Gao Pragmatic's statement was difficult for Qataiji to refute face to face, because it is also very common in Mongolia to lead troops to congratulate the successor. In other words, various big Khans and small Khans in Mongolia went to participate in other big Khans and small Khans.
During their enthronement ceremony, quite a few soldiers and horses were often brought along.
In this case, why is it so strange that Gao Pragmatic came to enthrone King Shunyi on behalf of the Ming Emperor and brought some troops with him?
It cannot be said that the envoys of the Ming Dynasty in the past generally did not bring many troops. He was so pragmatic that he could not lead troops. If Qia Taiji objected to this, Gao Pragmatic could directly say "leading troops to show that he attaches importance" to him.
Besides, the succession of King Shunyi is indeed a very important event for both the Ming Dynasty and Tumote. It is not unreasonable to bring troops and horses to celebrate.
Qataiji had no choice but to change the topic, but although he was already considered a wise general among the Mongols, he was still unavoidably direct in his actions and speech, so he went straight to the topic as soon as he opened his mouth: "The imperial envoy is here, I, Tumote
We should have gathered all the ministries to greet us, but the imperial envoy arrived too early... Now, I, Tumote, have not yet decided who will be Chechen Khan. I am afraid that the imperial envoy will have to spend a lot of time in Tumote to wait.
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Oh? I want to come here and wait for you to elect Chechen Khan? Haha...
Historically, the issue of the canonization of King Shunyi by the Ming Dynasty was relatively clear to Gao Pragmatism. If we look at the original history, it is true that the Ming Dynasty first waited for Tumote to elect Chechen Khan on his own before conferring him the title of King Shunyi.
In the original history, King Shunyi was granted the title at the beginning of the Anda Khan, and passed through Huangtaiji, Zhalike, and Bu Mitu Tu, a total of four generations, which lasted for seventy or eighty years.
At the beginning of Anda's tribute ceremony, the Ming Dynasty granted Anda Khan a royal seal in order to "use his power to bind all the tribes" and gave him the power to take charge of the tribute exchange market. It stipulated that the tributes of the three tribes of Xuanda and Hetao were unified by King Shunyi.
Responsible for writing reports and memorials; all rewards were received by King Shunyi and forwarded to the heads of various ministries; the promotion of the heads of each ministry was also requested by King Shunyi when paying tribute, and then the Ming Dynasty dealt with it as appropriate; King Shunyi paid tribute first, and then was allowed to open
city.
In addition, according to the Ming-Mongolian agreement, King Shunyi formulated his own relevant laws. Mongolian tribesmen who violated the tribute market were punished by King Shunyi in accordance with Mongolian law.
In this way, on the one hand, because the King of Shunyi had the power to trade tribute and trade with the Ming Dynasty, having the royal title and the royal seal meant that the King of Shunyi had controlled the power of paying tribute, so he "had the power to control the market and reward", so it also led to
This led to fierce competition within Mongolia for the succession to the Shunyi throne.
On the other hand, as the Mongolian person in charge and host of the tribute city affairs, whether King Shunyi can successfully succeed is directly related to the maintenance of the relationship between Ming and Mongolia and Pinggong City, as well as the stability of the Ming Dynasty's border defense. Therefore, in order to ensure its own interests, the Ming Dynasty
He has also been actively exerting influence and intervention on the successors of King Shunyi.
The story of Sanniangzi’s fourth marriage to King Shunyi has been mentioned before and will not be repeated here. We will only talk about what happened after Bu Shitu and Sanniangzi finally got married.
In June of the year following their marriage, they gathered their tribes to apply for a title from the Ming Dynasty. However, Mrs. Zhongshun, Sanniang, died of illness at this time, and all her bags were robbed of the gold and silver items that Sanniang had given to Bu Shitu, in the hope of being granted a title by the king.
Faced with the complicated situation, the Ming Dynasty sent people to Mongolia. While going out to comfort the mourners, they secretly taught strategies, combined with their different aspirations, and used the interests of the tribute market to restrain each other, put pressure on Su Nang, and made it clear. He said, "I have made an appointment. I will grant you the title of king, and the tribe will return to its heart. If you rebel against the alliance, the three branches and twelve tribes will righteously condemn it. How can I respond? Besides, my heavenly dynasty awards the title in accordance with the order of Er Lun. If you don't listen, it is rebellion." "The Celestial Dynasty" - that is, opposed to Su Nang's attitude of being crowned king, Su Nang was forced to give up.
The role of the Ming Dynasty was just as Tu Zongjun, the governor who personally handled the matter at the time, reported to the Ming court afterwards: "In China, rewards are enough to show gratitude, and punishments and punishments for violating orders are enough to demonstrate. I will seize the opportunity and make good use of it. How dare the barbarians disobey?"
In September, the leaders of various tribes who had ended the dispute gathered together to request a seal for the fortune teller, and the Ming court issued an edict to grant it. However, the fortune teller delayed it until the 41st year of Wanli (1613) in the following year in order to increase the reward. The enthronement ceremony was held in June.
"Sanyun Caozu Kao" records the situation of the successor: "It was scheduled to be entrusted on the ninth day of the sixth lunar month. When the time came, the governor would stand on the upper floor of the horse market and look over the threshold. Tens of thousands of horsemen gathered in Su Nang first, and at noon, the divination The lost rabbit sat under the big banner, and the twelve tribes flew with their birds in the wind, filling the valley and covering the fields, and entered the colorful tent I had set up for the banquet. The story goes, the king of the captives received the edict outside the tent, which was still two miles away from the secret door. They were about to come out of the secret door of Longting. I told Dai Yanchun, the Chinese army officer, and said: "The Heavenly Dynasty has ordered us not to lie down under the city, but to rush to the banquet rashly is unethical." It was very difficult to convey the message to the divination chief, and he did not dare to resist in the end. Then he led all the leaders to squat in front of the Dragon Pavilion, kowtow with their heads, and then return the edict to the pavilion and ride on their horses to lead the way. After the banquet, they kowtowed again and the ceremony was completed."
In this way, although the succession of Bu Shitu had many twists and turns, due to the intervention of many parties in the Ming Dynasty, he was finally succeeded as King of Shunyi until the end of the Ming Dynasty.
From this historical process of the succession of King Shunyi, Gao Pragmatic summed up the following points:
The first is that the process of enthroning the three kings of Huang Taiji, Chalik and Bu Shitu was basically the same. That is, after the death of the former king, Mongolia sent envoys to report to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty offered sacrifices after receiving the report.
First, the tribal leader was succeeded by his eldest son according to the primogeniture system. Later, according to the tribute system with the Ming Dynasty, the king and title of Shunyi should also be inherited by the tribal leader. However, the heir to the title must first marry the Sanniangzi and then gather the heads of the tribes. After discussion and gaining everyone's support, we jointly agreed to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty to request a seal.
The border officials of the Ming Dynasty reported to the court, and the Ming court issued the imperial edict and sent a special person to deliver it to the border. The governor of the Ming Dynasty presided over the enshrinement ceremony. The new king led the heads of various ministries to receive the imperial edict and accept the imperial title at the designated place. Finally, the new king entered the horse and Express thanks.
In this process, the eldest son inherits the position of tribal leader, just like the consultation between the kings of Kuriltai during the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. It should be done in accordance with Mongolian customary law, and the rest of the procedures should be based on the requirements and requirements of the Ming Dynasty. Arrangements were made, and it was through these strict procedures that the Ming Dynasty ensured the smooth succession of the Shunyi throne.
The second is that all kings of Shunyi in the past dynasties inherited the title of Chechen Khan (Secˇenqaγan). According to Mongolian historical records such as "The Origin of Mongolia", in the sixth year of Wanli, Amada Khan met with Tibetan Yellow Sect leader Suonan Gyatso, and the two sides exchanged views with each other. As a gift of titles, the last of the long list of titles given to me by Sonam Gyatso was "Chechen Khan".
This title originates from the title of Khan "Xue Chan" of Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty. The reason is that Anda himself called himself Kublai Khan when he introduced Tibetan Buddhism. From the records of the Ming Dynasty, this title was inherited by his successors.
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In the eleventh year of Wanli, when the Ming Dynasty granted Huang Taiji the title of King of Shunyi, Huang Taiji was already called Chechen Khan. "Huang Taiji's commander Nan Dasu and more than 300 people were on standby to kill Hu Bao. At that time, Huang Taiji also changed his name to Qiqingha..."
…In the seventh month, Huang Taiji paid tribute, but he could not be called a beggar, but he followed what was recorded in the imperial edict.”
Huang Taiji's son, Chalike, was also called Qiqingha. "Wanli Martial Arts Record" records: "At the end of July (the seventeenth year of Wanli), King Qiqingha of Shunyi sent a biography from Changtan to Pinjinshui. Qiqingha is also called Qiqingha.
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"Records of Shenzong" also says that in November of the 17th year of Wanli, "King Qiqingha of Shunyi (i.e. Pullike), Mrs. Zhongshun, General Longhu and Huang Taiji supported the crowd and marched westward."
As for the divination lost rabbit after Zhalik, because it was at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Gao Pingshi did not see any record of him having the title of Qiqingha, but from the above circumstances, it is inferred that this should be the case.
From this point of view, "Chechen Khan" is the exclusive title of the lord of Tumote. After Ada Khan, all those who are in charge of the Tumute tribe also inherit this title.
As the eldest sons and grandsons of Anda Khan, Huang Taiji, Chelik and Bu Shitu were the heirs of the lords of the Tumote tribe at that time. They all had the title of "Qiqingha".
Within Mongolia, they called Qiqingha the Lord of Tumote. The Ming Dynasty conferred the title of King Shunyi and recognized him as the Lord of Tumote.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty recorded that Huang Taiji had changed his name to Qiqingha before paying tribute, and Chelik had "proclaimed himself king" before accepting the Ming Dynasty's imperial edict. This is self-evident, because it is unimaginable that the Ming Dynasty would edict a person who had not become a king.
A man from the Lord of Tumut will be the king of Shunyi.
In this sense, the inheritance of the Shunyi king actually became the inheritance and confirmation of the Tumut lords. From the above process, it can be seen that the attitude of the Ming Dynasty directly or indirectly affected the succession of the Tumut lords.
The lords of the Tumut tribe became the co-leaders of the right wing in a certain sense, and this has been passed down for generations since Ada Khan.
What Qataiji said at this time was to make it pragmatically clear to Gao: Choosing who to be Chechen Khan is an internal matter of our Tumote. Although Ming Dynasty is the "leader", you should not interfere in this matter.
However, Gao Pragmatism is obviously not as "honest" as the Ming Dynasty in history.
So he smiled and said: "Whoever becomes Chechen Khan is naturally Tumote's own business, and it should be decided by the Tumute people themselves, but..."
He was afraid that everything would fail, and Qataiji's heart suddenly became anxious.
Sure enough, Gao Pragmatic smiled lightly: "One thing I must remind you is that if the Ming Dynasty cannot recognize Chechen Khan's candidate, Chechen Khan will not be canonized by King Shunyi - in other words, he will be someone who cannot be controlled.
Chechen Khan who has the right to exchange tribute and trade."
At this point, Gao Pragmatic looked directly into Chaterji's eyes and asked word for word: "Can today's Tumut people accept such a Chechen Khan?"