Chapter 55 Prince Yu’s self-knowledge
Ada is actually not the official title of a grassland tribe, but the name of the Great Khan of the Mongolian Tumote Tribe.
The reason why he is called "Ada" may be that Ada is so dazzling that the Ming Dynasty automatically ignored his tribal title and directly named him after him.
It may also be that the Ming Dynasty used Ada's real name in order to distinguish the titles of other great Khans in the Tumote tribe.
Ida's surname is Bo'er. As for whether he is a descendant of Genghis Khan, there is no way to verify this now.
But what is certain is that as long as those who can rise up in the Mongolian grassland are mostly descendants of the grassland nobles, otherwise it will be difficult to have heroic appeal.
Because the Mongolian nation is quite different from the Central Plains.
Although the "interaction" between the grasslands and the Central Plains dynasties has continued several times since the Xiongnu, and both parties have won and lost, but in terms of cultural nature, it may be due to geographical constraints, or As a result, the northern grassland regime has never truly formed a civilized system.
Their so-called civilization was just copied bit by bit from the Southern Kingdom by some heroes who followed the advice of Han Chen.
But this kind of plagiarism without core also destined that the core of their civilization is still barbaric and crude.
Therefore, even after the dynasties of the Liao, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties, their barbaric nature could not be concealed.
Powerful grassland tribes, they are not only cruel internally, but also externally.
Therefore, if you want to gain a foothold in the grassland where melee is constant, the first point is to have a clear heroic epic or a buff bonus for the descendants of the hero. Only with these two points can you call for action on the grassland. Others cling to themselves and become part of their strength.
Otherwise, just a dung beetle who jumped out of the gutter and wanted to become the leader of the grassland is simply a dream!
Because of the barbaric prairie people, their heroic complex can never be understood by the Han people in the south.
Although the Han people also have a heroic complex, it is more like the saying "Princes, generals, and generals are kind to each other." Therefore, in the real world of the Han people, they will not think that you will be who you are just because of your father.
This situation rarely occurs in Han culture.
So in the cultural idioms of the Han people, there are often some idiom variants that deny blood, such as "tiger father and dog son" and so on.
This shows that there is a huge difference in the nature of thought between Han people and prairie people.
And because of the barbaric nature of the prairie people, the forces on the grassland will undergo major changes every once in a while before there is a real hero to complete the formal and substantive unification.
For example, during the Zhu Yuanzhang period, the biggest enemy of the Ming Dynasty was the remnants of the "Northern Yuan" who were driven out of the Central Plains. By the Zhu Di period, it became the "Tatar Alutai tribe", and by the Yingzong period, it became the "Wala". During the Zhengde period, he became the "little prince" Dayan Khan, who is now the grandfather of An Dahan.
It can be said that in the past two hundred years, we have never heard of the great drama on the Mongolian grassland. They all have the rhythm of "you sing and I will go on stage". But in this rhythm, there may also be cold weapons. The reason for the advantage of the times may also be the reason for the barbaric attributes of the grassland tribes.
In the past two hundred years of Mongolian generational wars, the power of the Mongolian grasslands has not been substantially weakened. On the contrary, every time they completed a temporary unification, they would unconsciously think of the "B.C. Yuan Dynasty" "Glory, attempted to invade south, and each time achieved certain strategic gains.
As a result, the northern border of the Ming Dynasty has always been in the flames of war, consuming the already unhealthy finances of the Ming Dynasty, and also causing the actual control and control areas of the Ming Dynasty to gradually shrink.
During the Hongzhi Dynasty, all the land in the Hetao was lost.
Although they fought back and forth several times, the Ming Dynasty did not have strong financial support to fight such a long-lasting defensive war, so the Hetao land was officially lost in the Hongzhi Dynasty. It was not until the rise of a regime called the "Qing Dynasty" more than a hundred years later that it launched a brutal Hundred Years' War against the Junggar tribe in the north, that the threat to the northern grasslands was completely eliminated. And it will also return to the territory of the "Western Regions" region that has been away from the Central Plains Empire for nearly a thousand years after the Anshi Rebellion.
It can be seen that in the cold weapon era, in order to solve the problem of the North, in addition to having strong military strength, you also need to have the financial strength to continue the war for hundreds of years.
Otherwise, the northern grassland will always be a sore that is both good and rotten, and rotten and good again, forever eroding and consuming the strength and finances of the Central Plains imperial court.
Gao Gong told Zhu Zaijing the origin of Nanda in detail. After listening to it this time, Zhu Zaijing also had a clear understanding of Nanda.
Zhu Zaijing sighed: "It would be great if my Ming Dynasty could be as strong as in the Yongle period. Maybe An Dahan at this moment will be as good at singing and dancing as Jieli Khan during the Taizong period of the Tang Dynasty."
Listening to Zhu Zaijing's emotion, Gao Gong couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Today’s era is not the era of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty at all. Not only does the current Ming Dynasty’s national power appear to be a bit weak, but it also faces many internal problems. It is simply unable to initiate a war that determines the fate of the country like that during the period of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. , a surprise war against the grassland tribes.
What Ming Dynasty needs now is stability, change and solving its own problems, so that Ming Dynasty can have the energy and spare power to solve the problems in the north.
Otherwise, even if we start a war with the northern grassland tribes, winning will not lead to long-term control, and losing will be even worse.
Therefore, in Gao Gong's opinion, the current plan is to maintain peace with the Anda tribe in the north, so that Ming Dynasty can have time to solve its own internal problems and restore the court's financial situation.
Only by completing these two points can Ming Dynasty turn around and properly deal with the problems in the north.
But can these problems really be solved so easily?
Although Zhu Zaijing has confidence in Gao Gong, Zhu Zaijing has no confidence in the current Ming Dynasty.
If I remember correctly, in history, Gao Gong worked hard to change the current situation of the Ming Dynasty and made countless enemies, but in the end he was stabbed in the back by his "allies".
Zhang Juzheng took advantage of the death of Emperor Longqing and joined forces with Feng Bao to criticize Gao Gong for being disrespectful to the young emperor in front of Empress Dowager Li. Gao Gong was dismissed from office and left the political stage forever.
It can be said that in such a dangerous environment, how can it be so easy to clear the sky for Ming Dynasty just by relying on Gao Gong's passion?
But Zhu Zaijing felt that if he could live longer than Long Qing in history, he would definitely support Gao Gong unreservedly, allowing Gao Gong to solve the long-standing problems of the Ming Dynasty without any worries. .
After all, Zhu Zaijing is very self-aware of himself.
Zhu Zaijing knew that his advantage was his familiarity with history, but in terms of actual reform management, Zhu Zaijing doubted that he could keep up with Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, two unparalleled talents.
Therefore, Zhu Zaijing could only secretly pray that he could live long enough, and then as emperor, he could suppress the direct conflict between Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, so that they could bring different changes to the Ming Dynasty in their respective fields of expertise!
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I drank it yesterday and delayed the update. . Make it up before noon. . . Sorry
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