Gualjia Solgo, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty who was paying tribute to the emperor, had been having trouble eating and sleeping these past few days. He originally thought that this trip was just a simple trip to pay tribute and send off relatives. Who knew that things would turn out unexpectedly after arriving in the capital.
First, the Supervisor of Rites sent someone to come to him to discuss matters, accompanied by Wai Lang, the host and guest of the Ministry of Rites. It was said that he was discussing matters, but in fact he was giving an order, requiring him to go to court as the tribute envoy of the Tarum Guards to present Meng Gege, the sister of Nalinbulu who came with him, to His Majesty the Ming Emperor.
Sorguo's face turned pale after hearing this. He knew that whether it was him or Ye He, the Ming Emperor certainly couldn't afford to offend him, but neither could Gao Situ.
Meng Gege was something Ye He and Baylor had agreed to give to Gao Situ a long time ago. This time, he was able to ride on Jinghua's giant ship from Liaodong to Beijing. After arriving at Tianjin Port, he was fully escorted by Jinghua's cavalry. It was also because of this that now How should the matter be settled when the emperor took advantage of her?
If you reject His Majesty the Emperor, you are definitely courting death; if you let go of Situ's dove, you are also courting death.
Sorgobeile was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat in the middle of the winter. He was about to explain the reason incoherently. Unexpectedly, the chief official of the etiquette department gave a slight signal to the chief guest officer of the etiquette department to go out to wait for a while, and then said to Solgo with a calm expression. Guo Dao: "You don't need to ask about the details. We will only tell you this: This matter is the honor of the emperor to Gao Situ. Gao Situ also nodded. You don't have to worry about that."
Daxuan didn't say which ones they were, and Sorguo didn't dare to ask. As for what he said, Sorguo did not dare to question it, so he had to accept it first, and then asked for the details of the above report. He also said that he and his subordinates were not good at Chinese studies, so I was afraid that the above report would have to be written by an expert. Is there a slight extension of two days?
Da Jue, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, replied that it was possible, and pointed out that there was a great talent named Ye Xianggao in the Hanlin Academy who was quite suitable to help you and others write for you.
Of course, Sorguo didn't know who Ye Xianggao was, but he didn't dare to neglect Da Ju's advice. As soon as he and Yuan Wailang left, Sorguo sent someone to wait for Mr. Ye Xianggao at the entrance of the Hanlin Academy, and at the same time he went to Shangshu Gao's Mansion to explain the situation to Gao Pragmatic.
However, he didn't see Gao Pragmatic. He only heard the message brought by his disciples, saying: "Everyone in this department is aware of it, so you can just do it."
The frightened Solguo finally let go of the big stone in his heart. Fei Yingdong, who had just returned to the residence arranged for them by the Ministry of Rites, went to find Ye Xianggao. Not only did he come back, he even brought Ye Xianggao with him. Highly written essays.
When Solguo asked, he felt even more paradoxical, because Fei Yingdong said that when he was waiting for Ye Xianggao outside the Hanlin Academy, Ye Xianggao heard him reveal his identity and directly took out a letter and said: "The expression is here Here, just take it and copy it." Then he turned around and left.
After all, Fei Yingdong was young and energetic, so he felt that this matter was weird, so he quickly stopped Ye Xianggao and asked him how he knew his purpose. Ye Xianggao laughed and said, "Da Situ is my master." After saying this, he didn't even look up. Went back.
After listening to this, Sorguo finally believed the words of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. He knew that there must be some secret to this matter, and Gao Jingshi knew the details and agreed, so Ye Xianggao wrote the form in advance. The matter of writing.
If it were just like this, Sorguo wouldn't be unable to eat or sleep well. The key is that after this statement was presented in the name of Tarum Guard, His Majesty the Emperor accepted it. After that, the emperor rewarded his merits in the previous battle in northern Liaoning. Gao Situ was rewarded with some silver coins, silk, and... Mengguge for his role in rearrangement.
After a busy trip, come back again? Sorguo was confused at first, but after careful consideration, he was shocked: Ye He was tricked by His Majesty the Emperor, and he was even warned!
Only then did Sorguo become really anxious. He had not been involved in Ye He for a long time, and his strength was not strong. He brought less than a thousand households to Ye He. Ye He's two Baylors may have looked at whether he had a Baylor hat on his head before giving him this opportunity to serve as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty. However, everything turned out to be trouble. Although it seemed that everything was settled, His Majesty the Emperor clearly revealed that "Stop playing tricks in front of me" warning, will you be angered by the two Baylors after you return? Sorgo had to think about the pros and cons.
Speaking of which, Sorguo is really a "victim" under the wings of a pragmatic butterfly. In the original history, the Suwanguarjia family was at the top of the "nobles with different surnames" in the Tatars, so why are they so frightened as they are now.
Zhaozhen, the Prince of Li during the Qianjia period, mentioned in his "Xiaoting Miscellaneous Records": "Among the Manchu clans, eight clans are the most noble. One is the Guerjia clan, after Zhiyi Gongfei Yingdong; the other is Niu Hulu After the surname, Hongyi and Gongdu...the eight clans are the most important in choosing the master, selecting marriages, and rewarding meritorious officials and servants." Among them, the Fei Yingdong family, the descendants of Sorguo, ranked first.
Although the surnames of the Manchu banner people during the Tatar Qing Dynasty often had the same surname, there were often cases of "same surname and different clans". For example, the family name of the leader of Yehe Kingdom is Yehenala. The pearl of great scholars in the early Qing Dynasty and the famous poet "Human Virtue" are all descendants of the Yehenala family of the leader of Yehe Kingdom.
The people of Yehe's tribe also took the tribe's name as their surname, and also had the surname Yehenara, but they had no common ancestral relationship with the family of the head of the country. Cixi, who was in charge of the political power in the late Qing Dynasty, was not of the same clan as Yehenala, the leader of the country.
There is a big difference between people of the same clan and people of the same clan. For example, in the Guarjia clan, people from the "Suwan area" are respected, probably because those who have lived in "Suwan" for a long time are mostly descendants of Sorgo.
There is a story in "Qing Bai Lei Chao", which tells the story of Ronglu, the minister of the Guarjia family in the late Qing Dynasty.
"The Ronglu family comes from the Guarjia family, and the Guarjia family has Su Wan as its noblest. When Rongguan Hubu Shangshu met Yi Dutong, he asked about the clan, and it was also the Guarjia family. Rong said: 'But we will They are the same clan.' Dutong asked if there was the word 'Su Wan'. Rong said: 'No.' Dutong shook his head and said: 'That's probably not the case.'"
The gist of this story is that on the day when Ronglu became the Minister of Household Affairs, he met a governor, and they all reported their families to each other. It turned out that they were all surnamed Guarjia. Ronglu was very happy and said, "Then we are of the same race." Dutong asked, "Is your family Suwanguarjia?" Ronglu said no, and Dutong was very disdainful and said, "Then We are not of the same race."
Some details of this story may be different from the facts, but the Ronglu family was originally from the Wula Guarjia family, and the original genealogy and family biography only read "Guarjia family", which is true.
And after he became a first-rank official in Ronglu, he began to mention that he was "Su Wan Guarjia" very abruptly, and even the epitaph behind him forcibly added the title of "Su Wan", which somewhat shows that Sorgo The family has the highest status in the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, the reason why Sorguo's family is so high-ranking is mainly due to two people. One is Fei Yingdong, his second son who came with him this time, and the other is the son of his ninth son Wei Qi. The third son, Obai.
Fei Yingdong has introduced it before and will not go into details here. Although everyone may be familiar with Obai, a famous powerful official, they may not be familiar with his family background. Here is a brief introduction.
Obai, one of the "Four Auxiliary Ministers" appointed by the Shunzhi Dynasty, was the third son of Wei Qi, the ninth son of Sorgo, and a Manchurian with a yellow flag. The "Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy" lists his biography as "Obai Batulu".
According to official historical records such as "Tongpu", "Tongzhi of Eight Banners", and "History of the Qing Dynasty", Aobai first went to Jinzhou as Niulu Zhangjing, and then participated in many expeditions. Tai Chi gave him the title of Batulu and the title of third-class baron. After that, he continued to perform meritorious service repeatedly and was promoted to the rank of second-class public servant, which was a typical example of military meritorious service.
Later, because he was too domineering as an auxiliary minister, he was dismissed from his rank by Emperor Kangxi, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty. He was exempted from the death penalty because of his high merits, so he was imprisoned. Later, Ao Bai died in prison. But in the fifth year of Yongzheng's reign, Emperor Yongzheng of Emperor Shizong rewarded Aobai as a first-class duke and gave him the title "Chaowu Gong", so that Aobai's grandson Dafu could inherit it.
Therefore, readers, please do not think that Obai was completely doomed after being captured by Kang Mazi. This was not the case. In some film and television dramas, it is not true that Obai was beheaded on the spot or executed afterwards. Kang Mazi did not dare to actually kill Obai, which angered the Suwanguarji family who were deeply rooted in the Tatar army, so he could only imprison him until his death.
And Yongzheng, an emperor who preferred to talk things over, immediately "rehabilitated" Obai after he secured his position. The word "Chaowu" can be regarded as a fair evaluation of Obai, and Obai's descendants can also Assume nobility and maintain family status.
But these "futures", Thorgo didn't know at this time. He was now full of worries, fearing that he would be held accountable by the two Baylors after returning to Yehe.
After hearing this, Fei Yingdong was shocked and angry. What surprised him was that His Majesty the Ming Emperor was really good at this method. Not only did he not harm his trusted ministers' "good deeds", but he deepened his close relationship with him;
What makes him angry is that his move not only deceived Ye He, but all the Manchurians will think that Ye He has completely disregarded his face in order to curry favor with the Ming Dynasty. He also harmed their Su Wanguarjia family, making Ye He and the two Belles very likely to be killed because of this. Angry at his house.
Su Wan was just a small member. In the original history, the property that their father and son brought to Nurhaci was only "five hundred households". Although it is a little stronger now than in history, they did not have to cross Hada to defect to Nurhaci, but instead defected to Ye He nearby. Therefore, there are 800 households in the territory, but these 800 households are really just that in Ye He's eyes.
Su Wanbu's men, women, old and young combined only had about 4,000 men, among whom Ding Po Tian could muster 500 soldiers. From the perspective of Ye He, who had an army of nearly 20,000, it was basically more than him but not more, and less than him. If this really offends Ye He Erbeile, Su Wanbu will be in serious trouble.
Fei Yingdong's roar alarmed Meng Guzhezhe who lived in the same hospital. She was born as a Jurchen, so her etiquette was naturally not as strict as that of the Ming Dynasty, so she went to see Sorguo and his son in person and asked them why they were angry.
Sorguo was not actually "angry", he was just panicked, and it was Fei Yingdong who was angry. When Fei Yingdong saw Gege coming, he calmed down his temper a little, suppressed his anger and explained, and then said: "The great emperor is playing power and pushing me, Ye He, to the opposite side of Manchuria, which may not be conducive to Ye He's prosperity. "
Seeing that his son's words were quite measured, Sorguo was a little relieved, but he was afraid that Gege wouldn't understand the meaning, so he opened his mouth to explain.
Unexpectedly, Meng Guzhezhe just smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to stop him, and said: "My two brothers will definitely understand the difficulties of your father and son, so you don't have to worry."
Then after a pause, he added: "As for Ye He's future, you don't have to worry. Things are not as bad as you think."
Sorguo was greatly surprised when he heard this. Although the Jurchen countries also learned the customs of the Mongols and had the tradition of letting their mothers regent when their leaders died and their sons were young, Menggu Zhezhe, who had not yet left the cabinet, had never participated in political affairs. He had never heard of this Gege having any other talents besides beauty. Why was he so sure at this moment?
Fei Yingdong was obviously more upright than his father, who had been struggling to survive all the time. He immediately asked: "What do you mean by this?"
Meng Guzhe said: "The Ming army won two consecutive victories in southern Liaoning and northern Liaoning within a few years. The Mongolian Tumen Khan was simply unable to hold on. As for the battles such as the invasion of Gule Stronghold, the Ming army was even more devastated. What do you think this means? ?”
Fei Yingdong frowned and said angrily: "Of course it means that the Ming army is powerful."
"Yes, the Ming army is powerful." Meng Guzhe said: "On this trip, I heard the cavalry in Beijing chatting privately and learned that the Ming army has 200,000 troops in Liaodong.
I recalled that the Ming army sent more than 20,000 troops to destroy Gule Village, and the battle in southern Liaoning also sent more than 20,000 troops. This time to help me, Ye He, regain the West City, we still sent 20,000 troops... You two, the Ming army only needs 20,000 troops. Liaodong's eleventh force (one-tenth) can do this. Who in Manchuria can be an enemy?
That is to say, no one can be my enemy. I, Ye He, stand on the side of the Ming army. Who dares to be my enemy? Even though everyone in Manchuria thought that Ye He was an eagle and dog of the Ming Dynasty, who would dare to risk such thunder and take advantage of Ye He's current weakness to get in? "
Now Solguo understood what Meng Guzhezhe meant. Meng Guzhezhe was saying that Ye He had suffered a lot this time and was at his weakest moment in recent years. Without the backing of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid someone within the Jurchens would plan to take advantage of it. enter.
But now that after the Ming Emperor's manipulation, the outside world will think that the Ming Dynasty has completely regarded Ye He as its new agent in Liaodong, even replacing Hada's previous position.
What is the status of Hada? Lord of Manchuria.
What kind of support did Hada receive from Ming Dynasty at that time? Anyone who dared to touch the hada would be beaten by the Ming Dynasty - Ye He touched the hada, and Qing Jia Niu and Yang Ji Niu were immediately beheaded.
As for being on the opposite side of Manchuria...it's a joke, everyone is working as a dog for the Ming Dynasty, who is more noble than the other? If we really want to talk about being noble, then the dog king is the most noble among this group of dogs!
The original dog king was Hada, but Hada was old and declining, and could no longer be such a dog king. Of course, Ming Dynasty had to choose a new dog king. Ye He was originally not trained as a dog king by the Ming Dynasty because he was "unruly and unruly". This time, he was valued by the Ming Dynasty as a blessing in disguise. Wouldn't it be stupid not to seize the opportunity?
In this case, is reputation so important? When he secures his position as the leader of Manchuria in the future, who will dare to mock Ye He over this matter!
The way Sorguo looked at Meng Guzhezhe was immediately different from before, and the same was true for Fei Yingdong. He finally calmed down his anger, took a breath, nodded silently, and said: "Goodbye."
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