Seeing that Ni Yuanlu nodded but did not make a sound, Tianqi knew that he was a little disappreciative in his heart, Tianqi ignored him and turned his head to Sun Chengzong and said: "I began to believe that the king said that the Duoyan people are unwilling to reduce the price of horses, and they still want to sell horses to us at the average price of six taels, and now the average price of horses in the market is about four taels, and the Government Council is ready to forcibly reduce the price, otherwise they will not buy horses from the Duoyan Department∞ I am thinking that for the time being, I will buy horses with them at an average price of six taels, one reason is not to let people say that we have no faith, and the second reason is to appease them with long-term interests, What does the gentleman think? ”

Sun Chengzong thought for a while and said: "Six taels and one horse is just the average price, the first-class horses will be sold for ten taels each, and you can buy one acre of high-quality land in the Ming Dynasty. Since the emperor wants to use this matter to appease them, it is okay, but he should make it clear to them that it is only temporary, and it will still depend on the market after a while. The emperor should let them promote high-yield crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes as soon as possible, and develop drought-tolerant and cold-tolerant varieties, so that even if the Duoyan Department says that the price of horses is low and they lose money, they can also be allowed to change to farming on the hillside. ”

Tianqi said: "Whether it is raising horses or farming, we must let them understand that it is only right to use their own hands to work in exchange for payment, and they cannot have the habit of being lazy and waiting for them." ”

Sun Chengzong said: "From the perspective of appeasing the Duoyan people, the emperor changed the one-time reward to long-term cooperation, which is indeed more obedient to them. The fact that the Duoyan tribe was not annexed like the Taining tribe and the Fuyu tribe shows that they are very self-conscious, and their practices such as seeking perfection and leaving and right show that they have no idea of restoring the glory of the Yuan Dynasty, so as long as they are allowed to eat and clothe, they will generally not have any disagreement with us. ”

Ni Yuanlu said at this time: "The words of the emperor and Lord Sun made the ministers understand a truth, that is, one-time favors are indeed not as useful as long-term favors, if we give them long-term favors, can we let them come forward to fight against Lin Dan Khan?" ”

Tianqi said: "From what you said, it means that you have not understood it thoroughly, and it is certain that you have not studied the Art of War in the past two years. ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "The minister is ignorant, please ask the emperor to explain." ”

Tianqi said: "At the beginning, we said that we are cooperating with Duoyan people, and it is a long-term cooperation, since it is cooperation, we must look at the problem from an equal standpoint." What was said at the beginning of the long-term favor and short-term favor is just to be said here, and the public statement is reciprocal benefit, so that the faceless person will feel dignified. Only when people have dignity can they feel equal and mutually beneficial, feel needed, and change from passive to active. You are the supervisor of the Beijing Military Region, and it will be more time to deal with the Duoyan people in the future, and it doesn't matter what you think in your heart, but if you say it publicly, it will be said to be mutually beneficial. ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "The emperor's lesson is right, and the minister must pay attention when he speaks in the future." It's just that the emperor said that the minister has not yet studied Sun Tzu's art of war, could it be that the emperor has an opinion on what the minister said to let the Duoyan people deal with the Khan Department? ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "What you said about fighting with strength is inferior, attacking the enemy's shortcomings with one's own strengths is a medium strategy, and driving one side to attack the other is superior, according to me, this superior idea of yours is nothing, the real superior method is to automatically fight each other without you calling them yourself, this is the best way to kill people without blood." If you think about it, Lin Dan Khan blamed the Jurchens after his sneak attack on our army, he thought he was doing something hidden, but after analysis, we can see it clearly, what do we think of Lin Dan Khan in our hearts? At the very least, he can be despised for not daring to act, and he is not a man worthy of respect, either as a friend or an enemy. ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "Then what method is the emperor going to use to make them cut each other?" ”

Tianqi said: "I will first tell you what you think, first tell the speed of the Duoyan Department, tell him that the price of horses is still calculated at the average price of six taels per horse for the time being, and in the future, if they feel that they are losing money according to the market price, they can teach them to farm‖ and tell him that the border wall is temporarily closed, and then we will notify them when we think about it, and let the Mongols outside the border wall leave before receiving the notice to avoid misunderstanding≈ Dan Khan said a while ago that the bitter cold outside the border please reward Daming and allow the mutual market, which is not easy for the good-looking Lin Dan Khan, I decided to postpone the business with each other for the time being, and I could reward him with some things first, but I asked him to send someone to Gubeikou to get it. ”

Sun Chengzong's heart moved when he heard this, and asked, "Why did the emperor ask him to send someone to Gubeikou to fetch it?" The two estuaries are next to each other, why don't you reward them at the mouth of the two rivers? And I'm afraid that only rewarding and not interacting with each other will not solve any problems, Lin Dan Khan will definitely ask how to answer when the time comes? ”

Tianqi said: "Let's just say that because someone attacked the Ming army between Lianghekou and Lingyuan, we have to rebuild the road on the Dalinghe Ancient Road, so it is inconvenient to transport, and they have no fixed place on the grassland, so they have to get their own reward." We need a lot of commodities in the mutual market and we haven't prepared them for a while, and we'll let them know when they're ready. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Then what is the emperor going to reward?" ”

Tianqi said: "There are a lot of delicious snacks and snacks in my imperial shop, as well as some beautiful clothes and jewelry, Lin Danhan is in the prime of life, and some wives and concubines must have given him some to reward people≠ fat and gouache, etc., and some of them have been paid tribute to him from all over the world, these things will be fragrant for miles even if they are packed in boxes and tile jars." From Gubeikou to Lin Dan Khan's station, we have to pass through the original territory of the Duoyan people, in order to prevent the Duoyan people from climbing over the side wall to rob, we must strengthen the patrol at the side wall and tell him not to restrain the troops, in order to prevent that we can give rewards several times, even if they are robbed once, there will be two or three rewards. ”

As soon as the apocalypse finished speaking, he heard Zhang Xiang'an praise: "Good plan! The emperor is indeed much more clever than Lord Ni in doing this! ”

Ni Yuanlu looked at Zhang Xiangan and said, "The emperor is better than me, so there is no need to fight, but what explanation does Lord Zhang say is a good plan?" ”

Zhang Xiangan said: "After Daning was taken by the Jurchens, the Han Department has moved westward into the mountains, even if Huang Taiji will not live in Daning for a long time, Lin Dan Khan will not go back to Daning, so the reward given to him by the emperor will not take the grassland from Gubeikou to bring back Daning, but directly cross the river to the north into the mountains." Those places are most suitable for ambushes, there happens to be a group of Mongols who want to enter the border wall to avoid being refused entry by the emperor, it just so happens that these people are the Karaqin people who have a connection with the Jurchens and have a close relationship with the Duoyan people, do you say that the Duoyan people will tell the Karaqin people after they know that the emperor wants to give Lin Dan Khan a reward? What will the Karaqin people do? ”

Ni Yuanlu suddenly realized and said: "The emperor means to let the Karaqin people rob the things that were rewarded to Lin Dan Khan, and it is not enough to rob them once and give them the opportunity to rob them two or three times, until Lin Dan Khan is robbed of the fire?" ”

Zhang Xiangan said: "Of course that's the case, but I don't know if Lin Dan Khan dares to attack Karaqin desperately, and what method we use to make Lin Dan Khan suffer a big loss, so that we can take revenge." ”

Tianqi said: "It is your business to let Lin Dan Khan attack the Karaqin people, you and Huang Daozhou find a way to make some moves in Liaodong to make Huang Taiji scruples, Lin Dan Khan will naturally attack the Karaqin people without worries." In fact, even if we don't do this, he will do it sooner or later, what are you waiting for without eating, drinking, robbing people, etc.? What's more, robbing his own people is Lin Dan Khan's forte. When he really does it, Ni Yuanlu, you can find some cheap from it, and you can do it yourself. ”

Ni Yuanlu thought for a while and said: "The minister is going to collect information in detail first, and he found that the Han Department really made the Karaqin people suffer a big loss, and they can open the side wall, and when the time comes, it doesn't matter whether the remnants of the Karaqin people enter the side wall to recuperate, or the Duoyan people stand up for those Karaqin people." ”

Zhang Xiangan also said: "The minister and Lord Huang have discussed, and they are ready to send a small group of people to Liaodong in the name of hoeing and rape, one is to hoe those traitors one by one, so that people know that those who betray the Ming Dynasty will not end well, and second, I heard that Liaodong is now raising horses and farming and other things are doing well, and we are ready to find an opportunity to burn the storage warehouse of Huang Taiji." Because it was a small army that was flexible and mobile and fought in the name of hoeing and raping, Huang Taiji couldn't say anything and had to come back to guard against it. ”

Apocalypse said, "How did you come up with the idea of this small army? ”

Zhang Xiangan said: "The year before last, Mao Wenlong sent people to Liaodong Liubao to harass them, and a group of them could not stay there because they lost contact with the large army, and later they also found an opportunity to blow up Nurhachi with artillery. In the past two years, the Military Staff Department has been analyzing the war examples, and it has found that the small and capable units sometimes perform their tasks better than the large units, because they have fewer people and are more flexible in solving the problem of supply, and they are not easy to be detected. ”

Apocalypse said, "In which direction are you going to start?" ”

Zhang Xiangan said: "Last year, when the Liaodong Military Region was training troops, Liu Xingzuo, who had come over from Chengcheng, also suggested that several small units be formed at the same time as the large-scale mud training army, saying that it was convenient to go to Liaodong to rescue people and assassinate people, and so on. Moreover, General Mao had experience in harassing the enemy, and I heard that they had put forward the idea of killing horses if they couldn't kill people, so it was just right to combine the new methods with the old experience. ”

Ni Yuanlu said at this time: "Your Majesty, if you want to harass the Jurchen ministers, there are a few good things. ”

Apocalypse smiled: "I know that you are very slow in big things, but you are not short of cleverness, tell me what you can use." ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "When the minister asked someone to make grenades, he found that there were many defective products that could not be used, and it was a pity that he did not lose them and took up space. For example, those grenades that do not use enough medicine can either not explode or fail to explode except for the loud sound, and they have no power at all, and they are useless when they explode on a person except for oozing some blood. The minister thought that these defective products could be wrapped tightly in thick paper, and if they couldn't be blown up, they could be scary, and if they couldn't scare people, they could scare horses. ”