Seeing the Cossack in a daze, Zhang Huangyan was not angry, but said calmly again: "You can stay here for a few more days, and it doesn't hurt to take a walk and see before making a decision!"
After saying this, he asked someone to take the Cossack down.
When Bo Hong heard what the translator said, he was a little nervous, but also a little grateful, and he quickly bowed and left.
In fact, on the way to the government office just now, the Turhut people who were traveling with him had already told him about the benefits of becoming a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. From the tone of his voice, he could tell how powerful this Turhut person was.
cherish.
To be honest, as far as Bohon himself was concerned, he actually agreed without hesitation. But unfortunately, their Cossack leader Khmelnytsky wanted to establish an independent country, so there was a conflict.
The root cause of the difference in attitude on this matter is the different origins of Bohon and Khmelnytsky.
Khmelnytsky was actually a hereditary nobleman among the Cossacks. He had previously served for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and served as an officer in the army.
It was only the nobles of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth who took a fancy to Khmelnytsky's land and persecuted him, forcing him to take the road of resistance.
Khmelnytsky's demands are naturally different from those of ordinary Cossacks.
For Khmelnytsky, his survival was absolutely no problem, and he wanted to pursue more power. After being oppressed by the Polish and Lithuanian nobles, he sought independence.
However, for ordinary Cossacks, it is more about survival and a better life. Bohon is just a powerful general who emerged from the Cossack uprising.
In the last war, after Khmelnytsky was detained by the Crimeans and the group was leaderless and suffered heavy losses, the remaining Cossacks elected a temporary leader to lead their final breakout.
For Bohong, he doesn't have much ambition, he just wants to resist oppression and live a better life. Seeing the life of the Torgut people in the Vogar River Basin, he is actually very willing to do so.
After quitting the governor's Yamen at this time, he was very confused.
The people from Turgut were quite enthusiastic and took him on a tour. Three days later, after Bohong had visited all the places, he made up his mind and asked to see the governor of the Ming Dynasty again, and then told Zhang Huangyan the truth that his side, including the Ming Dynasty,
Some Cossacks are willing to become citizens of the Ming Dynasty, but their leader Khmelnytsky has previously stated that he only wants to be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. This is conflicting.
He wanted to go back, persuade their leader, and then give an explanation to Ming Dynasty.
Seeing that he was an honest man and didn't even hide his internal affairs, Zhang Huangyan liked him a little, so he nodded in agreement.
Moreover, he also directly made it clear that if the Cossacks surrendered, they would be reorganized like other tribes.
In fact, Bo Hong has already understood clearly the rules of Ming Dynasty in the past few days.
Afterwards, he hurriedly said goodbye, returned quickly, and brought the news back to the Cossack tribe.
As long as you are a human being, you will always have selfish motives. Although Bohong is a strong general and is more interested in fighting and killing, it does not mean that he is really brainless, otherwise he would not be elected as the leader of the Cossacks to lead them to break out of the encirclement.
After arriving at the tribe and before meeting Khmelnytsky, he told everything he had seen in the Volga River Basin, including the requirements of the Ming Dynasty officials, etc.
Then, he went to Khmelnytsky and reported the situation.
When Khmelnytsky heard this, he was immediately confused.
The power of the Ming Empire exceeded his expectations, but it was beyond his expectation that he could not become a vassal state and could only submit to the Ming Empire.
In the process of leading the Cossacks to resist oppression, he actually saw the hope of gaining power. He also wanted to have his own territory and no longer be oppressed by the nobles.
Therefore, he is seeking to establish an independent country, which is his greatest expectation.
Of course he didn't know that in the original history, the Tsarist Russian Empire agreed to his request and sent troops. However, Tsarist Russia's agreement was actually more about using the Cossacks to weaken the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and seize many
Not to mention the lack of land, looking back, they began to divide and disintegrate the Cossack tribe, and in the end they just replaced the master position of the Polish-Lithuanian Federation.
Establishing an independent country is nonsense!
After contacting the Ming Empire and feeling that his demands could not be met, Khmelnytsky could not help but begin to consider Crimea again to see if he could abandon his past grievances and re-alliance with the Crimeans.
Khmelnytsky also had a headache as Bohon waited for his reply.
The matter of establishing an independent country is, to put it mildly, his selfish motives.
However, speaking more broadly, it can indeed be said that it is for the Cossack tribe. However, the conditions in the Ming Dynasty are not bad now. If it is just for the Cossack tribe, surrendering to the Ming Empire is also a good thing!
If he told Bo Hong directly that he did not intend to submit to the Ming Empire, he would at least have a reason that he could explain.
While he was thinking about it, there was a lot of noise outside, and more and more tribesmen gathered outside, all loudly discussing the happy life of surrendering to the Ming Empire.
"The lives of the Torgut people are so good. If we also surrendered to the Ming Empire, we would not be much better than this. The life of the Torgut tribe, but we can only dream of it!"
"Yes, not only do you no longer have to be oppressed by those noble lords, but even if there is a natural disaster, you don't have to worry too much. Days like this are beyond our wildest dreams!"
"If you join the Ming Dynasty's army, your military pay will be very high, and you will receive generous rewards for military achievements. It's no wonder that the Russian Empire is afraid of the Ming Dynasty's army!"
"Aren't we Cossacks born to fight? Just join the Ming army, and then each of us can make great achievements!"
"..."
Hearing this, Khmelnytsky groaned secretly in his heart. Even before he made a decision, the tribesmen outside were already thinking about the benefits of submitting to the Ming Empire. If he didn't agree to submit, they didn't know how to appease him.
They're gone!
Khmelnytsky knew very well that unless he could give a way that was better than surrendering to the Ming Empire, it would be impossible to persuade his people to give up the opportunity to surrender to the Ming Empire!
Is there such a road?
It’s definitely gone!
Seeing his struggle, Bo Hong, who was waiting in front of him like an honest man, had a faint smile on his face!
Finally, Khmelnytsky summoned all the Cossack leaders to vote on whether to submit to the Ming Empire.
At the meeting, he emphasized that after surrendering to the Ming Empire, the Cossack tribe would cease to exist, and the tribesmen would be dispersed by the Ming Empire in the future.
Khmelnytsky, who clearly knew his people, addressed the most likely point of objection.
Sure enough, after he said these words, the venue was rarely silent, and the previously high emotions also dropped a lot.
Since the Thirty Years' War, Europe has begun to awaken to the concept of race, state, and nation.
The Cossacks' resistance to the oppression of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was also the result of the unity of the entire Cossack nation as a whole.
After fighting for so many years, they have indeed condensed the national heart than before.
At this time, hearing Khmelnytsky point out this point made them a little confused.
Seeing this situation, Khmelnytsky felt that his calculation was successful, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud. Public opinion is the easiest to control!
However, what he never expected was that at this time, someone would step forward.
Bo Hong stood up and said with a smile to the Cossack leaders present: "After we submit to the Ming Empire, we will be dispersed and reorganized. This is actually a good thing!"
Hearing this, everyone including Khmelnytsky was puzzled and turned to look at him with doubts in their eyes.
After becoming the most watched person in the audience, Bohong immediately went on to explain: "This is not the case for one of our tribes, including the Wasi, Khalkha tribe, Yarkand tribe, Kazakh tribe, etc.
.What does this mean? It means that the Ming Empire treats the tribes that we submit to, without distinguishing between them. In other words, after we submit to the Ming Dynasty, we are all the people of the Ming Dynasty. Do you think this is good or bad?"
Khmelnytsky was dumbfounded and looked at Bohon as if he didn't recognize him: When did this guy become so eloquent?
As soon as he said this, the atmosphere in the venue suddenly became high again.
The reason why the idea of the nation was born was because people targeted the nation and suppressed it. A very simple example is that the nobles of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth oppressed you Cossacks, so the Cossacks united.
However, at this time, the Ming Empire did not discriminate against the Cossacks, treated them equally, and included them all into the larger group of Ming people.
If we say that the Cossack tribe is stronger and the people of the Ming Dynasty are more numerous, it will definitely not have any effect; but the current situation is that the Cossack tribe is very weak and the people of the Ming Dynasty are very strong. We should use the strong to accept the weak and treat them equally.
, then who cares about the small group of Cossacks?
In fact, Bohon is still the same Bohon. He did not become eloquent after a trip to the Volga River Basin. Instead, he really thought so based on what he saw and heard, so he said so.
Being disturbed by him in this way, the Cossacks were eager to find a bigger backer. Needless to say, the next result was natural.
Khmelnytsky had no choice but to follow the crowd. After all, it was nothing if he only relied on himself!
So, this time, Khmelnytsky went to see the Ming governor in person and expressed his intention to surrender. Afterwards, all the Kazakhs moved to the Volga River Basin.
As a result, the butterfly's flapping wings have affected more places!