Kaiyuan was called "Kaiyuan" in the Yuan Dynasty. After the Ming Dynasty, in order to avoid the taboo of Taizu's name, Liu Bowen suggested that it be changed to Kaiyuan. This would not only change the sound of the original name, but also change its meaning of pioneering, majestic, auspicious and well-being. .
Taizu allowed it, and used it as the male city in northern Liaoning, and set up 30,000 guards here in the 21st year of Hongwu (the first year it was set up in Oduoli, which was near Huichun, Jilin later, and the following year it was transferred to Kaiyuan), Hongwu In the twenty-sixth year, the Liaohai Guard originally located in Niuzhuang was transferred to this place.
In Liaodong, the establishment of two guards here made Kaiyuan's garrison second only to Liaoyang and Guangning, and became an important town alongside Jinzhou and Shenyang.
On the second day of February, the dragon raises its head.
The governor of Liaodong praised the high pragmatism in the management of military affairs. Cao Yu, the deputy chief military officer of Liaoyang, and his entourage arrived in Kaiyuan to inspect the border preparations and Ma Shi affairs. General Yang Yuan and other officials went outside the city to greet Gao Pingshi and his party.
There was also a special person accompanying him, Huang Zhiting, the deputy tribute envoy of Annan and the special trade envoy of the Annan Dutong Department, and the governor of Haidong.
Huang Zhiting's two previous titles were already there, but the newly added "Annan Dutong Division Trade Envoy" was temporarily added after arriving in Liaoyang under the instruction of Gao Pragmatic. The reason is very simple. He obtained a temporary stay. Just the reason for being in Liaodong.
Anyway, Gao Pragmatic can be used casually in any name of the Annan Metropolitan Government. Not to mention that no one would ask Mo Maoqia thousands of miles away. Even if someone did go, Mo Maoqia would not dare not recognize Gao Pragmatic's decision.
Gao Pingshi came to Kaiyuan under the guise of inspecting military equipment and the horse market. Since he was inspecting the horse market, Huang Zhiting, the so-called trade envoy, of course had a reason to come - to see if there were any interchangeable goods that could be traded. .
However, a cover is just a cover after all, and Gao Pragmatic's real intention here is to mediate the dispute between Ye He and Hada.
However, having said that, Gao Pragmatic is actually not optimistic about this mediation at all, because he knows that under the current situation, Ye He, the two Baylors, Qing Jia Ni and Yang Jia Ni, will never accept this mediation.
Time and momentum.
What is the situation around Liaodong like now?
The two guards on the left and right of Jianzhou were crippled by the Ming Dynasty. None of the five Jianzhou tribes could gather 5,000 soldiers and horses - just kidding, let alone 5,000, among the five Jianzhou tribes, they could muster 3,000 troops. There is no horse, no family.
Jianzhou Jurchen's Hunhe, Dong E, Su Ke Su Hu, Zhe Chen, and Wanyan's five tribes. Currently, only one Dong E tribe can provide 2,000 troops and horses. Most of the others can only gather more than a thousand troops and horses. That's about 1,500, and Nurhachi, the theoretical leader of the Suksu Hu Tribe, has only about 500 or 600 troops under his command due to the lack of internal unity.
Now that the two guards on the left and right of Jianzhou combined have less than 10,000 troops, the Haixi Jurchens are much more powerful.
First of all, the Haixi Jurchens cover an area three to four times the size of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and such a large area is only divided into four families, which are the so-called Haixi Four or Hulun Four.
Secondly, although there are differences in strength between the four Haixi Jurchen tribes, the weakest one can easily muster three to four thousand soldiers and horses, while the strongest among them, the Ye He tribe, can only be regarded as a "relatively standing" force with about eight thousand troops. At the same time, because it is close to the Mongolian tribes, the cavalry of this tribe alone reaches more than 3,000, which can be said to be the most majestic Jurchen tribe.
Thirdly, the Yehe tribe has recently taken advantage of the internal strife caused by the death of Wang Tai, the "Great Khan" of the original Jurchen Hada tribe, the largest Jurchen tribe, to defeat Hada and take away at least one-third of Hada's territory. It is still there now. Make further plans.
Finally, the Ye He tribe has two major helpers: the Nuan Tu tribe, which split from the Chao Hua Division, and the Trance Tai Suo tribe, which occupies part of the old territory of Fu Yuwei [Note: I originally thought I should talk about the history of the Trance Tai division. , but after thinking about it, I couldn’t explain it clearly in a few thousand words, so forget it, and interested readers can check it out for themselves].
The strength of these two Mongolian tribes is not bad. On Nuantu's side, the tribe has more than 10,000 people, the main force of which are three to four thousand elite cavalry. They were originally stronger, but he lost a lot in southern Liaoning, resulting in The strength has declined; Tuntai did not suffer heavy losses in southern Liaoning, so the entire tribe has about 20,000 people, including about 5,000 elite cavalry.
This means that the strength of Ye He, Nuan Tu, and Trance Tai Alliance is as high as 17,000. Especially if Ye He is willing, he can temporarily recruit more soldiers and horses, making the entire alliance reach a maximum of about 2,000 troops. Ten thousand troops.
It can be said that unless the Ming Dynasty is determined to fight, Ye He can completely walk sideways in the northeast of Liao with such strength.
Judging from Ye Hebu's current attitude, it seems that they are indeed planning to go sideways.
After the Hada tribe killed two "Great Khans" (see above), Sister Wen, the eldest concubine of the old Khan's throne, now pushed out her son Meng Gebulu and asked for canonization in the Ming Dynasty. This has been represented by Gao pragmatism. The emperor agreed - the attitude of the Ming Dynasty's border ministers on this matter was generally not refuted by the court (mainly because the court did not attach much importance to the Jurchens and usually relied more on the judgment of the border ministers). At the same time, the high pragmatism gave Ye He A message was sent to the Ye He tribe, asking the Ye He tribe to stop invading Hada, and the conflict between the two tribes was handed over to the Ming Dynasty for mediation.
However, Ye He refused.
In fact, in the original history, the Ming Dynasty also came forward to mediate the dispute between Hada and Ye He, and Ye He also refused. This is not surprising, because Qing Jiali and Yang Jiniao knew the situation of the Ming Dynasty better. After using troops repeatedly, It is basically impossible for the Ming Dynasty to continue to launch a war to make things difficult for them.
There is no Battle of Monan or Liaonan in history. In this year or so, Li Chengliang mainly fought against Su Bahai, and then added a battle to pacify Gule Village. In this way, Liaodong has already Having lost the remaining power to continue to force Ye He, of course not to mention now - this is Ye He's confidence.
Therefore, just when Gao Pragmatic was making plans, Ye He's two men, Beile and Nuan Tu, and Tong Tai continued to snatch the territory of the Hada tribe from village to village, and at the same time asked the Ming Dynasty to allow Ye He and Nuan Rabbit, Tong Tai The two groups entered Kaiyuan Horse Market for trade.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The first thing Gao Pingshi did when he came to Kaiyuan this time was to send an envoy to Ye He, telling them that he was willing to consider mutual trade, and asked Qing Jiali and Yang Jiniu to come in person Come to Kaiyuan to discuss the details of mutual trading with yourself.
When the news reached Ye He, the two city lords, Beile, quickly made a calculation.
What Qing Jialiu means is that Gao Jingshi is different from other former Liao Fus. Although this person has a great literary reputation, he also likes to do business. Otherwise, there would not be a famous Jinghua, so he feels that Gao Jingshi is very famous. If you are pragmatic and willing to discuss the details of mutual trading with them, it should be more credible.
Yang Jia Ni agreed with Qing Jia Ni's judgment that Gao Pragmatic "likes to do business", but he still had some doubts. The main reason was that he felt that the person he wanted to talk about in this mutual market was not only Ye He, but also that the key was to catch up with Nuan Tu and Trance Tai. These two Mongolian tribes.
If Gao Pragmatic is okay with Trance Tai, Yang Jini can basically believe it. But if Gao Pragmatic has no other thoughts about Nuantu, Yang Jini doesn't think it's reliable.
After all, Nuan Rabbit also went to Liaonan with Chao Hua at that time. Although Chao Hua suffered a big loss in that battle, Nuan Rabbit lost some of his troops. On the contrary, Gao Pragmatic's side won a big victory, but in From Yang Jili's perspective, isn't this hatred still planted?
It stands to reason that Gao Pragmatic should wish that Nuan Tu would die soon. Why didn't he mention Nuan Tu in his reply?
Although Qing Jia Ni felt that Yang Ji Ni's worries were reasonable, he considered another situation, saying that maybe Ming Ren didn't understand the situation inside the Fried Flower Department at all, and Nuan Tu might have a good reputation in Ming Ren. Unfortunately, Gao Pragmatic didn't know this guy at all, so he didn't take him seriously.
In particular, Qing Jiali also mentioned Li Chengliang. He said that Li Chengliang must know Nuantu, but Li Chengliang and Gao Pragmatic are at odds. This is already a well-known situation in Liaodong. Therefore, from Li Chengliang's perspective, He might just want to see Gao Jingjing causing embarrassment, but it's entirely possible that he doesn't tell Gao Jingjing clearly.
Yang Jili could not think of any other reasons, so he had no choice but to agree with this judgment.
Of course, the more important thing is that Ye He went to plunder and occupy Hada. On the one hand, of course, it was to occupy more land, but in fact, the more important aspect was to snatch the imperial edict from the Hada tribe, so as to improve the "trade" between Ye He tribe and the Ming Dynasty. "Measurement" - As mentioned before, the rise of the Hada Tribe's throne was due to its obedience to the Ming Dynasty, so the Hada Tribe actually obtained a lot of edicts from the Ming Dynasty in the past few years.
Therefore, regardless of whether Yang Jiniu still has doubts in his heart, and now that Gao Pragmatic has expressed his willingness to talk, he and Qing Jiali have to make a trip to Kaiyuan no matter what.
After all, mutual trade is the foundation of strength. If Ye He wants to replace Hada as the leader of the Jurchen Alliance, it is not enough to just snatch the edicts. They must also persuade or force Ming Dynasty to recognize the legitimacy of these edicts. If Ming Dynasty directly refuses to recognize it, then they will It's like just grabbing a batch of waste paper. Isn't it a waste of so much time?
So Yang Jiniu first tentatively proposed that he and Qingjiasi could go to Kaiyuan, but Nuantu and Trancetai would also have to send people to follow them, because they were also parties to this negotiation.
However, this time, Gao pragmatically refused cleanly and told Ye He an explanation that surprised and delighted them.
Gao Pragmatic said: The batch of edicts you Ye He received from the Hada tribe were specially issued by the imperial court to the Jurchen tribes and have nothing to do with the Mongols.
It is not impossible for the Mongols to come and open the original horse market, but they can only come under the supervision and guarantee of Ye He, so they do not need to participate in this matter. As for how to discuss this matter between you and the Mongols, then It's your own problem, and I, the Ming Dynasty, won't ask any questions.
This approach was very clever. Ye He and the two Belles immediately believed it and laughed three times with joy - this means that in the future Nuantu and Trance Tai want to trade with the Ming Dynasty, they must go through Ye He's hand, and through this hand It means that they will have to look at Ye He's face.
Ye He's strength is slightly stronger than that of Nuan Tu and Xu Tai, but the two Belles know that if Nuan Tu and Xu Tai join forces, Ye He will still be at a disadvantage. However, once they have this advantage in the mutual market, Ye He is not afraid of them anymore - he is very pragmatic in his approach to controlling Tumote: if you master the economic base, you master the superstructure, so they can't help but throw in the towel.
Under such circumstances, Qing Jia Ni and Yang Ji Ni did not hesitate and immediately prepared to go to Kaiyuan.
However, Yang Jiniu was still relatively cautious. After much deliberation, he finally decided that he could not just go there lightly, but had to go there with great fanfare.
Yang Ji Niu said to Qing Jia Niu: "My two brothers have worked hard for twenty years and finally reached the current situation. We are going to Kaiyuan to discuss mutual trade. It is not just a simple negotiation, but we must also take this opportunity to let the Jurchen tribes know how powerful we are. Let them know that even the Ming Dynasty has to sell our face! Besides, bring more troops so that the Ming Dynasty will not underestimate you and my brothers!"
Qing Jiali felt that this statement was very reasonable and immediately agreed: "Well, you and I will each bring a thousand elite cavalry. I heard that there are all guardsmen in Kaiyuan, and only Kaiyuan General Yang Yuan has 500 cavalry servants in his hands, and we bring 2,000 people, which is enough to make Yang Yuan dare not act rashly."
Yang Jili laughed loudly and said: "Yang Yuan would never act rashly - Ah Hun, don't forget that Yang Yuan is Uncle Li's person, not Gao Futai's person. Gao Futai's orders are No one can say whether Yang Yuan will be able to use this place well or not! His five hundred cavalry are just a decoration now. As long as we don't open the original ones, I think he will definitely stand still."
Qing Jiali was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately went to mobilize his troops without hesitation.
And just when the two Yehebels, Qing Jia Niu and Yang Ji Niu, were happily dispatching their troops and generals, preparing to go to Kaiyuan to establish their brothers as the Jurchen masters, another Jurchen tribe leader also brought three hundred elite soldiers. Entering Liaodong from Fushun Pass, heading north all the way to Kaiyuan.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This Jurchen tribe is called Su Kesu Hu Tribe, and its leader is none other than Nurhaci, the commander of Jianzhou Left Guard who was personally recommended by Gao Futai!
At this time, Nurhaci was actually very grateful to Gao Pragmatic. The reason for his gratitude was that Gao Pragmatic recommended him to be the commander of the Jianzhou left guard.
This issue must be explained a little bit: It stands to reason that Takshi was dead at that time. According to regulations, his position can be inherited by his son, that is, the son inherits the father's legacy. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic recommended Nurhaci to become the commander of the Jianzhou Left Guard. what is the problem.
But in fact, according to the Jurchen practice at this time, Nurhaci, as the eldest son, was not really worthy of inheriting the post of commander of the Jianzhou Left Guard, or in other words, the possibility of inheriting it was not high.
Why? Because compared to the "primogeniture system" of the Han people, the Jurchens go the opposite way. They are more accustomed to the "younger son inheritance system" handed down from the early Mongolia (this question is discussed in Tumut's book
It has already been explained earlier).
Comparatively speaking, the eldest son inheritance system is to better maintain the stability, inheritance, and order of the family, while the youngest son inheritance system is also easy to understand: parents prefer the youngest child, because usually the youngest child is younger because of his age.
The ability is relatively low. The main reason here is that the parents love their younger son, so they handed over the property to the younger son without considering too many other aspects.
Takeshi's first wife gave birth to four children, including one who died in infancy, and there were three more, including Nurhaci, Shuerhaqi and Yarhaqi. But when Takeshi died, his youngest son
But it was Bayala, born to his second wife, Nurhachi's stepmother, so according to the Jurchen custom, this son should take over the post.
But Gao Pragmatic did not choose Bayala, but still chose Nurhaci, even "regardless" of future threats. Why is this?
Because Bayala is only a seven-year-old child at this time, can this orphan and widowed mother be in charge of the already declining Jianzhou Zuowei? The answer is obvious, there will be a fierce struggle for power and profit.
But having said that, Nurhaci also faced the same situation after taking office. In this case, what is the difference between the two?
There is a difference.
Bayala's mother is the adopted daughter of Ye Helaobele. In theory, she is the sister of Qing Jia Niu and Yang Jia Niu.
For the Ming Dynasty, the standard for handling Jurchen affairs is very simple: support the weak and attack the strong. Whoever is the strongest will be attacked and suppressed. Therefore, Ye He, who has defeated Hada, is now half an enemy. How can he let Ye He
The forces continue to grow bigger and stronger, and continue to bring greater threats to Liaodong?
As for the orphans and widowers of Jianzhou Zuowei, Bayala's mother is the daughter of Ye He. As uncles, how could Qing Jiali and Yang Jiniu stand by and not help their young nephew take care of Jianzhou Zuowei?
After taking care of it, the left guard of Jianzhou was probably named Ye He, and the Siberian tiger had legitimately intervened in the Jurchens in Jianzhou. There were many Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou and their power was scattered. Now there is no one like him.
How could Wang Gao, a leader recognized by everyone and a typical leaderless leader, be able to resist Ye He's annexation?
By then, Ye He would be the top Jurchen in Haixi, and he would unify Jianzhou, gain greater power, and then use the opportunity to turn around and attack the other three tribes in Haixi. It would not be easy to say that he would be able to capture them, but as long as the Ming Dynasty did not intervene forcefully, that would be the case.
Nine times out of ten, sure.
Therefore, for Gao Pragmatic, Nurhachi is at most a potential threat, and his current strength is actually not worth mentioning. Ye He is now a threat on the table. As long as his strength is not controlled, he will soon be
If there is going to be a qualitative change, how can we ignore this?
Oh, Nurhaci couldn’t bear to unite with the Jurchens, but Ye He could tolerate uniting with the Jurchens?
What a joke! Nurhachi only has a few hundred soldiers now!
Historically, it took him twenty or thirty years to unify the Jurchens after the Ming Dynasty fought three major conquests in a row and had no energy left to deal with him. However, Ye He's current situation is obvious. If the Ming Dynasty did not intervene,
, they will be able to unify the Jurchens in as little as three to five years, and as long as ten or so years!
Can we ignore this? How can we kill Nurhaci first?
Obviously not.
He is pragmatic and does not care whether Nurhachi dies, but under the premise that he cannot mobilize a large number of servants to come to Liaodong, as long as Ye He is not controlled for a day, Nurhaci will not die for a day!
Jianzhouwei was originally the most used chess piece by the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong. Although he was later taught a lesson by the Ming Dynasty for decades because he was not obedient, he also cultivated a Hada tribe. However, the Hada tribe is obviously weak at the moment. If Jianzhou is here
If you don't take advantage of it, do you think the court will have to spend a lot of money to let Daming go to the field in person to fight Ye He again?
With three wars in a year, Ming Dynasty might have to fight to the point of selling his kidneys.
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