Since Yang Yuan's tribe had not yet arrived, Hetuala was not surrounded from all sides, which meant that when the Ming army sent people to Zhangjia to find the treasure, the news could not be hidden from Nurhachi.
Of course, the Ming army had no intention of hiding it.
Each of the five Nurhachi ancestors built a city on the five main roads leading to the city of Hetuala. Therefore, these five cities were built as satellite cities to govern the city, with Hetuala as the center and surrounding each other. Each of the five cities had a choke point leading to the city of Hetuala. Valley thoroughfare.
Among them, Juercha City guards the main ravine route southwest of Hecheng, Ahahuoluo City guards the throat of the ravine to the west of Hecheng, Huoluogashan City guards the gully passage at the northwest end of Hecheng, and Nimalan City guards the northern part of Hecheng. The main road in Jiahe Valley and Zhangjia City guard the main traffic roads in the east and northeast of Hecheng.
Such a layout not only helps each of the five ancestors to occupy one area, which is convenient for grazing, farming, fishing, hunting, and gathering, but also has a military defense function. They can watch and support each other, and act as horns. It is both conducive to concentration and easy to disperse. .
Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi had just received Nimaha's reward. When they heard that Cao Yuan wanted to split Jianzhou into two parts again, they were both a little stunned. Their eyes looked at each other, and at the same time they remembered Jianzhou when Wang Gaoshang was still there. situation.
After Chenghua Liting, the Haixi Jurchens gradually changed from their previous role as retinues of Jianzhou invaders to the main force that repeatedly invaded Liaodong. As Hula Wen's Jurchens moved south and planted themselves in Haixi to form the "Four Hulun Tribes", the focus of the Ming court's management of Jurchens gradually shifted from Jianzhou to Haixi.
As Haixi became the main force of the border invaders, the Ming Dynasty adopted the method of "rewards" and "official positions" in Haixi to win over the Haixi Jurchens in exchange for them not to invade the border. From Hongzhi to Jiajing years, as the Ming court's control over the Jurchens gradually lost control, the Ming court had to gradually turn to support the "submissive" powerful chiefs' method of suppressing the barbarians, which led to the strength of the Hada tribe.
The shift in the Ming court's business policy led to changes in the Jurchen situation in the late Ming Dynasty, and the Haixi Jurchen King's Palace emerged under this background.
The Jurchens in Jianzhou have been in a scattered and weak state since they became Hualiting. From then on until the rise of Wang Gao and Wang Wutang in Jianzhou, the three guards of Jianzhou were all in a scattered and weak state. Gong claimed to be a minister, and a "disconnection" phenomenon occurred during the turn of Jia, Long and Wan.
During this period, the three powerful chiefs who influenced the establishment of the state were Wangtai, Wang Gao and Wang Wutang. Among them, Wangtai was the chief of the Hada tribe in Haixi. He only maintained influence on Jianzhou due to the support of the Ming Dynasty, while Wang Gao and Wang Wutang were the real powerful local chiefs of Jianzhou.
The distribution of Jurchens at that time included the Sukeshuhe, Hunhe, Wanyan, Dong'e, and Zhechen tribes in Jianzhou; the Nayin and Yalujiang tribes in Changbai Mountain; and the Woji, Warka, and Ku tribes in the East China Sea. The Erkha tribe, and Haixi are the Ula tribe, the Hada tribe, the Yehe tribe, and the Huifa tribe.
The area where Liubeile of Ninggu Pagoda and the people under his control lived was the area where Jianzhou Zuowei lived, while Su Kesuhu tribe was the core area where Jianzhou Zuowei and Jianzhou Youwei lived.
At this time, the Su Ke and Su Hu River tribes were under the direct control of Wang Gao, the commander of Jianzhou Youweidu, who built a city in the Gule Mountain Village on the lower reaches of the Suzi River, which later became the area from Gulou Village to Shengli Village in Jiahe Town, Xinbin. Wang Gao The core control area and the Ningguta tribe live up and down the Suzi River.
Since Ning Guta was originally a branch of the Jianzhou Zuowei tribe, according to the general ruling relationship, it was not originally part of the Su Kesu Huhe tribe. However, later generations of "The Complete History of the Qing Dynasty" stated that he obeyed Wang Gao's orders. For the "tribal alliance". That is to say, the Sukesu Hu tribe is a tribal alliance composed of the tribe directly ruled by Wang Gao and the Ningguta tribe ruled by Jue Changan.
In other words, the Su Ke Su Hu tribe is actually a regional community composed of several scattered settlements and cities in Jianzhou Zuowei, Youwei and Maolianwei from the core area of Wanggao. It is not simply an area centered on Jianzhou Zuowei. , it is not simply an alliance between the tribe directly ruled by Wang Gao and the six villages of Ningguta.
But don't forget that there was another powerful chief in Jianzhou at this time, namely Wang Wutang, the chief of Dong'e tribe at that time.
In terms of area alone, Dong'e's ruling area was probably slightly smaller than the "tribal alliance" ruled and influenced by Wang Gao. However, due to its geographical location connecting various parts of the East China Sea and Northeast Korea, its commerce and trade were relatively developed and it was quite wealthy.
At that time, Ahana, the second son of Baoshi, the sixth uncle of Nurhachi, wanted to marry the daughter of a chief. As a result, the chief thought that although Ahana was a "prince", he was "poor" and instead married his daughter to Wang Wutang's son Erji. , it can be seen that Wang Wutang's strength at that time far exceeded Ning Guta.
Wang Wutang's Dong E tribe also belonged to Jianzhou. Although Wang Wutang was destroyed by Li Chengliang, Dong E tribe's strength was also damaged and has not been restored to this day. However, Cao Yu said that Jianzhou would be divided into two parts, east and west. If Dong E tribe did not join in, this "two divisions" would be nothing. Woolen cloth? Could it be that only the Su Ke Su Hu River Department was divided?
After all, Nurhaci was still sensitive. He was stunned for a moment and then immediately said angrily: "What a two-part Jianzhou, this is just the Ming court trying to forcefully separate my brother's family!"
But Shuerhaqi's words didn't seem that angry. He just frowned slightly and said: "If that's all, what does my brother have to lose?"
Nurhachi's expression changed slightly, but before he could speak, he heard Shuerhaqi say: "In the past, my sixth ancestor also lived in six cities, but the one who got Hetuala was the main one, and the brothers were the assistants. Now the Ming court has a large army. Due to the pressure of the situation, I simply retreated to another city and pretended to separate the family. Although my brothers live in another city, it is natural that Ahun stays in Hetuala. "
Nurhaci was angry in his heart, knowing that his younger brother already had the intention of "flying solo", but the Jurchens had always been separated under the old system, and he couldn't find a reason to refute it for a while.
Later scholars believed that the Linguda River basin was the place where Nurhachi lived for generations, and formed the Linguda (ie Ningguta) tribe. The Sixth Patriarch lived close to each other, forming a regional sphere of influence with Hetuala as the center consisting of several castles located in different places controlled by several family heads (Liutaizi Walled City Ezhen).
The "head of the family" in the Jurchen tribe is the head of the patrilineal family. A "Uksun (family)" in the tribe consists of several families ("boo", that is, "boo") with very close blood relationships (often from the same ancestral branch). package").
A certain son in the chieftain's family inherits the title of chief, and other sons marry and live apart one after another, and form an independent unit "boo" with their children and their in-laws within a certain geographical organization. Each branch son belongs to each branch family within the chieftain's family. The patrilineal head of the family ("head of the family") is also an Ezhen "Chinese" living in a separate village.
Due to the existence of the settlement system, "Ningguta Beile" and his descendants and elders were separated in twelve places. The descendants of "Ningguta" and twelve villages including six terraces formed the Ninggu Guta tribe.
The center of the Ningguta tribe is Juechang'an. "Qing History Manuscript" states that Juechang'an, the ancestor of Nurhachi, "started the old business of his ancestors", that is, he inherited his father's position and took charge of his tribe. However, in the fragmentary records of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, he is often only recorded as the leader of "buying and selling barbarians", and his followers are provincial, so he is called "the leader of barbarians in the market", that is, the leader who "enters the market to buy and sell barbarians".
However, the "leader of the barbarians" can indeed be determined to be the tribal chief, because only the chief has the power to trade with the Ming Dynasty. This is consistent with Jue Chang'an being the center of the Sixth Patriarch's power.
But there is a serious problem here, that is, based on the Jurchen customs of the Ming Dynasty, the chief's power is actually quite limited. The leader of the chief always said that his subordinates were in charge of the people or their subordinates, and they had certain powers. For example, when the chief's family has no savings, "if they don't have enough, they will feed themselves under the supervision", or they may ask the subordinates to go to Mingbian to communicate with the officials on the border, and ask for rewards and promotions. In addition, if you want to sneak into the enemy's territory, you need to report it to the chief. There is no reason to do it without permission. There is always a courtesy to meet the chief and listen to his command.
However, the chief has no stable binding force on his subordinates. For example, when North Korean envoys entered Jianzhou territory to ban prisoners, Li Dahan, the Jurchen chief of a certain place, claimed that he was unable to control the behavior of his people: "If you want to kill him, he will definitely want to." If you harm me, I will not use the punishment of life or death."
The chief has no power of life and death, and his orders have no enforcement effect. As a result, his subordinates "are not willing to obey the chief's words."
The phenomenon of weak restraint and control ability of chiefs on their subordinates is relatively common in the relationship between chiefs and ethnic groups with the same surname, and ethnic groups with other surnames attached to the chief, which makes the tribes tend to be scattered and do their own things.
The internal relations of the Ningguta tribe are also relatively scattered, which is the result of a combination of factors. After the death of Jue Chang'an and his son, Nurhaci was canonized by the Ming Dynasty and was supposed to be the chief of Ningguta. However, when he raised troops to attack Nikan Wailan, who was regarded as the "Lord of Manchuria" supported by the Ming court, the other Five Ancestors and tribesmen immediately They opposed him and even assassinated him, which shows that the chief's power is indeed limited.
Although the phenomenon of fighting and hatred between members of various Ukesuns in Ningguta was deeply influenced by the Liaodong policy of the Ming Dynasty, the tradition of centrifugation and independence among the Jurchen relatives was the essential internal cause of the centrifugal phenomenon within the Sixth Ancestor family. It is an old Jurchen custom for Mu Kun and Wu Kesun to deviate from each other within the same family.
According to this old custom, in the Jurchen tradition, when the descendants of a tribal leader's family separate, the tribe's people and property must also be divided to a certain extent. The people of the country should implement division and rule.
For example, the fifth ancestor of Nurhaci each had a certain number of people under his control. The descendants of the fifth ancestor inherited the management and ownership rights of the village and its population from the original village owner.
Now, since Shuerhaqi supports the Ming Dynasty's "two-part establishment of a state", he is bound to divide it from the current forces.
There is no doubt that this division will at least take away the tribe and people he belongs to now. If it is not done well, the Ming Dynasty will ask their brothers to split the existing strength "half and half". For Nurhaci, The blow is even greater.
Nurhachi forced himself to calm down his anger and tried his best to soften Shuerhaqi with family affection. He coughed lightly and said warmly: "Dou, what you said makes sense, but the current situation in our Zhushen is different from usual. The Ming Dynasty is already suppressing the territory with a large army, and if one mistake is made, the tragic situation of Cheng Hua Shi may reappear.
However, Cao Yu did not use this as his purpose. Instead, he just wanted my two brothers to live separately. What do you think is the reason for this? "
Of course Shuerhaqi knew "what's the meaning of this", but he didn't know how to answer for the moment, so he remained silent.
When Nurhachi saw this, he immediately said: "I don't think it's difficult to understand the truth. The Han people have a saying: 'Brothers working together can break metal.' If my two brothers work together, there will be an army of nearly ten thousand. Who can compete with the troops nearby? Even if we look at it, we will have an army of nearly ten thousand." Among the various states, only a few countries such as Yehe, Hada, and Ula are capable of fighting against my brother.
But what if my brothers live apart and each becomes his own family? I have less than 5,000 soldiers, and you only have more than 3,000 soldiers. Dong'e in the southeast and Hada in the northwest. Who should fear my brothers anymore? In this way, my Ninggu Pagoda is gone! "
When Shuerhaqi heard what his elder brother said, he couldn't help but hesitate.
He remembered that he had grown up under the protection of his eldest brother since he was a child. After his eldest brother started the army, he did not treat him badly and made his strength second only to him. If we had not taken into account that Mulhaqi always fully supported his eldest brother, the strength of his direct lineage was actually very limited compared to his own.
Under this situation, forcing himself to live apart seems to be a bit of an unreasonable betrayal.
But Shuerhaqi was afraid of the power of the Ming Dynasty. Thinking of Gao Situ's "deep kindness" and powerful power to him, he was worried that he would offend him and lead to greater disaster. At this moment, he only felt that he was in a dilemma.
Seeing that his brother was a little shaken, Nurhachi was about to try to persuade him while the iron was hot. Unexpectedly, Shuerhaqi thought of a "perfect solution." His eyes lit up and he said: "Ah Hun, it suddenly occurred to me that living in two places does not mean that Our ancient pagoda is in decline!"
Nurhachi frowned and asked, "Why is this?"
Shuerhaqi said enthusiastically: "Ahun, what do you think makes Ye He so strong?"
Nurhachi's heart moved. He knew what Shuerhaqi wanted to say, but he deliberately said: "Ye He is stronger than riding."
"Otherwise." Shuerhaqi shook his head and said: "I think Ye He escaped from death this time. He is not better than riding, but actually stronger than having two cities in the east and west."
Shuerhaqi's eyes shone brightly and he said: "If Ye He only has one city, it will be like the old Gule Village. Once Tumen's army surrounded him, Ye He would have no choice but to retreat and die. I Ning Guta today Being suppressed by the Ming army, it is difficult to resist, precisely because I only have one city in Hetuala.
If I am forced to live elsewhere in the future, I will naturally have to build a city. By then, it will be like Ye He and East Beile, and A Hun will be the horns of each other and look after each other. If someone attacks me, Ahun can send troops to cooperate with me and attack from both inside and outside; if someone attacks Ahun, I can also send troops to cooperate with Ahun and attack from inside and outside.
Ah Hun, if Ye He can dominate Beiguan with two cities in the east and west, why can't my two brothers dominate Manchuria with two cities in the east and west? I think the key to this is not whether I live apart, but whether you and I, brothers, can always be of the same mind! "
Nurhachi felt cold in his heart and sighed secretly: Can you and I, brothers, really always be of the same mind?
But now that the matter has come to this, with internal and external difficulties, Nurhaci has no better way. He can only force a smile and say: "Dou, if you can think like this, Ah Hun will be relieved. In the future, when I build a state, I will follow Ye He's example of two cities in the east and west. , if you want to build a new city, Ahun will definitely help you."
Shuerhaqi was overjoyed and said: "Thank you Ahun. Don't worry, Ahun. Shuerhaqi will always follow Ahun's lead!"
Nurhachi showed a "pleased" smile, but secretly thought in his heart: After all, it was Gao Situ who was better at chess, and tomorrow's fate will inevitably change. Nearly half of the foundation I have worked hard to build over the past few years was divided up like this for no reason...
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