() Since the Northern Yuan ruler Timur was defeated by Lanyu, fled to the Tushu River, and was killed by Yessudier, Mongolia began to fall into continuous internal strife, first the ghost Li Chi killed the Kun Timur Khan of the Yuan Dynasty, and was proclaimed as the Great Khan (or Khan) by Arutai and others. The country name of the Yuan Dynasty was abolished, called Tatar. In the early days, he was on good terms with the Ming Dynasty and accepted gifts. At other times, he attacked and killed the Warat tribe, poisoned and killed the "Zhongshun King" Anke Timur, and led the Mongolian civil strife, although there were several unifications, but after all, due to civil strife, the forces were scattered, and the Ming Dynasty never posed a threat of overthrow.

Mongolia that once dominated the world, is no longer the main enemy of the Ming Dynasty, but the "border trouble" of the Ming Dynasty, based on the change of Mongolian power, Zhu Dicai expressed great friendship to Gui Lichi, and recognized his suzerainty over the Mongolian tribes. However, he did not hold the position of Khan for long, and a few years later, he was defeated by the combined forces of Arutai of the Asuth Department and Mahamu of the Oirat Division. The Asut were Mongolized Iranians who originated in the Caucasus and entered the Sichuan and Mongolian plateaus as a result of the Mongol Empire's westward conquests. The Oirat tribe was a powerful tribe of the forest Mongols, known as the "people of the forest" in the time of Genghis Khan, who settled mainly on the western shore of Lake Baikal.

Neither Arutai nor Mahamu wanted to become the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, and what they most wanted was for their tribe** to be recognized externally outside the Mongols, so after defeating the Guilichi, they pledged their allegiance to the Ming Dynasty and proved that they were different from other tribes competing for the throne of the Mongol Empire. This was something that the Ming Dynasty could not ask for, and Zhu Di immediately gave them great support. Relying on this support, the Oirats expanded their sphere of influence to cover the entire region of Western Mongolia, from the western shore of Lake Baikal to the upper reaches of the Irtysh River. However, the Asut and Oirat tribes were unable to control the central and eastern Mongols for long, and the son of Guilichi, Eseku, re-emerged and competed with Arutai and Mahamu for the throne of the Great Khan, and the two sides fought a war for more than ten years.

It was such a long-term war that the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty had gradually lost the right to control the entire territory of Mongolia, and the Mongol Empire was divided into three parts, namely the Mongol headquarters (that is, the later Tatar), Warat, and Uliangha Sanwei.

Among the three departments, Tatar is mostly the Mongolian headquarters, occupying the Mongolian plateau, ruled by the golden family, and belonging to Mongolian orthodoxy, but after years of suppression by the Ming Dynasty, especially Zhu Di's five expeditions to Mongolia, the elite of the headquarters were all wiped out by Zhu Di's army, so among the three forces, Tatar is the weakest.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang sent Feng Sheng to expedition to Liaodong, Feng Shengbing subdued Naha without blood, and set up Taining, Fuyu, Duoyan Sanwei (military units), later collectively referred to as Duoyan Sanwei, and settled the surrendered Mongols here, Zhu Yuanzhang assigned these people to Ning King Zhu Quan under the leadership, Sanwei from Daning to Xifeng, near Xuanfu, for Duoyanwei; from Jin, Yili Guangning, cross the Liao River to Baiyun Mountain, for Tainingwei; from Huangniwa over Shenyang, Tieling to Kaiyuan, for Fuyuwei. Zhu Dijing raised troops, merged the army of King Ning, and coerced King Ning to go south (later migrated to Nanchang), with the Mongolian leader of the Three Guards, Tuo'er Huocha, as the governor of the capital, and the Ha'er Wu as the commander of the Tongzhi and the Duoyan Guard;

Zhu Di said that the emperor and queen made a lot of contributions to Sanwei, and agreed with Sanwei to break away from King Ning and become a vassal department by himself, and give farming cattle, farm tools, seeds, etc. every year to engage in farming, and exchange markets in Guangning and other places. Chengzu abandoned Daning, aiming to make Sanwei a barrier to the north and relieve the worries of going south to seize the throne. As a result, Sanwei became a semi-** domain, between the Ming Dynasty and Tatar, which was a hidden strength of the imperial court.

Warat, originally inhabited the region of the Eight Rivers (the area of the eight tributaries of the present-day Yenisei River). There are many of them, and there are several branches, each with its own name. The Yuan Dynasty began to move south, settling in the northwest of the vast steppe from the foothills of the Altai Mountains to the lower reaches of the Selenga River, and changed the hunting economy to a livestock economy, and also engaged in some agriculture. There are four major departments or 40,000 households in Warat, referred to as "four".

In the Yongle Dynasty, Zhu Di used troops against the Tatars, so that the leader of Warat, Mengge Timur, took advantage of the time. After Ming Chengzu Zhu Di became the emperor, he sent envoys to tell the Wara Department. In the sixth year of Yongle, Ma Hamu and other envoys sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to ask for the title of tribute. In the seventh year, its leaders Mahamu, Taiping, and Vulture Polo were named the kings of Shunning, Xianyi, and Anle. Among the three kings, Mahamu's power was the strongest, and Zhu Di attacked Tatar for many years, and the Tatar weakened, and Warat took the opportunity to go south. In ten years, Benjamin attacked and killed the Tatars, and then went south to attack the Ming Dynasty, gradually threatening the border of the Ming Dynasty, which aroused Zhu Di's vigilance.

In the twelfth year of Yongle, Zhu Di personally led the army north to conquer Wara and reach the Tula River. The following year, Mahamu and other tributes apologized. Soon Mahamu died, the son was detached, and his father Mahamu was named the king of Shunning by Ming Chengzu, these years, he was honest, but since Zhu Di's death, almost a year or so, Yang Rong keenly felt that the wolf's head in sheep's clothing slowly revealed some hideous faces, and successively carried out a lot of attacks on the surrounding tribes, and now it has reduced the trade of cattle and sheep, and also sent a lot of messengers, which is not a deferential attitude. Yang Rong has followed Zhu Di to deal with the border defense for many years, and he knows Zhu Di's intentions for Mongolia, supports tile thorns, installs Wuliang Ha Sanwei, and does so much, it is nothing more than to divide the forces of the Yuan Empire, just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's Tui En Order, little by little to divide the victory of the vassal king, and finally not have the strength to confront the imperial court.

But over the years, the effect can not be said to be nothing, but the effect is not great, the Tatars and the Warat have been fighting endlessly, and the strength has greatly weakened a lot, but these Mongols are born warriors, and they have fought for many years, and their strength has fluctuated with each other, and they have not really gone less.

First, in the seventh year of Yongle (April), the Tatars killed the Ming Dynasty envoy Guo Ji and openly challenged the Ming Dynasty.

This blatant contempt for the Ming Dynasty angered Zhu Di, and in the seventh year of Yongle, he appointed Mahamu, the leader of Wara, as the king of Shunning, providing assistance to his tribe and helping him to attack Tatar.

After that, the leader of the Tile Thorns, Mahamu, used the reward of the Ming Dynasty to enrich the strength of the headquarters, and soon began to continue to encroach on the territory of Western Mongolia, and within a few years, the strength of the Varat began to expand dramatically, occupying a lot of places, after defeating the Tatars, the Maham of the Varat began to unify Mongolia, and the ambition of the Fù Empire was restored.

For this puppet who was supported by one hand suddenly became bigger, Zhu Di once again sent troops to Mongolia.

After years of hiding, the strength of Warat should not be underestimated, successively in Hulan Huwen (now Mongolia Tula River) accumulated 30,000 cavalry to confront the Ming Dynasty, if not Zhu Di was cautious, and created the Shenji battalion, the use of the Shenji battalion to defeat the Mongolian cavalry, this battle beheaded dozens of its princes", killed and injured more than 10,000 people in the Wara army, since then a few years, Wara no longer dared to provoke the Ming army, the border has been peaceful since then, I can't imagine that Zhu Di has only died for less than a year, Warat has moved, Yang Rong sneered:" It seems that this old friend needs to learn a lesson. ”

At this moment, a figure from the Dong'an Gate to the palace walked, this city gate was built in the Ming Yongle 18 years, originally in the west of the Jade River, the river is outside the wall, is facing the Forbidden City Donghua Gate set up Dong'an Gate, for the seven three doors of the yellow glazed single eaves rest on the top of the mountain. Inside the door (west) is the stone arch bridge across the Jade River, because the officials went to the court to see His Majesty, all enter the palace from Dong'an Gate, so it is commonly known as this bridge as Wang'en Bridge or Huang'en Bridge.

The figure hurriedly crossed the stone arch bridge and entered the palace gate, I don't know what I thought, my eyes glanced quickly at the city gate, and then hurriedly walked in.

The cabinet was brightly lit, and Yang Rong still lowered his head and thought about the potential night heart of Wara, unaware that the figure had already walked to the door.

"Lord Yang——?" A low voice came from outside the door.

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Yang Rong, who was thinking about it, was startled and shouted, "Who is it?"

The figure outside the door was startled, subconsciously took a few steps back, glanced at Yang Rong nervously, and said in a trembling voice: "Lord Yang, our Wang Zhen came to ask Lord Yang to rush to the Qintian Prison to discuss important matters under the order of Lord Qintianjian Zheng?"

"Wang Zhen?" Yang Rong muttered, and then remembered that in these days, a new eunuch had come here to spread the word.

Squinted at Wang Zhen, saw that he looked nervous and frightened, and felt a little funny in his heart: "This new eunuch is too bold?"

"Does Lord Supervisor have anything important to discuss?" Yang Rong's voice softened a little, he still had a good impression of this new eunuch, every time he came, he was courteous and respectful, and he was indeed an obedient person.

Wang Zhen smiled weakly and said: "My lord said that I am joking, our family is a eunuch, and my ancestor Emperor Taizu has made rules and regulations, not allowing eunuchs to read and write, not allowing eunuchs to concurrently serve as foreign ministers, not to wear the crown clothes worn by foreign ministers, and the grade shall not exceed four grades." The official gate hangs a three-foot-high iron plaque, which is engraved with the words "Ministers are not allowed to interfere in political affairs, and those who are predestined will be beheaded". Our family doesn't want to break the rules set by Emperor Taizu, Lord Jianzheng is looking for adults to discuss major matters, since it is a major matter of the imperial court, I am a eunuch, how can I ask more, my lord should go and ask Lord Jianzheng in person, right?"

Yang Rong nodded secretly, obviously extremely satisfied with Wang Zhen's words, and said, "It's not bad to remember the rules of Emperor Taizu, it's good, it's good!" After speaking, he left the cabinet and walked straight to Qin Tianjian.

Wang Zhen hurriedly followed, his bowed body became more and more respectful, but his dark eyes, Yang Rong inadvertently glanced at the cabinet behind him, snorted contemptuously, and quickly retracted his gaze and followed.

^^^^^^^^It's the third shift, that's all for tonight, I haven't moved my seat for more than ten hours, I want to lie down for a while!"