The land that Zhu Cihong wanted to claim from the Kingdom of Zhunger was located in the northern part of the Tien Shan Mountains, in the plateau lake and its surrounding area, which later became known as Issyk-Kul Lake. Issyk-Kul Lake was called Daqing Pond during the Tang Dynasty, and later it was renamed Atami, Tusi Pond, and Temur Tunaor.

The lake is large, more than 20,000 li (more than 6,000 square kilometers) square, surrounded by mountains, and the terrain is similar to that of the Ferghana Basin, but at a higher altitude and surrounded by higher mountains. Because the lake occupies most of the basin, and the western part of the lake is a rocky desert, there is not much land available for reclamation, only about 6,000 miles square.

In fact, it is not small, if all of them are reclaimed, there will be more than 2 million acres. And these reclaimable lands are very fertile, and some of them are still black soil. To the east of these cultivated fertile lands, there are also large hillside pastures, which are larger than the cultivated flat lands.

In addition, due east and southwest of the lake basin, there are many hillside pastures and valleys that can be cultivated.

All of them are added together, which is quite a good territory in the Western Regions and Central Asia.

Moreover, this area is still surrounded by mountains, among which the north and south mountains are very high and difficult to pass, and only due east, southwest, and northwest have some mountain passes that can be accessed. The passes in the east lead to the Ili River Valley, the northwest passes lead to the Chu River, and the southwest passes lead to several mountain-based and extremely closed valleys, and perhaps some trails lead to the Fergana Basin or the territory of the Anxi Army.

In short, this is a fertile and closed territory, very dangerous! Moreover, due to the temperature regulation of the lake, the temperature around the lake is also relatively comfortable, and it is not much colder than the North China Plain in winter, which is very suitable for the Han people in the Central Plains to migrate.

What is even more rare is that there are a small number of Kirghiz living in this land, who migrated from the Yenisei River and have not yet accepted the Celestial Religion (historically they gradually converted to the Celestial Religion after the fall of the Dzungar Khanate), and currently believe in a primitive religion.

At this time, the two soldiers of the Generalissimo's Mansion stationed in the Xinuan Pavilion of the Imperial Palace had already taken the map of the Jungar Kingdom and spread it out on the long table in front of Emperor Zhu, and also circled the approximate location of the "Land of the Great Qing Pond" with red ink dipped in red ink on it.

The envoys of the Kingdom of Zungar, Bahabandi, and the envoys of the Zungar Jinjuyuan, Kar Danmba (Anukodun's father), and Galdan, who was studying at the Taixue of Tianfu, were all invited, and after making a big salute, they were all called up by Zhu Cihong to look at the map.

"You three come over and see, whose territory is this territory now?"

Hearing what Zhu Cihong asked, the three of them hurriedly stepped forward to take a look, and after seeing it, they all shook their heads.

Galdan said: "Your Majesty, the land you have enclosed is relatively close to the fiefdom of the ten thousand households of the minister, but it is not the territory of the minister. ”

Bahabandi had lived in the city of Chu River for a longer time than Galdan and looked at the big lake on the map and said: "The name of this big lake is Temur Tu Naoer, which means that there is an iron sea, because the sand around the lake produces iron, but it is not mined in this way. There are some Kirghiz people who live there, and every year they hand over a hundred and ten goats to Chu River Province. ”

Emperor Zhu nodded and said with a smile: "I have discussed with the important ministers of the two prefectures and are ready to send troops to rescue the Jungar Kingdom, but the soldiers of the Great Ming Dynasty cannot be in vain...... The Stone Fort King City is 9,000 miles away from Yingtianfu! The cost of the trip was very high, and if there was no gain, it would not be justified, and the king of the monks would be ashamed. Therefore, I discussed with the important ministers of the two prefectures, and I wanted to use the land as the reward for sending troops. Just this 'iron sea' plus the surrounding basin and mountains, it has been circled on the map! What do you three think? ”

Bahabandi, Galdan, and Kar Danmpa were all stunned, none of them thought that Emperor Zhu would come to this hand - talk about remuneration before sending troops, is this what the suzerainty should do? Do you have to sign a contract after negotiating the remuneration?

What about this business? Or is it war?

"It's just a mountainous land that is not very suitable for grazing and is not easy to cultivate, we Mongolians don't need it at all, the Celestial Empire needs it, and we should serve it with both hands."

Galdan was the first to react, and of course he agreed.

Emperor Zhu opened Chrysostom, can he do it if he doesn't agree?

Besides, there are 120,000 households in the headquarters of Jungar, a total of 800,000 people, plus the residents of the four castles of Chu River, Shibao Wangcheng, Khujand and Huweifu City, a total of less than 1 million people. Where is the vast land of 3,000 miles from north to south and 3,000 miles from east to west? That's more than 2 million square kilometers! For 1 million people, only 1 person in 2 square kilometers...... Moreover, after the Jungar Kingdom defeated the combined forces of Timur, Persia, Khiva, Rakshasas, Turkmen, and Kazakhs, its territory would definitely have to expand.

Therefore, the mountainous land that Emperor Zhu wanted was garbage in the eyes of the Junggar Kingdom...... It's not even chicken, it's something that no one wants.

Baha Bandi saw Galdan nodding, and he had no choice but to nod: "The land that the Celestial Empire wants, my Jungar Kingdom will naturally not be reluctant to give it." ”

The father-in-law of the monk, Gar Dan Mupa, frowned slightly, he was the son of the protector of the Northern Court Protector Oziertu Khan, but he was working for his son-in-law. The residence of the Oziertu Khan was in the valley of the Ili River, and the city of Yining, which was built with the financial support of the Ming court, was very close to the land of Temur Tunaor, which Zhu Cihong had claimed - the road from Yining City to the Chu River was at the foot of the land of Temur Tunaoer.

If the Ming Dynasty set up a vassal town or vassal state in the land of Temur Tuur, it could cut off the communication between Beiting Town and the Jungar Kingdom at any time. Moreover, this feudal town or feudal kingdom can also join forces with Anxi Town to attack the Beiting Army from east to west......

Of course, the Beiting Army is loyal to the Great Tomorrow Dynasty, and there is no idea of rebellion - now that the Great Tomorrow Dynasty is prosperous, the Holy Lord is in the court, and the soldiers are strong and strong, and it is not at all half of the Heshuo Special Department that dares to confront it. There is no difference between the rebellion of the Beiting Army and suicide!

But the Beiting Army has no idea, it doesn't mean that the Ming Dynasty has no idea...... A feudal town is not a feudal country!

The vassal state has the right of monarchy, and the Ming court cannot withdraw the feudal county if it cannot issue a decree. However, the feudal town did not have the right of monarchy, and the feudal town was not feudal, but the Ming court granted full power to the Jiedu envoy or the capital protector to let them be in charge of military affairs.

The authorization is very large, but it does not mean that the imperial court cannot take back its power, nor does it mean that the imperial court cannot change the vassal commander - it is not the feudal town that cannot take back the power and change the marshal, but the rebel town. Beiting Army rebelled to try one? There is no need for the imperial court to send troops, and let Anxi Town send troops to flatten the strength of Beiting and Shuote.

This is not blowing, how many years have the Beiting and Shuote departments not been fighting? The Anxi army is now fighting with the rogues year after year!

If the Beiting and Shuote tribes join forces with the Jungar Kingdom, they can fight against the imperial court. After all, the kingdom of Jungar is also the master of daily wars......

However, once a vassal or feudal town appears in the land of Temur Tunaur that can cut off the connection between the two, will the Ming court change the commander of the Beiting domain in the future?

"Kar Dan Mupa!"

Galdan lowered his voice and was already ringing in Galdanmba's ears, startling him for a moment, and he realized that he had just lost his mind.

He hurriedly replied: "Minister, the minister must send a letter to King Jungar and ask him to agree to His Majesty's request." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled and nodded: "Since the three of you have agreed, you will not disagree if you want to come to the monks...... That's it.

I will establish a vassal state in the land of Temur Tunaor, and use it as a reward for those who have gone to the Western Regions to rescue Dzungar. All soldiers and Ding Yu of the four towns of Daning, Beiping, Anbei, and Shuofang can apply. I didn't recruit many soldiers, so I recruited 5,000 people. In addition to awarding the feudal lord Lu, the recruited strong men also gave 200 taels of silver per person, and before the official entitlement, each person had a double monthly military salary, and when he was entitled, there were 200 taels of silver per person!

In addition, the one who sends the most troops from the four towns can designate the king of the vassal country or the prince of the vassal state! The three families with fewer troops can obtain the title of Marquis of the vassal state. ”