Since ancient times, nomads and farming people have an inseparable hatred, nomads advocate equality and farming nations are rich and poor according to the needs of distribution, farming people advocate fairness and demand that everyone according to work distribution without work, the two sides can not get along, they have been fighting for thousands of years and regard each other as enemies, and the culprit of all this is the grassland. It was the steppe that provided the nomads with food and horses, so that they could live like wolves around the farming people for generations, eating, drinking, and having nothing to do when they had food, and riding horses to rob them when they ran out of food. Originally, everyone is about the same height, almost heavy, and running about the same, if the people on both sides of the fair competition are heads-up, it is just two pieces of meat of a hundred pounds collide with each other, and the farming nation will not suffer a big loss, the problem is that the nomad likes to cheat, he rides a head of livestock every time to compare with you, the farming nation can not compare, a person more than 100 catties plus a horse is more than 1,000 catties, 100 catties must not be a thousand catties. In order not to suffer losses, the farming people also raised horses, and when they were well raised, such as in the Han and Tang dynasties, they could beat the nomads all over the ground to find their teeth, but this was not a long-term strategy. Nomads raise horses by the way, and grasslands are full of grass to raise horses without cost; The farming nation is specialized in breeding, and the input cost of having to use the land to grow grain is too great, so the farming nation has been in a position of being beaten for most of the time for thousands of years.

In order to completely solve the problem of nomads engaging in friction and aggression at any time, the only way to do this is to attack the culprit, that is, the steppe. Originally, some people had seen this before, but this person's idea was to set it on fire, and the effect was not good, and the ashes were still fertilized, indicating that this person had vision but no practical means. To completely kill the grassland, only turning over the grassland and making the grassland a desert is a long-term peace and stability, but to do such a big project can not be done without the consent of the aborigines living on the grassland, it is best to give them some sweetness and let them do it themselves, Apocalypse originally thought like this, and was ready to promote it when the conditions were ripe.

Now, when Lin Dan Khan of the Mongol Han Department himself offered this request, Apocalypse hesitated. Originally, the grassland was reclaimed on the current territory of the Han tribe, and there would be no problem of desertification, because the soil there was thick. As soon as the apocalypse is concerned, Lin Dan Khan will promote it everywhere, so that the grassland with shallow soil will suffer; Second, I was afraid that if they had food to support the Jurchens, it would be a big trouble, so they couldn't help the Han Department to reclaim the grassland.

On the ninth day of the ninth month of September, Wang Huazhen's ass was on the road with the instructions of the Apocalypse before he could sit on the chair at home, and he wanted to release the goodwill of the Emperor of the Apocalypse to Lin Dan Khan of the Han Department as soon as possible. The Apocalypse instructed to let the Mongols temporarily block the Jurchens in front of the Ming army for three years, and when the Ming Dynasty built a city on the mountain, they wanted to go and then go, and if they didn't want to go, everyone could coexist peacefully. When the Ming army built the city, the Mongols who had no food could come to work on the construction site, but they had no wages but had enough food, and the grain was not delivered or sold.

Chen Qiyu accompanied him on the road as Wang Huazhen's deputy, and in mid-September, they had just passed through the Duoyan Department and entered the territory of the Han Department, and not far away, they met Lin Dan Khan's younger brother Tubahai who personally brought 50 people to greet him, and the two sides were very polite to each other when they met, and they walked together for three days before meeting Lin Dan Khan, who was hunting outside.

Seeing that Wang Huazhen came again so soon, Lin Danhan asked, "Lord Wang, has your emperor agreed to my request?" ”

Wang Huazhen said: "My great tomorrow thinks that the Great Khan's request is not very suitable, and suggests that everyone change the way of cooperation. ”

Lin Dan Khan asked, "Where is it not suitable?" In what other way? ”

Wang Huazhen said: "Since the Great Khan asked, then he will tell the truth. The Great Khan proposed to exchange markets and help your ministry to reclaim the grasslands, and the Son of Heaven thought that now my Ming Dynasty was at war with the Jurchens, and the relationship between your tribe and the Jurchens was ambiguous, and he was worried that the two sides would have a real rivalry in the mutual market. ”

When Lin Danhan heard this, he said angrily: "You doubt me, I doubt you, how can the two sides talk if they are not sincere?" Besides, I myself are not enough, how can I give it to the Jurchens? ”

Wang Huazhen said: "The Great Khan is angry, the words of the Son of Heaven are straighter, but his concerns are not unreasonable, unless ......" said this, he deliberately paused.

Lin Dan Khan said: "Unless what? ”

Wang Huazhen said: "The Son of Heaven said that unless the Great Khan immediately raised troops to capture Guangning, all the grain and straw would be counted on the Ming Dynasty. ”

Lin Dan Khan said: "Risking the life of my Mongolian boy to take the city for you, you are really a good idea, no." ”

Wang Huazhen said: "Your ministry is unwilling to fight Guangning, can you send someone to help us build a castle on the ancient road in the Daling River Valley?" Those who come eat and drink are all-inclusive and have rewards. ”

Lin Dan Khan asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

Wang Huazhen said: "We are going to attack the Jurchens along the ancient road and build a castle to facilitate supplies." ”

Lin Danhan thought for a while and said, "Lord Wang will go to eat first, let me discuss." ”

Wang Huazhen listened and took people to dinner.

As soon as Wang Huazhen left, Tubahai said: "Brother, this Ming man was defeated again and again by the Jurchens, and now he still orders me to wait like a servant, I am really angry." ”

Lin Dan Khan said: "This Ming man is hateful and Jurchen, and it is not a good thing! I have made up my mind, and I will take the opportunity to go west and return to my homeland in the coming year, and I can't live this life of relying on people's breath. ”

Tubahai said: "But it's also strange, this ancient road in the Daling River Valley has been closed to cars and horses for a long time, do they really want to sneak attack the Jurchens?" ”

Lin Dan Khan said: "How cunning the Ming people are, who knows what to do? It's just not allowed. ”

Tubahai said: "Brother, we have made up our minds to go west to our homeland anyway, so what is wrong with him, how about sending some people to see if we can earn some silver taels by the way?" ”

Lin Dan Khan nodded and said, "This also makes." ”

So after dinner, he discussed with Wang Huazhen to help the Ming army build a castle in the warm spring of the next year, and Wang Huazhen also returned to Beijing immediately.

Wang Huazhen returned to Beijing at the end of September, and after reporting to Tianqi on the negotiation process, Tianqi said: "Tomorrow the Military Affairs Yuan will hold a meeting, and you will also come to attend the meeting, and you can write down the course of your trip and your conversation for everyone to analyze." ”

The next day, the whole of the Military Affairs Yuan held a meeting, which was attended by not only people from several departments of the Military Affairs Yuan, but also the supervisor Gao Di, who had returned from the front of Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan of Ningqian Dao, Xiong Tingbi, who was in charge of the construction of Ningyuan Pass, and Wang Huazhen, who had returned to Beijing from Mongolia. Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi stayed in the Military Affairs Yuan for a while, and Yuan Chonghuan sat with the emperor for the first time, and his expression was still a little unnatural.

Tianqi looked at everyone and said, "Gao Aiqing will talk about it first, what is the situation ahead now. ”

Gao Di said: "If you go back to the emperor, this matter ahead can be divided into four things: first, the construction of the pass, Lord Xiong began to recruit people to build the Ningyuan Pass at the end of June, and it has now been repaired; The second is to withdraw troops to protect the people into the pass, Ma Zongbing and the newly appointed general Zhang Jing'an Zhang have been busy for half a month, most of the soldiers and food and property have entered Ningyuan Pass, but some people say that their homeland is difficult to leave and are unwilling to enter the pass, leaving some soldiers to persuade them to carry heavy things by the way; The third is Tuntian, in accordance with the emperor's will, the war-weary soldiers and the people who entered the customs will be organized to build a fort Tuntian, and they are very happy to hear that only one percent of the tax will be collected and the rest will be divided equally; Fourth, the training of troops, the guards are tentatively set at 30,000, 10,000 are stationed at Shanhaiguan, 10,000 are stationed in Ningyuan City, 2,000 are stationed at Ningyuan Pass, and 8,000 are stationed at Ningyuan Pass. In addition, 25,000 men were recruited to prepare for field battles, 10,000 cavalry battalions and 5,000 chariot battalions, mountain infantry battalions and marine battalions of 5,000 each. ”

Apocalypse asked, "Do they know that they will no longer be paid from next month?" ”

Gao Di said: "The ministers have repeatedly preached and made it clear in the camps, and everyone knows about it. ”

Apocalypse asked, "Is there anyone leaving?" ”

Gao Di said: "Except for the guest soldiers who are homesick and want to return to their hometowns, the rest of the people are not leaving. At first, some people wanted to leave, but after inquiring about it, they knew that life in their hometown was difficult and said that they would not leave, but they hoped to bring their families over, and the minister did not dare to agree without permission, and now it is time to ask the emperor to see if it is feasible. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "It is not easy for everyone to protect the family and defend the country, honor their parents, and take care of their wives and children. In this way, ordinary people can only pick up their wives and children, and only sons can pick up their parents by the way, and when there are more people, they can organize people to grow grain and vegetables, and they can also go to the sea to fish. ”

Gaudí said, "So the ministers obey the order." ”