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Volume 518 Biographies 305: Frontier Dependencies 1: Khorchin, Jalaid, Dorbod, Gorlos, Harqin, Tumed

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The Qing dynasty rose in the eastern Xia region and first consolidated the Inner Mongol leagues. Under the Kangxi and Qianlong reigns the court twice pacified the Dzungars. From the Sungari and Amur rivers the frontier ran west in a great arc across the desert and the Altai range, through the old territories of the Dingling and Xianbei, and south to Kunlun, Qizhi, Qusou, and the settled lands of Sanwei, down to the Amur—all of it organized as Qing frontier dependencies. In governing and receiving tribute from its frontier subjects, the Qing far outstripped even Han and Tang. They were honored as the dynasty's outer shield and inner bulwark; marriage alliances bound them as kin; elite military service won their loyalty; and the spread of civilizing policy made the court's will known throughout the frontier. Through twelve reigns and more than twenty decades they reverently kept their obligations and met in league assembly together—a frontier order both deep-rooted and thriving. The Yuan had its imperial kin, each with its own ways; while the Ming's frontier guards were little more than names on paper—hardly comparable at all. The full splendor of these investitures and frontier honors is recorded reign by reign in the chronological tables. Here the facts are gathered and set out in the biographies that follow. Civil and martial policy, winning those near and attracting those far, binding the distant and repelling enemies—the general pattern of Qing frontier rule emerges from these themes. Only in the dynasty's final decline did rebellion and disunion stand out plainly. Their rise and fall, their gains and losses—here is a lesson for posterity. The Khorchin league lay beyond Xifeng Pass, twelve hundred and eighty li from Beijing. It measured eight hundred and seventy li from east to west and more than two thousand li from north to south. Jalaid lay to the east, Jalut to the west, the Mukden border wall to the south, and the Amur to the north.
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Genghis Khan conquered the northwestern states and installed princes and imperial sons-in-law to hold them by hereditary tenure—the ancestors of today's Inner and Outer Mongol zasak leagues.
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The Khorchin traced their descent to Khabutu Hasar, Genghis Khan's younger brother. His line included the six Khorchin zasak banners as well as Jalaid, Dorbod, Gorlos, Alxa Khorchin, the Four Torghut Banners, Maoming'an, Urad, Alashan, and the Qinghai Khoshut. Fourteen generations after Khabutu Hasar came Kuimengke Tasihara, who had two sons: the elder Boidara, styled Jorogol noyan; and the younger Nomunda, styled Galejiku noyan.
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Boidara had nine sons. The eldest, Chichik, styled Batuur noyan, was ancestor of the banners of Tüsiyetü Khan Obai and Jasaktu Prince Budari; the second, Namusai, styled Dural noyan, was ancestor of the banners of Darchan Prince Manjusiri, Bintu Prince Honggoer, and Beile Donggoer; the third, Ubash, styled Otohon noyan, is treated in the Gorlos biography; the fourth, Uyandai Kotogor; the fifth, Todobaatur Kara; the sixth, Baixin; the seventh, Erlejige Joriktu, whose line is not recorded further; the eighth, Ainaga, styled Sechen noyan, is treated in the Dorbod biography; and the ninth, Amin, styled Baga noyan, is treated in the Jalaid biography. Nomunda had one son, Jegerde, ancestor of the banner of zasak Gushun-ejen Lama Shisi.
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Three Mongol powers dominated the steppe: Chakhar; Khalkha; and the Oirats, or Eleuths. In the Hongxi reign of the Ming the Oirats defeated the Khorchin, who withdrew to the Nen River. Because a related branch held Alxa Khorchin, they called themselves Nen River Khorchin to set themselves apart. Jalaid, Dorbod, and Gorlos pastured with them and acknowledged Chakhar overlordship.
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In the guisi year of Taizu's reign, Onggodei son of Khorchin taiji Chichik, together with Mangusi and Minggan sons of Namusai and others, joined Yehe taiji Buksan in rallying Hada, Ula, Hoifa, Xibe, Gūwalgiya, Jusheli, Nayan, and other tribes in an invasion. They failed to take Hejige and encamped their forces at Mount Gule. The emperor marched out in person. At Zhakalu Road he told his generals, "They are numerous, but they are only a mob. We shall meet their fatigue with rested troops; wound one or two of their taiji and the rest will scatter on their own." He ordered Batuur Eidu to lead a hundred horsemen forward in challenge. The Yehe coalition abandoned the siege to meet them, and the Qing forces struck back. Minggan's horse stumbled and he fled naked. The pursuit carried as far as south of the Hada Chaihe stockade, and the Qing forces took a great number of prisoners. In the wushen year the court campaigned against Ula and besieged Yihanalin. Onggodei again aided Ula taiji Bujantai, but the Qing army defeated them. Thereafter Mangusi, Minggan, and Onggodei sent envoys in turn to sue for peace.
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In the ninth year of Tianming, Obai son of Onggodei led his people to submit. Soon afterward Chakhar attacked them; Qing aid relieved the siege. In the second year of Tiancong they joined the main army in the campaign against Chakhar. In the third year they followed the campaign against Ming, captured Zunhua, and joined the siege of Beijing. In the fifth year they besieged Dalinghe and induced its commander Zu Dashou to surrender. In the sixth year they joined raids along the Datong and Xuanfu frontiers. In the eighth year they again joined campaigns against Ming.
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In the spring of the tenth year the main army pacified Chakhar and recovered the Yuan dynastic jade seal. Obai's son Tüsiyetü jinong Badari came with taiji Uksan, Manjusiri, Budari, Honggoer, Lama Shisi, Donggoer, and the chiefs of Jalaid, Dorbod, Gorlos, Harqin, Tumed, Aohan, Naiman, Baarin, Jalut, Alxa Khorchin, and Ongniud to congratulate the victory. Because the dynasty's achievements had reached their height, it was time to assume the imperial title; a letter was sent to the king of Korea announcing the plan for enthronement. In the fourth month the Mongol chiefs jointly presented the honorific title and the reign era was changed to Chongde. After the enthronement rites, rewards were distributed. An edict established five Khorchin zasak—Badari, Manjusiri, Budari, Honggoer, and Lama Shisi—to divide leadership of the people, granting ranks from qinwang and junwang down to gushun-ejen. In the tenth month Grand Secretaries Xifu and others were sent to the Khorchin lands to try criminals, promulgate laws, forbid treachery and theft, and organize zuoling companies. In the second year they joined campaigns against the Kamniikan tribes and Korea. In the third year they campaigned against Khalkha. In the spring of the fourth year they campaigned against the Solon. That autumn they besieged the Ming fortresses of Xingshan and Gaoqiao. In the eighth year they followed Raoyu Beile Abatai and Guard Commander Arjin in campaigns against Ming and the Amur tribes.
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In the first year of Shunzhi, together with Jalaid, Dorbod, and Gorlos troops, they followed Prince Regent Dorgon through Shanhai Pass, routed Li Zicheng's rebels, and pursued them to Wangdu. In the second year they followed Prince Dodo in pacifying Jiangnan. In the third year they again joined the suppression of the Sunid rebel Tenggis and defeated Khalkha relief forces led by the Tüsiyetü and Sechen khans. In the seventh year another Khorchin zasak was established under Donggoer's son Janggilun, who was promoted from beile to junwang. In the thirteenth year the emperor, noting that Khorchin and the zasak of Jalaid, Dorbod, Gorlos, Harqin, Tumed, Aohan, Naiman, Baarin, Jalut, Alxa Khorchin, Ongniud, Ujimqin, Khoqit, Sunid, Abaga, the Four Torghut Banners, Urad, Khalkha Left Wing, and Ordos had long remained loyal, issued an edict: "You are by nature loyal and upright. At the founding of the dynasty under Taizu and Taizong you submitted in good faith and served as the dynasty's outer shield. Taizu and Taizong praised your merit, raised your titles, and heaped rewards upon you. You came to court for audiences and tribute, were summoned to audience in due season, and received feasts, instruction, and guidance again and again. Whatever you wished to say, you could present in memorial; our hearts were in harmony like father and son. I have received my ancestors' vast blessing and unified the realm, yet I fear I may fall short of their excellent conduct and that established statutes may not yet be fully applied, and so I live in constant anxiety. Six years have passed since I took the throne, yet I have not met you once. Though the myriad affairs of state leave me little leisure, my regard for you has never left my mind. Whenever I think of your years of loyal service and outstanding achievements, the thought stays with me waking and sleeping. Because we meet so seldom, I fear your concerns may be blocked from reaching me. I therefore send officials with this edict and gifts to make my intentions known. Hereafter, whatever you wish to request, report it at any time and I shall consider it sympathetically and act upon it. I am working to bring the realm to peace. Keep your loyal hearts and do not forget the grace shown you by two reigns. I shall be Son of Heaven generation after generation, and you shall be kings generation after generation, enjoying endless wealth and honor and leaving an immortal name—is that not felicity!"
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In the thirteenth year of Kangxi the league levied its troops to suppress the rebel Wu Sangui. In the fourteenth year they helped suppress the Chakhar rebel Burni. After Khorchin submitted, Mangusi gave his daughter in marriage to Taizong; she became Empress Xiaoduanwen. His grandson Uksan and others later sent another daughter of the clan; she became Empress Xiaozhuangwen. His great-grandson Chuoerji gave another daughter to Shizu; she became Empress Xiaohuizhang. As maternal kin through successive reigns, Khorchin enjoyed uniquely heavy imperial favor and ranked first among the twenty-four Inner Mongol zasak leagues. On every major campaign they furnished troops—from the emperor's personal expedition against Galdan to the suppression of Tsewang Arabtan, Lobsang Danjin, Galdan Tsering, Dawachi, and others. The zasak and their men served in the field and distinguished themselves in every campaign. The four ranks of Tüsiyetü qinwang, Darchan qinwang, Joriktu qinwang, and Jasaktu junwang received stipends and gifts beyond those of other leagues—not only because ritual honored imperial affines, but because their achievements stood foremost. The league comprised six banners divided into left and right wings. The Tüsiyetü qinwang governed the right wing with one Jalaid and one Dorbod banner attached; the Darchan qinwang governed the left wing with two Gorlos banners attached, and the league was united at Jirem. The right-wing central banner was stationed at Bayan Hexiang; the left-wing central at Ike Tanggalikpo; the right-wing front at Xilabulinhasu; the right-wing rear at Emetupo; the left-wing front at Iyeke Libo; and the left-wing rear at Shuang He'ershan. There were seventeen titles: one zasak heshuo Tüsiyetü qinwang; with one attached duoluo beile; one zasak heshuo Darchan qinwang; with one attached Joriktu qinwang; two duoluo junwang, one inherited by demotion from qinwang rank; one duoluo beile; one gushan beizi; four fuguo gong, one inherited by demotion from beizi rank; and one zasak duoluo Jasaktu junwang. One zasak duoluo Bintu junwang; one zasak duoluo junwang, inherited by promotion from beile rank; with one attached fuguo gong, inherited by demotion from beizi rank; and one zasak gushun-ejen. Sebuteng Balzhuer, great-great-grandson of left-wing central banner zasak Darchan Prince Manjusiri, married the Gurun Hejing Princess in the third month of the eleventh year of Qianlong. In the twentieth year, after the pacification of the Dzungars, he received double stipend for his merit, but soon lost his title for involvement in the Amursana rebellion. In the twenty-third year he was restored to heshuo qinwang. In the thirty-seventh year he joined the Jinchuan campaign, but again lost his title for siding with Fu De in impeaching Agui. In the fortieth year his title was restored.
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Four generations later Gunchukelin inherited the gushun-ejen title, rose to Grand Minister in Attendance, and died. Thereafter two fuguo gong titles in the left-wing central banner and one in the left-wing rear banner all lapsed for lack of heirs. Sengge Rinchen, zasak duoluo junwang of the left-wing rear banner, was promoted to Boduoligatai heshuo qinwang for military merit. In the second year of Tongzhi his line was granted perpetual hereditary succession. In the fourth year he died in battle against the Nian rebels; his career is recorded in a separate biography. His banner gained one additional duoluo beile and two fuguo gong titles, all rewards for Sengge Rinchen's service.
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Sengge Rinchen's son Boyenemuhu was first enfeoffed as fuguo gong. In the third year of Tongzhi he was promoted to beile. In the seventh month of the fourth year he inherited the Boduoligatai princedom and became Grand Minister in Attendance. In the eleventh month he was ordered, together with left-wing central banner zasak Darchan Prince Sotenompengsuke and others, to raise cavalry and suppress horse bandits in Fengtian. In the second month of the fifth year he inflicted a major defeat on the horse bandits at Zhengjiatun. In the third month he was ordered to hunt down the remaining bandits in Jilin. In the sixth month he submitted a detailed plan for postwar recovery in Fengtian, and the court approved his proposals. After the bandits were suppressed he returned to Beijing. Early in the Guangxu reign, when the Guangxu Emperor began his studies, he was assigned to the Yuqing Palace and appointed concurrent Bordered Yellow Banner Chief Guard and Grand Minister of the Imperial Bodyguard. He died in the seventeenth year.
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From the late Daoguang period, when coastal defense became urgent, through the third year of Xianfeng when the Taiping rebels marched north and the eighth year when the coast was threatened again, the court repeatedly called up troops from the eastern three leagues. Khorchin always led the rest, and its rewards of titles and hereditary privileges ranked first among all the leagues. Only after Sengge Rinchen's death were the Jirem league troops withdrawn to their home banners.
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At first, because the Khorchin banners lay close to Fengtian, they all recruited Han tenant farmers from the interior to open land for cultivation. In the forty-ninth year of Qianlong Mukden General Yongwei memorialized that settlers within Bintu Prince's banner near Tieling and within Darchan Prince's banner near Kaiyuan should be placed under Tieling and Kaiyuan county administration. In the tenth month of the eleventh year of Jiaqing, Mukden General Fujun reported that the left-wing rear banner had opened idle land at Changtu Elege; in four years the population exceeded forty thousand, and he requested a supervising subprefect to govern the settlers. Settlers within Darchan Prince's banner were to be governed by the same subprefect. Meanwhile many banner zasak, princes, and dukes recruited Han farmers to open wasteland, then petitioned for their expulsion when rents fell into arrears. The court rejected these petitions and strictly regulated land opening: settlers already in place could not be expelled, but no new recruitment was permitted. In the first year of Daoguang, left-wing central banner zasak Darchan Prince Buyanwenduerhu repeatedly evaded trial over illegal land opening and was stripped of his zasak post. Yet unauthorized leasing and cultivation continued to spread, and drifting settlers and roaming bandits gathered there in growing numbers. During the Tongzhi reign, after bandit unrest at Changtu, the subprefect's rank was deemed too low and the post was raised to supervising prefect. In the second year of Guangxu acting Mukden General Chonghou memorialized for official administration to suppress the root causes of banditry. Changtu was then raised to a prefecture, and Fenghua and Huaide counties were established on land originally opened in Darchan Prince's banner at Lishucheng and Bamian Cheng. In the seventh year Kangping county was established at Kangjiatun under the same prefecture. In the twenty-eighth year Mukden General Zengqi established Liaoyuan prefecture at Sujiatun under the same administration. All administered Han settlers on the three left-wing banners.
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That year right-wing front banner Jasaktu Prince Utai was repeatedly impeached over illegal land opening; Minister of Rites Yude was ordered to investigate jointly with Zengqi. In the fourth month their reply stated that Utai had opened land more than three hundred li from north to south and more than one hundred li from east to west, with more than 1,260 outside tenant households. Utai did not understand the regulations, so profiteers encroached at will and resold plots in secret. In fact several thousand households had been added covertly, and newly opened land extended another three hundred li in length and one hundred li in width. Melengqimote, Seleng, and others shielded the settlers and blocked taiji and banner troops from pasturing on the newly opened land. Associate taiji Batujiergale amassed wealth and followers without regard for the banner's welfare and lodged a complaint at the Court of Colonial Affairs. After Utai and others were summoned and instructed them in person, all repented, wished to make amends, remove troublemakers, and manage banner affairs harmoniously. They requested that Utai and Batujiergale be temporarily suspended but allowed to remain in office for three years; if management proved sound the banner could petition for restoration, otherwise dismissal would be permanent; Qimote, Seleng, and others were removed and forbidden to interfere in banner affairs. They also fixed regulations for surveying wasteland and recruiting settlers; half the land price went to the state and half to the Mongol banner. For taxation each shang was assessed 240 zhongqian for military and official expenses and 420 for Mongol livelihood; from the princely mansion down to taiji, banner troops, and lamas, each received a fixed share. A portion of wasteland was still reserved for pasture. The court approved all of these proposals. In the tenth month Zengqi reported that north and south of the Taoer River in this banner, cultivated and uncultivated land totaled about ten million mu, and officials were sent to survey and allocate it. In the thirtieth year Taonan prefecture was established there, with Jing'an and Kaitong counties under its jurisdiction. In the thirty-first year Mukden General Zhao Erxun established Anguang county on cultivated land of the right-wing rear gushun-ejen banner, and Faku—formerly opened by the left-wing central Darchan Prince and related banners—also received a supervising prefect. In the thirty-fourth year Three Eastern Provinces Governor-General Xu Shichang established Liquan and other counties on land cultivated by the right-wing central banner heshuo Tüsiyetü Prince. Cultivated land soon covered nearly all six Khorchin banners, which had more counties than any other league. Zasak princes and dukes drew abundant rents, gravel plains turned fertile, and the region grew steadily prosperous.
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The successive generations of all zasak princes and dukes appear in the tables; only right-wing heshuo Tüsiyetü Prince Sewennorbuzanbao died violently amid the turmoil of the 1900 crisis and the troubles at home and abroad. Yude's investigation concluded that subordinates had driven him to his death, and they requested legal punishment for those responsible. Soon afterward Zengqi memorialized that the title should pass in orderly succession to his clansman Yexihai.
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In every Mongol banner the zasak is the banner chief, ranked at first grade and equal to a military governor. His deputy is the associate taiji. Subordinate officers include the banner-managing zhangjing, deputy zhangjing, company commanders, and platoon leaders. In Mongol the banner-managing zhangjing is called meileng, the company commander jalan, and the platoon leader sumu. The sumu is the unit that actually administers land and people. Platoon leader quotas were: twenty-two for the right-wing central banner, forty-six for the left-wing central, sixteen each for the right-wing front and rear banners, and three each for the left-wing front and rear. For major affairs of the Jirem league, the six Khorchin banners—being near Fengtian—report directly to the Mukden General. Gorlos front banner reports to the Jilin general; Gorlos rear, Jalaid, and Dorbod report to the Heilongjiang general.
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The Jalaid league descended from Khabutu Hasar, Genghis Khan's younger brother. Fifteen generations later came Boidara, who had nine sons; Amin was the youngest. Pasturing alongside his elder brothers Chichik and Namusai, he styled his people Jalaid. In the ninth year of Tianming, Amin's son Menggun and Khorchin taiji Obai sent envoys to sue for peace. The court responded favorably, and they led their followers to submit. In the fifth year of Shunzhi Menggun's son Seleng was appointed zasak. Sharing ancestry with Khorchin, he was attached to them and enrolled in the Jirem league. It comprised one banner, stationed at Tubinschahanpo. Its title was zasak duoluo beile, inherited by promotion from gushan beizi rank.
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In the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu Heilongjiang General Enze memorialized that, following the Board of Revenue and Deputy Governor Shoushan's proposal to open Mongol wasteland, officials should be sent to negotiate with the Jalaid banner. Land south of Gorlos front banner and east along the Nen at Sijiazi and Erlongsuokou—about three hundred li north to south and thirty to one hundred li east to west—was designated for opening under a survey bureau. They argued that if frontier Mongol banners from east to west could recruit settlers, the border would grow strong and wealthy and northern alarms could be avoided. The proposal was referred to the responsible offices for implementation. Earlier the Jirem league banners had not dared openly recruit settlers under strict prohibition orders; only now did land opening spread in succession. In the thirty-first year cultivated land was placed under Dazhai subprefecture. This league had sixteen platoon leaders. The Dorbod league lay beyond Xifeng Pass, two thousand and fifty li from Beijing. It measured one hundred and seventy li from east to west and two hundred and forty li from north to south. The Amur lay to the east and north, Jalaid to the west, Gorlos to the south, and Solon frontier dependencies to the north. Mongols recognize two groups called Dorbod, sharing a name but of different origin. One, of the Khorlos surname and descended from Oirat taiji Bohan, had fourteen banners pasturing at Ulanqab; as Outer Zasak they are treated in a separate biography. The other, of Borjigit descent from Khabutu Hasar, is the Inner Zasak league pasturing beyond Xifeng Pass treated here.
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Sixteen generations after Khabutu Hasar came Ainaga, who first gave his name to the league. In the ninth year of Tianming, Ainaga's son Aduci and Khorchin taiji Obai sent envoys to sue for peace. The court responded favorably, and they led their followers to submit. In the fifth year of Shunzhi Aduci's son Seleng was appointed zasak, attached to Khorchin as a fellow descendant of Khabutu Hasar, and enrolled in the Jirem league. It comprised one banner, stationed at Dokdorepo. Its title was zasak gushan beizi.
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In the second year of Tongzhi Dorbod beizi Gungachoktan asked the Heilongjiang general to re-establish border markers. A survey found that north of Balegaigang within Heilongjiang were four Dorbod settlements, and south of Paimoduo within Dorbod were eight Heilongjiang settlements on what had been vacant land. Each side was allowed to remain where they were. Where Mongols had encroached north of Balegaigang, Nanyushu became the new boundary; where provincial subjects had encroached south of Paimoduo, Siliushan became the new boundary; seventeen markers were erected. The court approved the proposal. In the fourth year Gungachoktan complained that the new markers had placed Mongol fields and pasture within the provincial border, harming Mongol livelihood. Deputy Governor Kemenge was sent with the Jirem league chief and Dorbod to resurvey. Mongol graveyards west of markers ten and eleven east of Taerhuantun were returned; Mongol houses south of the twenty-tree marker were removed; nineteen new markers were added; and because official settlements south of Paimoduo had occupied thirteen li more Mongol land than Mongols had occupied provincial land north of Balegaigang, vacant provincial land south of the twenty-tree marker was allotted to compensate. In the sixth month of the seventh year the case was closed with orders that beizi Gungachoktan strictly instruct his followers to observe the boundary permanently. In the tenth year the banner was rebuked for privately recruiting settlers to open wasteland, and its associate taiji was dismissed. In the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu General Enze again memorialized to send officials to negotiate land opening, arguing that cultivating Mongol land was essential to frontier strength. By then the Three Eastern Provinces railway treaty was in effect. The league lay on the main railway line, foreign dealings multiplied, and merchants and settlers gathered thickly. In the thirty-second year cultivated land within its jurisdiction was placed under Anda subprefecture, subordinate to Heilongjiang. The league comprised one banner with twenty-five platoon leaders. The Gorlos league lay beyond Xifeng Pass, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven li from Beijing. It measured four hundred and fifty li from east to west and six hundred and sixty li from north to south. The Mukden frontier wall lay to the south, Jilin to the east, and Khorchin to the west and north.
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Genghis Khan sent his younger brother Khabutu Hasar against the Gorlos. Sixteen generations later came Ubash, who gave his name to the league. His son Manggu succeeded him.
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In the ninth year of Tianming, Manggu's son Bumuba and Khorchin taiji Obai sent envoys to sue for peace. The court responded favorably, and they led their followers to submit. When Chakhar's Lin Dan Khan raided Khorchin, Qing troops marched through Gorlos to relieve them as far as Nong'an Tower. Lin Dan Khan fled and never again raided Khorchin or Gorlos. Two zasak were then established: Bumuba as gushun gong (defender duke); and Gumu, Bumuba's younger cousin, as fugo gong (bulwark duke). Sharing Khorchin ancestry, they were attached to Khorchin and enrolled in the Jirem league. It comprised two banners: the front banner at Gurban Chahan and the rear at Zhenziling. Three titles: one zasak fugo gong, one zasak taiji, and one attached gushun gong.
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Bumuba's banner formed the front banner, near Jilin. In the fifth year of Jiaqing Jilin General Xiulin proposed governing Gorlos cultivated land under a Changchun supervising subprefect and dividing rent collection. The emperor rejected the proposal as improper. Ten generations later came Karmashidi, who in the ninth year of Guangxu was stripped of the zasak post while retaining his ducal rank. His kinsman taiji Bayaskhulang succeeded him as zasak. In the thirteenth year of Guangxu Changchun was promoted from subprefecture to prefecture. Within the banner borders the old Huanglong prefecture lands became Nong'an county, subordinate to Changchun. In the thirty-fourth year Changling county was carved out as cultivation expanded. In the second year of Xuantong Dehui county was established from Changchun prefecture. Regulations were soon fixed for dividing settler rents between the state and the Mongols. The front banner gained four counties, all under Jilin.
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Gumu's banner formed the rear banner, near Heilongjiang and likewise on the main railway line. In the third year of Guangxu cultivated land was placed under Zhaozhou subprefecture, subordinate to Heilongjiang. Later a Zhaodong sub-bureau was added. Cultivated land in the two banners was divided between Jilin and Heilongjiang. The front banner had twenty-three platoon leaders. The rear banner had thirty-four platoon leaders. The Harqin league lay beyond Xifeng Pass, seven hundred and sixty li from Beijing. It measured five hundred li east to west and four hundred and fifty li north to south. Tumed and Aohan lay to the east, Chakhar Plain Blue Banner pastures to the west, the Mukden wall to the south, and Ongniud to the north.
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In Yuan times Jarchutai fathered Jirema, who served the founding emperor with distinction. Seven generations later came Hetong, with six thousand households pasturing on the Ejin River and taking the name Harqin for the league. His son Geleg Borot succeeded him.
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He had two sons: the elder Gelegletu jaisang founded the banners of zasak Duoluo beile Gülüsichib and first-rank tabunang Gele'er; the younger Tulubaatur founded the banner of zasak gushun gong Seleng. Gelegletu jaisang had four sons—Enke, Zhuntu, and Omoktu—who all remained in Harqin. In the second month of Tiancong year two Subude, great-grandson of Enke, because Lin Dan Khan of Chakhar oppressed his people, asked to submit with his brothers Wandan and Weijeng, memorializing: "The Chakhar khan is unjust and Harqin suffers. We therefore joined Tumed, Ordos, Abaga, and Khalkha troops at Tumed's Zhaocheng and routed forty thousand Chakhar soldiers. On the return march we met three thousand Ming-bound troops seeking rewards and destroyed them as well. Chakhar's foundations are shaken and the moment can be seized. If Your Majesty sends a punitive expedition, Harqin will march ahead of all the other leagues. The emperor ordered envoys to discuss the matter in person. In the seventh month lamas and five hundred thirty-eight followers came to court. Beile Ajige and Shuotuo were sent to welcome them and they swore an oath over a white horse and black ox. In the ninth month the emperor campaigned personally against Chakhar. Subude met him at Chuoluo Gol and received lavish rewards. In the first month of year three the court ordered them to observe Qing law. In the sixth month Subude, Seleng grandson of Tulubaatur, and others led their followers to submit, and the court restored their old pastures. In the tenth month the emperor marched against the Ming with tabunang Burin Hatu as guide, entered Zunhua, and encamped at Luowen Valley. In the fourth year Burin Hatu, surrounded by Ming troops, defeated them and captured Vice General Ding Qiming, one brigade commander, and two colonels. The court praised his merit and granted estate lands, retainers, and gold. In the sixth month he joined the Chakhar campaign through Duerbi. Lin Dan Khan fled, and captured Chakhar grain was stored along the Liao for garrison use. Detachments also followed beile Ajige in raiding the Datong and Xuanfu borders. In the first month of year eight he joined Baarin, Alxa Khorchin, and Abaga forces in resettling Chakhar refugees. In the fifth month he joined the Datong campaign and reached Shuozhou. In the first month of year nine platoon leaders were organized under Subude's son Gülüsichib on the right wing and Seleng on the left. In the fifth month selected troops joined the Ming campaign and defeated the enemy at the Liao headwaters.
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In the first year of Chongde Burin Hatu was granted first-rank zi and the title Daider Han tabunang. In the second year Ashi Daerhan and other ministers were sent to try ordinary cases in Harqin. In the ninth month of year three the main army entered the Ming border through Miyun and defeated six thousand troops. In the tenth month he joined campaigns at Qiantun and Ningyuan. In the seventh year he joined the siege of Jizhou, passed Beijing, and marched into Shandong.
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In the first year of Shunzhi he followed the army through Shanhai Pass against Li Zicheng's rebels. In the sixth year he joined the Khalkha campaign. In the thirteenth year of Kangxi, during campaigns against the rebel princes Geng Jingzhong, tabunang Hojiger and Tumed tabunang Shanda led troops to Yanzhou. In the seventeenth year the emperor said: "Tabunang Hojiger and others went from Yanzhou to Zhejiang under Prince Kang Jieshu's command. They led their troops deep into Fujian and, with the main armies, pacified the rebel prince Geng Jingzhong. In battle they led from the front, charged enemy lines, and fought with conspicuous valor. Rewards should be granted at once to encourage others. In the twentieth year, encamped at Herhe, the emperor said: "Tabunang Hojiger served with exceptional diligence on campaign and has now died. I have come here and send Grand Minister Oqi with tea and wine to perform the rites. In the twenty-fifth year ten officers including Captain Bayar received hereditary honors for pacifying Zhejiang and Fujian.
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In the twenty-ninth year he joined the campaign against Galdan and helped defeat him at Ulan Butung. In the forty-fourth year the court added a third banner under tabunang Gele'er. In the fifty-fourth year a thousand Harqin troops were sent to the Tui River against Tsewang Arabtan, and Vice Minister Jiaohetuo was sent with ten thousand taels as reward. In the ninth year of Yongzheng they joined the campaign against Galdan Tsering. The league began with two banners: the right wing north of the Xibo River and the left at Bayan Zhurhe; later a third banner was added between the two wings. Six titles: one zasak Duoluo Duling junwang of princely rank, inherited by promotion from beile; one attached gushun gong (defender duke), demoted from beizi rank; one fugo gong (bulwark duke); one zasak duoluo beile, inherited by promotion from beizi; one zasak gushan beizi, inherited by promotion from gushun gong; and one zasak first-class tabunang of gong rank.
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In the forty-first year of Qianlong cultivated land within the league became Pingquan prefecture. In the eighth year of Jiaqing several titles were reduced. Beizi Danba Dorji was promoted to beile for capturing the rebel Chen Degong, served as chief guard of the inner service and grand minister before the throne, and died in office. In the twenty-third year of Guangxu zasak first-rank taiji tabunang Batma Otsar was dismissed, and beile Xiling'a inherited the title. Five titles remained in office.
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Harqin was the first league to recruit Han settlers for cultivation. In the fourteenth year of Qianlong the court first barred banners from retaining settlers who opened excessive acreage. In the nineteenth year of Daoguang the court again barred Harqin and Tumed settlers from using planted acreage to settle Mongol loans in silver. In the seventeenth year of Guangxu, during the Jindandao uprising in Aohan, Harqin was disturbed as well. After order was restored, the court issued special relief funds. In the twenty-ninth year Rehe Governor-General Xiliang reported that the left-wing banner had contracted Chinese merchants for all banner mines and the central banner with Daosheng Bank to open gold mines at Balihan—contrary to regulations on declared capital and single-site concessions—and asked the Foreign Ministry to settle the matter. The case was referred to the responsible offices to enforce the regulations.
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The right wing had forty-four platoon leaders, the center thirty-eight, and the left wing forty; together with Tumed's two banners they formed the Josotu league. After the Rehe governor-general was established in the Jiaqing period, major affairs of this league and Zhaowuda were reported directly by the governor-general. From late Daoguang coastal defense through early Xianfeng campaigns against the Taiping rebels, the court repeatedly called up this league's troops together with Jirem and Zhaowuda as the eastern three leagues, and they won considerable distinction. The Tumed league lay beyond Xifeng Pass, a thousand li from Beijing. Its territory measured four hundred and sixty li east to west and three hundred and ten li north to south. Yangximu pastures lay to the east, Harqin to the west, the Mukden wall to the south, and Khalkha Left Wing and Aohan to the north. Tumed was split into left and right wings in which families of different lineage pastured together. The left wing was headed by descendants of the Yuan minister Jirema. Thirteen generations descended from Jirema to Shanba, who were close kin to Harqin. The right wing was headed by descendants of the Yuan founding emperor. Nineteen generations descended from the founding emperor to Ombochuhor, who fathered Gumu and were close kin to the Guihuacheng Tumed.
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In the third year of Tiancong, Shanba and Ombochuhor each led their followers to submit. In the sixth month of year eight they mobilized troops for the Ming campaign and promulgated military regulations. In the seventh month they entered Ming territory through Dushikou, joined the main force at Bao'an, and detachments under Commander-in-Chief Unge raided the Chakhar frontier. In year nine the court organized their platoon leaders and appointed three zasak—Shanba, Genger, and Ombochuhor. Genger belonged to Shanba's clan. In the second year of Chongde Genger was stripped of his zasak rank for misconduct and Shanba assumed command of his people. Thereafter Tumed was formally split into left and right wings under Shanba and Ombochuhor. That same year Asha Darhan and other ministers were sent to adjudicate civil cases in the league. In the sixth year they joined the siege of Jinzhou and routed Grand Secretary Hong Chengchou's relief force. In the eighth year they followed Raoyu Beile Abatai on a Ming campaign.
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In the first year of Shunzhi they marched through Shanhai Pass and fought Li Zicheng's rebels. In the third year they joined the suppression of the Sunid rebel Tenggis. In the first year of Kangxi Khalkha taiji Barbu Bingtu submitted, and the court ordered him to pasture under Tumed. In the thirteenth year, during the campaign against Geng Jingzhong and other rebel princes, the court ordered Tumed tabunang Shanda and Harqin tabunang Huojiger to Yanzhou with their troops. In the seventeenth year they were sent to Zhejiang and followed Prince Kang Jieshu on the punitive campaign. When Fujian was fully pacified, the court granted them preferential honors for merit. In the fifty-fifth year the court detailed a thousand men to garrison the Ergun with Duke Furdan. In the fifty-ninth year drought and failed harvests brought imperial relief funds. In the third year of Yongzheng tabunang Shajin Dabai joined the main army against the Dzungars. In the seventh year he was enfeoffed as Gushun Gong. In the ninth year Grand Marshal Furdan attacked the Dzungars at Khorgol. Shajin Dabai fled in battle and lost his title; Yet Tumed officers under Grand Coordinator Malantai defeated the enemy at Xierhazhao with heavy kills and captures, partly redeeming the disgrace.
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Its two banners garrisoned the left wing at Haitaha Mountain and the right at Bayan Hosho under the Josotu League. Three noble ranks were held: one zasak duoluo darhan beile, promoted from Gushun Gong; one attached Khalkha beile; and one zasak gushan beizi.
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In the forty-first year of Qianlong reclaimed lands within the league were organized as Chaoyang County. In the ninth year of Tongzhi right-wing archer households repeatedly protested that zasak beile Sotenam Sedengke's levies were excessive; banner secretary Aashang and others were dismissed for failing to moderate official collections. Rehe governor-general Kukejitai memorialized to revise Tumed military-household rules, reaffirmed the old silver quota, barred wrongful impressment of archers' sons and dowry servants, and returned eight branches of archer households to Tumed authority. In the seventeenth year of Guangxu, when the Aohan Jindan Dao uprising erupted, Tumed was attacked as well. After order was restored, the court granted relief. The left wing held eighty platoon leaders and the right ninety, an unusually high count among the banners.
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