Although Gao Gong already had great power when I paid tribute, he did not control the sky with one hand. In fact, at that period, the entire Practical School was only a small political group in the Ming Dynasty official circles, and it was far from being able to control the government. At that time, the Practical School relied heavily on Gao Gong's own status. It should be said that it was only an upper-class faction and its foundation among middle- and low-level officials was relatively weak.
This leads to a big problem, that is, even if top-level political decisions have been issued, they will be offset by intentional or unintentional confrontations at the implementation level, or at least they will be overt and covert, and will be delayed until there is no follow-up.
Of course, the Practical School is also aware of these situations, but due to limited power, they can only focus on some key matters, follow up on major issues, and supervise the implementation. For other things that have less significant impact, or that are not so direct, it is inevitable to turn a blind eye. This is the so-called "grasp the big and let go of the small."
There is no doubt that the tribute itself is a major event, and the two most critical elements in this major event are the "truce" and the "tribute market." The main forces of the Practical School at that time were focused on protecting these two, so for the relative It is inevitable that the less important issue of "Shunyi King's Seal" will not be taken into consideration.
As a result, the Shunyi Royal Seal was tampered with by some officials who were opposed to Anda's tribute. In other words, the legal specification of the Shunyi Royal Seal itself was indeed a gold-plated silver seal, but it was actually made The gold-plated copper seal was indeed damaged intentionally.
It is difficult for any reform to satisfy everyone, and the rise of any political group does not happen overnight. This is an objective reality. Although the Practical School at that time was able to effectively influence Emperor Longqing and allow him to successfully approve the casting of the seal, it had no control over the casting process of the seal, so it was not clear what was ultimately created.
As for Tumut's side later discovering a problem and causing a commotion, the Practical School was certainly aware of it. However, it is not necessarily easy to solve it if it becomes clear - if you admit it honestly, wouldn't it expose the internal problems of Ming Dynasty itself and the lack of control of the real school on the government?
This influence was obviously very bad. Without being able to fully control the government, even though Gao Gong was already the chief minister, he did not want to do anything unnecessary, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb based on the principle of doing more than doing less.
Fortunately, at that time, Tumut had been kidnapped by the Ming Dynasty's economy, and the military also found that the Ming Dynasty was getting more and more tough. After getting Zheng Luo's "explanation", they could only take the fake ones as real, swallow their anger, and stop making trouble. .
This delay has been more than ten years. Now that Chahar has been destroyed, Tumut has become the best-performing part of the Mongols. In addition, Han Naji believes that his contribution this time is not small. He should be able to change his seal to show his political achievements with a seal worthy of his status, so he found high pragmatism - that's the whole thing.
There is a question here: does it really matter what material the King of Shunyi’s royal seal is made of? The answer is yes, it is really important.
The King's Seal of Shunyi is a symbol of King Shunyi's power, so whether the King's Seal is important is essentially based on whether the throne is important.
Is the throne of King Shunyi important? Extremely important! Because "King Shunyi" has the most important power for right-wing Mongolia: the right to decide on tribute cities.
Here is a brief review of the tribute process and the power system of King Shunyi that Gao Pingshi worked hard at that time: In March of the fifth year of Longqing, Emperor Mu Zonglongqing officially issued an edict to confer Anda Khan as King of Shunyi, and rewarded him with "Red Five-color Silk" Once you wear the python robe, you will be able to see the inside and outside of everything." Afterwards, I was granted the title of Commander-in-Chief, Lao Badu and Zihuang Taiji, the younger brothers of Anda Khan, and was awarded the title of commander of sixty-one leaders, including Bintu Taiji, and officials of thousands of households, "all with imperial edicts."
After some preparations, on May 21, the canonization ceremony of King Shunyi was officially held at the horse-drying platform outside Datong Desheng Fort. Anda Khan gathered his subordinates and a huge crowd went to attend.
The situation at that time was: "A factory was built nine miles outside the Victory Fort. The factory director could be three feet wide. He used wire poles and wood, fifty pieces of blue silk for the hall, twenty pieces of red cloth, twenty pieces of three shuttles of green cashmere, and handkerchiefs and sweat towels. It is forty square meters, with fifty mats, one hundred hemp ropes, four colorful pavilions, and twenty pairs of colorful flags. A yellow curtain is set up in the atrium, and incense is burned.
In advance, the barbarian envoys beat Han and Kehan to the official office to practice the rituals. After that, we went to the shed factory with great fanfare. The capital of Fudu was granted a fort by Bi Hong, and the deputy commander-in-chief Zhao Boxun and the guerrilla Kang Lun were ordered to give twelve orders. I was also given a python robe to wear, which is pure on the outside and inside. It is called a lion robe.
On the 21st, I led the barbarians to welcome the imperial edict, and four kowtowed to the south. Already, the Han officials copied Huang Kai and read it. After that, I said thank you and took off my hat and kowtowed. The Yi ritual is to remove one's hat and kowtow as a sign of respect. "
As a result, Anda Khan was officially canonized as King Shunyi of the Ming Dynasty. This canonization further consolidated the status of the Tumut lords as the right-wing co-leaders.
After the canonization ceremony, the already impatient King Ada Khan of Shunyi immediately presided over the tribute market affairs. He sent Ji Neng of the Ordos tribe and his nephew Qie Jin Huang Taiji, who were familiar with the Buddhist scriptures of the Han Dynasty, to write a memorial. Later, together with Lao Badu, Xin Ai Huang Taiji, Bahan Naji, etc., they submitted a memorial and paid tribute to the horse.
"Fifty-nine tribute horses, thirty horses, and a pair of silver-plated autumn bridles and saddles. Sixty-four people, including the Yi envoys Pulling cloth and Polo Busan tablecloth, paid homage to the ancients. The text in the text is changed to refer to Buddha. The language is very respectful, but still lacking in writing.
Chonggu means that the Han Dynasty sent the book to the Yi to make corrections such as Taiwan and Bangshi, and sealed the table for inspection. Because of the banquet, the barbarian envoys were sent to Fayang and the city residence. Forty horses were selected, including green, white, red, yellow, silver and jujube. They were given the coat color and tooth age. Thirty horses were selected for the consultation. Four hundred and sixty-nine tribute horses were sent to three places. "(Note: From "The Biography of An Da")
The Ming Dynasty rewarded the horse price, rewarded Anda Khan and others and the barbarian envoys with clothes, silk satin, cloth coins, etc., and also gave Anda Khan an imperial edict. From then on, Anda Khan took charge of the tribute and trade matters between Monan Mongolia's right wing and the Ming Dynasty as King Shunyi.
At the beginning of the "Ada Tribute", the Ming Dynasty granted Anda Khan a royal seal in order to "use his power to bind the various tribes" and gave him the power to take charge of the tribute and mutual trade. This power is very remarkable, because it stipulates that King Shunyi will be responsible for writing the tributes of the three tribes of Xuanda and Hetao; all rewards will be received by King Shunyi, and then forwarded to the heads of each tribe; the promotion of the heads of each tribe will also be promoted by Shunyi When the king pays tribute, he will make an invitation, and then the Ming court will handle it as appropriate; for every tribute market, King Shunyi must first pay tribute, and then the court can open the market.
In addition, according to the Ming-Mongolian agreement, King Shunyi formulated his own relevant laws. Mongolian tribesmen who violated the tribute market were punished by King Shunyi in accordance with Mongolian law.
In this way, on the one hand, King Shunyi had the power to pay tribute and trade with the Ming Dynasty. Having the king's title and seal meant that King Shunyi had complete control over the power of paying tribute.
In the original history, "in order to control the power of market rewards", the reason why Tumut fiercely competed for the right to inherit the throne of Shunyi was because of this - the economic base determines the superstructure. This power of tribute and market is actually the economic foundation of Tumut. Ah, who can not be jealous?
On the other hand, as the Mongolian person in charge and host of the tribute city affairs, whether King Shunyi can successfully succeed is directly related to the maintenance of the relationship between Ming and Mongolia and the peace of Gong City and the stability of the Ming Dynasty's border defense. In order to ensure his own interests, whether it is the original Both the Ming Dynasty in history and the Ming Dynasty in this world actively exerted influence on the succession of King Shunyi, and even directly intervened.
For example, the outbreak of the Monan War was actually caused by Gao Pragmatic's forcible intervention in Si Feng. To be honest, I won the battle at that time, so everything was easy to talk about. If we lose the fight at that time, the person directly responsible, Gao Pragmatic, will probably have to shed his skin even if he doesn't die.
Now, with the Chahar tribe fleeing to the west, the situation in the Mongolian grasslands has undergone tremendous changes. Tumote has actually become the most powerful force in Mongolia. At this moment, it is obviously reasonable for Han Naji to hope to strengthen the legitimacy of King Shunyi.
Gao pragmatic not only agreed to Han Naji's request, but also informed him to quickly go south and go straight to the border. Although this incident happened suddenly, Gao Pragmatic's decision was not only quick, but also had several layers of considerations.
The first consideration is that today is different from the past. The situation that Gao Gong was worried about more than ten years ago has changed. Although the Practical School still cannot cover the sky with one hand, the power of the entire faction is far stronger than before. Not only is it deeply rooted in the political ecology, but its allies are also stronger, and its relationship is more stable than before.
At this time, Gao Pragmatic, as the de facto party leader of the Practical School, had dared to lift the lid that had been covered up in the past, and also gave Han Naji justice.
The second consideration is that Gao Pragmatic suddenly decided to take this opportunity to let Han Naji accompany him to Beijing, because he found that this was a matter of killing two birds with one stone.
Although the "Ming Dynasty Jin Kingdom" is nominally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it has actually always had a very high degree of autonomy from the founding of the country to the appointment of King Shunyi to the current Han Naji in power. There is no explicit stipulation, but in fact it is considered an external vassal, not an internal vassal.
If Han Naji can be brought to Beijing to be rewarded, on the one hand, it will further change the relationship between the two parties, making the "Da Ming Jin Kingdom" more like an internal tributary state, and on the other hand, it can strengthen the achievements of the Yuan Dynasty - you Look, I not only defeated Chahar, but also Tumote almost completely surrendered. This means that the Ming Dynasty can declare to the whole world: The entire Tatar and Mongolia will be our territory of the Ming Dynasty from now on!
In addition, Gao Pragmatic has a third additional consideration, that is, if Hannaji leaves Helin and goes south, Helin will be handed over to Erdemutu. Gao Pragmatic did not want Erdemutu to engage in any conspiracy, but wanted him to take the opportunity to exercise his abilities and support his career.
There is a difference between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty's prince's status is as stable as Mount Tai thanks to the system, while the Mongolians are not so stable in this regard. To a certain extent, its system is a continuation of customs, and this is only one aspect. On the other hand, it also depends on personal strength. In addition to inheriting the inheritance from the father, part of this strength is one's own prestige.
Because Erdemutu studied under Gao Jingjing in the past few years and stayed in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, his connection with Tumut's hometown has weakened. Although Hannaji's long-standing direct lineage, that is, the "Western Sentinel" during the Anda Khan period, has been quite supportive of Erdemutu because of its long-term closeness, Erdemutu still needs to have a direct lineage of its own. Centaur.
The princes of the Ming Dynasty had no direct military lineage at all, so the people they trusted most after they ascended the throne were the lecturers who had been their teachers. Mongolia is much more direct than this. "Huang Taiji" will not only have direct descendants, but also must have them. Otherwise, if something happens to Dahan, it will be difficult to say whether Huang Taiji can ascend to the throne.
The two most direct examples are there one after another: Was Xin Ai Huang Taiji directly related to him back then? Is the Buyan Huang Taiji who was directly related to him not long ago?
In the same way, Erdemutu, the crown prince of Shunyi, must of course have direct lineage, and Gao Wuchen now wants to make Outer Khalkha the direct lineage of Erdemutu. Gao pragmatically knew that Han Naji would not refuse this proposal.
First, after Abadai Saiyin Khan led his troops to flee west in Outer Khalkha, the remaining scattered tribes were not strong enough to pose a threat to him;
Secondly, Huang Taiji originally required direct lineage, which was in line with Mongolian customs, and the allocation of Outer Khalkha to Erdemutu actually strengthened the power of the Great Khan - Erdemutu was his eldest son. A family that is directly related by blood.
After the death of Tokhtok Chataiji, because none of his sons could carry the tripod, the three-legged separation within Tumut gradually changed. Hannaji relied on the orthodox status of King Shunyi and Chechen Khan to gain an advantage in the process of winning over them. Now that the royal power is gradually strengthening, Zhongjin Hatun, although it has the elite of the old Khan court left by Anda Khan, is becoming increasingly weak. .
At this moment, if Gao Pragmatic wants to play a balance game, what he should do is actually strengthen Jongjin Hatun's power to ensure that he can check and balance Hannaji.
However, Gao Pragmatic believes that the situation has changed significantly at this stage. With the victory of the Battle of Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's military power was enough to frighten the world. In addition, Han Naji was a complete pro-Ming faction, and his son Erdemutu even knew the horror of Beijing. They As long as the father and son were still alive, it was impossible for them to waver in joining the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, after Chahar fled to the west, Tumote also needed to put more power in the west of the territory to help defend the Ming Dynasty. This required a powerful commander Han Naji - after all, his direct lineage was Tumote Xi. post. Therefore, it is a practical need of the Ming Dynasty to strengthen the control of Hanna Ji.
As for the tilt of Tumut's power to the west, it will make the Ming Dynasty's northern frontier safer. This can be regarded as a collateral benefit. It doesn't matter if you don't have it, it would be better if you have it.
So many benefits are in vain, so Gao pragmatism continues to stay in Yanqing Prefecture and waits for Hannaji to move south. Of course, such a major event would have to be reported to the imperial court for approval from the emperor. In particular, how many people Han Naji can bring to Beijing is a top priority, and the court must quickly discuss and come up with a result.
At this time, Gao Pingshi didn't know that Qi Jiguang would actually be tricked by Zhong Jinhatun and bring him a completely unexpected hot potato.
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