With fine wine in hand and a flattering expert like Gao Pragmatic present, Qingba Dutai Ji really knew everything he wanted to say.
Qataiji, this is not the name of the most powerful general in Tumut, but just an official position or title.
There is no love without reason, no hate without reason, and there is no loyalty without reason. Therefore, of course, there are reasons and history why Chataiji is infinitely loyal to Anda.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty retreated to the grassland and was known as the Northern Yuan Dynasty in history. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was extremely powerful and implemented the "Three Plows and Five Expeditions" against the Northern Yuan Dynasty who had retreated to the grasslands. After that, Mongolia was divided for most of the time until Sun Dayan Khan, the fifteenth generation of Genghis Khan, unified all Mongolian tribes and established 60,000 households.
In the fourth year of Zhengde, Dayan Khan sent his second son Urus Boluot to serve as a farmer for 30,000 households on the right wing, which aroused serious dissatisfaction with Yongshebu leader Yibuci and Ordos lord Mandu Lai Agulehu. When the two used Urus Borot to worship Genghis Khan's mausoleum, they launched a rebellion and attacked and killed Urus Borot.
At this time, Dayan Khan's third son Balsbrot was living with Hatun in the home of Tumut lord Koseta Bunang.
After Cositabu Nang learned about the rebellion, he immediately sent Balsbrot and his eldest son to Dayan Khan, and fostered Balsrobert's second son Altan with the stars of the tribe, Kaiulluk and Ebo. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kaiwuyouhan.
After the couple accepted the mission, they were afraid of harming the young Altan, so they asked a firewood girl to dress up as a widow holding a baby, and fled back to Dayan Khan with the babbling Altan.
In the fourteenth year of Zhengde's reign, Altan was granted the title of Lord of Tumut Ten Thousand Households, and the Ming Dynasty called him Ada Khan.
In the tenth year of Jiajing, the son of Xingkai Urluk and Ebo Kaiwuyouhan, who had rescued Anda Khan, was born in Handu Leixia. Anda Khan wanted to repay the kindness of his parents Xingkai Urluk and his wife Thanks to the grace of saving his life, he adopted Handulai Xiya as his adopted son, was given the official title of "Cha", and was given the title of "Taiji", enjoying the same privileges as Genghis Khan's golden family.
"Qia" here usually means diplomat, and "Taiji" is similar to a prince or prince, so the title "Qiataiji" has both official position and noble status. As the son of Amada Khan's benefactor, Qiataiji was in Tumo. The status of the Special Department is very prominent.
After Handu Lei Xiya, that is, Qataiji grew up, he was extremely smart and capable, and had strong martial arts skills. Anda Khan also valued him very much and gave him real power. His military exploits were so pragmatic that he no longer needed Qingbadu to tell them all. He had figured out those things twelve years ago, so Qingbadu said some other things.
For example, in the 29th year of Jiajing, the Gengxu Revolution occurred. Anda Khan led his troops to attack Yanjing and approached the city. Since Anda Khan's purpose at that time was "to seek Tonggong City", and he did not have the ability to conquer Yanjing, so in order to strive for the conditions for a peaceful settlement, he finally took the initiative to withdraw his troops.
The next year, Anda Khan sent Chataiji to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty. After many difficult mediations, the Ming Dynasty had no choice but to agree to open horse markets in Datong and Xuanfu. The opening of the horse market brought temporary peace to the border between Ming and Mongolia, and brought great benefits to the border residents on both sides, changing the two hundred years of hostility between the Ming and Mongolia.
But the good times did not last long, and not long after, Emperor Jiajing regretted his decision to stop the horse market, and the Ming and Mongolian sides once again entered into a melee. It was not until Gao Gong was in power for the second time that he seized the opportunity of the Han Naji incident and led Anda to pay tribute.
In the fifth year of Longqing's reign, the Ming Dynasty granted Anda Khan the title of King of Shunyi, and 65 other people were awarded official positions at various levels such as governor, commander, thousand households, and hundreds of households. Because Qataiji was the only general of Anda's Chinese army who fought against the Ming army. , that year he was only granted the title of Hundred Households.
Five years later, it was already the year of Wanli. According to my answer, Qiataiji was directly promoted from a hundred households to a commanding officer, and was stationed as a herdsman in Duoduo City, more than 200 miles away from Pianguan in Shanxi.
Tuotuo City, also known as Tuotuo and Tuotuo, is the Tuoketuo County in Inner Mongolia in later generations. It is located not far to the southwest of Guihua City. This county got its name because Qataiji was stationed here as a herder.
However, he did not stay here for a long time. In order to avoid the mutual interference of agriculture and animal husbandry, Qataiji took the initiative to make way for the emerging agriculture and moved to the area of Beishizhao Township, Tumed Zuo Banner, where he settled and herded gradually. Gacha was formed there, and later people named the village after Çataiji. Their descendants lived in Çataiji Village until the Red Dynasty.
But of course Qingbadu didn't know about the so-called Chataiji Village, and even Gao Pragmatic didn't know about it. He just learned from this that the pastoral area of Chataiji was very close to Guihua City, almost only a day's journey away.
In addition, Qingbadu also told him that Qataiji's troops were indeed not many, not even as high as the "six thousand soldiers" originally reported by Gao Pangshi - his own troops only had three thousand cavalry, and the other three thousand were me. What was put under his control was theoretically the army of Anda headquarters.
However, Chataiji has been Anda's top general for the past thirty years. His military prestige is unrivaled by anyone except Anda himself. Even Xin Ai cannot compare with Chataiji in this respect. Compare.
In addition, he is fair and serious, so some small tribes, as well as the Dongtao, Xitao and Qinghai tribes, attach great importance to his attitude, especially regarding matters of war. If Qataiji says that it can be fought, then everyone Just believe that we can fight; if Chaterji says that we can't fight, then everyone will be reluctant to move, because if he doesn't think he can fight, others will certainly be unable to fight.
However, when Gao pragmatically asked Qingbadu what Qataiji's attitude towards the current Ming Dynasty was, Qingbadu said flatly: "Qiataiji feels that he can no longer fight with the Ming army."
Gao Pingshi was moved in his heart, but his expression remained unchanged. He smiled, raised his glass and drank the wine together, and then asked: "Why? Did Chaterji explain the reason?"
"I said it, of course I said it." Qingbadu is very addicted to alcohol, but in terms of drinking capacity, he is probably a little less than Gao Pragmatic, the warrior who was tested by alcohol. He was already a little tipsy at this time. However, the idea of his speech was still very clear and fluent: "Qataiji said, first, the Ming army has unlimited financial resources. In recent years, it has overhauled the border defenses, especially the cement fortresses, which are extremely strong and cannot be conquered at all. Fighting with the Ming army on the border Building a fortress is like throwing an egg against a stone, sacrificing nothing and gaining nothing. It is better to trade with each other and exchange what I have for what I need.
Secondly, the Ming army often won great victories in Jiliao, and its ordnance was getting better and better than it was twenty years ago. If it were to fight again, the chance of winning would be too low.
Thirdly, I, Tumut, can rest and recuperate, sit back and watch Chahar exhaust his strength, and maybe in the future we can become the Great Khan of Mongolia again... Well, this is Chatterji's words, thirty thousand Tumut Even if Hu becomes the Great Khan of Mongolia, he will still be the Shunyi King of the Ming Dynasty. Mr. Gao, please don’t misunderstand me. "
Did I misunderstand? Why should I misunderstand? Tumut wanted to be the Emperor of Meng Yuan. That is known to the whole world. However, even if Emperor Meng Yuan's line is transferred to Anda, I won't worry. I'm even looking forward to this day. It's just that... before that, I have to firmly control your Tumut department. Just fine.
As for Chataiji's analysis, Gao Pragmatic felt that Qingba did not lie to him. With Chataiji's level, it was not surprising that he could see this. Of course, this also shows that Gao Gong's policies back then were effective.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty's current policy of "Western Huaihuai East System" was originally created by Gao Gong.
At that time, Gao Gong's measures to consolidate the tribute to Anda were mainly two points: strengthening armaments and using troops against Liaodong.
Gao Gong wrote a memorial called "The captives are within, border troubles are at peace, and we beg for timely overhaul of border affairs to ensure long-term public security." In this memorial, Gao Gong linked the overhaul of border affairs with canonization and mutual trade. . [Wufeng's Note: This statement is historical fact. 】
Gao Gong believes that the real purpose of entrusting each other with trade is to win peace on the border, thereby overhauling border affairs and laying the foundation for long-term peace.
In other words, the completion of the canonization and mutual trading does not mean that the Anda tribute has ended. Therefore, further rectification of armaments, especially border defense, after the tribute is made is part of the tribute incident and is of vital importance.
Moreover, Gao Gong's "Chronicles of Furong" also included the book "The captives are annexed, the border troubles are relieved, and the frontier affairs must be overhauled in time to maintain public security". It can be seen that the "timely overhaul of border affairs" and "Furong "Inseparable.
In "Reply to Qi Zongbing", Gao Gong expressed this view more clearly. He said, "The Western captives are newly attached, but the Eastern captives are still looking inside. If they succeed, they will use the yin to inspire the Western captives to be arrogant." Although it is not uncommon to win the tribute market, it is not uncommon. If we must suffer a big setback, then not only this captive will feel cold, but also all the Western captives will be afraid, so the tribute market will last forever."
It can be seen that in Gao Gong's view, in order to maintain the favorable situation created by Anda's tribute, it is to use troops against Liaodong and strive for a great victory. On the one hand, it will dampen its spirit, and on the other hand, it will form an effective deterrent force against Anda. Maintain and consolidate the good situation established at that time.
Gao Gong knew very well that further rectifying armaments and strengthening border defenses were the pillars of maintaining long-term peace and prosperity, and using troops in Liaodong to defeat the "Eastern captives" could dispel An Da's unjust thoughts.
Peace is prone to slackening, and peace without strength is not reliable and must be temporary. Therefore, border peace maintained by paying tribute is not reliable. Temporary peace is by no means a reason to neglect one's duties or take things lightly, but should become a step forward for progress.
Therefore, he has always regarded vigorously rectifying armaments and border defenses and improving military strength as the key to consolidating and maintaining the tribute market and forming a good situation.
In other words, Gao Gong had already seen at that time that the key link in the entire Anda tribute was to use the existing peaceful "solid cultivation" to improve border defense strength and lay the foundation for long-term peace and security.
In this regard, Gao Gong made it very clear and thorough. He said: "But if we have three to five years of tranquility, we will surely be able to settle down, deploy well, have enough troops and food, and the foundation can be consolidated, and the chance of permanent victory lies with me. At that time At this time, if he seeks an alliance, I will still show the meaning of restraint; if he breaks the agreement, I will set up an army to punish the offender, expand and contract, advance and retreat, and have room for myself. It will be difficult for the captives to succeed in their old ways, and China can enjoy endless peace... …If you can look up to the temple, practice it with sincerity, and make things better day by day, this will be the foundation of long-term governance."
This idea later became the consistent governing idea of Ming Dynasty, that is, "West Huai East System".
Now, from Qataiji's analysis, we can see that Gao Gong's original idea has had obvious results.
Due to internal reforms, Ming Dynasty has more financial and material resources that can be used to overhaul border affairs, such as building cement fortresses. Because Gao Pragmatic, a monopoly capitalist, refuses to sell goods at low prices, the price of cement has been very expensive so far, but Ming Dynasty because of They gradually began to collect commercial taxes and customs taxes, but persisted in purchasing cement vigorously and rebuilt almost all important border walls and fortresses. This created an important factor that Chatterjee believed could not be conquered.
The effect of the "Eastern System" in deterring Tumut was equally obvious. Qataiji believed that the second reason why he could not fight the Ming army again was because of Ji Liao. Qi Jiguang was able to fight off the intrusions of the Duoyan tribe every time. Although Li Chengliang could not keep the enemy out of the country, he always attacked the houses of Chahar, Duoyan and other tribes.
According to Qataiji's idea, Qi Jiguang lacked horses, so he could only defend; Liaodong had horses, so Li Chengliang could attack. Then if we compare this situation with Xuanda, we will come to a conclusion: Xuanda also has horses. If Tumote and the Ming army start a war again, then the Xuanda Ming army can actually invade Tumote like Liaodong did!
If Tumut is still the same as before, it will be fine if the Xuan Daming Army invades. Let's leave as soon as we say it. It's good that you have horses, but you are eating rice, which means that logistics is still needed, so you can only follow me. Mongolians eat farts behind their backs.
But the problem is that the Tumut of today is no longer the Tumut of the past. With the establishment of Guihua City and other cities, nearly half of the Mongolians have begun to live a "settled" life. Wherever they can just leave as before, Can you walk?
Moreover, these years of intensive agricultural efforts have not been in vain. Now the Mongolian people's ability to resist disasters is much improved than before. It is difficult for ice and snow disasters to cause a devastating blow to a tribe, especially for those who follow the Han people to reclaim the wasteland. The disaster resistance of the tribe has been improved several times.
However, this also means that the Mongolians can no longer just slap their butts and leave - you can leave, but don't want your crops? When there is a snowstorm and ice storm in winter, and the livestock freeze to death, will the whole family go to drink Fenglayan?
Therefore, the intimidation of Gao Gong's "Western Huai East System", coupled with Gao Gong's pragmatic "Chineseization" and economic control, put Tumut in a dilemma - he did not dare to fight, and he did not dare to leave.
As for the third one, Gao Pragmatic really doesn't mind, and it's completely humane for Chatterjee to think this way. We are all descendants of Genghis Khan. Why can you, Tumen, be the "Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty", but my adoptive father cannot?
In Chatterji's view, his adoptive father Amada Khan was obviously more talented and resourceful than Tumen Khan.
Gao pragmatic laughed and said loudly: "Come here, please bring two more jars of imperial tribute wine. Today, I will accompany the Qingbadu brothers to drink to their heart's content!"
Yes, please have a good drink. With your introduction, I know Chataiji’s bottom line clearly!
What bottom line?
The bottom line is that no matter how I, Ming, canonize me, at this moment, he, Qia Taiji, will never dare to break up with me!
