As soon as Zhu Houzhao's words fell, no official in the crowded and narrow Yulin County Yali stood up to reply.

Because the current situation is more or less helpless for Daming.

The economic blockade was the most effective way for the Ming Dynasty to control the Outer Mongolian tribes.

But now, because there are thieves collaborating with the enemy, once the economic blockade cannot be effective, it means that the military action of the little prince of the Ming Dynasty is helpless.

Because in the vast desert, the army of the Ming Dynasty could not determine where the little prince would be in the decisive battle on the right flank of the Mongols.

This is not the 21st century, there is no convenient means of communication, even if the Ming Dynasty wants to prevent the little prince from unifying Mongolia and rescue the Mongolian right wing, I am afraid that before the Ming reinforcements find the little prince, the little prince has already destroyed the Mongolian right wing.

The Central Plains Dynasty will sometimes be in a very embarrassing situation, because the nomads' cavalry is flexible and flexible, which will make it difficult for the Central Plains Dynasty to completely annihilate the nomads even if it has strong national strength. It is difficult to achieve the goal of chasing down and maintaining peace forever.

Now, Daming has once again fallen into this embarrassing situation.

The little prince did not choose to be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty because Zhu Houzhao was late to his son Urusborot, and still implemented his strategy of unifying Mongolia first.

And the Ming Dynasty either chose to take the initiative and spend national strength to rescue the Mongolian right wing and prevent the little prince from unifying Mongolia's strategy, but in doing so, it is possible to return in vain because he got lost, or it is possible that because the Ming Dynasty has not had time to rescue, the war between the little prince and the Mongolian right wing has ended.

Either the Ming Dynasty can only watch from the sidelines, sit and watch the little prince unify Mongolia, and then make it bigger, posing a greater threat to the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Moreover, there is another problem in front of Emperor Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty, that is, Zhu Houzhao has just given three princes to the Mongolian tribe and asked them to belong to the Ming Dynasty.

But now.

Of the three Mongolian tribes that had just been crowned kings and belonged to the Ming Dynasty, two of them were about to be wiped out by the little prince, and one directly rebelled and took refuge in the little prince, and colluded with the little prince to exterminate the other two Mongolian tribes that had been annexed to the Ming Dynasty.

If Daming lets this go, it will have a negative impact on Daming's national prestige.

This also means that in the future, other Mongolian tribes will think that it is meaningless to belong to the Ming Dynasty, because even if they belong to the Ming Dynasty, other tribes can still attack themselves unscrupulously, and the Ming will have nothing to do about it, and will not rescue themselves, so they will despise the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, if the Ming Dynasty sits and inspects the behavior of the Har Department of first attaching to the Ming Dynasty and then betraying the Ming Dynasty to collude with the little prince, and does not give a blow, it will also lose the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, so that the Mongolian tribes that will join the Ming Dynasty in the future will betray the Ming Dynasty without fear.

In history, this is how the story evolved, after the rise of the Later Jin, although I had been crowned king by the Ming Dynasty, the Mongol tribes later betrayed the Ming Dynasty and became the lackeys of the Manchu Dynasty.

It can be seen that if the Ming Dynasty let go of the little prince and the Chahar tribe's behavior of trampling on his majesty this time, there will be serious consequences.

Jiao Fang, the first assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jin, the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the seal, and the other officials present were aware of this, but they did not dare to suggest that Zhu Houzhao let Daming wave troops to rescue at this time, because this would likely cost money and food, and there would be no result, and those who proposed to wave troops to rescue the Mongolian right wing were likely to be blamed for this.

Zhu Houzhao himself also knows that now is the time for him to face a choice, a time to choose whether to maintain the external majesty of the Ming Dynasty, and if he wants to maintain this majesty, he must be prepared to spend money and food and even return in vain or even defeat.

Even, this choice can only be made by Zhu Houzhao himself.

Zhu Houzhao saw that no one answered, and he was even more sure that this matter was just like what Qiu Yue said, and he could only make a new choice by himself, the Ming Emperor.

Dry wood burns in the winter night, and every now and then there is a creak! A little dust was shaken, and when the dust fell, the entire Yulin County Ya fell silent again.

Zhu Houzhao stood up and stepped on the charcoal that fell on the ground, and the charcoal still had sparks, but in a blink of an eye, Zhu Houzhao's thick shoes were crushed into ink, and he couldn't help but say:

"The little prince guessed the psychology of Da Ming not daring to attack the desert easily, and did not take into account the dignity of Da Ming, and only thought that the grassland was the world of their Yuan people! But I am not as he wishes, and the dignity of the Ming Dynasty is sacrosanct!

If his little prince dares to destroy the tribe that belongs to the Ming Dynasty, I will dare to destroy him, so what if it costs national strength! The national strength can be restored again! But the dignity of the Han dynasty cannot be desecrated, and the prestige of the Ming dynasty cannot be confined to the walls! Besides, I won't do anything to be famous! ”

As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao looked at Jiao Fang, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Liu Jin, the master of ceremonies:

"Intended! With the border towns of the Ming Dynasty, the cavalry is out of the desert! Harass the little prince on the back road, and kill him when he encounters cavalry! If you encounter herdsmen, you will plunder them! If you encounter an account, you will burn it! If you meet a horse or a sheep, you will grab it! Assault main!

Not for the purpose of destroying the enemy, but for the sake of robbing the enemy's property, if the main force of the Little Prince's Department withdraws, it will quickly withdraw to the Guannai!

The purpose of this battle is to disturb the entire rear of his little prince! His little prince can plunder the Central Plains, and my cavalry can loot the Hetao he now occupies! ”

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Jiao Fang, the first assistant of the cabinet, and others looked at Zhu Houzhao in surprise, and they admitted that this was a very effective countermeasure, and it was also the best and most beneficial measure for the Ming Dynasty.

However, Jiao Fang couldn't help but wonder if it was too shameless and despicable to do so, not to fight a head-on battle with other people's troops, but to copy other people's back roads and rob their rear, this is no different from a Tartar! The righteousness of the heavenless kingdom is also!

"Your Majesty! This move is afraid that it will be despised by the world, and it will be impeached by the officials Your Majesty You do not dominate the world with the royal way, but plunder the world with cruelty, and you will be impeached This is a move that will lose the hearts of the people in the world, after all, the Celestial Empire is a state of etiquette, and if you fight, you can't use this move", Jiao Fang hurriedly reminded.

Zhu Houzhao was very surprised, isn't it normal to return a tooth for a tooth and treat his body in the way of others, besides, now he can only use this as the only means, is it difficult to sit back and watch the little prince become big? Is it necessary to pay attention to the meanness and elegance of the means against the enemy?

But Zhu Houzhao didn't ask much, he knew that this era was deeply influenced by Confucianism, paying attention to the famous teacher, being reasonable, paying attention to ruling the world with etiquette, and treating the enemy with a forgiving heart, therefore, Jiao Fang's reminder also made Zhu Houzhao understand, he also knew that he could not convince these officials who had grown up with Confucian education, but he was the emperor, and he had the power to make decisions, therefore, Zhu Houzhao still said firmly:

"That's it! Impeachment and rebuke are their powers! But decision-making is my power, and I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, not them! And this move is not a move to lose the hearts of the people of the world, but a move to win the hearts of the people of the world. The same is true between countries! ”

"Yes!"

Jiao Fang, the first assistant of the cabinet, replied.

At the end of the fourth year of Zhengde, before the arrival of the New Year of the fifth year of Zhengde, from Gansu to Xuanhua, there were countless heralds on the official roads everywhere, and the sound of horses' hooves resounded in this cold winter, and the experienced veterans knew that the imperial court was going to make a big move.

Gansu, Shaanxi, Yansui, Ningxia, and Xuanhua all began to have border armies under the leadership of the chief military officer of the eunuchs in each border town! For a time, it was also the entire Hetao area, which was infested with Ming iron cavalry, and because the little prince had brought his headquarters of 50,000 iron cavalry to fight on the Mongolian right wing, the rear was extremely empty.

Shaanxi General System Caikuan only took 3,000 iron horsemen, starting from Yulinwei, and swept the entire Hetao, directly plundering all the way to the vicinity of Muna Mountain!

Along the way, you will meet the Tatar tent and burn!

Kill the Tatar Ranger when you meet it!

When you meet herdsmen, slaves, sheep and horses, you will be caught!

When the spring warmth of March returned, 3,000 people were directly carrying nearly 10,000 herdsmen and slaves, 6,000 horses, and 10,000 sheep!

The officers and soldiers of other border towns also made windfalls, and also rescued many Han people who had been plundered by the Tatars.

In the spring of March, when Ma Wensheng was ordered to send the imperial historian to count the looted materials, he saw that many of the border officers and soldiers who came back one by one were satisfied, and they obviously tasted the taste of women, and they were much more docile than before.

Moreover, according to the rules, these border soldiers carefully counted their own gold and silver collected on their bodies, so the border soldiers who could only rely on Lu Mi for many days in the past have made a complete fortune this time!

For many officers and soldiers, this raid is not only a fortune but also a high-spirited expedition!

After all, in the past, the Ming Dynasty was robbed by the Tartars, but now that he has changed his role, it instantly makes the soldiers and civilians in the border town have a bad feeling!

The contradictions between the military and the people have also eased a lot, after all, the officers and men have made a fortune, and they will no longer treat their own people too much, and military discipline has also improved a lot.

The border soldiers wished that the emperor would give them another decree and let them go out of the fortress to plunder again.

But it was obvious that this was impossible, because this kind of plundering was not tolerated by the Confucian gentry, and the Tartars were robbed, and what did they make money on the commercial border trade that they secretly controlled.

In the past, the Tartars plundered the wealth of the military and civilians in the border towns, and then bought salt, iron, tea, cloth and other things from the merchants with the background of the powerful gentry, and in the end it was the powerful gentry who made the greatest profit.

They even had to raise the Kou Zikou and let the Kou raid the border towns, so that they could take advantage of this to annex the land.

Now that the Tartars have been robbed and killed a lot, how will they raise Kou in the future to make it convenient for them to annex land?

And now that the border soldiers have snatched back the money looted by the Tartars, the powerful gentry will naturally have no way to make any more money, and their interests will naturally be damaged.

Therefore, there is no doubt that they wanted to stop Zhu Houzhao's behavior of encouraging their own military and civilians to plunder abroad, and their reason for this matter was particularly just, that is, the emperor let the border soldiers do this, which was really a matter of harmony with the heavens, too unpopular and not the temperament of the heavenly dynasty.

The admonitions flew to Datong Mansion like snowflakes, all discussing this matter, and telling the emperor with Confucian theory that the Ming Dynasty should follow the words of the sages and convince people with virtue.