Gou was a member of the imperial family in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1148 Framework
Tengger's words immediately made many people's eyes light up, and they couldn't help but think of the minerals in their own territory.

In fact, there are quite a few minerals in various parts of Mongolia. The entire Mongolia, including the northern and southern parts of the desert, is rich in mineral resources. There are not only copper and iron mines, but also gold, silver and gem mines. It’s just that the Mongolians don’t know these at all, but that doesn’t mean they don’t know the existence of these mines.

For so many years, the Mongolians have been living on the grasslands. When they were grazing, they would often pick up some minerals on the grasslands or other areas. Some were copper and iron ores, and they even picked up large pieces of gold nuggets. Otherwise, where did the gold and silver owned by the Mongolian princes and nobles come from?
Some of these gold and silver were looted from other places, but some were picked up by the Mongolian tribes after years of survival on the Mongolian grasslands. But even so, the Mongolians, who did not know how to prospect, mine and smelt, could only regard what they got as a gift from Changshengtian, but never thought of mining on their own.

Now Tengger's words suddenly reminded them that if they could mine these minerals, it would be a huge wealth that could change their tribe! With these minerals, they could exchange a large amount of materials from the Ming Dynasty. On this basis, what would the income from grazing alone count for?

In the excitement, some people thought of another question, that is, even if they mined it, how could they trade with the Ming Dynasty? After all, they were not the Tumed tribe. The Tumed tribe had the right to trade directly with the Ming Dynasty, and even the Chahar tribe had the same right. But in Mongolia, apart from the Tenger brothers, no other tribe had such favorable conditions. Could it be that they could only trade through the Tenger brothers?
At this time, Zhu Shenzhui, who had been silent, expressed the attitude of the Ming Dynasty. He told the Mongolian tribes that if other Mongolian tribes had mineral resources that needed to be opened up, the Ming Dynasty could provide assistance, and while mining, directly purchase these minerals in Mongolia at an appropriate price, or provide equivalent material exchanges.

Of course, this is limited to minerals and does not include other things. Other trades need to be conducted with the Ming Dynasty through the Tumed and Chahar tribes. After all, these two tribes are affiliated tribes of the Ming Dynasty. The Tengger brothers are Shunyi King and Shunning King of the Ming Dynasty, so they are naturally different from other tribes.

But in the future, this situation will gradually improve. After the alliance is over and Mongolia is stabilized, the Ming Dynasty will make judgments based on the actual conditions of the Mongolian tribes and their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, and appropriately open up trade rights to certain tribes.

In addition to the current Guihua City, the Ming Dynasty will also build a new city in Rehe, which is the Chahar area. This new city will become an important town of Chahar headquarters in the future, and will also be a transit center for trade between Chahar and the Ming Dynasty.

With the attitude of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, everyone's minds suddenly became active, and they began to think about how to gain more benefits for their own tribe in this matter.

The first day of the meeting started in the morning and ended in the afternoon near sunset. No substantive issues were discussed on the first day of the meeting. Most of the time was spent on determining the purpose of this meeting and explaining some issues.

This alone took a whole day, but it was necessary. After all, so many Mongolian tribal leaders and Taiji came here, each with different ideas, and the tribes were of different sizes, so it was impossible to treat them all equally. However, it would take time to gain the support of most people, minimize their conflicts, and reconcile the problems.

In the next few days, the alliance continued with noise and trouble. Problems of one kind or another occurred every day, and there were even conflicts due to various contradictions and the division of grasslands. However, under Tenger's strong suppression, the situation did not expand, and it progressed step by step towards expectations.

By the eighth day of the meeting, a preliminary covenant had been formed, and the division of grassland areas among the various tribes had gradually taken shape.

According to the covenant, the Tumed tribe existed independently as the largest tribe in southern Mobei, with the Tenger tribe as the lord of the Tumed, which had a total of thirty-three tribes under its jurisdiction. Tenger's Shunyi King was originally a county prince, but Zhu Shenzui had given him grace when he ascended the throne. As a county prince, he actually enjoyed the title of prince. This time, Zhu Shenzui officially changed the title of Shunyi King to Prince Yi in the name of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to confirm Tenger's ruling position in the Tumed.

The same goes for Agudamu. He was renamed Prince Ning from King of Shunning, confirming his ruling position in Chahar. He was in charge of a total of 28 Chahar tribes, and at the same time was in charge of the Khorchin region. However, this was only temporary. In the future, the Khorchin region would be redivided and a special Khorchin leader would be appointed. Now, due to special circumstances, Agudamu is still in charge of this matter for the time being.

The five tribes of Inner Khalkha did not have a local leader, and were managed by Sun Chuanting, the governor of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty. The territories of each tribe were re-divided for division. As for the tribes in the north and west of the desert, they were divided into four major tribes, with four leaders, Tushetu, Saiyin Noyan, Chechen, and Zasaktu, under which a total of 86 tribes were governed and divided, and the areas of their respective grasslands were divided.

In this way, the basic scope of the entire Mongolia was basically determined. There were a total of 152 tribes, including the Tumed, Chahar, Inner Khalkha and the four major tribes of Mobei and Moxi, forming the current division of Mongolia's sphere of influence.

In addition, in addition to the Tenger brothers, Zhu Shenzui conferred titles on each tribe based on its territory, population, strength, etc., and at the same time established a new division of titles for the Mongolian tribes.

Before, the titles of the various Mongolian tribes were a mess, with all kinds of messy titles. For example, chieftain, headman, taiji, etc., and some of the more powerful ones were directly called "Khan". If you really count them, there are many people in Mongolia who call themselves Khans. In addition, there are also those who use the official titles of the previous Northern Yuan Dynasty to call themselves, such as "Taishi" and "Wanhu". These titles are not unified, and are basically arbitrary. In fact, their strength and territory are not equal, which seems very chaotic to Zhu Shenzhui.

Taking advantage of this alliance, Zhu Shenzhui directly conferred titles on various tribes in the name of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and also standardized the titles of the tribal leaders.

According to the strength of the leaders and tribes of each tribe, including the size of the territory and population, as well as the differences in affiliation, such as the closeness of the bloodline of the members of the Golden Family of the Borjigin, the titles of the Mongolian tribes were re-established and officially conferred titles.

In order to make a distinction, except for the Tenger brothers, one of whom is Prince Yi and the other is Prince Ning, the rest of the Mongolian tribes are divided into princes and first to third class Taijis, which are high-level titles.

Leaving aside the title of Prince, Taiji actually means "crown prince" in Mongolian, which can also be said to be a literal translation of Chinese into Mongolian. Generally speaking, the leaders of Mongolian tribes with the blood of the Golden Family call themselves Taiji, while those who are not members of the Golden Family call themselves chief, headman, Wanhu or even Taishi, etc.

Now the titles are redistributed, and the title of Taiji is no longer exclusive to the Golden Family, but has become the official title for the leaders of various Mongolian tribes. This title is lower than the title of Prince, higher than other titles, and is divided into three levels. Below the title of Taiji, there are the titles of Zhenguogong, Fuguogong, Zhenguojiangjun, and Fuguojiangjun. This is based on the titles of the Ming Dynasty royal family and is directly used.

In the end, in addition to the Tengger brothers, Zhu Shenzhui, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, conferred titles on four princes of Mobei and Moxi. Two of these four princes were members of the Golden Family, and the other two were not members of the Golden Family, as a balance.

In addition, 48 people of the first to third rank were conferred titles, and the rest were conferred titles of Zhenguo Gong and Fuguo Gong. The titles of Zhenguo General and Fuguo General were not conferred for the time being due to the alliance, but the conferred princes and taijis could return to their tribes and petition the Ming court as foreign ministers to grant their descendants the titles of Zhenguo General and Fuguo General. This is a story for later.

Two days later, the alliance was nearing its end and everything had basically been settled. It can be said that this alliance had achieved tremendous results, making the entire Mongolia formally belong to the Ming Dynasty and become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

In the future, the policy towards Mongolia will continue to be implemented, especially the control over the Mongolian tribes. The Ming people will go north to the Mongolian tribes through farming and prospecting for minerals, which will subtly influence Mongolia. This is a long-term policy.

In addition, the current division of the Mongolian tribes would not remain unchanged in the future. During the meeting, Zhu Shenzhui told everyone in his capacity as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty that in the future, the succession of the titles of the Mongolian tribes must be approved by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and re-conferred, and there would be no restrictions on the possibility of multiple heirs in the tribe.

The former is easy to understand, just like the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. Any succession of a vassal state is illegal without the approval of the Ming Emperor. The Ming Dynasty has every reason to issue an order to replace the heir or even send troops to attack the country.

As for the latter, it was like planting a nail. To put it bluntly, it was no different from the Enfeoffment Order used by Emperor Wu of Han. Once the prince of a tribe, including the Taiji, died, his sons had the right to inherit. The Ming Dynasty could completely redivide the territories of each tribe in this way, thus splitting a large tribe into two or more tribes. Over time, the Mongolian tribes would become more and more scattered, the power of each tribe would become weaker and weaker, and their dependence on the Ming Dynasty would become stronger and stronger. Only in this way could the Ming Dynasty ensure the stability of the entire Mongolia and ensure that Mongolia would no longer become an external threat to the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, it is difficult to satisfy everyone. Since the alliance has brought benefits to most people, naturally some people will be harmed. Although the latter are a very small minority, true fairness is simply impossible to achieve. Moreover, when these people see that tribes with equal strength as their own have gained more benefits, they naturally feel unbalanced and must have complaints.

With the suppression of the Tenger brothers in front of the Ming Emperor, these tribal leaders dared not speak out, and finally reluctantly accepted the result in the face of the overall situation. However, there were also stubborn people who refused to agree, and even jumped out directly at the end of the alliance to accuse them of injustice and demanded a redivision of the area to compensate for their losses.

Faced with this situation, Tengger, who presided over the meeting, was furious and even murderous. He couldn't overturn the agreement that was reached with great difficulty just because of the opposition of one or two people. If so, what was the meaning of the meeting? Wouldn't the entire meeting be in vain after so many days of discussion?
(End of this chapter)