The fact that Gao Pragmatic asked Hannaji to marry Zhongjin Hatun was based on the Mongolian tradition. Since Gao and others could relate to this, how could Qataiji, a Mongolian lord, not think of it?
Even Gao Pragmatic didn't specifically tell Jinghua Trading Company to act covertly. They just ran back and forth between Dacheng Taiyoshi's Daban Shengcheng and Toyoshu River Royal Court.
And Xin'ai sent someone to tell Qiataiji that Dachengtaiji had gathered all his tribes and troops in Dabansheng City, and Zhongjinhatun also used the seal of King Shunyi of the Great Khan [Given by the Ming Dynasty, I answer This is really used as a token, and even later Shunyi kings such as Qiqingha and Zalike used this in history. 】Mobilize all the Great Khan's personal guards around the royal court to the Toyoshu River royal court.
Now the strength of both sides has been gathered in Daban Shengcheng and Fengzhou River, with a total strength of at least 60,000 to 70,000 cavalry, and even more tribesmen.
When Chataiji heard this, he was sweating from behind, and his clothes were all soaked with sweat.
Because Xin Ai's envoy made it clear that Xin Ai Huang Taiji was the natural successor to the Great Khan, and he would never accept anyone else to become the Great Khan or King of Shunyi.
Tumut is going to have a civil war!
Civil war, what a terrible word! After Genghis Khan unified Mongolia, the Mongolians already understood the importance of unity. Unfortunately, later...
Today's Mongolia is already a divided Mongolia. The Great Khan worked hard for decades before Tumote controlled such a vast grassland, and his strength was even greater than that of the Chahar tribe where the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty lived. Now the Great Khan Before the bones are cold, will Tumut fall into another split and the Great Khan's hegemony disappear?
Chataiji shuddered.
This is definitely not what the Great Khan wants to see, so he must stop Tuotuo!
But how to stop it?
Stop Xin Ai Huang Taiji? He is the eldest son of the Great Khan. Although the Great Khan did not leave any words, saying that he would pass the throne to Xin Ai Huang Taiji, but the eldest son inherits... This is the rule set by Dayan Khan.
Besides, Xin Ai Huang Taiji has made it clear that he will not back down, how can I persuade him? What will happen if I can't be persuaded? There will still be fights.
Chatterji is not afraid of fighting. Even if the opponent is Xin Ai, and even if Xin Ai is more powerful than him, that will not scare Chatterji. What Chatterjee feared was civil war itself. Because no matter which side of the two sides suffers a loss, in the final analysis it is the loss of the Tumut Department.
Tumut was able to control Dongtao and Xitao not just in name - Tumut was one of the "30,000 households" enfeoffed by Dayan Khan, so wasn't the Ordos tribe the same? Why do I, the Ordos Department, have to listen to you?
Because of strength and prestige.
Anda's ability to control the Ordos tribe relies fundamentally on strength, and then reputation.
After the death of the Great Khan, there was not much left in the reputation itself. If Tumote's strength still declined significantly, wouldn't the Ordos Ministry have any ideas? They may even think that if you, Tumut, can get a Shunyi Wangdang, can't I, Woerdusi, also get some kind of Wangdang?
Speaking of which, Anda Khan was able to control tens of thousands of households in Ordos because his brother Ji Nang ignored government affairs in his later years. After Ji Nang's death, his grandson was actually in charge of cutting off Huangtaiji, and it was his uncle An who admired him more. Answer, so thousands of households in Ordos really obeyed my orders. But if we have to look at it from an institutional perspective, the status of Ordos Ten Thousand Households is no lower than that of Tumote Ten Thousand Households.
Therefore, he could neither convince Xin Ai nor go to war with Xin Ai.
So what about Dacheng Taiji and Zhongjin Hatun?
worse.
Dacheng Taiji would not listen to him, because in Dacheng Taiji's eyes, Daming was his biggest backer; and it goes without saying that Zhongjin Hatun also had the same thoughts.
Qia Taiji thought about it, and the only one who could dispel Dacheng Taiji's idea of snatching the throne of the Great Khan was the Ming Dynasty. And the person who can directly decide or influence the Ming Emperor's decision in Yanjing City to a large extent is the one who sent the envoy The coming plenipotentiary envoy Gao pragmatism.
Chataiji also had business dealings with Jinghua, but he was obviously not as close to Jinghua as Dachengtaiji and Zhongjinhatun. Therefore, Chataiji gave up the idea of relying on "relations" to pursue a high-pragmatic path from the beginning.
Bribing is impossible. Gao Pragmatic is the owner of Jinghua Trading Co., so Qataiji can't even think about how rich he is. What can he use to bribe others? They might even want to bribe him in turn.
Then we can only demonstrate first, and then be moved by emotion and reason.
The idea is very good, but it is a pity that Gao pragmatically understands Qiatarji too thoroughly, and Qiatarji understands Gao pragmatically too incompletely. He only knows that Gao pragmatically is very good at business, and he is also very good at reading, and it seems that he is an official. It's also very powerful...but if you ask him something more specific, he won't know.
After all, Chaterji did not have such an unrealistic idea of controlling the Ming Dynasty. Only with high pragmatism could he have the grand vision of controlling Mongolia.
As a result, Chatterji's plan failed from the beginning. From his point of view, the demonstration went smoothly. However, judging from the performance of the Illumination Army, especially the imperial envoy himself, there is no doubt that it was a A complete failure.
No matter it was six thousand cavalry setting up a formation, or hundreds of fine cavalry charging into the formation ferociously, Gao Pragmatic was not afraid.
Chataiji had no choice but to pretend he didn't know anything and stepped forward to participate in a polite manner.
If you lose, you don't lose on the battlefield, but you lose on predicting people and events.
He didn't know how Gao Pangshi, at such an age, could remain indifferent to the Mongolian cavalry in front of him. After all, in his impression, Ming people had always been afraid of the Mongolian cavalry, and most people only dared to hide in the city. Trembling, only a few heroic generals like Ma Fang and Ma Gui dared to go out of the city to fight with them.
I didn’t expect that a mere young civil servant would be so courageous!
But Qataiji is still a little unconvinced. He still feels that he must not have enough subordinates. If all the power of Tumut is concentrated here, with more than 100,000 cavalry lying across the front of the formation, no matter how brave Gao Pragmatic is, he will definitely Will be afraid.
Unfortunately, none of Dacheng Taiji, Zhongjin Hatun and Xinai Huang Taiji would listen to him. Otherwise, if Tumote is united, Gao Pragmatic can only canonize King Shunyi according to the results of Tumote's own recommendation.
Therefore, after showing respect to the emperor's envoy, Qataiji still wanted to show Tumut's might and said with a straight face: "Since the envoy is here for the canonization ceremony, he doesn't know why he brings these five Thousands of cavalry? Does the imperial envoy think that just five thousand cavalry can make me, Tumut, afraid?"
"Is it a sufficient number or a mere one?" Gao Pragmatic smiled: "However, it doesn't matter whether it is a sufficient number or a mere one. The purpose of these five thousand cavalry is just to celebrate the succession of the new King of Shunyi. That’s all.”
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