ground, organized his words in his mind, and then spoke to Zhu Youtang.

"Your Majesty, the story about my grandfather Yesen and Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty has to start from the sixth year of Zhengtong."

"In the sixth year of Zhengtong, Emperor Yingzong conferred the title of King Huai of Ming Dynasty on Yesen."

"The Prince of Huai is a one-character prince, equivalent to a prince of the Ming Dynasty. This kind of treatment is unique on the grassland. Even my great grandfather Tuohuan was only given the title of Prince Shunning of the Ming Dynasty."

"With this imperial edict from Emperor Yingzong, Yesen's status in the Oirat tribe improved rapidly."

"And starting from the sixth year of Zhengtong, Emperor Yingzong granted Yesen special permission to bring the Oirat to Beijing to pay tribute every year."

"In the eighth year of Zhengtong, Emperor Yingzong once again appointed Yesen as Grand Tutor and Prince of Huai, and Right Prime Minister of the Secretariat."

"From then on, Yesen finally gained a firm foothold on the grassland and was qualified to compete with Toghtobuha, the Khan of the Oirat at that time."

Bolohan recalled the story he heard from his father and told it slowly and in detail.

"Of course, we Wala people are definitely not the kind of people who don't repay a favor."

"We have received the favor of Emperor Yingzong, so naturally we must repay his support."

"In the eighth year of Zhengtong, Budashili, the loyal and obedient prince of the Ming Dynasty in Hami Guard, refused to obey the Ming Dynasty's discipline."

"With the tacit approval of Emperor Yingzong, Yesen led his troops to attack Hami, plundered the Queen Mother and Queen of Hami, and forced the Ming Zhongshun King to submit."

"In the 12th year of the Zhengtong reign, Yesen led his troops to attack the Wuliangha again, and also occasionally invaded the Jurchens in Liaodong, subduing them completely."

"All the foreign tribes attacked by Yesen would eventually run to Emperor Yingzong, pledge loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, and demand submission to the Ming Dynasty."

"Emperor Yingzong refused everyone who came, and through this he was able to regain control of many tribes."

"During the Zhengtong era, as long as Yesen was on the grassland, the Mongolian tribes on the grassland would have no peace."

"This is also why the members of the Golden Family hate our Choros Family so much and want to kill us all."

When Zhu Youtang heard this, he had already come to his senses.

Why does this business, which is full of twists and turns, sound so familiar?
Isn’t this the common tactic used by England in later generations?

They used the same trick in Europe back then.

The purpose is to make European countries check and balance each other and prevent unification.

This tactic was later used by the Lighthouse Country in the Middle East and East Asia.

They also invented a special term called continental balance of power.

In fact, it was learning from the Ming Dynasty's policy towards Mongolia.

The Ming Dynasty's policy towards Mongolia has never been one of blind opposition and suppression.

Starting from Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty had already begun to subsidize some weak tribes and suppress some powerful tribes, keeping Mongolia in a chaotic situation.

This situation continued until the fifth year of Jingtai, when Yesen was killed by his own subordinates and Ashitemur was forced to migrate westward with the Oirat people.

Starting from the Jingtai period, the Ming Dynasty lost control of the northern grasslands.

The Tatars emerged as a sudden force, swept across the grassland tribes, and unified the grassland in one fell swoop.

First, the Tatar prince attacked the Ming Dynasty, and then the Tatar Altan launched the Gengxu Rebellion.

The northern part of the Ming Dynasty was completely out of control, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty could no longer control the border towns.

This is great news for the generals in the border towns.

This means that when they smuggle firearms in border towns, not only is there no one to supervise them, but the profits will also increase.

It was only at this time that Zhu Youtang realized that these things had actually happened during the Zhengtong period.

Before this, he only knew about the Battle of Tumu, but he didn't know the causes or consequences.

After learning about the relationship between Emperor Yingzong and Yesen during the Zhengtong period, he became even more skeptical about the authenticity of the Battle of Tumu.

Zhu Youtang looked at Boluohan, his face still expressionless.

"Let's get to the point. What role did Oirat Yesen play in the Battle of Tumu?"

"Your Majesty, please understand that we, the Oirat Mongols, are firmly supporting Emperor Yingzong in Tumubao!"

With a nervous look on his face, Boluohan recounted the entire story of the Tumubao Incident that had been circulated among the Oirat tribe.

"According to my father, Ashe Timur, my grandfather also met Emperor Yingzong on August 15th of the 14th year of Zhengtong."

"At that time, Yesen was leading more than 2,000 tribute troops to the capital to pay tribute. On the way, he saw the carriage of Emperor Yingzong, who was only escorted by a few Jinyiwei." "After seeing Emperor Yingzong, Yesen was very respectful and escorted him all the way to the south of Xuanfu City, hoping to mobilize the Ming Dynasty's troops."

"But at that time, Xuanfu was just like this time. No one responded, and no one opened the door. Yang Hong, the general of Xuanfu, hid himself and refused to meet Emperor Yingzong."

"It was then that Emperor Yingzong realized that Xuanfu might have been involved in the mutiny, so Yesen escorted Emperor Yingzong to Datong again."

"As a result, in Datong, just like in Xuanfu, no one answered the door and no one opened the door."

"The person who controlled Datong's military affairs at the time was Datong's lieutenant general Guo Deng, and it was Guo Deng who refused to open the gate for Emperor Yingzong."

As Boluohan spoke, he observed Zhu Youtang's expression.

After seeing that Zhu Youtang did not seem particularly excited or angry, he continued speaking.

"After failing to mobilize troops in Datong and Xuanfu, Emperor Yingzong temporarily followed Yesen back to Wala."

"Not long after, news came that Zhu Qiyu had ascended the throne, and Emperor Yingzong realized that he had become the emperor emeritus."

"A month later, Yesen mobilized all the troops of the Oirat and fought back to the capital."

After hearing this, Zhu Youtang finally solved the biggest doubt in his heart.

That is why, although it was Yesen who captured Zhu Qizhen, Yesen behaved towards Zhu Qizhen with great respect, showing all the etiquette between a monarch and his subjects.

When I watched marketing accounts and TV dramas about Zhu Qizhen before, they always said that Zhu Qizhen lived a good life on the grassland.

Yesen treated Zhu Qizhen like the Great Khan of Mongolia and even wanted to marry his sister to him.

At that time, Zhu Youtang was very confused. Did the people of the grassland treat the captured Han emperor in this way?

Before that, Emperors Huizong and Qinzong of the Song Dynasty were not treated like this after they were captured by the Jin people?

Could it be that after hundreds of years, the people of the grasslands have also been influenced by Confucianism and know how to treat prisoners well?

There were so many captured emperors in history, but I have never heard of a captured emperor being treated with courtesy, nor have I heard of a captured emperor being returned voluntarily many times.

Zhu Qizhen is the only one.

In addition to this doubt, there is another doubt that was also solved.

That is why Zhu Qizhen was captured by Yesen on August 15th, but Yesen returned to the capital in October.

In the past month and a half, there was almost no mention of the TV series or marketing accounts.

Now it seems that it was because when Yesen met Zhu Qizhen, he was accompanied by only a delegation of more than 2,000 people, who had little combat effectiveness and might not even have brought weapons.

None of the border towns of the Ming Dynasty accepted Zhu Qizhen, so Yesen had no choice but to take Zhu Qizhen back to the grassland to mobilize troops.

He wanted to use force to force the Ming court to welcome back Emperor Yingzong.

After thinking about these things, Zhu Youtang felt extremely absurd.

The generals of the border towns of the Ming Dynasty sent troops to launch a surprise attack on the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but were rescued by a grassland tribe, the Oirat.

The Oirat loyally wanted to send the Ming emperor back, but the Ming's civil servants and border generals set up checkpoints everywhere, trying every means to prevent the Ming emperor from returning.

This...this matter is really too absurd and goes against common sense!

But after carefully thinking about the interests involved, I think this is quite reasonable.

Because it would be more in the interests of the civil servants and the border generals to get rid of an emperor like Zhu Qizhen, who was always against the civil servants and suppressed the civil servants and border generals, and replace him with a puppet emperor like Zhu Qiuyu.

As for Yesen of the Oirat Mongols, Zhu Qizhen had always supported them, allowing them to gain a firm foothold on the grassland.

It is more in the interests of the Oirat people to help Zhu Qizhen continue to be emperor.

Judging from the results, Zhu Qizhen and Oirat Yesen were completely defeated!
The civil officials successfully supported Zhu Qiyu to ascend to the throne, ushering in an eight-year prosperous era for the civil officials.

After losing the support of Zhu Qizhen, Oirat Yesen died in civil strife in the fifth year of Jingtai.

The entire Wala tribe was forced to migrate westward and withdrew from the stage of history.

Many historical events are like this. They seem ridiculous at first glance, but become even more ridiculous after careful study.

Only after the interests of all parties are sorted out can we see some truth from the fog of history.

Interests are something that overrides country, nation, blood ties, and emotions.

If restricted by national perspective, no one would believe that the civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty were traitors and betrayed their emperor.

No one would believe that a foreign race like the Oirat could be so loyal to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

But historically, this kind of thing is very common.

Recently, Zhu Yuanzhang led the Mongols to fight against the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and Kublai Khan led the Han army to attack the Mongolian lair.

When Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners Army to invade the Ming Dynasty, the Han people of the Han Army Banner were the most active in fighting their own compatriots.

In the distant past, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Gao Huan, a Han Chinese, led an army composed of Xianbei people to fight against the Han Chinese.

Yuwen Tai was a Xianbei, who led an army composed of Han people to fight against the Xianbei.

National conflicts are insignificant compared to class conflicts.

For their own interests, these people can do anything!

(End of this chapter)