Chapter 731: The Two Kings of Hami
After hearing the voice that stopped the middle-aged strong man, Li Yuntian looked up behind the middle-aged strong man, and saw a Central Asian man with a deep facial contour walking over surrounded by a group of soldiers, looking at Li Yuntian as he walked.
"General Mullen." The middle-aged strong man turned his head to look at the Central Asian man, and couldn't help but shout.
"Zhenwu Hou, today's matter has made you see a joke, and I will solve it later." The Central Asian man known as General Mu Lun ignored the middle-aged strong man, but came to Li Yuntian and bowed his hand to him, and then made a gesture of invitation to the side, "The prince has been waiting in the county government for a long time, and the Hou Ye should go to the county government first." ”
"How do you know Benhou?" Li Yuntian was a little surprised when he heard this, he had never seen this General Mulun in his impression.
"We have an army of 80,000, if we were ordinary people, how dare we miss meeting the prince because of an unpleasant little thing." Mullen smiled and explained quietly.
"You are wrong, in the eyes of Ben Hou, this is not a trivial matter, Ben Hou is an official of the imperial court, how can he sit back and watch the people of the Ming Dynasty being bullied?"
Li Yuntian shook his head when he heard this, and looked at Mu Lun with a stern expression, "Since King Zhongyi wants to negotiate peace, then he must first show due sincerity, Ben Hou is waiting here, unless King Zhongyi can let his subordinates keep to themselves, Ben Hou will definitely not talk to him about anything." ”
"Master Hou, wait a minute." Mu Lun frowned when he heard this, seeing that Li Yuntian's resolute attitude didn't seem to be bluffing, so he arched his hand to Li Yuntian and left in a hurry.
Before leaving, Mu Lun asked people to send away the middle-aged strong man and others, the middle-aged strong man seemed to be very jealous of Mu Lun, and did not have any complaints, and left with a suspicious face, just wiped Mu Lun and Li Yuntian when they talked in Chinese, so he didn't know Li Yuntian's identity.
The thin and tall soldier's face turned pale and he left with the middle-aged strong man, he heard it clearly just now, he never thought that the famous Zhenwu Marquis would appear in Wei County, and he also witnessed him acting for the tiger, so there is a chance that he will be unlucky in the future.
"Master Hou is a great grace to save his life, and the grass people are unforgettable." The old man, who had been kicked down by the tall and thin soldier before, hurriedly led his family over and knelt in front of Li Yuntian's horse, thanking him repeatedly, it was obvious that they knew Li Yuntian's identity.
"Hurry up, the old man, the officials and soldiers have failed to hold the Juyong Pass, so you will suffer." Seeing this, Li Yuntian turned over and dismounted, and after picking up the old man, he smiled and comforted, "Now that the official army has recovered Juyongguan and Tongzhou, and captured the Northern Yuan Taishi Arutai alive, the war in Beizhili will end soon." ”
"Wait...... Master Hou, did we win? The old man was slightly stunned when he heard this, and asked with a look of surprise, some time ago, the Ming army was at a disadvantage.
"The 100,000 troops of the imperial court are in front of the boundary monument of the Daimyo's Mansion, and the Kansai soldiers of the Daimyo's Mansion can't escape, so they asked Benhou to negotiate peace." Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, and said quietly.
"Won, finally won!" The old man muttered a few words to himself, and then squatted on the ground and cried loudly, several of his relatives died under the knife of the Kansai soldiers, and now he finally didn't have to worry about living his life anymore.
Infected by the old man, the people who gradually gathered up also shed tears, and the scene soon cried to the sky, they thought that the Ming Dynasty was going to return to the rule of the Yuan Dynasty after this time, so they felt sad in their hearts, and they did not think that the situation on the battlefield was reversed by the officers and soldiers in more than two months, which can be described as experiencing the great joys and sorrows of life.
Li Yuntian looked at the crying people around him, and shook his head secretly in his heart, the Great Wall alone could not protect the people of the Ming Dynasty from the flames of war, so only by leveling the hostile countries around the Ming Dynasty and maintaining war suppression externally, can foreign enemies not dare to start the war lightly.
In order to show his sincerity in the negotiations, he not only issued a notice prohibiting harassment of the people, but also sent guards to patrol the whole city to maintain social order.
In front of the gate of the county government of Wei County, Li Yuntian saw Timur, the loyal king of Hami, who came to greet him, and went to the back hall of the county government with Timur.
"King Zhongyi, how is King Zhongshun lately?" After sitting down in the back hall, Li Yuntian glanced at Timur and said quietly, "If Benhou is not mistaken, King Zhongshun and the emperor have a brotherhood, why did you follow the Northern Yuan to invade Gyeonggi this time?" ”
It is worth mentioning that Hami is different from other places, Emperor Yongle sealed two vassal kings in Hami that year, one of which was Tuhuan Timur's father, Tuli Timur, who was named the king of loyalty, and the other was Anke Timur, the uncle of Timur, who was named the king of loyalty.
Hami's current Zhongshun King Bu Ta Shuli's father, that is, the uncle of Timur Tuhuan, the former Zhongshun King Tokh Tu Tu has a close relationship with Emperor Yongle, and Bu Ta Shuli and Emperor Xuande are also brothers.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the ruling Hami Wuna lost Li was the authentic royal family of the Yuan Dynasty, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he was first named the mighty king, and then changed the title to the king of Su, when the Yuan Shun Emperor fled back to Mobei, the Wu Na lost Li to stand on its own in the Hami region and established the Hami country.
Among the rulers of the Western Regions, large and small, the dominant ones were the descendants of the Mongol Empire, or more precisely, the royal descendants of the Chagatai Khanate.
For the Hami country, due to its special geographical location, it is destined to encounter many tribulations since its establishment, its south is Shazhou Wei, west is Huozhou State, north is Wara, southeast is Daming.
Therefore, if the forces of the Western Regions want to enter the Ming Dynasty in the east, they must first seize Hami, and the Ming Dynasty will take the Hami Kingdom as the northwest domain, so the Hami Kingdom has become the center of contention between the Ming Dynasty and the various forces in the Western Regions, especially Wara.
In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Emperor Hongwu ordered the governor Huaiying to lead the troops to the west to conquer Hami, and even fought successively, all the way to the city of Hami.
However, with the important geographical location of the Hami Kingdom, the Wunashili wanted to control the envoys and merchants of the Western Regions to the Ming Dynasty to monopolize the tribute and control the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Western Regions, which in turn angered Emperor Hongwu.
So in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, Emperor Hongwu ordered Liu Zhen and Song Sheng, the governors of the Left Army, to lead troops to conscript, and broke the Wuna Lost in Hami City, so that the Guna Lost Li took advantage of the night to flee.
In the following year, the Wunashili who was hiding in the Tianshan Mountains sent envoys to ask Emperor Hongwu for his guilt and paid tribute to a number of mules and horses, and Hami officially belonged to the Ming Dynasty.
After the death of the Unasuri, Emperor Hongwu approved his brother Anke Timur to succeed him as the king of Hami, and continued to send tribute and trade horses.
After Emperor Yongle succeeded to the throne, he regarded Hami as a fortress between the Ming Dynasty and the countries of the Western Regions, so he adopted a policy of restraint towards Hami.
In the second year of Yongle, Anke Timur was named the king of loyalty by the Yongle Emperor and awarded the golden seal.
In the following year, Anker Timur was born, because Anker Timur had no children, so the officials of the Hami State asked the Ming Dynasty to send the son of the Unashi back to the king of Zhongshun.
Tokhtar grew up in Beijing since he was a child and was raised by Emperor Yongle, so Emperor Yongle let Tokhtar return to Hami and became the new generation of loyal and obedient kings of Hami.
In the second year, that is, in the fourth year of Yongle, Emperor Yongle set up Hami Wei in Hami, appointed the Hami nobleman Maha Mahu as the commander, and sent the Han Zhou An to serve as the governor of the Zhongshun Palace, and Liu Xing to serve as the Wangfu Jishan, to assist the Zhongshun King Totok to govern the Hami Kingdom, which shows the importance attached to the Hami Kingdom.
Hamiwei belongs to the establishment of the Guardian, which is similar to autonomy and enjoys a great deal of autonomy:
1. In terms of taxation, the Ming Dynasty does not collect Hamiwei's taxes, and Hamiwei's taxes are handed over to the Zhongshun Palace;
2. In terms of the rule of officials, the vast majority of officials at all levels of Hamiwei were held by local nobles;
3. In terms of law, the crimes of the people of Hamiwei are usually dealt with by the local yamen of Hami, and the court generally does not interfere;
4. Militarily, the Ming Dynasty did not send troops to Hami, and the local troops were under the command of the Zhongshun Palace.
Although the Maha Massier was the commander of the Hamiwei, the highest military and political governor of the Hamiwei was the King of Zhongshun, and the successive kings of Zhongshun had to be recognized by the Ming court in order to succeed to the throne.
The establishment of Hamiwei showed that the Ming Dynasty attached more and more importance to the Western Regions, and since then, envoys and caravans from the Western Regions and the interior have to go through various procedures in Hami City.
In the eighth year of Yongle, because the son of Tokhtar was still young and difficult to inherit the throne, Emperor Yongle then sealed the younger brother of Tokhtar Timur as the king of loyalty, gave the seal and jade belt and other things, and promoted the commander of the Tongzhi Ha Thorn Hana as the governor.
In the seventeenth year of Yongle, because of the dedication of Tuli Timur, Emperor Yongle specially sent envoys to Hami to comfort him, and gave Tuli Timur's mother and wife gold bead crown clothes, coins and other things, and all officials of Hamiwei were rewarded.
In the first year of Hongxi, the rabbit Timur was killed, and the following year, Emperor Hongxi ordered the son of Tokhtar to attack the king of Zhongshun.
In the third year of Xuande, because Bu Ta Lili was still young, Emperor Xuande ordered Tu Huan Timur, the son of Tuli Timur, to attack the king of Zhongyi and assist Bu Ta Lili in handling government affairs, so there were two princes named by the court in Hami.
In the history of Hamiwei, the simultaneous administration of King Zhongshun and King Zhongyi occurred only during the time of Butasuri and Timur of Tohuan, because King Hitami was too young to govern.
Since then, there has been no phenomenon of two princes governing at the same time, and after two years of short administration of Hamiwei by Timur's son Tamur, the son of Timur of Tuohuan, briefly ruled Hamiwei as the king of loyalty, the court removed the title of king of loyalty, and Hamiwei only had the king of loyalty in the future.
This time the troops were sent to assist the Tatars and Warat in attacking the Ming Dynasty, and it was naturally impossible for the Zhongshun King Bu Ta Shuli to lead the troops as the supreme commander of the Hami Guard, so the responsibility of commanding the troops naturally fell on the body of the loyal king Tuhuan Timur.
As soon as Li Yuntian opened his mouth, he mentioned the special relationship between Bu Ta and Da Ming, and it was obviously extremely dissatisfied with his assistance to Tatar and Warat.