Liu Juntao was also taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Is there civil strife in Warat?" ”

Liu Zi'an said: "Judging from the current situation, it's almost there! ”

As he spoke, Liu Zi'an took out a copy of the situation and handed it over.

Liu Juntao took it and looked at it, then frowned and said, "It's a blessing or a curse!" As a result, not only will Warat be chaotic, but it is estimated that the DPRK and China will also be in chaos now! ”

It turned out that as early as a month ago, Liu Xia, the secretary of the Exploration Department, personally went to Datong City with his subordinates, and stayed around Datong for more than half a month.

Since then, Si Cheng Liu Xia has used the light and dark spies of the Investigation Department who have been operating in the north for several years, as well as Mongolian scouts, in accordance with Liu Zi'an's instructions, and finally figured out some things inside Wara!

After the defeat of the Warat army and the retreat to the steppe, the contradictions between the Great Khan and the Taishi began to erupt.

The 300,000 Warat army went south to attack Ming, and finally won first and then lost 130,000 soldiers, such a loss was enough to make Warat greatly devastated its vitality, and at the same time, it made the Tatar tribe, which had always been at odds with Warat, ready to move!

As a result, the Great Khan Tokhtar did not spend his time in the Warat and publicly condemned and used the sword soldiers first, which caused the strength of the Warat to be greatly damaged, and for a time many tribes in the Warat were transferred to the command of the Great Khan Tokhtar Buhua.

Seeing this, he was also furious, and he tried his best to make Warat strong, but in the end, he threw all the responsibility for the defeat to himself.

First of all, since he can balance more than half of the tribes of Warat, and he does not spend time fighting against the Great Khan, he is by no means a good person!

In the face of the Great Khan's behavior, he also fought-for-tat, and directly announced that he was repelled by 20,000 horses and horses of Liu Juntao under the city of Beijing, and left more than 100,000 Wara soldiers to flee.

For a while, the prestige of this Warat Khan dropped to the freezing point!

In just a few days, the internal turmoil in Warat was surging, and he first set off a scolding battle with Tokhtobuhua, and then the soldiers and horses under the command of the two began small-scale conflicts, rushing to each other's pastures to plunder.

If it weren't for Tokhto, Buhua and Yexian, who tried their best to maintain a trace of sanity, it is estimated that the civil war in Warat would have broken out long ago!

At the same time, the Great Khan did not spend money and directly threw away Yexian, and sent a delegation south to Daming on his own, deciding to repair the relationship with Daming, and try his best to restore the tributary relationship with Daming, so as to free up his hands to concentrate on dealing with Yexian.

And first of all, he disdained this, after all, the orthodox emperor was still in his own hands, and he also thought of using the orthodox emperor to attack the Ming Dynasty again, at least he could loot on the border, so as to make up for the losses of his subordinates.

As a result, there was a scene of war and peace in Wara, and the Great Khan did not spend his best efforts to ease relations with the Ming Dynasty, but first regrouped his troops and horses, and kept harassing and wandering around Datong Town and Xuanfu Town.

The information in Liu Juntao's hand was collected by Si Cheng Liu Xia with his subordinates, and when he first led an army of 50,000 to wander outside Datong City, Si Cheng Liu Xia hurriedly sent the news back to Yanzhou City.

Liu Zi'an frowned tightly and said: "Zongzhen, now that Warat is fighting and peace, there is a tendency to split, and it stands to reason that this is a good thing." But correspondingly, if Warat is so divided, the ministers of the DPRK and China will definitely be divided into two factions, war and peace, especially this matter also involves the Emperor Taishang who was taken captive by the Tartars, and the ministers of the DPRK and China are estimated to have quarreled all over the world! ”

"That's exactly what I'm worried about!"

Liu Juntao sighed and said, "Don't be afraid that the Warat army will attack us, the battle is over!" What I'm afraid of is that the DPRK is unstable, and if the DPRK is unstable, the country will be in turmoil! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Juntao asked: "Is there any news from the DPRK and China?" ”

Liu Zi'an said with a wry smile: "The detailed situation can be transmitted back in the next two days, but according to some news gathered by the Chaotang Department of the Investigation Department before, the ministers of the DPRK and China have begun to form a faction!" ”

"Be careful!"

Liu Zi'an took a deep breath and said: "Zongzhen, now the governor of the central and right of the court, Shi Heng, the eunuch Cao Jixiang, the eunuch of the division, and Xu Youzhen, the supervisor of the imperial history, and others are headed, advocating defense and peace, passive defense against the first department, and resumption of tributary peace with no flowers; And some ministers led by Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, advocated taking the initiative to attack, and did not spend their best to stabilize Totok, but they could not immediately restore the tribute, and they should first concentrate their forces to attack them! ”

After Liu Juntao pondered for a while, he said: "Actually, the meaning of the military constitution is more appropriate. According to the idea of Shi Heng and others, the tribute to Tokhtar will be restored now, and the various departments of Navarat will be able to recover their strength through tribute in a short period of time, and passively defend the Yexian department will also hit the morale of the army and people of our dynasty, and the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Liu Zi'an also nodded and said: "But as far as I know, the military constitution is now very difficult in the DPRK, although it seems that His Majesty has entrusted the military constitution with a heavy responsibility, and the major affairs in the DPRK and China are basically the decisions of the military constitution, but Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, Xu Youzhen and others are in trouble with the military constitution everywhere, and every step of the military constitution is extremely difficult!" ”

Liu Juntao snorted coldly and said, "These villains! ”

Liu Juntao is very familiar with Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, and Xu Youzhen, after all, these three people have left a strong mark in history.

Needless to say, in the defense of Beijing, Liu Juntao and Shi Heng can be said to have formed a big feud, and sooner or later the two will have a conflict.

Although this person is brave and good at fighting and has made a lot of military exploits, he is a proper traitor who fights for power and profit, cronyism, and exclusion of dissidents!

In the early years of orthodoxy, the imperial court sent a large army to Luchuan to discuss Si Renfa, and Cao Jixiang served as a supervisor and made some military achievements.

In the first month of the ninth year of orthodoxy, the orthodox emperor sent troops to attack Wuliangha in several ways, among which Cao Jixiang and Xing'an Bo Xu Hengtong had 10,000 elite soldiers out of the border Lingkou, which was also quite successful.

However, every time Cao Jixiang went on an expedition, he would select some brave generals and flexible and vigorous soldiers to belong to his account, and after the class teacher, he kept these people at home, so there were many weapons and warriors hidden in the home.

For Xu Youzhen, Liu Juntao sighed, this person is also a capable person, he is short, but shrewd and capable, quite scheming, and has studied astronomy, geography, the art of war, water conservancy, yin and yang five elements and other knowledge.

But this person is enthusiastic about fighting for power and profit, and Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang are the same as each other, and it is reasonable that the three of them can form a friend.

As early as when the orthodox emperor defeated Tumubao, Xu Youzhen pretended that there was a change in the stars in the court, and suggested that the imperial court move the capital to Nanjing to avoid the sword soldiers, but was severely reprimanded by the eunuch Jin Ying.

Yu Qian, the squire of the military department, was also resolutely opposed, and shouted loudly in the court: "Those who propose to move south should be beheaded!" Abandon the corpse at noon! ”

Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Chen Xun, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, and other important ministers all loudly echoed Yu Qian, and reprimanded Xu Youzhen one after another, making him very depressed and afraid to speak again.

At the same time, Liu Juntao is also very clear that in history, Xu Youzhen has always been keen on the pursuit of fame, but because of the previous proposal to move south, he was ridiculed by the inner court, so that he was not promoted for a long time, so he had to flatter Chen Xun, a cabinet minister, hoping to get his recommendation.

After the defense of Beijing, the imperial court relied on Yu Qian to employ people. Xu Youzhen, through Yu Qian's protégé, asked Yu Qian for the position of sacrificing wine to the son of the country.

Yu Qian knew that Xu Youzhen had some talent, so he recommended Xu Youzhen to Emperor Jingtai.

But Emperor Jingtai disagreed, and said: "Is that the Xu Youzhen who proposed to move south?" This person is cunning by nature, and serving as the son of the country will corrupt the prisoner's mind. ”

However, Xu Youzhen didn't know the reason for these situations, thinking that Yu Qian was getting in the way, so he resented Qian.

Liu Juntao shook his head when he thought of this, while Liu Zi'an said beside him: "Zongzhen, I see that Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, and Xu Youzhen are fighting together, and sooner or later they will be a scourge to the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Liu Juntao nodded, and said in a deep voice: "These three people are indeed the scourge of the Ming Dynasty, and the three of them are not better than those mediocre and traitorous ministers, but they all have some talents and abilities, once such a person causes trouble in the court, the harm will be even worse!" ”