Zhang Juzheng had long known that Gao Gong had put a lot of effort into the situation in northern Xinjiang. In general terms, he and Gao Gong had the same idea. They both wanted to change the bad situation in which Ming Dynasty had been passively beaten for many years. He also understood Gao Gong's ideas and approved of them very much.
Gao Gong's idea was mentioned by a logistics master in later generations, but it was criticized miserably - before going outside, you must first settle inside.
However, in fact, there is nothing wrong with this idea itself. As for the bitter pill that the Logistics Master suffered back then, the reason was that the foreign invasion had already reached the point of annihilation of the country, and he did not have the ability to pacify the internal affairs, but he insisted on pacifying the internal affairs first. Of course, the result was that he could only defeat the external affairs, and there was no chance of internal affairs, so he was in vain. All sexy.
But the situation Gao Gong is facing now is obviously different from that of the logistics master back then.
Internally, because of the almost unreserved trust of Emperor Longqing, Gao Gong had the ability and authority to suppress internal noise and forcefully promote reforms in all aspects, thereby strengthening the strength of the Ming Dynasty and forming the "Forging iron requires one's own hard work" "The situation has been discussed a lot and will not be repeated here.
But looking at it from the outside, it's worth mentioning. The most important of these is that the Mongols themselves have long been de facto divided. At this time, Mongolia, let alone not having the strength to destroy the Ming Dynasty, even had such thoughts no longer existed. The reason for their frequent invasions is, in the final analysis, very simple: they simply cannot survive without looting some supplies.
How did this situation arise? Especially after the left-wing Mongolians moved south, this split became more obvious. So much so that at present, even a slow empire like the Ming Dynasty has felt that the split of Mongolia is a foregone conclusion. Insightful people represented by Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and others realize that the Mongols can't even handle their own internal affairs, so how can they have the intention to do so? Is it possible to devour the glorious Ming Dynasty with "billions of people and millions of heavenly soldiers"?
Therefore, Gao Gong invited Zhang Juzheng to reanalyze and plan the strategy for Mongolia.
In fact, the process of Mongolia's split and the current real situation have no bearing on whether it is the decisions of Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and other ministers in power at the moment, or Gao Pragmatic's future strategy of "economic penetration and political treatment" of Mongolia. It is of great significance and worth mentioning.
It would be troublesome to trace this matter too far back, but at least it must start from the days of Dayan Khan.
At that time, with the disintegration and decline of the Oara tribe, the Tumut tribe of the Tatar clan gradually rose up under the leadership of Dayan Khan. During the rise of Dayan Khan and his dominance of the grassland, there was a tribe called Chahar tribe. The tribe also made great contributions to the Khan King of the Golden Family. Therefore, the Chahar tribe expanded greatly during the reign of Dayan Khan. However, because Dayan Khan divided the Chahar tribe and gave it to several of his eleven sons, the Chahar tribe later became It is inevitable to be involved in the power struggle in the Tumut Khan court.
During the period of Buch Khan, the Chahar tribe ushered in another important enfeoffment. In this enfeoffment, the tribes under the Chahar tribe expanded again. However, although the left-wing Mongolian Chahar tribe has become an important pillar of the Tumed Khanate, and while it has greatly expanded, it has also been hated by the right-wing Mongolia.
Especially during the period of Bu Chi Khan, Bu Chi Khan, as a left-wing Mongolian line, relied on the power of the Chahar tribe to successfully seize the throne. As a result, he continued to suppress the right wing and greatly weakened the right-wing Mongolia, leaving them with no choice but to Submitted to the left-wing Mongolian golden family headed by Bu Chi Khan.
But it is obvious that right-wing Mongolia will not be so content with the status quo. In order to better deter the right-wing Mongolia and maintain military pressure on the Ming Dynasty, during the era of Buchi Khan, the Chahar tribe moved south for the first time, arriving outside the towns of Xuanfu and Datong in the Ming Dynasty.
However, the good times did not last long. Due to the Ulianghan rebellion that broke out later, the Chahar tribe had to leave the Monan area and returned to Mobei to guard it. Although Buchi Khan later increased the Chahar tribe's troops, the Chahar tribe was The return of the Har tribe to the north directly greatly reduced the military pressure on the right-wing Mongolia. At the same time, because of Buchi Khan's mistakes in enfeoffment, the right-wing Mongolia became bigger again.
As Chahar moved north, under the leadership of Anda, the right-wing Mongolia on the one hand stated that they would continue to follow the left-wing Buchi Khan, and on the other hand quietly began to expand southward. They bypassed the Shaanxi-Gansu region of the Ming Dynasty and settled in the Qinghai region. A new Tumut pasture was opened. At the same time, the far-sighted Anda Khan actively accepted the fleeing Han people and organized them to develop cultivated land and build towns in Tumochuan.
When Buchi Khan finally put down the Ulianghan rebellion in Mobei, he originally wanted to integrate the right-wing Mongolia to consolidate his power. However, at this time, the right-wing Mongolia clearly had the power to overthrow the left-wing Khan. .
At this time, Anda Khan had controlled the entire right-wing Mongolian Zhutaiji. What's more serious is that with the Chahar tribe's northward migration due to war needs, the pastures that originally belonged to the Chahar tribe have been quickly occupied by the right-wing Mongolia. When Bu Chihan died of illness in Mobei, the pastures that originally belonged to the Chahar tribe were actually Mongolia has been completely divided on the left and right sides.
Regarding the successor of Dalaisun Khan, Anda simply tore apart his previous pretense. He unceremoniously asked the young Khan for the throne of right-wing Mongolia. And Dalaisun Khan himself also knew that years of fighting had actually seriously consumed the strength of the Chahar tribe. At this time, it was obviously not a wise choice to confront Anda head-on. Therefore, Dalaisun Khan did not lead the Chahar tribe back to their original pasture, but huddled in Mobei.
However, for the huge Chahar tribe, the environment in Mobei is obviously too harsh, and staying in Mobei will only make them weaker and weaker. In desperation, Dalaisun Khan finally led most of the Chahar tribe members to move south. He did not know that this southern migration of left-wing Mongolia would ultimately change the history of the entire Northeast Asia and even the world.
Daraisun Khan began to prepare for the southward migration in the 29th year of Jiajing. However, the risks involved with such a huge movement are naturally self-evident, so Daraisun Khan divided the huge Chahar region. , leaving a considerable number to continue to be stationed in Mobei. This Chahar tribe eventually evolved into the later Khalkha Mongols, and later the Kalmyks in Russia.
This time, Daraisun Khan's purpose was not to lead the Chahar tribe back to their pastureland north of Datong, Xuanfu, because that place had almost become the center of right-wing Mongolian rule and could not be allowed to be occupied by them. He set his sights on the Ji Town of the Ming Dynasty and the pastures north of Liaodong, but the fertile pastures in this area had actually already been owned by the owners: those who lived here were the Mongolian "Duoyan Sanwei" who were the vassals and vassals of the Ming Dynasty - the well-known Readers of Ming history must be familiar with it, so I won’t go into details.
In this way, the large-scale southward migration of left-wing Mongolia became Dalaisun Khan's war of conquest against the three guards of Duoyan. Compared with the huge Chahar tribe, the strength of the three Duoyan guards was obviously not enough to compete. Therefore, in the 30th year of Jiajing, the three guards of Duoyan had to surrender to Dalaisun Khan.
However, due to the military deterrence of the Ming Dynasty, Daraisun Khan did not annex the Duoyan Three Guards in one fell swoop, but left a small amount of pasture for the use of the remaining Duoyan Three Guards who had suffered heavy losses. Most of the Duoyan Three Guards, led by their leader, left the protection of the Ming Dynasty and chose to join Tumut Mongolia under the rule of Amada Khan, and eventually disappeared in the long river of history.
