Anuktun handed the letter to Sengge and asked, "Taiji, what do these nine Chinese characters mean?"
Sengge laughed and said, "Sixth brother wants me to imitate Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang!"
What Zhu Cihong gave to the Zhungeer tribe was not only the funds to build the city and the firearms to kill the enemy, but also the culture from the Central Plains.
The lamaseries that can be seen everywhere inside and outside Chuhe City were not presided over by lamas from Tibet, but were built by Huangmiao lamas from the Central Plains. The cost of building the temple was, of course, donated by Emperor Zhu Cixiang of the Ming Dynasty. After taking Zhu Cihong's money, these Huang Temples would of course have to do things for Zhu Cihong.
Therefore, the Lamasery in Chuhe City not only spread Buddhism, but also spread Chinese culture - most of the Buddhist scriptures they brought were written in Chinese. Moreover, they also opened a Chinese literature hall in the temple, recruiting noble children to learn Chinese characters and Chinese language in the temple, and also taught them Chinese history... As the auspicious and great guardian of Huitai, of course the monk had to learn the culture of the Central Plains .
Even if he is determined to be an enemy of the Central Plains, he should know himself and his enemy!
Therefore, in Seng Ge's residence, there was Mingzhu Lama, who was proficient in Mongolian, Chinese and Tibetan languages, invited from Mount Wutai as a tutor to help him learn the Central Plains culture.
So Sengge immediately understood what his living Buddha brother meant - he wanted to imitate Zhu Yuanzhang!
Didn’t Zhu Yuanzhang build the city high, accumulate grain, and slowly become king, and finally became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?
"Taiji," Anukodun's knowledge of Chinese culture was not as good as her husband's, but he knew what Zhu Yuanzhang meant and laughed immediately, "Galdan is Hutuktu, what he said is definitely not wrong... ...Taiji, it seems you can become the Zhu Yuanzhang of the Mongols!"
Sengge smiled and said to his wife: "I have become the Zhu Yuanzhang of Mongolia, and you will be the big-footed horse queen of our Mongolia!"
Anu's face lit up: "Yes, yes, Anu has big hands and feet. He can also charge into battle for Taiji. He will be no worse than Zhu Yuanzhang's Queen Ma!"
This Anukotun looks silly and sweet, but she is actually a female general who can charge into battle!
In history, Song Daye, a bachelor of the Qing Dynasty cabinet who followed Kangxi in the Northern Expedition to Galdan, described Anukedun's heroic appearance in the Battle of Mozhaoduo in the "Diary of the Northern Expedition". Daye said that she: Wearing Yuanhu on her head He wears a hat, holds a spear in his hand, wears a seven-yellow robe under his armor, green silk trousers on his lower body, and a chainmail armor. He is extremely brave.
Sengge nodded, "I was still hesitating whether I should go east or south, but now I can finally make a decision!"
During this period, opportunities to move eastward and southward were presented to Sengge at the same time.
The opportunity to advance eastward was created by the Ming army in Liaodong. After the collapse of Manchuria, the three Khalkha tribes and the Horqin tribe also collapsed. The small Mongolian tribes who were unwilling to be ruled by the Chahar Khanate and the Tumote Khanate moved westward, greatly strengthening the strength of the Jungar tribe. .
Moreover, the power of the Chahar Khanate and the Tumut Khanate were limited and they could not fill the power vacuum created by the collapse of the three Khalkha tribes in the short term, so they gave the Quasi tribe the opportunity to unify Mongolia eastward.
The opportunity to go south was brought to Sengge by Aurangzeb, the "conqueror of the world" from India. After Aurangzeb seized the throne of his father Shah Jahan through a coup, he decided to do two great undertakings - two great undertakings are more challenging than one great undertaking!
Aurangzeb was already the "conqueror of the world", so of course he had to do something difficult.
His first major undertaking was to unify India! This is a matter of course, there is nothing to say.
Aurangzeb's second major undertaking was to regain his ancestral home of Samarkand - the Mughal dynasty in India was the descendant of the Timurid Empire. He was driven out of his hometown by the Uzbek Khanate and ran to India to become king and hegemon. Now that Aurangzeb, the great world conqueror, has emerged, of course he must first conquer his hometown.
Otherwise, the ancestral graves are all in the hands of others, and they may be defeated at any time. How dare you call yourself the conqueror of the world? Isn't this a joke?
Therefore, after Aurangzeb became the emperor of India, he prepared to send troops to defeat the Bukhara Khanate.
The Bukhara Khanate has actually declined. It was defeated by the Kingdom of Persia and the Khiva Khanate (to the west of Bukhara, the Khan also came from the Uzbek royal family), and its allies Kazakh Khanate and Yerqiang Khanate were allowed to The Geer tribe perished, and life was not ordinary. However, Aurangzeb, the conqueror of the world, was severely defeated by the Bukhara Khanate before usurping the throne...
But Aurangzeb did not think that the failure of the northern expedition to Bukhara reflected his true strength - he repeatedly defeated the army of the Bukhara Khanate in the Bahir area bordering Afghanistan and Bukhara. If it were not for India's The cavalry is inferior to the cavalry of the Uzbeks (Bukhara Khanate) and Turkmen, so that it cannot protect the security of the logistics line. The flag of the Timurid Empire has long been flying at the top of the city of Samarkand.
Therefore, before Aurangzeb usurped the throne, he advocated uniting with the pagan Mongols in the north of the Bukhara Khanate to attack the Bukhara Khanate.
In order to realize this plan, Aurangzeb personally sent an envoy to the Qing Dynasty. Unfortunately, Dorgon fell off his horse and died, and gained nothing.
After Aurangzeb succeeded in his attempt to usurp the throne, a new opportunity appeared in front of him - the rise of Jungar and the destruction of Kazakhstan, which made the Bukhara Khanate fall into enemies on all sides.
Therefore, after securing the throne of the emir, Aurangzeb began to send envoys to Chu River City to plan a joint attack on Bukhara.
Later, he sent envoys to the Golden City of Siam in an attempt to contact Daming, the suzerain of Zhungeer.
"Taiji, should we go east or south?" Anuktun asked.
Seng Ge glanced at her and said to himself: This woman still doesn't understand the principle of building a city high, hoarding grain widely, and becoming a king slowly!
"Of course it went south!" Sengge said. "If we want to move eastward, we will definitely conflict with the Ming Dynasty, and that will not be a slow-motion battle. Now we can only unite the Timur Dynasty (Mughal Dynasty) of Tianzhu and Bu Abkhaz.**** Khan of the Khiva Khanate to the west of Hara attacked the Bukhara Khanate together."
"Are the Timurid Dynasty and the Khiva Khanate willing to join forces with us?" Anu was a little confused. "Aren't they afraid that we will become stronger after swallowing the land of the Bukhara Khanate?"
"Of course they are not afraid anymore!" Sengge said, "The Bukhara Khanate believes in the Tianfang religion, but we believe in the Buddha, and we are nomadic people...so they think that we can only have a good meal." If they plunder, they will leave the territory of Bukhara. And they can eat Bukhara and Samarkand, and then use Bukhara and Samarkand as the basis to continue to divide the land of the Bukhara Khanate that we don’t want. .”
"Oh, Anu understands!" Anu Kotun finally came to his senses, "Kutuktu means to let us occupy all the fertile land in the northeast of the Bukhara Khanate, and then in an emergency Build a high castle there as the basis for long-term defense. Only when we firmly control the land northeast of Bukhara can you claim to be Khan and compete with the Ming Dynasty!"
Sengge nodded: "That's what it means!" He smiled, "After all, Hutuktu is smarter than us mortals!"
In fact, both Sengge and Anukedun misunderstood Galdan, and Galdan never thought of letting the Junggar tribe confront the Ming Dynasty. His slow sweating is not a heavy sweat, but a small sweat. In his opinion, it would be great if the Junggar tribe could take over the oasis area at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains occupied by the Bukhara Khanate... Being a vassal in the west for the Ming Dynasty would cost hundreds of thousands or hundreds of dollars every year. A gift of 10,000 years is very comfortable, so why bother?
"Taiji, let's quickly convene a meeting of the leaders of the tribe, deploy troops and horses, and attack Bukhara!" Anuktun is a militant woman, and she can't wait now.
"There's no rush," Sengge waved his hand, "We'll wait until the sixth brother arrives...The sixth brother is Hutuktu. As long as he acts with us, the southward march will be absolutely safe. Moreover, since we want to postpone the title Khan, then you should ask the imperial court for orders before sending out troops."
