Although the city of Ulaanbaatar was built around a temple, it is actually a city of two small cities across the river. The meanders of the Selenga River meanders from the mountains to the north and flows south into the Tula River, with the Tianning Temple as the center of the ordinary residential area to the east of the river and the fortress area to the west of the river as the heart of the Governor's Mansion.

The residential areas to the east of the river were modeled after the castles, while the fortified areas to the west of the river were built in the form of fortresses. The Governor's Mansion sits west and faces east, and there is a square in front of it that is 1,200 steps long and 625 steps wide, and is compacted with loess. On the north side of the square is a three-story brick and wood bell tower, which is also the commanding height of the fortress area, standing on the top of the bell tower, you can directly see the movement in the Tianning Temple in Hedong.

On either side of this bell tower are two rows of low loess bungalows, on one side of the * storehouse and on the other side of the arsenal. The east side of the square is where the military camp is located, and the whole square is wide in the north and narrow in the south, like an inverted funnel. Those familiar with the Spanish colonial city will see this layout as an improved version of the Spanish fortified city built in the colony.

The square in the center of the city is convenient for the assembly of troops, and the narrow exit of the square and the buildings on three sides of the square are conducive to the defense of the defenders with firearms.

Standing at the window on the second floor of the Governor's Mansion and looking out at the square, Amin could still observe the training of the soldiers in the square, and he was still very satisfied with this urban layout.

However, in Ulaanbaatar at the beginning of October, the weather is a little unpredictable. The sun may have been shining the day before, but the next day it was cloudy and the wind was howling. You may even wake up early one morning and the ground outside is already covered with a thin layer of snow.

The climate in Mobei is so harsh that even a Manchurian like Amin, who once grew up in the white mountains and black waters of Liaodong, feels that life here is quite hard. During the six-month winter, it snowed almost every day, and if it were not for the tea, salt, wine, sugar, grain, cotton clothes, woolen and other supplies brought from the interior, Amin estimated that his soldiers would have begun to flee long ago.

With the gradual improvement of the city's buildings and the discovery of coal mines near Ulaanbaatar, the severe cold of Mobei was truly overcome. Only then could Amin understand why it was so difficult for the Yuan Dynasty to conquer this place, it was already costly to maintain an army in this area, and to go to the various tribes that had migrated around the desert steppe was undoubtedly throwing gold and silver into a bottomless cave.

If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty to open up trade routes to Siberia and Russia, this land would be tasteless for the original dynasty, and it would be a pity to abandon it.

While Amin was silently watching the drills of the soldiers in the square outside the window and thinking about his thoughts, a young officer suddenly broke into his office. Amin glanced back, causing the somewhat bewildered guards to exit the room and close the door.

"I asked you to go to Fengzhen to supervise this year's grain shipment, what did you suddenly come back for?" Amin reprimanded his son Erli with some unhappiness at the intruder.

Erli didn't care about defending himself, but walked a few steps forward quickly, and asked anxiously towards Amin, "Has your father been in contact with someone from Shenyang?" Do you really have anything else in mind? ”

Amin frowned, looked at his son and asked, "Who sent you the message?" That's why you came back to question me about this? ”

Elley couldn't help but raise his voice and complained, "Do you want someone to pass me a message?" The Chahar people in Fengzhen are all circulating, and Huang Taiji has sent someone to persuade you to go back to Shenyang, and he will canonize you a prince. People say that you have been moved by Huang Taiji, and you are planning to establish yourself as king in Ulaanbaatar and flee back to Shenyang with the soldiers and civilians of Ulaanbaatar..."

Amin suddenly said angrily: "Gunchuk, this bastard, he is a thief shouting to catch a thief..."Amin's gaze stayed on his son's face for a moment, and immediately stopped scolding, and then asked his son dissatisfiedly: "Could it be that you can't even trust your Lao Tzu, so I ran back, wanting to know if your Lao Tzu has any intention of rebelling?" ”

It is true that Erli does not believe in his father's integrity, after all, when Amin went to Korea, he wanted to stay in Korea and become the king of Korea, and did not care about his wife and children who stayed in Shenyang. Now that he has some military power in Ulaanbaatar, there is no guarantee that he will not relapse.

Erli really didn't have any interest in going back to Shenyang to beg for a living under that ruthless cousin, so he couldn't help but say: "Father probably doesn't know yet, Mang Guzi Gege has been imprisoned by Huang Taiji." Back then, Huang Taiji wanted Mang Guzi Gege to speak for him in front of the Heavenly Mandate Khan, how respectful and enthusiastic he was to this cousin, and even let Hao Ge marry his cousin.

However, after Huang Taiji inherited the position of the Great Khan, Mang Guzi Gege's half-brother Mang Gurtai was forced to commit suicide, and now even Gege himself has been imprisoned. He is so ruthless to his own brothers and sisters and his in-laws, can we, the children of Aixin Jueluo, be lenient or not?

I just hope that you don't get confused anymore, father, if you do it again, our father and son won't even be able to find a place to live. Although the emperor is magnanimous, he will not accept capricious people again and again. ”

For his son's groundless suspicion, Amin suddenly felt a little unhappy, but when he was about to open his mouth to reprimand, his brain turned again, so he suddenly stood there stunned. It only then did Amin think that if even his own son couldn't trust him, what would other people's attitudes towards this rumor?

Seeing that his father suddenly fell silent, Erli continued to ask, "Father, have you ever been in contact with the envoy from Shenyang?" What did you say to each other? ”

Amin waved his hand and explained with some uneasiness: "Huang Taiji did send Nan Chu from Yehebu to meet me, but we didn't talk about returning to Shenyang.

Nan Chu brought a handwritten letter from Gurma Hui and told me some news about the Shenyang family. Can I still keep him out? Ever since I fled Shenyang, I have been worried that Huang Taiji would vent his anger at Gurmahui. Huang Taiji sent someone to bring them news, and I must deal with it, lest he go to embarrass your brothers.

This is just human nature, and presumably Your Majesty will not care too much about such a trivial matter. ”

Hearing such an answer, Ellie fell silent. But then he asked out loud: "Then since Nan Chu only brought news of home, why didn't my father tell me?" Even if my father didn't want to tell me, did my father write to tell your majesty? Where are those letters now? ”

Amin was silent for a long time, and then said slowly: "The letter is not only about family matters, but also about some words written to me by Huang Taiji, which are quite forbidden. I was afraid that His Majesty would become more suspicious when he read the letters, so I burned them and concealed the meeting. ”

Elley's face was very ugly, and after a long time, he said angrily: "Then isn't there no proof of death now?" Father thinks that people on the outside are willing to believe his father's explanation? ”

Amin finally got annoyed, he slapped the table in front of him heavily, and said dissatisfiedly, "What is there to explain this?" If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, then take my head. As for the others, believe it or not, just let them go. Elli, I'm your son, don't you even believe your words? ”

Elli's momentum was suddenly suppressed by Amin, and it took a long time before he said to himself: "But what's the use of just believing me? Father, you concealed the meeting with the Shenyang envoy, burned the letter carried by the other party, and then said that you and the Shenyang envoy had nothing to talk about, father, are you treating others as fools? ”

Amin was also weak for a while, and was silent for a long time before he said listlessly: "It's really wrong to say that there is nothing said in the letter. Huang Taiji said so in the letter, he is willing to support me to become the lord of Mobei, persuade me to stand on my own according to Mobei, and then form an alliance with me to plan for the Ming Dynasty.

If one day, everyone can enter the Guannai, he is willing to share the world with me and share the wealth. If there is disharmony, he will not sit idly by and watch me being attacked by the Ming army, and will send troops to contain the Ming army from entering the Mobei grassland. Of course, if things get to the worst, he is willing to accept me back to Shenyang, so that I don't have to worry about the future..."

Erli was stunned for a moment, and was about to open his mouth to persuade his father not to have any more unrealistic ideas, but saw Amin sitting in a chair with his back against it, and then closed his eyes and said, "... Huang Taiji still misexpected me, after I left Mang Gurtai and escaped from Shenyang by myself that day, I had no ambition from that moment on.

… Whether it is Huang Taiji or His Majesty, the chess pieces played by these two people can predict the chess path after seven or eight moves. How can a brave man like me play chess with them on the same chessboard? Even if I really listened to Huang Taiji's words, and stood on my own according to Mobei, I am not a chess piece in the hands of the two of them, so what can I talk about dividing the world equally? Whoever wins the game, the next goal is to target me.

Not to mention, if there were no materials from the mainland in Ulaanbaatar now, I am afraid that the soldiers would be the first to rebel against me. As for Huang Taiji, how much material he can provide to us is just talking..."

Elley opened her mouth, trying to interrupt her father's words several times, but finally closed back and listened quietly to his father's heartfelt words.

When the room fell silent again, Erli gritted his teeth and said, "Since my father also knows that something is wrong, then it is better to go south to Fengzhen with me and ask the court and Governor Yuan for guilt." We can't afford to delay any longer and let the outside public opinion continue to spread. ”

Amin suddenly opened his eyes, sat up straight, and glared at Erli on the other side and reprimanded, "Are you dizzy?" At this time, when you go south to ask for sin, isn't it to find death? ”

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