The original meaning of the tribe name "Horqin" in Mongolian is "guards with bows and arrows." And "Alu" means "north" or "north", so the ministry was named because it was stationed in the north of Muhangai Mountain.
From a geographical point of view, the "Alu Horqin" that Liang Menglong referred to at this time belonged to Donghu, Xiongnu, Wuhuan, and Xianbei lands successively during the Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States Period, and Qin and Han Dynasties. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was a nomadic land for Khitan. In the Liao Dynasty, it was Shangjingdao Wuzhou. In the Liao Dynasty, it belonged to Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing. In the Jin Dynasty, it belonged to Beijing Road in Taizhou. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was the fiefdom of King Yelvliu of Liao.
In the Ming Dynasty, this area was initially under the jurisdiction of the Taining Guards of Wuliangha District in Huangshui. In the 25th year of Jiajing (1546), Kundu of the Arukorqin tribe was nomadic in the Erguna River, Haihar River and Hulunbuir Lake. Lun Daiqing and the 15th grandson of Habtu Hasar, the younger brother of Genghis Khan, Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty, led his troops to move there. They were first named Alukorqin, which means "Northern Archer".
So what is the relationship between this "Alu Horqin" and the "Nen Horqin" who has taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty? In fact, the relationship is "from the same source": the two books were originally one, and their ancestral origins are calculated from this Habtu Hassar.
After the 16th century (that is, after 1501), the Horqin tribe moved south to nomadically live in the Nen River Basin, and was called the "Nen Horqin tribe", while the Horqin who stayed in the same place were called the "Alu Horqin tribe", so Alhorqin is actually At that time, they were collectively called the Horqin tribe who stayed in Hulunbuir and later northern Heilongjiang and other areas.
In other words, to a certain extent, the "Nen Horqin Tribe" can be regarded as a branch, while the "Alu Horqin Tribe" is actually the main department of the Horqin Tribe.
But this is only from the perspective of origin. In fact, the development of the two families has already been divided into superiors and inferiors. The two tribes have already gone through their own ways. Even this nominal "master-slave relationship" has long been in jeopardy.
Originally, the two "Horqin" families in the north and south were originally surrendered to the Chahar tribe, that is, they were surrendered to the nominal Mongolian Khan or the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
However, geography can sometimes determine destiny. Since the Nenhorqin Tribe was closer to the Ming Dynasty, they took advantage of the decline of the Ming Dynasty's military power in the early years to follow Chahar and join forces with the Nei Khalkha and other tribes to invade the Ming Dynasty from time to time. Although they did not make any big fortune, they could still gain some reputation Drink soup.
Don't think it's just soup, a mouthful of soup here in Daming is enough for Nen Horqin to quickly overtake Alhorqin in strength. Later, the Nenhorqin tribe became increasingly dissatisfied with their submission to Chahar, and finally completely surrendered to the Ming Dynasty not long ago due to Gao Pragmatic's planning and intervention.
At the same time, the Alukorqin tribe had limited strength and could not embrace the thick legs of the Ming Dynasty, so they could only grovel under Tumen Khan. However, after all, Alukorqin has the same origin as the Nenhorqin tribe, and Tumen do not dare to use them with confidence. Therefore, the tribe is also a marginal person under Tumen and has little sense of existence.
There are less than 10,000 households and about 30,000 people in the Arukhorqin tribe. The number of soldiers available to support them in war is only 6,000 or 7,000, certainly less than 8,000. But the grassland they occupy is very good – everyone is familiar with Hulunbuir, so I won’t introduce it here.
Since the pastures are so good, why is the population so small? Of course it’s because of the cold! The Hulunbuir Prairie is located near the north of Heilongjiang. Do you still expect them to support people like the Jiangnan area?
Although the Arukorqin people with low productivity are not bad at raising livestock, their population cannot grow, and they often become the suppliers of war horses to the Chahar tribe. Unfortunately, the Tumen prostituted their war horses for free without paying them, so they were completely destroyed. When you are a leek, you cut it round after round.
In this case, the centripetal force of the Alukorqin tribe against the Chahar tribe will naturally not be strong. Therefore, in this super-large migration plan for Chahar to avoid the war and move westward, the Alukorqin tribe was abandoned by Tumen Khan and did not take them with him.
However, the Alukorqin tribe itself did not care much about this. They believed that it would be better for Tumen to leave, because this would mean that there would be fewer exploiters above their heads and they would be freer.
The only danger appeared during the period when Li Rusong's troops attacked Yuerhai and set up an ambush. At that time, Alukorqin's tribe thought that they were indifferent. When they suddenly discovered that tens of thousands of elites from Li Rusong's tribe were heading toward their territory, they were so frightened that they peeed and fled eastward without saying a word.
While running away, Alukorqin's tribe also made a plan: if they were caught up by Li Rusong, they would surrender without saying a word and express their willingness to "move inward as a whole clan."
The clever thing about this plan is that according to the Ming Dynasty's practice, once the nomadic tribe requests to "relocate the entire clan", it is not something that Li Rusong can decide. He must report it to the court - well, he must report it first if he has an idea. Summary. In short, it was not something he, Li Rusong, could "dispose of cheaply", so the Alhorqin people could at least save their lives first.
However, they did not wait for this day. Li Rusong stopped when he arrived at Yuerhai, and An An An set an ambush there. Then he left quickly for no apparent reason, leaving behind a relieved Arukolqin who was chanting the blessings of his master. , and then carefully returned to his hometown.
They certainly didn't expect that although Ming Dynasty seemed to ignore him, there were still people in the Ming Dynasty who remembered them - Liang Menglong's plan was to directly give them to the Nenhorqin tribe as prizes, without even asking whether they were happy or not.
In Liang Menglong's view, Daning and the surrounding large areas of land that originally belonged to Chahar are the core areas that Ming Dynasty needs to directly govern. This was something Gao Pragmatic had discussed with him a long time ago. It was a key part of the strengthening of the Ming Dynasty's cavalry. He would not tolerate outsiders getting involved, even the Nenhorqin tribe who had defected to the Ming Dynasty.
Didn’t the three guards of Wuliangha also defect to the Ming Dynasty very early? Later, they were given land and their immediate bosses, Prince Ning and Dusi Daning, were removed. What happened to the three guards of Wuliangha who had no one to look after them? Didn’t he return to the Mongolian circle of influence? Therefore, Gao Pangshi and Liang Menglong both believed that the core area must be controlled by pure people, because only if they are strong enough, the vassals will be willing to be vassals.
Gao pragmatically did not discuss with Liang Menglong how to reward the Nenhorqin tribe, because Gao pragmatically believed that after the victory over the Yuan Dynasty, the Nenhorqin tribe would definitely not dare to make mistakes in the Weijia Sea of the Ming Dynasty. The issue of rewards could completely depend on the situation. Determine again.
It's just that people are not as good as God. Now that a series of other issues have led to the need to discuss this matter in advance, Liang Menglong could only think of this because doing so was in line with a pragmatic and higher-level overall plan.
The overall plan is simple: divide and conquer.
The expulsion of the Chahar tribe from Eastern Mongolia actually created a power vacuum. Even if the Ming Dynasty replaced it, the position of the Ming Dynasty and it were different. Here, Chahar can threaten the Nenhorqin and Yehe tribes, and can even threaten or interfere with other Jurchen tribes.
As for the Ming Dynasty, at least it was not easy to clearly interfere with the two tribes that had already surrendered, the Nenhorqin tribe and the Yehe tribe. Even if they wanted to interfere, they had to pay attention to one division's reputation. The alliance between the Nenhorqin tribe and the Yehe tribe is very close to each other in terms of strength, so it is very likely that it will be maintained.
This is very inconsistent with the interests of Ming Dynasty: if you two maintain the alliance, how can Ming Dynasty divide and rule? What if the situation changes one day and you two join forces to stab me in the back?
Therefore, in order to avoid this happening, conflicts must be created in advance. It's not that we can't find other ways to create conflicts, but it's better to come early than to come by chance. It just so happened that when we talked about this today, Liang Menglong didn't care much and brought it up first.
According to his idea, as long as the balance of power between the Nenhorqin tribe and the Yehe tribe is broken, conflicts will inevitably arise between the two. The reason is very simple. Even if the Nenhorqin tribe is strengthened, it is impossible for them to dare to confront the Ming Dynasty who just defeated the Yuan Dynasty. So who can they bully? Of course it’s the former ally Ye Hebu!
As for the marriage between Ye Hebu and Gao Situ, Liang Menglong didn't care. He had a sufficient understanding of Gao Pragmatic. The reason why this great Situ married Ye He was essentially to take advantage of him, and there was no way he could not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
What's more, once Ye He is at a strategic disadvantage, he will only flatter Gao Situ even more, which is of great benefit to Gao Situ.
Zhu Yijun stared at the Kanyu map hanging on the easel next to him for a while, and understood Liang Menglong's intention, nodded and said: "Liang Aiqing's words are a great kindness, I think it is feasible."
After a pause, he waved his hand casually and said: "Then tell the Nen Horqin tribe and say that the Alu Horqin tribe followed Tumen in the past and committed many crimes. The Yi tribe should have eliminated their evil. I hope that God will bring good things to life. Virtue, the Nenhorqin tribe also has the merit of abandoning darkness and embracing the light. Because the two tribes have the same origin, the two Horqin tribes can be merged into one clan. The Nenhorqin people should also carefully educate them in the future, so that the Alu Horqin remnants can benefit from our heavenly kindness, and the future will be good. If you work together to do good, you will be favored by heaven."
This matter has no direct interest in any of the pavilion elders, and it is not even seen that it has much to do with the Heshi School itself. Therefore, everyone's reaction was very consistent. They all accepted the decree and said: "My emperor is wise, and I will obey the decree."
Then Wang Jiaping asked again: "Your Majesty, since Nen Horqin has been rewarded, will Ye He, Jianzhou Youwei and other ministries also reward him?"
Zhu Yijun hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said: "The matter of Ye He and Jianzhou Youwei will be discussed after the great Situ returns to Beijing." Both of these works were accepted by Gao pragmatically under his command that year. Zhu Yijun felt that it was better to ask Gao pragmatically for his opinions. It’s safer to decide later. Fortunately, Wang Jiaping was just asking, and he did not have any clear opinions, so he withdrew after the emperor answered.
Seeing that no one else wanted to speak, Shen Shixing took over the conversation and said, "So, is it time to discuss Outer Khalkha now? Does Mr. Mingquan have any advice?"
"How dare you teach me?" Liang Menglong said: "The Outer Khalkha tribe is located very far away. It is at least 2,600 miles away from the capital. It is even further away from Daning, more than 2,800 miles away. Even if it is far away from the naturalization The city is also two thousand miles away.
At such a distance, our officers and troops may not be able to station permanently, otherwise it would be too difficult to provide all the supplies. Even if we only station 10,000 troops, the annual cost is probably 20,000 to 300,000 taels. "
"Have Da Situ and Liang Aiqing ever discussed this?" Zhu Yijun asked very directly this time. Of course, this question is not afraid of being deliberately misunderstood by others. After all, as an economic minister, Gao Pragmatic went to war outside the customs, and it was reasonable for him to discuss relevant matters with Grand Sima and Liang Menglong, who was in charge of the Ministry of War, before the war.
Liang Menglong nodded and said: "There have been some discussions, and there are generally three views. The first is based on Abadai Saiyin Khan's abandonment of the dark side and the surrender of the Ming Dynasty to the Celestial Dynasty. At that time, the opinions of the ministers, the Great Situ and the Great Sima were relatively consistent, and they believed that If there is such an opportunity, you can consider letting Abadai Saiyin Khan continue to be in charge of Helin temporarily. Of course, it seems that this option does not need to be considered now."
Zhu Yijun nodded and asked, "What about the second one?"
"The second is to let King Shunyi directly govern." Liang Menglong said: "King Shunyi has been sincerely loyal to me for more than 20 years. His loyalty is commendable. He has fought several battles for me in the north and south. His contribution is really not small. In addition, he also did something last year. Loss... If He Lin is handed over to him this time, Tumut will be able to guard my fence with peace of mind in the future."
Xu Guo frowned slightly and asked: "But if Tumut's power continues to expand, will there be a threat to the imperial court?"
"I have also discussed this matter with Da Situ and Da Sima." Liang Menglong solemnly pointed at the map and said: "Please take a look, Mr. Yingyang. Now that Chahar is fleeing to the west, it is impossible to say where he will go, but it is probably They will settle down in the Western Region and station herders. Now that Wala is divided and Chagatai is in decline, I am afraid that they are no match for Nabrihatu.
If Chahar rises again in the Western Regions, Gansu Province will surely suffer from it. If we still focus on Mobei at this time, it will be really unsustainable. But if Mobei is given to Tumote, and there is enough King Shunyi in the north to serve as a screen, then the imperial court can gather troops to fight Gansu. In this way, my heavenly soldiers can retreat and stand firm, advance and march westward, and attack and defend according to my wishes. Why is this not beautiful? "
Xu Guo thought about it and seemed to think it was right, so he nodded slightly and said no more. Zhu Yijun said "hmm" softly, but then asked: "Liang Qing said before that he had three ideas, and now he only said two. What is the other one?"
Liang Menglong's face straightened, and he said solemnly: "This third one is somewhat controversial. This item was originally proposed by Da Situ, but he also said that it is not easy to achieve this item, and it requires an excellent opportunity to spread it."
When he said this, Zhu Yijun became even more curious. He looked at him with bright eyes and asked, "Oh? Come on, tell me."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Liang Menglong said slowly: "The third option is to move the Ordos troops to Mobei Helin, and our troops will be stationed in Hetao."
"ah!"
"hiss……"
Everyone was surprised. Even Zhu Yijun took a breath and said quickly: "Recovering the Hetao... I'm afraid it won't be easy. How can the Ordos tribe be willing to abandon the Hetao and go to the bitter cold land of Mobei?"
"It is precisely because of the difficulty that the great Situ said that there must be an excellent opportunity to spread the word." Liang Menglong sighed and said: "It would be great if Ordos supported Kuei Bai last time and happened now."
Zhu Yijun understood the meaning as soon as he heard it, and couldn't help but feel regretful, saying: "Yes, they made a big mistake last time. This time it is different. The Ordos tribe cooperated with Tumote to send troops to the Northern Expedition, and has been staying at Shunyi King My subordinates... this is not easy to handle." It seems that Zhu Yijun still has some ideas about the Loop.
Liang Menglong suddenly smiled at this time and said: "Don't worry, good Pope, Da Situ had a follow-up idea for this before. Although the current situation is slightly different, this idea may still be used if the soup does not change the medicine. ... It just might take a few years.”
Zhu Yijun was overjoyed and asked quickly: "What are your ideas?"
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