The key point that makes this question difficult to answer is that although Gao Pragmatic is happy to divide Mongolia into two halves or three points to facilitate better control in the future, he never wants them to be scattered into pieces - instead of being broken into pieces. It's hard to control, and even if you control it, it won't be of any use.
Everyone else in the Ming Dynasty may hope that Mongolia will be divided as much as possible, because the more fragmented it is, the less capable it is of causing harm to the Ming Dynasty. Only Gao Pragmatic, a later person, knows that if it is divided like that, it may be easier for others.
Even if you don't get enough money because of your own connections, you can't forget the polar bear heading eastward - Tsarist Russia.
The people of the Ming Dynasty today cannot see the general trend of history, but they are pragmatic and know it. If they are short-sighted enough to think that the split of Mongolia into the Shinra is a good thing, then it would be too stupid.
However, the most fundamental reason for the split of Mongolia is that the most powerful right-wing Mongolia was the first to split. The Ordos Tribe, Qinghai Tumote Tribe, etc. all became independent, but the Tumote Tribe could not do anything to them.
The most critical figures that led to this situation were Zhongjin Hatun and Sanniangzi, who were good friends of the Ming Dynasty.
As a woman, it is a normal behavior to seek benefits for her son, but her several actions failed to achieve anything. They only intensified internal conflicts, which was very disturbing.
If the current Ming Dynasty is extremely weak, then maybe her move is a good thing, but with her own existence, the Ming Dynasty can only be stronger than in the original history. After another ten or twenty years of infiltration, maybe it can be done without any effort. Taking down Mongolia with one soldier and one soldier - at least there is a chance to take over the right-wing Mongolia peacefully, but her approach will ruin the big thing.
But, how to stop her from messing around?
Pressure? It's not impossible, but we must consider the consequences and whether there will be a chain reaction in Mongolia under strong pressure. For example, right-wing Mongolia suddenly united under external pressure, and because pro-Ming leaders like Sanniangzi were "anti-Ming Dynasty" "Water" and became hostile to Ming, thus once again causing confrontation between Ming and Meng.
Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. In the past, the third uncle presided over the tribute tribute in order to create "ten years of peace" for the Ming Dynasty to recuperate and recuperate. I can't help but force them to go to war with the Ming Dynasty again.
This is not just a question of whether we can win or not, but a question of losing political points. It seems that the line adhered to by the Gao Party or the pragmatic school has begun to waver.
This is not okay, absolutely not.
Because of the Chinese tradition that death is the most important thing, the words "Gao Wenzhenggong" are now important political resources in Gao Pragmatic's hands, and he cannot casually act contrary to Gao Gong's style of conduct.
Then it can only be solved through political means. But what kind of political means can solve the problem of women seeking benefits for their sons? This is nature.
Gao pragmatically followed the order and saw no one. He locked himself up, took out a pen and paper, and drew a power relationship diagram on the paper. He first drew the right-wing internal Mongolian forces in the innermost circle, and then drew Ming Dynasty and left-wing forces in the outer circle. Mongolia and other external forces even drew a small circle under the Ming Dynasty circle and wrote "Jinghua" inside.
Then start drawing lines, clearly labeling who is related to whom and what kind of relationship they have.
In the end, I just stared at this picture for a long time without moving.
After a long while, Gao Pragmatic's eyes moved around a few times before staring back at the three middle circles - Xin Ai, Bahan Naji, and Sanniangzi.
Xin Ai has both strength and prestige, and is nominally the undisputed number one heir to Anda. However, his disadvantages are also obvious. There are two points in total: old age and lack of strong support from the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, there must be some conservative ministers within the Ming Dynasty who insist on the primogeniture system. Even the throne of King Shunyi must be based on this - King Shunyi was granted the title by the Ming Dynasty after all.
The advantage of Bhannaji is that he has strong strength within the Anda headquarters, including the Daban Shengcheng city built by Zhao Quan and other White Lotus cultists, which are all his fiefdoms. In terms of strength alone, he could even compete with Xin Ai.
At the same time, he is young and powerful, and is not yet thirty years old. As long as the silent result of accidentally falling to death does not occur in the original history, he will be an extremely important force within Tumut.
As for the strong support of the Ming Dynasty, it goes without saying that he was the number one hero who could complete the tribute that I promised. At least on the Mongolian side, this number one hero did not have to run away. He was also one of the right-wing Mongolians. When he formally accepted the Ming Dynasty's reward, his official rank was second only to Anda, the "important minister of the Ming Dynasty" of King Shunyi. The Ming Dynasty had always admired him as a great hero who "initiated righteous deeds".
What's more, he is the Mongolian noble who has the closest and most in-depth cooperation with Jinghua. Gao Jingshi can't find any reason not to support him - unless his death is really destined, but Gao Jingshi is an atheist and he doesn't believe in this.
If everything is determined, then what else are humans trying to do?
As for Zhongjin Hatun, her advantages are somewhat similar to those of the current Queen Mothers of the Two Palaces, but because of the different folk customs of the Ming and Mongolia, they are not exactly the same.
My answer is that if you die suddenly, before the new Great Khan is established, Zhongjin Hatun is equivalent to the "Queen Regent" - the Mongolian Queen can regent. For example, after the death of Ogedai in the past, because the eldest son Guiyou did not return from the expedition , Guyu's mother was the queen of Ma Zhen, Tuo Legena, who was regent for five years.
Although Anda Khan was not the emperor, under the Mongolian system, the rules for the transfer of power did not change after his death. Now that Yi Kehatun has passed away, I only favored Sanniangzi, and because I worshiped Buddhism and neglected government, I lived in the temple all day long to worship Buddha. At this time, Sanniangzi was in charge of Tumot's political affairs, especially with the Ming Dynasty. The trade was presided over by Sanniangzi.
Gao Pragmatic then framed a time period on the relationship diagram: between the death of the old Khan and the birth of the new Khan.
This period of time is the most opportunity to do something!
If he wants to intervene, he must intervene within this time period!
Because, as long as they can find a way to make Dacheng Taiji and Zhongjin Hatun reach an agreement, then Dacheng Taiji, who has the strength to compete with Xin Ai, and Zhongjin Hatun, who has the title of regent, can even jointly suppress Xin Ai.
As long as Xin Ai is suppressed and is not regarded as a great khan, no matter whether the new khan is Dacheng Taiji or Butashri, the son of Zhongjin Hatun, it actually means that the three major forces in the right-wing Mongol center have become two major forces.
In this case... maybe we can find a way to balance the balance of power between the two of them. In this way, the pro-Ming faction will completely control the Tumote tribe, and the two of them have their own power, and they will have the opportunity to act as an offshore balance. Hands on.
However, although the idea is good, how to do it specifically?
The great conspirator Gao Qiu Zhengong, who was good at balancing, began to think again.
First of all, what is certain is that if she wants to convince Zhongjin Hatun, her son Butashri must be able to gain strength. Otherwise, as a mother, she will definitely not agree.
That is to say, the strength in the hands of Xin Ai Huang Taiji must be allocated to Butashri. Only then can Zhongjin Hatun join forces with Dacheng Taiji, or at least must transfer most of Xin Ai's strength to Butashri. .
But in this way, she and Butashri mother and son had a clear advantage over Dacheng Taiji, which was not conducive to the balance.
Because the strength in Xin Ai's hands is comparable to that of Dacheng Taiji - relatively speaking, the people under Xin Ai have more war experience, while Dacheng Taiji is richer and has better equipment.
If Butashri gained the beloved tribe and the special status of his mother, Zhongjin Hatun, it would in turn overwhelm Dacheng Taiji.
In this case, Dacheng Taiji may not be willing to do it, so a balance needs to be struck, for example... giving the position of Great Khan to Dacheng Taiji!
Theoretically, this can balance the strength of both of them, but if Dacheng Taiji becomes the Great Khan and King of Shunyi, Zhongjin Hatun may worry about his status again.
Hmm...otherwise, let Dacheng Taiji marry the third lady?
If this kind of thing happened in the Ming Dynasty, the whole family would probably not be able to chop off their heads, but it doesn't matter in Mongolia!
According to the original history, the third wife married Anda Khan first, then Xin Ai, and then Lali Ke. One person married three generations of grandparents. Now there is no need to marry Xin Ai, wouldn't it be wonderful to directly marry Dacheng Taiji, who is only a few years younger than her?
Gao pragmatically thought about it and felt that this idea seemed okay. First of all, the Sanniangzi should not care about the matter of getting married. Many Mongolian ladies of this era are like this. Although Dacheng Taiji may seem a bit weak in Mongolia, the Sanniangzi herself is also pro-Ming. , I guess she might not like the more literary Dacheng Taiji - at least he is more interested in it than Xin, right?
Xin Ai is also suffering from injuries now. It is said that he is almost a man soaked in medicine. Historically, the third wife married him, and all fools knew that it could only be for political reasons.
Dacheng Taiji should also be willing. Although Sanniangzi is nearly thirty years old, given her status, she is usually pampered and pampered. In addition, she is already known for her beauty. Now she may not even be able to talk about MILFs - future generations There are so many unmarried girls at this age, and I haven't seen anyone call them "milfs". Could it be that in terms of pampering and luxury, the third lady is not as good as the girls of later generations?
So from a "human" perspective, this matter should be discussed.
What is difficult to determine now is whether the two of them are satisfied with the "spoils-sharing" plan they have set.
To put it simply, this plan is for the two families to divide the Xin'ai tribe - Dacheng Taiji takes the name and gets the throne of the Great Khan and Shunyi King; Zhongjin Hatun gains the strength so that his son Butashri gets the Xin'ai tribe. Then Sanniangzi married Dacheng Taiji again, completing the last step of this wave of union.
It looks like it should be feasible. As for the negotiations... you might as well let Cao Gan talk first. If the talks don't work out, then we'll talk about it. I should have returned to Beijing by then. I should go there in person - uh, forget about going to Mongolia, go to Xuan Dazhao Let the two of them talk.
----------
Thanks to book friends "Book Friends 160311074954957", "dj000214", and "Golden Hair 123" for their monthly ticket support, thank you!
