Chapter 1478 The Jin and Yuan dynasties fight for the west
Chapter 1478 Jin and Yuan Dynasties Struggle for the West
Nurhachi fell. Logically speaking, this was the time to take advantage of the victory and pursue the enemy. Many generals thought so. However, Kublai Khan had a different view on this.
"Your Majesty, there is a saying among the Han people: Brothers are jealous of each other by walling up to defend themselves against their insults. If we attack again at this time, we will help the Qing Dynasty!" Kublai Khan said in a deep voice.
For the Yuan Dynasty, people may first think of Temujin. However, in fact, this is the founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. Kublai Khan's ability is no worse than Temujin. To be more precise, these are two equally powerful figures.
, but their strengths are different.
From the perspective of the rise of the Mongolian nation, Genghis Khan is the greatest, but from the perspective of the development of the Mongolian nation, Kublai Khan is the greatest.
In history, it was actually quite difficult for Kublai Khan to become the Great Khan of Mongolia because there were several huge mountains lying in front of him.
First, the royal power at that time was in the hands of the third uncle, Ogedai. After Ogedai passed away, the throne could only be passed on to his descendants. This was also the request of Genghis Khan, the "God of Heaven".
Secondly, even if it were passed to the Tuolei family, Kublai Khan had an older brother, Meng Ge. Obviously, the throne could only be passed to Meng Ge, not to Kublai Khan.
After Meng Ge obtained the position of Great Khan, even if he wanted to pass on the throne, he could only pass it on to his own descendants, or to his youngest brother Alibu (it is a Mongolian tradition to pass it on to both the youngest son and younger brother).
Kublai Khan, the second oldest, has a very low chance of obtaining the position of Great Khan.
Therefore, according to the traditional way of passing the throne, Kublai Khan could not have any hope.
Under such circumstances, Kublai Khan took a special path. The special path Kublai Khan took was to develop into the Han region and rely on the strength of the Han people to help him gain a dominant position. However, the Mongols at that time
They were against sinicization and alliance with the Han people, but in the end, Kublai Khan still successfully completed the counterattack with the help of sinicization.
After Kublai Khan successfully succeeded to the throne, he still actively used Han landlord class intellectuals to carry out reforms and continued to implement a series of Sinicization policies. The essence of Sinicization policies was feudalization. The Mongolian nation quickly entered from a slave society to a feudal society. This
A series of measures greatly increased the strength of the Mongol Khanate, and it can even be said to have completed a historical leap.
He actively restored and developed agricultural production in the Yellow River Basin, quickly restoring the destroyed economy. He established the Agriculture Department in the central government to manage and guide agricultural production; he promoted the book "Agriculture and Mulberry Collection" across the country as a popular science on agricultural production.
Book.
Politically, the centralization of power was strengthened. The central government established a province-based system with six ministries, which improved administrative efficiency; a provincial system was established at the local level, which strengthened local management; and the Central News Agency Propaganda Council managed the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region.
Directly managing Tibetan affairs at once is of great significance to the unification of a multi-ethnic country.
He also organized manpower to create Mongolian characters. Throughout the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolian characters, together with Chinese characters, served as the common script across the country, promoting cultural exchanges across the country.
In terms of military affairs, Kublai Khan continued to encircle and attack the Southern Song Dynasty until the Yuan army occupied Lin'an in 1276 and the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed.
In this life, Kublai Khan was no longer Temujin's grandson, but was implanted as Temujin's youngest son. Although he was young, he had already shown his outstanding vision, and he could often see things that others could not see.
The place.
"In addition, my Yuan Dynasty is pressing hard, and Wei and Qing can only unite. If my Yuan Dynasty lets go of the army, the Qing Dynasty will be weak and the Wei Dynasty is strong. Now that the Qing Emperor is dead, how can the Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao be safe!" Kubi
Lie continued.
Today, among the three forces on the grassland, they are equivalent to the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. Although Wei is strong, conflicts will still break out between Shu and Wu when they unite. It just depends on whether there is a chance. Jingzhou is like this.
The same is true for Yiling.
The same is true for them on the grassland. Temujin has been pressing forward step by step. As the weaker parties, Wei and Qing will definitely unite together. But if Temujin postpones the war, the Qing will appear again.
With such a change, it’s not certain what will happen next for these two parties!
"What if we don't conquer Wei?" Although Temujin already had an idea in his mind, he still wanted to hear Kublai Khan's thoughts. To be more precise, he wanted to test Kublai Khan against him.
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"Your Majesty, I heard that the King of Jin of the Han Dynasty sent Su Dingfang, the former governor of Liangzhou, to go to the Western Regions. Why don't I, the Yuan Dynasty, also take a hand in it!" Kublai Khan had obviously planned this for a long time, and he answered directly.
"Your Majesty, I also think that the Jin army cannot be allowed to capture the Western Region!" Murong Ke said loudly. If the Jin army is allowed to capture the Western Region, it will be even more troublesome to deal with the Jin army.
The Western Regions have played a very critical role in the Central Plains dynasty from ancient times to the present. Let’s not talk about the times when the dynasty was strong. Let’s talk about the Song Dynasty, which was relatively weak in combat power. Xihe still tried to open up the Western Regions; the cowardly and incompetent late Qing Dynasty also
He once put down Agub's invasion and recovered Xinjiang.
As the heartland of ancient dynasties, the Western Regions served as a barrier to the western threat of the Guanzhong region, retaining sufficient strategic depth. Ancient China was basically a land power, so before the Tang and Song Dynasties, when overseas trade was not developed, the economic and military significance of the Western Regions could even be
Rising to the level of core strategy.
For example, when clearing the coast and defending the country that night, Zuo Zongtang once said that abandoning the Western Regions would put Shaanxi and Gansu in danger and then affect the hinterland of the Central Plains. Therefore, the barrier role of the Western Regions in the Central Plains must not be underestimated. Therefore, after the completion of the basic unification, all dynasties will
Moving towards the goal of merging the Western Region and crossing Congling.
For the grassland nomadic forces, the Western Regions were the left hook of the Central Plains Dynasty, which always maintained a military deterrent to the grassland nomadic forces. For the grasslands, the Western Regions were like a sword hanging over their heads, always under military threat from the Central Plains Dynasty.
And if the grassland holds the Western Region in its hands, even if it is purely engaged in guerrilla warfare with the Central Plains Dynasty, and continues to retreat west and north in detours without a decisive battle with the Central Plains Dynasty, it will sooner or later bring down the Central Plains Dynasty.
But once the Central Plains Dynasty has the Western Region in its hands, it can not only block the Xiongnu's escape route to the west. If the grassland people do not want a decisive battle, they can only flee north. But the temperature is very low too far north, and even the nomadic people are not willing to stay in high latitudes for a long time.
The cold zone. In this way, the strategic space of the grassland peoples will be compressed, so they will be forced to fight decisively with the increasingly powerful Central Plains dynasty army.
Even if they are not in a state of war, because the Central Plains Dynasty's garrison in the Western Regions, the grassland peoples must always pay attention to the thousands of kilometers of border lines from the Western Regions to Youbin and other governors, and the Central Plains Dynasty may launch an attack at any time.
As long as Temujin still has thoughts about the Han Dynasty, he must not ignore the problems in the Western Regions. Even if Temujin has no thoughts about the Han Dynasty, he cannot ignore the problems in the Western Regions just for his own safety.