Although Chongzhen was asking about Gonchuktaiji, his tone was full of meaning that could not be refused, and Gonchuktaiji naturally agreed obediently.

Zhu Youzhen immediately said: "Now whether it is the Ming Dynasty or Mongolia, we have only one enemy, and that is Houjin. At this time, any problems that arise within us will only end up weakening our own power and strengthening the power of the enemy.

No matter what kind of wrong decisions Lin Dan Khan made before, he is still hostile to Houjin at present, and he is also an ally of my Daming. If I support you against Lin Dan Khan at this time, how can I call on all Mongolian ministries to form an alliance against Houjin in the future?

What's more, with the current state of the Chahar Ministry, can it withstand another split? Far from their homeland, and now fighting with the right-wing Mongol tribes, if you lose the monarch of Lin Dan Khan, will the tribes below still obey the new Khan you have proclaimed? With the fragmented Chahar Division, can they recapture the homeland of the Liaohe Hetao occupied by the Houjin? ”

Gonchuktaiji's heart was a little shaken, although he resented Lin Dan Khan's incompetence and brought the Chahar Department to its current situation, but he did not intend to completely let the Chahar part fall apart and become the prey of Houjin and Daming.

Looking at the expression of Gunchuk Taiji, Zhu Youzhen continued to say: "I think that the Chahar tribes should still unite under the banner of Lin Dan Khan, but the Taiji who want to return to their homeland in Liaodong can take their troops to station in Chahanhot and block the westward road of Houjin for the Chahar tribe and the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the Chahar tribes will not be further divided, and your desire to return to your homeland in Liaodong will be satisfied. ”

Gonchuktaiji was immediately moved: "However, since the Khan King moved westward, some small tribes did not want to leave their homeland, and they broke away from the migration team on the way.

Therefore, now the king of Khan is very wary of the movements of the various tribes, and has placed all the tribes in the area near the city of naturalization, and if he is a little far away, he will send envoys to hold them accountable. How can we agree that we should return to Chahanhot? ”

Zhu Youzhen stretched out his hand and drew a large circle near Chahanhot and said: "After Lin Dan Khan ordered to move west, there are still many tribes in this area who have not obeyed the order to move west.

Your Great Khan is stingy and fearful that those who remain will become bigger, so he has not left even a prominent tribal leader.

As a result, the tribes of this region, although nominally subordinate to Lin Dan Khan, were in fact at the point of being leaderless. Once the Houjin has the ability to break through the territory of Liaodong, then the tribes in this region will inevitably throw themselves into the Houjin.

Therefore, you can suggest to Lin Dan Khan that the tribes of these regions be collected and relocated to the Monan region, so as to strengthen the strength of the Chahar tribe in the Monan region. With Lin Dan Khan's temperament, he will be tempted.

And as long as you can return to Chahanhot, about 400 miles from here to Chahanhot, I will be able to send you supplies and let you take root in Chahanhot. And I will personally persuade Lin Dan Khan to recognize his ruling power over the Monan region, and let him send a general to win the hearts and minds of the Liaodong tribes...

I believe that with our two-pronged persuasion, it is unlikely that your Great Khan will reject a proposal that will strengthen his power. ”

Gunchuktaiji nodded again and again when he heard this, but soon looked up at the emperor in surprise and said, "Your Majesty wants to meet with the Khan in person?" ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "Just by relying on the exchange and conversation of the envoys, I and Lin Dan Khan will not be able to understand each other's thoughts after all.

No matter how many differences there were between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols, now we have a common enemy, which is the Houjin of Liaodong. Your Chahar Department wants to return to the homeland of Liaodong, why don't I want to restore Liaodong?

Therefore, I hope to be able to meet with Lin Dan Khan and Choktu Taiji. Everyone sat down and discussed the issue of the ruling order of the Monan, Mobei, and even Moxi Mongolian regions, the religious beliefs of the Mongol tribes, and the status of the Ming and Mongols in the covenant. ”

Although he was surprised by Chongzhen's request to meet with the Khan, Gonchuktaiji soon rejoiced. Although the Chahar tribe expelled the Tumut tribe from the city of Guihua, under the protection of the Ming state, the Mongolian right-wing tribes did not recognize the Chahar tribe's ruling power over them.

Under the hostility of the local Mongol right-wing tribes, the Chahar tribes never felt like they had taken root, even if they occupied the Tumut River and the city of Guihua. This is also why, even after living in the Tumut area for nearly three years, there are still many Taiji and Nayan of the Chahar Department who want to return to their homes in Liaodong.

If the Ming Emperor was willing to meet with Lin Dan Khan for an alliance, basically no agreement was negotiated, and it would also be able to reduce some of the hostility of the right-wing tribes towards the Chahar Department. After all, the connection between the right-wing tribes and the Ming Dynasty has become more and more intimate, and the right-wing tribes have the courage to oppose Lin Dan Khan, but they may not have the courage to disobey the Ming Emperor.

However, Gonchuktaiji quickly frowned, and he boldly asked the emperor: "Your Majesty is willing to meet with the Great Khan, and the foreign ministers are naturally happy. But how should Your Majesty, how should the foreign ministers explain to the Great Khan that in what capacity Your Majesty and the Great Khan met each other? ”

Gonchuk Taiji's question also made Chongzhen silent for a long time. In the eyes of the Ming Kingdom, whether it was the former Altan Khan or the current Lin Dan Khan, they were only a part of Mongolia, not the successors of the Mongol Yuan Empire, they should all be vassals of the Ming Dynasty, which was the political correctness of the Ming Dynasty when dealing with the Mongolian tribes.

But Lin Dan Khan himself, he thought day and night about restoring the Mongol Empire established by Genghis Khan, and he always called himself the Great Khan of Mongolia in front of the Mongol tribes, and no one was allowed to question his authority as the Great Khan of Mongolia.

Although forced by the situation, the Chahar Ministry needs to be rewarded by the Ming Kingdom in order to survive. But all along, the exchanges between the two sides have been deliberately avoided, and the discussion of the status between Lin Dan Khan and the Ming Emperor has been deliberately avoided.

But now that the two sides are going to meet, the status between the two has to be discussed. It is obviously impossible to let Lin Dan Khan meet Chongzhen as a courtesy. But if the two sides meet with the etiquette of a foreign king, Zhu Youzhen will not be able to accept it.

Let's not talk about the pressure of domestic public opinion after the fact, but Lin Dan Khan's courtesy as a foreign monarch is tantamount to ceding the power of the Ming Dynasty over the Mongolian ministries. In the future, someone will inevitably talk about this meeting, proving that the Ming did not have the right to demand the submission of the Mongol tribes.

Because since Lin Dan Khan is a foreign king to the Ming Dynasty, then Mongolia is a foreign land to the Ming Dynasty, and everything the Ming State does on the grassland today will be regarded as an invasion. It is obviously impossible for Zhu Youzhen to give such an excuse to others.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Youzhen finally said: "I, the founding monarch of the Ming Dynasty, once said: Meng Yuan is also China.

Meng Yuan lost the Mandate of Heaven and retreated to the grasslands, but not from China; I have the mandate of heaven to rule China, not the Central Plains.

Yes, although I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I am also the ruler of China. Lin Dan Khan was the Great Khan of Mongolia and the governor of China. There are Ming and Mongolia in China, just as the common people have the eldest son and the youngest son in the family.

Therefore, I would like to meet the governor of China as the king of China, and if Lin Dan Khan is willing to accept it. Then, after 20 days, I will wait for him and Choktu Taiji in Zhangjiakou, and Mr. Liu will go to greet Lin Dan Khan and Choktu Taiji on my behalf. However, as you can see, I'm also very busy here. Therefore, I will only wait in Zhangjiakou for 5 days. ”

Although the relationship between the ruler of China and the governor of the Chinese region is still superior-subordinate, Gonchuk Taiji feels that this statement has maintained many Taiji and Nayan who are still nostalgic for the glory of the Mongol Empire.

As long as the Chahar Department did not bow to the Ming Dynasty, the face of the Mongol Empire would not be damaged, and the Khan would not have so many concerns. And the Ming State is China, which is a common knowledge among the Mongolian tribes, and what disgusts the Mongolian tribes is that they who once occupied China were expelled from China by the Ming State and regarded as barbarians by the Ming people.

"Your Majesty is so broad-minded, the ministers thought that the Khan would not refuse. However, from Guihua City to Zhangjiakou, a large group of people and horses come and go, I'm afraid that 20 days is too tight, can Your Majesty give a few more days? ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while, and then replied: "Why do you want a large group of people to come and go, I will issue an order to let the armies in Datong, Xuanhua and other places give convenience." As long as the Khan does not carry more than 2,000 people, he can go straight from the pass.

In the name of the Ming Emperor, I guarantee that the safety of the Khan will be guaranteed enough, and that there will be enough food supplies along the way..."

Under Chongzhen's persuasion, Gunchuktaiji finally accepted, maintained the internal unity of Chahar, and persuaded Lin Dan Khan to divide his troops in Chahanhot to block Houjin's westward advance.

He and Liu Jingting came in a hurry, and hurried back to naturalization. And Zhu Youzhen also issued several warrants to officials and troops in Datong, Fengzhen, Xuanda and other places, asking them to guard the road from Lin Dan Khan to Zhangjiakou and prepare supplies.

Just when Zhu Youzhen was busy preparing for a meeting with Lin Danhan, Zhuo Erbi and Huang Degong, who were responsible for preparing for the establishment of the cowardly Xue Wei, came to see him again.

The two of them came to see the emperor because they encountered problems in the process of establishing the cowardly Xue Wei. As mentioned earlier, the young herders who have had the opportunity to escape poverty are very enthusiastic about participating in the Xue Wei.

Since it was not an easy task to recruit soldiers in the Guannai, Zhu Youzhen was worried that recruiting too many soldiers for the first time would cause dissatisfaction among the various departments, so he only asked for 300 people to be recruited at first.

However, there are about 6 to 7,000 young herders involved in Naadam, and there are at least less than 10 percent of the number of young people who want to join the army to change their lives.

With the Emperor's permission, Zhuo Erbi doubled the number of recruits. Those herders who were not selected also had some tacit acquiescence to reality. But the 600 recruits were issued with uniforms, armor and weapons before they could do anything.

After only a day's work, except for the mounts they brought with themselves, they were already brand new inside and out, and they still had half a month's salary in advance in their pockets. These young herdsmen have heard of this kind of treatment, and this year is to go to the battlefield for the Taiji masters, that is, they also bring their own dry food and weapons, and if they seize something on the battlefield, they have to hand over a share to the masters.

As a result, hundreds of red-eyed young herdsmen surrounded Zhuo Erbi, believing that he had recruited unfairly and favored his own tribe. Zhuo Erbi, who finally squeezed out of the crowd, had to follow Huang Degong to ask for a meeting with the emperor and ask for an idea.

After listening to what the two said, Zhu Youzhen did not agree with the decision to continue to expand the recruitment quota, but said: "In this way, you go down and tell them."

The cowardly Xue Wei is my personal guard, and he cannot be appointed if he is not a warrior. Although they have the loyalty to serve the king, I cannot lower my requirements for cowardly Xue Wei because of this.

However, I am grateful for their sincerity towards me, so I am willing to give them a chance. The quota of Cowardly Xue Wei will not be increased, but another 1,200 people can be recruited as the backup soldiers of Cowardly Xue Wei, and if there is a vacancy in the regular soldiers, the supplementary soldiers can be given priority..."