Two years ago, the Jurchens and the Ming Dynasty pretended to negotiate for their own needs, but everyone knew that this kind of insincere negotiation was fake, and they just wanted to delay some time to make some preparations. The Ming Dynasty was to strengthen internal affairs while solving the problem of rebellion in the southwest, and Huang Taiji was to solve the Mongol Han Division. The rebellion in the southwest has not been completely quelled, but the bandits have only been confined to a small area, so that he can no longer raise wind and waves, and Huang Taiji only drove away Lin Dan Khan and did not annex the other party.

At the beginning, there were still mutual contacts without aggression, since Dolgon killed dozens of Ming troops by mistake by the Daling River, the Ming army attacked the traitor Sun Degong in Yizhou, and now there is a raid on the Salhu slaughter city to burn grain, and the two sides wear masks and fake negotiations are canceled. Although neither side blames the other for this, now everyone knows that there is no point in accusing, and all that remains is to sharpen their own knives and return blood for blood.

The Ming army knew that the Jurchens were privately building cannons in Jinzhou and wanted to nip this scourge in the bud. Fortunately, the Jurchens are now pulling a lot of Mongols to join, and they have the ability and confidence to fight on both sides, and Huang Taiji sent Amin with the blue flag to the Jinzhou area to find an opportunity to annihilate Mao Wenlong, he knows that this henchman is in great trouble and can't do anything to fight face to face One attack and one defense is already the limit of the Jurchens now, in order not to be poked and stabbed when pretending, he can only watch Lin Dan Khan integrate various tribes.

The Ming Dynasty also wanted to take advantage of the fact that Huang Taiji was too busy to increase the pace of deterrence and win over the Karaqin and Tumut departments, who knew that the north suffered a drought this year. At the beginning, everyone also knew that the drought might reduce the yield, but in May, when the grain was collected, it was found that the drought was more serious than expected, and there was no smile on the faces of the farmers during the harvest season÷ Xixi, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and other provinces were all affected by the disaster, some people originally asked them to emigrate, they were unwilling, and now they have not received help for a while, and one cannot figure it out and kills officials and grabs grain and embarks on the road of crime, and Ma Shilong of Shaanxi has already mobilized troops to start suppressing bandits.

In this case, of course, the imperial court had to stabilize the interior first, transport grain from the south to the north by land and water, and pacify the bandits while exterminating them. The Karaqin people who lived in the Duoyan tribe were already ready to extinguish their ambitions and accept the protection of the Ming Dynasty, but now they saw that the Ming Dynasty and the Jurchens were not as enthusiastic as they used to be, so they did not express their position for the time being, and decided to take revenge first to repay the blood debt from Lin Dan Khan. It's like a person who has been warmly invited by several families several times, and is just about to be tempted to go to a certain family, when others suddenly ignore it and feel insulted, and when insulted, he naturally wants to find a place to vent his anger.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty and the Jurchens both saw it very seriously, and it turned out that they were wooing you because you had not completely broken with Lin Dan Khan, and the purpose was to make you disagree with each other and cause contradictions. Now that you are already fighting each other, it is better to stand by and let you fight the victory, don't say that you can't help if you have something, even if you have the ability to help in your spare time, you will watch the fire from the other side.

In line with the idea that it is better to rely on others than on oneself, the Karaqin people pulled their brothers Duoyan people, and also contacted some people from the Tumut people and Ordos and other departments, and gathered about 100,000 people to fight a decisive battle with Lin Dan Khan in Zhaocheng in April≈ Dan Khan's main force was caught off guard by the coalition army and wiped out more than 20,000 people, and at the same time, some of the undetermined people broke away from his leadership and returned to their original tribes. Originally, these people were forcibly abducted by Lin Dan Khan through improper means, although they were there, their hearts had not yet fully agreed, and now that the opportunity came, they naturally wanted to escape.

Lin Dan Khan was very angry when he knew the news, he found that one pair of four was not absolutely sure and there was no need, so he wanted to divide and disintegrate the coalition army, he thought about it and sent people to the Ming Dynasty to negotiate≈ Dan Khan knew that the Karaqin people and the Duoyan people were now under the protection of the Ming army, and if they went to crusade against them, these people would definitely hide in the side wall built by the Ming army, and it was not impossible to enter when the time came, it was better to turn around and deal with the Tumuts and Ordos first. It's like teaching a group of children that those who are taken care of by adults must not be rude, and those who are not supervised by adults can intimidate and threaten at will.

At the beginning of May of the eighth year of the Apocalypse, Lin Dan Khan sent his brother Tubahai to Beijing, nominally saying that the Ming Emperor gave him gifts three times, and he brought some horses as gifts in return. When the Mongolian envoy arrived, Tianqi first sent King Xin to receive him, thinking that you are Lin Dan Khan's brother and King Xin is also my brother, everyone is equal, who knows that it didn't take long for the news to come that Tubahai asked to see x Bahai's request to make Tianqi very puzzled, thinking that everyone knows the things on etiquette, do you have anything else?

The apocalypse has also been very busy in the past two days, and in terms of government affairs, all localities are strengthening the four-level auxiliary political institutions, preparing to make the auxiliary political institutions at the provincial, prefecture, and county levels as efficient and effective as the central government. At the same time, a system of management was also set up at all levels, that is, each county was in charge of agriculture, each prefecture was in charge of industry, and the provinces were in charge of commerce with the newly built toll roads, and the nationally operated large railway company was raised to the level of ♀ direct management by the central government.

In terms of military affairs, the Northwest Military Region, the Beijing Military Region, the Northeast Military Region, and the Bohai Military Region in the north all contributed to the prevention of the Mongols and the Jurchens, and everything they did was promptly reported to the Military Affairs Yuan for analysis. For example, under the operation of the overseer Zhang Weiying, the superintendent Wen Zhenmeng, and the general soldier Zhao Shujiao, the Nanjing Military Region will dredge the land and water routes for transporting grain to the north very smoothly, which makes King Xin and others very happy, and they all say that with the grain and the unimpeded transportation capacity, there will be no problem in this year's disaster relief.

Yuan Keli of the Southeast Military Region was the first to go, but he never came back after he went, and Tianqi knew that the road was far away and everything had just started and there were many affairs, so he didn't rush him. Who knew that Yuan Keli came back a while ago, saying that he had built a chain boat with Zhang Jing'an, Yuan Hua and others, saying that such a ship not only transported a lot but also ran fast. Yuan Keli means to take back the good experience to share with the Bohai Naval Region, and at the same time want to see how Sun Yuanhua's experiment of miniaturizing the cannon is, if the new cannon can be put on the ship, the power will not be reduced, then it can be loaded on the ship and fight a few battles with foreign devils to recover Taiwan.

It is good news that both military regions belong to the apocalypse, but the news of the Southwest Military Region is a bit less satisfying. Zhu Xieyuan was promoted to Minister of Military Aircraft, and later went back after meeting in Beijing, mainly to coordinate the relationship between local officers, and it is said that many officers were dissatisfied with Qin Liangyu and his female flow as the general soldier. At the same time, there are also officers belonging to Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and other provinces, and they usually form a group, which is often referred to as a small collective hill, and people in each province often quarrel over the determination of merit, and the Military Affairs Yuan is trying to find a way to do this.

On the day of the Apocalypse, I was also listening to everyone's suggestions in the Military Affairs Yuan, except for Zhu Xieyuan, who did not return to Beijing, and all the other military ministers returned, and everyone expressed their opinions and commented on the affairs of the Southwest Military Region. Some said that this kind of mountainism should be strictly forbidden, while others said that it should be treated differently according to the actual situation, and at this time, it was reported that Lin Dan Khan's brother Tubahai asked to see him, and Tianqi couldn't help but be a little confused about his true thoughts.

Sun Chengzong suddenly said at this time: "Your Majesty, since Lin Dan Khan was forced to move west by Huang Taiji, the minister has been thinking of a possibility, and now that there is civil strife in various Mongolian departments, Lin Dan Khan has suffered a heavy blow, and the minister thinks it should be time to mention this matter." Today it happens that his brother is here as an envoy, and the emperor can meet him in person, and by the way, mention the matter of Mongolia's annexation. ”

Apocalypse thought for a moment and nodded, "Using my brother as a messenger and insisting on seeing me, there must be something to say or something to say in advance, so let's just go with me and see me, and we can act according to his request." ”

After Sun Chengzong agreed, he asked Wang Zaijin to preside over the meeting to continue to discuss the affairs of the Southwest Military Region, and by the way, he discussed with Yuan Keli the issue of serial ships and new cannons on board, and he and Tianqi sat in the Military Affairs Yuan and waited for the arrival of Tubahai.

After a while, Tubahai was brought in by two little eunuchs, and when he saw Tianqi and Sun Chengzong sitting there, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then bent down to salute Tianqi, Tianqi stretched out his hand and motioned for him to sit down and introduced: "This is my teacher, Mr. Sun Chengzong, the chief military minister of the Military Affairs Academy, Taiji has come from afar to drink two sips of tea first, and you can stay for a while before saying anything." ”

Tubahai is also a real person, he took two sips and said: "I didn't know why I had a sense of intimacy when I saw the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but now I know that it is because you don't have so many shelves, and you can talk to your courtiers on an equal footing." We have also heard of Mr. Sun's name, but I didn't know that I could see it in person today, in the words of your Ming Dynasty, it is a great name that is like thunder and three lives are lucky! ”

Sun Chengzong said: "I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, advocates equality, not only you admire even our courtiers of the Ming Dynasty are also extremely admired, this time Taiji asked to meet the emperor to express his admiration for the emperor, and I am afraid that there are other meanings, right?" ”

Tubahai said: "Yes, a while ago, several Mongol rebels united to attack our department, among which the people from the Duoyan and Karaqin tribes are said to have escaped from the border wall of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Sun Chengzong saw that Tu Bahai asked about it, and thought about how to answer, who knew that the apocalypse said at this time: "I know about this, not only do I know it, but it can be said that I allowed them to do this." ”

When Tubahai heard this, his face changed drastically, and he asked, "What does this mean?" Could it be that Da Ming saw that I was in the middle of the Han Dynasty and was poor, and wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob? ”