The Ming Dynasty was established by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to overthrow the previous Mongol-ruled Da Yuan, but even so, the Mongols have always been a big problem for the Ming court. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although the entire steppe was divided because of Chengzu's several northern attacks, it became the same as before Genghis Khan unified the Mongolian tribes, and the strength of the Tatar and Warat tribes could not be compared with the iron cavalry that swept through the Central Plains and swept Eurasia before, but they still had enough strength to pose a constant threat to the border of the Ming Dynasty, so that the imperial court had to put more troops into the nine-sided towns and send the most warlike generals in the country to guard the northern frontier.

Fortunately, with the passage of time, the Mongols have been constantly depleted by the struggle between each other, and although they can still pose a threat to the border areas from time to time, they have almost no strength to invade the Central Plains. Especially after the Jiajing Dynasty, when the last Mongolian hero was getting old, it was difficult for the Mongolian people to regain their former glory, and they could only protect themselves.

This is the story between the history of the Ming Dynasty and the old enemy in the north. Although after this, the Jurchen tribes in the northeast suddenly rose up, replacing the Mongols as the greatest enemies of the Ming Dynasty at an astonishing speed, and finally seized the entire Ming Dynasty. But at least the Mongolian people are completely degenerate, and there is no possibility of returning to courage.

But now, it's clear that everything has changed incredibly. A very inconspicuous tribe in the steppe, which should have been annihilated under the rule of the jungle, suddenly rose up at an astonishing speed, and in just a few years, it swallowed up many large and small tribes in the steppe, just like their ancestor Genghis Khan Temujin, almost unifying the entire Mongolian steppe.

No, in a sense, the rise of the Gai tribe was even faster than Genghis Khan's tribe, and it was incredible. You must know that it took Genghis Khan decades of work and hundreds of battles to dominate the grassland, but it only took five or six years for the Gai beggar department to stand on the top of the grassland......

When this miraculous performance of the Gai Beggars was constantly reported by the spies from the north, the whole court felt a different kind of nervousness, and the pressure of such a strong enemy on the side was real.

If the Taizu or Chengzu Dynasty is changed, once it is known that there is such a strong enemy, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably take the initiative to attack at all costs and strangle the threat in infancy. But now the Ming Dynasty has long lost its original vigor, and the literati are naturally more than enough talk and not enough practical work, even if there are always people in the court who mention the threat of the Mongols, but once someone really proposes the Northern Expedition, it will inevitably attract a crusade -

The imperial court has been suffering from internal and external troubles over the years, and even if the treasury has a balance, it is not much, how can it be possible to come up with money and grain to support a large-scale Northern Expedition? What's more, it is a big thing to really send troops to the Northern Expedition, and there must be a justifiable reason -- the imperial court is not a ruffian on the street, and you can find a random reason to do it with others -- but in recent years, the Mongolian people have become much more honest than before, and only a small number of restless small tribes will invade the Ming border, so naturally the imperial court will have less of a justifiable excuse to send troops to the Northern Expedition -- these various factors come together, so that the ministers are naturally strongly opposed to the use of troops in the north.

Even if Wanli was unwilling, under the current pattern of the imperial court, it was not easy to insist on going his own way, and in the end he could only refuse the proposal of some radical officials. But even so, he was still very concerned about the situation in the north, and every few days, he would ask the Jinyi guard led by Yang Zhen to play the situation there in time, so that he could be mentally prepared.

Yang Zhen is naturally extremely concerned about this, and even in a sense, he attaches more importance to this matter than the emperor. Just because of the Manchu monarchs, he is the only one who knows how incredible this matter is, and this Gai beggar department still has a constant connection with him.

Regarding the rise of the Gai Beggar Department, Yang Zhen felt a little inexplicable. Because from his own memory, as well as his brother's historical knowledge, he can clearly give a diametrically opposite situation of the grassland. But the appearance of the Gai beggar tribe has completely changed the appearance of the grassland that their brothers are familiar with, and once such a small tribe rises, it is actually such a trend of burning the prairies, which is really sensational.

"Is this the so-called butterfly effect? It is precisely because of my appearance that there have been earth-shaking changes within the Mongolian people, which have reunited the various parts of the grassland that had gradually weakened, and have posed a great threat to the Central Plains? Yang Zhen once asked his brother like this.

And Yang Chen couldn't come up with a clear answer to this: "Although you have crossed paths with them and helped them before, it doesn't seem that this is enough to make such a small tribe continue to grow stronger, and even have the strength to annex the grassland...... I'm afraid this butterfly effect is too strong. ”

"But I can't think of another reasonable explanation. Big brother, you know the real history, those Mongolian tribes have not been united for hundreds of years, even if there is a figure like Geldan. But now, the Gai Beggars have done what the 'descendants' can't do, and they are because of me, so I can't help but think so. Yang Zhen said with some self-reproach.

"This ......" For a while, Yang Chen didn't know how to comfort his brother, he could only say that there must be other factors in everything, and Yang Zhen just played a role in promoting it.

In order to prove whether his judgment was correct or not, Yang Zhen then sent a lot of Jinyiwei's spies to go deep into the grassland to find out the changes and specific circumstances. And as he continued to understand the Gai Qi Ministry, he became more and more vigilant about this growing potential opponent, and if he continued like this, he was afraid that their unification of the grassland would no longer be an empty word.

And just yesterday, a piece of news that shocked Yang Zhen even more came back - two months ago, the people of the Gai Beggars launched an attack on the Jurchen tribe in the northeast, and wiped out several small tribes there. And these tribes are called Jianzhou Jurchens!

In the past few years, because he has completely integrated into this era, Yang Zhen has also begun to take precautions, and he attaches great importance to the Jianzhou Jurchen, the predecessor of the Manchu who will become one of the gravediggers of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and has also sent people over there to keep an eye on it.

However, judging from the rewards of this period of time, this Jurchen tribe, which is too small and too weak to be weak, really can't pose any threat to the huge Ming Dynasty.

This result made Yang Zhen have an idea, maybe as long as he changes, Daming will not repeat the mistakes of the past and become the Daming that people know in history. As for the Jianzhou Jurchens, as long as he finds out the whereabouts of Nurhachi and the others, he can get rid of them.

But I didn't expect that I hadn't done this yet, but with the help of the Mengren, I actually wiped out this weak Jianzhou Jurchen in one fell swoop. I'm afraid that this time, Nurhachi, who once unified the Jurchen tribes in history and eventually became a problem in the heart of the Ming Dynasty, was also killed.

But this is a little strange, why did those Mongolian people do this? Generally speaking, the steppe tribes sent troops for only one purpose, that is, to plunder - both population and wealth were their greatest needs for sending troops - but the Jianzhou Jurchens were poor and white, and they were even more sad than the life of the Mongols, how could they use troops against such a poor and destitute small tribe?

Because of this news, Yang Zhen almost couldn't sleep well all night. Entering the palace today, it is difficult to say this, after all, the Son of Heaven does not know what will happen in the future, so he can only use a more serious tone to say how much of a threat the Mongolian people are.

Sure enough, after Wanli heard this, he also took it as a warning: "Yang Qing, tell me, how should we deal with it?" ”

"This ...... Obviously, the 100 officials in the DPRK and China are opposed to the large-scale use of troops, so now they have to use some extraordinary means. For example, elite men were sent to assassinate the leaders of the important Mongol tribes in order to stir up internal conflicts. Another example is to let the soldiers guarding the border be more prepared......" Yang Zhen gave his advice a little helplessly. Although he knew that these practices might not really alleviate the current situation.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to give them an order for the latter......" Wanli smiled bitterly. Da Ming has always flaunted himself with benevolence and righteousness, so it is naturally impossible to take the initiative: "As for the former, it seems that you still have to rely on Yang Qing's Jinyi Guards to do it." ”

Yang Zhen nodded deeply: "The minister understands, in fact, after knowing the changes in the Mongolian people, the minister has the heart to do this." It's just that after all, this matter is very important, and the minister does not dare to act rashly. Since His Majesty also thinks so, the minister will make corresponding arrangements. ”

"Well, then I'll entrust the affairs of the north to you Jinyiwei."

"The minister will live up to His Majesty's trust!" Yang Zhen hurriedly arched his hand. Speaking of this, he glanced at the emperor again, and said with some concern: "I don't know what other troubles Your Majesty has besides this matter in the north, how can it be like this?" ”

When the emperor heard this, his brows furrowed: "Sure enough, I couldn't hide it from Yang Qing's eyes." Indeed, I am agonizing over one thing. As he spoke, he handed the copy of the note on the case to Sun Hai, and motioned for him to show it to Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen respectfully took the song, only glanced at it, and didn't show a helpless smile. Recently, he had heard about the things that officials in the court and China were most concerned about, but he didn't expect the emperor to be very distressed because of this, and it could be seen that he was really disgusted with his subordinates interfering with the prince's affairs.

It seemed that he was very aggrieved in his heart, and he desperately needed an outlet, coupled with his trust in Yang Zhen, Wanli spit bitter water at him: "Yang Qing, tell me, I am only twenty years old, and those courtiers forced me to quickly establish the crown prince, as if I would ...... They also see too far! Tell me, what should I do, how can this prince be established in such a hurry? As he spoke, he looked at Yang Zhen angrily, waiting for his most trusted friend to comment!

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