The emperor went out on tour and returned to Beijing, the ceremony was much more solemn than when he left Beijing, the princes in the capital, the prince of the county, the nobles and the officials above the third rank had to go to the city gate to greet them, and the prince Zhu Wenkui, who was responsible for supervising the country, was at the front of the team, and the princes such as the king of Chu and the king of An followed closely behind, and then the princes in Beijing, and then the civil and military officials headed by Yu Xin......

But in the face of the ministers, Zhu Yunwen did not show up, but only ordered Liu Zhen to order the ministers to be calm, and at the same time summoned the prince Zhu Wenkui, the prince Fu Zhuojing and the household Shangshu Yuxin to go to the dragon to discuss the matter, and everyone bowed to the leader's decree and shouted long live.

The emperor's chariot was very long, followed by concubines and ministers, and then there were military generals on horseback, and the last of the chariot was the display of the emperor's achievements in Beijing for half a year. In order to expand his influence, Zhu Yunwen deliberately sent soldiers with loud voices to introduce the identity of the results, and as the voice sounded, the queue slowly passed through the Jinchuan Gate, and the identity at the front of the queue was also the most noble, which was the Mongolian Great Khan Erlebok and Tieleba of the Horqin tribe, who were unkempt and ragged, showing their captive status; Behind the Mongols are the captured Jurchens, compared to the Mongols, they are more embarrassed, the clothes on their bodies are more shabby, some people are covered with bruises, all of them are depressed, but the most surprising thing about the people is their hair, the Jurchens only keep a little hair in the center of the top of their heads, combed into braids, in the eyes of the people in Beijing, how strange and how weird, for a while the onlookers talked about it; The last is some North Koreans, their costumes look much more normal, if there is no sergeant next to them singing loudly, the people of the Ming Dynasty can not distinguish that they are Koreans, they will think they are Ming, and with the Mongols, Jurchens are different, most of them ride horses, mixed with more than ten exquisite carriages, when the carriage walks, the bell rings, and with a fragrant wind, so that the people on the side of the road are itchy, I really want to lift the curtain to see, what kind of beauty is it.

Listening to the loud roll call of the sergeant on the side of the road and the whispers of the people around him, "This is the Great Khan of Mongolia?" It doesn't look good! "These Mongols are so dirty, so barbaric!" "Now it's okay, the Great Khan of the Mongols has been caught, see who dares to be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty!" , Erlebok was ashamed, he didn't expect Zhu Yunwen, who was kind and pleasant along the way, to humiliate him so much, although there was no prisoner car and tie-up, but all the Mongolian captives were changed into dirty and torn clothes, and passed through Jinchuanmen as prisoners in full view, which made Erlebok difficult to accept, but he had no other choice, but what made him even more angry was that Arutai and Mahamu followed Ping'an to defeat the Japanese near Tangquan, made war achievements, and were brought out of the captives by Zhu Yunwen, Now he was watching his men on tall horses, and he was very hardworking, often using whips to correct the misbehavior of the Mongols......

For the Ming Dynasty's Jingshi, Erle Boke is no stranger, in Hongwu three years, he came here, when the Ming Dynasty's Hongwu Emperor was still Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. That year, the general Li Wenzhong made a surprise attack on Yingchang, and his father Aiyu Zhili Dala (Yuan Zhaozong, the son of Emperor Yuan Shun) fled north, and Erleboke fell into the hands of the Ming army and was named Chonglihou by Zhu Yuanzhang, but soon after, Erleboke was sent back to Mobei. From the bottom of his heart, Elbok is very grateful to Zhu Yuanzhang, and if it were not for his kindness, he would not have had the opportunity to become the Great Khan of Mongolia. But what he never expected was that in his lifetime, he would once again come to the capital of the Ming Dynasty as a prisoner, the difference is that the Ming Emperor at this moment is already Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson Zhu Yunwen.

And this time, the treatment he received was far worse than last time, which made him very puzzling, he didn't know what Emperor Ming thought? Didn't Emperor Ming know that this would anger the Mongols? Could it be that Emperor Ming really doesn't care at all?

Not only did Erleboke not understand, but the courtiers also didn't understand, and at this moment, Yu Xin in the dragon chariot asked Zhu Yunwen this question: "Your Majesty, it seems a little inappropriate to humiliate Erleboke like this!" ”

"What's wrong?" Zhu Yunwen tilted his head slightly, smiling and observing the expressions of Yu Xin, Zhuo Jing and Zhu Wenkui beside him.

"The minister thinks," Yu Xin was silent for a while, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, after all, Erleboke is the Great Khan of all Mongolia, the master of the steppe, even if he is captured, he should have the corresponding courtesy, after all, his identity is different!" Even if Wei Guogong broke through the capital back then, he did not chase Emperor Yuan Shun, after all, Emperor Yuan Shun once served as the Son of Heaven! ”

"Hahaha," Zhu Yunwen suddenly laughed and said: "Yu Qing, this reminds me of a saying, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, is not exhaustively chasing Emperor Yuan Shun, keeping in mind the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, so he starts and finishes well, and rests with the country; And the founding prince often met the spring poor chasing Emperor Yuan Shun, and the etiquette law was not in agreement, and the minister attacked the king, so he died violently in Liuhechuan, but there is such a thing? ”

"This," under Zhu Yunwen's seemingly calm gaze, the sweat on Yu Xin's forehead immediately appeared: "This kind of statement, the minister has indeed heard of it!" ”

"Zhuo Qing's family, have you heard of this?" Zhu Yunwen smiled and turned to Zhuo Jing, who was sitting upright on the side.

Maybe he has been too tired recently, Zhuo Jing's face is a little haggard, and his hair has turned gray, but his thinking is still agile, hearing Zhu Yunwen's inquiry, Zhuo Jing thought for a moment, and said: "This rumor, the minister has also heard of it, but the minister thinks that this is just the speculation of the small people, and it is not enough to be believed!" ”

"Wen Kui, what do you think?"

Xu hadn't seen his father for a long time, Zhu Wenkui was a little nervous, but after a little thought, he replied: "Back to my father, this kind of thing is not believable, at that time, Emperor Taizu was already the lord of China, and the destiny of heaven returned, and the son of the Jin clan was just a remnant of the old dynasty, how could he be regarded as the Son of Heaven?" And when Wei Guogong attacked Shanxi and Kaiping, they were all forced by the situation at that time. In the first year of Hongwu, although our army conquered Dadu, but the expansion of Timur was entrenched in Taiyuan, holding 100,000 iron cavalry, eyeing Beiping, it was necessary to get rid of it, so Wei Guogong was ordered to march westward, and in December of the first year of Hongwu, he broke the expansion of Timur, lifted the threat of Beiping's flank, and attacked Shaanxi and pacified the northwest; During the war between Wei Guogong and Kuangkuo Timur, the direction of the founding father's battle was Baoding, Zhending and other places, as for the Northern Expedition to Kaiping, it was already a matter of the second year of Hongwu, when Emperor Yuan Shun entrenched in Kaiping, taking advantage of the westward advance of Wei Guogong, the intention was to send an army to recapture Dadu, and the founding prince led the army to the north, which was a normal counterattack, and there was nothing special. The small people in the market are not enough to accept false rumors! ”

"Huh?" Zhu Yunwen looked at his son who was talking with some surprise, is this what an eight-year-old naughty boy can say? He couldn't help but take his son's hand and said softly: "Wen Kui, tell your father, is this what you thought of yourself?" ”

"This," Zhu Wenkui hesitated, turned his head and secretly glanced at Zhuo Jing, and said in a low voice: "Back to my father, I have heard the rumors that my father said, so I asked Master Zhuo, and this is what Master Zhuo said." ”

"Oh!" Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed, he found that he was too careful, he thought that Zhu Wenkui was also a traverser! Although he belongs to half of the traverser, but in his heart, Zhu Yunwen does not want his child to be a traverser, on the contrary, he is very resistant! After being confirmed, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. But having said that, as an eight-year-old child, it is not easy to repeat such a long sentence, at least it shows that my son's brain is better. Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen gently patted his son's shoulder, nodded, turned his head to look at Zhuo Jing again, and said with a smile: "The prince has made a lot of progress, I am very happy, Mr. Zhuo has worked hard!" ”

"The ministers don't dare to take credit, it's all due to His Highness's intelligence!"

"Hehe, good! Very good! ”

Zhu Yunwen quietly listened to the cheers of the people outside the world for a while, and finally said: "Yu Shangshu, Zhuo Qingjia, I have a question, I want to ask you!" ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

"Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been three tribes in the north, namely the Khitan, the Jurchen and the Mongols, which have become the great enemies of our China, but in terms of the number of troops, the strength of the three is far less than that of the Xiongnu and the Turks, but why do they cause far more harm than the first two?"

"The Mongols even defeated the Southern Song Dynasty and unified China, the north and south of the river, all of them were Hulu, the sons and daughters of China, but slaves and inferior people. In the first battle of Yashan, more than 100,000 soldiers committed suicide by throwing themselves into the sea, what a pathos and despair this is! Since Zhou Qin, I have never suffered such humiliation in Huaxia. If it weren't for the luck of paying the heavens, Meng Yuan's incompetence, coupled with Emperor Taizu and the heroes, I don't know how long I would have to suffer humiliation, why is this? Have you thought about it? ”

Listening to Zhu Yunwen's words, Yu Xin and Zhuo Jing were silent, in fact, there were already official answers to these questions, such as the rise of the Khitan, which was caused by Shi Jingjiao, the child emperor; The rise of the Jurchens was caused by the incompetence of the Khitan and the Northern Song Dynasty; The rise of Mongolia was caused by the incompetence of the Jin and Southern Song dynasties. But this answer is actually equivalent to not saying, the answer that the emperor wants is not only that, since ancient times, the great enemies in the north are nothing more than the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Khitan, Jurchen and Mongolia, in terms of absolute strength, the power of Hu Lu is declining, because the northern desert is increasing, the overall number of Hu people is declining, and the living standards of Hu people are also deteriorating, but its harm is increasing day by day, and there is a joke like "Jurchen is invincible", which can not help but make people think deeply about the cause and effect. Why was Hulu able to rise so quickly? Why is China losing and retreating?