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Chapter 571: Kumbum Temple Alliance

Starting from Nanjing, we took the inn official road all the way, running parallel to the waterway, and finally arrived in Qinghai at the end of autumn.

The Right Army Governor's Mansion in Xi'an immediately sent troops, and Zhou Haizhong, the Right Army Governor, personally led 10,000 Shaanxi-Gansu Ming troops to attack the Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai.

Due to the influence of the Heshuote Khanate period, the Yellow Sect (Lamaism) prevailed throughout Qinghai. Temples were built all over Qinghai and there were many lamas and monks. Among them, the Kumbum Temple and the Guolong Temple in the Huangzhong area were the most popular. Prestige and influence.

The reason why Luobuzangdanjin was able to oppose the Qing Dynasty was able to respond to the Qing Dynasty. Only the left and right princes conferred by the Qing court were unwilling to participate. The reason was that the great lama of Kumbum Monastery, Chahannomen Khan, led the lamas and monks to respond first and provided him with religious support. .

By the way, the great lama was still unwilling to follow Luobuzangdanjin to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, the nephew of the right-wing prince who was conferred by the Qing court.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

Although Zhou Haizhong only brought over 10,000 troops, 5,000 of them were dragoons, and they were Marwar horse dragoons trained in Nanjing.

This made it clear that they took advantage of the opportunity of the alliance to show off their military force with the Qinghai tribes.

As soon as the Ming army entered Qinghai, the dragoons quickly split into two. One headed directly to Qinghai Lake, while the other turned around and headed to the Qilian Mountains.

There are not only Mongolians in Qinghai, but also more than ten ethnic groups such as Tibetan, Han, Hui, Tu, and Salar, and they are very distinct from each other. Tibetans, in particular, originally lived in the rich pastures around Qinghai Lake. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the remnants of the Oara Mongols came to kill and occupy this place.

Later, the remnants of the Oara Mongols were absorbed by Gushi Khan, and eventually the pattern of Qinghai Bataiji was formed.

But now, as Luobuzangdanjin rebels against the Qing Dynasty, the original Qinghai Batai Ji no longer exists.

"The Han soldiers are coming, the Han soldiers are coming!"

Several Tibetans galloped on their horses, shouting along the way as they ran towards the tribal leader's tent.

Many Tibetans in the tribe were wary after hearing this and clenched the crude weapons in their hands.

Dorje, the leader of the Arou tribe, walked out quickly: "The Han soldiers are coming? How many people are here, but they ask us to sacrifice our horses, cattle and sheep?"

The Tibetans shook their heads quickly: "No, thousands of Han people came, all cavalry. But they did not ask for horses, cattle and sheep, but asked us Arou tribe leaders to go to Kumbum Monastery immediately to form an alliance. If If you don’t go, it will be regarded as disrespecting the Han emperor and we will send troops to conquer him.”

Upon hearing this, Dorje did not dare to neglect, and quickly took dozens of tribesmen and rode to Kumbum Monastery in person, leaving only his son Sonam Norbu behind.

As one of the eight tribes around the sea, the Arou tribe consists of eleven tribes with one hundred households. The tribal leader was canonized as the chief of a thousand households in the Yuan Dynasty, and his power became increasingly powerful. During the Shunzhi period, he specially invited the lords from the snow area to go to the Arou tribe to preside over the construction of the Arik temple, and gave it the name "Gu Xi Chong Fa Zhou".

Like the Arou tribe, there is also the Guomi tribe, which was also driven to the Qilian Mountains by the Mongols. It is also the most powerful Tibetan tribe in Qinghai and Hainan. The Arou tribe has only one thousand and eleven hundred households, while the Guomi tribe has two thousand-household chiefs.

As the Ming army's dragoons dispersed, they kept calling for all tribes in Qinghai to go to the Kumbum Monastery to form an alliance.

Although the Qinghai Mongols led by Luobuzang Danjin were still the protagonists of the alliance, the Ming army had already roped in the other ethnic groups and tribes that had been squeezed out by the Mongols, including the Tibetans, Salar people, Yugu people, etc. Together.

From the call to the meeting to the beginning of the alliance, it took more than half a month.

Fortunately, winter is about to begin, and the war in Qinghai and Junggar has subsided. No matter how reckless Galdan Celing is, he will not come to fight in the winter when it snows.

It was not until Luobuzangdanjin and the chiefs of other tribes and tribes all arrived and took their seats that Zhou Haizhong came belatedly on his war horse.

Since winter is coming soon, the meeting place is located in Kumbum Monastery.

There are Ming army dragoons stationed outside the temple, and Luobuzangdanjin and the leaders of various tribes are not afraid of being made dumplings by the Ming army.

Of course, it could also be that Luobuzangdanjin is really desperate, so there is no need to break the jar.

"It's cold winter weather. Quickly serve wine to the leaders of the tribes to warm themselves up."

Zhou Haizhong smiled with a smile on his face and waved to the soldiers beside him.

Immediately, some soldiers held wine jars and went to pour a bowl of wine for the chiefs of the tribes.

The leaders of the various tribes were all shocked and confused. They didn't know what the fuss made by the Ming army was. However, the faces of the Mongolian tribes headed by Luo Bu Zangdanjin changed drastically, and a bad feeling came into their hearts.

Zhou Haizhong ignored these people and directly raised the big bowl: "Come on, leaders, drink from this bowl!"

Most of the leaders present had dealt with the former Manchu Qing court for many years and had done business with Han merchants, so they could still understand some Chinese.

After the wine was finished, Zhou Haizhong said: "I would like to introduce myself first. I am Zhou Haizhong, the Commander-in-Chief of the Right Army Governor's Office in Xi'an during the Ming Dynasty. I am the commander-in-chief of the Shaanxi-Gansu, Qinghai and Western Region armies."

"I've met Governor Zhou!"

The leaders of the various tribes present all raised their hands and spoke in broken Chinese.

Zhou Haizhong nodded: "Many of the leaders of the various tribes present used to graze around Qinghai Lake. It was only the invasion of the Oara Mongols that forced the tribesmen to move to the mountains. The originally fertile and vast lakeside pastures were also destroyed by the Oara Mongols. Mongolian occupation.”

This is true. It was the Mongolian invasion that caused the locals in Qinghai Lake to lose their pastures and had no choice but to live a hard life in the mountains.

Many tribal chiefs who were struggling to survive nodded in agreement.

Of course, more people still didn't take it seriously, such as the leader of the Guomi tribe. He felt that the Han people must have ulterior motives for saying this.

Zhou Haizhong continued: "But things are different now. Qinghai Mongolia has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and we will be a family from now on. So as a family, the Ming Dynasty decided to redistribute the original grasslands in Qinghai to you." Redistribute pasture?

Did they hear it right?

The leaders of the various tribes present in the alliance, including the leaders of the Guomi tribe who had not taken it seriously just now, all pricked up their ears. There were also those with wide eyes, but they were all the Mongolian leaders brought by Luobuzangdanjin.

These people are not fools. They surrendered to the Han court because they could not defeat the Junggars and wanted to keep their territory, so they persuaded Luobuzangdanjin to come over to offer their land and accept surrender.

Anyway, the people here are Mongolians, and it is impossible for the Han people to really send official officials to rule. There is a high probability that they will still be canonized as chieftains.

Unexpectedly, they actually came to the bottom of the pot and directly redistributed their pastures, and also distributed them to the various tribes in the mountains who were robbed by them on weekdays.

Dorje was obviously a smart man, and he looked at the Mongolians who were already looking at their eyes with some scruples: "Admiral Zhou, it is indeed a good thing to redistribute the pasture. But if any tribe is dissatisfied with the distribution of pasture, and What should we do if we attack other tribes’ pastures?”

Zhou Haizhong understood what he meant and said: "This is easy to handle. His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty issued an imperial edict a month ago to officially re-divide the grasslands in Qinghai. Today, the alliance will allocate grasslands, and all ethnic groups and tribes will not fight against each other." The alliance handles disputes between tribes every three years. If any tribe attacks each other outside the alliance, the leaders of the tribes present should betray the alliance and attack in groups. This governor will also personally lead an army to march into Qinghai to conquer!"

As soon as this statement came out, the effect was extremely significant, and the leaders of various ministries were very moved.

I didn't care before because I thought the Han people had ulterior motives, but now that the Han people are willing to help and support the recapture of the original pasture, they are naturally willing to get a share of the pie.

Especially those minority tribes who have been living a hard life in the mountains for a long time. No one really wants to stay in the ravines.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Zhou Haizhong said: "The leaders of the tribes who want to allocate pasture must immediately release the slaves in the tribe. From now on, Qinghai will no longer allow slaves to exist, otherwise they will be enemies of the Ming Dynasty. If it is true, If you are reluctant to leave your slaves, I, the Ming Dynasty, will not force you to do so. You can leave now, but it is best to move the whole family away from Qinghai, otherwise the artillery will have no eyes by then... Haha."

This is the threat of the shining fist!

But this threat was very effective, especially Luobuzangdanjin, who didn't say a word the whole time and just sat there.

The leaders of various tribes brought by him, Zhu Taiji, did not have the Khan King Luobuzangdanjin to come forward, and they had no reason to speak out against it.

After all, this guy was a Great Khan conferred by the Ming Dynasty, and he had a righteous name, and Zhou Haizhong was always on guard against the possibility of Luo Bu Zangdanjin causing trouble.

But he didn't expect that after he finished speaking, he took out the carrot and the stick, and this guy didn't even fart.

Luobuzangdanjin is a man who has the ability to bend and stretch deep into his bones. From the beginning, he went to the snowy area to participate in the enthronement ceremony and was humiliated and excluded. Then he endured it. After returning to Qinghai, he became more and more angry.

After rebelling against the Qing Dynasty, he continued to be arrogant and arrogant until he was defeated by Nian Gengyao in a battle. He could only put on women's clothes and fled to Junggar in panic disguised as a woman.

It can be said that Luobuzangdanjin is a typical bully and shy of the strong. He becomes arrogant when he gains power, and decisively gives in when he cannot be beaten.

After Zhou Haizhong saw this, he simply raised the wine bowl and said, "All the conditions have been made clear by the governor. Those who are willing to allocate pasture and join the alliance will drink this bowl!"

The leaders of the tribes looked at each other and immediately picked up their wine bowls.

Even Luobuzangdanjin hesitated for a moment and then picked up the wine bowl. When Taiji, the leader of the other Mongolian tribes, saw this, they were all helpless.

The arrow is on the string. If anyone doesn't follow now, they may be targeted by the Han army immediately.

Zhou Haizhong brought 10,000 troops and 5,000 dragon cavalry into Qinghai. He not only came to call people to make an alliance, but he could also directly kill people with knives.

"Refreshingly, all the leaders are indeed sincerely loyal to our Great Tomorrow Dynasty!" Zhou Haizhong finally smiled.

Since no one quits, the next step is to allocate pasture and officially join the alliance.

The cabinet already has a plan for how to distribute the land specifically. The large tracts of land in the east of Qinghai Lake that can be cultivated have all been placed under the jurisdiction of Duogandu.

The remaining pastures in the central and western regions were handed over to the leaders of the Mongolian and Tibetan tribes for consultation and planning directly under the coordination of the Ming Dynasty.

Anyway, it is necessary to let all the tribes share the benefits, and the leader of each tribe, Chief Taiji, will all be conferred the official position of chieftain commander and allow hereditary inheritance.

The Khanate of Luobuzangdanjin was also retained, but it made no difference whether he retained it or not, because even the Khanate existed in name only. This guy's grassland tribe was specially placed in the center of the grassland of various chieftains.

Once he wants to annex the grasslands of various tribes, he will immediately be besieged by the chieftains of various tribes.

As the meeting place of the alliance, the Emperor Ming Dynasty issued a special decree to formally confer the Kumbum Monastery on it. Similarly, there are other eminent monks and lamas from various temples in Qinghai.

The pastures in central and western Qinghai were quickly divided, and all ethnic groups and tribes benefited. No tribe was dissatisfied or dared not be dissatisfied.

Although the Han people did not allow them to own slaves, they did allow them to obtain the rich pastures outside the mountains, and many small tribes did not have many slaves.

There is not even enough labor force in the mountains. How can we supply so many slaves? It must be cost-effective to turn them into direct labor force.

"Very good. Since we are all assigned to the pasture, let's make a blood alliance here today."

Zhou Haizhong asked the soldiers to bring the cow head that had been prepared, and then cut off the cow's ears with a knife and let the blood go into the wine.

"Blood-blooded alliance!"

The leaders of the tribes were very excited, and they liked this straight-forward way of communication.

Of course, this is also because Ming Dynasty did give them tangible benefits, and also resorted to the threat of force.

(End of this chapter)