Zhu Yijun subconsciously leaned on the backrest of the throne, changed to a slightly more relaxed posture, and muttered: "What Mr. Wang said is not bad... In this case, I would like to ask you gentlemen to discuss the future of this thousands-mile northern border."
How should we deal with it?"
Since a new topic was brought up, the first person to answer naturally had to be Shen Shixing, the first minister. Although Shen Shixing was the first minister, he was considered very young in the cabinet, and his reaction was quick enough, so he immediately said:
"Since we are going to discuss the disposal of the lands outside the Pass, I have one thing I must ask first."
Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Mr. Shen, please speak."
Shen Shixing said: "It has been twenty-one years since I paid tribute. Now the left and right wings of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, Chahar, Tumote, Ordos, Inner Khalkha, Outer Khalkha, Nenhorqin and other tribes,
They have all been destroyed, surrendered, or fled far away by me. The old land of Meng Yuan, except for Oala, is all in my hands.
In this case, do the Tumut and Ordos tribes still want to maintain the current tribute situation? Ah, what I mean is, should we simply let them annex and unify the world?" [Note: The Inner Khalkha tribe was the former Liao Dynasty.
The collective name for the Chaohua clan that was destroyed in the Battle of Nanjing. The Chaohua clan was the most powerful clan in the Inner Khalkha tribe at that time.]
"Unification of the world" is actually very attractive to Zhu Yijun, but he can't agree to it now because Gao Jingshi had discussed it with him before the Battle of Yuan Dynasty. Regarding the post-war situation, Gao Jingshi actually had several
It is a principled proposal, and this does not include premature "unification of the world."
The reason given by Gao Jingshi at the time was that it would take some time to digest and absorb the newly acquired grassland territories, and this would continue to strengthen the cavalry power of the Ming Dynasty. As for when the "unification of the world" can be implemented, Gao Jingshi also gave a relatively specific
To put it in words, that is, "When our Han cavalry is powerful enough to overwhelm the Tumote and Ordos coalition forces."
At that time, Zhu Yijun still didn't understand this statement. He thought that even if the Ming Dynasty's cavalry could not do that, the Ming Dynasty's powerful infantry phalanx could completely defeat the two Mongolian coalition forces on the right. Why did the cavalry have to be "enough to overwhelm" them?
A highly pragmatic explanation is that the pressure is not for war, but to avoid war.
According to his point of view, the Ming Dynasty's economic control over Tumut and Ordos is sufficient, but its military advantage can only be said to be half of it. Of course, the overall military strength has already been surpassed, but only in the areas it is best at.
Only by maintaining the momentum of crushing it will the Second Right Wing Department completely give up the option of armed confrontation and obediently follow the Ming Dynasty's requirements.
Since we have to rely on the old Mongolian territory on the left to develop cavalry, it will obviously take some time, and the time is not yet ripe.
Zhu Yijun thought for a moment, then took Gao Pragmatic's previous statement as his own, and then emphasized: "Since I have waited for twenty years, I am not afraid of waiting for another two years. Gentlemen, it is better to have unification of the world when it comes naturally.
It leaves behind hidden dangers and is surrounded by dangers.”
The emperor's words really impressed all the cabinet ministers. His majesty, who was less than 30 years old, had such a clear understanding of the general trend of the world when he had just achieved the great achievement of destroying the residual Yuan.
, it’s really amazing and admirable.
Shen Shixing immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "My Emperor is Holy Ming!" When he knelt down, others naturally found it difficult to sit still. They all got up and knelt down and kowtowed: "My Emperor is Holy Ming!"
To be honest, due to the rules and habits of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun did not have many opportunities to kowtow to "gentlemen", and it was even rarer to kneel down and kowtow in such a proactive manner, so his self-esteem was lost in an instant. A huge satisfaction.
Unfortunately, what all the ministers did not expect was that Zhu Yijun recorded this "merit" in his mind to Gao Jingjing, secretly saying: My father was right back then. Jingjing is indeed a great minister given to me by God. Over the years, he has How much contribution have you made for me! Besides, he was demoted and sent to the scourge of Guangxi shortly after he became an official. It was because of me that he suffered the unreasonable disaster of his mother's anger. Now that he has the foundation for the great achievement of destroying the Yuan Dynasty, why can't he make an exception? Reward?
Humph, joining the cabinet? Just joining the cabinet is nothing. My father knew that he would join the cabinet long ago... But even my father must not have expected that he would regain Annan for me, defeat Burma, and destroy the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. ?
"Gentlemen, please stand up and sit down." Although Zhu Yijun was filled with thoughts, he only had a gentle smile on his face. After all the elders got up and sat down again, he continued: "Since none of the gentlemen objected, then Tumut, it is settled that Ordos II will maintain the status quo. What happens next? Gentlemen, please express your opinions."
Shen Shixing said: "The next point is actually about one thing: how to deal with the old lands of Chahar and Outer Khalkha. This is divided into two parts. One is which of them do I want, or should I still do it? No; secondly, which lands should be awarded to the various tribes participating in the expedition."
Zhu Yijun's heart moved, and he suddenly glanced at Wu Dui and Liang Menglong, and said with a smile: "One of the two beloved ministers is in charge of the household department, and the other is in charge of the military department. The household department is in charge of money, food, household registration, and the military department is in charge of military equipment and garrison, which is most relevant to this matter. , I want to hear your thoughts first."
Wu Dui glanced at Liang Menglong and said: "Northern Xinjiang is no better than other places, so military affairs should be given priority. Brother Mingquan please go first."
Since he was one of his own, Liang Menglong casually said humbly, without any courtesy, and said to Zhu Yijun: "In my humble opinion, restoring the Daning capital is a top priority."
Zhu Yijun nodded lightly. Liang Menglong's words were reasonable and consistent with Gao Pragmatic's pre-war analysis. There was no doubt about the importance of Daning Dusi.
It is truly deplorable to say this. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, in order to attack and eliminate the remnant forces of the Yuan Dynasty in the north, the Ming army launched attacks more than once. For example, in the 12th year of Yongle, Chengzu personally led 500,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Walamaha. Mu, pursued them as far as the Tula River (today's Tula River in Mongolia); in the 22nd year of Yongle's reign, he led an expedition in person and returned to the Dalannamur River in the northeast of Helin (today's Harhorin, Mongolia).
However, because the Ming army marched long distances, far away from the rear, and their opponents were nomadic peoples with high mobility, it was difficult to stay for a long time and it was impossible to complete their achievements in one battle.
Although the Ming Dynasty was unable to occupy the places reached by each military operation, due to its strong strength, the northern boundary of Hongwu was still advanced a lot, and the Daning Guard (stationed in the west of Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia) and the Kaiping Guard (stationed in Zhengzhou, Inner Mongolia) were successively established. Blue Banner (North Bank of East Lightning River), Dongshengwei (stationed in today's Tuoketuo County, Inner Mongolia) and Xinghe Institute (stationed in today's Zhangbei County, Hebei Province) and other military garrison institutions.
In the 20th year of Hongwu, the Daning Dusi was established. In the following year, it was renamed the Northern Parallel Dusi. The administrative seat was Daningwei. Its jurisdiction included the Xiliao River, the Xilamulun River, the Keshiketeng Banner in Inner Mongolia, and the Chagannuoer line in the west.
The northern boundary of the Ming Dynasty was between the Yinshan Mountains and the Helan Mountains.
To the north of the Xilamulun River is the Wuliangha tribe, where the Ming Dynasty set up three guards, called the Wuliangha Three Guards.
In the first year of Jianwen, when King Zhu Di of Yan raised troops to overthrow Emperor Jianwen and seize the throne, he contacted the three guards of Wuliangha for support. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he renamed the Peiping Dusi to Daning Dusi and moved it to Baoding Prefecture (today's Baoding City, Hebei Province).
), all the original jurisdiction was given to Wu Liangha as a reward.
The left and right guards of Dongsheng also moved to Lulong and Zunhua in present-day Hebei respectively. As a result, Kaiping Guard and Xinghe Station became isolated strongholds. In the 20th year of Yongle, Xinghe Station was attacked by Mongolia Arutai.
Moved to govern Xuanfu. In the fifth year of Xuande, Kaiping Guards also moved to govern Dushibao (now Beidushikou, Chicheng County, Hebei Province).
At this point, the northern boundary of the Ming Dynasty in today's Beijing, Hebei, and Shanxi has retreated to the future line of the Great Wall.
On the other side, the Hetao area was originally under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, but it lost support after the Dongsheng Guards retreated, while the Mongols continued to invade. After reaching Tianshun, it completely became the Mongolian sphere of influence.
During the Jiajing period, there was a plan to recapture the Hetao, but failed. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty's territory in today's Shaanxi, Ningxia and Gansu also took the line of the Great Wall as its northern boundary.
Of course, the Great Wall as the boundary is not absolute. Like the Liaodong Border Wall, the Great Wall to the west of Shanhaiguan (also called the Border Wall in the Ming Dynasty) may not be built exactly according to the territorial boundaries at that time. Moreover, due to the Tatar and Ola nomadic
Mainly, the Ming Dynasty's strength also waxed and waned, sometimes approaching the Great Wall, and sometimes retreating far away. Therefore, the actual control area of the Ming Dynasty often exceeded the Great Wall. There were still some areas north of the Great Wall where the forces of both sides were intertwined or neither controlled.
If we continue to look northwest, in the early years of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty had acquired all the territory of the Yuan Dynasty in the northwest, namely Yiji Nai Road (the seat of governance is southeast of Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia today), Shazhou Road (the seat of governance is today's Dunhuang City, Gansu Province),
Suzhou Road (the administrative seat is now Jiuquan City, Gansu Province) and Ganzhou Road (the administrative seat is today Zhangye City, Gansu Province), occupied the western part of present-day Gansu and Inner Mongolia. But it didn't take long for them to abandon the western part and retreat to Jiayuguan.
At that time, there were seven Jisi Guards outside the pass. After Chenghua, Turpan in the west became increasingly powerful and annexed these Jisi Guards. The territory of the Ming Dynasty was limited to the Great Wall east of Jiayuguan.
If compared with the Tang Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's management in the southwest was better than the Tang Dynasty, but it was obviously not as good as in the north and northwest. In the northeast, that is, Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty was barely better. However, although the northeast and southwest were dominant, due to
Since ancient times, most dangers in China have been in the north, so the Ming Dynasty's border military pressure was generally greater than that of the Tang Dynasty.
In Gao Pragmatic's opinion, a big reason for this was Zhu Di's internal move to the Northern Guards Station, and the most serious one among them was Zhu Di's internal move to the Daning Capital Division.
Daning was in the Ming Dynasty, Beiping was on the right side of the Han Dynasty, and Beijing was in the middle of the Liao Dynasty. How important is its position?
In the hands of the Han people, just like the highly pragmatic attack on the Yuan Dynasty, the three roads of west, north and east, figuring out which way out, can be said to have strangled the hub of northern Xinjiang. Especially for the eastern part of northern Xinjiang, that
It is a condescending look down from above, enough to intimidate people thousands of miles away.
However, once Daning was in the hands of the nomads, it would be the front line for southern invasion of the Han Dynasty. Historically, after Anda was granted tribute, the Chahar and Nekarka tribes often used Daning to invade and plunder.
It can be seen (the other part is to go to Liaodong).
And from another perspective, if Daning had been in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, Chahar's eastward movement might not have happened at all. In that case, I might have had to fight with the Chahar tribe in the early years.
If we fight to the death, Ming Dynasty might just reap the benefits.
However, to some extent, it was Zhu Di who had to move the capital of Daning inland. The person who guarded Daning at that time was Ning Wang Zhu Quan. His political acumen could only be said to be average, but because he controlled the capital of Daning, he had some unscrupulous people under his command.
The Ha San Guards were elite cavalry with considerable military strength. Later, due to Zhu Di's military and political manipulation, the Uliang Ha San Guards were lent to Zhu Di and made great contributions in the Battle of Jingnan.
After receiving the reward after the war, Zhu Di was worried that after he became emperor in Nanjing, Prince Ning would not be able to lose his tail, and he might even be able to copy his way of seizing the country. Naturally, he did not dare to leave Zhu Quan in Daning, so Prince Ning moved to Jiangxi and was put under his nose.
Staring at it, the three guards of Wuliangha took advantage of it, turned into serfs and sang songs, and directly obtained Daning and surrounding areas as pastures.
Since Daning was awarded to the three guards of Ulliangha, the remaining guards in northern Xinjiang lost their core support, so each one began to be unable to hold on, and had to move inward one by one. Finally, what was said above
That kind of virtue.
After the Battle of Monan, Gao Pingshi regained Daning and insisted on garrisoning troops in Daning. At first, this plan almost failed because Tumen sent troops to attack the Ming army's supplies.
Later, relying on his own face, Gao pragmatic borrowed money from Tumote to go out to the east of Tottoqatai Kyi's headquarters and stationed it between Daning and the border wall of the Ming army. This was considered as blocking the black hand extended by Tumen.
.Then the Ming Dynasty continued blood transfusions and vigorously constructed, and then the new Daning City was rebuilt, and its hand was once again firmly extended to the north of the Great Wall.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, even so, Daning City alone is not enough. Only by capturing the entire Chahar can the Ming army use this large grassland as their own pasture to train war horses and strengthen them.
Cavalry. Otherwise, if we only have Daning City, and we have to worry about Tumen coming to kill us when we go out to raise animals, how can we still train a ball?
Liang Menglong's current view is obviously that the Daning Dusi should be re-established and the entire eastern Mongolian grassland should be re-controlled - roughly the old Chahar land, or perhaps a little larger, equivalent to eastern Inner Mongolia in later generations.
Since his views were basically consistent with Gao Pangshi's pre-war analysis, Zhu Yijun immediately wanted to express his agreement, but Xu Guo, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly interrupted and said: "The truth is good, but if the old land of Chahar is restored to the capital of Daning,
What kind of reward does Horqin want to reward them under their jurisdiction? Speaking of which, they have done hard work without any credit this time. How many troops did their troops send... maybe ten or twenty thousand?"
Zhu Yijun said nothing when he saw this, and only looked at Liang Menglong. Liang Menglong seemed to be prepared for this, and said: "It's easy to handle, just give them the title of conquering Alukorqin."
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