Since Yang Yuan's tribe had not yet arrived, Hetuala was not surrounded from all sides, which meant that when the Ming army sent people to Zhangjia to find the treasure, the news could not be hidden from Nurhaci.
Of course, the Ming army had no intention of hiding it.
Each of the five ancestors of Nurhaci built a city on the five main roads leading to the city of Hetuala. Therefore, these five cities were built as satellite cities to govern the city, with Hetuala as the center and surrounding each other. Each of the five cities had a choke point leading to the city of Hetuala.
Valley thoroughfare.
Among them, Juercha City guards the main ravine route southwest of Hecheng, Ahahuoluo City guards the ravine throat to the west of Hecheng, Huoluogashan City guards the gully passage at the northwest end of Hecheng, and Nimalan City guards the northern part of Hecheng.
The main road in Jiahe Valley, Zhangjia City guards the east and northeast of Hecheng.
This kind of layout not only helps the five ancestors to occupy one area, which is convenient for grazing, farming, fishing, hunting, and gathering, but also has a military defense function. They can wait and see each other, support each other, and act as horns. It is both conducive to concentration and easy to disperse.
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Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi had just received the reward from Nimaha. When they heard that Cao Yu wanted to split Jianzhou into two parts again, they were both a little stunned. Their eyes looked at each other, and at the same time they remembered Jianzhou when Wang Gaoshang was still there.
situation.
After Chenghua Liting, the Jurchens in Haixi gradually changed from their previous role as retinues of Jianzhou invaders to the main force in repeated invasions of Liaodong. As Hu Lawen Jurchens went south to implant in Haixi to form the "Four Hulun Tribes", the Ming court gradually focused on managing the Jurchens.
From Jianzhou to Haixi.
As Haixi became the main force of the border invaders, the Ming Dynasty adopted the method of "rewards" and "official positions" to win over the Haixi Jurchens in Haixi in exchange for them not to invade the border. From Hongzhi to Jiajing years, due to the Ming court's treatment of the Jurchens
The control gradually got out of control, and the Ming court had to gradually turn to support the "submissive" chieftains' method of suppressing the barbarians, which made the Hada tribe stronger.
The shift in the Ming court's business policy led to changes in the Jurchen situation in the late Ming Dynasty, and the Haixi Jurchen throne emerged under this background.
The Jurchens in Jianzhou have been in a scattered and weak state since the establishment of Hualiting. From then on until the rise of Wang Gao and Wang Wutang in Jianzhou, the three guards of Jianzhou were all in a scattered and weak state. They were relegated to the Ming Dynasty and Korea.
Gong claimed to be a minister, and a "disconnection" phenomenon occurred during the turn of Jia, Long and Wan.
During this period, the three powerful chiefs who influenced Jianzhou were Wangtai, Wang Gao, and Wang Wutang. Among them, Wangtai was the chief of the Hada tribe in Haixi. He only maintained influence on Jianzhou because of the support of the Ming Dynasty, and Wang
Gao, Wang Wutang was the real powerful local chief in Jianzhou.
The distribution of Jurchens at that time: Jianzhou consisted of the Sukeshuhe Tribe, Hunhe Tribe, Wanyan Tribe, Dong'e Tribe, Zhechen Tribe, Changbai Mountain Neyin Tribe, Yalu River Tribe, and Donghai Tribe included the Woji Tribe, Warka Tribe, and Ku
The Erkha tribe and Haixi are the Ula tribe, the Hada tribe, the Yehe tribe and the Huifa tribe.
The area where Liubeile of Ninggu Pagoda and the people under his control lived was the area where Jianzhou Zuowei lived, while Su Ke Suhu tribe was the core area where Jianzhou Zuowei and Jianzhou Right Guards lived.
At this time, the Su Ke and Su Hu River tribes were under the direct control of Wang Gao, the commander of Jianzhou Youweidu, who built a city in the Gule Mountain Village on the lower reaches of the Suzi River, which later became the area from Gulou Village to Shengli Village in Jiahe Town, Xinbin. Wang Gao
The core control area and the Ningguta tribe live up and down the Suzi River.
Since Ning Guta was originally a branch of the Jianzhou Zuowei tribe, according to the general ruling relationship, it was not originally part of the Su Kesu Huhe tribe. However, later generations of "The Complete History of the Qing Dynasty" stated that he obeyed Wang Gao's orders.
It is a "tribal alliance". That is, the Su Kesu Hu tribe is a tribal alliance composed of the tribe directly ruled by Wang Gao and the Ningguta tribe ruled by Jue Chang'an.
In other words, the Su Kesu Hu tribe actually consists of the Wanggao core area and includes Jianzhou Zuowei, Youwei, and Maolianwei. It is a regional community composed of several scattered settlements and cities. It is not simply an area centered on Jianzhou Zuowei.
, it is not simply an alliance between the tribe directly ruled by Wang Gao and the six villages of Ningguta.
But don't forget that there was another powerful chief in Jianzhou at this time, namely Wang Wutang, the chief of Dong'e tribe at that time.
In terms of area alone, the area ruled by the Dong'e tribe is generally slightly smaller than the "tribal alliance" ruled and influenced by Wang Gao. However, due to its geographical location, it connects the tribes in the East China Sea and Northeast Korea, so its commerce and trade are relatively developed and it is quite wealthy.
At that time, Ahana, the second son of Baoshi, the sixth uncle of Nurhachi, wanted to marry the daughter of a chief. However, the chief thought that although Ahana was a "prince", he was "poor" and instead married his daughter to Erji, the son of Wang Wutang.
, it can be seen that Wang Wutang's strength at that time far exceeded Ning Guta.
Wang Wutang's Dong E tribe also belongs to Jianzhou. Now, although Wang Wutang was destroyed by Li Chengliang, Dong E tribe's strength has been damaged and has not been restored yet. However, Cao Yu said that Jianzhou will be divided into two parts, east and west. If Dong E tribe does not join in, this "two divisions" is nothing.
What? Should we just divide the Su Ke Su Hu River Department?
After all, Nurhachi was still sensitive. He was stunned for a moment and then immediately said angrily: "What is Jianzhou divided into two, this is just the Ming court trying to forcefully separate my brother's family!"
But Shuerhaqi's words didn't seem that angry. He just frowned slightly and said: "If that's all, what does my brother have to lose?"
Nurhachi's expression changed slightly, but before he could speak, he heard Shuerhaqi say: "In the past, my Sixth Patriarch also lived in six cities, but the one who got Hetuala was the main one, and the brothers were the assistants. Now the Ming Dynasty has a large army.
Due to the pressure of the situation, I simply retreated to another city and pretended to separate the family. Although my brothers live in another city, it is natural that Ahun stays in Hetuala."
Nurhachi was angry in his heart, knowing that his younger brother already had the intention of "flying solo", but the Jurchens had always lived separately under the old system, and he couldn't find a reason to refute it.
Later scholars believed that the Linguda River Basin was where Nurhaci lived for generations, and formed the Linguda (i.e. Ningguta) tribe. The Sixth Ancestor lived close to each other, forming a tribe controlled by several family heads (Liutaizi Chengzhai Ezhen).
The fortresses located in different places formed a regional sphere of influence centered on Hetuala.
The "head" of the Jurchen tribe is the head of the patrilineal family. A "Uksun (family)" in the tribe consists of several families ("boo", that is, "boo") who have very close blood relationships (often from the same ancestral branch).
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! A certain son in the leader's family inherits the title of chief, and other sons marry and live apart one after another, and form an independent unit "boo" with their children and their in-laws within a certain geographical organization.
The sons of each branch family belong to the patrilineal head ("head") of each branch family within the head family, and also belong to the Ezhen of the "national people" living in the separated village.
Due to the existence of the settlement system, "Ningguta Beile" and his descendants and elders were separated in twelve places. The descendants of "Ningguta" and twelve villages including six terraces formed the Ninggu
Guta tribe.
The center of the Ningguta tribe is Juechang'an. "Qing History Manuscript" states that Juechang'an, the ancestor of Nurhaci, "started the old business of his ancestors", that is, he inherited his father's position and took charge of his tribe. However, the fragments of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty often only record him.
He is the leader of "buying and selling barbarians", and his followers will save money, so he is called "the leader of barbarians in the market", that is, the leader who "enters the market and buys and sells barbarians".
However, the "leader of the barbarians" can indeed be determined to be the tribal chief, because only the chief has the power to trade with the Ming Dynasty, which is consistent with Jue Chang'an being the center of the Sixth Patriarch's power.
But there is a serious problem here, that is, according to the Jurchen customs of the Ming Dynasty, the chief's power is actually quite limited. The chief chief always said that his subordinates were in charge of the people or subordinates, and they had certain powers. For example, when the chief's family had no savings,
"If it's not enough, take food from the officer", or ask the officer to go to the bright border to communicate with the border officials, and ask for rewards and promotions. In addition, if the officer sneaks to the invader, he needs to report it to the chief, and there is no reason to do it arbitrarily.
, it is also customary to pay homage to the chief and listen to his command.
However, the chief has no stable binding force on his subordinates. For example, when North Korean envoys entered the Jianzhou territory to ban prisoners, the Jurchen chief Li Dahan in a certain place claimed that he was unable to control the behavior of his people: "If you want to kill him, he will definitely want to."
If you harm me, I will not use the punishment of life or death."
The chief has no power of life and death, and his orders have no enforcement effect. As a result, his subordinates "are not even willing to obey the chief's words."
The phenomenon of weak restraint and control ability of chiefs on their subordinates is relatively common in the relationship between chiefs and ethnic groups with the same surname, and ethnic groups with other surnames that are dependent on the chief, which makes the tribes tend to be scattered and do their own things.
The internal relations of the Ningguta tribe are also relatively scattered, which is the result of a combination of factors. After the death of Juechang'an and his son, Nurhaci was canonized by the Ming Dynasty, and he was already the chief of Ningguta. However, when he raised troops to
When he attacked Nikan Wailan, the "lord of Manchuria" who was considered to be supported by the Ming court, the other five ancestors and his clan members immediately opposed him and even assassinated him. This shows that the chief's power is indeed limited.
Members of the various Uksuns in Ningguta fought against each other. Although the phenomenon of hatred was deeply affected by the Liaodong policy of the Ming Dynasty, the tradition of centrifugation and independence among the Jurchen relatives was the essential internal cause of the centrifugal phenomenon within the Sixth Ancestor family. Identical
It is an old Jurchen custom that Mu Kun and Uksun should deviate from each other.
According to this old custom, in the Jurchen tradition, when the descendants of a tribal leader's family separate, the tribe's people and property must also be divided to a certain extent.
The people of the country should implement division and rule.
For example, the fifth ancestor of Nurhachi each had a certain number of people under his control. The descendants of the fifth ancestor inherited the management and ownership rights of the village and its population from the original village owner.
Now, since Shuerhaqi supports the Ming Dynasty's "two divisions of founding a state", he is bound to separate himself from the current forces.
There is no doubt that this division will at least take away the tribe and the people he belongs to now. If it is not done well, the Ming Dynasty will ask their brothers to "split the existing strength half and half". For Nurhaci,
The blow is even greater.
Nurhachi forced himself to calm down his anger and tried his best to soften Shuerhaqi with family affection. He coughed lightly and said warmly: "Dou, what you said makes sense, but the current situation in our country is different from usual. The Ming Dynasty is already pressing down with a large army.
, if one mistake is made, the tragic situation of Cheng Hua Shi may appear again.
However, Cao Yu did not use this as his purpose. Instead, he just wanted my two brothers to live separately. What do you think is the reason for this?"
Of course Shuerhaqi knew "what's the meaning of this", but he didn't know how to answer for the moment, so he remained silent.
When Nurhaci saw this, he immediately said: "I don't think it's difficult to understand the truth. The Han people have a saying: 'Brothers working together can break metal.' If my two brothers work together, there will be an army of nearly ten thousand. Who can compete with the troops nearby? Even if we look at it, we will have an army of nearly ten thousand."
Among the various states, only a few countries such as Yehe, Hada, and Ula are capable of fighting against my brother.
But what if my brothers live separately and form one group each? I have less than 5,000 soldiers, and you only have more than 3,000 soldiers. Dong'e in the southeast and Hada in the northwest. Who should fear my brothers anymore? In this way, our Ninggu Pagoda's general situation will be
Go!"
When Shuerhaqi heard what his elder brother said, he couldn't help but hesitate in his heart.
He remembered that he had grown up under the protection of his eldest brother since he was a child. After his eldest brother started the army, he did not treat him badly and made his strength second only to him. If it were not for the fact that Mulhaqi always fully supported his eldest brother, the strength of his direct lineage was actually
Compared with himself, he is also very limited.
Under such circumstances, forcing himself to live apart seems to be a bit of an unreasonable betrayal.
But Shuerhaqi was also afraid of the power of the Ming Dynasty. Thinking of Gao Situ's "deep kindness" and powerful power to him, he was also worried that he would offend him and lead to a greater disaster. At this moment, he only felt that he was in a dilemma.
Seeing that his brother was a little shaken, Nurhachi was about to try to persuade him while the iron was hot. Unexpectedly, Shuerhaqi thought of a "perfect solution." His eyes lit up and he said: "Ah Hun, it suddenly occurred to me that living in two places does not mean that
My ancient pagoda is in decline!"
Nurhaci frowned and asked, "Why is this?"
Shuerhaqi said enthusiastically: "Ahun, what do you think makes Ye He so strong?"
Nurhachi's heart moved. He knew what Shuerhaqi wanted to say, but he deliberately said: "Ye He is stronger than riding."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Otherwise." Shuerhaqi shook his head and said: "I think Ye He escaped from death this time. He is not stronger than riding, but actually stronger than the two cities of East and West.
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Shuerhaqi's eyes shone brightly and he said: "If Ye He only has one city, it will be like in the old Gule Village. When Tumen's army surrounded him, Ye He would have no choice but to retreat and die. I Ning Guta today
Being suppressed by the Ming army, it is difficult to resist, precisely because we only have one city in Hetuala.
If I am forced to live elsewhere in the future, I will naturally have to build a city. At that time, it will be like Ye He and East Beile, and A Hun will be the horns of each other and look after each other. If someone attacks me, A Hun can send troops to cooperate with me and attack from both inside and outside.
; If someone attacks Ahun, I can also send troops to cooperate with Ahun and attack from inside and outside.
Ah Hun, if Ye He can dominate Beiguan with two cities in the east and west, why can't my two brothers dominate Manchuria with two cities in the east and west? I think the key is not whether I live apart, but whether you and I can
Always of the same mind!"
Nurhachi felt cold in his heart and sighed secretly: Can you and I, brothers, really always be of the same mind?
But now that the matter has come to this, with internal and external difficulties, Nurhaci has no better way. He can only force a smile and say: "Dou, if you can think like this, Ah Hun will be relieved. In the future, when I build a state, I will follow the example of Ye He's system of two cities in the east and west.
, if you want to build a new city, Ahun will definitely help you."
Shuerhaqi was overjoyed and said: "Thank you Ahun very much. Don't worry Ahun. Shuerhaqi will always follow Ahun's lead!"
Nurhaci showed a "pleased" smile, but secretly thought in his heart: After all, it was Gao Situ who was better at chess, and tomorrow's destiny will inevitably change. Nearly half of the foundation I have worked hard to build over the past few years was divided up for no reason...
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