Kaiyuan, the Yuan Dynasty was "Kaiyuan", after the Ming Dynasty Ding Ge, in order to avoid the name of Taizu, Liu Bowen suggested that it be changed to Kaiyuan, which did not change the sound of the original name, but also changed its pioneering and pioneering, grand and majestic shore, auspicious and healthy meaning.

Taizu allowed it, and with its Liaobei Xiongcheng, set up 30,000 guards here in the 21st year of Hongwu (the first year was set up in Duoli, that is, near Huichun in Jilin in the later world, and transferred to Kaiyuan in the following year), and in the 26th year of Hongwu, Liaohaiwei was originally set up in Niuzhuang to this place.

In Liaodong, the setting of two guards in this place made the garrison of Kaiyuan second only to Liaoyang and Guangning, and became an important town alongside Jinzhou and Shenyang.

On the second day of the second month of February, the dragon raised its head.

Cao Yan, the governor of Liaodong and the deputy chief military officer of Liaoyang, arrived in Kaiyuan to inspect the affairs of the border and the horse market, and rectified the affairs of Kaiyuan and Tuntian Ma Zheng and the military preparation of Wang Mian, and Yang Yuan, the general of the Kaiyuan and other places, went to the outside of the city to greet Gao Shishi and his party.

There was also a special person who accompanied him, Huang Zhiting, the deputy envoy of Annan tribute, the special envoy for trade of the Annam Metropolitan Command and the envoy of Haidong Town.

Huang Zhiting's two titles before and after were already there, but the newly added "Trade Envoy of the Annan Metropolitan Unified Division" in the middle was temporarily added after arriving in Liaoyang under the instruction of Gao Shishi, for the simple reason of obtaining a reason to stay in Liaodong temporarily.

Anyway, any name of the Annan Metropolitan Command can be used casually, not to mention that no one will ask Mo Maoqia thousands of miles away, even if someone really goes, Mo Maoqia will not dare not admit Gao Pragmatic's decision.

Gao pragmatic came to open the plains, under the guise of inspecting the military equipment and the horse market, since he inspected the horse market, Huang Zhiting, the so-called trade envoy, of course, can also have a reason to come - to see if there are any goods that can be traded.

However, a pretense is a pretense after all, and Gao Shi's real intention here is to mediate the dispute between Yehe and Hada.

However, having said that, this mediation, in fact, Gao Pragmatic is not optimistic at all, because he knows that in the current situation, Ye He's two Beile Qingjiatong and Yang Jitong will definitely not accept this mediation.

The time is also, the momentum is also.

What is the situation around Liaodong today?

The left and right guards of Jianzhou were disabled by the Ming Dynasty, and none of the five departments of Jianzhou could gather 5,000 soldiers and horses - jokes, let alone 5,000, none of the five departments of Jianzhou could take out 3,000 soldiers and horses, not a single one.

At present, there is only one Dong Ebu who can take out 2,000 soldiers and horses, and most of the rest can only gather more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, at most about 1,500, and like Nurhachi, the theoretical leader of the Suke Suhu Department, because the internal has not yet been unified, there are only about five or six hundred troops under his hands.

Now that the two guards on the left and right of Jianzhou add up to less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, the relative Haixi Jurchen is much stronger.

First of all, the Haixi Jurchen covers an area that is three or four larger than the Jianzhou Jurchens, and such a large territory is only divided into four, which is the so-called Haixi Fourth Department or Hulun Fourth Division.

Secondly, although there are also differences in strength between the four Jurchen divisions in Haixi, the weakest can easily gather three or four thousand soldiers and horses, and the strongest of them, the Yehe Division, is only a "relatively standing" force of about 8,000 troops, and at the same time, because of its close proximity to the Mongol tribes, the cavalry of this department alone has reached more than 3,000, which can be described as the most powerful Jurchen tribes.

Thirdly, Yehebu recently took advantage of the illness and death of Wang Tai, the "Great Khan" of the Hada Division, the first major Jurchen department, and internal strife, to defeat Hada and take away at least one-third of Hada's territory, and now he is still planning further plans.

In the end, Ye Hebu also has two major helpers: the braised rabbit department that cracked out of the fried flower part, and the trance Taisuo department that occupies part of the old land of Fuyuwei [Note: I originally thought I should talk about the history of the trance Tai part, but after thinking about it, there are no thousands of words that can't be explained, so forget it, interested readers check it for themselves].

The strength of these two Mongolian tribes is not bad, on the side of the Boiling Rabbit, the tribe has more than 10,000 people, of which the main force is three or four thousand elite cavalry - it was supposed to be a little stronger, but he lost a lot in southern Liaoning, resulting in a decline in strength; The trance Tai side did not suffer a big loss in southern Liaoning, so there were about 20,000 people in the whole area, including about 5,000 elite cavalry.

This means that the strength of Ye He's alliance with the Boiling Rabbit and the Trance Tai is as high as 17,800, especially if Ye He is willing, he can temporarily recruit more soldiers and horses, so that the entire alliance can reach a maximum of about 20,000 troops.

It can be said that unless Da Ming is determined to fight, Ye He can completely go sideways in the northeast direction of Liaodi with such strength.

And judging from the current attitude of Yehebe, it seems that they do intend to go sideways.

After the death of two "Great Khans" in a row (see above), Sister Wen, the concubine of the old Khan Wangtai, now pushed out her son Menggebulu and asked the Ming to be canonized, which Gao Pragmatic had agreed on behalf of the emperor - the attitude of the border ministers of the Ming Dynasty on this kind of matter is generally not refuted by the imperial court (mainly because the imperial court does not attach much importance to the Jurchens and usually relies more on the judgment of the border ministers), and at the same time, Gao Pragmatic sent a message to the Yehe Ministry, asking the Yehe Bube to stop invading Hada, and the contradiction between the two ministries was handed over to the Ming Dynasty to mediate.

However, Yeh refused.

In fact, in the original history, Daming also came forward to mediate the dispute between Hada and Ye He, and Ye He also refused, which is not surprising, because Qing Jiatong and Yang Jitong have a better understanding of Daming's situation, and after using troops repeatedly, it is basically impossible for Daming to continue to launch a big war with them.

There is no battle of Monan in history, there is no battle of Liaonan, Li Chengliang mainly fought with Sujianghai in this year or so, and then added a battle to pacify Gulezhai, so Liaodong has lost the residual strength to continue to forcibly conquer Ye He, so of course it is not to mention now - this is Ye He's confidence.

Therefore, just when Gao Shi made a plan, Ye He's two Baylors, Braised Rabbit and Trance Tai, continued to snatch the territory of the Hada Department from village to village, and at the same time asked Daming to allow Ye He, Braised Rabbit and Trance Tai to enter the Kaiyuan Horse Market for trade.

The first thing Gao Pragmatic did when he came to Kaiyuan this time was to send an envoy to Ye He, telling them that he was willing to consider the matter of mutual market, and asked Qing Jiatong and Yang Jitong to come to Kaiyuan in person to discuss the details of the mutual market with him.

When the news reached Yehe, the two city lords Baylor hurriedly summed it up.

Qing Jiatong means that Gao Pragmatic is different from other Liaofu before, although this person is famous, he is also a person who likes to do business, otherwise there would be no famous Jinghua, so he thinks that Gao Pragmatic is willing to discuss the details of the mutual market with them, which should be more credible.

Yang Jitong agreed with Qing Jiatong's judgment that Gao Shishi "likes to do business", but he still had some doubts, mainly because he felt that the object to be discussed in this mutual market was not only Ye He, but also the key was to catch up with the two Mongolian tribes of Braised Rabbit and Trance Tai.

To say that Gao Pragmatic is too likely to be in a trance, Yang Jitong can basically believe it, but to say that Gao Pragmatic has no other thoughts about Stewed Rabbit, Yang Jitong feels that it is not very reliable.

Although the battle was ultimately a big loss for fried flowers, and the rabbit lost some of his subordinates, but it was a big victory for Gao Pragmatic, but in Yang Jiyan's view, isn't this hatred still planted?

It stands to reason that Gao Pragmatic should be eager for the Stewed Rabbit to die sooner at this time, why didn't he mention the issue of the Stewed Rabbit in his reply?

Although Qing Jiatong felt that Yang Jiping's worry was also reasonable, he took into account another situation, and said that maybe the Mingren didn't understand the internal situation of the fried flower department at all, and the stewed rabbit may not have a good reputation in the Mingren, and Gao Pragmatic didn't know this guy at all, so he didn't take him seriously.

In particular, Qing Jiatong also mentioned Li Chengliang, he said that Li Chengliang must know about the stewed rabbit, but Li Chengliang and Gao Pragmatic are not in harmony, which is already a well-known situation in Liaodong, so from Li Chengliang's point of view, he may want to see Gao Pragmatic and make it clear, and it is completely possible not to make it clear from Gao Pragmatic.

Yang Jitong couldn't think of any other reason, so he had to agree with this judgment.

Of course, more importantly, Ye He went to loot and occupy Hada, on the one hand, of course, in order to occupy more territory, but in fact, the more important aspect is to snatch the edict in the hands of the Hada Ministry, so as to increase the "trade volume" between Ye He and the Ming Dynasty - as I said before, the rise of the Hada Ministry Wangtai is based on the obedience to the Ming Dynasty, so the Hada Ministry really took a lot of edicts from the Ming Dynasty a few years ago.

Therefore, regardless of whether Yang Jitong still has doubts in his heart, now that Gao Shishi is willing to talk, then he and Qing Jiatong have to go to Kaiyuan no matter what they say.

After all, the mutual market is the foundation of strength, Ye He wants to replace Hata as the leader of the Jurchen Alliance, it is not enough to snatch the edicts, they must also persuade or force the Ming to recognize the legitimacy of these edicts, if the Ming Dynasty does not admit it directly, then they are just grabbing a batch of waste paper, isn't it in vain that so much effort?

So Yang Jitong first tentatively proposed that it was okay for him and Qingjiatong to go to Kaiyuan, but the two departments of Boiling Rabbit and Trance Tai should also send people to follow, because they were also a party to this negotiation.

However, this time, Gao pragmatic and neatly refused, and sent a message to Ye He that surprised and delighted them.

Gao pragmatic said: The batch of edicts that you Yehe got from the Hada Ministry were specially issued by the imperial court to the Jurchen tribes, and they have nothing to do with the Mongols.

It was not impossible for the Mongols to come to Kaihara Mashi, but they could only come under the supervision and guarantee of Yehe, so they did not need to be involved in this matter. As for how to negotiate this matter between you and the Mongols, that is your own problem, and I will not ask any questions.

This is a very clever approach, Ye He and the two Baylors immediately believed it, and laughed three times in unison - this means that in the future, if Boiling Rabbit and Trance want to trade with Da Ming, they must go through Ye He's hand, and this hand means that they will have to look at Ye He's face to act.

Ye He's strength is a little stronger than that of Braised Rabbit and Trance Tai, but the two Baylors know that if Braised Rabbit and Trance Tai join forces, Ye He will still be at a disadvantage, but once there is this advantage in the mutual market, Ye He is not afraid of them - this hand is very pragmatic and controls the style of Tumut: if you master the economic base, you will master the superstructure, and they will not be able to throw a mouse.

In this case, Qing Jiatong and Yang Jitong did not hesitate anymore and immediately prepared to go to Kaiyuan.

However, Yang Jitong was still more cautious, thought about it, and finally decided that he couldn't follow it lightly, and he had to go with great fanfare.

Yang Jitong said to Qing Jiaping: "My brothers and sisters have worked hard for 20 years, and finally have today's situation, this is not only a simple discussion, but also must take this opportunity to let the Jurchen tribes know our strength, let them know that even if it is the Ming Dynasty, they have to sell us face!" Besides, bring more people and horses, so that Da Ming will not underestimate you and my brother! ”

Qing Jiatong felt that this statement was very reasonable, and immediately agreed: "Okay, you and my brother each bring a thousand elite cavalry, I heard that the Kaiyuan side is full of guards, only the Kaiyuan general Yang Yuan has 500 cavalry in his hands, and we bring 2,000 people, which is enough for Yang Yuan not to dare to act rashly." ”

Yang Jitong laughed and said, "Yang Yuan would not have acted rashly - Ah Hun, don't forget, that Yang Yuan is Uncle Li's person, not this Gao Futai's person, whether Gao Futai's order is good or not here in Yang Yuan, no one can say!" His 500 cavalry is now an ornament, and as long as we don't go to open the original, I expect him to stay still. ”

Qing Jiatong was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately did not hesitate, and immediately went to dispatch troops.

And just when Qing Jiatong and Yang Jitong were happily dispatching troops and preparing to go to Kaiyuan to establish the name of their two brothers as the Jurchen lord, another Jurchen tribal leader also entered Liaodong with 300 elite soldiers from Fushun Pass, all the way to the north, and went straight to Kaiyuan.

This Jurchen tribe is called the Suke Suhu Division, and its leader is none other than Nurhachi, the commander of the Jianzhou Left Guard personally promoted by Gao Futai!

At this time, Nurhachi was actually very grateful to Gao Pragmatic, and the reason for his gratitude was that Gao Pragmatic promoted him to be the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou.

This question must be explained slightly: it stands to reason that Takshi was dead at that time, and according to the regulations, his position could be inherited by his son, that is, his son inherited his father's business, so there was no problem in Gao Shishi's promotion of Nurhachi to become the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou.

But in fact, according to the practice of the Jurchens at this time, Nurhachi, as the eldest son, should not inherit the position of commander of the left guard of Jianzhou, or the possibility of inheritance is not very large.

Why? This is because the Jurchens are more accustomed to the "young son inheritance system" that has been handed down from the early Mongol period than the Han "primogeniture" system (this issue has already been explained in the writing of Tumut).

Comparatively speaking, the primogeniture system is to better maintain the stability, inheritance, and order of the family, and the young son ownership system is also very easy to understand: parents prefer the youngest child, because usually the youngest child is young, so the general ability is a little worse, and the main thing here is that the parents love the younger son, so they give the property to the younger son, without considering too many other aspects.

Takshi's first wife gave birth to four children, one of whom died young, and three more, including Nurhachi, Shulhaqi, and Yarhaqi. But when Takshi died, his youngest son was Bayara, the son of his second wife, Nurhachi's stepmother, and according to Jurchen custom, this son should have succeeded him.

But Gao pragmatic did not choose Bayara, he still chose Nurhachi, and even "disregarded" future threats, why is this?

Because Bayala was only a seven-year-old child at this time, could this orphan and widow be in charge of the already declining Jianzhou Left Guard? The answer is obvious, when the time comes, it must be a struggle for power and profit.

But then again, this is also the situation that Nurhachi faced after taking office, so what is the difference between the two?

There is a difference.

Bayara's mother is the adopted daughter of Yehe Lao Baylor, and theoretically speaking, she is the younger sister of Qing Jia Tong and Yang Ji Tong.

For Da Ming, the standard for dealing with Jurchen affairs is very simple: to help the weak and attack the strong, whoever is the strongest will hit and suppress whom, so Ye He, who has defeated Hada, is now considered half an enemy, so how can Ye He's forces continue to grow bigger and stronger, and continue to bring greater threats to Liaodong?

And the orphan and widow of Jianzhou Zuowei, Bayara's mother is the daughter of Ye He, how could Qingjiatong and Yang Jiyan, who are uncles, stand by and not help their little nephew take care of Jianzhou Zuowei?

Take care of it, this Jianzhou Zuowei is only afraid that his surname is Ye He, and this Northeast Tiger has rightfully intervened in the Jianzhou Jurchen, and the Jianzhou Jurchen has many tribes and scattered forces, and now there is no leader recognized by everyone like Wang Gao, a typical leaderless state of the dragons, how can it resist Ye He's annexation?

At that time, Ye He himself was the top spot of the Haixi Jurchen, and then turned to unify the state, and the power was big, and then he took advantage of the situation to turn back and attack the other three departments of Haixi, which could not be caught, but as long as the Ming Dynasty did not intervene strongly, it would be nine out of ten.

So for Gao Pragmatic, Nurhachi is at most a potential threat, and his current strength is actually not worth mentioning at all, and Yehe is already a threat on the table now, as long as his strength is not controlled, there will soon be a qualitative change, how can this be ignored?

Oh, Nurhachi unifies the Jurchens and can't bear it, and Yehe unifies the Jurchens and can endure it?

Are you kidding! Nurhachi now has only a few hundred soldiers!

In history, he unified the Jurchens after the Ming Dynasty fought three major expeditions in a row, and it took more than twenty or thirty years to do it when there was no spare energy to deal with him, and Ye He's current situation is clear, if the Ming Dynasty does not interfere, they will be able to end up in three or five years, and in more than ten years, they will be able to unify the Jurchens!

Is this okay? Can this kill Nurhachi first?

Apparently not.

Nurhachi doesn't die Gao pragmatic doesn't care, but under the premise that he can't mobilize a large number of Jiading to Liaodong, as long as Yehe is not controlled for a day, Nurhachi can't die for a day!

Jianzhou Wei was originally the most used chess piece of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, although he was later taught by the Ming Dynasty for decades because he was not very obedient, and he cultivated a Hada Department by the way, but at the moment the Hada Department is obviously weak, if the Jianzhou side is not good to use it, will the court spend a lot of money to let the Ming personally go down and fight with Ye He again?

Three big battles a year, I'm afraid this Ming is not going to sell his kidney.

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