Ming Dynasty’s support for Shuerhaqi was far more powerful than in the original history? Of course, this power was not given by the Ming Dynasty. In the final analysis, it was given by Gao pragmatism.
There is no need to mention Gao Jingshi’s previous support and win over Shuerhaqi. At this moment, that is, at the same time that Cao Yun was discussing military affairs with his two generals Qi Jin and Ma Chengxun, Gao Jingshi also happened to be there. Talk to people about support for Shulhazy.
Unlike the three generals who had delayed their lunch because of the war, Gao Jingshi had just returned from the Hubu Yamen to Shangshu Gaofu for dinner. Although this mansion is not yet completed, since the buildings on the original Zhuang Yuandi side are not planned to be completely demolished, his lunch and lunch breaks are still arranged here.
Not only is he here, Liu Xin has also been staying here, not going to Baiyu Tower. In Liu Xin's own words, although the Baiyulou Villa occupies a large area, she feels embarrassed when she thinks of a concubine who is very pragmatic and has never been married, because it always reminds her of Huang Zhiting.
However, there are advantages for her to stay in Shangshu Mansion. After all, she is a "confidential secretary", and it will never go wrong to be close to Gao's pragmatic workplace. Just like at this moment, Gao Pragmatic was discussing Shuerhaqi's arrangements with her.
The emperor's intention has been very clear, which is to replace Nurhachi with Shuerhaqi. This does not mean that it cannot be accomplished. If Gao Pragmatic is willing to make up his mind, it is actually possible to kill Nurhachi and promote Shuerhaqi to the top. However, there is a high probability that there will be some problems in the future, such as those within Jianzhou. Civil strife, and Ming Dynasty was involved.
But that is not the main thing. Gao Pragmatic feels that the biggest trouble is that if Nurhachi is really finished now, the balance of power within the entire Jurchen will become extremely disordered, and the subsequent development will be unpredictable.
In Gao Pragmatic's view, the Jurchens can only maintain stability if two conditions are met. One is that the Ming Dynasty has a crushing absolute advantage over the entire Jurchens. A sneeze can make all the Jurchens catch a cold. In this case, the Jurchen ministries do not dare to be unstable, because life and death all depend on the Ming Dynasty.
The second is to maintain a balance in the internal strength of the Jurchens. As long as the internal strength of the Jurchens is about the same, then even if the Ming Dynasty is not strong enough to crush them like ants at any time, they can only hold on to the thighs of the Ming Dynasty and not ask the Ming Dynasty to favor themselves. , and had to ask Ming not to favor their opponents.
The former situation is of course what Gao pragmatism pursues, but it is obviously not achieved yet. The Ming Dynasty can indeed say that it does not pay attention to any of the Jurchens, but to the west of the Jurchens is Chahar. It wastes its power on the Jurchens, and the pressure on Chahar has obviously weakened accordingly. This is right now. A typical case of putting the cart before the horse and ignoring the importance.
The latter situation is the objective reality at this stage, that is, although the Ming Dynasty is strong, the power that can be used here is limited, so it is more suitable to act as an arbiter, rather than always fighting with others personally. Under this situation, the strength of each Jurchen tribe must be relatively balanced. Only when both sides are about the same strength will they worry about external intervention. If one side really crushes the other, Ming Dynasty will probably not have time to intervene, or even be unable to intervene.
In this way, Gao Pragmatic is inclined to "change, but not completely change" the current situation of the Jurchens. Specific to the matter between the brothers Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi, Gao Pragmatic prefers to let them separate their families, rather than Shuerhaqi directly replacing Nurhaci.
In the original history, Shuerhaqi made a move to separate from Nurhaci. This move was for Shuerhaqi to rebuild the right guard of Jianzhou. The reconstruction of the right guard of Jianzhou was also the most important historical stage in Shuerhaqi's life. It marked the maturity of Shuerhaqi's ideas of supporting the Ming Dynasty and finally completed the ideological transformation from being conservative to supporting the Ming Dynasty.
This incident began after March of the 35th year of Wanli. "Of course the superiors did not send Shuerhaqi's troops." Shuerhaqi was filled with sorrow and anger. He felt that it was difficult to coexist with his brother Nurhaci, so he "led the people to other places." "I want to live in the village and go some other way", which was mentioned on Shulhaqi's top agenda.
What is quite fitting is that before and after this, the entire Ming court was also anxious about "the deterioration of Liao affairs" and "the suppression of investments without capital".
Let’s talk about suppression. At that time, Nurhaci “had 30,000 elite soldiers”, while the officers and soldiers of Liaodong “were named 80,000, but today they are less than 8,000 capable of fighting.” From this point of view, this road is obviously unworkable;
Let's talk about "fu". Nurhachi "refused to pay tribute" for two consecutive years since the 33rd year of Wanli. The method of "fu" has become absurd. The only feasible option is to "use the name of the enemy to conquer the enemy with the barbarians, then I will have no fear of sealing the territory without having to work."
Therefore, as Li Chengliang and others who were familiar with the internal affairs of the Jurchens, it was impossible not to propose and implement the plan to support Shuerhaqi and rebuild Jianzhou Youwei as a foolproof plan. On December 16, the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, Shuerhaqi, as the leader of the Ming Dynasty's Jianzhou Right Guards, was officially received by the Ming court, which is clear evidence that this plan has been implemented.
Since Shuerhaqi needs Mingting, and Mingting also needs Shuerhaqi, the alliance between the two is natural and hits it off.
Gao pragmatically chatted with Liu Xin after lunch. Liu Xin listened to what he said, which was equivalent to a history lesson. However, she was now deeply influenced by Gao Jianshi, and she gradually became interested in these things. She asked Gao Jianshi, "I have never heard of these before. I only know that Nurhaci unified Jianzhou. What is this Jianzhou you are talking about?" The Right Guard was rebuilt, when was it rebuilt, and where was it located?”
Gao pragmatically said: "There is no direct record of this matter in the history books. I have only recently deduced it slowly based on my memories. I found that Nurhachi had three abnormal behaviors at that time. These 'three abnormalities' were the key to determining the reconstruction of Jianzhou Right Guards." The time provided important clues and basis.”
Liu Xin looked like she was listening attentively, adjusted her sitting position and said, "I would like to hear the details."
Gao Pragmatic coughed slightly and said: "The first one is from March to June of the thirty-sixth year of Wanli. Nurhaci's attitude towards the Ming Dynasty was completely different. The Ming Dynasty records in March of the thirty-sixth year of Wanli said that Nurhachi's He has become increasingly arrogant and has refused to pay tribute for two years. He seems to be preparing for a final break with the Ming court.
However, what is strange is that three months later, in June of the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, Nurhachi went against his previous behavior and suddenly said that he "does not remember the old evil of Emperor Wanli and hopes to repair it again" and entered into an agreement with the Ming Dynasty's border ministers. He had sworn an oath not to sneak across the emperor's borders anywhere, and his attitude could be described as "sincere". "
Liu Xin asked: "I think there must be a reason for Nurhachi to behave like this, right? Is it because the pressure on him from the court increased at that time?"
"No." Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "The situation on the surface of Nurhachi at this time is probably the best period ever in its history. To the east, the former strong enemy Ulabu passed through in March of the thirty-fifth year of Wanli The battle of Wutanlian had greatly damaged the vitality. From then on, it retreated to Jilin and did not dare to look westward. Therefore, the east was greatly expanded.
To the north, Hada and Huifa were successively destroyed by them, and their forwards had forced out of the original suburbs and reached Yehe's headquarters; to the southwest, the Ming army retreated from Kuandian Liubao, and the balance of power had undergone a fundamental turning point. From then on, the threat from the Ming army to its base camp was completely eliminated.
At this point, the Ming Dynasty's entire defense system in the northeast had been completely disrupted by Nurhaci, and was in a passive position with only the ability to parry and no ability to fight back. On the contrary, Nurhachi was at the beginning of his grand plan and was full of ambition.
Therefore, I believe that there is no possibility of a sudden increase in external pressure, and the conclusion can only be found from within - that is Shuerhaqi's departure. This is the fundamental reason for Nurhachi's change of attitude. "
"The root cause?" Liu Xin asked, with the word "fundamental" obviously emphasized in her tone.
Gao Pragmatic was unmoved, nodded calmly and said: "I have said before that at that time Shuerhaqi had the political and military status second only to Nurhaci among the Jurchens in Jianzhou, so Shuerhaqi's departure was a blow to Nurhaci. It's like a fire in the backyard. If it is not put out quickly and is allowed to spread, then the business he has worked hard for many years will most likely be burned down, and half of his life's hard work will be wasted."
"so what?"
"So for Nurhachi, the top priority was to quickly adjust the relationship with the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, after the 'June Oath', he actively negotiated the issue of paying tribute to Beijing from June to September, and in December he went to Yanjing to pay tribute. .”
"Did he change his mind or delay?"
"Of course it is delaying time." Gao pragmatically said: "Nurhaci's series of actions are intended to show 'learning well' and 'loyalty', so as to contain the Ming court so as to overcome this crisis with all its strength. This is Nurhaci's arrogance in front and respectful in back." All mysteries.”
"Well, what's the second anomaly?"
"The second article is that while Nurhachi showed a gentle attitude towards the Ming court, he also showed goodwill to his old enemy Beilebu Zhantai of the Ula tribe in September of the 36th year of Wanli, saying, 'I will kiss my daughter and my wife. Send your ministers to send you gifts."
Liu Xin smiled and said: "It seems that Nurhachi also likes to use the old method of making love."
"As long as the method is easy to use, it doesn't matter whether you are old or not." Gao pragmatically said: "The purpose of this move is obvious. The purpose of Nurhaci's marriage with Ulla is to prevent Shuerhaqi from joining forces with Ulla. At that time, if Shuerhaqi, Once the three-party alliance between Ula and Mingting is fully achieved, Nurhachi's ambitions will have to come to nothing, so he will not hesitate to make a generous sacrifice at the expense of his own daughter."
"What about the last point?" Liu Xin asked.
"The last one is that Nurhachi has been campaigning eastward and westward for many years. However, from April of the 36th year of Wanli to November of the 37th year of Wanli, in the nineteen-month period Within a short period of time, Nurhaci’s military activities completely ceased, and there is no record of a single military action. Isn’t this unusual?”
"It's not quite like Nurhachi's behavior, so what's next?"
Gao pragmatically said: "I think this series of abnormal phenomena is strong evidence that the Shuerhaqi exodus incident has occurred. From this, it can be inferred that Shuerhaqi rebuilt the Jianzhou right guard in the thirty-sixth year of Wanli The turn of April and May.”
"Wait a minute, I didn't remember clearly the times mentioned earlier. How could you deduce that it was at the turn of April or May of that year?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "Of course I have my reasons. There are several specific reasons. One is that the turning point of Nurhaci's attitude towards the Ming Dynasty was the 'June Oath', so Shuerhaci ran away. Events can only occur before June;
Second, before March of the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, Nurhachi still insisted on "not willing to pay tribute" and said, "Let's just rob it." It can be seen that the 'event' can only appear after March. This means that Shuerhaqi could only leave after March and before June;
In addition, the third reason is that from the perspective of life and production, the turn of April and May is also more suitable. Therefore, I judge that the time when Shuerhaqi left was at the turn of April or May in the 36th year of Wanli, and the right guard of Jianzhou should also be rebuilt at this time. "
"Then where did he go to rebuild Jianzhou Youwei?" Liu Xin asked.
Gao pragmatically said: "Regarding the location of Shuerhaqi's departure, "Records of Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty" and "Manuscript of Qing History" are slightly touched upon. In Volume 7 of "Records of Emperor Taizong Wen of the Qing Dynasty", there are some records in Amin's crime: 'Amin coughed his My father wanted to leave Taizu and moved to Heizhamu. He asked people to cut down the wood and prepare a house. When Taizu heard about it, he moved his house with sandalwood and was punished.'
"Manuscripts of the History of the Qing Dynasty" records the biography of Shuerhaqi, the Prince of Zhuang, by the two ancestors: "Since the emperor did not send Shuerhaqi generals, Shuerhaqi lived in constant gloom, talking about his first son Altonghe, The third son, Zhasak Turi, said, "How can I be restrained by others in terms of food and clothing?" He moved to the black pull wood. The emperor was angry and executed his two sons. Shuerhaqi returned and died at the age of Xinhai.
These two records clearly illustrate three points: first, Shuerhaqi did run away; second, the place of emigration was Heizhanmu; third, Shuerhaqi was convicted of this and died in the year of 1911. "
Liu Xin frowned and said, "Where is this black guy?"
Gao Pingshi paused for a moment and replied: "From a large perspective, Heizhamutang is a traditional settlement area of the Han people."
Liu Xin was stunned: "He built the Jianzhou right guard into the Ming Dynasty's border wall?"
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Although it seems strange, I'm afraid it is true. There is the following record in "Manwen Old Documents". The document issued to Heche Mu and Ying'e that day said: "Khan said that the people stationed in Heche Soldiers of Mu and Ying'e, I'm afraid you will be beaten by the Nikan Han people in the village. You must be very vigilant day or night and don't be with the Nikan people in the village.'
This document was issued in the first month of the ninth year of Tianming, which means that until this time, the majority of Han people in Heche Muhei were still in the majority. There is no doubt that Heizhamu is a traditional settlement area of the Han people.
As for the second, judging from the situation in which the Haixi and Jianzhou guards came to Beijing to pay tribute in December of the 36th year of Wanli, Shuerhaqi did not go through the border, but entered Beijing directly from his place of residence, which shows that the black lies Mu is within the border gate of Ming Dynasty.
I wonder if you know that in the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, there was a dispute from the beginning around Jianzhou and Haixi Jurchen's visit to Beijing to pay tribute. When Jianyi Nuerhachi came to pay tribute and asked for permission to enter, Yang Daobin, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, became more and more unruly because of the Jianyi chieftain. He was suspicious of paying tribute and sparse words... In addition to the Nuerhaci who entered Fushun Pass, Waler and others Originally from Jianzhou, when I heard that he was going to Beijing to pay tribute, the Haixi Yi chieftains entered at Guangshun Pass. There were two passes in the north and south. They wanted to see Zhimu and other 110 people, and Zhuangtai and other 110 people. , what kind of barbarian species does the fruit belong to...'
This shows that Nurhaci and Wale entered Zhuangtai from Fushun Pass, and Kanzhimu and others entered from Guangshun Pass. The records of the Ming Dynasty also record that the former's visit to Beijing to give a banquet was recorded on December 21, the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, and the latter's visit to the capital was recorded on December 22 of the same year. There is no record of the pass through which Shuerhaqi entered, but the time when he entered the capital to receive the banquet was December 16 of the same year, five or six days earlier than the above two groups.
Judging from the time, if Shuerhaqi enters through any of the above-mentioned border crossings, he must enter the customs at least five or six days in advance, and his negotiations for entering Beijing should also come first. Thus, the dispute over tribute should have involved him. In fact, there are only two records of people entering the customs to pay tribute from Fushun and Guangshun, which is also confirmed by the banquet records of the Ming court.
Therefore, it is impossible for Shuerhaqi to enter through the border, but can only enter Beijing from his place of residence. It is possible to advance in time. This roughly infers that Heizhamu is within the border of the Ming Dynasty.
And thirdly, Amin's crime number six in Volume 7 of "Records of Emperor Taizong Wen of the Qing Dynasty" provides the only important clue to the exact location of Heizhanmu. It says: 'During the time of Taizu, the border was guarded and garrisoned, and the original boundaries were established. Later, due to hemorrhoids in the border areas, there was insufficient food, so they started to cultivate in the border area. Move the two yellow flags to Tieling, the two white flags to Anping, and the two red flags to Shicheng. Amin will be in charge of the two blue flags, and they will live in Zhangyi Station and Jingyuan Fort. Because the land is thin, and the land with the big city is over. Divide the boundaries of the land and cross the boundary. This is the direction of black pull wood cultivation. ...If you act this way, you may want to take advantage of the opportunity to move to Heizhamu, and follow the original intention of being different. This is the sixth sin. "
The Heizhanmu mentioned here is undoubtedly the same place as the Heizhanmu where Shuerhaqi moved. Therefore, the key to understanding "Heithanmu" is to first determine the location of the big city.
Volume 15 of the "Shengjing Tongzhi" in the first year of Qianlong's reign, Tieling County City Pool Article, contains the words "Angbang City, named Angbang Hetun". According to the clear word Angbang Hetun, it is a large city. It is eighty-three miles southeast of the city, with one mile around it and two gates in the north and south. This city is under the jurisdiction of General Fengtian'. It is clearly stated here that the big city is eighty-three miles southeast of Tieling County.
Referring to the locations of the reclamation areas of the above-mentioned banners, the large reclamation city given to Amin at that time was undoubtedly the city 83 miles southeast of Tieling. Referring again to the record that "with the land of Dacheng, they crossed the boundary and tended to cultivate Heizhamu. They almost wanted to move Heizhamu to fulfill their original aspirations." It turns out that Heizhamu should be in the Tieling area near Dacheng.
In addition, evidence can also be obtained from the strategic intentions of the Ming court at that time. Jianzhou Youwei is located in the southeast of Tieling. It can not only fill the power vacuum after the demise of Hada and Huifa, but also connect Wula to the east and aid Yehe to the north. To prepare against Nurhachi's invasion, it restored the function of the four Haixi tribes as the Ming Dynasty's fence in one fell swoop. This plan is a good strategy, why not do it? "
Liu Xin was stunned when she heard this. She touched her face and said, "It's a waste of talent that you didn't study geography before."
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