How to deal with the surrender of the 6,000 Chahar troops is a big or small matter. Gao Pragmatic really needs to think about it for a while before making a decision.
In fact, the fact that Magui and Qataiji each took in three thousand surrendered troops can explain some problems.
Ma Gui took the three thousand surrendered troops in his hands, definitely out of the consideration of "offering prisoners of the capital", not only to save the face of the Ming Dynasty, but also to gain credit for himself; Qia Taiji was more direct, presumably for the sake of
Strengthen one's own strength - this self can be either himself or the entire Tumut.
Now that Gao Wusheng's prestige is strong, it is not impossible to force Chaterji to hand over the prisoners, but doing so will easily lead to Tumut's centrifugal tendency, which will conflict with his own plan to win over him. Moreover, Chaterji is in this situation.
His meritorious service in the Monan War can be said to be unparalleled to that of Tumote. It would be too ugly to forcefully take the prisoners from his hands.
If we directly distribute it according to the actual situation of Ma Gui and Chaterji each receiving 3,000 prisoners, it is actually not very appropriate. The main reason is that the battle in which Ma Gui obtained these 3,000 prisoners was fought with the remnants of Xin Ai.
, and it was obtained after Qataiji exhausted the opponent. The Ming army itself did not contribute in this battle.
Gao pragmatic thought about it and decided to use these three thousand captives as a favor. After all, these three thousand people were sent to the Ming Dynasty, and they were dedicated to the Ancestral Temple, and they got nothing except three thousand heads.
In this case, it is better to give it to Tumut to make up for part of their losses in the Monan War. The three thousand men of Qataiji can be kept for himself, which is regarded as a reward for his great service. Ma Gui has it on hand.
The three thousand can be given directly to Han Naji and let him distribute them to the various ministries participating in the war for replenishment.
Of course, Ma Gui would not dare to disobey orders in this way, but Gao Pragmatic still had to give some benefits. The reward for Ma Gui depended on the court's deliberation and the emperor's decision, but Gao Pragmatic, as the civil servant who directly commanded Ma Gui, had great suggestions on this
Quan, so he simply called Ma Gui and told him directly that he should hand over the three thousand people to Han Naji for disposal. Gao Pragmatic Association proposed to promote Ma Gui to the rank of commander-in-chief when he went to the imperial court.
Chengxun is the deputy commander-in-chief.
Ma Gui didn't have any objections to this, mainly because the things he had been worried about before were relieved by Gao Pragmatic - the Ma family already had a general soldier, Ma Jin.
If the Ma family has another chief soldier, in terms of official position alone, it will even surpass the Li family of Tieling. After all, "East Li Xima" and the Li family only have Li Chengliang himself as the chief soldier, and Li Rusong is still "temporary" in the Shenji camp.
"Exercise". Even if Li Rusong made a great contribution to killing Dong Fox this time, he was just a general soldier, and the Ma family could still compete with the Li family.
What's more, the Ma family also has Ma Chengxun, the younger generation's deputy commander. Overall, it can still have a slight advantage over the Li family - of course, the Ma family has fewer servants than the Li family, but this is another aspect.
Something's happened.
After dealing with Ma Gui's side, Gao pragmatically called for Han Naji and Chaterji, and did not mention continuing to pursue Tumen. He would definitely not be able to catch up anyway, so let him go.
Gao pragmatic first told them the decision to deal with the prisoners. After hearing this, both of them relaxed, looked at each other, and stepped forward together to express their gratitude.
Gao Pingshi accepted it with a smile, and then said: "Now that this matter has been settled, the Tumen side will probably be able to calm down for a few years. The overall situation on the Tumote side has been decided. The Monan war has come to an end. So what was discussed before
Two good things should be done. One is, Brother Naji, you must marry Zhongjin Hatun as soon as possible, and the other is to convene a Kuritai Conference immediately after the marriage to inherit the throne of Chechen Khan."
Han Naji was naturally delighted and nodded his head in approval.
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "By the way, there is a little happy event that I can tell Brother Na Ji in advance."
Han Naji looked happy and asked, "I wonder what's going on?"
Gao pragmatically said: "This time the canonization of King Shunyi will take back the previous King's Seal of Shunyi and grant a new seal again, and this time the King's Seal is a real gold-plated silver seal."
Han Naji was overjoyed when he heard this. He stepped forward and bowed solemnly to express his gratitude. Gao pragmatically helped him up with a smile.
It was just a seal, so why was Naji so grateful? There is a bit of history to this matter.
Previously, when Anda was first granted the title of King of Shunyi, there was a book with an edict, but no seal. The later "Wanli Martial Arts Record" recorded: "The Taishi was sent to present a gold book, and Anda was granted the title of King of Shunyi, and the edict was given.
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When Wang Chonggu was drafting the tribute matters, he determined that I should be given a gold-plated silver seal for the title of king, but it was not awarded when the title was conferred in the fifth year of Longqing. Therefore, in May of the following year, Wang Chonggu asked for four things for Anda Khan.
One is to "ask for the king's seal, just like the previous dynasty's loyalty and obedience to the king."
At that time, the Ministry of War convened with the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Rites and discussed: "The seal of the King of Shunyi should be cast as recommended in ancient times, and all seals should be sealed with the seal of Gongjin." Gao Gong also supported it, and Longqing naturally agreed, but for some unknown reason, the seal was given this time.
The decision was not implemented.
In April of the first year of Wanli, King Anda 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 sent it to the Governor-General to listen to my answer."
"Only leader". In this way, Anda Khan obtained the royal seal of Shunyi two years after being granted the title of king.
According to these records, the Shunyi King's Seal agreed to be issued by the Ming Dynasty was the same gold-plated silver seal as the Hami Zhongshun King's Seal. However, in Zheng Luo's "Fuyi Chronicles" there is a record of "Answer to the original seal of the King that is not tied to gold"
, there are some different situations:
(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 revealed that 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 clearly told future generations that the Shunyi King's Seal claimed by the Ming Dynasty and regarded as a golden seal by Mongolia was actually a gold-plated copper seal. For this reason, Anda Khan even sent envoys to negotiate with Zheng Luo, the Ming Governor-General of Xuanda.
He negotiated, asking for a gold seal in exchange and for the person responsible to be punished, but Zheng Luo casually dealt with it.
So, what exactly should the King’s Seal of Shunyi look like?
According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty" and "Ming Huidian", when printed in the Ming Dynasty, the prince's book was made of gold, with a turtle-shaped gold seal, and the prince's was printed with a gold-plated silver book, with a silver seal. The first rank of a hundred officials, the second rank, a straight silver seal, and the third rank or less.
It is a copper seal, the general's seal is a tiger-niu silver seal, and the general, governor, governor and garrison are Zhi-niu Tongguan defense.
There are three levels of foreign royal seals: gold seal, gold-plated silver seal, and silver seal.
Among the foreign royal seals awarded by the Ming Dynasty, Goryeo had the highest grade, which was the gold seal of the turtle button, followed closely by King Bailin of Tubo, who had the gold seal of the camel button, and Annan and Champa had the gold-plated silver seal of the camel button;
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 that there is still a clear distinction between gold, silver and copper. What Zheng Luo said is indeed a "casual answer", because there is no gold-plated copper seal in the king's seal, which means that the bullying Mongolians have a poor understanding of these things, so
Only then can it be fooled.
Therefore, if the seal of a foreign vassal is followed, the King of Shunyi's seal should at least be a gold-plated silver seal; if it is based on the seal of a prince and a hundred officials, the King's Seal of Shunyi should also be a gold-plated silver seal or a silver seal. There is no reason for a gold-plated copper seal.
However, what the Ming Dynasty actually awarded to Anda Khan was a gold-plated copper seal. The gold seal changed to a copper seal. Did the Ming Dynasty intentionally reduce the size and level of King Shunyi by lowering the seal, or was it random by the directors?
Private exchange will be an unsolved mystery sealed in the dust of history in later generations.
Now, Gao Pragmatic is not interested in investigating how the Shunyi King's Seal currently in Zhongjin Hatun's hands deteriorated. However, he has personally informed the Ministry of Industry that this time the Shunyi King's Seal cannot be played with tricks and must be given according to the system.
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Han Naji knew that there was a problem with the seal of King Shunyi last time, but Ming Dynasty refused to admit it at the time, and he had no choice. Who knew that Gao Pragmatic could even take care of such "little things", how could he not feel
Happy and grateful?
After all the matters have been discussed, the Battle of Monan has truly come to an end. The next step is to take advantage of the victory to go through the process...