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She was a legendary woman of a generation in the Mongolian steppe, and because she assisted three chieftains in her life, she made outstanding contributions to maintaining peace between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian border, and was named Lady Zhongshun by the Wanli Emperor. However, the legendary woman's married life was very chaotic and unfortunate, and she became a victim of political struggle. In his lifetime, he married three generations of grandchildren, and the bittersweet and bittersweet of them are not something that modern people can understand and appreciate.
1. Grandfathers and grandchildren compete for women, causing diplomatic turmoil
In 1570, a very bizarre diplomatic incident occurred between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia. The grandson of the Mongol Uttar Khan led Han Naji to more than a dozen of his wives and children to cross the border to the Ming Dynasty, and at this time, the Mongol Khan was leading tens of thousands of Mongol cavalry to attack the Ming Dynasty's border town of Datong. Wang Chonggu, the governor of Xuanda, learned of the internal situation of defecting Han Naji to the Ming Dynasty, and told the first assistant Zhang Juzheng to let the imperial court decide whether to accept Han Naji's attachment. So, as the grandson of the Mongol leader, at a critical moment when the two sides were at war, why did he surrender to the Ming Dynasty? It turned out that it was all because of a woman.
Hanaji was the orphan of the third son of the Mongol Khan, because of his low status among the members of the royal family, he did not please his grandfather Alta Khan. After Han Naji grew up, he had already established a family, but at a tribal gathering, he took a fancy to the young and beautiful cousin Ya'er Ketu Hatun (that is, the real name of the third lady), so he married as a side wife. Soon, the Qata Khan, who also had a crush on Khatun, sent him to rape him into his own account and become a wife (which was mixed with the political ties of tribal marriages). This was in the spring of 1570, when the third lady was 20 years old and Uttar Khan was 64 years old. Annoyed that grandpa robbed his wife, Han Naji was discouraged and took his family to the Ming Dynasty.
As the saying goes, the ugliness of the family cannot be publicized, although in Mongolia at that time, it was not a great thing for the grandfather to rob the grandson and daughter-in-law, but in the Central Plains, it was a very humiliating and inhuman ugly thing. As soon as the matter came out, the Emperor immediately submitted to the Ming Dynasty a request for the extradition of Han Naji and the boycott of the army to negotiate peace. At that time, the head of the Ming court was Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of Wanli, who felt that it was possible to persuade the Mongol Khan to submit to Hanaji, so he pretended to accept Hanaji first and give him the title of official, creating a public opinion advantage in the international community, and then sending emissaries to negotiate with the Khan. In the end, the Ming Dynasty returned Hanaji, reached an armistice with the Mongols, and opened some border markets at the request of The Great Khan, promoting political, economic, and cultural exchanges between the two sides.
2. The stepmother is forced to marry the stepson
After marrying the Third Lady, The Khan was very fond of her, and specially allocated 10,000 elite soldiers as the personal armed forces of the Third Lady to prevent the tribal leaders from rebelling and persecuting. The Third Lady, who knew Dali and advocated peace, assisted the Khan in negotiating peace with the Ming Dynasty, and promoted the opening of the border market between the two sides, making great contributions to the economic development of Mongolia. In order to show respect for the Khan of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty specially named him the King of Shunyi and the third lady as Lady Zhongshun.
In 1582, the elderly and frail Khun Khun Thak Khan died, and Huang Taiji, the eldest son of Khun Tai Khun Khan, succeeded to the throne of Shunyi. At this time, the third lady was only 32 years old, still young and beautiful. According to Mongolian custom, Huang Taiji wanted to take his stepmother and third daughter as his wife. The Third Lady, who was quite yearning for the Han culture in the Central Plains, refused this kind of marriage that violated human morality and led her 10,000 relatives to flee, causing a split in Mongolia. After the Ming Dynasty received the report, it sent The Soldier Shangshu Zheng Luo as an emissary to find the Third Lady, Xiao Yiyi, persuaded the Third Lady to accept the marriage with Huang Taiji, and stabilized the situation.
When Huang Taiji became the queen of Shunyi, he would occasionally do some tricks on the ming border (instigating tribal cavalry to cross the border and rob, and the Ming Dynasty accused Lai of saying that he did not know), but it was unreasonable and could not be put on the table. The Third Lady was righteous about him, recounting the various drawbacks of the previous war with the Ming Dynasty, which prevented Huang Taiji from trying to tear up the armistice agreement. Later, Huang Taiji simply entrusted all the administrative affairs to the Third Lady to take care of, and he ended up being a hand-throwing treasurer, indulging in the luxurious life of paper fans and gold drunk all day. This also led to a tribal rebellion in 1583.
3. Bear the burden of humiliation and marry your grandson, and bow down to maintain peace between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty
In 1585, Huang Taiji, the king of Shunyi, who was overly drunk, died of illness, and the 37-year-old third lady became a widow again. The struggle for the throne of Shunyi began between the son of the Third Lady, Bu Ta (the son born to Uttar Khan), and the son of Huang Taiji, Larik. According to conscience, which mother did not love her son, the third lady who held great power also had the idea of handing over the seal of the king of Shunyi to Bu he was disrespectful. However, the clans and tribal leaders at that time supported Rick as the king of Shunyi, so under the leadership of everyone, the shunyi throne was eventually inherited by Rick.
After Pulling Rick ascended to the throne, the third lady was depressed and took her own relatives to build another city to live, which was actually a separation of the family. After the Ming court received the news, it was afraid that the split would cause political turmoil and eventually lead to the two sides fighting each other, so the new king of Shunyi was asked to marry his grandmother and three wives. This red lady of the Ming court deserved it, and she was a little overzealous.
Under the leadership of the Ming court, Rick, who was worried about the unstable sitting on his ass, put down the shelf, married his "grandmother" three wives as a wife, and lived in the same account under the witness of the Ming dynasty emissaries, fulfilling the formal marriage procedures. In this way, the third lady began to assist the third king of Shunyi, although nominally this king of Shunyi was his grandson.
In 1591, two chiefs violated the peace agreement and led troops to rob the territory of the Ming Dynasty. After the 42-year-old Third Lady heard about it, she personally led troops to encircle and suppress it, and calmed down the war.
King Shunyi, seeing the richness of the Red Pass, secretly led troops to assist other Mongol tribes in looting the Ming border. When the Daming border general learned of this, he ordered the closure of the border market. The Third Lady sent someone to order The Puller to withdraw and apologize to the Ming Dynasty. Finally, with the mediation of the three ladies, the two sides reopened the border pass and restored the calm of the past.
4. The maintenance of justice was cursed by his grandson, and after his death, he received solemn praise from the Ming Dynasty
In 1594, King Larik of Shunyi died. At this time, there were two main people who were eligible to compete for the throne of Shunyi: Tutaiji, the grandson of Larik, and Suxiang Taiji, the grandson of the Third Lady. In order to maintain the peace of the tribe, the Three Ladies followed the advice of most people and once again handed over the seal of the King of Shunyi to the "outsider" Rabbit Taiji. This time, Su Xiangtaiji really couldn't stand it, scolded grandma for elbowing out, and cursed the third lady many times later. However, the Third Lady did not care, because she knew that her decision was related to the fate of the entire clan, and she could not bring disaster to the clan because of her favoritism.
After Tutai Ji ascended to the throne, the Third Lady gave up her power and formally retired.
In 1613, the respected Third Lady died at the age of 64. The Wanli Emperor, who had not been in the dynasty for many years, made an exception for the early dynasty, sent emissaries to Mongolia to make sacrifices, and gave him a solemn sacrifice of seven altars (Note: During the Ming Dynasty, when the chancellor died, the emperor gave him a sacrifice, up to nine altars. The higher the number of altars, the higher their rank and courtesy).