Xin Ai Huang Tai Ji, this is the name the Ming Dynasty gave to the eldest son of An Da Khan. Han Na Ji, Zhong Jin Hatun and Qatai Ji only used "Xin Ai" to refer to him because of their high pragmatic understanding. In fact, his name is Senggedu Gurengtmul, and the Mongols generally call him Sengge, so he should actually be called Sengge Huangtaiji.
Xin Ai is in his early 60s this year, with gray hair, and wears a braid common among Mongolians, which the Han people call "vertebral bun", that is, the top of the head is shaved into a three-piece head, with the front head in a horsehair style and the left and right sides braided. Practicing the hanging posture is called "losing bileger" in Mongolian.
Comparing it with Bhannaji, we can see Xin Ai's resistance to "Chineseization": Bhannaji's hairstyle only retains a braid on each temple, and the rest is the same as Han hair accessories.
Moreover, apart from going out for hunting, Han Naji also likes to wear Han costumes when meeting his subordinates, especially the official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty, which are even more distinctive. His image is quite rare among Mongolians. Fortunately, all Mongolia knows that he is a Hamin and he is very powerful, so no one jumps out to accuse him.
Xin Ai is different. His hair accessory is still a fashion in the Genghis Khan era, but the way it looks now is purely a "retro style".
Xin's style of employing people is in line with Dayan Khan's style when he is old, and his generals are his sons.
This group of children are now sitting around Xin Ai's lower head, and they don't have many rules. They just sit on the carpet casually.
"It's been so long since the Great Khan passed away, but none of the eight Tumut tribes sent people to invite me to succeed the Great Khan. Tell me, what's the ghost here?" Xin Ai held a silver cup in her hand and gently Swirl the kumiss in the glass.
His sons suddenly looked at each other and refused to speak first.
The so-called eight tribes of Tumut are based on the division of the entire Tumut within the Beiyuan system, rather than the division of east and west sentinels in my answer. According to the eight Tumut divisions, the eight major Tumut tribes are distributed as follows:
He himself is a member of the Xin'ai Huangtai Ji tribe, stationed in the Xiaobaihai and Mafeishan areas to the north of Xinghe outside Xuanfu. This place is 300 miles away from the border of the Ming Dynasty and is located at the easternmost point of the Tumut Ten Thousand Households. It was originally connected to the Wuliangha tribe of Duoyanwei. Later, the part of Wuliangha that was dismembered was also assigned to him as a pastoralist, and his power It expanded further eastward.
The second is the Dachengtaiji tribe, which is stationed in the northwest of Piantou Pass, Shanxi Province. The entire area is called Harangwu. It is also three hundred miles away from the Ming border. This so-called Harangwu is located to the west of Dabansheng City. In other words, the pasture land of Jibu in Dachengtai is the westernmost end of the pasture land of tens of thousands of Tumut households. From Dabansheng City to the west, all his pasture land is located across the Yellow River from Ordos Ten Thousand Households. The main body of Dacheng Taiji's tribe is the original "Mengguoljin tribe" left to him by his grandmother Yikehatun.
The third is the Bayote tribe, which belongs to Buyantaiji, the second son of Anda. The ministry's pastoral areas are located in the Yikejulige area outside Tianchengwei and Yanghewei in Datong Prefecture. It is still about three hundred miles away from the Ming border.
Buyantaiji died relatively early, but left behind a son named Baturaiji. The Taiji still died early, but he was very fertile and had six sons, all living in one place as pastoralists. His eldest son, Songmur Taiji, became the minister of the Bayote Department after his father's death. However, the strength of this department is average, and Songmu'er Taiji himself is a die-hard fan of Chaterji, so the Bayote Department is influenced by Chaterji to some extent.
The fourth is the Aiwu Shen tribe, which is led by Bingtu Taiji, the fourth son of Anda Khan. Its pastoral area is north of the Dacheng Taiji tribe, that is, outside the Piantou Pass in Shanxi. "Hu The prefectural committee member Wu'er took advantage of it." This place is relatively far from the border of Ming Dynasty, about 700 miles.
In the original history, Bingtu Taiji later moved westward to Qinghai to station as a herder. This station was occupied by Xin'ai Huang Taiji's eldest son, Lalik, but he is still here now. However, this tribe is not very strong and generally behaves like "following the herd".
The fifth is the Bahrain tribe, which belongs to the tribe of Yeli Dengji, the fifth son of Anda Khan. Its pastureland is in the land of Gaiyan Nashiji outside Datongyang and Zhengbei. This is five hundred miles away from the border of Ming Dynasty. Balin Taiji had seven sons, among which Zhelitu Taiji was the more famous. He was also a Taiji who supported farming and had a good relationship with Balin Taiji.
The sixth is the Dengdalat tribe, which belongs to the sixth son of Anda Khan, Goligotaiji. Its grazing land is behind the Duolanwoken Mountain outside the Desheng Fort in Datong. The border of Ming Dynasty is also about 300 miles away. Dundarat's troops are currently relatively strong. If they had to fight with an army, they could pull out nearly 5,000 cavalry.
But Corrigendaji himself has no ambitions. He always listens to whoever is strong. It is estimated that after the news of the tripartite alliance between Hannaji, Jongkin Hatun and Chatterjee spread, he should immediately turn to Hannaji. .
The seventh is the Wushen tribe, which is led by Anda Khan's brother Labu Ketaiji. Its pastoral area is in the area of Ke'er, just north of the border fort in Datong Town. It is less than two hundred miles away from the Ming border. Labuke Taiji died early, and his son was also sick and had few directors. Therefore, his grandson Daiqing Darhan Taiji was the most famous and won the trust of Anda Khan.
In the sixth year of Wanli, when Anda Khan took a large group of Mongolian nobles to Qinghai, he also accompanied Han Naji, Zhongjin Hatun and Qataiji, so Daiqing Darhantai was left with him. On behalf of Anda Khan, Ji presided over major affairs such as mutual trade and tribute with the Ming Dynasty that year. Therefore, to a certain extent, Daiqing Darhan Taiji is currently the "Anda grandson" Taiji in Tumotri after Bahan Naji.
The eighth is the Duoluo Tuman tribe, which is led by Buzhejier, the son of Arsuborot, the fourth son of Dayan Khan. Its pastureland is in the northwest of Shanxi Piantou Pass. It is about six to seven hundred miles away from the Ming Dynasty border. There were seven sons in total, among which the four most famous were Daiya Huangtaiji, Meligotaiji, Huoluochitaiji and Kechutaiji. However, the ministry has been moving westward to station livestock and activities in the Qinghai area. Now it is actually far away from the core area of Tumote and is fighting against the Mongolian Oirat Ministry.
This division obviously does not include the core of Anda's headquarters, and it is too weak and far away, or it is more inclined to Hannaji or Chataiji. Therefore, after Xin Ai asked this question, several sons Not willing to speak.
But it was not enough to remain silent. Since Xin Ai's eldest son, Lalik, was still with the Northern Yuan court, Xin Ai's second son, Namur Taiji, had no choice but to speak out: "Abu, apart from Dacheng Taiji, these people are either They are just a bunch of people, or they don’t have many troops, so we don’t have to worry about what they want. In my opinion, as long as Dacheng Taiji doesn’t jump out and cause trouble, everything else will be easy to handle. As long as we lead the troops into Guihua City, everything will be fine. ”
However, as soon as he said these words, he was refuted by Xin Ai's third son, Qingbadu Buriha Tutaiji. Burihatu said expressionlessly: "Won't Dacheng Taiji jump out to cause trouble? Originally, I didn't I don’t think he has the guts, but you all know the news. Mingren sent an envoy and even brought thousands of troops to visit Qiataiji. I’m worried that this guy is here to help Dachengtaiji rob the Khan. position."
Songmu'er Taiji, Xin Ai's fifth son, frowned and said, "Do you have any evidence?"
"Evidence? Do you need evidence?" Burihatu snorted coldly: "This envoy from Ming Dynasty must have come to consecrate King Shunyi, but why did he go to Qataiji instead of going to Guihua City to confer King Shunyi? ? You don’t think Mingren is stupid enough to make Chataiji the King of Shunyi, right?”
Everyone shook their heads together. This was of course absolutely impossible. Although Qataiji was known as Taiji, he was only Ebuge's adopted son and was not a real member of the Golden Family. How could he be qualified to be the Great Khan?
But Xin Ai's sixth son, Borha Tu, still didn't understand the meaning and asked: "Then why is he going to see Chatterji? It's not because he admires Chatterji's reputation and wants to see him. Bar?"
Burihatu rolled his eyes: "Lao Liu, before you speak, can you move your head that is dazed by women and think about it carefully?"
He said angrily: "Although there are many generals under Ebuge's command, Chataiji is the only one who can compare with Abu. If Chataiji is willing to help Dacheng Taiji, then Dacheng Taiji's only shortcoming will be filled." …”
"The only shortcoming of Dacheng Taiji? What shortcoming?" The intelligence level of Borha Rabbit is estimated to be comparable to that of rabbits.
They are all his own sons, but there is such an idiot among them. Xin Ai really couldn't stand listening anymore and said angrily: "Porha Rabbit, if you are unwilling to use your brain, just listen and don't interrupt!"
Burihatu sighed and explained helplessly: "Dacheng Taiji is famous for only making money and not fighting, but the strength of his subordinates cannot be underestimated. If Chatai Ji is willing to help him, he will We have troops, money, and brave generals available."
Borha Rabbit suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly: "Oh oh oh, I understand, I understand."
He said he understood, but everyone knew from the confused look on his face that he still didn't know what it meant.
Xin Ai's fourth son, Hamu, frowned at Du'er Taiji and said, "Third brother, are you saying that this Mingren envoy went to work as a lobbyist for Dacheng Taiji? But he didn't even meet Dacheng Taiji. , Dacheng Taiji didn’t even express his position, what was he doing in such a hurry? Not to mention whether Qiatarji was willing to break the rules, but if Dacheng Taiji didn’t have the courage, he, the imperial envoy, would be How should I handle myself?”
Burihatu asked: "Fourth, do you know who this envoy is?"
"Who is it?" Hamu asked Duer with a frown.
"Gao pragmatism." Burihatu said calmly: "That is, Jinghua's boss."
Everyone was shocked, while Hamubaduer was dumbfounded and said: "He wants to bribe Chaterji?"
Well, in the eyes of most Mongolians, the three words "gao pragmatism" can be directly equated with "rich". It is no wonder that Hamu Batu'er's first reaction was that Gao pragmatism wanted to bribe Qataiji.
Burihatu frowned slightly and said thoughtfully: "This is what I have always suspected. Logically speaking, we all know Qataiji, and he doesn't really look like a guy who can be bribed with money. But this After all, there is no guarantee of this kind of thing. When Ebug was around, naturally no one could bribe Chaterji, but now that Ebug is gone... Abu, we'd better be careful."
Xin Ai snorted and said: "Tuotuo is a man of rules. I am the eldest son of the Great Khan. I believe he will not be happy to bear the bad reputation of a rebellious minister and traitor after being a loyal minister and good general for most of his life."
Burihatu felt that Abu's words were a bit arbitrary, and was about to persuade him again, but Xin Ai waved his hand and asked: "Is there any news from Zalik? Are Tumen willing to let him back?"
The second son Namur said: "The eldest brother only had one messenger come back, saying that Tumen was very sad when they heard about the death of the Great Khan, and they always expressed their desire to come to Tumote to see the remains of the Great Khan in person."
"What?"
"Is he coming to Tumut?"
"Tumen are crazy?"
"I think he must have something up his sleeve!"
Xin Ai's disciples immediately exploded, and Xin Ai himself turned cold, and said solemnly: "Come to see my Abu's remains? I think he wants to see my remains, right? When the time comes, he will have Lalik in his hands again. Doesn’t Tumut have the final say?”
Burihatu frowned and thought for a moment, then asked: "Second brother, what were Tumen's original words?"
"Ah...I forgot, but that's what it meant anyway. He just said he wanted to come and see Ebuge in person."
Burihatu always feels that Tumen's reaction is not right. Although Tumen has not achieved much so far, it seems that he is quite methodical in doing things. He should not say anything that may anger the entire Tumut. Come - no one would simply interpret what he just said to mean that he came to express his condolences to Anda Khan, because Anda's disrespect to the Northern Yuan court was not just a year or two, it was an old problem for ten or twenty years. Well, how could the Tumen come to express condolences to him? He must have wanted to take the opportunity to bring Tumut under his control.
But the problem is, Tumut's strength is no weaker than Chahar. Now that the body of the Great Khan is still cold, you want to take advantage of the situation and treat all of our Tumut's 100,000 control strings as dead people?
Burihatu just felt that with our wisdom, we would not be so stupid. Even if we were feeling proud, we should not say it out loud, especially to our elder brother. I'm afraid there is something going on here. Misunderstand.
At this time, a voice suddenly came from outside, shouting from afar: "Huang Taiji, what's wrong! Qia Taiji and the Ming Dynasty envoys set off together to Daban Shengcheng!"
Xin Ai slammed the cup on the table, stood up suddenly, and said angrily: "Is this how Qataiji repays our Golden Family? I want to remove his Taiji name!"
When he was angry, all his sons stood up. Burihatu sighed and persuaded: "Abu Moanneng, this matter was originally expected by me..."
"You expected it?" Xin Ai's anger continued: "Then why didn't you say it?"
Burihatu was stunned for a moment, and said to himself: I was about to say something just now, but you interrupted me with a wave of your hand.
Namur quickly advised: "Abu, don't be angry first. Let's first listen to see if the third child can do anything... The third child, let's not talk about anything else. Since you have expected it, you must have a way to deal with it, so let's talk first. Tell me how to solve this problem." He said and winked at Burihatu.
Burihatu glanced at Xin Ai and saw that his father did not speak. Knowing that he was angry and refused to back down, he had to pinch his nose and admit it. He lowered his head and said, "Dacheng Taiji plus Qia Taiji are probably about the same strength. We are twice as powerful, so it would be unsafe to forcefully go to Guihua City to take over the throne, and now we need allies."
Namur hurriedly asked: "Who can be our ally?"
Burihatu thought about Abu's attitude towards Tumen just now, and knew that speaking to Tumen first would definitely cause Abu's dissatisfaction, so he could only say: "The best ally is... Zhongjin Hatun."
Namur was startled: "Zhongjin Hatun? As a woman, what kind of ally can she be?"
Borha Rabbit, who is as smart as a rabbit, agreed very much when he heard this and said: "Women only need to be able to serve others, and allies can only be warriors!"
"Shut up!" Burihatu said angrily: "If it weren't for Yike Hatun in the past, how could Han Na Ji be regarded as a great Taiji? Can he control a tribe as powerful as Xishao? Now Zhongjin Hatun's status is It’s similar to Yike Hatun before Erbug succeeded to the throne. Whoever can marry her will have the greatest chance of becoming Chechen Khan! Do you think he is worthy of being an ally? Huh? "
The Borha Rabbit is not only about the same intelligence as a rabbit, but also about the same courage. When the third brother yelled, he shrank his neck in fright and honestly did not dare to say a word.
Xin Ai reacted and said hesitantly: "You mean, let me marry Zhongjin Hatun?"
When I discussed with my sons about finding a stepmother for them, it would have been extremely awkward in Han China, but in Mongolia at this time, it seemed as if it was no big deal to invite people to dinner.
Burihatu said: "Yes, Dacheng Taiji...Although Han Naji is not of much use, he has an important advantage. Abu must not underestimate it."
"What advantage? Having a lot of people or having money?" Xin Ai frowned and said: "No matter how many people there are, he still needs to be able to lead them. As for money... As long as we act fast enough, we will not be able to do it in a short while." It doesn’t have much effect.”
Buri Hatu shook his head and said: "It's not a matter of tribesmen or money, but... he and Zhongjin Hatun are the right-hand men in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty to safeguard the mutual market. If he opposes us, the Ming Dynasty will definitely support him. At this time, we can only have a chance to equalize the situation by bringing Zhongjin Hatun over, so that Mingren will at least not take sides."
"Oh, you are worried about Mingren..." Xin Ai frowned and said, "But Mingren can't get involved in my Tumote matter, right? Let me think about it... It depends on the thousands of people brought by Gao Pragmatism. Riding? If Ma Fang takes him, I'll give him some respect, but it's just the younger generation of the Ma family, so what's there to be afraid of?"
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