As soon as he heard this, Ma Qi's face suddenly showed surprise, his eyes flashed brightly, and he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here." ”

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "Do things well, this palace will know." What you did before, this palace also knows about it, and it's done well. did not oppress the people of the Ming Dynasty, and loved his soldiers, which was very good. In the future, the imperial court will further open up trade routes, and if you do it well and work hard, it will naturally have a bright future. ”

The meaning of this is very simple, that is, what you did before, this palace knows it, but this palace does not blame you.

You can continue to do it, but you must not forget your original intention, remember not to oppress the people of the Ming Dynasty, and to love your soldiers. As for those who are not the people of the Ming Dynasty, then it's up to you.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao also gave Ma Qi a promise, that is, if you do a good job, you will be reused, of course, this promise is also to let Ma Qi move his nest.

It is impossible for Zhu Houzhao to let Ma Qi operate here for decades, how did the Li family in Liaodong take shape? Raise your own weight, and your tail will not fall off.

Zhu Houzhao would never allow this kind of thing to happen.

"The minister understands, Your Highness can rest assured." Ma Qi hurriedly assured that he also understood what Zhu Houzhao meant.

"That's good, do a good job, don't embarrass the palace." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

Ma Qi left, with high fighting spirit.

Zhu Houzhao fell into deep thought, he knew that he had opened another Pandora's box, and this Pandora's box contained the slave trade.

The Liaodong side has already begun, and it has not been a year yet, and the Liaodong side is already preparing to start a war to plunder the herdsmen and pastures.

Will this side of the Northwest be good?

The answer is no, once the capital sees blood, it will go up and bite it directly, and they will not give up if they don't tear the other party to pieces.

Zhu Houzhao also knows the result and end of doing this, but he also knows that he has no choice, this is such a fucked era.

"Liu Jin, pack up and get ready to go back to Beijing!" Zhu Houzhao turned his head and glanced at Liu Jin who was standing behind him, and then commanded lightly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liu Jin agreed, and then respectfully withdrew.

He could see that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not in a very good mood, so he had better go back obediently and prepare.

Over the next two days, Zhu Houzhao and Wang discussed in detail the strategy of going west, and at the same time discussed with Tang Hu how to govern it.

On the morning of the third day, Zhu Houzhao set off with his cavalry, and he was about to return to Beijing.

This time he came to the northwest, it seemed that he was anticlimactic, but Zhu Houzhao knew that what he was going to do had almost been done.

While Zhu Houzhao was preparing to return to Beijing, the war mood in the capital was once again rising, and more people began to join the ranks of advocating war.

The reason is simple, it's because of competition.

The news of the opening of the woolen mill in the northwest has been transmitted back to the capital, including the reopening of the Silk Road by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

This makes the nobles and gentry who are mixed in Liaodong a little anxious, they need to quickly expand the scale and occupy the market, but the lack of manpower is a big contradiction. To solve this contradiction, the only way to solve it is to go to war and capture slaves.

Merchants are also recruiting homeless people, but it is too expensive, and at the same time there are not enough homeless people!

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhu put down these twists and turns a little irritably, his mood was very disturbed, he had never been an emperor who took the initiative to go to war.

Although his son also fought a few times before, it was all a counterattack. But this time is different, this time it is Daming who wants to take the initiative. This made Zhu Youjiao's heart a little changed.

The most important thing is that Zhu Youzhu doesn't dare to trust his ministers now. In the words of his son, these people advocated war in order to capture slaves and make money.

This makes Zhu Youzhang's three views a little subversive, aren't these people all reading sage books? Didn't they say that they wanted to educate the barbarians? Why is it that all of a sudden he is now showing his fangs, and he feels like he is going to swallow the barbarian in one gulp?

This always felt that Zhu Youzhu was a little at a loss, and even a little afraid.

"Where's the prince?" Zhu Youzhu glanced at Yang Peng, who was standing beside him and waiting, and asked directly.

"Back to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already set off, and he will probably be able to return to Beijing in the near future." Yang Peng hurriedly said with a smile.

In fact, Yang Peng has answered this question several times, but when His Majesty asked, he couldn't help but say it.

Zhu Youzhu also knew that he had asked, sighed helplessly, found a place to sit down, Zhu Youzhu said expressionlessly: "Okay, you step down, let me be alone for a while." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Peng hurriedly agreed, and then bowed and retreated.

It didn't take long for Yang Peng to come back, and after Zhu Youzhu saw Yang Peng, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the recital handed over by the General Political Division, and the secret recital of Yang Yiqing, the governor of Liaodong." Yang Peng hurriedly handed over a copy of the fold and said in a respectful tone.

Zhu Youzhu was stunned, is it Liaodong's twist and turn again? Is it war again?

If Yang Yiqing also came to ask for battle, Zhu Youzhu would really be dissatisfied with Yang Yiqing.

Although this Yang Yiqing is the prince's person, but this Yang Yiqing is a civil official, the governor of Liaodong, does he also want to make trouble?

"Bring it!" Zhu Youzhu said in a deep voice.

Yang Peng didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took a few steps forward, and handed over the fold with respectful hands.

took the fold over and looked at it, Zhu Youzhu's face showed a look of surprise, this is really not a fold to ask for war, but a twist to talk about things.

The content is also very simple, that is, the Horqin tribe of Mongolia sent people to Liaodong, what are they here for?

The answer is simple, they are here to ask for surrender.

Yes, please surrender, please accept their surrender, they are willing to surrender to the Ming, pay tribute every year, be a vassal every year, and at the same time ask for the canonization of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhu didn't know what to say when he saw this recital, now the situation is even more chaotic, once this recital is thrown out, what will the court think?

Now, whether it is in the court or outside the court, everyone wants to fight Horqin and swallow their pasture and population, but if Horqin's surrender is accepted, it is obviously inappropriate to do so.

But if you don't accept their surrender, then the tribes on the grassland will die with the Ming Dynasty, no matter what reason the Ming makes, it will be the same for the tribes on the grassland.

The reason is not important, the result is the most important, that is, the Ming Dynasty does not accept our surrender, let's fight!

This is not what Zhu Youzhu wants to see, this twist and turn completely put Zhu Youzhu in a dilemma.

What to do?

Why hasn't my son come back?

It's all his fault!