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

Chapter 430 Juerhan

In theory, Tenger's title as the King of Shunyi was not legitimate. First, Tenger was not a member of the Golden Family and had no qualifications to inherit the title of King of Shunyi. Second, the Golden Seal of the King of Shunyi had long been in the hands of Ligdan Khan because of the defeat of Bushitu in the war with Ligdan Khan. Without this Golden Seal, the title of King of Shunyi would not be worthy of the title.

But these two questions were not difficult for Zhu Shenzhui. First of all, there has never been a saying that only a member of the Golden Family can inherit the title of King of Shunyi. You must know that the title of King of Shunyi was conferred by the Ming Dynasty court, but it was originally conferred on Altan Khan.

After Altan Khan's death, the throne of Shunyi was passed to his eldest son Huang Taiji. Later, Huang Taiji's eldest son Chelike inherited the throne of Shunyi. After that, the throne of Shunyi fell into the hands of Bu Shitu.

The several generations of Shunyi kings seemed to be succeeded by their sons after their fathers died, but in fact, apart from the internal struggle, there were two key issues. First, except for Altan Khan, the subsequent Shunyi kings all relied on Sanniangzi to ascend to the throne. It was precisely because Sanniangzi married several times that she brought the Shunyi throne to them.

In addition, there is the enthronement by the Ming Dynasty court. The throne of Shunyi must be recognized by the Ming Dynasty court to be valid. Without the recognition of the Ming Dynasty court, the inheritance will be invalid.

From these two points of view, there is a lot of room for development. Since it has never been determined that the throne of Shunyi must be inherited by a member of the Golden Family, there is no legal problem for Tengger to inherit the throne of Shunyi.

Don't forget that Tengger was the Dragon and Tiger General canonized by the Ming Dynasty. His title was only lower than that of King Shunyi. After Bu Shitu's death, Tengger's title and strength were the highest and strongest on the Benmed grassland. Bu Shitu himself was promoted from Dragon and Tiger General to King Shunyi. There is not much difference between the two.

As for the Golden Seal of the King of Shunyi, it was even simpler. This thing was in the hands of Ligdan Khan. Now Ligdan Khan had fled to Qinghai, and Zhu Shenzhui could not ask for it back. But even so, it did not mean that Zhu Shenzhui had no other way. It was nothing more than a seal. If the Mongols could not make it, why couldn't he, Zhu Shenzhui? Many people knew the appearance of the Golden Seal of the King of Shunyi and the contents of the seal. Zhu Shenzhui had skilled craftsmen under his command. He could get some gold and make one himself. As long as they were not compared, who would know that it was a fake?

Besides, it was impossible for Lin Dan Khan to use the golden seal to distinguish it. He just needed to treat the golden seal as the real one, and it would work just as well.

As for the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, it was even easier. As a member of the royal family, Zhu Shenzhu knew the morals of Ming Dynasty officials too well. It was nothing more than spending some silver or something, using his money power, and making some promises. Back then, Lin Danhan was able to fool the Ming Dynasty with nothing. In order to solve the Liaodong issue, he took the initiative to form an alliance with Mongolia. Could it be that Zhu Shenzhu was not as good as Lin Danhan? Is this impossible?
As long as Tenger successfully ascends to the throne and becomes the nominal King of Shunyi, and then sends people to the Ming Dynasty to request for enthronement, this matter will basically be a done deal.

In this way, Tenger successfully became the King of Shunyi and the Lord of Tumed. Although it was only in name, with Tenger's rise to power, the pattern of Tumed and even the entire Mongolian grassland has undergone tremendous changes. Now nearly half of the Tumed tribe has been controlled by the Tenger tribe. Next, Zhu Shenzhu plans to integrate the power of all Tumed tribes and take this opportunity to completely unify the Tumed tribe with the Tenger tribe.

As Bushitu's tribe was annexed by the Tengger tribe, the new Tengger tribe was second to none in terms of its population and military strength. Not to mention the Tumed tribes, even if Ligdan Khan attacked again in the future, Zhu Shenzhui had the confidence to fight the other side face to face.

After succeeding to the throne, Tenger became the King of Shunyi, and was also known as Jukur Khan to Mongolia. The so-called Jukur Khan means the Khan of Ten Thousand Khans. In fact, there were several titles of Jukur Khan during the Western Liao Dynasty, and many tribes that were vassal states of the Western Liao Dynasty had the title of Jukur Khan. However, with the gradual rise of the Mongols, and eventually Temujin unified Mongolia and was revered as Genghis Khan, the title of Jukur Khan gradually disappeared in history.

When Bushitu was alive, he also called himself the Great Khan, but his Great Khan was Bushitu Khan, which was a title that had no meaning, just like his ancestors and fathers. But now Tenger directly called himself Jur Khan, which meant to tell the Tumed tribes that Tenger would be the real master of the entire Tumed.

As Tenger's mother, Tana continued to be honored as Alia and assisted Tenger in managing the tribe. Zhu Shenzui added a Zasak hat on his head. Zasak was the title of the highest governor of Mongolia, which means regent in Chinese. After all, Tenger was still young and could not rule the country. As his biological father, he had the responsibility and obligation to be regent.

The next step was to reward his subordinates. After careful consideration of how to reward Zhu Shencui made adjustments to the current Mongolian system. The entire tribe was redivided into six Wanhu. Three of the six Wanhu were led by three Wanhu appointed by Jurghan. These three Wanhu were Wang Hai, Burigude and Hatulig. Each of them led a Wanhu with about 30,000 to 40,000 people.

As for the remaining three Wanhu, they are directly led by Tana, Tenger and Agudamu respectively. From this point of view, it is natural for Tenger, as Jurkhaan's personal leader, to lead one part, and it is also no problem for Agudamu, as Jurkhaan's younger brother, to lead another part. As for Tana, it goes without saying that she is Alia, Tenger's mother, so it is also normal for her to lead one part.

However, the three Wanhu they led were the most powerful part of the entire tribe after the integration, and they were the core essence of the tribe. The three Wanhu led by Wang Hai and others were composed of tribes that were originally marginal or dependent on the tribe. In name, they had considerable power, but in fact, the combined strength of these three Wanhu was not as strong as the Wanhu led by Tana and her son.

Moreover, Zhu Shencui strictly stipulated that, as the leader of a tribe, Wanhu could not have any private military power in his tribe except for his personal guards of 500 people, and could not recruit herdsmen as soldiers without the permission of Jurkhaan. All the military power of the tribe was in the hands of Jurkhaan, that is, Tenger. Since Tenger was not in power, Zhu Shencui would naturally be the regent, and with Tana, everything was in Zhu Shencui's hands. In addition, Zhu Shencui completely separated civil affairs from military affairs, and set up military and administrative departments at all levels in the tribe according to the system of the Ming Dynasty court, and appointed generals and chief executives at all levels to effectively rule the tribe.

Under this series of operations, the original Bu Shitu's tribe was completely disrupted and reorganized. Coupled with the appointment and transfer of officials at all levels, Bu Shitu's influence was constantly weakened. Even most of the original Mongolian nobles and leaders lost their original control. Although their wealth and lives were still there, it was impossible for them to bargain with Jurghan with the military force in their hands as before.

This matter cannot be implemented in one or two days, and the merger and integration of tribes is not as simple as one plus one. Zhu Shenzhu intends to complete this change in two to three years. After all this is done, the Tenger tribe will be able to become the real Tumed leader.

With the arrival of spring, the Tumed grassland, which had undergone tremendous changes in the past year, regained its vitality. With the rise of Tenger, the Tumed tribes were forced to recognize Tenger's rule over Tumed and respected him as Jurghan.

But there are still many things to do next. In addition to integrating the tribes, strengthening oneself, and completing the effective rule of the entire Tumote grassland as soon as possible, there is the enthronement of Tengger on the throne of Shunyi.

At this time, after arranging the matters of Guihua City, Zhu Shenzhui also started his journey back to Ming Dynasty. He had not returned to Ming Dynasty for a year. This time everything had been settled, so he could go back with peace of mind. Moreover, he had to deal with the issue of the throne of Shunyi after returning, so he had to arrange this trip personally.

Just as Zhu Shenzhu was on his way back to the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji in Liaodong had forced the three Solon tribes into a desperate situation.

Huang Taiji had planned to conquer the three Sauron tribes a long time ago. Huang Taiji, who was salivating over the powerful fighting power of the three Sauron tribes, had always intended to incorporate the Sauron tribe into the Eight Banners and serve as the vanguard for the Eight Banners to conquer the world.

Because he had to deal with Ligdan Khan before, Huang Taiji temporarily put this matter aside. At that time, the leader of the Solon tribe, Bomubogo, saw through Huang Taiji's wolfish ambition at a glance, and understood that once the Solon tribe was ruled and annexed by the Qing Dynasty, the entire Solon tribe would lose its own freedom to lead and become a tool of war in the hands of Huang Taiji.

To avoid this, Bomuboguo, on the one hand, submitted to Huang Taiji, took the initiative to express that the Solon tribe nominally submitted to the Qing Dynasty, and paid tribute every year. On the other hand, Bomuboguo led the three Solon tribes to migrate northward, intending to avoid direct contact with the Qing Dynasty and reduce the possibility of the Qing Dynasty finding an excuse to attack the Solon tribe.

Bomubogu was a rare sober person in the Solon tribe. He understood very well that although the Solon tribe was good at fighting, they were no match for the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, in terms of numbers or equipment, even if one brave Solon soldier could beat two or even three Eight Banners soldiers, once the two sides fought, there was no possibility of winning.

The people of the Solon tribe were too few, and their tribe had no industrial capacity at all. They couldn't even make their own weapons. How could they defeat the elite Eight Banners armed to the teeth with simple weapons and arrows made of animal bones? It was precisely because of Bomuboguo's clear understanding that he compromised and intended to use this method to maintain the independence of the Solon tribe.

Unfortunately, he underestimated Huang Taiji's determination. Huang Taiji had no intention of letting the Solon tribe go. Although he had superficially agreed to the Solon tribe's submission to him and agreed to Solon's request for tribute, in fact, it was impossible for Huang Taiji to let the Solon tribe go.

The previous attitude was just to paralyze the Solon tribe. After solving the problem of Ligdan Khan, Huang Taiji had no worries. In addition, with the establishment of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, the military power in Huang Taiji's hands was strengthened. Moreover, the Emperor Tianqi passed away and the Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne in the Ming Dynasty. The Liaodong Ming army completely maintained a defensive position and had no intention of targeting the Qing Dynasty. In this way, the time was ripe to deal with the Solon tribe.

When spring came, Huang Taiji sent people to the Solon tribe. He used the reason that the Solon tribe was respectful on the surface but actually dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty as an excuse to nitpick, saying that the tribute paid by the Solon tribe was of poor quality and insufficient in quantity, and that it was clear that the tribe was deliberately despising and neglecting him. He severely accused Bomubogu of an accusation and demanded that Bomubogu go to Shengjing in person to meet Huang Taiji and apologize.

Such an unreasonable request was rejected by Bomubogo. At this time, Bomubogo knew clearly that the Solon tribe's compromise not only did not bring peace, but made Huang Taiji become more and more aggressive. For the survival and independence of the Solon tribe, Bomubogo began to prepare for war. Since you will not let me go even after retreating to this extent, then let's fight. It is better for the Solon tribe to fight to the last man than surrender!

(End of this chapter)