Chapter 042: Feeding People Like Gods (Part II)
Gao Shiji's decision to marry Zhongjin Hatun is itself based on the fact that the Mongols have such a tradition, since he Gao can associate this with someone, how could Chataiji, a Mongolian lord, not think of it?
Even Gao Pragmatic did not specifically explain that the Jinghua Trading Company acted in concealment, and they just ran back and forth between Dacheng Taiji's Dabansheng Castle and Fengzhou Chuanwangting in such a big way.
And Xin Ai sent someone to tell Chataiji, saying that Dacheng Taiji had concentrated all his troops and troops in Dabansheng City, and Zhongjin Hatun also used the Great Khan's Shunyi King Seal Letter [Given by the Ming Court, I really used this as a token, and even later Shunyi kings such as Qiqingha and Pullik used this in history. Mobilize all the Great Khan's personal guards around the royal court to the royal court of Toyoshu River.
Now the strength of both of them has been gathered in Dabansheng City and Fengzhou River, with a total strength of at least sixty or seventy thousand cavalry, and the number of troops is even more.
When Chataiji heard this, he was in a cold sweat behind his back, and his clothes were soaked with sweat all at once.
Because Xin Ai's envoy made it clear that Xin Ai Huang Taiji was the rightful heir of the Great Khan, and he would never accept anyone else as the Great Khan or the king of Shunyi.
Tumut is going to civil war!
Civil war, what a terrible word! After Genghis Khan unified Mongolia, the Mongols had long understood the importance of unity, but unfortunately it was ...... later
Now Mongolia is already a divided Mongolia, the Great Khan has worked hard for decades to make Tumut control such a vast grassland, and the strength is even better than that of the Chahar Department where the Great Yuan Emperor is located, and now the Great Khan's bones are not cold, is Tumut going to fall into another split, and the hegemony of the Great Khan will also disappear?
Chataiji shuddered.
This is by no means what the Great Khan wants to see, so he must stop it!
But how to stop it?
Stop Xin from loving Huang Taiji? He was the eldest son of the Great Khan, and although the Great Khan did not leave a word, saying that he would pass on the throne to Xin Ai Huang Taiji, the eldest son inherited it...... This is the rule set by Dayan Khan.
Besides, Xin Ai Huang Taiji has made it clear that he will not back down, how can he persuade him? What happens if you can't be persuaded? There will still be a fight.
Chataiji is not afraid of fighting, even if the other party is Xin Ai, even if Xin Ai's strength is stronger than him, that can't make Chataiji feel afraid. What Chataiji is afraid to see is only the civil war itself. Because no matter which side loses, in the final analysis, it is the loss of the Tumut Division.
Tumut was able to control the East and West Sets, not in any name - Tumut was one of the "30,000 households" divided by Dayan Khan, isn't it the Ordos Department? Why do I have to listen to you in the Ordos Department?
Because of strength, because of prestige.
I was able to control the Ordos Department, and its fundamental reliance was on strength, and then prestige.
After the death of the Great Khan, there was not much left of the prestige itself, and if Tumut's strength had declined significantly, wouldn't the Ordos Ministry have any ideas? They may even think, if you can get a king of Shunyi, can't I, Woerdusi, also get a king?
Speaking of which, Altan Khan was able to control Ordos Wanhu because his brother Ji Nang ignored government affairs in his later years, and after Ji Nang's death, the actual main thing was his grandson Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji admired his uncle and grandfather I Da, so Ordos Wanhu really obeyed my orders. However, if you have to look at it systematically, the status of Ordos Wanhu is not lower than that of Tumut Wanhu.
Therefore, he can neither convince Xin Ai, nor can he go to war with Xin Ai.
What about Daesung Taeji and Jong Kim Hatun?
Worse.
Dacheng Taiji will not listen to him, because in the eyes of Dacheng Taiji, Daming is his biggest backer; And Zhong Jin Hatun needless to say, he also has such thoughts.
Chataiji thought about it, the only person who could dispel Dacheng Taiji's idea of snatching the throne of the Great Khan was the Ming Dynasty, and the person who could directly decide or greatly influence the decision of the Ming Emperor in Yanjing City was the plenipotentiary envoy Gao Shipra.
Chataiji also has business dealings with Jinghua, but it is obviously not as close to Jinghua as Dacheng Taiji and Zhong Jin Hatun, so Chataiji dispelled the idea of relying on "pulling relations" to go through the high-level pragmatic path from the beginning.
It is impossible to buy, Gao Pragmatic is the owner of Jinghua Trading Company, to what extent is he rich, Chataiji can't even think about it, what can he do to buy people? Maybe they want to buy him in turn.
Then we can only demonstrate first, and then move with emotion and reason.
The idea is very good, but it's a pity that Gao Pragmatic understands Chataiji too thoroughly, and Chataiji's understanding of Gao Pragmatic is too thorough, he only knows that Gao Pragmatic is very good at business, very good at reading, and seems to be very good at being an official...... But if you ask him something more specific, he won't know.
After all, Chataiji did not have such an unrealistic idea of controlling the Ming Dynasty, and only with high pragmatism could he have a grand vision of controlling Mongolia.
As a result, Chataiji's plan failed at the beginning, and the demonstration went well on his side, but if you look at the performance of the Illumination Army, especially the Chin Cha himself, there is no doubt that it was a complete failure.
Whether it was six thousand iron horsemen in formation, or hundreds of elite horsemen charging fiercely, Gao Pragmatic was not afraid.
Chataiji had no choice but to pretend not to know and stepped forward to participate.
If you lose, you don't lose on the battlefield, but you lose on the people and things.
He didn't know how Gao Shishi was indifferent to the Mongolian cavalry in front of him at such an age, after all, in his impression, the Ming people had always been very afraid of the Mongolian cavalry, and the vast majority of people only dared to hide in the city and tremble, and only a few heroic generals such as Ma Fang and Ma Gui dared to raise troops out of the city to fight with them.
I can't imagine that a young civil official would have such courage!
But Chataiji was still a little unconvinced, he still felt that there must be not enough of his subordinates, if all the forces of Tumut were concentrated here, more than 100,000 iron horsemen were in front of the battle, no matter how bold Gao Shi was, he would definitely be afraid.
It's a pity that Dacheng Taiji, Zhong Jin Hatun and Xin Ai Huang Taiji, no one will listen to him. Otherwise, Tumut would be united, and Gao Pragmatic would have been able to canonize the king of Shunyi according to the results of Tumut's own election.
Therefore, after showing respect to the emperor's envoy, Chataiji still wanted to show the might of Tumut, and said with a straight face: "Since the envoy is here to perform the canonization ceremony, I don't know why he wants to bring this full 5,000 cavalry?" Do you think that a mere 5,000 cavalry will be enough to make me fearful? ”
"Is it enough, or is it just a mere one?" Gao Shishi smiled: "However, it doesn't matter whether it's enough or not, the purpose of these five thousand cavalry is just to celebrate the succession of the new King Shunyi." ”
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