Gushi Khan is sitting on the lion throne in the Lhasa Khan Court, his eyes are shining and his momentum is breathtaking.
He is actually seventy years old this year, and seventy years of life are rare in ancient times. This profuse sweater is in excellent health, eats deliciously, and has no intention of returning to the embrace of the Immortal Heaven.
He governed Qinghai, the Western Regions, Tibet and other vast territories with an iron fist.
Suonan Raodan bowed and said respectfully: "Great Khan, the envoys from the Qing Dynasty are here. I want to unite with you to defeat the Ming Dynasty."
"Well, what do you think about this?"
Even though Suonan Raodan received a generous gift from Malji, he would not dare to sell Heshuote for glory. The man in front of him is a powerful and wise hero.
"Great Khan, I think we can get huge benefits from trade with the Ming Dynasty. There is no need to offend either the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty. We can sell horses to them, but we must not send troops."
In this era, not only the ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty called themselves slaves in front of the emperor, but also the Kashote Khanate established by Gushi Khan. When the ministers met the Khan, they had to call themselves slaves. This was a good habit inherited from their ancestor Genghis Khan.
.The powerful minister Tuotuo in the late Yuan Dynasty, who was so powerful, had to obediently call him "slave" when meeting Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty.
"No," Gushi Khan's eyes flashed, "promise them. Ask them for gold, silver, grain, silk, tea, soldiers' armor, and everything else we need. Then march eastward!"
"Great Khan, do you really want to help the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty?"
Suonan Raodan didn't think Fa Ming was a good idea, but he didn't dare to persuade him. He was so anxious that he broke into a cold sweat.
"Haha." Seeing his anxious look, Gushi Khan stroked his beard and smiled happily, "The eastward advance is an eastward advance, but it is not to defeat the Ming Dynasty, but to defeat the disobedient Jiarong people. The eight Jiarong tribes went to the Ming Dynasty
I professed my vassalship and did not take Ben Khan's orders seriously. I just took advantage of the good opportunity of the snipe and the clam to fight and defeated them."
Suonan Raodan was immediately relieved. The Great Khan was still the same Great Khan, still as wise as before, and he sincerely shouted: "The Great Khan is wise!"
Enjoying the compliments from his confidants, Gushi Khan was very proud, and suddenly remembered something: "Last time Wu Sangui sent an envoy to request trade with us, how did the discussion go?"
"Great Khan, the land occupied by Wu Sangui has been war-torn for a long time and is very barren. We can't give you anything good in exchange for our war horses. Trading with them is not very profitable. I think it is more cost-effective to trade with the Ming Dynasty." p>
"No, Suonan Raodan, you have to remember that you are the emperor of the Khanate, not a merchant. You must have a long-term perspective when considering problems. The more trade routes there are, the less likely it is to be controlled by others; in addition, the Manchus and Han people are both us
Neighbors, if I and the Shuote Khanate want to be strong, we cannot let our neighbors be too strong. It is best to let them split into dozens of countries. This Wu Sangui is a good support object."
"Oh, my Khan, your wisdom is like the stars in the sky, unfathomable!"
"Hahaha", Gushi Khan let out a proud laugh, and immediately felt a sense of superiority as a wise man.
In fact, he didn't know. Suonan Raodan knew all the truths he said, but he deliberately pretended not to know and asked him to prove it. Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. As a powerful minister, he must not act smarter than the Khan.
.Otherwise, disaster is imminent!
Over the years, Gushi Khan has grown old, and as he gets older, he likes to be suspicious. On the one hand, he uses Suonan Raodan to control the Gelug Sect, and on the other hand, he uses Gasha to check and balance Suonan Raodan. It is not that he is afraid that he will be disloyal to him.
, but he is afraid that he will not be as loyal to his eldest son Dayan Eqil as he is to himself.
Gushi Khan felt uneasy when he thought of his eldest son. Dayan was a fierce general and had made great contributions to defeating the Kazakh Khanate. But if you want to secure the throne, you must not only be brave, but also have a strategy. In this regard, the eldest son is not as good as himself.
Dalai Batur, the sixth son of Dorji. Unfortunately, Dorji is not as prestigious as Dayan among his brothers. Each of his ten sons has his own "Omuqi" (nomadic territory). If he cannot let the brothers
Convinced, I still can’t sit still.
Gushi Khan thought that it would be best to let Dayan succeed to the throne and let Dorji assist, so that the Heshuote Khanate can continue to prosper.
"Great Khan, the Qing envoys have been waiting for a long time. Do you want to announce their entry?"
"Xuan!"
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"The envoys of the Qing Dynasty, Malji, Hu Zhaolong, Qi Chebai, and Peng Ershu, see Heshuote Khan".
"Without courtesy, I appreciate your hard work coming from afar. Please take a seat!"
"Dear Khan, we are here to bring you the imperial edict from the Qing Emperor."
After hearing this, Gushi Khan smiled jokingly and asked, "Oh, what title did the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty grant to this Khan?"
"The emperor has named you 'Obide by the Wen Yi, Min Hui Gushi Khan', and you can be hereditary by your descendants."
"Well, this is a great grace. But does this Khan need to kneel to receive this edict?"
Gushi Khan asked coldly, his eyes like lightning, piercing Malji.
As a proud Mongolian, he felt a faint pain in his heart at the thought of kneeling in front of the Jurchens. His ancestors destroyed the "Jin" country back then, and one day, he will also destroy the "Qing" country.
country, let them also kneel on the ground to receive their decree!
Being stared at by Gushi Khan, Malekid felt uncomfortable all over. The pressure of such a superior person was very powerful, just like the eyes of a giant beast from ancient times when it wanted to choose someone and devour it.
However, he still decided to uphold the integrity of an envoy of the Qing Dynasty. Although cold sweat broke out on his back, he still looked back at Gushi Khan firmly with piercing eyes.
"Our Qing Dynasty has always had a friendly relationship with the Khoshuote Khanate. Since the first year of Chongde (1636), you have sent envoys to our Qing Emperor many times to donate horses, supplies, and your sincerity of submission, which moved God.
.Are they all false? If not, then the names of the monarch and the ministers on both sides have been decided. As ministers, when receiving the emperor's imperial edict, shouldn't they kneel down to receive it? Or have you betrayed the covenant and had other plans?
If this is the case, please chop off my head and dig out my eyes. I really don’t want to see such a sad thing happen!"
Gushi sweated for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter, "I was just joking with the envoy. Of course, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty had to kneel down to receive the imperial edict."
Then he said to his left and right: "Look, this bearded minister is really a tough guy!"
Everyone laughed, and the tense atmosphere immediately eased.
After kneeling down to receive the order, Gushi Khan accepted the gold book, the gold seal, and the imperial seal written in Chinese, Mongolian, and Manchu.
"Great Khan, the Qing Dynasty is currently fighting a fierce battle with the Puppet Ming Dynasty. The Emperor orders you to send troops to attack Yunnan and Sichuan to help the Qing Dynasty."
Gushi Khan secretly resented that he asked Ben Khan to kneel down to receive the order when he asked for help. This envoy is really nothing!
He replied without hesitation: "I must obey the emperor's will. However, the Heshuote Khanate is poor and lacks both military supplies and food and wages. It is really unable to send troops!"
Malji chuckled in his heart, knowing that Gushi Khan was a wolf cub who couldn't get enough to eat. Fortunately, the emperor had been prepared.
"The Emperor has said that if the Great Khan is willing to send troops, the Qing Dynasty is willing to provide one hundred thousand taels of silver, one hundred thousand stones of grain, one thousand muskets, one thousand bows, one thousand armors, one thousand knives, and two thousand spears for military use." Gushi sweated and shook his head, "No, at least 300,000 taels of silver, 300,000 shi of grain, 2,000 muskets, 2,000 bows, 2,000 counties, 3,000 knives, 5,000 spears, and more
I also want three thousand bolts of silk and ten thousand boxes of tea."
After some fierce bargaining, the two sides finally reached an agreement on the remuneration for sending troops.
Gushi Khan said that as soon as he got the things, he would immediately leave Sichuan.