Gao Jingshi has always been in correspondence with Cao Yu, so Cao Yu is quite familiar with some of Gao Jingshi's ideas. In Cao Yu's view, Gao Situ has always hoped to destroy the relationship between Shuerhaqi and Nurhaci, and even hinted that it would be best to
It can completely separate the two of them.
The word "separation" was used by Gao Jingshi himself, but Gao Jingshi did not clarify the specific meaning of "separation". What Cao Yun has been struggling with is whether the two of them just have a grudge and cannot work together.
Or do we need to separate them directly and divide them into two parts?
At first, Cao Yan thought that Gao Jingshi meant the former. After all, Gao Jingshi had never given any explicit hints about the change of Shuerhaqi's official position. But it is different now. The holy intention conveyed by Gao Jingshi in private was to let Shuerhaqi change his official position.
Shuerhaqi replaced Nurhachi and became the commander of the Jianzhou left guard.
This is the strangest thing in Cao Yan's opinion, because he was very clear about Gao's pragmatic thinking, which was to let the Su Ke Su Hu River tribe have the power to restrain Nurhaci. This is also the meaning of winning over Shuerhaqi.
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But if Shuerhaqi directly replaces Nurhachi, how different will it be from Nurhaci taking sole control of the Suksuhu River Department?
According to Cao Yun's understanding, Gao Situ probably believed that the Su Ke Su Hu River Tribe's combat effectiveness was very strong, and at the same time, its expansion momentum in the past few years was too rapid. If it was not curbed, it would probably become the strongest Jurchen tribe in a few years.
Chief.
In the past, the Ming Dynasty was not worried about the emergence of the most powerful Jurchen chieftain, but the problem was that the "strength" of the Su Ke Su Hu River tribe was fundamentally different from the previous Hada and the current Ye He.
The strength of Hada and Ye He was mainly in trade. In the early years, Hada had the best geographical location, and An Anxin acted as an agent for the Ming Dynasty and obtained a large number of imperial edicts, so it was as rich as Manchuria. The other ministries wanted to
To obtain various necessities for production and life from the Ming Dynasty, the only way was to show favor to Hada and eat scraps from Hada's fingers. Therefore, Wan Khan of Hada became the "Lord of Manchuria".
The rise of Ye He had both internal and external factors. The external reason was Wan Khan's extravagance in his later years, and the "domestic demand" was too large and refused to benefit other departments. There is a saying that those who eat alone will die, and the transformation of Hada caused various departments to become estranged, even within Hada.
There are people who continue to vote for Ye He, causing Hada's prestige to plummet and its strength to decline day by day;
The internal cause was that Ye He's Yang Ji Ni and Qing Jia Ni were working hard to govern, and they discovered Ye He's real advantage - the abundance of horses (compared to the Jurchens). So Ye He vigorously developed caravans and went to eat
The business that Hada did not take into account was simply to act as a second-rate dealer.
The change of situation is this: Hada has a good geographical location and has many imperial books in hand, so they only need to sit at home and wait for other ministries to deliver their goods, and then they can go to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and they will be able to live a good life.
Ye He took a different approach. You sit at home and wait for the goods to be received. I can't compare with this advantage. Then I will be a little tired and go to work in logistics. Now, you control the sales network and I control the logistics network. Then
I am your upstream. If I announce that I am cutting off supply, you will have no choice but to eat ashes.
And Ye He didn't stop there. While they controlled the upstream trade, they also took advantage of Hada's continued decline to directly rob the downstream, that is, to rob the imperial edict.
In addition, don’t forget that although Hada’s South Pass has the best location, Ye He’s North Pass cannot be said to be much worse. Putting these factors together, Ye He’s rise is inevitable.
However, no matter what, the rise of Hada and Ye He relies on trade rather than war. In other words, although their strength cannot be said to be fake, it can only be regarded as a vine-like strength that supports them.
The hero behind this seemingly powerful force is actually Da Ming - Da Ming is the towering tree around which these vines are wrapped.
Such a powerful person, as long as he leaves the Ming Dynasty, he will be immediately knocked back to his original form.
Gao Pragmatic obviously knew this very well, so when Hada was so poor that it was impossible to recover, he immediately supported Ye He without hesitation - since the premise of Ye He's strength was that he had to rely on the Ming Dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty certainly did not have to worry too much about Ye He.
The tail is too big to fall off.
However, the Suksu Huhe tribe, or Nurhachi, is different. Although the Suksu Huhe tribe also controls a large trade node, namely Guanma City, Fushun, although Nurhachi relies on the support of this node to obtain benefits,
But it does not entirely rely on this node to rise.
In the early days of Nurhaci, because his wife Tongjia Haha Nazhaqing was from a wealthy Jurchen trading family, after the success of the conquest of Nikanwailan in the early stage of the army, he received strong support from the Tongjia family, plus Fushun Guanma
The profits from the city gave him the strength to carry out military expansion.
Nurhachi's expansion was a real territorial expansion. It was to defeat one department and occupy another, not Hada, Ye He's kind of expansion of pure influence that accepted the submission of other departments but did not occupy or actually control it. Nikan Wailan
Jiudi, Hunhe tribe, Zhechen tribe, etc. were all directly annexed by Nurhaci.
From the perspective of governance, direct annexation may have had some adverse reactions in the past, but this situation was not obvious in the Nurhaci area at this time. The reason actually has a lot to do with the separatist situation in the Jurchen area at this time.
There is a famous saying at the beginning of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "Speaking of the general trend of the world, if we divide for a long time, we must unite, and if we unite for a long time, we must divide." The current situation of the Jurchens is actually in line with the saying "If they divide for a long time, they must unite."
From the perspective of the entire history, the "Jurchen" ethnic group first emerged in the Liao Dynasty, became stronger in the Jin Dynasty, and declined in the Yuan Dynasty - if it should have a future, it should be "revived in the Ming Dynasty" just like in the original history.
And this revival must not have happened for no reason. It has its historical necessity, that is to say, there is a social basis for its emergence.
What is this social foundation? Of course it is the people's heart, which is the inner expectation of most Jurchens for a real "Manchukuo".
The Jurchens also know that their "ancestors have been rich before", and psychologically they inevitably have the expectation of rising again. At the same time, the divided Jurchen tribes seriously hinder economic development and bring wars from time to time, which makes the Jurchens look forward to a unified Manchuria.
country appears.
They hope that the Jurchens can unite and trade freely instead of having to pay contributions (similar to tariffs) for every "country" they pass through; they hope that the united Manchukuo can have equal dialogue and trade with the Ming Dynasty, or at least relatively equal dialogue and trade.
With strength, you won’t get beaten easily.
In the original history, why did Nurhaci rush to revolt against the Ming Dynasty after unifying the Jurchens? The above public expectations are also a part that must not be ignored. Similarly, the reason why his internal rule is stable is also complementary to this expectation, and the victory of the Battle of Sarhu
, which further strengthens this stability.
The so-called high-rise buildings rise from the ground, and the overall expectation of Jurchen society is Nurhachi's solid "flat ground". Now, although he has not yet reached that level, due to his strength and outstanding military performance, these places he conquered
, these Jurchen leaders also have similar expectations, so his internal rule does not have many adverse reactions.
However, as the saying goes, "the nectar of one is the arsenic of the other." Gao Pragmatism is not a Jurchen. His greatest sense of self-responsibility in this life is to prevent the Jurchens from entering the country barbarically, causing Han civilization to lag behind the West. Therefore, what the Jurchens hope for is
What he opposed. The Jurchens wanted to unify, and they hoped to make Ming Dynasty pay the price for what they had done in the previous two hundred years, so being pragmatic would make them unable to achieve their wishes.
Although Cao Yan didn't know Gao Jingshi's deep inner thoughts, he could infer from various details Gao Jingshi's restrictive mentality towards Su Ke and Su Huhe.
Isn't the Su Kesu Huhe tribe expanding rapidly? He is so pragmatic that he is not allowed to go north to Hada and Yehe, nor is he allowed to go south to Dong'e.
Aren't the Suksu Huhe tribe strong in combat? They are so pragmatic that they create divisions within them and deliberately try to win over Shuerhaqi and make their brothers fight against each other.
In addition to strict trade restrictions, Gao Pragmatic has used various means of restriction and disintegration. As for trade restrictions, Cao Yan's understanding is that Gao Situ does not like this method of losing both sides - although the other party is definitely unlucky.
, but killing three thousand enemies and losing eight hundred to yourself is obviously not what Gao Situ likes.
In this case, the emperor now wants Shuerhaqi to replace Nurhachi. This should not be the ideal result in Gao Situ's heart, because this is only a personal punishment for Nurhaci and will not increase the strength of the Su Kesu Huhe Tribe.
decline.
With Nurhaci, the big beile, Shuerhaqi, as the second bele, of course listens to the Ming Dynasty's call, but what if Nurhaci is gone? Will Shuerhaqi continue to be obedient and willing to be the second Wanhan, then I'm afraid
No one dares to guarantee it.
So after much thought, Cao Yu still felt that something was wrong. If he just carried out the emperor's wishes, Gao Situ would not necessarily be satisfied. If he wanted to satisfy both the emperor and Gao Situ, he would probably need some means.
However, Cao Yan obviously knew more about the situation than Ma Chengxun. Ma Chengxun did not react when he heard this. He was a little surprised and said: "Isn't it best for them to fight against each other as brothers? What if they did it in the city?
If we get up, we will save a lot of hands and feet."
Of course Cao Yan understood this, but Ma Chengxun's ideas came entirely from the military level. Since he didn't know Gao Pragmatic's intentions, he naturally couldn't think of the political issues.
However, Cao Yu couldn't explain it to him, so he had to say: "The purpose of sending troops this time was not to eliminate the Su Kesu Huhe tribe, but to make them honest - Ma Shenrong, you need to know the Jurchen Dingkou version
It’s limited, but my Ming Dynasty still has a huge demand for certain Jurchen specialties.
For example, the Su Kesu Huhe tribe is the number one source of ginseng for our government. You must know that the largest consumption of ginseng is in the capital. Once the three of us kill the Su Kesu Huhe tribe until the blood flows like a river,
What should we do if no one digs for ginseng? If the source of this ginseng is unstable...our reputation in Beijing will be terrible."
Ma Chengxun was stunned. He had never thought about such nonsense. However, he could still understand what Cao Yu said. Although in theory everyone can do the work of digging ginseng, it is not actually possible. Jurchens
Living here all year round, many people even rely on this job to make a living. They are already familiar with the job, but it is not necessarily the case for Han people.
Besides, even the Han people can do it, but in fact there are not many Han people in Liaodong. The entire Liaodong is considered a vast and sparsely populated place in the Ming Dynasty. In recent years, Gao Situ has built many new industries in Liaodong, everywhere here and there.
There is a shortage of people. How can the Han people have the spare time to dig ginseng?
Not everyone dares to enter the old forests of Changbai Mountain. There are many wild animals on the mountain these days. If an experienced hunter enters the mountain, he will probably not be able to get out. The Han people have plenty of stable employment opportunities, so why should they take such a risk?
Even in later generations, there was talk of the transfer of low-end industries. Of course, a similar situation existed in Liaodong during the Ming Dynasty at this time.
When it came to horse warfare, Ma Chengxun was the best at it. When it came to government affairs, he was confused. After thinking for a long time, he had no idea, so he had a headache and said: "That's troublesome. The battle has to be won. Can't we kill more people? Then let's
Where should I get this rat-tailed head?"
Good guy, it seems that in this guy's eyes, the only purpose of a Jurchen's head is to exchange military honors.
Qi Jin, who was usually a man of few ruthless words, spoke up for the rare occasion and said: "It's true, Nurhachi is very arrogant. The general originally planned to take this opportunity to teach him a lesson."
Cao Yu knew that Qi Jin had a bad opinion of Nurhaci, which was caused by Nurhachi's pursuit of Nikan Wailan. After Nikan Wailan fled to the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jin took him in according to his high pragmatic requirements. Nurhaci won the battle at that time.
After Qi Jin rushed to Fushun Pass from Shenyang to show off his power outside Fushun Pass, he almost got angry and went out to meet Nurhaci. Because of this old incident, Qi Jin had always disliked Nurhaci and always wanted to find an opportunity to weigh this Jurchen.
The chief's skills.
Seeing that the two of them were getting further and further apart, Cao Yan quickly brought the topic back and asked Ma Chengxun, "Did Shuerhaqi only talk about these situations?"
Ma Chengxun shook his head hurriedly and said: "That's not true, there is another important matter, and I was just planning to report it to the commander-in-chief for decision."
"What's the matter?" Cao Yu asked immediately.
Ma Chengxun looked around, then at the door of the tent, and subconsciously lowered his voice and said: "Shulhaqi said that since my three-pronged army has become more and more encircled, Nurhaci has become more and more suspicious of him. He
He always felt that Nurhaci wanted to kill him and take back the military power in his hands, so he wanted to surrender."
Cao Yu and Qi Jin were both a little surprised. They looked at each other and saw a lot of doubts in each other's eyes, so Cao Yu asked Ma Chengxun: "Surrender now? The soldiers and horses he controls are all stationed around Nurhaci."
How can he surrender at this time? He won't be making trouble in the city and taking advantage of the situation to open the city gate and let my army enter the city, right?"
Qi Jin also nodded and added: "That's right, especially since both his father and grandfather died in Gule Village like this..."
Ma Chengxun shook his head and said: "That's not true, Shuerhaqi had other ideas. He said that Nurhaci knew that this battle would be difficult. If the two brothers were suspicious of each other, there would definitely be no hope of victory in this battle, so he deliberately
I went to talk to him."
"If they don't suspect each other, do they have any hope of victory?" Cao Yan snorted, and asked: "What did Nurhaci say?"
Ma Chengxun said: "Nurhaci is naturally moved by emotion and rationally... Those are all nonsense. I can't remember them anymore. In short, the final meaning is that Hetuala has two gates in the southeast. Let's
They must be attacking these two gates, so each of their brothers is guarding one gate..."
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