It was already mid-February when Beijing received the news of state establishment. The latest memorial sent by Cao Fan stated that the two chiefs of Jianzhou had opened the city to request surrender, and the entire army abandoned their weapons and were captured by me.
Now the prisoner camp has been built outside the city. Yang Yuan and Ma Chengxun stayed outside the city as guards, while Hetuala was defended by Cao Yuan's headquarters. After Nurhaci and Shuerhaqi pleaded guilty, they were temporarily detained in the city, waiting for their punishment.
At the same time, Cao Yu also reported another matter. After post-war analysis, he learned that many people in the Ningguta tribe where the Lu chief was located did not agree with the Lu chief himself. Even the second Beleshul of the Lu chief Haqi also separated from the captive chiefs and always had a desire to be independent.
Considering the dynasty's consistent divide-and-conquer strategy against the Jurchens, Cao Yu suggested re-dividing the three guards of Jianzhou and dividing the Ningguta-Sukesuhu River Department into three to restrain each other in order to control the army.
This memorial immediately aroused heated discussion in the court and aroused great interest in Zhu Yijun.
Punishing Nurhaci was certainly his true idea, but at that time, there was no detailed report from Cao Yu, and he did not know that there were so many troubles within the Lu family.
Now that we know these inside stories, it is obviously unreasonable not to use them. After all, as Cao Yu mentioned in his memorial, forcibly promoting Shuerhaqi as the leader of the tribe will certainly enhance my sacred power, but it will easily lead to internal chaos in Jianzhou, which will instead It also brought hidden dangers of war to Liaodong.
However, although Cao Yu's proposal of re-dividing the three guards of Jianzhou was good, he did not say how to divide Cao Yu specifically. He only said that he would ask His Majesty's Holy Judgment. However, the Holy Inquisition is not that easy. Zhu Yijun has never been to Jianzhou, not even Liaodong. How could he know such details? He asked the Holy Inquisitor to call Gao Pragmatic to have a meeting.
Gao Pragmatic has also been very busy recently, with a lot of official and private matters. In terms of official affairs, with the official establishment of the two departments and thirteen departments, many detailed tasks still need to be arranged by him, the founder, in order to get on track.
After Li Chengliang's unexpected defeat, many officials began to impeach him for his many illegal activities in Liaodong, and many officials from the Practical School also participated voluntarily. As the actual helmsman of the Practical School, Gao Pragmatic must always pay attention to the progress and control the situation, and at the same time pay attention to the trends of the Heart School and be prepared to deal with their resistance or even counterattack.
At the same time, as the consolidation of financial power is gradually coming to an end, a large number of financial tasks that were not managed by the Accounts Department have begun to be transferred to the Accounts Department. These matters also need to be contacted one by one, reconciled item by item, and many even require changes in the administrative structure. All in all, it was extremely complicated, and almost all required high-level approval, signature, and seal. His time began to become extremely tight.
Not only that, he also has a lot of personal matters of his own. First of all, the construction of the Rixin Building has been basically completed and has entered the finishing and decoration stage.
Since the Rixin Building is seven stories high, and the top floor exceeds the height of the northern wall of the palace and can be seen into the harem, Gao Pragmatic took the initiative to suggest that he fund the heightening of the wall at the Xuanwu Gate of the palace.
However, the emperor refused because he had seen it in person in the harem. Although the top floor of the Rixin Building could be seen, it was almost as big as a fingernail. Even with a telescope, you can't see the specific human form clearly, so renovating the north gate wall is completely unnecessary. Not to mention that just renovating the northern city wall will create a weird height difference with the other three walls, which is very ugly if you think about it.
For this reason, Gao Pragmatic specially vacated the top floor and dedicated it to worship Chen Han, that is, the imperial calligraphy works that Zhu Yijun rewarded him. This move obviously satisfied all parties.
Another thing is that Ye He replied to the letter. They accepted the money to buy the concubine in the form of a wife-betrothal gift, so both parties followed their own rules. But this caused a little trouble, that is, if the money was used to buy a concubine, there was no need for a gift in return, but the betrothal gift required a dowry equivalent in value.
Although Ye He had just suffered a crisis, after all, he still had the airs and was still a real Jurchen powerful chieftain. This dowry was obviously still shabby, otherwise people would look down upon him. This also caused trouble to the two Belles who were trying to be fat and arrogant. Since Gao was pragmatic and paid a lot of money to buy a concubine, it was difficult for them to collect the corresponding dowry.
The final result of the discussion was that Ye He would not return gold, silver, and jade, but would use Liaodong specialties as a dowry. However, a problem arises. Since the pricing power of these things is in the hands of Ming, and Ming has always lowered the price very hard, it is very painful to collect enough money to buy specialties for concubines, so the two Belles had to look down. , quietly contact Jinghua to see if they can think of any other solutions.
As a result, the Chinese side of Liao Dynasty suggested that Ye He give Gao pragmatic a piece of land near the former slave Gandu Si Long'an Station to build a business store.
The name "Long'an Station" seems unfamiliar, but its ancient name is very famous. It is called Huanglong, which is the Huanglong Mansion of the Jin Kingdom where "straight to Huanglong"; and its later name is also very famous, called Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province.
Shortly after the Ming Dynasty abolished the Nurgan Dusi, Long'an was occupied by the Mongols for most of the time. To be precise, it was occupied by the Inner Khalkha, that is, the Horqin tribe.
However, as we all know, the territory of nomadic peoples changes frequently, so when Ye He emerged during the reign of his brothers Qing Jia Ni and Yang Ji Ni, although the specific situation is unknown, Long'an became Ye He's territory in a short period of time, and it remains to this day. .
Ye He's focus has always been on the side near Beiguan of Daming Town, which is the south of their territory. He is not interested in the territory of Long'an in the north, and can even be said to be quite indifferent. Therefore, Nalinbulu and Buzhai didn't take it seriously after hearing the news. Instead, they were overjoyed and agreed immediately.
Liaoning and Beijing also knew that Ye He, a powerful Jurchen chieftain who was famous for his cavalry and even retained a lot of Mongolian style, did not pay attention to the northern territory, so he drew a circle with a stroke of his pen. Not to mention building a store, even building a city is more than enough.
However, Jinghua does not plan to actually build a city in Changchun now. The place has been nomadic by the Mongols for more than a hundred years and has been almost abandoned for a long time. Even the ruins of the ancient city are hard to find. Only the early Ming Dynasty remains. Long'an Station, why is Jinghua building a city there?
Gao Pangshi only approved the construction of a large-scale military-level transfer station locally, which is equivalent to a medium-to-large bastion of Jinghua on the main road in southern Xinjiang. At the same time, Gao Pragmatic also asked Ye He to ensure transportation safety during the construction process. The bastion was named Changchun Fort by Gao pragmatism.
Of course, this move is not a pragmatic waste of money and food because you are full. The significance of Changchun Fort is actually quite significant. Gao pragmatically regards it as an important fulcrum for the future Ming Dynasty to rebuild Nuergandusi - yes, in Gao pragmatism's plan, Nuergandusi will definitely be rebuilt, but he doesn't know whether this name will be used in the future. .
Of course, the current Ming Dynasty does not have such spare power, so Gao pragmatically followed his old routine of using Annan as a springboard to conquer Huaying, Nanpan, and Champa. He first let the people from Beijing build a business inn to explore the way and establish a foothold, and so on. Make sure this foothold is foolproof and you can begin the "Power Radiation".
The location of Long'an at this time - the future Changchun Fort is very critical. To the southwest is Yehe, to the south is the original Su Wan tribe, to the east is the Ula tribe, another powerful chieftain of the Hercynian Jurchens, and to the northwest is the even more critical Horqin tribe. .
Why is the Horqin Department said to be "more critical"?
Because in the original history, in the fourth year of the Great Ming Dynasty, the leader of the Horqin tribe and Nurhachi tortured the white horse and the black cow in Yiketang Galipo and formally formed an alliance. Two years later, Nurhaci named Auba Tushetu Khan. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, forty-nine lords from the twenty-four Mongolian tribes in Monan and more than a hundred civil and military officials from the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han Dynasties held a meeting in Shengjing, and together they recommended Huang Taiji, the leader of the Jin Kingdom, to "Bokda Chechen Khan" , changed the name of the country to "Qing".
From then on, the four divisions and ten banners of Nen Horqin gathered at the foot of the Zhelim Mountain in Horqin's Right Middle Banner to form the Zhelim League, also known as the "Ten Banners of Nen River". Until the Qing Dynasty. Famous figures such as Queen Xiaozhuang, Queen Xiaoduan, Queen Fulin, Seng Gelinqin and Gada Meilin of the Qing Dynasty all came from the Horqin Grassland of Inner Mongolia.
From the Later Jin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, there was a saying of "conquering the world with riding and shooting". This "shooting" can also be said to be a family inheritance skill in Jianzhou, and "riding" actually mainly comes from two aspects: First, after conquering the Yehe tribe , the Houjin Eight Banners Cavalry built on the basis of the Yehe Cavalry, and the second is the Mongolian Eight Banners Cavalry with Horqin's hardcore allies as the main force.
Gao Wuchen has now established Changchun Fort, which is equivalent to driving a nail between Horqin and the Jurchens. As long as it is managed properly, it will play a very critical role in preventing the two parties from joining forces.
Of course, in a highly pragmatic style, he was not just trying to prevent a possible alliance between the two sides in the future. In fact, what he wanted to do more was to win over Horqin's tribe before launching the decisive battle of Chahar.
Winning over Horqin, Nurhachi's die-hard ally in the original history, sounds like a pipe dream. actually not.
Because in original history, the first stage of the relationship between the Horqin tribe and the Jianzhou Jurchens actually belonged to a period of military conflict. At that time, the two sides were in a state of hostility and fought many times because Horqin was Ye He's ally.
In the 21st year of Wanli at that time, Ye He and other tribes, together with nine tribes including Weng Adai, Manggusi, Ming'an and their Xibo and Gualcha tribes from the Horqin tribe, sent 30,000 troops to attack Nurhaci, including Mongolian soldiers. There are ten thousand.
In this battle, "Mongolian Horqin Beilemin's horse was trapped, so he abandoned his saddle and fled naked on his horse, but only escaped." Even one of the main leaders was almost captured. How good can the relationship between the two sides be?
As for why the two sides later formed an alliance, it was because Ye He was destroyed by Nurhachi and the Horqin tribe lost its allies and had to form an alliance with Nurhachi.
So, why does the Horqin tribe need an alliance so much? The reason is simple: Chahar has always been eyeing Horqin.
Since the rise of Amada Khan, the Chahar tribe itself has been under great pressure. Facing the strength of the right-wing Mongolia, Chahar even had to move eastward. But Chahar is the "communist leader of Mongolia" after all, and its successive great khans naturally want to restore their momentum, so expanding their power is what they have always wanted to do.
Hasar, the founder of the Horqin tribe, was the second son of Yesugai and the second brother of Genghis Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty. After so many years, the blood relationship between Chahar and Horqin has long been very weak. Of course, Horqin is regarded by Chahar as a priority for "unification".
Horqin himself was well aware of this, so while hypocritically expressing his surrender to Chahar, he was also wary of Chahar and tried every means to recruit allies to resist Chahar's possible invasion.
As a powerful Jurchen chieftain known for his cavalry, the Yehe tribe was of course the first choice ally of the steppe nomadic Horqin.
In other words, as long as two conditions are met, Horqin's tribe will definitely be won over by Gao Pragmatism: first, the threat of Chahar still exists; second, Ye He's cavalry strength remains and he chooses to side with Gao Pragmatism.
These two conditions are now established, so Gao Pragmatic believes that it is not difficult to win over Horqin. The reason why he did not win over Ye He was that Gao Pragmatic was not able to control Ye He at that time, and Gao Pragmatic's own power could not cover Horqin's surroundings.
With the marriage between Gao Pragmatic and Ye He and the establishment of Changchun Fort, these conditions have become fully mature.
Of course, Changchun Fort was not built as soon as it was completed, so after Gao Pragmatic handed over the tasks, he first turned his attention back to the court.
First, he had to go to the palace to persuade Zhu Yijun to accept Cao Yu's suggestion on rebuilding the three guards of Jianzhou - Gao Pragmatic would certainly not say that this suggestion was actually based on his "two-part Jianzhou" plan.
When they arrived at Dongnuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yijun was reading memorials. Seeing Gao Yingshi come in, he threw a memorial in his hand on the imperial desk without any pretense and asked Gao Yingshi to sit down.
It is rare for outsiders to see the emperor grant a seat, but Gao Pragmatic has long been accustomed to it. After sitting down, he even took the initiative to ask: "The emperor summoned his ministers today, but do you want to ask about the three guards of Jianzhou?"
Zhu Yijun didn't mind Gao Pragmatic's "guessing his intentions" at all, and nodded directly: "You should know the situation in Jianzhou very well. I used to only know about the brothers Nurhaci and Shuerhaqi, the sixth uncle of the chieftain, Baoshi... ...Cao Yu suggested that he be made the commander of the Jianzhou Guard, do you think it is necessary?"
"In my opinion, this is so-called benefit without cost." Gao pragmatically said: "Cao Yun said that the fifth ancestor of Nurhaci is not very strong. If they are put together, they don't know if they have a thousand soldiers. According to common sense, this small number of troops It is said that Nurhachi will not take it seriously, even Shuerhaqi after the separation can suppress them, and it seems unnecessary to set up a separate Jianzhou Guard for them."
Zhu Yijun nodded, but immediately said: "It seems you have another 'however' to say?"
Gao pragmatic smiled, nodded and said: "Yes, I have another 'however' to say: However, this time Nurhaci promised to let Shuerhaqi live in another city too smoothly, and I doubt that there will be any conflicts between him and Shuerhaqi. There is a collusion, and it is very likely that he used brotherly love or lured him with benefits, which caused Shuerhaqi's position to waver to a certain extent.
At this moment, I, Daming, need to use some means to make new cracks appear in the friendship between their brothers until they can no longer be repaired. The Jianzhou Guard of Baoshi and others exists for this purpose. "
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