Ma Erhazi took a deep breath, as if he was swallowing something intangible. He raised his hand, stopped the noisy Tatars, and said to Hu Hu in Chinese: "Hu Shangshu is please." ”

Hu Hu immediately responded: "Please." ”

The group entered the courtyard where the Tatars lived, and the captain of the Jinyi guard arranged people at the gate and outside the living room door. Hu Hu walked into the living room alone with Ma Erhazi.

has been an official for so many years, and he is very clear about the affairs of the north and Hu Hu's heart.

From the Hongwu to the Wude period, the Ming army and the Mongolian tribes in the north, the big and small battles did not count, and the official army went deep into the steppe many times and attacked the Mongolian tribes. But during the reign of the successive emperors of the Ming Dynasty, they were not only rude, but also tried to deal with the Mongols; Even Emperor Taizu sent envoys north many times.

The imperial court had no way, the Ming army could not occupy the grassland, and there was no way to wipe them out, so the usual means was to suppress and appease them at the same time. The strategy has changed several times, and everything has been used. Therefore, this time Arutai sent an envoy to the court, and Hu Hu wanted to play a role.

What the Holy Lord said is quite reasonable, the Tatars will not be so obedient, and it is also foreseeable that the Tatar tribes will rebel. But Arutai was a central figure in the Tatar tribes, and if he was willing to be knighted, at least in terms of name, the Tatars began to move closer to the ritual system established by the Ming Dynasty, and the situation progressed.

After taking his seat, Hu Hu said: "Arutai is the head of the tribe and the prefect of the Privy Council of Mongolia, not the Great Khan of Mongolia, and there is nothing wrong with accepting the canonization of the Ming court. The court named him the king, although he was the prince of the Ming Dynasty, but it could also add a lot of color to Arutai's identity and fame. ”

Ma Erhazi's Chinese accent is very special, but it is quite easy for people to understand, "The Arutai Governor has this intention, and is willing to ease the relationship with Daming." But I didn't expect Daming to treat us harshly, and the hostility did not decrease. ”

Hu Hui responded: "In the eyes of this official, no matter where you are, murder, adultery, and confrontation with the government are probably serious crimes. Dali Temple's disposal of Hatu is just the same treatment of Huayi, so the envoy does not have to worry too much. ”

He paused for a moment, and then said quietly: "Our envoys were detained and killed on the grassland, but this time you came to the envoys, the court did not vent their anger and retaliate, and still entertained foreign envoys with the etiquette. Why is the messenger still hostile? ”

Ma Hazi had nothing to say, he pondered for a while, and said, "Arutai is willing to accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty and live in harmony with the Ming Dynasty. However, the Ming Dynasty is also requested to allow the Tatars of the Hami Kingdom to return to the tribe by means and ensure their safety. ”

"Very good." Hu Hu nodded, "Three days later, this official will give a reply." Since Arutai was willing to accept the canonization of the imperial court, he was a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and his subordinates were no longer enemies of the Ming Dynasty, and there was probably no problem in this matter. ”

Ma Hazi stood up and saluted: "Then I will wait for Hu Shangshu to reply." ”

Seeing this, Hu Hui had no choice but to stand up and salute back, and then leave. He was a little surprised, and when he came back to his senses, Ma Erhazi seemed to only care about the Tatars in Hami, and he didn't want to talk about anything else......

The crime of Hatu the Tatar was very serious, but the facts of the case were so simple that it was almost impossible to make any mistakes. And because it was a case approved by the royal government, the government did things very quickly, and a day later, Hatu was pulled out of prison.

Under the escort of the Jinyi guards and the officers of Dali Temple, Hatu was loaded into a prisoner car and walked along the street to Zhengyangmen. Dali Temple sentenced the car to split, that is, the corpse is alive, and it needs a relatively spacious place, so the execution is in the Dajiao field outside the Zhengyang Gate.

There were a lot of onlookers, and many people followed them all the way from the inner city to the campus. The officials and servants set up a pomp and circumstance, and the carriages of execution also came, but before the hour came, everyone waited on the colonel's field.

As time went on, more and more people came to watch the news, and it was as if some great ceremony was going on. After a while, the family of the bitter lord also came, and the official asked a woman to come forward to confirm Hatu's appearance and re-examine his identity.

Then Hatu was pulled out of the prisoner's cart and locked between the troikas, where he struggled on the ground, breaking the heavy chains with a "bang" and still screaming. But people didn't understand him.

There was a lot of noise in the crowd, some people had heard about it, some people didn't know it, and they were there to listen to the good deeds.

A man in a robe and a square scarf watched for a while, and said to the people around him: "That Tatar man is powerful, if in the previous dynasty, such a fierce Tatar killed a handful of people, it would not be a matter at all." ”

Not far away, another person chimed in: "At most, it's a sheep." ”

Dai Fang shook his head and said: "This person looks at it, the size is a leader, and he can compensate you for a bird." He will say, you cut him first, and if you don't kill you, you will be considered a good person. ”

The person who accosted him just now: "Didn't you say that that guy wants to be obscene and insult the people's women? ”

The man wearing the scarf said coldly: "This kind of thing is not a big deal, it must be the honor of the Han people at that time." ”

Everyone scolded.

The scarf said: "It's better than not knowing, it's better to be Ming, there is your own family sitting on the throne, and the truth is to be taught." ”

People were noisy and agreed, and some people asked if the "square scarf" they were talking about just now was surnamed Zhu. At this time, a voice said: "It is said that the Tatar chieftain Arutai, this time he wanted to surrender to Jinshang, but Jinshang was not used to it, and he directly asked the government to sentence a five-horse corpse, which is very happy." ”

The person wearing the scarf said: "Today, you will win the world immediately, don't you want to think about the current era name, the word 'Wu', after Taizu, how easy to dare to use?" In these years, the Hu people can't get along with the Ming Dynasty, and the officials and soldiers don't beat those who are young and call them fathers. ”

After a while, the voice that had spoken up earlier said, "It's weird." In the capital, every three or five times they shouted good news, the official army and the naval division in the south have been 10,000 miles away, and the saint is the eastern expedition to Japan and the northern expedition to Tatar. After several years, we didn't feel that the taxes were heavier and our lives didn't get harder. ”

Fang Jin said: "What's the matter? We are used to seeing it in Jingshi on weekdays, but when you look back and think about what the situation was in the early days of Wude and the market, it will be different after a long time. Nowadays, the wharves on both sides of the river outside the city of Jingshi, those dense boats, were there so many in the past? Who still uses Daming treasure money now, and Wude is afraid that the new money will be more stable? I have also heard that the official warehouses in various places are being expanded, and in the future they will fill up the granaries, and the people in those places will not worry about eating and drinking even if they do not harvest for seven or eight years. ”

People asked curiously, "Where did the imperial court get so much grain?" ”

Fang Scarf was watched by a large group of people, and he was very excited for a while, as if he had become admired. He boasted: "I heard in the teahouse that the official army dug silver mountains in Japan, dug gold in the West, and sold firearms, silk and porcelain to many countries, and then bought their grain, silkworm cocoons, skins, and mineral sands, and transported them back in treasure ships. ”

The people listened, although the things were not theirs, and they did not know whether the rumors were true or not, but everyone was happy to hear them. On a whim, someone shouted: "Long live today, the peaceful days will be good for a long time." ”

I don't know who asked, how did Imakami do it? However, such a complex question was answered by no one in the crowd of spectators.

At this moment, Gao Xianning, the secretary of Dali Temple in the north of the school field, personally supervised the sentence, announced that the time had come, and threw a wooden token down. The officer took the token and went to the middle of the school yard to give the order. The Tatar criminal struggled desperately again, his face contorted, and his shouts were literally hissing.

Then a brutal and unbearable bloody scene took place in broad daylight. The screams of the women could be heard everywhere in the crowd of onlookers. In the terrifying and stabbing scene, people mixed all kinds of agitated emotions and shouted "yes".

The voices were boiling, Gao Xianning sat on the top seat, his face was a little pale, but he still endured to read Cheng. When he saw that the criminals had turned into flesh, he got up and left the table and rode back to the imperial city in a carriage to resume his life.

He took the road to Xi'an Gate, and then got off the car and walked, and walked with a eunuch to take the Xihua Gate into the palace. When he went to the Rouyi Palace, he kowtowed outside the hall, and Gao Xianning walked in and immediately saw Shengshang, Qi Tai, and Hu Hu sitting together, eating there.

Zhu Gaoxu greeted with chopsticks: "Don't bow down, come and eat together." ”

Gao Xianning hurriedly said: "Thank you for the holy reward." ”

He walked to the side of the big case, and the eunuch on the side brought a stool. Gao Xianning saw that among the four dishes and one soup, there was a plate of cut mutton. He suddenly remembered the flesh and blood on the school field, and immediately felt a little sick to his stomach, and finally couldn't hold back his retching gaffe.

Zhu Gaoxu picked up a piece of mutton and asked, "Divided?" ”

Gao Xianning nodded and said, "Back to the saint, the sinner Hatu has been corrected." ”

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him, and suddenly said: "I remember that when the 'Battle of Jingjing' attacked Jinan City, you also wrote a "Treatise on the Becoming King of Zhou Gongfu", which is famous all over the world. The battle of attacking Jinan City suffered heavy casualties, you should be used to seeing those things, right? ”

Gao Xianning said: "The saint is not smiling, the minister vomited almost several times a day at that time. ”

"Eat first." Zhu Gaoxu said, but after a while, he couldn't help but sigh, "The city of Jinan is worse than the city." When I visited the camp for the wounded, I saw that many of the brothers had been burned with fire oil and their flesh was cooked. ”

"Gross!" Gao Xianning saw the cooked meat and immediately made a sound. His teacher Qi Tai and Hu Hu of the Ministry of Rites looked sideways, and he hurriedly said: "The ministers are out of honor in front of the emperor, please condemn the saint." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I won't talk about this. ”

Gao Xianning picked up the chopsticks. This situation made him suddenly think that when the Holy Lord was out on an expedition, he often sat down with the generals and strategists to eat. Now in the middle of the court, the emperor and the civil officials are sitting at the same table to eat, and Gao Xianning vaguely feels that the scene is familiar.