After the siege of Zunhua City was lifted, the people of Zunhua, who were provoked by people with intentions and surging in the dark tide, after receiving the living allowance issued by the imperial court, their original resentment against Zhou Wei and others finally began to subside.

When the people of Zunhua City began to continue to pack up their homes and prepare to start a new life, the gentry and merchants who had been hiding behind the people were suddenly exposed.

After receiving the emperor's promise, some small merchants immediately set foot on the capital to seek to exchange the white slips in their hands. The remaining big merchants and some of the gentry were summoned by Cui Chengxiu, who rushed to Zunhua, and the reconstruction of the city of Zunhua was divided into a number of targets, which were built by gentry and merchants who were willing to cooperate with the imperial court.

After Jia Weijian and other gentry representatives were arrested by Jinyiwei on the charge of colluding with Houjin, some of the remaining gentry were already panicked, and since the emperor did not intend to pursue them and was ready to give them benefits, they quickly accepted Cui Chengxiu's conditions.

Without the support of the people of Zunhua and the support of the local gentry, Jia Weijian and other arrested gentry representatives were immediately deliberately forgotten.

After learning of the changes in the outside atmosphere, the attitude of the arrested gentry gradually softened, and several of them expressed their willingness to cooperate with Jinyiwei to testify against others.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the city began to slowly improve, Zhu Youzhen immediately ordered a memorial service for the fallen soldiers on December 25, and a public trial of more than a dozen Houjin generals including Wu Nag on the same day.

Before the memorial ceremony, the Ming army and Chahar friendly forces who went to pursue the Houjin army also began to withdraw to Zunhua City. However, not long after returning to Zunhua, the friendly army of the Chahar Department led by Gui Yingcha clashed with the Ming army on the Eastern Road several times, and finally brought down the lawsuit in front of Chongzhen.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Yuan Chonghuan, who was just the leader of Guiying in front of him, and He Kegang, who was maintaining the 36 cavalry under his command. He couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Gui Yingcha asked for the prisoners of the original Chahar vassal tribe in our hands, and the people who closed the 36 tribes asked Gui Yingcha to hand over the population of the 36 tribes that were captured before.

It's okay for them to quarrel with each other, but why are you getting involved in this quarrel? Did you know that because of your joining, this quarrel has now escalated into a private brawl between the sergeants of the two armies? ”

He Kegang's face turned red, and although he opened his mouth several times, he still didn't say anything after all. Yuan Chonghuan, who was standing opposite him, explained to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, today we want to restrain Houjin from continuing to make a detour to attack our Ming border pass, and we will inevitably need the assistance of our Mongolian allies. The 30,000 households on the right wing of Mongolia have been attached to our Ming Dynasty, and the most powerful tribe among the remaining Mongolian tribes is none other than the Chahar tribe.

If the Chahar Ministry can be on my side of the Ming Dynasty, then at least peace can be maintained on my northwest border. If we are at odds with the Chahars, then we will become enemies on both sides, and this is obviously the next resort.

Therefore, the minister thought that we should win over the Chahar Department and give up closing the 36th Ministry. The 36 ministries introduced Houjin to make a detour to enter the customs this time, which has proved that they have fallen to Houjin. Uniting the Chahar Department to eliminate the 36 tribes not only eliminated an unreliable Mongolian tribe, but also allowed the Chahar people to replace the 36 tribes and continue to protect the country for our Ming Dynasty, which is a win-win strategy. ”

"The minister objected to Yuan Shilang's statement." He Kegang finally couldn't listen to it anymore, and stepped forward to Chongzhen and said: "Although the relationship between the 36th Department of Guanmen and my Ming Dynasty is good and bad, they have defended the country for my Ming Dynasty since the beginning of the country, and they have close contacts with my Ming border areas, and they know the reality inside and outside Shanhaiguan very well.

Even if some tribes of the 36th tribe were dizzy and took refuge in Houjin, it did not mean that the entire tribe had taken refuge in Houjin. Even if there are a lot of 36 men and horses to lead the way for Houjin to invade the border pass this time, there are still many 36 people and horses in western Liaoning who are defending the border wall for my Ming Dynasty.

If you don't distinguish between loyalty and rebellion, and you hang the 36 on the grounds of betraying the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't that force the entire 36 to take refuge in Houjin?

What's more, Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Department was ambitious and always wanted to unify the Mongolian tribes and rebuild the Mongol Yuan Empire. We support him in annexing 36 departments, not to mention whether he will help me defend the country, that is, if he really let Lin Dan Khan unify the Mongolian tribes, will he still obey my Ming orders?

One Nurhachi has already disturbed most of Liaodong. If you add Lin Dan Khan, who unifies all the Mongolian tribes, I think there will be no peace in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty from now on..."

Yuan Chonghuan and He Kegang argued in front of Chongzhen for a long time, until it was almost time to eat lunch, and finally stopped. Zhu Youzhen looked at the two of them thoughtfully for a long time before he said coldly: "I already know what you think, so let's do it, tonight I will invite all the leaders of the Mongolian tribes in the army to have a banquet, and then deal with this matter after I see them."

As for the non-Mongols who participated in the brawl between your two armies, they were all handed over to the military discipline officer for punishment after you returned, and as a member of the Ming army, you did it against your comrades, is this treating military discipline as waste paper? ”

Yuan Chonghuan and He Kegang had to admit their mistakes to the emperor, and Zhu Youzhen continued to say to the two: "The contradiction between the Chahar Department and the 36th Ministry will be dealt with."

However, I want you to remember that we need to be friendly to the Mongol tribes, not simply to win over the upper echelons of the Mongol tribes, nor to simply drive them to attack the Houjin Kingdom. What we want is to make the Mongolian tribes a part of the Ming Dynasty, so that the middle and lower class Mongolians can also agree that they and we are all people of the same country, and then spontaneously defend the interests of our Ming Dynasty.

If you want to do this, first of all, you can't take others for fools, thinking that you can trick these Mongols into the battlefield as cannon fodder by buying some gold and silver wealth to buy some high-class people. Don't guard others like thieves, if you treat them as thieves, can you expect them to be born and die for you?

Whether it is dealing with 30,000 households on the right wing, closing 36 departments, or dealing with the Chahars, we must treat them as our own. What is one's own people, the conflict that breaks out because of different habits in life can tolerate education; However, on the issue of right and wrong concerning national unity, we must not waver in the slightest.

The reason why the living habits of the Mongolian tribes on the steppe are so different from those of the common people in our country is because of the differences in the living conditions of the two sides. For those unhygienic, unscientific, and harmful habits of the Mongolian people, we must slowly teach them to correct them, so that they can move closer to our standards.

We should respect those habits of life that are purely caused by national and cultural differences. In this way, we can let the people of Guannai communicate and integrate with the Mongols on the steppe, and finally form a whole.

However, we should firmly fight against those who want to separate the areas inhabited by the Mongols from the Ming Dynasty on the grounds of propagating religion or golden blood, and as long as they do not give up their wrong ideas for a day, we will not give up the struggle for a day, and finally eliminate this kind of separatism from the spiritual to the top.

Therefore, after you go back, instead of instigating the two sides to continue the confrontation in the ears of the Chahar cavalry and the 36 men and horses of the Guanmen Division, you should reassure them, understand them, and finally let these Mongols put aside their prejudices and unite with us to fight against the Houjin..."

When Guiying, who hung one left hand with a bandage, walked into the governor's yamen with his subordinates, he happened to see several small leaders of the 36th division and several small leaders of the captured Horqin department waiting in the gatehouse for summons. When the enemies saw each other, they were very red-eyed. It is about this kind of moment, knowing that Gui Yingcha led the team to copy a few small tribes, these 36 Mongols hated it very much.

And Gui Yingcha and the others, who saw the presence of the Horqin tribe, did not look good, without this traitor of the Chahar tribe who had taken refuge in Houjin, they would not have had to leave their hometown and move west to Hetao to conclude hatred with the 30,000 households of the right wing.

The right-wing Mongolian leaders such as Bu Shitu, the king of Shunyi, who arrived later, simply stood outside the door and watched, and the scene of sabre-rattling in the gatehouse was tense. But these people still know that this is now the emperor's palace, and if they fight, they will be cutting Chongzhen's face, so no one dares to be the first to make a move, just scolding and sarcastically scolding each other.

When they were summoned by the emperor into the garden of the governor's palace, the hostile expressions on their faces had not yet officially receded. Forty or fifty Mongols came to a back garden after passing through a long corridor. Although due to the season, except for a few plum trees that are ready to be released, the other trees in the garden have lost their leaves and drooped their branches, looking lifeless.

In the open space in front of a small pavilion in the garden, dozens of tables and chairs have been placed neatly, behind the tables and chairs there is a brocade barrier to protect from the cold wind, and there is a small stove next to each table and chair to scald wine to keep warm.

These Mongolians looked at the tables and chairs that had been laid out, and they were in a good mood. After all, there are not many opportunities to get food from the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom in person, and they feel that they are valued by Chongzhen.

Naturally, several prestigious Mongol leaders would not dine out, but were welcomed into Xiaoxuan and accompanied the emperor to eat.

After Gui Yingcha entered Xiaoxuan, he saluted Chongzhen, who was seated at the head of the house, with Mongolian etiquette.

Zhu Youzhen got up slightly, stretched out his hands and raised them up and said, "Gui Zaisheng and King Shunyi don't need to be polite, and everyone else is also exempt from courtesy." ”

Chongzhen personally set up a banquet to entertain the leaders of the Mongolian tribes, and after three rounds of drinking, he finally let these Mongolian leaders who were originally angry at each other relax.

Seeing that everyone's expressions eased, Zhu Youzhen stopped his cup and said: "Today, I set up a banquet to invite all the leaders, firstly, to thank you for sending troops to help my Ming Dynasty, whether it is the Chahar Department, the King of Shunyi, or the 36 Divisions, they have all made a lot of contributions to my Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the most outstanding of them is Gui Zaisheng of the Chahar Department, who has captured hundreds of men and horses in addition to seven people, which is worthy of being Mongolia's*. ”

Gui Yingcha, who was already a little drunk, heard Chongzhen's praise for himself, and suddenly had a good impression of Chongzhen. Although he was Lin Dan Khan's most trusted confidant, Lin Dan Khan, who compared himself to Genghis Khan, never thought that there were heroes among the Mongols who could match him.

Even if Gui Yingcha is his most trusted brother-in-law and brother-in-law, he is not willing to share his honor with Gui Yingqia. Therefore, Guiying has power and status in the Chahar Ministry, but he has never had any honor.

The Noyan and his subordinates of the Chahar tribe only regarded him as a close confidant of Lin Dan Khan to fear, rather than to respect. Being able to unexpectedly get recognition from Chongzhen, Gui Yingcha naturally became happy.

Zhu Youzhen then said to the guards beside him drunkenly: "Go and bring me the golden cup, I will personally toast the first Mongolian warrior today..."