Chapter 239: Distant Friendship (Page 1/1)

Khalkha was one of the 30,000 households on the left wing after Dayan Khan unified eastern Mongolia. The Khalkha Wanhu is divided into 12 departments, and the east of the Khalkha River is the inner five, and the fifth son of Dayan Khan, Artchuborot, is conferred; To the west of the Khalkha River, there were seven outer divisions, and the youngest son of Dayan Khan, Gezisenza Zalaierhun, was conferred.

For more than 100 years, the territory of Khalkha Mongolia has gradually increased, bordering Hulunbuir in the east, Kobdo in the west, the desert in the south, and Buryat Mongolia in the north. It is now ruled by three khans, Tushetu Khan, Zasaktu Khan, and Chechen Khan.

Along the way, Bai Jiansen constantly took out the map to compare it with the field, and then marked the rivers and roads that were not recorded on the map. In general, the map of the staff is accurate, it's just that the Mongols were nomadic, so there will be some changes in the settlements.

The three Transkhalkha Khans had long known the fact that Lin Dan Khan was defeated by the Ming army, so they were also very enthusiastic about the envoys of the Ming Dynasty. Although there is a sea of desert between the south and north of the desert, the desert is only 3,000 miles from east to west, and it is less than 2,000 miles from north to south. If the Ming Dynasty wants to deal with Mobei Mongolia, it is not difficult.

The Ming Dynasty named Tushetu Khan the King of Yuanyi, Zasaktu Khan the King of Yuan'an, and Chechen Khan the King of Yuanjing. The three khans all accepted the Ming Dynasty's gifts, and all said that they would send their sons and nephews to Beijing to meet the Ming Emperor and offer their own tribute.

Chen Qiyu was naturally very satisfied, the Ming Dynasty now had to consolidate the Hetao area first, and there was not enough logistics to support the continuous expedition to Mobei for a while. And the hit-and-go style doesn't really make much difference. Therefore, Mobei Khalkha is willing to make friends with the Ming Dynasty, which is actually more in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty at this stage.

And when the Ming Dynasty completely defeated Lin Dan Khan and then built the railway near the desert, it was impossible to go outside Khalkha at that time. It's good to be obedient, but disobedience just gave Ming an excuse to go to war. This is the northern policy of the Ming Dynasty in the past ten years - distant and close attack.

Chen Qiyu said to the three Khan kings: "My Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is very concerned about the well-being of the Mobei Mongolian brothers and wants to conduct all kinds of trade with the Mobei Mongols. It's just a long way, so I want to build a railway to connect the two places, I wonder what the three khans think? ”

Tushetu Khan, the most populous of the three khans, asked, "What is a railway?" ”

Chen Qiyu showed the drawings of the railroad to the three khans and explained the role of the railroad in detail. The three khans looked embarrassed and said: "Things are good things, but if this railway is to be built, will it be too expensive?" ”

Chen Qiyu said with a smile: "The three khans, please rest assured, the money and manpower required for the construction of this railway are all in the responsibility of the Ming Dynasty, but I just want to ask the three khans to send someone to tell the herdsmen that people and animals cannot be on the railway when the railway is running, so as to avoid casualties." ”

Hearing that there was such a good thing, the three khans were relieved. Don't pay for it yourself and don't pay for it yourself, a railway only occupies a small amount of space. After the completion of the railway, it will be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, and it will also be beneficial to Mobei Mongolia.

Chen Qiyu took out two pieces of paper and said: "This is the agreement of Inner Khalkha Mongolia to participate in the construction of the Jingbei Railway. The foreign minister first read it to the three khanates, and then the khans could let those who were proficient in Chinese to see the meaning of the Chinese, and at the same time please take a closer look at the attached Mongolian text. ”

The agreement was written in Chinese and Mongolian, and the meaning of the two words was the same, and the three khans took it over after he read it and carefully examined it, and found that the agreement only stipulated that the Inner Khalkha Mongols had the obligation to maintain the safety along the railway, and other things such as surveys and construction were all under the responsibility of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, such a good thing must be signed. So the three khans signed on two pieces of paper, one handed over to Chen Qiyu, and the other was collected by Tushetu Khan.

After the official business was finished, Chen Qiyu said to the Three Khans: "We heard that this place is not far from Xiaohai, which was called Beihai in the Han Dynasty, and there was a great Han man who pastored sheep here. So we wanted to go there and have a look, I don't know if it's okay. ”

Tushetu Khan smiled: "Of course there is no problem, please rest the envoy for the time being today, there will be a program to welcome the envoy in the evening." Tomorrow we will have messengers with us. When you come back, you can take your nephews to Beijing to meet the Ming Emperor. ”

In the evening, Tushetu Khan welcomed the envoys of the Ming Dynasty with a grand bonfire, and after the people in the mission returned to their tents with a full drink, Tushetu Khan asked a Mongolian woman to accompany them, but Chen Qiyu refused, while Latulu laughed and pulled the two women into his residence.

Bai Jiansen said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's a barbarian, and he actually asked his concubine to do this kind of thing." ”

Chen Qiyu said: "Actually, this is very normal, it is difficult to live on the grassland, and wars are more frequent, so there are fewer men and more women in Mongolia." And if a woman does not give birth to a male offspring, it is difficult for her to survive on the grassland. As a result, there is often a custom of entertaining guests as a sign of selflessness and saying that it is good to have a child. They don't have a sense of chastity, they are not ashamed, so we can't use our ideas to judge some of their behavior. ”

Bai Jiansen said: "Squire, along the way, there is generally no problem with the map of the General Staff. However, in the minds of the lower officials, there were many Han merchants who came here, and it was easy to find a relatively correct map under the reference of the map drawn by everyone. But the Han merchants should rarely go on the back road, and from tomorrow the lower officials will take a few entourages to carefully inspect the terrain, and they will also have to cover well. ”

Chen Qiyu said with a smile: "Don't worry, tomorrow the people who lead the way will try to buy it with money first, they shouldn't be able to prevent us, you can bring a few people and say that you want to see the scenery nearby." ”

The next day, Ratullu bid farewell to the mission and went back to Inner Khalkha. Chen Qiyu and his entourage were escorted north by a commander of a thousand with more than 100 people. After Chen Qiyu gave a small glass mirror to the commander, the commander of the thousand commanders couldn't wait to worship the people in the mission as living Buddhas, Bai Jiansen could do whatever he wanted, and even sent people to take Bai Jiansen and others to walk around, anyway, there was no hurry, didn't the king of Khan say that he wanted to accompany the Ming envoy to look around, then it should be a play.

The nearly 1,000-mile journey took a total of 15 days. Bai Jiansen is very satisfied with the harvest along the way. After going back this time, the eastern route from Daming to Beihai will be fully explored, as long as you choose the western line when you go back, then the maps on both sides will be available when the two roads send troops.

Now in control of Xiaohai are the Buriyati people, who belong to the Moxi Mongols, that is, the Warat people. The Trans-Khalkha people are no longer willing to go deeper, and Chen Qiyu is not reluctant. The route has been found, and you can naturally watch it in the future.

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