Qian Jinzhong stood on Gyantse Castle, feeling the strong smell of blood floating in the night wind, and looking at the chaotic scene below, calm on the surface, but extremely agitated in his heart.
Dayan Khan was standing next to him, and he had been standing there watching with cold eyes.
"The saint must believe in me and never be deceived by that traitor Dalai. It was him who murdered my father Khan. I am innocent. I am loyal to the saint. The sun and the moon can tell."
Qian Jinzhong's identity is Jinyiwei Qianhu, and his rank is not too low. As a special department, even Dayan Khan has heard of Jinyiwei's name for a long time. Now the guards and ceremonial duties are cancelled, and they focus on intelligence and reconnaissance.
The handsome Jinyiwei is more professional because of his concentration.
“After receiving the complaint from King Khan, the saint also felt that the words were sincere, especially some of the evidence listed in it was very powerful, so he decided to re-investigate the case comprehensively to prevent unjust, false, and wrongful convictions.
I came here with an order, not only to convey the imperial edict, not only to listen to what you say, but also to see more sufficient and powerful evidence, otherwise my words are groundless. As long as the Khan can produce real evidence to prove that Dalai is talented
If he is the murderer behind the scenes, then the saint will definitely uphold justice for King Khan."
These words made Dayan Khan very excited.
Although he felt that the main reason why he was able to recruit the Ming Dynasty Jinyi Guards was definitely the reason why he promised to dedicate Qiemo, Khotan, Hotan, and Yarkand to the Ming Dynasty. Returning to these cities in Xinjiang definitely has weight.
"I will definitely find the evidence as soon as possible and hand it over to the angels." Dayan Khan finally felt a glimmer of light ahead.
Looking at the men and horses still fighting below, Dayan Khan's resentment towards the Great Tomorrow was gone, and he hated the Fifth World even more.
The fifth generation actually wanted to murder him and then welcomed the old Liu Dalai to Lhasa. It was such an outrage.
"Father, Suonan Raodan is shouting outside the city again. I've seen it and it's indeed him."
"No." Dayan refused.
Pensuk Noyan looked at the young man, and then looked at his father, "Father Khan, Suonan Raodan said that the Sakya and Nyingma monk soldiers suddenly broke into chaos and attacked the military camp. Now the camp is in chaos. Please ask Father Khan to lead the troops."
Go down the mountain to quell the rebellion."
"We'll talk about it at dawn." Dayan still ignored him.
Peng Suke was a little anxious and very puzzled.
Now that Ke Keyan had received the emperor's promise conveyed by the Ming envoy, he was full of longing for the Ming Dynasty and resented the fifth generation.
He didn't believe Sonam Raodan at all.
Even if the Sakya Nyingma monks and soldiers were really causing trouble, he would happily watch them dog-eat-dog and wait until they were done biting them. Since they couldn't urinate into a pot anyway, he would borrow Sakya Nyingma's hand to cut them a few times before talking.
"But if the Jisheba rebels come back, how can we resist? Moreover, Dalai is also preparing to come from Qinghai..."
"Needless to say, I have my own sense of proportion!"
Qian Jinzhong said to Dayan, "During the investigation, the matter has not come to light. We hope that all parties will restrain themselves for the time being. If King Khan can trust me, I am willing to send a message to Jixueba on behalf of King Khan to help you."
Temporary truce."
Dayan Khan was willing to suspend the war temporarily.
The current situation is the most unfavorable for him. He is surrounded on all sides and needs time to buffer.
"Then please!" Dayan Khan bowed his head to Qian Jinzhong and saluted.
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The night passed in chaos.
The camp under Gyantse Fort was in a state of chaos, with countless casualties and mourning everywhere.
The coalition army of more than 10,000 people was in disarray. Suonan Raodan and a group of cronies squatted not far from the castle and endured a miserable night.
And more Ganden Phodrang soldiers, monk soldiers from the three major monasteries, and noble soldiers have been routed. The Sakya and Nyingma monk soldiers who made a surprise attack last night also retreated before dawn.
Only a mess was left, and Suonan Raodan wanted to cry but had no tears.
To make matters worse, at dawn, the Jisheba rebels who had fled before came out smelling the fishy smell. The first to appear were eight hundred cavalry.
These are the troops of the Jixueba family. They were defeated and retreated to Qinghai, where they also operated for 20 years. Although the leading figures of the older generation, Jixue Quji, Jixue Suolanglangjie, etc., had already left. Passed away, but the new generation of Jisheba family members couldn't bear that tone after all.
Jisheba Yeshe Norbu rode a war horse and stood on the bank of the Chu River, holding a telescope in his hand and looking at Gyantse Fort and the camp outside the city.
"As the angel said, there was a big internal strife here last night."
He Yongji, a member of the Jinyi Guard Qianhu, rode his horse and stood next to him, "The saint also knows that the Jisheba family is a famous family in Weizang for thousands of years. Your ancestors were ministers from the time of Songtsen Gampo of Tubo. Your Jisheba family is The mainstay of Weizang, the peace of Weizang, needs you nobles and nobles."
Jisheba Yeshi Norbu is very old, with gray hair, and a face as dry as old tree bark. He is the old patriarch of the Jishe family and the youngest brother of Jishe Hutuktu. Jishe Dibaqu As a result, Ji Xue Suolang Langjie is his elder brother.
Along with his brothers, he has witnessed the prosperity of the Jixue family, and has also experienced the decline of the Jixue family, and then its current complexity. He is a warrior.
Gushi Khan and the Fifth Emperor broke their promise and even robbed them of their property, which they wanted to take back.
"We still hope that you can have a good talk with Dayan Khan. If Jishe Diba is willing, we are willing to work as a mediator and invite the fourth master of Tashilhunpo Monastery in Houzang to be the peacemaker. Erdeni, who was conferred by the saint, is over eighty years old and highly respected, and his words have weight."
Jisheba Yeshe Norbu was still looking at the castle and camp in front of him. Overnight, the tens of thousands of Ganden Phodrang coalition forces were defeated, leaving only a few thousand Hoshuote people in the castle.
A few days ago, they were severely defeated by this coalition and were forced to abandon important towns like Gyantse Fort.
The Jin Yiwei in front of him did not hide this sudden change and directly explained the reason.
Dayan Khan complained to the emperor, saying that Gushi Khan was not killed by himself but Dalai had plotted to murder him and then framed him, and he also provided a lot of strong evidence.
Now the emperor wants to comprehensively investigate the case. In order to ensure fairness and justice, he hopes that Qinghai and Tibet will not be at war during the investigation, and we will wait until the results come out.
The messenger said that Sakya Nyingma's defection was due to the grudge between their sects. Of course, Ji Sheba was not a young man, so he could not understand what was said. It was obviously planned by the Ming Dynasty.
He didn't know the specific reason at the moment, but it must have a profound meaning.
"The most important thing is to see what Dayan Khan wants. We just want to get back what belongs to us. He wants to bring troops to attack us." Jiba Diba said bluntly.
He Yongji came up with the truce conditions he had prepared long ago.
"With the Nyimu Grand Canyon as the boundary, Dayan Khan temporarily managed Houzang and was stationed in Shigatse Castle. Monastic and religious affairs were presided over by the fourth master of Houzang, and secular government and civil affairs were directed by Dayan Khan.
Jishe Diba, you will move to Qianzang. The former Jishue family's land and manor will still be returned to you. At the same time, you will take over the post of Ganden Phodrang Dipa, and you will temporarily be in charge of the civil, military, taxation, etc. of Qianzang.
, and the affairs of the monks and religious affairs are presided over by the fifth generation of Qianzang."
"Use the Nimu Grand Canyon as the boundary, hide the water from wells in front and behind without invading the river, call a truce and stop fighting each other, and wait until the court's investigation results come out, how about that?"
This plan came directly from Yu Qian.
A very sophisticated plan.
Originally, after Gushi Khan entered Tibet, he divided the Heshuote Khanate into two parts. The Tibetan area implemented the Diba system, which means sending local nobles and monks to serve as local officials such as Zongben. At the same time, the local Diba system
The great nobles and monastic monk groups also managed many manors and populations, and had great autonomy.
In fact, he intended to strengthen the centralization of power in the Khan's court, but it touched the interests of other sects other than the Yellow Sect and many nobles.
Now Zhu Yihai took advantage of the death of Gushi Khan and directly expressed his support for Dalai Batur as the new Khan, deposed Dayan Khan and established Qinghai Khan.
Not long after, Dayan Khan's memorial was used to explain that the case was suspicious and the case needed to be re-investigated. This was used as an excuse to ask all parties to cease fighting.
Not only did Qinghai Khan Dalai Batur and Denzin Dayan Khan have to break off their armies first, but Jishuba and other nobles who rebelled in Weizang also had to make a truce with Dayan Khan.
This approach is actually very bad.
First, the water was very muddy. After the death of Gushi Khan, in a short period of time, the Heshuote Khanate split into the Qinghai Khanate of Qinghai, the Kham Khanate of Kham, and the Heshuote Khanate of Tibet.
The Shuote Khanate and even the general managers of the Western Region were neutral, but Lao Wu in Jishi Mountain did not listen.
Now, in the name of investigation, he wants Jisheba to divide the former Tibet and let Dayan Khan rule only the rear Tibet. He even further allows the fifth and fourth generations to take charge of the educational affairs of the latter Tibet.
Although the de facto leader of the Gelug Sect in the past twenty years has been the fourth generation, this elderly monk is relatively stable and has little desire for power. Unlike the young fifth generation, who is eager to intervene in secular government affairs and wants to
Taking the opportunity to concentrate all the power in Weizang and even Anduokang District in Bu Palace.
The nominal leader of the Gelug Sect is the abbot of Ganden Monastery, also called Ganden Tripa, because Ganden Monastery is the ancestral temple of the Gelug Sect, and Ganden Tripa is also the Dharma King of the Gelug Sect, including Tsongkhapa.
It has the reputation of being the successor to the throne, but in fact Ganden Monastery ranks last among the three major monasteries of the Yellow Sect. The largest is Drepung Monastery, then Sera Monastery, and finally Ganden Monastery.
Dalai has always been the abbot of Drepung and Sera monasteries, and his term remains unchanged. However, the abbot of Ganden Monastery is an elective system, which requires Dalai's approval and the term is only once every three years.
Its status is far inferior to that of the Five Generations, and even the strength of the Pandan sect in Houzang is far behind. There are 50,000 monks in the Gelug sect, more than 30,000 in the Dalai sect, and only 9,000 in the Pandan sect.
Although Dalai is in charge of front Tibet and Bandan is in charge of back Tibet, in fact, even in the back Tibet area, the number of monks of the Dalai clan far exceeds that of the Ban clan. The manor owned by the Dalai clan and the population far exceed that of the Ban clan.
The class includes Shigatse, where the Tashilhunpo Monastery is located. There are about five large manors equivalent to sects, 68 medium manors and 26 pastures, which are donated by dignitaries throughout the ages. The total is equivalent to ten
The sect controlled the territory and had nine thousand serfs.
The Da family owned 120,000 households of manor-owned serfs.
The Da Clan controlled the territory of about twenty sects in Back Tibet, not counting the front Tibet of the headquarters. Even the important town of Gyantse was originally controlled by the Da Clan.
The gap in strength between the two sides is very large, and the main force of the squad is in the base camp of Shigatse.
The emperor now took the opportunity to separate the front and back Tibet, not only the political divisions, but also the religious divisions.
This is to deliberately balance the two leaders of the Yellow Sect, and allocate the temples, monks, and even manors, serfs, and monk soldiers belonging to the Da sect in Houzang to Ban management.
The Ganden Phozhang, the Khanate of Weizang that Gushi Khan had worked so hard to establish, would actually become two local governments in front and back Tibet.
The Weizang Yamen of the Ming Dynasty served as a liaison between the two forces of Tibet and Tibet, and may even be the upper-level leadership organization in the future.
In this plan, there is another hidden plan that has not been mentioned yet. That is, after they accept the current conditions and separate the front and rear areas, everyone will use the excuse of mediation and peacekeeping to ask for troops to be stationed in the Nimu Grand Canyon, or even to move into the Nimu Grand Canyon.
Gyantse Fort between Shigatse and Lhasa.
As for when the investigation results will be released, and who is right or wrong between Dalai and Dayan, it actually doesn't matter. What Ming Dynasty needs is an opportunity to change the status quo.
Once all arrangements are in place, it will be difficult to change the established situation.
At that time, the Jisheba family will establish a Khanate in Lhasa with the support of the Ming Dynasty to rule Qianzang. Datin Khan can only continue to rule his half of Heshuote in Shigatse, or he can also rule the Ngari area.
As for Qinghai, it will still be the Qinghai Khanate in Dalai, while Kham and Jishi Mountain will be the Kham Khanate in Handu.
As for the large area of southern Xinjiang gained by Gushi Khan's participation in the Western Expedition to exterminate the Yarkands, most of it will be accepted by the Ming Dynasty, and Kashgar may be temporarily given to the Jorut Khanate.
In the whole plan, Dayan Khan was the most unlucky, but Ming Dynasty left him a little room. This is like a drowning person who will grasp a straw with all his strength. If he does not grasp the straw handed out by Ming Dynasty,
He will drown immediately.
After being caught and accepting the conditions of Ming Dynasty, although the losses are huge, at least there is a glimmer of hope, right?
For Dalai Batur, the Ming Dynasty supported him to become the Khan of Qinghai, but he failed to become the Khan of the entire Heshuote. That was because his position was incorrect and his brothers did not support him.
If he dares to make trouble, let the two men from Khandu in Kham check and balance him, and even loosen the chain around Dayan Khan's neck a little, and then Darai will be unable to hold his head.
In fact, Zhu Yihai's strategy was not clever at all. For thousands of years, the Central Plains Dynasty had always used this third trick to deal with the grassland nomadic tribes, but they just couldn't resist this simple third trick.
In the final analysis, it was also caused by the imperfect system structure of the grassland tribes themselves. Even though the Central Plains Dynasty was often beaten, today the Huns bullied me, tomorrow the Rouran people beat me, the day after tomorrow people suddenly drank from the Mawei River, and then the Khitans, Mongolia
People and Jurchens are endless.
But in fact, although the Central Plains Dynasty was often beaten by nomads, thousands of years of accumulation and evolution made the Central Plains Dynasty a unified dynasty and a centralized government. It was beaten sometimes, but the Central Plains Dynasty could not change from the pre-Qin period.
Hundreds of families fought, and finally Qin unified the world, and then the Han and Tang Dynasties expanded the territory, and the Ming Dynasty chased the north. From the Yellow River Basin to a territory of tens of millions of square kilometers, they were all conquered.
Countless barbarians in the surrounding areas were eventually conquered. The Central Plains dynasties had their countries and dynasties destroyed, but they never destroyed the world, nor the Chinese and Han civilizations. Even after being knocked down, they could stand up again, and they would continue to revive and rise.
But many grassland tribes or southwestern barbarians do not have this ability. They become strong suddenly and die suddenly. It is difficult to be strong for several generations. Compared with the unified Central Plains dynasty, which was at least two to three hundred years, it is far behind.
In essence, it is a gap in civilization and system.
In fact, Mongolia has also produced many heroes, whether it is Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Dayan Khan, Ada Khan, etc., or even Haidu, Sanniangzi and other Mongolian women heroes, they are all rare heroes.
But in the end it is difficult for three generations to prosper.
The system is not good.
Thinking about why Tubo suddenly transformed from a snowy tribe into a powerful plateau empire, the reason is that they took the most important step, centralizing power.
But after Tubo, there was no such centralization of power in the plateau.
The large and small nobles, coupled with the numerous sects and sects, make the plateau even more complicated. The geographical conditions are not good to begin with, and there are only a few good places. Their size limits their development. If they cannot get out of the plateau, they will
They will always be able to fight in the den, and they will always be novices. Thousands of troops from Mongolia and other foreigners can beat them until they kneel down and beg for mercy.
After all, the Mongols are still nomadic. The Mongolian grasslands are vast and can even migrate from Liaodong to the rivers of Central Asia. They can continue to move and merge and become stronger. However, the unique terrain of the U-Tibet Snowy Plateau makes them different from those in Kham.
Just like Tusi, he can only dominate one side in those ravines and valleys.
Zhu Yihai took advantage of the death of Gushi Khan, their brothers' struggle for the throne, the dissatisfaction of the Red and White Flower sects with the Yellow Sect, and the dissatisfaction of the powerful local Diba nobles with the centralization of power of the Heshuote Khan Court, to launch a set of combination boxing tailored to his needs.
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The balance of forces among all parties means weakening the existing Kashote Khanting Ganden Phodrang and the Gelug sect, and then balancing the two largest sects of the Gelug sect, dividing front and rear Tibet, which also further weakens the leaders of the Gelug sect.
The strength of the Da family weakened the strength of the Gelug sect in disguise.
Zhu Yihai even made a plan. If the fifth generation does not understand current affairs and insists on resisting the imperial court, then he can send the fifth generation to Qinghai or Kham to station and preside over it, and place it closer to Han.
, easy to control.
Historically, the Qing Dynasty did this.
The Ming Dynasty did not need to directly overthrow the original government like Heshuote Gushi Khan came to Tibet. He could first divide and rule, balance, and gradually intervene.
As long as the Ming Dynasty can balance the left and right and be in a transcendent position, then it will be able to intervene in a straightforward manner. Whether it is garrisoning, building post roads, conducting trade, or even emigrating, it will all be a matter of course.
If it doesn't work in fifty years, then one hundred years. As long as this plan is implemented, within a hundred years, things will definitely change.
I think back when the Ming Dynasty was founded, Yunnan and Guizhou were all barbarian lands. For example, Yunnan was a barbarian land that had been separated from the Central Plains Dynasty for hundreds of years since the Tang Dynasty, such as Nanzhao and Dali. Guizhou was also full of barbarian chieftains, and there was no real
actual control.
The Ming Dynasty directly sent troops to expedition to Yunnan, and after annihilating the Yuan Dynasty forces there, it built a post road to Yunnan through Guizhou, then established a garrison, stationed troops and immigrated, a line passed through, and the garrison fortress chain finally passed through the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years.
It also completely transformed Yunnan and Guizhou, two barbaric wildernesses, into Han provinces.
Yunnan-Guizhou is definitely the achievement of the Ming Dynasty. Although Burma and Jiaozhi failed with this method, at least they still opened up and stabilized the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.
The conditions before Jishediba were too tempting.
As long as he agrees, Jishe Diba will not only take back the original Jishe area, but will also become the king of the secular power of Tibet.
When the Jishepa family was the most powerful, they only occupied part of the northwest part of Lhasa, but now the Ming Dynasty has offered to let them take charge of the entire front Tibet.
The old Jishe Diba could not bear this temptation, and his body was trembling slightly.
"The Jixueba family will always be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and to the Holy Khan Emperor Shaotian. We will obey the saint's will in everything!"
He made a choice, following his heart and reality.