Chapter 277 Post-war Trouble (14) Shunyi King Seal
Perhaps Gao's pragmatic prayers had some effect, and things developed relatively smoothly in the following period. Qi Jiguang, who was near Guihua City, was the first to get the news and began to withdraw his troops from Guihua and move south, planning to go to Yanqing Prefecture to protect the scriptures.
Take a brief walk.
However, it is said that Zhongjin Hatun was a little uneasy. Not only did he personally see Qi Jiguang off, he also asked Commander Qi if Gao Jinglue had any dissatisfaction with Tumut - or with her personally. Otherwise, why was he so close at hand?
She also refused to come to Guihua City so that she could have the opportunity to fulfill her duties as a landlord.
In fact, from Qi Jiguang's point of view, it is not appropriate to answer this question. Gao Pragmatic's early return to Beijing was mainly due to political issues within the court, and it was obviously not convenient to tell the truth to Zhongjin Hatun.
But it would be inconvenient to find another excuse for Gao Jingshi. As a military commander under Gao Jinglue, Qi Jiguang said well that it was in line with Gao Jingshi's wishes. If he didn't agree with Gao Jingshi's wishes, he would
There is a suspicion of overstepping my authority, which is purely thankless.
So, why don’t you say anything at all or pretend that you don’t know? It’s possible, but it’s obviously not a good idea. Although Zhongjin Hatun has a strong belief in protecting calves in the Tumut political system, he still stands in the Ming Dynasty’s strategy
From a personal perspective, she is a firm pro-Ming sect who definitely belongs to her own people, so she cannot show the attitude of treating others as outsiders.
Qi Jiguang was speechless for a moment and hesitated for a moment before saying, "The princess is worrying too much. It's actually very simple that she doesn't come to the throne to be naturalized. It's just because the prince is not here."
Zhongjin Hatun said in astonishment: "What is the truth of this? Commander Qi, can you make it clear?"
Qi Jiguang knew that the Mongolians were far less disciplined than the Central Plains in this regard, so he had to explain: "The prince and Jingtai became brothers twenty years ago, and Prince Erdemutu worshiped Jingtai as his teacher, so Jingtai and the princess
In fact, it is the relationship between uncle and sister-in-law. In this way, according to our Han customs, if the brother is not at home, the uncle and sister-in-law live in the same house. This time when Jingtai passed through Guihua City but did not enter, Qi thought it was convenient or took this taboo into consideration."
As expected, Zhongjin Hatun's face showed a strange expression, and he frowned and said: "This principle may be true in the Celestial Empire, but since this is Mongolian territory, Mongolian customs should prevail. Not to mention that Mongolia does not have such rules, even if there are,
The sutra platform is not bound by this rule either - he is the reincarnation of Mingwang Bodhisattva, and he only meets at the servant's house in the city. Even if they stay in the same room at night, no one will make irresponsible remarks."
Speaking of this, Zhongjin Hatun paused for a moment, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and added seriously: "Even the great... king will not say more than a word."
This may be a difference in thinking. Zhong Jinhatun said it very naturally, but Qi Jiguang was quite embarrassed. He looked around and said: "Ah, haha... By the way, after Qi left here, there are still many things in the city.
Please help the princess handle it. Especially since General Li is chasing the enemy far away and relies heavily on naturalized supplies, please ask the princess to take care of him."
"Commander Qi, don't worry. This is the duty of the slave family, and we must do our best." Zhongjin Hatun pursed his lips and smiled, then rolled his eyes and said: "Speaking of care, the slave family also has something to ask of Commander Qi.
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Although Qi Jiguang was a little surprised, he still nodded and said: "Princess, please speak."
Zhongjinhatun said: "It's embarrassing to say that my son Butashri is ignorant and made some mistakes last year, which made the prince angry. I thought that if there is a good word from the scriptures, my son will have nothing to worry about.
. Therefore, the Nu family thought that my son would take this opportunity to bring some gifts of thanks to pay homage to Jingtai, so that he could ask Jingtai to give him some advice. He also asked Commander Qi to take him to Yanqing. I don’t know if Commander Qi’s place would be convenient.
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It turned out that she was just taking her son on a side trip. Qi Jiguang breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said with a smile: "This is not difficult, but I wonder how many entourages the prince has for this trip?"
"Not many, just a few hundred." Zhong Jinhatun smiled brightly: "Originally, it could have been less, but when he returned, there were no soldiers accompanying him, so he still had to bring some manpower. I hope Commander Qi will forgive me."
Qi Jiguang can be forgiven. After all, there are more than 60,000 Imperial Guards, and several hundred people will have no impact at all, so he smiled and responded: "The princess' words are serious. How dare Qi disobey this trivial matter? However, Qi must be required to do so during this trip.
If you need to hurry, please ask the princess to call the prince to accompany you quickly."
"Okay." Zhongjin Hatun was really happy. He stretched out his hand and clapped his hands. Behind him, Butashri rode out. When he was approaching Qi Jiguang's horse, he suddenly turned over and dismounted, turning into a single man almost without any hesitation.
Kneeling on the ground, he bowed to Qi Jiguang imitating the Han Chinese's fist-clasping ceremony, and said loudly: "Barbarian junior Butashri has met Mr. Qi Shuai."
At this time, Han people generally rarely call people "adult" casually, but Mongolians... can be more accommodating, and Butashri's move was obviously intentional to show a low profile. Although Qi Jiguang was a little puzzled, he didn't
To show it, he just smiled and raised his hand in vain: "Prince, please don't be so polite, lest you break the rules."
The so-called rules are naturally the title system of the Ming Dynasty. Phan Naji was the Shunyi King of the Ming Dynasty. Although Butashri was only his nominal son - in fact, he was his uncle in terms of blood, because Butashri's
The father is Anda Khan, and Anda Khan is the grandfather of Bhannaji. The problem here is that Butashri’s mother, Zhongjin Hatun, remarried to Bhannaji according to Mongolian rules - but the Ming Dynasty always changed the name
Taking it seriously, there is no doubt that Butashri is a prince.
Qi Jiguang held a high position but was not ennobled. How could a prince kneel to him? It was obviously inconsistent with etiquette, so Qi Jiguang said this. However, Qi Jiguang didn't seem to really care. Why? This is a comparison.
It's complicated, and the reason is roughly that "prince" itself does not belong to a title, especially not a formal title conferring to a foreign vassal.
In other words, at this time, Tumut, also known as the "Ming Dynasty Jin Kingdom", only had three people who were "registered" legal title holders in the Ming Dynasty. These three people are: Shunyi Wang Bo'er Jijin·Ba
Han Naji, the loyal wife Qilagut Zhongjin (Qilagut is the name of the tribe and her surname), the prince of Shunyi, Borjijin Erdemutu.
Except for the three of them, the other various princes, princesses, etc. are just customary titles. There are no real canonizations in the Ming Dynasty, and of course they don't count officially.
Another point to note here is that the title "Prince of Shunyi" did not exist in the original history. In this world, it was added due to Gao Pragmatic's interference.
The reason for the addition is very simple: Hannaji and Erdemutu were sent to Gao Jingshi. In order to ensure that there would be no accidents in Tumut's power succession, Gao Pragmatic suggested that the emperor follow the Ming Dynasty's custom of giving Tumo to Tumo first.
Specify the successor.
The emperor naturally agreed happily, because if this matter was completed, it would be equivalent to the Ming Dynasty having the actual power to canonize the leader of Tumote - this also meant that King Shunyi could be regarded as the real prince of the outer vassal of the Ming Dynasty from now on, which is of great significance.
huge.
Back to the subject, Butashri did not play any extraordinary tricks this time. Qi Jiguang asked him to stand up and he stood up. After a few polite words, he asked him to lead the team into the queue, and he led the team into the queue, acting like a member of Qi Jiguang's command.
Qi Jiguang secretly felt relieved.
However, shortly after Qi Jiguang said goodbye to Zhongjin Hatun and led his troops to quickly go south, Butashri presented Qi Jiguang with many gifts during the break, including four top-quality Uzhumqin horses, and then informed him
Qi Jiguang learned something that stunned him.
Butashri frankly admitted that this time he went south not only to give gifts to Gao Jingshi, but also brought a personal letter from Zhongjin Hatun, asking Gao Jingshi to accept him as his disciple. Only then did Qi Jiguang know that he had been
Zhongjin Hatun "calculated".
Poor Marshal Qi has been undefeated in all his life, but he always suffers from women - he can't handle his wife at home, but he is actually cheated by King Shunyi's Mrs. Zhongshun outside, which makes him want to cry without tears.
Think about it, Butashri wanted to become a disciple of Gao Jingshi, but it was Qi Jiguang who brought him there. Even if Qi Jiguang went to tell Gao Jingshi the real situation honestly, Gao Jingshi would inevitably suspect that there might be "something hidden".
Apprenticeship was a very common thing in the Ming Dynasty, but Butashri's problem was rather special. Although Zhongjin Hatun was already Han Naji's Hatun, the "legacy" left by Amada Khan in her hand
She has always been relatively independent, and she has always been in control, not Hannaji.
Therefore, the marriage between Han Naji and her was largely a political alliance. The two parties were roughly united, but Zhongjin Hatun had great independent rights. The reason why Butashri summed up Erde last year
There are many ambitions in Mutu.
Qi Jiguang couldn't help but feel a little worried. He felt that he might have brought a big trouble to Jingtai. If it was not handled well, it would probably destroy the extremely close relationship between Jingtai and Prince Shunyi and his son.
A few days later, Qi Jiguang led his troops into the customs and arrived in Yanqing Prefecture. He immediately went to see Gao Pangshi, reported the incident first, and at the same time apologized to Jing Lue.
Gao Pragmatic was really surprised at first and frowned. However, Qi Jiguang noticed that after he thought for a moment, his brows gradually relaxed.
Commander Qi was confused when Gao Pingshi chuckled and comforted him: "Commander Qi, don't worry too much. If this matter can be handled properly, it may be a blessing in disguise."
Qi Jiguang hurriedly asked the Jingtai what a clever plan he had, but Gao Pragmatic did not answer in a hurry. Instead, he said: "It seems that my Jingtai will have to stay in Yanqing Prefecture for a few more days."
Seeing Qi Jiguang's confused look, he smiled and said: "A few days ago, King Shunyi had ordered the troops to return to the army, and Helin was handed over to Erdemutu to lead some of the Western Sentinels and other Ordos soldiers and horses to temporarily garrison."
Qi Jiguang just said "Oh?" and said nothing more, because he knew that Gao Pragmatic had not finished what he said.
Sure enough, Gao Pragmatic continued: "King Shunyi mentioned something in his reply to me. He is very serious and sincerely hopes that I can help solve it."
This aroused Qi Jiguang's interest and asked: "What is it?"
"Change the seal." Gao pragmatic curled his lips and shook his head slightly: "King Shunyi said that he discovered very early that the specifications of the royal seal he was awarded were wrong. It was a gold-plated copper seal, which was inconsistent with etiquette. However, he had previously sent
He negotiated with others, but was prevaricated by the border ministers. Although he didn't say much at the time, he was still unhappy to some extent, so he always thought of making new achievements in order to replace it with a gold-plated silver seal that complied with etiquette."
This was the first time Qi Jiguang heard about this, and he was surprised and said: "How can Wang Jue have the gift of gold-plated copper seal? This seal...cough, after the meeting, Shu Mo will boldly ask: Is it a manufacturing mistake by Shang Baosi or the imperial court?"
Did you do it on purpose?"
Gao pragmatic was silent for a moment. In fact, it is no wonder that Qi Jiguang was confused and said, "How can Wang Jue have the gift of gold-plated copper seal?" It is true that the court did something unreasonable in this matter.
The thing is like this: When Anda was first granted the title of King of Shunyi, there was a book and an edict, but there was no royal seal. This is recorded in "Wugong Lu": "The Taishi was made to present a gold book, and I was granted the title of King of Shunyi and bestowed upon him.
"Edict." - You see, there is an edict in the book but no seal. This kind of key etiquette record cannot be an oversight by the writer, it can only be true that it does not exist.
In fact, when Wang Chonggu was formulating the issue of tribute, he confirmed that I should be crowned king and given a gold-plated silver seal. However, the strange thing was that the title was not awarded in the fifth year of Longqing. Therefore, in May of the following year, Wang Chonggu also paid tribute to me.
There are four things to do when asking for begging, one of which is "asking for the king's seal, as in the previous dynasty's rule of loyalty and obedience to the king."
Therefore, the Ministry of War convened with the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites to discuss and thought: "The seal of the King of Shunyi should be minted as recommended in ancient times, and all seals should be made with the seal of Gongjin." Emperor Longqing also quickly approved it. But for some unknown reason, this
The decision to issue a seal has not yet been implemented.
In April of the first year of Wanli, King Ada Khan of Shunyi once again "asked for a seal to be presented to all the ministries." The Ministry of Rites "decided to cast a gold-plated silver seal according to my title and send it to the governor-general to listen to my response."
"Lead". In this way, two years after being granted the title of king, Anda Khan obtained the seal of King Shunyi.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Originally, according to the above records, the Shunyi King's Seal agreed to be issued by the Ming Dynasty was indeed the same gold-plated silver seal as the Hami Zhongshun King's Seal. But the border ministers at that time
However, Zheng Luo, the new governor of Xuanda, who is also from the Shi School, wrote an incident in his "Fuyi Chronicle", titled "Answer to the Original King's Seal Is Not Tie to Gold".
Relevant content is excerpted as follows: (The barbarian envoy) also said that the day before yesterday, the Chinese king of Shunyi said it was a gold seal, but today it was copper. Shunyi wanted to return it in exchange for a gold seal, and it was originally gold, but it was copper. Please forgive me for exchanging it.
Yu Ji laughed and scolded: "You foolish man, stop talking and make the world laugh. Where can there be a gold seal in the world? Gold is so precious and valuable." He raised his gold belt and said, "Suppose I am a minister and wear a gold belt.
Very noble, but you see this belt is made of copper. If I use gold to make this belt, it will cost a lot of gold, but I have always used copper belts to call the gold belt ears. The seal of the king is also copper. I am the governor of the three towns. In ancient times, it was said that the gold belt was hung with gold.
The seal, now I see it, is also made of copper. You must return to the king urgently and say, don't say any more words to make people laugh at you. It's not easy for you." The captive envoy looked at each other and agreed to do so.
At that time, the captives used the bronze seal as a stratagem, but they didn't have time to think about it, so they responded casually, so the captives were speechless. If they thought about it, or argued that it was the gold seal, it would be difficult for the captives to express their words, and there would be no words for them.
In response.
This record seems to be a joke, but in fact there is a big problem!
The royal seal of Shunyi claimed by the Ming Dynasty and regarded as a gold seal by Mongolia was actually a gold-plated copper seal. For this reason, Anda Khan specially sent envoys to negotiate with Zheng Luo, the governor of Xuanda of the Ming Dynasty, asking for a gold seal in exchange, and
The person responsible was punished, and then Zheng Luo "cleverly" dealt with it.
The question here is, what exactly should the King's Seal of Shunyi look like?
Gao Jingshi had compiled the Wanli version of "Ming Huidian", and he was very familiar with these systems: the prince had a gold book and a gold turtle seal; the prince had a gold-plated silver book and a silver seal; a hundred officials had one rank and two ranks had straight silver seals.
Seals; those below the third rank are copper seals; general seals are tiger-niu silver seals; general commanders, governors, governors and guards, etc. are straight-niu copper pass defenses.
The foreign royal seals are divided into three grades: gold seal, gold-plated silver seal, and silver seal. Among the foreign royal seals awarded by the Ming Dynasty, Goryeo has the turtle new gold seal; Tubo Bailin King camel new gold seal; Annan and Champa City have the golden seal.
Camel button with gold-plated silver seal.
Among the royal seals awarded to Mongolia during the Yongle period, the three kings of Shuning, Hening, and Wala had gold seals. Among them, the seal of King Shuning was a gold camel seal; the seal of King Zhongshun of Hami was a gold-plated silver seal. It can be seen from this that gold, silver,
There is a clear distinction between copper and copper. So, what Zheng Luo said is indeed a "casual answer", because there is actually no gold-plated copper seal in the king's seal.
Therefore, if it is based on the seal of a foreign vassal, the Shunyi King's seal should at least be a gold-plated silver seal; if it is printed by a prince and a hundred officials, the Shunyi King's seal should also be a gold-plated silver seal or a silver seal.
However, what the Ming court actually awarded to An Da Khan was a gold-plated copper seal. The change from gold seal to copper seal depends on whether the court intentionally lowered the standard and level of King Shunyi by lowering the seal, or whether the handler did so at will.
Exchange has always been an unsolved mystery sealed in the dust of history in original history.
However, regarding this issue, Gao Pragmatism in this life knows the inside story very well.
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