Chapter 606: The Mongols of the Heavenly Daoist Sect and the Confused Golden Horde
When Baoyin and his busy brother Timur arrived at the tent of the king of Haidu together, Haidu Khan, who was burly and like an iron tower, was sitting on the bed of Hu and reading a copy of the "Taiyi Bright Sutra" in Mongolian. This was given to him by Baoyin after his personal translation, his fief was in the Western Regions, and the Mongolian king, who had never been to the Central Plains, could not read Chinese characters.
"Baoyin, are you fighting with people again?" Haidu looked at his cousin, who was a little violent, and asked with a smile.
The Heavenly Daoist Sect and the Heavenly Fang Sect in the city of Haiab fought and fought every once in a while, and he, the King of Khan, knew about it. But I didn't care...... His most traditional Mongol is naturally different from the Han people, fighting is a fart, and killing people is a trivial matter, as long as you don't dismantle Haijili.
Bao Yin patted the steel armor on his body, then pointed to the busy brother Timur next to him, and said with a wry smile: "I met him before I made a move, and he said a big, bad thing." Brother Haidu, you sent someone to call me back to Hai Zhu Li because of this, right? β
"Yes." Haidu glanced at the servants in the king's tent, it was an order, and the attendants all bowed down and stepped back. In the king's tent of Nuoda, only Haidu, Baoyin, and busy brother Timur were left.
"You may be seated."
Haidu then pointed to the two low tables in the tent that were already stocked with mare's milk wine, cheese, roast meat, and naan. Now that it's time to eat, the three of them happened to talk while eating.
Seeing that Baoyin and Busy Brother Timur had already taken their seats, Haidu sighed and said, "The Great Khan was defeated in the Central Plains!" Great Mongolia...... Lost the Central Plains! β
Then, Haidu set his sights on Baoyin. A flash of surprise flashed across Bao Yin's face, and he immediately regained his composure. There is no joy or anger. Haidu nodded, he had already seen that Baoyin Temur was good at disguise.
He paused. And again: "According to the detailed report, the Great Khan did not lose his army. He also had at least 120,000 Mongol troops and 30,000 Han Chinese troops, all of whom were elites who had fought hard! Moreover, he also has a large number of H-drug weapons! β
Historically, Haidu relied on a corner of Central Asia to compete with Kublai Khan and the Ilkhanate for decades, and was naturally an outstanding commander. Therefore, he did not despise the army of Kublai Khan, who withdrew from the Central Plains.
And he didn't have the capital to despise Kublai Khan, because no matter how downcast Kublai Khan was, he still had an army of 150,000 who fought a tough battle. And under his command, including the servants of the Kipchaks, the Turks, the Mirbegs, the Barbarians, and the Tatars. There were only 10,000 troops in the army, less than 10% of Kublai Khan's army. And there are no H-drug weapons, and there are no hard battles.
Therefore, Kublai Khan, who came from the west, was something he could not resist!
If Haidu did not want to be annexed by Kublai Khan, nor did he want to be annexed by the Golden Horde - although Haidu had a good relationship with the kings of the Golden Horde, it was based on equal cooperation. Belge Khan was not his monarch, and as the grandson of the Great Khan of Γgedei, it was impossible for him to find his place in the Golden Horde, which was controlled by the Jochi kings. It's to work with the Han people he hates the most!
The pros and cons of cooperating with Chen Dexing, Baoyin has already explained it thoroughly to Haidu, and Haidu has repeatedly discussed it with his henchmen.
With Chen Dexing's support, Haidu will be able to return to the Mongolian headquarters. Become the master of Warin! With the Mongol headquarters, coupled with the status of the grandson of Γgedai and the support of the Golden Horde, Haidu was able to convene the Kuritai Assembly. Elected Great Khan of the Great Mongolia!
And what he needs to pay, for the time being. It's just that he took refuge in Heavenly Taoism and lived in harmony with Chen Ming. That's what Tran is asking for, and he doesn't intend to rule the Mongolian steppes right now. It can't be done either.
Because Mongolia is too big, too vast, too vast, too vast, too inhospitable. And there are hundreds of thousands of Mongols or some other kind of steppe barbarians living there, all of them are very fierce - it is not the 17th or 18th century, and the barbarians of the steppe have not been fooled by Lamaism, they are all born of Nobunaga!
Although the national consciousness of the steppe barbarians is strong and mixed with whom, Mongolia is strong and Mongolians are all Turkic, and if the Turks are strong, all are Turkic, if Chen Dexing is willing to put his Eight Banners soldiers on the grassland, maybe a Eight Banners Empire will appear on the grassland in a few years. But that's impossible, the Eight Banners are now an important pillar of Chen Ming's armed forces, without them, Chen Dexing would have no powerful light cavalry, and no trump card that could sweep the grassland. If the Eight Banners were to be nomadic and annex the steppe tribes, there was a good chance that there would be a new Mongol Empire.
Therefore, the fate of the Eight Banners can only be to act as the main force of Chen Dexing to fight the grassland empire first, and then gradually sinicize in the future, and finally completely integrate into the Han family. There will definitely be no new Eight Banners nomads!
In addition, Chen Dexing had no way to turn the barbarians on the grassland into Han people immediately, because the Han people were an agricultural people, and there were not so many Han people who were skilled in bows and horses to go to the grassland to graze, and no one had passed, so it was naturally impossible to assimilate the barbarians quickly. Even if the Han people could develop a strong cavalry corps in the future, it would only be European-style regular cavalry, not steppe nomadic cavalry.
And before the H Age fully arrived, it was extremely difficult for the agrarian people to conquer the steppe empire.
Fortunately, the door of the H Age has been opened to the Ming Empire!
But until then, Chen Dexing's steppe policy could only be to support allies, export Tiandaoism, and divide the Mongol world empire.
To put it more bluntly, Chen Dexing needs to raise a Tiandao Mongolia to control the Mongolian steppe. This is similar to the Manchu Dynasty's use of Lamaism to control Mongolia in history.
The difference is only that Lamaism has its own leader, while Chen Dexing himself is the leader of Tiandao! Once the barbarians on the grassland believe in the way of heaven, they will become Chen Dexing's thugs......
Therefore, taking refuge in the way of heaven and taking the Taoism of heaven as the state religion of Mongolia is the prerequisite for Chen Dexing to support Haidu!
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"As long as you are the descendants of the Great Khan, as long as you are willing to convert to the way of heaven, King Ming will support whoever you want to enter Helin!"
In Haidu's royal tent, Baoyin once again solemnly stated Chen Dexing's conditions, but his eyes turned from Haidu to Timur, a busy brother.
It is likely that Timur, a busy brother, was not a descendant of Genghis Khan, and his great-grandfather's name Jochi meant a guest, because when Genghis Khan and Boltier got married, the Mir beggars sent troops to rob their relatives and snatched Bolthe, and when Genghis Khan rescued Bolthe, Boltier was already pregnant.
Therefore, no matter how powerful the king of the Jochi clan is, it seems that he has no chance of being in the position of the Great Khan. Busy brother Timur naturally knew this very well, just met Baoyin's gaze, and smiled faintly: "Auntie, my busy brother Timur has converted to the true God, for me, everything is not the master, only the true God is the master." β
'Another fool who believes in the wrong God! Bao Yin scolded in her heart, her mother was from a great aristocracy of the Rus, and she naturally knew that the Rus people believed in Orthodoxy. If the Golden Horde had converted to Christ, they would have been able to merge with the Uras and build an even larger empire. Maybe you can even get into Europa.
However, the Golden Horde believed in the true God, and because of this, it turned against the Ilkhanate, and the two countries fought endlessly in the Caucasus Mountains. There is no room left to deal with the Europa and the Mamluks.
"Brother Haidu, what do you think?" Bao Yin still set his eyes on Haidu, "Could it be that the descendants of the Great Khan of Ogedai can only be dogs for the tow mine?" β
Haidu's face was calm, as if he didn't take Baoyin's words seriously.
Bao Yin paused, and lowered his voice a little more, "And it's destined to be a dead dog!" β
At this time, Haidu's face suddenly became gloomy. Kublai Khan had broken the rules of the Great Mongolian Empire, killed Ali Buge, discredited the Kulitai Assembly, and ...... It also took away the tribe of the four kings of the host road!
In cooperation with Chen Dexing, all that is paid is faith. If you take refuge in Kublai Khan, you will pay for everything!
Haidu turned his head to look at the busy brother Timur, the future Golden Horde Khan, and said in a low voice: "The Heavenly Dao Sect and the Heavenly Fang Sect are like fire and water......
Timur was a believer in the true God, and most of the kings of the Golden Horde converted to Celestial Religion, and these people actively preached to Haidu. Once Haidu converts to the Heavenly Way, will the Kings of the Golden Horde still consider him an ally?
The busy brother Timur shrugged his shoulders, grabbed the wine glass on the table, took a sip of mare's milk wine, and said with a smile: "I really don't understand what they are fighting for?" Although I am a believer in the true God, I am not averse to other religions. In my opinion, Christianity, Tianfangism, Tiandaoism, Buddhism, and other religions can coexist peacefully, and each sect can freely spread its ideas. As kings, we just need to manage the secular military and government, so why should we care about religion? β
Render to God and Caesar to Caesar...... The religious policy of the Golden Horde was actually free! So they were later killed by the fighting nation Russia to the point of almost extinction!
'Confusion turns out to be hereditary!' Bao Yin also took the mare's milk wine, took a sip of it, and just shook his head in his heart, "Batu converted to the true god (although Patu did not regard Tianfang Religion as the state religion, but the confusion of the Golden Horde Khan in religious policy began with him) is confused enough, but this busy brother Timur is even more confused, and actually wants the incompatible religions to live in harmony...... If this had eased the Christian princes of Urros, would they have made peace with the Mongols who believed in God? Dream on! β
Haidu breathed a sigh of relief. Since the Golden Horde allowed him religious freedom, he had to freely convert to Heavenly Taoism. With Chen Dexing's support, he can at least go to Lin Guo to get addicted to sweating.
Although Chen Dexing must not have a good heart to spread the Heavenly Taoism in the grassland, he can always pass this level in front of him. When he takes Helin and becomes the master of the Mongolian headquarters, it's not too late to think about how to guard against the threat of the Heavenly Dao Sect...... (To be continued......)