"Eqi Ge (ancient Mongolian: father), my son has made arrangements to welcome the herdsmen," Bier Tahar, the third son of the loyal king Wu Keshan of the Ming Dynasty and the leader of the Horqin Left Wing Middle Banner, hurriedly reported to Wu Keshan
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Wu Keshan took a sip of brick tea and said with a hint of excitement: "His Majesty the Emperor has come to our Horqin tribe. This is the honor of our Horqin tribe. You should organize all the people in the tribe to welcome you with cheers."
"Yes, pray for Ge".
"Also, prepare the best lamb, the mellowest wine, and the most beautiful girl. When your majesty arrives, you must sing and dance to the sky, and the wine is fragrant. You must let your majesty feel the respect of my Horqin people."
"Don't worry, Eqi Ge, my son has already made arrangements."
Bier Tahar reassured his father, but Wu Keshan couldn't rest assured. This was the first time His Majesty the Ming Emperor set foot on the Horqin Grassland, so he had to leave a good impression on the Emperor.
Even though Bier Tahar was already in his twenties, Wu Keshan was still afraid that he would "have a hairless mouth and be weak in his work", so he asked his younger brother Sonomu to help him.
Then, Wu Keshan asked his other brother Shunyi King Manzhu Xili and his other son Baoteta to lead the tribe's cavalry to guard against assassins and arrest suspicious persons immediately.
For this evergreen tree in the political arena, there is nothing more important than welcoming him. As for his poor sister Bumu Butai and nephew Fulin, they have long been completely forgotten by His Royal Highness Prince Zhong.
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"The blue sky and white clouds stretch as far as the eye can see, beautiful! So beautiful!"
Zhu Hengjia stood majestically on the royal chariot. He was shocked by the beautiful scenery of the grassland and kept sighing. Concubine Xian and Concubine Ning were by his side. They were extremely excited when they returned home. "Hehe, is this your majesty's first time coming to the grassland?" the wise concubine Erdeni Bemba asked with a smile.
"This is indeed my first time here. Well, the water and grass here are lush and lush, just like a fairyland. How can we have such fairies!"
Zhu Hengjia took advantage of the beautiful scenery of the grassland to praise Xianmei and Concubine Ning as beautiful as fairies, so much so that they blushed with shame.
"Walking in the wind and snow, we marched north to the Central Plains. The Huns were not exterminated, so they returned home in shame. The phoenix did not sing, and the Yellow River was not clear. When will there be peace? My heart is long. Life is so short, and the days ahead will be so bitter. Don't wait until you are old and let the sun hang over you.
??The blood is like a tide and can't stop running. Why not play the harp? What a great thing to say??"
Suddenly, a loud war song sounded. This song was "Song of Waves in the Wind" composed by Emperor Guangwu in Tancheng. It has now become the military song of the Ming Dynasty Army.
Zhu Hengjia came to the Taining Weihui League this time and brought an army of 100,000. On the one hand, it was to protect his own safety, and on the other hand, it was to exert military power on the Monan Mongolian tribes. In order to effectively integrate the Monan Mongolian tribes into the Ming Dynasty,
Make preparations.
"The wind is getting strong, please don't let the two concubines get cold and get into the carriage." He said calmly, and embraced the two girls into the carriage. Then, he closed his eyes to rest, but his thoughts drifted to the sky, and he started to completely control Monan.
Mongolia's idea.
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This Monan Mongolia, which is also part of Inner Mongolia and Jining in later generations, is the general name for the various Mongolian tribes living in the southern part of the Mongolian Plateau.
If we talk about control, the Qing government had very tight control over this area. They divided Monan Mongolia into Inner Mongolia and Inner Zhasak Mongolia.
Inner Mongolia refers to the inner banners that were completely conquered by the Qing court and directly managed by officials set up by the Qing court. It mainly refers to the two left and right banners of the Xitumut tribe near Guihua City and the eight banners of the Chahar tribe near Yizhou.
.Among them, the two banners of Xitumote are under the jurisdiction of the General of Guihua City, and the eight banners of Chahar are under the jurisdiction of the Dian of the Lifanyuan.
Neizhasak Mongolia is much more independent than Inner Mongolia. The Qing government appointed the princes and nobles of each banner in Neizhasak Mongolia as Zasak to command each banner.
In order to effectively manage these semi-independent tribes, the Qing government organized the Inner Zasak Mongolia into six alliances, twenty-four tribes, and nineteen banners, and appointed Zasak, who obeyed his own words, as the chief and deputy leaders of each alliance.
, based on the military records, reviewed the border defense, handled lawsuits, reviewed the records, and was assigned to the flag registration department of the vassal academy.
The six leagues, twenty-four tribes and nineteen banners are respectively: Zhelimu League: Horqin, Zhalaite, Dulbert, Guoerluosi, four tribes and ten banners; Zhuosuotu League: Karaqin, Tumo
Special, two divisions and five banners; Zhaowuda League: Aohan, Naiman, Bahrain, Jarut, Alukorqin, Ongnute, Keshiketeng, Khalkha left wing, eight divisions and eleven banners; Xilingol League
: Ujimqin, Haoqit, Sunit, Abaga, Abahanal, Five Tribes and Ten Banners; Ulanqab League: Four Sub-Tribes, Maoming'an, Wulat, Khalkha Right Wing
, four divisions and six banners; Yikezhao League: Ordos Division, one division and seven banners.
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"Your Majesty, what are you thinking about?"
Seeing Zhu Hengjia closing his eyes and concentrating, the wise concubine Erdeni Bemba asked curiously.
"I was thinking about the alliance." When she asked, Emperor Guangwu's eyes opened, with thick eyebrows and small eyes, shining with a cold light.
He said to Concubine Ning: "My dear concubine, go and get me that booklet."
The former Empress Xiao Huizhang of the Qing Dynasty and now the Concubine Ning of the Ming Dynasty had the most docile temperament. After hearing this, she obediently handed the small booklet on the imperial case to Zhu Hengjia.
This excerpt is the information collected by Sun Kewang, the minister of the Concierge House, on various Mongolian ministries in Monan.
Zhu Hengjia looked at the booklet attentively and murmured to himself.
"Well, this is the right wing of Tumut (Xitumut), Haqit, Sunit, Ujimqin, Aohan, Naiman, Ordos, Zalut, Keshiketen, and the left and right wings of Khalkha.
, the princes of the banner are the direct descendants of Genghis Khan."
"Well, the princes of the Horqin, Zarlaite, Dulbert, Golros, Alukorqin, Maoming'an, and Urat tribes and banners are descendants of Genghis Khan's younger brother Hasar; this Abaga, Aba
The princes of the second and fourth banners of Hanar are descendants of Belgutai, Genghis Khan’s younger brother; the princes of the second banner of Onniut tribe are descendants of Orchijin, the younger brother of Genghis Khan. They also belong to the Golden Family.
"Well, the princes of Karaqin and Tumut Left Wing (East Tumut) and the Five Banners are descendants of Lemi, the founding minister of Mongolia, and do not belong to the Golden Family"??
Knowing yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. After understanding the situation in Monan Mongolia, Emperor Guangwu began to take action.
His strategy is to start with the easier things and then the harder ones. First, firmly control Inner Mongolia, and then attack Inner Zhasak Mongolia.
After the Qing court surrendered, the two banners of the Xitumut tribe near Guihua City and the eight banners of the Chahar tribe near Yizhou were naturally taken over by the Ming army.
Zhu Hengjia directly set up officials to manage these ten banners, and organized the people into households. He appointed Ma Xin as the commander-in-chief of Guihua City and Chen Ze as the commander-in-chief of Yizhou. Each of them stationed 5,000 elite troops in the two places.
Then the Hetao (Dongtao) was developed. The southern part of the Ordos Hetao area was originally fertile, but it was abandoned due to years of war. Zhu Hengjia ordered to recruit 100,000 refugees from Shaanxi and North Zhili to build the Hetao City and the Hetao Prefecture in the Hetao.
Belonging to Shaanxi, Li Rubi was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Hetao and stationed 5,000 troops.
After finishing these tasks, Zhu Hengjia focused his attention on the Six Mongolian Leagues, Twenty-four Divisions, and Nineteen Banners of Nezasak.
How to effectively control these princes and nobles, large and small? He fell into deep thought.