Shuerhaqi sent an envoy to visit Cao Yun this time, not in private, but in accordance with Nurhaci's wishes. Nurhaci's envoy to surrender was rejected by Cao Yun, and Nurhachi's people could no longer enter Cao Yun's military camp. At present, due to the threat of Shujianqi, Nurhaci had to negotiate with Shuerhaqi and negotiate peace with Cao Yun in Shuerhaqi's name.
This time the messenger was unknown, and his name even sounded funny to the Han people - his name was Nimaha. But don't get me wrong, "Nimaha" means "fish" in Manchu. As a fishing and hunting people, it is not surprising that his father gave him this name.
Nimaha brought what was said to be "the joint request of Ninguta Big Beile and Ninguta Second Beile", saying that the request was indeed a request, and the two "Belle" requested surrender.
Cao Yu pretended to be careless, glanced at Nirmaha, and said calmly: "Please surrender? Please surrender at this time, don't you think it's too late?"
Nimaha nodded and bowed and said: "Master Zongrong doesn't know something. The two Belles have had this intention for a long time, but before this master..."
"What happened before?" Cao Yu snorted: "This is what I am saying now: Unless you kneel down by the roadside, disarm and abandon your troops, and wait for the fall, otherwise..."
Nimaha's heart tightened, and she heard Cao Yun say: "... I don't mind revisiting the old story of Chenghua Liting, so that it will be remembered by you."
Chenghua Liting, these four words are by far the most feared words for the Jurchens in Jianzhou. Zhao Fu, the former Ming army chief general, once described this battle in his "Pingyi Fu": "Kill the strong and kill all the naive." For captives, if the earth collapses and the fire is extinguished, it is like disintegrating and ice disappearing. Empty their hides and pig their houses, block their lairs but empty their nests, and within ten days, the captive territory will be depressed."
When Li Chengliang broke Gule Village for the second time, he did not declare that he would give Jianzhou Jurchen another Chenghua Liting. Now that Nimaha suddenly heard what Cao Yun said, he could only think that it was Dabeile who had faked a surrender and defeated Uncle Li before, which had completely angered the Ming court.
"Master General Rong clearly knows that Jianzhou has defended the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years. Although there have been a few misunderstandings that led to wars, Jianzhou's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty can be learned from day to day. The ancestors and fathers of the two Baylors have served for the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years. He died while serving in the Ming Dynasty. The two Baylors also studied Chinese studies and admired the elegance of the Kingdom of Heaven..."
"You don't have to tell me this. I have led troops to fight in Jianzhou not once or twice. This time I am here to fight too... Since the two brothers are going to surrender, I don't have to kill you and the whole family." .Now that the clear path has been pointed out to you, you only have to make a choice: surrender and surrender, or die."
Seeing that Cao Yun was not accommodating at all, Nimaha sighed and said with a sad face: "The matter has come to this, and the prejudice has become deep. After all, Jianzhou is a minister of the Ming Dynasty, how dare he disobey the general's wishes? It's just... I'm sorry... The servant risked his life to ask: What will the Ming Dynasty do after Jianzhou surrenders?"
Cao Yu originally wanted to say: "How the Ming Dynasty will deal with it has its own sage, Chen Juan. How can we allow you to speculate?"
But something moved in his mind, and after thinking for a while he said: "There were originally three guards in Jianzhou, but now the three guards have long been just in vain. After this commander-in-chief is pacified, I will report to the saints and slightly restore the old system of Jianzhou. You and others will The right guard was separated from the guard. After that, the east and west states were established to guard separately, and the border guards were prepared for the Ming Dynasty, so there was a way to survive."
Nimaha did not expect Cao Yu to say this, or Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi did not expect Cao Yu to give such surrender conditions. Since there was no prior authorization, Nimaha certainly did not dare to agree casually, so he had to ask Cao Yun to grant him some time to go back and report.
Cao Yu waved his hand like a fly and let him go, not even bothering to reply.
After Nimaha left, Cao Yu turned to Gao Yimin and said, "I guess the two of them are desperate, so it's better to tell them directly so that we can weigh things up." After a pause, he added: "I just don't know where Da Sinong is. Have you ever asked this town to do a real plowing and sweeping of caves..."
Although Gao Yimin called him Commander-in-Chief, he did not dare to call himself commander in front of Gao Yimin. This was also to find out Gao Pragmatic's intention, so he only dared to call himself "this town".
Gao Yimin shook his head and said: "My master just asks for the restoration of peace in Liaodong as soon as possible. He has no requirements for war or peace."
Cao Yu nodded in agreement, then paused for a moment, seemingly hesitating and thinking, and asked tentatively: "Mr. Yimin, if we want to restore peace in Liaodong as soon as possible, peace is naturally the best way. And if we want to promote peace as soon as possible, this town I do think that one person may be of some use."
"Oh, who is this person?"
Cao Yu said: "This man's name is Baoshi, and he is the sixth ancestor of Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi."
"The Sixth Patriarch?" Gao Yimin was startled, and what he thought in his mind was actually the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism, Patriarch Hui Neng, but when he thought about it, it had nothing to do with it, so he asked, "Is it the Sixth Patriarch?"
Cao Yu shook his head and said: "It's not the sixth ancestor. This 'sixth ancestor' is Nurhachi's name. In fact, he is the sixth uncle-Jue Changan's sixth brother."
"Oh..." Gao Yimin nodded in sudden realization and asked, "What's wrong with this person?"
Cao Yu replied: "This person is the leader of the Nurhachi family who opposes him after Suo Chang'a."
Gao Yimin had a headache and asked, "Who is Suo Chang'a?"
"Suo Chang'a is Nurhaci's third uncle..." Cao Yu said, feeling that such questions and answers were a bit delayed, so he said: "Otherwise, I will tell Mr. Yimin about their family's old and new grudges. explain?"
Gao Yimin had this intention, nodded and said: "That's the best. Commander-in-Chief, please tell me. The common people are all ears."
So Cao Yan talked about some inside information about the Nurhaci family. Here's what happened:
Nurhaci's great-grandfather, Fuman, the governor of Jianzhou Left Guard, had six sons, namely Deshiku, Liu Chan, Suo Chang'a, Juechang'an, Baolang'a, and Baoshi.
Juechang Anxingsi, if according to the customs of the Ming Dynasty, he should not be Fuman's heir. However, Fuman is not a Han Chinese. He is relatively "free" in doing things and thinks that his fourth son, Jue Chang'an, is more capable. Therefore, although it is not clear who is the heir, judging from the "canonization" given to his sons during his lifetime, it is Jue Chang'an who is the successor. An became his successor.
Fuman's six sons, who were later called "Ningguta Liubeile", were "canonized" in Fuman's hands as follows: Deshi Kuju Jueercha; Liu Chanju Aha and Luo; Suo Chang Aju and Luo Gashan ; Juechang lives in Hetuala; Baolang Ajunimalan; Baoshi lives in Zhangjia.
Since Hetuala is the residence of Fuman himself and the best of these cities, the identity of Jue Changan's successor was actually confirmed. One thing is very important at this time, that is, Nurhachi's family is not the Beile of the Suksuhu River tribe, but the Ningutabel.
However, to be more clear, Chief Ninguta at this time cannot actually be called "Baylor". He can be regarded as "Ezhen" because the total area of these six places is only dozens of miles, which is equivalent to a large area. The village and the five small villages are not even comparable to the counties of the Ming Dynasty.
Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi now dare to call themselves Baylor because their brothers gradually gained strength after defeating Nikan Wailan, the chief of the Suksu River Tribe, and they were awarded the title of Commander of the Jianzhou Left Guard by the Ming Dynasty, so they dared to do so. so-called.
As for why Nurhachi claimed to be the chief of the Sukeshu River Tribe and Ningguta Beile at the same time, it was because he wanted to express a process, that is, Ningupa had annexed the Sukeshu River Tribe. It's just that because the Su Kesu Huhe tribe is relatively large, the tribe is named after the Su Kesu Huhe tribe. Continuing to name Ninggu Pagoda as Baylor is to show that it does not forget its roots.
Let’s get back to the subject, let’s talk about the five brothers of Jue Chang’an. Jue Changan inherited the position left by Fuman as the fourth eldest son. The other five brothers were obviously dissatisfied because this approach was neither in line with the consistent purpose of the Ming Dynasty nor in line with the Mongolian custom of "younger sons guarding the stove" that they were deeply influenced by.
However, Ming Dynasty was quite troubled at that time. Once it was sealed, it was sealed. The other five brothers had no choice but to swallow their anger and did not dare to express their opposition openly. However, Jue Changan only had a name. In fact, except for the old city of Hetuala (the current Hetuala was renovated and expanded by Nurhaci), the other five villages did not listen to his orders at all.
The Ning Guta tribe was already very weak, and if they did this again, Jue Changan's strength would naturally become even more pitiful. In addition, when Fuman was still alive, in order to express his talents, Jue Changan once suggested that his third brother Suo Chang'a be sent as envoy to Hada to marry Wanhan Wangtai. As a result, Suo Chang'a's son married Wangtai's daughter, and the two A marriage relationship was formed.
This incident had a great impact at the time, because Ningguta was invaded by Dong'e tribe and was unable to resist. After marrying Wanhan of Hada, Ningguta sent Suo Chang'a as envoy to Hada to borrow troops to avenge Hada. Wangtai immediately agreed to Suo Chang'a's request and sent 10,000 sergeants to assist the Jue Chang'an brothers in attacking the Dong'e tribe.
In this military attack on the Dong'e tribe, the six Jue Chang'an brothers attacked the Dong'e tribe's villages and returned with a load of people and animals. They became famous among the Jurchen tribes for a while. However, the hatred between the Juechang'an family and the Dong'e tribe has become deeper and deeper - Nurhachi used this excuse to attack the Dong'e tribe before, but the Ming Dynasty did not listen.
However, this incident led to another trouble, that is, the popularity of Suo Chang'a, who was married to Wangtai, increased, which intensified the crisis of Jue Chang'an, the nominal leader of Jianzhou Left Guard. In desperation, Jue Changan had no choice but to find another way to marry Wang Gao, the then rising leader of the Jianzhou Right Guards - this matter has been mentioned before, so I won't go into details here.
Later, Wang Gaoshen died, Jue Changan and his son Takshi also died in accidents, and Nurhachi succeeded him and raised troops to avenge Nikanwailan. At this time, Nurhachi received 30 imperial edicts and 30 horses from Li Chengliang because his ancestor and father died unjustly. The moral balance within the family was shaken by interests.
Since Nikan Wailan was considered to be the so-called "Lord of Manchuria" that the Ming Dynasty planned to support, the other five ancestral families may be worried that Nurhachi's revenge will bring bloody disasters to the family; perhaps they are more accustomed to how to play in the chess game arranged by others. Seizing more personal interests without intending or daring to break the old interest pattern. In short, when Nurhaci raised troops to avenge Nikanwailan, the relatives who were supposed to be natural allies seemed to have forgotten Jue Changan and Tucker. The dead of the world have come to the side of the enemy.
The descendants of the fifth ancestor first gathered in Tangzi (a place where Manchus worshiped heaven), vowed to the Heavenly Alliance to kill Nurhaci, and went to seek refuge with their enemy Nikan Wailan, who was supported by the Ming Dynasty. Then they spared no effort to start the killing campaign against Nurhachi. .
They instigated Nurhaci's allies to betray their alliance, secretly delivered news to Nikan Wailan, sent assassins several times to assassinate Nurhaci, continued to collude with the Hada tribe to rob Nurhaci's city, and killed Nurhaci's most trusted close comrade and brother-in-law Gaha. Good Haas tiger designed to kill.
Among them, the most dangerous thing for Nurhachi is of course his personal assassination. So, who are the people in this family who murdered Nurhachi? Cao Yu's account is inseparable from the records in later history books.
The history books of later generations have at least the following records: "Kang Jia, Li Dai and other members of the Wucheng clan came to rob Huji Village with Hada soldiers. Taizu sent Anfei Yanggu and Basun to lead twelve people to pursue them, and they plundered everything and returned. "
"First, Longdun instigated Nomina to break the treaty, and then ordered someone to kill Gahasan Hasihu. Taizu collected his bones and buried him."
"Kang Jia, the son of the Sixth Patriarch Bao Shi, conspired with Chuoqida Jiaoshan and others. He asked the soldiers of the Hada Kingdom to order the Hunhe tribe to recruit Li Dai, the city lord (Li Dai is also a member of the clan) to guide them and rob the Huji Village where Taizu belonged."
"There are descendants of the first ancestor, the second ancestor, the third ancestor, and the sixth ancestor who all swore in the temple to murder Taizu."
"Long Dun, the son of the Third Patriarch, sent someone to report to Li Dai in advance, so he gathered his troops to the city and waited for the enemy."
"Long Dun instigated Shamu Zhang. Shamu Zhang was the younger brother of Taizu's concubine."
"All the brothers conspired with Long Dun, but none of them went in the same direction."
In other words, except for Nurhachi's branch, the other five ancestors were involved. The participants Long Dun and Li Dai appeared the most, indicating that they should be the main members.
Here, Long Dun is the fourth son of the third ancestor Suo Chang'a, and Li Dai is the eldest son of the third ancestor Suo Chang'a. This also shows that the third ancestor Suo Chang'a is the actual leader of the Nurhaci family except Juechang'an branch. The murder of Nurhachi was centered on the third ancestor, and the other four ancestors were involved.
Cao Yan also specifically pointed out a very important issue here, that is, when these assassinations occurred, Wangtai Wanhan had just died and Hada was fighting Ye He. Suo Chang'a and Hada were related by marriage, and Nurhaci happened to have an agreement with Ye He on a marriage at that time: that is, Yang Jidao betrothed Meng Guzhezhe to Nurhaci.
Although Meng Guzhezhe could not get married immediately because Meng Guzhezhe was still young at the time, it is obvious that Yang Jiniu gave Nurhachi a lot of military assistance. Therefore, the reason why the Fifth Patriarch was able to compete with Nurhaci who defeated Nikanwailan was not only because Nurhaci was not strong before, but also because Hada and Ye He were competing for hegemony.
However, as Hada declined day by day, Nurhachi personally killed his prospective father-in-law Yang Jiniu because of his high pragmatic design. The backers of both parties were actually gone.
At this time, it was obvious that they could only rely on hard power. However, Nurhaci quickly destroyed the Hunhe tribe and increased his strength again. Then recently, Nurhachi once again annexed the Zhechen tribe, invaded the Dong'e tribe for "revenge", and finally won a city.
The balance of strength has clearly tilted towards Nurhaci, and the Fifth Ancestor family has long fallen behind. Meanwhile, Suo Chang'a himself is dead - a normal death. Therefore, the forces of the Fifth Patriarch who opposed Nurhaci turned to be led by Lao Liubaoshi, who struggled to support themselves and refused to "collude" with Nurhachi.
Their attitude was not only because they were unable to change their stance for a while, but also because Nurhaci annoyed Ming Dynasty, so they started to wait and see.
It stands to reason that it is of course the best choice to directly join the Ming Dynasty at this time. Unfortunately, there is a trouble: the Ming Dynasty's "divide and conquer" approach to the Jurchens was just a matter of taste. The power of the Five Ancestors was not enough even if they were added together, so they actually He didn't take the initiative to come to Cao Yun because he was "embarrassed".
Of course, there is also a possibility that after Nurhaci designed to defeat Li Chengliang, the Fifth Ancestor family may have been frightened - not because Nurhachi was very powerful, but because he felt that the Ming Dynasty might have another "Chenghua Liting".
You know, Ming Dynasty has never been kind to them. Before Chenghua Liting, Emperor Xianzong's order was even to "destroy its nest and eliminate its species"!
Now that Nurhachi has caused such a big mess, even if his five families go to Ming Dynasty to express their sincerity, I am afraid that Ming Dynasty will not listen to their explanation! What if Marshal Cao directly gave the order to "drag him out and chop him down"? It was such an unjust death.
So they simply hung up their heads and acted like turtles, hoping that if Nurhachi withstood this wave, they would be lucky enough to escape death. As for going to Daming to explain the situation, it would be better to wait until then. Presumably if one day comes, Ming Dynasty will still welcome them - after all, they are Nurhaci's opponents within the Ningguta family, and they have certain use value.
With Cao Yu's explanation, what else doesn't Gao Yimin understand? He laughed at that time and said to Cao Yuan: "In this case, the grassroots suggested that Zongrong send someone to inform Nurhaci now, saying that if he does not accept the proposal just now, then we will break Hetuala and let his Sixth Patriarch—what is his name?"
"Baoshi." Cao Yu replied.
"Oh, yes, Baoshi - let's let him be the commander of Jianzhou Left Guard." Gao Yimin said with a smile: "Presumably, Nurhaci should have a clear understanding of his situation."
Of course, it stands to reason that the reason why the Ming Dynasty often killed me and let his son take over was simply to insist on ruling the barbarians with barbarians, so as to prevent these "barbarians" from even having a leader and finding someone who could take responsibility if something happened.
Now that Baoshi is also Fuman's son, there is no problem in being the leader of the Jianzhou Zuowei in name. Moreover, he is now the leader of the "Fifth Ancestor Family". He is in charge of the Zuowei and the "Yirens" below him. There won't be much resistance.
Gao Yimin is the representative of Gao pragmatism. When Cao Yuan saw his approval, he was naturally not afraid of taking responsibility and immediately said: "Okay, in that case, I will work separately. First, I will send someone to inform Brother Nurhachi, and then I will send someone to call Baoshi." come over."
"Thanks to Mr. Cao for taking the trouble, the common people will immediately write back to the master to report this change."
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