Seeing that the three of them talked about the Jinling Female University and the selection of concubines for the examination, Bahabandi from the Jungger Kingdom was a little stupid - why didn't you talk about saving Jungar? This is a major military event! You are all holy kings and ministers! Why do you put aside the military affairs and discuss women......

At this time, Emperor Zhu also saw Baha Bandi who was in a daze with his mouth open, so he said to him with a smile: "Zungar envoy, I already know the kindness of Aurangzeb, and I will send an envoy to Tianzhu by sea to discuss this matter with Aurangzeb." In addition, I will write a letter to Princess Nissa, so that you can bring it back to Dzungar and give it to Aurangzeb when you have the opportunity. ”

That's it?

The Bahabandi forgot all the purpose, but asked repeatedly: "Your Majesty, when will you send troops to rescue the Jungar Kingdom?" Now the alliance of six countries, including Timur, Persia, Rakshasa and Hill, Turkmenistan, and Kazakh (Turkmen and Kazakhstan are actually not countries, but a bunch of tribes), is so large that I am unable to support it alone! ”

What the? Do you want to send rescuers? Zhu Cihong's face was embarrassed.

Who will you send from so far away? 9,000 miles! It takes three months to walk 100 miles a day, and you have to secure supplies along the way. Emperor Zhu, a troop that can walk 100 miles a day, can get it, but the supply along the 9,000 miles is not easy!

"Zungar envoy, don't worry," Zhu Cihong couldn't give a reply for a while, so he had to comfort Bahabandi, "The matter of sending troops still needs to be discussed by the two governments, and it is getting late today, so it is too late to hold a meeting." It's better to go back to the concert hall for a day of rest, and then go to the Generalissimo's Mansion tomorrow afternoon to listen to the news! ”

Listen to the news? Bahabandi said in his heart: Is it good news or bad news?

Because it was necessary to discuss the war with India and the marriage of the two governments, the next day's meeting of the two governments was held in advance, and at three o'clock in the morning, the ministers gathered in the conference room of the East Warm Pavilion of the Imperial Palace, and sat around the long table. Emperor Zhu has not yet arrived, he should still be exercising in the morning at this time, it is summer, he should be swimming in the "big pool" of the old mountain palace - Zhu Cihong's emperor has a good taste, of course he will not die young! There are many emperors of the Ming Dynasty who died young! So he has to be careful and work hard.

Before the emperor came, the ministers began to discuss it first, because this time things were a bit strange, and marriage and war could still come together!

What the hell is this Aurangzeb trying to do?

In addition, to what extent should the war between the Ming and the Timurid Empire, the Persian Empire, and the Rakshasa Empire be fought?

Fight is definitely going to fight!

The Ming vassal kingdom was fought, and it was not a small-scale friction, but a "hundreds of thousands of troops" (so-called) who came to the door to destroy the country, how could the Ming court endure such a thing?

But to what extent the war between the Ming Dynasty and these three countries will be fought, you have to think about it.

Because the Ming Empire is too far away from the three countries, and these three countries are all big and powerful countries, with the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, they cannot be destroyed at all.

In addition, there is a Shir Khanate, although it is not so big that it cannot be destroyed, but people say that the land snake in the middle of the river has always been strong and strong, and its core Khwarazm Oasis is located in a remote area, and it is not easy to pass from the Stone Fort King City!

There is another problem that has to be considered, that is, if the Jungar Kingdom is too strong, it may also be a trouble!

After all, the monk kings of the Junggar Kingdom are the descendants of the first Taishi of Wara, and their family has great ambitions, and they have always wanted to replace the golden family as the Khan of Mongolia. In order to achieve this goal, we may be able to raise the banner of reviving Greater Mongolia when it becomes stronger.

So the ministers began to argue.

"This Jungger can really cause trouble, and he will provoke three powerful countries at once, and he will come to the imperial court to send troops to rescue...... As soon as the court finished fighting with the Dutch, the war on the Malacca Peninsula and Sumatra continued, and he was pulled into the war with Timur, Persia, Rakshasa and Hill by Dzungar, and he didn't even have a chance to catch his breath! ”

"The war with Timur, Persia, and Rakshasa is nothing, and no one can destroy anyone anyway....... The key is to control the scale and don't fight bigger. Both Timur and Persia could ask the British to intercede and start a battle in the middle of the river, so as not to spread the flames of war elsewhere. Only the Rakshasa Kingdom is more troublesome, and they also have conflicts with the two vassal states of Tumut and Chahar, and there has been constant friction in the past few years! ”

"The country of Hill, the state of Kazakhstan, the state of Turkmenistan will not be in trouble? They can't mess with us, but what if we let the Sangha perish? The state of Dzungar is now big enough to swallow the Lesser Yuz, the Samarkand Oasis, the Khorezm Oasis, the Bukhara Oasis and the Turkmen Sands...... Hehe, another big Timurid empire! ”

"Not really, right? How many people are there in the headquarters of the Jungar Kingdom? But 12 million households, how can they eat such a large territory? Moreover, the Junggar Kingdom is based on the Buddha, and those places are the world of Tianfang Sectarians, and it is estimated that the Dzungar Kingdom will be a Western Liao ....... if it dies."

While the courtiers were chatting, there were already royal guards shouting: "The Holy Lord has arrived, and the officials are welcome!" ”

When the ministers heard that the emperor was coming, they stopped arguing, and all stood up respectfully and bowed to Zhu Cihong, who had just finished his morning exercise.

"Your Majesty the Emperor respectfully invites you to Saint Ann!"

"St. Ann!" Zhu Cihong smiled and waved at the ministers, "Sit, sit." ”

As he spoke, he himself sat down on the throne at the top of the long conference table. A eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies came over with a stack of concertos and placed them in front of Emperor Zhu.

Zhu Cihong picked up the top book and unfolded it, it was the recital of the monk of King Jungger asking for help.

"The Celestial Empire's vassal kingdom of Zungar is playing, saying that it was jointly attacked by Timur, Persia, Rakshasa, Hill, Turkmen, Kazakh and other six countries, and it is in danger, and I ask our Ming Dynasty to send troops to rescue ......" Zhu Cihong paused, "I think that since this Junggar vassal is a vassal of the Celestial Empire, the Celestial Empire cannot sit idly by and watch it lose the country, but the Celestial Empire cannot send troops in vain!" ”

What the? Didn't send troops in vain? The ministers were all surprised, could it be that the Heavenly Empire had to charge a fee to rescue the vassals?

"Your Majesty," Shi Kefa, who had just replaced Qian Qianyi as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was the first to ask, "I heard that the Jungar Kingdom is very poor...... I'm afraid I won't be able to pay a few dollars to invite reinforcements from the Celestial Empire! ”

"I know that the Jungar Kingdom is poor," Zhu Cihong smiled, "but the Jungar Kingdom is very big!" Three thousand miles from east to west, and three thousand miles from north to south, if this time we win the battle against Timur, Persia, Rakshasa, Hill, Turkmen, Kazakh, etc., we will have to expand again, since the Celestial Empire has sent reinforcements, should we divide a little land of the Junggar Kingdom? ”

Can it be like this?

Shi Kefa was stunned for a moment, according to Emperor Zhu's path, after the Wanli Korean War, should he also cut a piece of land in North Korea?

Zhu Cihong said: "The Celestial Empire is the father, and the vassal is the son. When the son is in trouble, of course the father has to help. But the son should not call his father in vain, and should repay the father within the scope of his ability. It is kindness for a father to contribute to his son, and it is filial piety for a son to repay his father. Only when the father is kind and filial to the son can the Celestial Empire prosper. In the past, the Celestial Dynasty aided Korea without taking a penny, and did not give North Korea the filial piety of the son of man. And Yongle first aided Annan and then swallowed his country, and lost the love of his father's country. Neither of these approaches is inappropriate, and I will not do it. I will negotiate terms with the envoys of the Sangha, and then send reinforcements. This is the kindness and filial piety that the country of father and son should have! ”

Shi Kefa has been a local official for many years, and he has only recently entered the center, so he is really a little uncomfortable with Emperor Zhu's practice of "settling accounts with father and son", and he doesn't know what to say with his mouth open. However, Shoufu Wei Zaode has long been accustomed to this abacus bead pulling out the rattling emperor Lao Tzu, so he immediately took over the conversation and asked: "I don't know if Your Majesty wants the Junggar Kingdom to sacrifice that piece of land?" ”

Zhu Cihong had already calculated it, and said with a smile: "The heart of the quasi-department is Mongolian, and the Mongolians want to graze, and I don't want a large plain pasture...... I'm going to go to the mountains! I heard that there is a large lake in the Tianshan Mountains east of the Chu River, which was called Daqing Pond in the Tang Dynasty, and the surrounding area is quite rich and sparsely populated, which can be reclaimed. I want to come over and set up another vassal state in the future, and guard the western region for the Celestial Empire together with Jungar. ”