Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 523: Pushing the Grace Order

The Jianzhou Jurchen tribe in Liaodong gave up their resistance to the Ming Dynasty and allowed the Ming Dynasty to take whatever it wanted.

At the end of May, the wild Jurchens began to prepare for migration. They lived in the north of Liaodong and had a difficult living environment. The fertile land of Liaodong was basically controlled by the Jianzhou Jurchens and the Jurchens west of Bohai Sea.

Therefore, after the Ming Dynasty announced its policy of recruiting and relocating them to the inland, they would certainly find ways to migrate to the inland of the Ming Dynasty.

But this also requires conditions. Either you work in the inland of Ming Dynasty for a certain number of years and are allowed to settle in the inland, or you spend money to purchase the qualification to settle there.

The Haixi Jurchens were relatively poor, and some tribal nobles were able to sell their cattle, sheep, horses, etc. in exchange for money in order to obtain the qualification to settle in the inland of the Ming Dynasty.

But most of them do not have the financial strength, so they choose to work in the inland of Ming Dynasty in order to seek the qualification to settle down in Ming Dynasty.

However, many merchants and workshops would certainly not recruit labor in the same place. This was spread across the two capitals and thirteen provinces, so a large number of wild Jurchen tribes were separated. They would no longer live in one place, but would be distributed throughout the Ming Dynasty.

This was also the ultimate goal of the Ming Dynasty's Liaodong policy, which was to make these Liaodong people split up and live in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, so that they would lose their cohesion, and then gradually be assimilated into Han culture, influenced by poetry, books and etiquette, and bound by imperial examinations, so that they would no longer pose a threat if they wanted to gather together to rebel in the future.

After this group of wild Jurchens have settled in the inland of the Ming Dynasty for a period of time, it will not take long for the Jianzhou Jurchens and the Haixi Jurchens to be tempted by word of mouth, and it will eventually become an inevitable trend for them to migrate to the inland of the Ming Dynasty and settle there.

The imperial court was also busy during this period. They had to give certain conveniences and benefits to the Jurchens who migrated to the inland of the Ming Dynasty and settled there, not only in terms of economy, but also in terms of social status, imperial examinations and other aspects.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to attract more Jurchen people to migrate to the inland of Ming Dynasty.

Liaodong.

As Fu Yuan watched more and more Jurchens begin to migrate to the inland of the Ming Dynasty, he knew that his plan for Liaodong was already half completed.

As for the remaining Jurchens, we can only leave it to time.

Now his focus would be on the Tatars.

The little prince has had a hard time recently. The defenses of the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty are becoming increasingly strict. The little prince does not dare to attack the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty casually, so he chooses to lie dormant for the time being.

However, Fu Yuan kept sending Tatar spies to spread the rumor that the little prince was afraid of the power of the Ming Dynasty.

The Tatars are now living in increasing poverty, which is tantamount to forcing the little prince to continue a war with the Ming Dynasty.

If a war really breaks out and ends in failure, the little prince's prestige in the tribe will gradually decline.

If the war is not started, even if the tribesmen complain like this, it will still damage the prestige of the little prince.

Fu Yuan's tactics were also very vicious, and they were aimed at dividing the little prince's authority internally.

Capital.

Chen Ce's plan for Liaodong has not yet stopped. Now both the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe and the Haixi Jurchen tribe in Liaodong are nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.

After the wild Jurchens migrated to the inland of the Ming Dynasty one after another, the leaders of the two tribes, Aisin-Gioro and Yehenara, would inevitably strengthen their plans for internal unity among their own tribal people.

Chen Ce didn't know what means they would use, but no matter what, they would definitely take action. They couldn't just sit there and watch their people leave their tribe. Once the population decreased, their future would be in jeopardy. Nothing was more important than population.

Early this morning, Wuying Palace.

Chen Ce proposed a policy again. It was not a profound policy, but it made the entire small court quiet.

Tweet the grace order!
That’s right, Chen Ce proposed again the policy that had already been implemented in the Han Dynasty, which still shocked all the high-ranking officials in the court.

Whether it is the Aisin-Gioro or the Yehenara clan, their tribal leaders have many descendants.

According to the cultural etiquette of these two tribes, the one who inherits the position of leader must be the most respected heir of the tribe.

They did not have the Han people's system of primogeniture, and these Han cultural practices were not popularized among the Jurchen tribes.

However, there must be heirs with the highest prestige in the two tribes.

But if the Ming Dynasty issued a policy allowing the descendants of other tribes to lead their own tribal troops, the situation might become a little complicated.

For example, Aisin-Gioro Tuoyuanbao was the left general in the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe. Apart from Tuolu, the grand general, he had the right to command all the military forces of the tribe.

The military structure of the Jurchens was divided up by the Ming Dynasty. However, if the Ming Dynasty now adjusts its deployment of command over the Jurchen troops and grants titles of governor, general, commander-in-chief, and captain of troops to other descendants of Tuo Luo, they will also have the title of commanding tribal troops.

In this way, other descendants of the Jurchen tribe will definitely develop ambitions.

This cannot be changed by any cultural etiquette of the Jurchens, because as long as they are a human social system, their ambitions will inevitably expand.

The open strategy implemented by Emperor Wu of Han thousands of years ago is still applicable today!
After Chen Ce finished speaking, the six ministries of the cabinet, including Emperor Hongzhi, were all shocked.

If this policy is passed down to the two Jurchen tribes, who knows what kind of bloody storm it will cause, causing them to start fighting for power among themselves, consuming them from within and dividing their military strength. This is undoubtedly the best example of attacking the enemy's strategy at the earliest opportunity!
Emperor Hongzhi stared blankly at the ministers of the six ministries and asked excitedly, "What do you think?"

Li Dongyang cupped his hands and said sincerely: "This strategy of Marquis Tai'an is very good!"

Although the cabinet had a bad opinion of Chen Ce because of Liu Jian's dismissal, but now putting aside all personal feelings, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian had to admit that Chen Ce was really amazing!

The issuance of these foreign policies accurately found the lifeline of the Jurchens.

He is going to completely destroy the Jurchens!
Previously, during the Chenghua period, the Ming Dynasty neglected its management of the Jurchens, which eventually led to Dong Qingshan's rebellion. The Ming Dynasty had to dispatch heavy troops to go to war in Liaodong. Although the war was victorious, it also consumed a large amount of economic and financial resources of the Ming Dynasty!

But Chen Ce was different. He achieved the goal of dividing the Jurchens without using a single soldier, and the countermeasures he used were exactly the ones that had appeared in history a long time ago, but no one in the entire court had thought of it this way!

This is a great thing in itself! The integration of history and the true learning from history!
The wisdom of China was fully demonstrated at this moment!
Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "Then let the cabinet draft an imperial edict and send it to the Jurchen tribes as soon as possible."

Once this seemingly high-sounding but ineffective appointment edict is issued, I am afraid that the descendants of the Jurchens will be confused.

Who among them doesn't want to have absolute power? Who wants to be under someone else? Now that the Ming Dynasty has given them the opportunity, how can they not jump into the trap set by the Ming Dynasty... Even if they know it's a trap, so what?

(End of this chapter)