"In fact, the Choros family was completely supported by Taizu, Chengzu, Renzong, and Xuanzong for four generations. The relationship between the two families was good in the early days. The two parties had close contacts. This is why they were able to have so many connections and fine work in the Ming Dynasty. The reason." Zhang Shize said.
"At that time, Emperor Taizu had great ambitions and recognized that the Yuan Dynasty had received the Mandate of Heaven and was the orthodox Chinese dynasty. The Ming Dynasty inherited the Yuan Dynasty and continued to rule the world. The purpose of Taizu's doing this was to inherit the territory and people of the Yuan Dynasty. If we don’t recognize the Yuan Dynasty, we can only say that the Ming Dynasty inherited the legal system of the Southern Song Dynasty. And the Southern Song Dynasty didn’t even have the Central Plains.”
"This is a wise move. Taizu is right to do this. We, China, are originally a multi-ethnic country. Brothers are jealous of each other and resist their insults. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty is also known as the Khan of Heaven. He treats people of all ethnic groups equally." Yang Fan said.
"So, Taizu supported the Choros family, the leader of the Oara people, a branch of the Mongols, to oppose the Kublai Khan family. He used Oara to balance the Tatars and prevent Mongolia from unifying."
"With the support of Taizu, Chengzu, Renzong, and Xuanzong, the Choros family finally became powerful during the reign of Xuanzong. By the Tuohuan period, they had the strength to unify Mongolia. Tuohuan established a member of the Golden Family as the Great Khan , and then hold the emperor hostage to order the princes. When his son comes first, he will fulfill his long-cherished wish."
"At that time, the support for the Choros family was mainly through tribute and trade. When the Choros family came to pay tribute, I, the Ming Dynasty, often rewarded them ten times the tribute items. This was actually supporting them in disguise. After unifying Mongolia first, , became no longer respectful, and the tribute horses were all bad horses."
"In the early days, there were only a few dozen envoys, but the Ming Dynasty provided food and drink along the way and rewarded people according to their hair. Later, it became more and more outrageous." Zhang Shize curled his lips and said.
"The Ming Dynasty has always adhered to the policy of "reciprocity with small amounts of money" towards Mongolian missions. First of all, the value of the reward items must far exceed the value of Mongolian tribute."
"When the Mongolian envoys returned, they had to enjoy the banquet given by the court. They were accompanied by officials on the way back and prepared meals along the way. The court rewarded those who came to the court according to their number and status. And this kind of "poor arrival" The reward policy of "Hong Kong" is very attractive to Mongolian missions. In order to get more rewards, many Mongolian missions have doubled the number of missions."
"For example, in the first month of the fourth year of Zhengtong (1439), after the Ming court gave rewards to many Mongolian nobles, in October, Tuotuo Buhua (who was also the Great Khan who preceded his father Tuohuan) once again sent Abdulchi to the court. This time The number of the envoys suddenly increased from a few hundred to more than a thousand, but the Ming court still gave rewards as usual."
"The Ming Dynasty did not impose restrictions on the number of Mongolian missions, and all those who came to the court were rewarded. This policy not only stimulated the greed of some Mongolian leaders, but also paved the way for later false reports of the number of missions. Yingzong After Tu Huan died in the fourth year of Zhengtong (1439), his son succeeded him first. He also sent people to pay tribute to the Ming court every winter. At first, the number of envoys sent was only fifty, but later it increased to more than 2,000. , and repeatedly asked for valuable and rare things.”
Zhang Shize sighed and said: "This is what the saying goes, Shengmi is a favor. A fight over a rice is a feud."
Yang Fan sneered, these Mongolian Tatars had the same behavior as the Cochin Monkeys of later generations, and gave too much aid, but later stopped giving it. They quit and fell out with us. How dare you hit us. In the end, we beat him up and he became honest.
Zhang Shize said: "Wang Zhen was so powerful at the time that he couldn't see this, so he strictly checked the number of their envoys and the quality of the tributes. When he found out that they were bad horses, he directly cut the rewards and even stopped them from paying tribute. The Mongols stopped paying tribute and Regarding trade, they can’t even make an iron pot, so they are too anxious.”
Yang Fan was also speechless. Originally, this tribute was to benefit them, but you care about what other people's tributes do. Even if we now support the Choros family to prevent Mongolian unification, we have already failed. The Choros family has become powerful and has unified Mongolia.
Even if Ming Dynasty wants to fall out, it must be prepared for war before falling out.
This way, acting on impulse is so childish. How can military and national affairs be so emotional?
The Mongols began to prepare for war. They believed that only by causing trouble could the Ming Dynasty continue to open up trade and tribute in order to settle the matter.
Moreover, the reason why the Choros family is supported by the Mongols is that they have a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty and can obtain trade privileges.
After all, by following the Choros family, everyone has the opportunity to trade. There is meat to eat and wine to drink. Follow the Kublai Khan family and the Ming Dynasty will block you and let you all drink from the northwest wind.
With current interests, who cares about the Golden Family’s orthodoxy?
However, thinking about it on the other hand, if you cut off the trade rights of the Choros family, aren't you taking action on their lifeblood? Without trade privileges, would the Mongols still obey this family with a foreign surname?
It would be weird if I didn’t fight you hard first.
"However, even though Ye Xian was being made things difficult in terms of trade, he was not prepared to go to war directly. He was still trying to maintain a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty. He has a heart problem, that is, his background is not good. He is not from the Golden Family, nor is he from Genghis. A descendant of Khan. He made a request."
"What request?" Yang Fan asked with interest. Apparently this request would solve his status problem.
"Ask for the Princess of Ming Dynasty."
"Didn't the Ming Dynasty not make peace with each other, pay tribute, cede territory, pay indemnities, and the emperor guard the country? The Ming Dynasty would not agree." Yang Fan said.
Chongzhen was so difficult that he never negotiated peace with Jiannu and rogue bandits. There is no chance at all.
"Yeah, but you're not afraid of bad things happening, just afraid of not being good people." Zhang Shize also said angrily. "Ye first bribed Ma Yun and Ma Qing, the translators of the Yingzong family, with large sums of money to find out the truth of the Ming court, and proposed a marriage with the royal family of the Ming court."
"Because I first wanted to be on par with the status of the Golden Family, I wanted to marry a Ming Dynasty princess for my son to show off among the Mongolian heroes. A high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty, Qianhu Ma Yun (this person is very important in the study of Ming history, and once served as a subordinate of Ming Yingzong) Commander Xiyang Hefan, Minister of Samarkand), Ma Qing, Wu Liang and others made private promises and said that they would also send beautiful women first."
"Ma Yun and Ma Qing did not dare to report the matter to the court afterwards. Later, they also sent tribute envoys and said: "This is the betrothal gift (for Ma to marry a Ming Dynasty princess)." The court replied: "There is no marriage intention in the imperial edict (no marriage is allowed). Promise to get married)"."
"I first thought that the intermarriage was successful, so I sent tribute horses as betrothal gifts, but I lost face. Afterwards, I used the Ming Dynasty to make things difficult for the tribute envoys, tore up the engagement contract, and to arbitrarily reduce the annual gifts. I mobilized troops to attack the Ming Dynasty border. That's how the war broke out."
Yang Fan felt depressed after hearing this. What the hell is this?
The Yingzong did not check the personnel they employed, and there was no small matter in diplomacy. How could they talk nonsense? These people are either unqualified or have ulterior motives and ulterior motives. This is clearly an attempt to instigate the two countries to go to war.
When tribute and trade were stopped, Ye Xian's reputation in Mongolia plummeted. To do this now, from Ye Xian's point of view, is clearly to get him to death. He relies on this to win over the hearts of Mongolian people.
If this was Yingzong's intention, after all, after his restoration, he was indeed very tolerant and gloomy. It can only be said that even if Wala sits strong and needs to be weakened, he cannot be beaten to death with a stick. Pay attention to strategies and steps. Boiling the frog in warm water will moisten things and solve the problem silently.
It took four generations of monarchs in the Ming Dynasty to support them, a long time. Even if Yingzong wants to deal with them, why do he think that a strong dose of medicine can solve the problem.
When Yang Fan heard this, he basically understood the causes and consequences of the Battle of Tumu Fort.
Yang Fan asked: "What is the specific situation of the war? More than 200,000 people have arrived ten miles outside Huailai City. It is not far from Yanqing. How could it be defeated?"
"Do you have a map? Here's the map."
By this time, both of them were full. Removed the hot pot. A satellite map of later generations was spread on the table.
