"My minister Muyi wept with blood and reported that the captive chiefs and Shuote Mongol Gushi Khan raided the border areas, captured Qamdo, Batang, Litang, and Zhongdian, massacred the people, and plundered the wealth. I hope that your highness will send troops to fight against them, so as to Showing the power of tomorrow??"
In the Nuanxin Pavilion of Prince Jing's Mansion in Changsha, Zhu Hengjia couldn't help laughing when he saw the message asking for help on Mu Yi, the local magistrate of Lijiang, Yunnan.
"Your Highness, why are you laughing?"
Huang Wan on the side felt very strange.
"Wan'er doesn't know, it's a great thing! I'm going to make a fortune soon! Hahaha!"
The conflict between the Mu family and the Tubo people in Lijiang, Yunnan has a long history. During the Wanli period, in order to compete for gold mines and salt wells, the ancestors of the Lao Mu family took advantage of Tubo's weakness and led their troops into Tibet, capturing Batang, Litang, Qamdo and other places. ("Records of Weixi Seeing and Hearing": "Then they took various key areas and massacred their people, and moved some garrison troops to the north of Zilan. The people were afraid and all surrendered, so they moved from Weixi to Zhongdian and were now under the control of Sichuan. The Batang, Litang, and Mu clans all have it, and they collect their taxes").
At first, the Laomu family was strong and the Tubo people were weak, so the Laomu family chased and fought against the Tubo people. Later, the talented and powerful Gushi Khan entered Lhasa, and the situation was reversed. Gushi Khan claimed to restore the old land of Tufan. Invaded the Lao Mu family’s territory many times.
The two sides continued to quarrel. It was not until Zhu Hengjia set up tea and horse branches in Waluzhi, Yongning Prefecture, Yunnan, and Adegui, Lijiang Prefecture. The huge profits brought by the prosperous tea horse trade annihilated the war between the two sides. My mind has only been at peace for several years.
This time Gushi Khan sent troops to invade the country, the main reason was to show it to the envoys of the Qing court.
The envoys of Emperor Shunzhi arrived in Lhasa with two purposes: first, to invite two living Buddhas from Tibet to go to Beijing to lecture and promote Buddhism; second, to accuse Gushi Khan, since you surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, why did you have sex with the Ming people? Mutual trading?
Gushi Khan Boljijin Tulubaihu smiled coldly. This sixty-eight-year-old Mongolian Khan regarded himself as the heir to Genghis Khan's career throughout his life. How could he be willing to be the loyal dog of the Qing court? The reason why he wanted to The Qing court declared itself a vassal, mainly to deal with the Russians and the Khalkha Mongols.
Now, he has wiped out the Chotu Khan of the Khalkha Mongols, and the remaining tribes of the Khalkha Mongols, including Tushetu Khan, Zhasak Tuhan, and Chechen Khan, are all afraid of his military power and dare not invade the territory; As for the Russians, they are indeed a strong enemy, but more than ten years ago they led an expedition to Kazakhstan and showed great strength. In recent years, the Russians have also restrained themselves a lot.
Gushi Khan was very angry: "Humph, does the little emperor in Beijing really think that this Khan is his minister? How dare he send envoys to rebuke this Khan! This Khan is not the Ezhe of the Chahar tribe. He actually presented the national jade seal to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, which brought shame on the Golden Family!"
Gushi Khan felt that he was the heir to Genghis Khan's cause. He who is a Khan must have strong soldiers and horses!
There are now three major Mongolian tribes. A direct descendant of the Huangjin family in the east, Abu Nai of the Chahar tribe, under the supervision of the Qing court, did not even dare to call himself Khan and was given the title of Prince Chahar; The Khammongols, the Tushetukhans, the Zasaktukhans, and the Chechen Khans all refused to submit to anyone else; only the Oirat Mongols where they were located were prosperous, not only controlling Qinghai, Tibet, and Hami (Xinjiang), but also extending their influence into Kazakhstan. Say a word for yourself. Choros (Dzungar), Durbot, Torgut, Huite and other Oirat Mongolian tribes will not dare to disobey.
Although he was very angry, the wily Gushi Khan entertained the Qing envoy with a smile.
He explained to the Qing envoy that trading with the Ming Dynasty was not his fault, but the chieftains and leaders below, and he would punish these people severely. In order to show his loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, he would send his two sons, Dorji Dalai Lama Batur and Dash Batur led an army of 20,000 to attack Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty. Then they expressed their approval for the two living Buddhas to go to Beijing to lecture.
The Qing envoy was very proud: "Humph, this Gushi Khan is still afraid of the might of our Qing army!"
Gushi Khan was secretly disdainful: "Do you think this Khan was afraid of your Qing country before he raised an army to attack the Ming Dynasty? Idiot!"
As a mature strategist, Gushi Khan raised troops to attack the Ming Dynasty not just to show off to the Qing court, but for a deeper reason.
The chieftains in Qamdo, Batang, and Litang have never been very convinced by themselves, so they can take advantage of this opportunity to infiltrate their influence into these places.
The Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were fighting fiercely, and the snipe and the clam were fighting each other. It happened that the fisherman benefited and took the opportunity to extort some benefits from the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, the Lao Mu family is so rich that it makes people salivate. If you don't rob it, you won't rob it.
The Lao Mu family in Lijiang Prefecture, Yunnan, is really rich. How rich is it? Xu Xiake once marveled in his "Diary of a Travel to Yunnan": "The beauty of the palace is as beautiful as the royal family."
Why are you so rich? He has a mine at home!
Yes, there are mines, gold mines, silver mines and salt wells.
Let’s talk about the gold mine first. Lao Mu’s Yulong Gold Mine has a large output and a lot of money.
Let’s talk about the silver mines, Laojunshan Silver Mine, Zhongdian Silver Mine, Sanba Annan Dafufang Silver Mine, Baimachang Silver Mine, Shika Xueshan Silver Mine, Huilong Silver Mine, Ninglang Bainiu Silver Mine. Ouch, not only The output is large, and all of them are extremely pure snowflake silver. Because of the high purity, the Laomu family made them into exquisite silverware and supplied them to the court. Many of the silver ornaments used by Zhu Hengjia’s concubines were provided by the Laomu family.< /p>
There are also salt wells. In the Batang area, the Lao Mu family has a large number of salt fields. It is estimated that there are three out of 2,760 salt fields, nine out of 680 brine ponds, and two out of 50 wells. The annual salt production is about 18,000 "The rest of the pack weighs one hundred and forty kilograms" ("Yanjing Local Records")
Why is it that my great Mongu Khan is not as rich as a little chieftain like you? Gushi Khan felt that the world was too unfair, so he sent his two sons Dorzi Dalai Batur and Dash Batur to lead an army of 20,000 , go "hunting" in the Lao Mu family's territory.
The Lao Mu family is rich, and the equipment of the local soldiers under them is also very good, but they have not been beaten. Twenty thousand Mongolian soldiers marched straight in, as if they were in an uninhabited land, not only the Lao Mu family's territories in Tibet, Qamdo, Batang, and Litang were After the battle, they also went deep into Lijiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province and captured Zhongdian.
In the palace of Lhasa Khan, Gushi Khan was handling political affairs. His eldest son, Dayan Eqil, burst in excitedly, "Father Khan, good news! The sixth and tenth brothers captured Zhongdian!"
Gushi Khan glared at this eldest son. This eldest son was brave and good at fighting, but he couldn't keep his composure when doing things. "You are the eldest son of this Khan. In the future, you will be the great khan of the Heshuote tribe. How can you be so popular?" p>
"Yes, Father Khan".
After being taught a lesson by Gushi Khan, Dayan Eqil restrained his joy and said seriously: "Father Khan, what should we do next? Should we continue to attack Lijiang City?"
"No, stop." Gushi Khan's tiger body trembled and he tugged on his snow-white beard. "Not only must we stop, but we must also send envoys to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty and tell them that this Khan will only attack the Mu family.
