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Chapter 227 Diplomatic Efforts
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A few flowers bloomed, each with one branch. Before Young Master Zhang started to arrange the flood attack, Song Xiance, who was recommended by Young Master Zhang as the envoy of the Commoner Kingdom, had already crossed the desert grassland, barren mountains and rivers against the boundless wind and sand and the scorching sun. , came to the city of Chahanhot, located in the alluvial plain of the Chagan Muron River, and submitted the letter of the Ming Dynasty to the current Mongolian Great Khan Lin Dan, and made a request for a visit.

Speaking of Lin Dan Khan, who was translated as Hudun Rabbit Khan in Ming language, I really have to introduce his complicated background and origin. His full name is Chahar Lindan Batur, and his Khan’s name is Hutuktu Khan At the age of 13, he inherited the Khan position of his grandfather Buyan Xuechan Khan and became the last Mongolian Khan in history.In the early days of his reign, in order to win the support of the feudal lord of the Yellow Sect monks, Lin Dan Khan vigorously promoted and personally believed in Tibetan Buddhism. Bahutuktu is the national teacher, but in this way, Lin Dan inadvertently offended Mobei Kharkha, who has believed in the yellow religion for generations, and the [-] right-wing Khan, Jinong, Nuoyan and Taiji, and even offended Maidarinomen Khan, who was extremely powerful in the Khalkha tribe in Mobei, had a serious disagreement with them, which laid the root of the disaster for the westward development of Jiannu.But in any case, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Relying on the inheritance left by the ancestors, in the early days of Lin Dan Khan's rule of the grassland, the Mongolian ministries basically still obeyed his unified orders.

Long before Song Xiance went to Chahanhot, Young Master Zhang had his own unique evaluation of Lin Danhan: he has high eyesight and low power, bullies the weak and fears the hard, and changes his orders day and night!The grass on the wall, the wind blows on both sides, it is worth winning but has to guard against it! ——And Master Zhang’s evaluation hits the nail on the head. Looking at Lin Dan’s 25 years in power, whether it is military, diplomatic or internal affairs, it is basically a mess!Taking the wrong medicine to change religious beliefs and poaching corners to offend your own supporters is fine. Moving the capital to Chahanhot also aroused the vigilance of Daming and Jiannu at the same time, forcing Daming to strengthen the Great Wall defense, and Jiannu to increase Great infiltration to the west to establish a buffer zone, and directly triggered the full-scale hostility between Mongolia and Jiannu - of course, this is also a good thing for Ming.

Since then, Lin Dan Khan's foreign and domestic policies have become more and more incoherent. On the one hand, he has levied violently and plundered domestically. , wantonly abused the Mongolian tribes who were subject to their own reputation, and even connived at the favored minister Guiying to force the wife of Wulu Taiji, a subordinate of Chahar, to force the Taiji to surrender and become a slave, and aroused the dissatisfaction of countless Mongolian tribes. Even Chongzhen has never used such a stupid trick.On the other hand, he was indifferent to Daming, using the excuse of the alliance to eliminate Jiannu, and asked Daming for rewards every year. The amount of reward silver he asked for changed from the initial 4000 taels to 4000 taels, and even offered 4 taels and 14 taels of rewards at one time. The request also aroused the anger in the hearts of the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, for the Ming court, let alone tens of thousands of taels of silver, even if it was tens of thousands of taels of silver, as long as it could buy the safety of the northern border and at the same time allow Lin Dan to restrain the main force of slave building from the flanks, then no matter it was Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian, All civil and military officials are happy to give this money to Lin Danhan to appease this ally who has lived in peace for more than half a century.But the problem is that Lin Danhan, who thinks he is smart, has never had any good intentions for forming an alliance with Daming from the very beginning. The army went to consume the strength of Jiannu, and it is not to say that there was no military action to cooperate with Daming to suppress Jiannu, but every time it was weak—just like in the fifth year of Tianqi, Young Master Zhang used the power of Jinzhou to contain Almost all the main forces of Jiannu were captured, Lin Dan took the opportunity to attack the Horqin Grassland, but as soon as Jiannu sent 10 cavalry northward, Lin Dan's 10,000+ troops ran away, forcing Young Master Zhang to launch a gambling-like Northern Expedition in the seventh year of the apocalypse , This can be regarded as cutting off Jiannu's right-hand man on the Mongolian grassland.In several other military operations, Lin Dan Khan fully demonstrated the policy of bullying the weak and fearing the strong. Lin Dan Khan was invincible and invincible against his own people who fought against Mongolia, but when he encountered the slave army, Lin Dan immediately went down from the mountain The tiger has turned into a prairie sheep, and it has no fighting spirit when it is touched. Troops were sent to rescue, resulting in the death of the Ang'antaiji tribe, and their wives and children were taken as slaves by Jiannu, which broke the hearts of the people of their own tribe.

Of course, it is precisely because of seeing through Lin Dan's nature of being bullying and afraid of the hard, and of both ends, and Lin Dan's sloppy style, that the two bad guys, Young Master Zhang and Huang Taiji, are eyeing this dangerous person at the same time, almost At the same time, they are sending diplomatic envoys, trying to pull this wall to their side. One hopes to temporarily stabilize this wall, and the other hopes to pull this wall to his side. A fierce diplomatic competition is also coming. It unfolded fiercely in Chahanhot City.

Gossip less, let’s get down to business, taking advantage of the opportunity of Mongolian officials entering the city to report, Song Xiance, with a thick and rebellious head on the back of his head, began to look at the situation of Chahanhot, the Mongolian capital. From the perspective of cold weapon warfare, Lin Danhan The Chahanhot city, which was built after ascending the throne, is indeed very majestic. The city wall built with mixed earth and rocks is four feet high, more than half a foot thick, surrounded by water from the Heihe River, and the moat is nearly three feet wide. It is temporarily impossible to judge how deep it is, and The terrain is high in the south and the East River, and only the west and north sides can launch siege operations. In terms of strength, it is not inferior to the first city of Grassland, Gelejuergen City, and it can be regarded as a fortified city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. ——However, this is only compared to the cold weapon war. As far as the slave slaughtering army with modernized equipment is concerned, if Young Master Zhang wants to attack such a city, he can come up with a dozen different methods at any time.

After carefully observing the equipment and discipline of Hanhaote's garrison for a long time, Song Xiance nodded secretly, and said in his heart: "My boss is right. In terms of army discipline and morale, Lin Dan's army It is probably comparable to the main force of our Ming Dynasty. If such an army goes to harass the Jimen Great Wall, it will be a bit difficult for Yan Mingtai to defend, that is, the slave-slaughter army of the master, and it can hold such an army steadily." , Song Xiance couldn't help but also lamented, "Why am I so unlucky to meet such a boss? I can only be sure of such a conclusion when I go to Chahanhot. The boss has never met Lin Dan's army face to face, and they can predict the future. , do I still have a chance in this life?"

"Woo—!" Just as Song Xiance was feeling sorry for himself, a trumpet blared suddenly in Chahanhot City, and a middle-aged Mongolian general in armor led a group of knights with bright banners and came out of the city in a neat line.After crossing the moat, the soldiers lined up on both sides. The middle-aged general got off his horse and greeted him with a smile on his face. He babbled a lot of Mongolian to Song Xiance, and the interpreter sent by the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty hurriedly translated: " Mr. Song, this is Hudun Rabbit Khan’s beloved general Hongjirat Otok Qisai Nuoyan. On behalf of Hudun Rabbit Khan, he pays the highest respect to you and wishes you good luck and a long life. You are welcome."

"Send a general to meet me, the ambassador of the Ming Dynasty? Does this Lin Dan have no one under his command, or does he want to give me a warning?" Song Xiance murmured in his heart, but his face remained calm, and he smiled and said, "Thank you General Qi Sai Nuoyan Mr. Song is very grateful for your welcome, and Mr. Song also wishes the general a prosperous martial arts and a prosperous reputation."

The interpreter translated Song Xiance's words into Mongolian, and added a lot of flattering language at his own discretion. Qisai Nuoyan was overjoyed to hear it, chatted in Mongolian again, and made a gesture of inviting him into the city.The interpreter then translated to Song Xiance: "Mr. Song, General Qisai Nuoyan invited you to enter the city with him, and said that the Great Khan has prepared a banquet in the palace and is going to entertain you in person." Song Xiance nodded and said a few more words With a polite word of thanks, he entered the city hand in hand with Qisai Nuoyan.

Although it is the capital of Mongolia, the streets and houses in Chahanhot City are very rough. Most of the walls of the houses are rammed earth and thatched roofs. It is rare to see a few stone houses, not to mention the luxury and exquisiteness of the imperial palace. The only thing worth mentioning is that it has a large area, almost half the size of the Forbidden City in Ming Dynasty. There are a lot of cavalry stationed in the simple palace, which has obvious national characteristics of bow and horse.Among them, the Wan'an Palace, which looks the tallest and most magnificent, is also Lin Dan's meeting hall and sleeping palace.

Along the way, he and Qisai Nuoyan entered the Wan'an Palace as a guest. The hall was already filled with a large number of Mongolian nobles and generals. Among them was a middle-aged man in Chinese clothes who looked to be in his 40s. One is a noble lady in rich clothes wearing a kimono crown.Song Xiance deduced logically, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow and salute, and said respectfully: "The envoy of the Ming Dynasty, Song Xiance, pays homage to His Majesty Hudun Rabbit Khan of Mongolia, and the Queen Sutai of Mongolia. Friendship lasts forever and has a long history."

The middle-aged man sat still, and after babbling a few words in Mongolian, the interpreter of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty standing next to Song Xiance immediately changed his face, and his face became very embarrassed. Song Xiance glanced at the interpreter without panicking. He replied in barely fluent Mongolian: "Your Majesty Lin Dan Khan, why don't you ask the envoy not to kneel? Your Majesty Khan is wrong. Song Xiance is the envoy of the Ming Dynasty. He kneels up to the Emperor of Heaven and Earth, and kneels down to learn from his parents." , and His Majesty the Great Khan is neither the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, nor Song Xiance's parents and teachers, how can he bow down to His Majesty? Besides, His Majesty the Great Khan is the Khan conferred by the Ming Dynasty, and Song Xiance is the Ming Dynasty If the national envoy, on behalf of the Ming Dynasty court, goes to Mongolia, if he kneels down to His Majesty, wouldn’t it be a disorder of the three cardinal principles and five constant principles, the suzerain vassal?”

"This dwarf can speak Mongolian!" Lin Dan, Qisai Nuoyan and the others were taken aback, and they began to look at Song Xiance, who was as short as a monkey, with admiration.Song Xiance said calmly: "Khan doesn't know something, Song Xiance was a wandering alchemist before serving in the Xuanda Governor Zhang Xiantai Shogunate of the Ming Dynasty, and he also went to Mobei to visit Mongolian customs, so he learned a little bit. The Mongolian language is just poorly spoken, so if there are any omissions, I hope His Majesty will correct me."

"Mr. Song speaks Mongolian very well." Lin Dan forced a smile and greeted, "Come here, arrange a seat for Mr. Song." Song Xiance thanked Lin Dan, and presented the gift from the Ming court to Lin Dan and the letter of credence , and then sat down on a brocade carpet on the right side of Lin Dan, and the interpreter stood behind Song Xiance.Next to it, there was another maid serving milk tea and melons and fruits, and the hospitality was quite thoughtful.

"Mr. Song, you came at a good time. I just have something I want to ask you about the Ming court." Seeing that Song Xiance was sitting down, Lin Dan didn't look at the Ming Dynasty Book written in both Chinese and Mongolian, so he asked Song Xiance straight to the point. Dao: "In July last year, your Ming army sent troops without authorization to attack my Karaqin and Horqin grasslands, killing countless warriors and common people of our Mongolia, and finally forced some Mongolians in Karaqin, Horqin and Inner Karka Taiji surrendered to the Ming Kingdom, sent protons to the capital of the Ming Kingdom, and sealed some Mongolian Taijis without my permission—does your Ming Dynasty court want to betray the covenant and start a war with Mongolia?"

Although Lin Dan's words have been heard by Song Xiance very closely, but for the sake of caution, Song Xiance, who can only barely understand and speak Mongolian, waited for the translator to fully translate, and then replied through the translator: "This statement by the Great Khan It’s so bad, our Ming army sent troops to Monan not to break the covenant, but to abide by the covenant! The Great Khan still remembers that there is such a clause in the covenant between our Daming and Mongolia——Daming and Mongolia, no matter which side is attacked You were obliged to send troops to aid the slavery invasion! At that time, you were fighting with the Chechen Khan, and you had no time to look south. Some Mongolian tribes who betrayed you colluded with slavery to harm the grassland. As a last resort, our Ming Zhang sent troops to the grassland to expel Build slaves, and teach the Mongolian tribes who dared to collude with build slaves for you, Khan, not only did you not express your gratitude to our Ming court, but why did you accuse our Ming court of betraying the covenant? Could it be that, Khan, you think that we do not Should you send troops to protect your rear when your rear is empty, and drive out the brutal slaves for you?"

Lin Dan was at a loss for words. At this time, a Mongolian nobleman in his twenties suddenly said: "Since you Ming Dynasty is here to expel the Dajin army for us, and teach the Mongolian traitors who betrayed my father Khan, why don't you send the troops to the Mongolian army after you withdraw?" The Harqin Grassland and the Horqin Grassland were returned to my father Khan, and they were kept in his own hands? Isn’t this a seizure of our Mongolian land?”

"Big gold?" Song Xiance frowned slightly, and asked directly to the young Mongolian nobleman, "May I ask this son, what is his name, and what is his official position in Mongolia?"

"I am the eldest son of Hutuktu Khan, Chahar Ezhe, and now I am the great prince of Mongolia." The young nobleman replied arrogantly.Song Xiance nodded slightly, cupped his hands and replied, "Since the eldest prince is asking the question, the young envoy should answer—but what the young envoy doesn't understand is that after our Daming squadron, we didn't send a single soldier to the Karaqin and Horqin grasslands." Pawn, how can we say that we have seized the land and grasslands of Mongolia?" Song Xiance added in his heart, "The key is the lack of strength now, otherwise, with the virtue of my black-hearted boss - I will definitely station troops in Mount Tuer, directly Threatening your Chahanhot City!"

Er Zhe was also stunned, speechless for a long while, but the Mongolian queen Sutai who was sitting next to Lin Dan asked: "Since Mr. Song said that the country did not invade our Mongolian grassland, why do you still give Oba, Wu Keshan and Selen have three Taiji titles? And let their sons go to the Ming capital as hostages? Isn’t this trying to turn the Horqin and Karaqin grasslands into your Ming land, what is it?”

"Miss Su Tai, what you said is even more unreasonable." Song Xiance replied with a smile: "As early as 57 years ago, in the fifth year of Longqing, Al Da Khan, the ancestor of Huduntu Khan, had already accepted the canonization of our Ming Dynasty and was conferred by the Ming Dynasty. Our Ming Dynasty conferred the title of King of Shunyi, and the brothers and grandchildren of Altan Khan were also conferred the titles of governor, commander, and thousands of households. After that, every Mongolian Khan had to be conferred by our Daming before he could obtain the title of tribute to Daming. Qualifications, their children and relatives, are also awarded by the Ming Dynasty. This time, our Ming army's northern expedition to the grasslands, Oba and other Mongolian Taiji were afraid of the Great Ming's prestige, and took the initiative to open the city to surrender. The Ming Dynasty rewarded those who surrendered. What's wrong with Auba and other Taiji official titles? What's wrong? As for Zhu Taiji sending his son to the capital of Daming, it is to express his admiration for my Chinese country, to learn my Chinese culture, and to strengthen communication And to resolve the conflict, how can we say that our Ming Dynasty wants to turn the Horqin Grassland and the Harqin Grassland into our own land?"

Song Xiance, who had finally had the opportunity to be on his own, could be said to have exhausted his energy this time and wanted to show off. After some witty rhetoric, he immediately stunned Su Tai, speechless.At this moment, a [-]-year-old and a half-year-old child who was sitting under Lin Dan's eldest son Ezhe stood up and said to Song Xiance excitedly: "Mr. Song from the Ming Dynasty, I am Hutuktu Khan’s second son is called Abu Nai. Let me ask you a question, do you mean that the Ming Dynasty still recognizes the Horqin and Harqin Grasslands as my father Khan’s land? There is no plan to take these two grasslands back to Ming Dynasty ?”

"It turned out to be the second prince of Huduntu Khan." Song Xiance nodded, and replied solemnly: "The second prince is right. Our Ming Dynasty used to admit that Horqin and Karaqin Grasslands were the land of Huduntu Khan, and now we also recognize these two This piece of grassland is the land of Hudun Rabbit Khan." Speaking of this, Song Xiance added in his stomach, "I will not guarantee it in the future, but my black-hearted boss has always believed that as long as there are us Han people, it should be The land of our Han people! When he frees up his hands, let alone the Horqin and Harqin Grasslands, even the Chahar Grasslands, he will also take them back to the territory of Ming Dynasty!"

"Father Khan, am I right?" Although Abnai is only fourteen or five years old, and his knowledge is far superior to that of his elder brother Ezhe, he immediately turned to Lin Dan and shouted excitedly: "I have said that the Ming court treats us It’s friendly, the Ming army didn’t station troops in Horqin and Harqin grasslands, it just didn’t intend to occupy these two grasslands! Father Khan, don’t listen to the lies of those dog Jiannu, they are trying to lie to you... .”

"Shut up! You don't have a place to speak here!" Ezhe was furious, pulled his younger brother to sit down, and covered his mouth again.Song Xiance was startled suddenly, and he had already heard some clues, and thought: "Don't listen to Gou Jiannu's lies? Could it be that Jiannu's envoy has already arrived at Chahanhaote first? If this is the case, then I will be a latecomer It's controlled by people."

"You son of a bitch, you almost ruined my event!" Lin Dan also gave his second son Abunai a fierce look, and asked Song Xiance calmly, "Mr. Song, according to you, since your Ming Dynasty recognizes Horqin Grassland and Kara The Qin Grassland is my land, so why did I send envoys to these two grasslands to proclaim the decree, but the traitor Taiji on the two grasslands refused to obey my order?"

"Big Khan, forgive me for your rude words—your words are too contradictory." Song Xiance replied with a smile: "The envoy has already emphasized that we, Ming Dynasty, admit that Horqin Grassland and Harqin Grassland are both you. The people on these two grasslands are naturally your subjects. If your subjects don’t obey your orders, how can you blame our Ming court? Could it be that, Great Khan, you want our Ming court to come down? If you want the Mongolian tribes on these two grasslands to accept your order, then the Ming court will actually invade your land?"

"This..." Lin Dan was at a loss for words again, and after a while he said darkly: "Well, since your Ming Dynasty recognizes the Horqin and Harqin Grasslands as my land, then the Mongolian tribes on these two grasslands will not agree. Listen to my order, I plan to send troops to these two grasslands, and teach the traitor tribes on these two grasslands a lesson! When the time comes, you, the Ming Kingdom, don’t sidestep the fight, let alone send troops to support them.”

"Khan, you use troops internally. Of course, our Ming Dynasty has no right to interfere, and it is even more impossible to send troops to fight against you." Song Xiance first stuffed Lin Dan with a sweet date, and then said calmly: "But the envoy thinks that the envoy Khan, you may have a better way, which can not only increase your treasury income, but also save the precious lives of Mongolian warriors by killing each other, and recover the Karaqin and Horqin grasslands without a single soldier."

"Oh, there is such a good thing?" Lin Dan was very surprised, and hurriedly asked: "What way?"

"Lease." Song Xiance finally threw out his genius invention, and said plausibly: "Khan, you can temporarily lease these two grasslands to our Ming Dynasty, and allow our Ming court to temporarily manage these two grasslands. Pay you a lot of rent every year to make up for your tax losses."

"Leasing? What are you renting these two grasslands for?" Lin Dan was very surprised.Song Xiance smiled and replied: "Khan, don't worry, our Ming court leased these two grasslands just to protect the safety of the capital. Go to the garrison and threaten your hinterland, let alone take away your grassland directly like Jiannu. And we can also set a time limit. After ten or eight years, our Ming court will give up the rights to these two grasslands. The right to manage, return these two grasslands to you, Da Khan, and you will definitely not borrow Jingzhou from Liu Bei, and never return it once you borrow it."

"Khan, you can think about it carefully." Song Xiance's mouth was as sweet as honey, and patiently explained: "As long as you promise not to use troops on these two grasslands for the time being, and not to station troops on these two grasslands, Then our Daming will seal you a rent of 1 taels of silver every year——thousand taels of silver, Dahan, even if you take these two pieces of land under your jurisdiction now, can you collect so much tax every year? Khan, you must be very clear that the Mongolian princes like Oba and Wu Keshan have been in conflict with you for a long time. If you raise troops to fight them now, they will definitely resist desperately, and how much military expenditure will they have to spend? Death in battle How many warriors? It is better to temporarily give up the management rights of these two grasslands, while collecting sky-high rents from our Ming court, while using gentle means to appease the Mongolian princes on these two grasslands, establish friendship with them, resolve conflicts, and convince them sincerely Accept your order, and when the lease period of our Daming expires, Dahan, you can take back these two grasslands without a single soldier? What a good thing that has the best of both worlds? Such a good thing, where to find it ?”

Lin Dan was stunned at first, and then felt that Song Xiance's words were quite reasonable, so he couldn't help nodding his head, "Yes, this is a good way, but is the rent..."

"Father sweat—!" E Zhe saw that the situation was not good, and quickly screamed loudly, reminding Lin Dan not to be moved by the petty profit thrown by Song Xiance.A lama sitting first on the left side of Lin Dan also shouted in a long voice: "Khan, the matter is very important, please think twice." Su Tai also pulled Lin Dan's sleeve violently, even winking, Lin Dan suddenly came to his senses, and quickly changed his words : "This method is good, but the matter is too big, I have to discuss it with others."

"Khan's words are justified. This is a big matter, and we need to discuss it in detail." Song Xiance said beautifully, but he was secretly alert, knowing that what he threw to Lin Dan was nothing more than petty profits, as long as Lin Dan had a long-term vision , it is not difficult to find that he is just using a tactic to delay the attack, which is only beneficial to Lin Dan in the short term, but in the long run, he has dug a trap that engulfs Lin Dan!

Note: In history, after Lin Dan’s defeat, his wife Su Tai and his eldest son Ezhe were all subject to Jiannu. Only Abnai rebelled against the Qing all his life and was imprisoned in Shenyang by Jiannu Kangxi. Abnai’s two sons, Burni and Luo Buzang He continued to fight against the anti-Qing banner, and sent troops to respond to Wu Sangui during the San Francisco Rebellion, but it was a pity that he was single and weak, and both were killed in the end, and Abu Nai was also strangled by Kangxi.

(End of this chapter)