Chapter 2553: The dispute between Jin and Qing, Yuan and Meng Jiuzhou
Why didn't Huang Taiji and others expect that Aguda would directly rebel and proclaim himself emperor?
The reason is that for Wanyan Aguda, this is not a good time to claim emperor.
Huang Taiji had just come back and had just ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. Aguda couldn't wait to proclaim himself emperor. This was obviously not a smart move since he had no righteousness and no support from all the Qing clans.
Isn’t this what Aguda said?
Of course he knows, and even if he doesn't know, it's impossible for the people under him not to know.
But knowing that it was not appropriate to proclaim the emperor at this time, Aguda still chose to proclaim himself the emperor at this time. In fact, it was a last resort.
After Huang Taiji became the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty, whether Aguda accepted Huang Taiji as emperor or not, he would be in a dilemma.
Moreover, as soon as Huang Taiji returned, all the major clans in the Manchu Qing Dynasty followed suit. If it continues, the Wanyan family will only become more and more passive.
It has to be said that Great Qin's move of releasing Huang Taiji was too harsh, and it directly hit the Wanyan family's weakness. The Manqing Dynasty, which was at a disadvantage, did nothing, but the Wanyan family fell into a passive situation.
At this moment, Fan Wencheng suggested to Aguda that while the Wanyan family still had the military advantage, it would be better to proclaim the emperor and establish a country directly, and then use absolute military strength to eliminate the Aixinjueluo family to subdue the Manchus. All the nobles.
Fan Wencheng's plan can be said to be a last resort. If the Aixinjueluo family cannot be eliminated in one fell swoop, then the Wanyan family will also expose the nature of being fierce on the outside and weak on the inside, and will most likely be jointly targeted by all the Manchu clans.
As the founder of the Jin Kingdom, Aguda had no shortage of courage to break the cauldron, so he decisively decided to adopt Fan Wencheng's plan and set the date of his accession to the throne on the same day as Huang Taiji, just to deliberately compete with Huang Taiji to show his determination. .
"Bastard, A Gu beat this bastard..."
Huang Taiji was furious at this time. He was planning to use his righteousness to plot against Aguda after he became emperor, but he didn't expect that Aguda would overturn the table, which made all his plans come to nothing.
In Huang Taiji's view, although the Wanyan family is now stronger than the Aixinjueluo family, it doesn't matter. After all, the Aixinjueluo family's strongest weapon has never been the army, but righteousness.
It was the Aixinjueluo family that ended the separatism in Northeast Asia, unified all ethnic groups, established the Manchu nationality, and created the Manchu language.
Therefore, the Aisin Gioro family has innate righteousness. As long as the Aisin Gioro family does not offend the public, all the major families in the Manchu Qing Dynasty will surrender to the Aisin Gioro family.
But now that Aguda has gone straight to the table, betrayed the Qing Dynasty, declared himself emperor and founded a country, will other major families do the same?
After all, your Wanyan family can build a country and become emperor, why can't my Tuoba and Fu families?
If the ambitions of these families really expand, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties will most likely split up the fleet, and Northeast Asia will return to the past era of various ethnic groups.
Once Northeast Asia is completely divided again, the Wanyan family has the strength to unify Northeast Asia again, but the Aisinjueluo family, which is now extremely weak, does not have this strength.
Thinking of this, knowing the sinister intentions of Aguda, Huang Taiji couldn't help but shudder, and had to say "vicious" in praise.
In this round of confrontation between Huang Taiji and A Gu, although they did not use swords directly, they were killing each other step by step.
Huang Taiji stabbed Ah Guda's vital part, but Ah Guda's counterattack also made Huang Taiji heartbroken.
Aguda was passive before, but now that Aguda has become emperor, Huang Taiji has become passive.
After all, the Aixinjueluo family is stronger than the Wanyan family, and there is no commander who can match Aguda. Even if they send troops to attack, they are more likely to lose.
Aixinjueluo could not leave the Jin Kingdom alone, otherwise this trend of division would be out of control.
With this thought, Huang Taiji had made a decision in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Aguda is the biggest traitor of our Manchu people. I will not let him or the Jin Kingdom go."
After saying this, Huang Taiji looked at the representatives of the major families below and asked, "Will your families send troops to help me eliminate this evil?"
Representatives of small families such as Nalan, Niu Colu, and Tong Jia directly expressed their willingness to send troops to support Aixinjueluo in countering the rebellion.
Representatives of the two big families, Tuoba and Fu, said that they could no longer take charge at this time and had to return and report to the family head for the family to decide.
The Yehenala, Nalan, Xiao and other families close to the Wanyan family directly stated that they would not send troops to help the Wanyan family or the Qing Dynasty. They did not want to participate in the dispute between the Qing Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.
After listening to the statements of representatives of various ethnic groups, Huang Taiji and Dorgon looked at each other, and both saw solemnity in each other's eyes. The situation began to get out of control in a direction that was difficult for them to control.
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Jinzhou, Jincheng.
Aguda, who was wearing an imperial robe, stood on a high platform, and the ceremony officer next to him was reading out the tricks for becoming emperor.
Under the high platform, there are not only: Wanyan Zongbi, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Jindanzi, Wanyan Honglie, Wanyan Xiyin (Hidden Figure of the Hundred Calls of Foreign Races), Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Gao and other Wanyan family imperial clan.
There are also: Er Zhurong, Lian Er Xin Shan, Hei Manlong (Hidden Figure of the Alien Hundred Calls), Lu Guang, Yao Chang, Ci Xi and other senior Manchus;
As well as: Fan Wencheng, Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, Shang Jiguan (a hidden figure in the Bronze Hundred Calls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties), Ning Wanwo, Li Qifeng, Bao Chengxian and other high-ranking Han people.
It has to be said that Wanyan Aguda's personality charm is still very strong, otherwise it would not be possible to impress so many talents from both Manchu and Han ethnic groups.
After the officials of the Ministry of Rites read out the imperial edict, Aguda walked out holding the jade seal of the Kingdom of Jin and shouted to the civil and military officials below: "I, Wanyan Aguda, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor today. The country was named Dayin and the capital was Jincheng.
The Wanyan family is the Jurchen leader, and Aisin Gioro is just a thief. I will definitely unify Northeast Asia again and restore the glory of the Jurchens. "
Hearing Aguda's words, the eyes of all the civil and military officials below showed a look of fanaticism, and they shouted like a tsunami: "Long live your Majesty, long live Dajin..."
After Aguda proclaimed himself emperor, he immediately started to attack the Qing Dynasty. After all, he had originally planned to attack Dorgon, but was delayed because Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor. Now that even he had proclaimed himself emperor, he would naturally continue to send troops to conquer the Qing Dynasty;
Aguda sent out 16 troops this time, claiming to be an army of 300,000. The troops were divided into two groups and attacked together.
The left route army has a total of 100,000 troops, led by Aguda himself, with military advisor Fan Wencheng, and his generals include: Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Jindanzi, Er Zhurong, Wu Sangui, Shang Jiguan, Shang Kexi...
The Right Army has a total of 60,000 troops. The leader is Wanyan Zongbi, and the military advisor is Wanyan Xiyin. The generals under his command are: Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Gao, Lianer Xinshan, Heimanlong, Lu Guang, Yao Chang...
In addition to directly sending troops, Aguda also sent a large number of envoys to extend olive branches to Tuoba, Fujia, Nalan and other large families, promising a lot of benefits and even the throne, hoping to tie these big families to him. chariot.
After Huang Taiji and Dorgon learned about this, they immediately became anxious. They also promised a lot of benefits and the throne, and at the same time dispatched troops and generals to fight against the Jin army.
Dorgon had originally made up his mind not to let Huang Taiji get the military power even if he was killed, but Aguda was too aggressive and he was really unable to fight against him alone.
Therefore, Dorgon had to give up part of his military power to Huang Taiji to help him share some of the pressure. As the emperor, Huang Taiji's personal visit to the front line could also boost morale.
In this way, Huang Taiji effortlessly took away part of the military power from Dorgon, but he was not happy at all, because the current biggest enemy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was Aguda.
In order to win over the Tuoba family, Fu family and other families, Huang Taiji and Aguda both promised to give up the throne.
Wang Jue, who originally could not get anything for his great achievements, now seems to have no need for money and can get it without doing anything.
But neither Fu Pi, the head of the Fu family, nor Tuoba Tao of the Tuoba family easily joined either camp. Instead, they looked like they were sitting on the mountain watching the fight between tigers and tigers, planning to wait until the situation became clear before making a decision.
The wait-and-see attitude of the Tuoba family, the Fu family, and other families also made the originally cleansing Jin-Qing war begin to become more complicated.
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Shengle City, also known as Hulunbuir in later generations, is now the second largest city in Yuanmeng after the capital Longcheng, and it is also the core city of Maodun's power.
Yuanmeng was different from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. The Manchu and Qing Dynasties had transitioned from a nomadic civilization to a semi-nomadic and semi-farming civilization, while the Yuanmeng was still a purely nomadic civilization, so there was no need to build a city.
As early as the early days of the founding of the Yuan-Meng Dynasty, Temujin realized the disadvantages of nomadic civilization, so Temujin built Dragon City on suitable land in Mobei, hoping to make the Yuan-Meng Dynasty transition to a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural civilization like the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
However, although the territory of the Yuan-Meng Kingdom is vast, most of the land is grassland. There are no other resources except grass, and it is impossible to cultivate. Moreover, the climate is too cold in winter, so it is not suitable for building cities at all.
On the other hand, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties were also in a bitter cold land, but they were rich in resources and the land was easy to cultivate.
It is precisely because of this that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to complete the transition to a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural civilization at the beginning of its founding. On the contrary, the Yuan and Meng dynasties, which had a larger territory, have not yet been able to complete the transition.
Temujin had realized this a long time ago, so he wanted to retake the Hetao. After all, with the Hetao, Yuanmeng would have the place where the dragon rose.
It's a pity that he failed to achieve this goal until his death, and instead exhausted Yuan Meng's already not rich heritage.
After Temujin's death, the two Yuan emperors Tolei and Kublai Khan looked for suitable places in the country to build cities and allowed some citizens to settle and farm there.
But so far, Yuanmeng has only found eight places with self-sufficient resources and suitable for farming, and built eight cities.
Including Dragon City, Yuan and Mongolia now have nine cities in total, namely: Dragon City, Shengle City, Wuhai City, Chifeng City, Tongliao City, Or City, Ulan City, Xilin City, and Alxa City;
The Yuan and Meng Dynasties did not imitate the Qin Dynasty or the Manchu Qing Dynasty in implementing any system of prefectures and counties, because there was no need for it.
The number of cities in Yuanmeng is too small, and the cities are far away from each other. For them, each city is a state, so naturally there is no need to set up counties.
For Yuanmeng, building a city has both advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that there is a fixed grain-producing area and grain production has increased greatly. Coupled with trade with Daqin to obtain salt, iron, grain and other materials, the rapid recovery of national power also caused a rapid increase in population, which greatly alleviated the problem. The battle losses caused by the defeat of Hetao.
The disadvantage is that nearly 70% of the country's population is concentrated near the nine major cities, and it is no longer as easy to move as before. Once it is targeted by Da Qin, these nine major cities are simply living targets.
Kublai Khan and other senior leaders of Yuan Meng knew this very well, but in their minds, the more important thing was to restore their strength, so this risk was still bearable.
After two major civil wars in Yuanmeng, among the nine cities, Kublai Khan now occupied six cities, while Maodun only occupied three cities.
On the Manchu side, although Aguda was stronger than Dorgon, he was not too strong. Dorgon still had the power to fight back.
On Yuan Meng's side, there was a huge disparity in strength between Kublai Khan and Mao Dun. If Da Qin did not directly send troops to intervene, Mao Dun would definitely not be able to escape this disaster.
It is precisely because of this that Da Qin deliberately released Huang Taiji.
One can increase Dorgon's strength and bargaining chips.
The second can intensify the conflicts within the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
San Neng freed up his hands and feet so that he could concentrate on intervening in Yuan Meng's affairs.
Four abilities...
In short, there are many benefits and you can achieve multiple things with one stone.
At this time, Mao Dun was pacing back and forth anxiously. Kublai Khan attacked from three directions and three rounds at the same time, so he couldn't help but calm down.
Seeing that Bank of China said it was back, Mao Dun hurriedly greeted him and asked, "How is it? Has Great Qin agreed to send reinforcements?"
