Gao Pingshi was so busy in Annan that he devoted all his attention to the foundation of southern Xinjiang. He was inevitably a little lax about other aspects. Until an urgent letter from Cao Gan arrived, he suddenly realized that there was going to be something in the north.
changed.
Cao Gan was originally just barely able to read and had no mention of literary talent. However, since he surrendered to Gao Pragmatic, Jinghua Trading Company was in a unique position in the trade with right-wing Mongolia and monopolized at least half of the trade with right-wing Mongolia.
In the trade within the Mongolian sphere of influence, his status gradually improved, and he gradually felt that he needed to strengthen his cultural accomplishment.
Especially when his son Cao Ke, after serving as Gao Pragmatic's companion for ten years, is now the "First Secretary of Jinghua". Although he is only a book boy in name, his position within Jinghua is very unique, which makes it even more important.
This in turn forced Cao Gan to strengthen his self-cultivation, so the head of Cao Da, the Bald Heavenly King at that time, invited several teachers to teach him how to read and write, and his skills gradually improved a lot.
The letter he wrote to Gao Pangshi this time was not written by Cao Gan. It was entirely written by himself.
Cao Gan's letter is a long one, and it is very long, with tens of thousands of eloquent words. Of course, he did not write so much to show off his literary talent in the letter, but to summarize his understanding of the Mongolian right wing from the situation at home.
, the conditions of the Ordos tribe, Qinghai Tumote and other tribes were all explained to Gao pragmatic analysis in detail to confirm his speculation.
Cao Gan's speculations mainly include three:
First, Anda Khan is seriously ill and may die of the disease within a few months or at most one or two years. At that time, there may be a power change or even a struggle within Tumut. I hope you can prepare for it in advance.
Secondly, the two major allies of the Ming Dynasty - or even Gao Pragmatic - in Tumote, Dacheng Taiji and Zhongjin Hatun, did not have much conflict of interest when I was alive, but as long as I
Once Anda Khan dies, their interests will immediately conflict, and I hope the master can make preparations quickly.
Cao Gan even said worriedly here: Maybe the master will choose one of the two allies as the only ally in the future. Obviously, he is interested in Dacheng Taiji and Zhongjin Hatun, that is, Han Naji and Sanniangzi.
It’s not promising that people can still maintain harmony after Anda’s death.
Third, Cao Gan specifically pointed out that with the conquest of Qinghai three or four years ago by An Da, he brought Tibetan Buddhism back to Mongolia and used his best efforts to promote it in Mongolia. Now Mongolian Lamaism is obviously gaining momentum, and
The situation with shamanism is difficult.
However, Cao Gan always felt that Tibetan Buddhism was "extremely lazy" and "lifeless" and might ruin the bravery of the Mongols. Please consider carefully whether you support or oppose it.
Finally, Cao Gan also mentioned an "extra topic", saying that five years ago, Tumen, the "Zhasak Tuhan" of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, held the "Kulitai Conference", reformed the Khanate system, and delegated important positions to other parties.
Ten thousand powerful people assisted the Khan in handling major government affairs to consolidate the Khan's power.
Among them, Amudai from Chahar Wanhu, Wei Zhengsubahai from Khalkha Wanhu, Kutuktai from Wanhu from Ordos, Nomuda Lagulaqi from Wanhu from Yongshaobu arrived first.
Ren, Anda Khan had no choice but to send his eldest grandson Zalik to take up the post.
However, due to Ada Khan's long life, his eldest son Xinai Huangtaiji is now over sixty years old. In Mongolia, he is completely old. Now his eldest grandson is far away from the Beiyuan Emperor in Chahar.
By the way, if Ada Khan dies suddenly...
Cao Gan vaguely expressed that perhaps the master could choose to support Dacheng Taiji or Zhongjin Hatun's son Butashri to ascend to the throne of Khan over Xin Ai and Zalik.
Gao Pragmatic finally turned his thoughts away from Annan, and carefully recalled the situation in Mongolia. He took Cao Gan's letter and read it carefully again, and then slowly figured it out.
Got the idea.
Anda's death is something that cannot be avoided. This old Khan is already in his seventies. He must have been fighting all his life, just like Ma Fang and Liu Xian. He was covered in injuries and illnesses, but he can survive until now.
It's already amazing.
In history, when did he die? In the ninth year of Wanli, or in the tenth year of Wanli? Gao Pingshi can't remember clearly. Anyway, he only had one year to live at most.
As for the power struggle that will occur after his death, that is certain. It has happened in history, and the current power structure within right-wing Mongolia has not changed much from that in history. The probability of it happening is infinitely high.
Cao Gan thought that there would be a conflict between Dacheng Taiji and Zhongjin Hatun, which slightly surprised Gao Pragmatic.
What surprised him was that not long after the death of An Da, Dacheng Taiji in history accidentally fell off his horse and died while hunting. As a result, there was no obvious fight between him and Sanniangzi, so that he was so pragmatic.
I forgot to consider what would happen if Dachengtai Ji died, but Cao Gan discovered this keenly.
It seems that Lao Cao has made great progress in recent years...
However, we really need to think carefully about the question he raised. After all, falling off a horse to death might just be an accident of history. What if Hannaji didn't get into trouble this time and survived fine?
You know, he, Dacheng Taiji, is quite powerful in the right-wing Mongolia! On the other hand, apart from controlling the Khan Court on a first-come-first-served basis because of Anda's worship of Buddhism and neglect of government in his later years, Sanniangzi's actual strength is not
It was very limited, especially since her child Butashri was young and had not yet received many enfeoffments.
In other words, regardless of Anda's eldest son Xinai Huang Taiji, once Anda dies, Dacheng Taiji will have great strength, and Zhongjin Hatun will have the name of the Khan Court.
Will the two of them fight? It's very possible, because there is already a prerequisite here: Xin Ai is old, and his eldest son Zalik is far away from Tumen Khan. In case of civil strife in Tumen, Tumen Khan
Maybe they would think there was an opportunity and detain or put him under house arrest in left-wing Mongolia to wait for the opportunity.
"Sister-in-law..." Gao pragmatic muttered.
Of course, he didn't have any special thoughts about Zhongjin Hatun, but he thought of the Sanniangzi in history... She was a good friend of the Ming Dynasty, so she was highly praised in many documents of later generations.
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However, Gao Pangshi knew very well that this "loyal friend of the Ming Empire" might be the culprit that caused the grassland hegemony that Anda spent his whole life to build to collapse in just over thirty years.
His nectar is my dove's poison, and vice versa.
This is not pragmatic and pragmatic, it is the fact. After the death of Anda Khan, the eldest son Xin'ai Huang Taiji inherited his father's Khan title, throne and power. Considering that the trade with the Ming Dynasty was always in charge of Zhongjin Hatun,
This was of great importance to the right-wing Mongolia, so he also adopted his father's favorite concubine Zhongjin Hatun as his wife.
Xin Ai and Huang Taiji have been fighting with their father for many years. As long as An Da divides his troops into two groups, if one of them is led by himself, then the other must be Xin Ai. It can be seen that as long as An Da is no longer around, his prestige in the army is unquestionable.
With such prestige, Tumut could have been safe. However, when he came to the throne, he was already over sixty years old, suffering from injuries, and was unable to handle many major government affairs and had difficulty controlling the political situation. As a result, Zhongjin Hatun took the opportunity to manipulate Tumut.
The real power of thousands of households.
Zhongjin Hatun and Amada Khan had a son, Butashri, who was the youngest and least powerful among the sons of Amada Khan. As a mother, Zhongjin Hatun naturally tried her best to help her son obtain the most benefits, even if
is unreasonable.
The direct tribes, Kuku and Tuncheng (clearly known as Guihua City) that Anda Khan personally commanded and owned were all owned by his beloved grandson Dacheng Taiji after his death. As a result, in the second year of Anda Khan's death
, Dacheng Taiji fell from his horse and died while hunting.
Now the trouble was serious. Zhongjin Hatun was afraid that Dacheng Taiji's inheritance would fall into the hands of others. He personally came forward and actively arranged for Dacheng Taiji's widow Dacheng Biji to marry his son Butashri, so that Dacheng Taiji could get Dacheng Taiji's inheritance.
Taiji's inheritance was transferred to Butashri.
But this trick was too obvious, and some nobles led by Qataiji, Anda Khan's confidant, strongly opposed it, which triggered a civil war in Tumote - Qiataiji was loyal to Anda, and he was also loyal to Dachengtaiji.
, he believed that after the death of Dacheng Taiji, his fiefdom should belong to his son.
If they couldn't reach an agreement, they had to fight, so the two sides fought with swords and swords, and many soldiers died in the internal fighting. In the end, it was the eldest son of Huang Taiji who loved Huang Taiji, Chelik, who married Mrs. Dacheng Taiji, and the dispute ended.
However, this was only the first time that Sanniangzi, an old friend of the Ming Dynasty, disrupted Tumote's empire.
In the 14th year of Wanli, Xin'ai Huang Taiji passed away. His eldest son, Cheli, succeeded to the throne. At the same time, he proclaimed himself the third generation King of Shunyi. Zhongjin Hatun, which failed last time, made trouble again and used Chechen Khan to mobilize troops and generals.
The military talisman and the special seal used by King Shunyi to conduct mutual trade with the Ming court were in his own hands, and he claimed to give them to Butashri. Zalik was furious and sent troops to attack, and internal fighting resumed.
This time, the Ming Dynasty court came out to act as peacemaker, and officially conferred the title of "King of Shunyi" on Zhelik, forcing Zhongjinhatun to hand over the military talisman and seal to him. At the same time, it named Zhongjinhatun "Mrs. Zhongshun" and asked her to
He was co-chaired by Zalik and supervised the mutual trade activities between the Mongolian right wing and the Ming Dynasty.
Zalik also made concessions. He gave up Kuku and Tuncheng to Butashri. After two internal fights, Anda Khan's direct lineage was seriously injured, and its control over the 30,000 households on the right was greatly weakened. It also weakened over Qinghai and Hexi.
Corridors and other places are gradually out of reach.
After this rebellion, there was a quiet period for more than ten years. In the thirty-fifth year of Wanli, Chalik passed away. His eldest son, Chao Tu Taiji, had already died before that. And his eldest grandson, Boshitu, was stationed in Qinghai at that time.
After hearing the news of his grandfather's death, he hurriedly returned to Tumut from Qinghai to prepare for the throne of Chechen Khan and Shunyi.
At the time of the change of power, Zhongjin Hatun stepped forward for the third time and decided to carry out the turmoil to the end. This time she came forward to support her grandson, Suangtaiji, the son of Butashri, in launching an uprising and fighting for Tumotevan.
The supreme authority of the household.
Tumut headquarters and even the leaders of the right-wing ministries all believed that Bashtu was the legitimate heir, and they were enemies of Zhongjin Hatun and Su Nang. However, under such a confrontation, Bashtu was unable to ascend the throne. It was not until the third year of Wanli that Bashtu could not ascend the throne.
In the 19th year, Zalik's brother Wulu Huang Taiji contacted 73 Taijis from 30,000 households on the right wing, gathered in Tumut, and unanimously decided to resolutely support Bashtu.
Zhongjinha Tun was frightened by the military threat from the right-wing leader, so he was forced to make concessions and handed over Chechen Khan's military symbols, mounts and the seal of King Shunyi. Soon, Zhongjinhatun, who caused three civil strifes in Tumut ten thousand households,
Only then did Tun leave this world.
However, the matter was not over yet. In the 41st year of Wanli, Bushitu finally officially ascended the throne of Chechen Khan, and the Ming court also recognized him as the fourth generation "King of Shunyi". However, Su Nangtaiji still refused to obey the jurisdiction and repeatedly provoked and caused trouble.
Thousands of households in Tumut were in turmoil.
Gradually, the royal court's orders in Kuku and Tuncheng could only take effect on 10,000 Tumote households, while control over the 30,000 households on the right wing was completely lost, and the tribes in Qinghai, Hexi Corridor and other places no longer obeyed orders.
Anda Khan's hegemony was completely destroyed in the hands of the woman he loved most during his lifetime, just thirty-one years after his death.
Of course, it is still the same sentence, what is his nectar is my dove's poison.
On the other hand, what is the poison of his dove is my nectar.
Gao Pragmatic doesn't care at all whether Anda Khan can maintain his hegemony. What he cares about is the chain reaction caused by this situation.
At that time, compared to the turmoil in right-wing Mongolia, other parts of Mongolia were even worse.
When Dayan Khan divided his sons, the ninth son Geqi Senzha was in charge of Outer Kalkha. In the fifteenth year of Wanli, his third son Abadai, the son of Nuonuohe, met with the Dalai Lama and received the
He was named "The Majestic Wazir Khan" and became the first leader in Mobei Mongolia to have the title of Khan.
From then on, the leaders of the Khalkha tribes successively called themselves Khans. Zhasak Tuhan, Tushetu Khan, and Chechen Khan appeared successively. They were called the "Three Outer Khalkha Khans". They replaced Thumut and began to fight against Oirat.
People carry out conquests.
At this time, the Oirat people were also divided into four major tribes: Heshuote, Junggar, Durbot, and Torgut, forming the "Oirat Alliance". The Heshut tribe was recommended as the leader of the alliance, and the leader of Heshuat Baibaga
Sri Lanka was also granted the title of Khan by the Dalai Lama. The alliance of the four tribes and the three Khan tribes of Outer Khalkha have been at war for many years.
In the 20th year of Wanli, the last Mongolian Khan who could issue orders to various tribes, "Zhasak Tuhan" Tumen passed away, and his son Buyan came to the throne, named "Chechen Khan". The only thing he could control was Chasak Tuhan.
Halwanhu.
Mongolia was in great internal chaos. Although there were "sweats" everywhere, no one could stabilize the situation and reunify.
This seemed to be a good thing for Ming Dynasty, but because of another thing Cao Gan mentioned just now, Gao Pragmatic was worried about whether this thing was really good or fake.
Ten years ago, Gao Pragmatic had already begun to implement his plan to secretly influence and gradually control Mongolia. This included both economic control, such as making Mongolia inseparable from the living supplies provided by the Ming Dynasty through mutual trade; and political control, such as supporting the Ming Dynasty.
Han Naji became a powerful ally of the Ming Dynasty in Mongolia.
As for the third wife, Zhongjin Hatun...she is actually the same as Bhan Naji, who was a disciple of the Ming Dynasty.
But the great chaos in Mongolia is not what Gao Pragmatic wants - he only wants small chaos, because small chaos is enough to ensure that his plan can be implemented, and if it is a big chaos, even if it is successfully implemented, it will be of little use.
Historically, Lin Dan Khan took advantage of the decline of the Mongolian right wing and finally unified Mongolia in name only, but was defeated by Nurhaci and Huang Taiji. In the end, the Mongols became the lackeys of the Manchus.
Of course, various reasons such as the decline of the Ming Dynasty were the final cause of this, but if Mongolia itself had not declined so quickly, how could it have ended up in such a situation?
Therefore, whether Dacheng Taiji or Sanniangzi is a multiple-choice question is difficult to answer.