Almost all civilizations went through the stage of "aristocratic republic", and the early Mongols were no exception, but all civilizations passed through the "aristocratic republic" stage in different ways.
The power changes of other civilizations aside, let's just talk about the steppe world. The reason why Mongolia was able to successfully survive the stage of "aristocratic republic" is that "Nakor" can be described as a great achievement.
According to the mainstream view, "Nakor" means portal slave, belonging to a relatively humble existence of low birth. But in fact, "Nakor" was also a soldier and companion of the nobility, and had an extremely important position.
It is well known that Bolshu is Temujin's "Nakal", not that Borjutsu is Temujin's slave, but it seems that Borjutsu is Temujin's friend, because the relationship between the two sides is not equal.
For this point, everyone can understand that the book boy who sold himself in the master's family means almost the same. If it is interpreted in jianghu terms, "Na Ke'er" is the horse boy and little brother of the big brother of the underworld.
An important reason why Hebü should be able to have a strength far beyond that of his grandfather Hebul Khan and his uncle Kutula Khan is that he should also quickly expand his own power group by recruiting "Nakol".
"Nakol" was not invented by Yasuko, but a group of people who already existed on the grassland. However, due to the special status of "Na Ke'er", the recruitment of "Na Ke'er" is also exquisite.
Because "Na Ke'er" contains the meaning of retinue, no one will give the other party "Na Ke'er" among the great nobles of equal status, and if the great nobles of equal status want to go further between the same sex, they will form Anta (worship brothers), because the identity of Anta is equal.
But "Na Ke'er" also contains the meaning of companionship, if a person has no identity, he is not qualified to be a "Na Ke'er" to the great nobles, because in the aristocratic society, what qualifications does an ordinary person have to be a companion for the great nobles?
On this point, I have analyzed in the article of the previous days: "Nakor" clearly means a portal slave, but he can be with his nominal master all day long.
On this basis alone, the political resources available to "Nakor" are not comparable to those of ordinary people. On the table, the identity of the portal slave is certainly inferior to that of ordinary people. But in fact, if there is a chance to become the "Nakor" of the great nobility, it is definitely much better than ordinary people.
As long as we understand this, we can conclude that if a person wants to be a "nak" to the great nobles, he must be a person with status and at the same time have certain specialties.
What kind of people is "Nakal"? Simply put, it is a group of nobles in a weak position or people from rich backgrounds. In order to ensure their vested interests, in this way, they surrendered to the great nobles and applied for protection.
In other words, in order to be in a favorable position in the real competition, the weak nobles and the rich people will usually actively or passively give a certain big nobleman "Nako". But this surrender was not unconditional, but required the great nobility to take care of the interests of "Nakult" in the ensuing real competition.
If you can't pull down your face to be "Na Ke'er" to the big nobles, you can also let the people closest to you (such as the younger brother or son) be the "Na Ke'er" to the big nobles. This practice is tantamount to sending the people closest to him to the great nobles as hostages, and the interests of both sides begin to be tied.
Faced with this situation, the great nobles will certainly be very happy, because this means that his control over the weak nobles and rich people has increased, and his military and political resources have increased accordingly.
It is almost certain that the early Mongol "Nakol" was not the same as the slaves in everyone's mind, which was almost a win-win choice.
The rich people do not mention it for the time being, but as more and more weak nobles become "Nakil", this has a consequence: the aristocratic republic is not worthy of the name, and the small nobles have almost become working boys.
In the past, the large and small nobles basically nestled in their own turf, playing the game of "my territory is my master"; now, the small nobles have slowly become the "Nakor" of the big nobles, the number of nobles has decreased, and conflicts are naturally gradually inevitable.
It can be said that the hereditary system in the steppe world began with the increase in the number of "Na ke'er", and then triggered a large-scale fire and unification, which is also one of the main reasons for the increase in the number of "Na Ke'er".
Can you imagine that when Temujin and Zamuhe both have a large number of "Nakol", who of them can become the king of the steppe, and this kind of thing can be concluded by consultation? Obviously not.
Even if Temujin and Zamuhe were willing to give in, the large number of "Nakko' behind them would disagree? If they dare to give in today, these "Nakor" are estimated to be able to run more than half tomorrow.
But if Temujin and Zamu merge and don't have so many "Nakol", their strength will naturally not be so strong. In this context, Temujin and Zamuhe will naturally unite closely to cope with the changing grassland situation.
Why was Temujin able to become a rising star of the prairie at the age of eighteen? I've been talking about this for several articles in a row, because it's a bit complicated. But in the final analysis, it comes down to one sentence: it should also leave Temujin with a lot of "Nakor".
Since there are too many historical materials of the era, we only know that there is one Monlik, and others do not know it at all. However, if we use the Temujin era to deduce, we can naturally come up with a more accurate answer.
If Temujin had died before unifying Mongolia, what would his "Nakor" do?
Many people think that the way to do this is of course to go back to their own homes and find their own mothers, but the disadvantage of doing so is that if Temujin is still there, they naturally don't have to worry, because Temujin is one of the strongest forces in the grassland.
But now that they have lost Temujin's protection, what should they do when the other "Nakko' who have a master bully Temujin's "Nakil" old department come back?
More importantly: if they are separated, then in the face of Zamuhe's attack, they are estimated to have no other way out than to wait to accept Zamuhe's incorporation. In this context, it was incorporated by Zamuhe, and it is estimated that there is no future.
If they get away with it and continue to look for a new master, will they still get the chance to become a concubine? I guess that's enough. How can their disloyalty to the old Masters be trusted?
Come to think of it, instead of leaving the team, it is better to continue to help Temujin's son, so that he has a chance to stop the loss.
On this point, we only need to look at The relevant experience of Monlik to understand: this old minister eventually became the first hero of the founding of Mongolia, although he has such and such merits, but the biggest credit is that his seniority is old enough that Temujin does not dare to disrespect.
But after Temujin unified the Mongolian steppe, "Nakol" slowly disappeared from history.
Many people think that this is because Temujin's status is getting higher and higher, and later even became Genghis Khan, so no one dares to be his "Nake'er", but can only regard him as the will of immortality.
The above statement cannot be said to be wrong, but it does not go to the point.
The biggest reason is that the direct consequence of the system of "Nako'er" is that there are many factions, and as the supreme ruler, Temujin certainly does not allow this to happen.
After Temujin's cultivation has come to fruition, if the powerful faction under him still dares to recruit "Na Ke'er" everywhere, then he definitely does not want to mix: Genghis Khan has given you so many rewards, are you still not satisfied? Do you think that there are too few people under your command to make it inconvenient to rebel?
It is for this reason that the later "Nakor" gradually appeared in two other forms.
The first is to appear as a member of the Temujin Janissaries, as long as a person becomes a member of the Temujin Janissaries, he will naturally have a very high military and political status and future.
Temujin's Janissaries were usually the sons of thousands, thousands, and hundreds. On the positive side, this shows that Temujin trusts his courtiers; on the negative side, it is clear that Temujin let his courtiers take hostages.
Temujin's deeper meaning is that if one wants to have better conditions for promotion in the Mongol Empire, one must first become a member of one's own Janissaries. It's like a student at the Whampoa Military Academy, who is a protégé of Tianzi as soon as he graduates.
Temujin's Janissaries are the famous Cowardly Xue Army in history.
The second is in a more explicit form, the name is called "Proton Army". When a local interest group decides to surrender to Temujin, they must send their own sons to work with Temujin.
Generally speaking, the future of the proton army is not as good as that of the cowardly Xue Jun, because after all, it is separated by one layer. But in general, you can't enter the Cowardly Xue Army, and it is also a good choice to enter the Proton Army.
Temujin's deeper meaning was that in this way, more and more pro-Mongol nobles and officials were trained. When the children of local interest groups have worked in mongolia's core organs, he naturally has more room for growth.
These people have a family background that cannot be underestimated in the local area, and when they compete for family rule in the future, this qualification of the proton army will naturally help them to obtain a higher chance of winning. In this way, Temujin's rule over the local area will naturally be more stable.
Since "Nakko' is a special interest group, there are certainly not a few people who hope to become "Nakko'er".
Being someone else's horse boy and little brother, or even being someone else's portal slave, is indeed ugly to say and has to lose a lot, but even so, there will still be many people flocking to it.
Eunuchs, for example, know that this must be castrated and lose male dignity. And even if you give up the dignity of men, will you be able to mix with eunuchs with heads and faces? Apparently not either.
But according to the information we have received, when we hear that eunuchs are recruited in the palace, there will still be many people who will squeeze their heads and drill in.
When faced with power and interests, very few people can treat them indifferently, this is human nature.