Before returning to Jinan, Li Meng told Yuan Wenhong that the Mongol princes were close to each other and were often influenced by them in their policies.

As a result, things came really fast, and before the policy was made here, the news had already come back from the grassland, saying that a few monks had been killed.

Li Meng's name is more formal, in the eyes of the Central Plains people, these lamas are really not on the stage, the bad deeds of the people in Beijing during the Mengyuan Dynasty have been passed down to this day, and those lamas of the Zhengde Emperor are not good goods, and the people call them, directly they are monks.

Sun Chuanting said it very easily, Li Meng didn't think he did anything big, killing is killing, it's just knowing what happened.

Chen Yongfu and Oumanlis, the commanders of Datong, are the hosts of Shandong in the direction of the grassland, Chen Yongfu is the chief soldier of the Ming army, and he has recently joined the Jiaozhou battalion.

The current Tumut Department is a real behemoth on the steppe, almost bringing together all the resources of the original Tumut, Harashen and Korqin and the remnants of Chahar, of course, Harashen and Korqin have a lot of strength After that great defeat, they fled directly into the area controlled by the Manchu Tatars.

At this time, the Tumut Department could dispatch 30,000 herdsmen cavalry to fight at any time, and if it was mobilized, it could reach 70,000 to 80,000 cavalry, which was already the largest in the entire grassland.

Since the fall of the Mengyuan Dynasty, the Mongolian tribes in the north of the Ming Dynasty have become a plate of scattered sand, and after the Wanli year, it is even more unbearable, and the joint departments can make up more than 30,000 cavalry, which is already rare, and there are often big battles called 100,000, which are all the old and weak women and children who can ride horses together to the horse to make up the number, see the excitement, and do not count.

With such a force gathered by the Tumut Division, none of the Western Mongolia and Mobei Mongolia could catch up, and now there are elite infantry soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion and ironclad cavalry from Shandong and Shanxi in the name of the Tumut Division.

Before the snow fell on the steppe, the Tumut army and the Manchu forces fought several battles, and each other won and lost, but most of them were victorious.

After these overt and covert proofs of strength. Everyone knows who the most powerful person on the grassland is now. Moreover, the center is located at the junction of the large and small Ling rivers, and it is located in Lizhou. The Golden Tent of the Ministry of Tumut. Now it is also the most prosperous commercial center in Eastern Mongolia.

Merchants from Shandong and Beizhili. Exit from Xifeng Pass and Lengkou. Mongolian herders need ground salt. The Mongol nobles needed liquor and luxury goods to be trafficked to Lizhou. Then the gold and silver, livestock, and furs were brought back. The Tumut tribe has never felt so rich.

Every business is subject to a certain percentage of taxes. That's not a high tax. Taiji Alslen only deducted a small part of it to fill his pockets. But this is also what makes him rich. Moreover, he also gained a good reputation among the Mongolian princes and nobles.

There's just too much business. Individual small businesses. Taiji Arslen has even disdained to collect taxes. Originally, he was greedy for ink, but he was still cautious and trembling. Later, however, the Han people who presided over the affairs of the country acquiesced in this behavior in other places. This is the way to make money with confidence.

What everyone didn't expect was. Taiji Arslendi's reputation for "incorruptibility" has also brought other effects. For example, the princes and nobles who later annexed the territory. I began to think that the killing of Tumut Khan must have made sense. Arslen is such a rare person who is honest and fair. How could you do such a rebellious thing?

There is force. Have financial resources. Such huge tribes in the steppe. That's really a lot of votes. Moreover, now the head of the Tumut Department is Ezhe, the descendant of the Chahar Khan. This is the most noble of the Golden Family. The only nominal heir of the co-owner of the grassland. In this way, the people still have a righteous place name.

Many small tribes originally had the attitude that they had nothing to do with themselves, I didn't help the Manchus, and I wouldn't help your Tumut tribe to fight, but now they all came to defect.

With such a thriving momentum, thinking about it, there is only the heyday of the Mengyuan Dynasty, and people who don't know the brain seem to think that this is the revival of Mongolia on the steppe.

Those with clear minds saw something else, the military camp stationed on the edge of the residence of Chahar Khan Ezhe and the relatives and nobles of the various tribes, where idle people were forbidden to enter and exit, where the foot soldiers and cavalry were more elite than all the soldiers of the Tumut department, and every time the Golden Horde was discussed, there were always a few Han people sitting on the top and one was a Semu person, and the most powerful Taiji Arslen wanted to see them every time he issued an order.

It is impossible to have no reason, inexplicable prosperity, the Tumut Department in the past six months, suddenly died Tumut Khan, and after experiencing a heavy loss, there is such a change, the most obvious reason must be that the Han army stationed on the side and these Han generals.

With such prosperity, there will definitely be such and such benefits if you come and attach yourself, and those lamas of the Tumut tribe have fled elsewhere after Tumut Khan was killed.

After this Ezhe was brought back from the Hetao by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he was already a prisoner of the Manchu Tartars, and he was completely a puppet, and the Red Lamas who originally flattered their Chahar Khan family ran away and went to flatter the Jurchen Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners outside the Guan.

Now Ezhe is also a puppet, but after all, it is such a big scene, and he is rich and powerful, and Taiji Arslen and those real principals are still quite respectful in name.

Many people began to have bad ideas, and since they settled down in Lizhou, the lamas of the Red and Yellow Sects have come here.

First asked the Mongolian princes and relatives to donate to repair the temple, these Mongolian nobles generally believe in Tantra, Lizhou was originally just a small town, there is no temple, this time since it is settled, it is normal to repair the temple, everyone has donated alms, mobilized the slave tribesmen below them, and soon it was built.

The temple was built, and there were more lamas at a distance, and as soon as there were many people, their minds began to be restless, and the soldiers of the Han people were also 8,000 people, and there were some foot soldiers, and the people who could go to the Mongolian departments to pull the bow could almost mobilize hundreds of thousands, and I was afraid that he would not succeed.

In fact, Zhang Jiang, the commander-in-chief of the Hebei Army, drove Gao Di to the Shanhaiguan area and opened up the Xifengkou and Lengkou, the two passes from inside the pass to the outside of the pass, so that at some critical time, the Hebei Army could reach the grassland as quickly as possible.

The monks borrowed from them and

The relationship between the upper echelons is good, and the tandem movement everywhere is nothing more than why not take our Mongolians' own power into their own hands, but instead cheapen the evil Ming people, and now drive those Ming people out, this power swallows Western Mongolia and Mobei Mongolia, and then allied with the Manchu Tatars, this is the cause of Genghis Khan.

It is said that the most important thing they should be looking for is Ezhe, but Ezhe is purely an empty shelf, and he enjoys a lot of wealth and wealth, but he has no actual rights at all.

The monks were very clear about the power structure of the various ministries, and knew that the people who spoke effectively on the Mongolian side were Taiji Arsleng and a few Daru Huachi, and took the opportunity to pass on the scriptures to vaguely express this meaning, and the Mongolian relatives and nobles who could go to this position were not stupid, and immediately understood this meaning.

Immediately, some people were tempted, firstly, it was in Lizhou such a big scene is really tempting, manpower and financial resources are full of money, grasp it in their own hands, this prospect is really attractive, and then there is this strength comparison, the Han people are armed only 10,000, and they can mobilize tens of thousands at any time, if they do it, they will not suffer!

Among these nobles who were favored by the lamas, the most powerful was Arslen, and some people even promised the old nobleman that as long as he advocated this matter, he would be the next Mongolian Great Khan, and the affairs of the law and blood would be decided by the living Buddha in the temple.

However, Arslene's first reaction when he heard the news was to politely wait for a few great lamas to leave, and then go to the residence of Chen Yongfu and others to report the news.

After half a month of silence, the Han people seemed to know nothing, the tandem of the lamas became more frequent and active, the winter on the steppe came much earlier than in the Central Plains, and at the end of October, the snow fell heavily, and after the snow, neither the Manchus nor the Mongols could organize too much of a campaign.

Because on the grassland, trying to travel in the vast white snow field was a disaster for both sides of the battle, and the heavy snow fell, except for a few trade routes near the Guanzhong, most of the rest of the activities were stopped, and the herders relied on the reserve land for pasture for the winter.

Chahar Khan Ezhe invited the Mongolian princes, Taiji, and Nayanlai Khan to meet in Lizhou, and there should be a banquet to thank you for so many things this year.

Such a conference is naturally attended by those who have enough status, and several new great lamas from Lizhou are also invited.

#筹交错这个不必说, Lizhou is now a commercial and trade center, and the high level of soju from Beizhili has aroused the addiction of these Mongolian relatives and nobles who are good wines.

What followed was also the traditional drama, the banquet was in a hearty place, and suddenly a thousand households of the Golden Horde guard hurriedly ran in, and loudly warned in the military tent, saying that they had just received a secret report that the lamas of the Red Sect and the Yellow Sect colluded with the Manchu thieves and wanted to murder the Great Khan and the Living Buddha.

Everyone was dizzy, and suddenly heard someone shouting like this, and immediately knew that it was not good, everyone had been in a high position for so many years, and how to sing the routine of this play, they all knew it in their hearts.

In the tent of the Great Khan, except for the small knife that cut the flesh, the rest of the weapons must be placed outside to be guarded by the guards, in case it is aimed at themselves, thinking of this, many Mongolian princes are in a cold sweat, is this Ezhe a wolf cub, to hook everyone here, catch them all, and seize this power himself.

This kind of thing can't be done by others, if it does, all tribes will make trouble together, but only this Ezhe is qualified to do it, after all, he is the nominal princess of the grassland, and the descendant of the golden family.

What happened next made them breathe a sigh of relief, and Ezhe, who was sitting in the middle of the middle, heard the report of this thousand households, and was late, and perhaps looked at Alslen, who was sitting on his left hand, and suddenly shouted at the top of his voice:

"Protect the living Buddha, protect the sweat tent, and don't be polite to the villains......"

When he shouted these words, the guards who had already been prepared outside poured into the tent, the sweat tent was spread with fine Persian blankets, and the boots of the soldiers with snow and muddy water were directly trampled on it, and some nobles of the small tribe were very distressed.

The great lamas were still in shock, and some of them reacted quickly and shouted that this was someone else's frame-up, and the wolf-like guards had rushed to the front, and suddenly heard someone shouting that these lamas were armed and wanted to murder the Great Khan, and they were about to kill them.

Now it is even more polite, the guards raised their knives and fell, and the knives were cut down, and those great lamas practiced joy meditation every day, eating meat and drinking wine, and there was no chance of resistance, so they were cut and killed.

Even if everyone had seen this bloody scene, but seeing the people around them being hacked to death, they still gasped, and just when they were at a loss, everyone's backbone, Taiji Alslen, stood up and said with majesty:

"Leave some people to protect the Great Khan, and the rest of the people go and save the living Buddha!!"

Yes, the living Buddha sent by Tubo is still in the temple, because the living Buddha wants to practice some scriptures, so he can come tonight, after leaving some soldiers, I heard the horseshoe outside the tent, and a large number of cavalry went to the temple on the edge of Lizhou City.

At this time, everyone also understood what was going on, and their brains were even more convenient to think of the lamas' tandem everywhere these days, look at Chahar Khan Ezhe, this young man was trembling, although he gave orders, he still couldn't help but be afraid, look at the white-bearded Arslen, the old Taiji couldn't help but look at the Han military general on the side, and usually the color-eyed man and a few young Han people were not at the banquet.

Everyone in the Golden Tent finally determined one more thing, in such a big situation as the Tumut Ministry, who really spoke effectively.

This night, the blood flowed into the city, and the lamas in the temple were completely defenseless, and they were directly attacked by others, and the forces used this night were all the soldiers of the experimental brigade under Oumanris, a temple of the Red Sect, a temple of the Yellow Sect, and the lamas inside were all killed cleanly, leaving only two living Buddhas.

The Mongolian herdsmen living in Lizhou, some middle and lower-class petty bureaucrats, and some devout believers, all took the initiative to come to the rescue when they heard that something was happening at the temple.

At night in Lizhou, a curfew was also imposed in accordance with the rules of Daming, and the orders issued by Zhang Kun and Ou Manlis were very simple and resolute, and all those who rushed out during the curfew were killed.

Since they can rush out to rescue during the curfew, it must be the devout followers of the Red Sect and the Yellow Sect, and it is also these sinister monks who can move

quantity, this is a hidden danger, Shandong soldiers and horses are less than 10,000 people, lonely and suspended, some hands, some indecisive, that can only harm themselves, anyway, it is not Han people to kill, and there is no psychological burden to kill.

How could these herdsmen who rushed over in a hurry be the opponents of the elite of Shandong like the experimental brigade, and they were all killed by chopping melons and vegetables.

The clamor of shouting and killing did not last long, and soon it was quiet, but the people who should have been killed had already been killed, and after this night, the living Buddha had been "protected", and all the words were spoken by others for them.

They were stripped of their status, their people and property were confiscated, and the evil was beheaded to the public, an order strongly supported by Arslen.

Now the direct subordinates of the Tumut Department can mobilize tens of thousands of cavalry, those nobles and small tribes have no ability to disobey at all, such as Arslen There are also smart people, they all told Chen Yongfu the news, these nobles and the chiefs of the small tribes who were sentenced are the ones who conceal the tandem of the lamas and keep it a secret.

After this incident, the subordinates of Tumut finally understood who was the real master, but there was no negative impact in the past. Sometimes it's not a bad thing to put aside any unrealistic delusions and enjoy real wealth, at least to live comfortably and happily.

If it is said that the Tumut, Harashen, Korqin, and Chahar departments are fused together, then there will indeed be greater forces available for Shandong.

It's just that the Mongolian tribes that have always been scattered have been fused together, and they have become a force, relying on how to control the thousands of people and horses in Shandong outside the fortress, and if they don't do it, they will endanger themselves, Chen Yongfu can see it clearly, now he is using his own strength to suppress the 30,000 young cavalry of the Tumut department, and then use this force to drive the cavalry of other departments to act, these tribes have contradicted each other before, and they do not belong to each other, this is the long-term way.

This kind of killing monks is a decisive move to weigh the interests and disadvantages, and it is to make it easier for Shandong to control the Mongolian tribes, and Chen Yongfu and Zhang Kun, Ou Man and others set up an ambush for the Tumut department in Datong, which is a risky move in itself, if you don't use thunder means, how can you ensure your own safety and the success of your goals.

The situation they wrote on the letter, when Li Meng and Sun Chuanting saw it, they would definitely not have any intention of blaming, only praise.

When Chen Yongfu discussed this matter with Zhang Kun, Wei Li, and Yang Chengzu on the same day, in order to let everyone fully participate, they made a guarantee, saying that they would bear the responsibility themselves, and as a result, there were many people who were willing to be listed in this matter, Chen Yongfu, Zhang Kun, Yang Chengzu, and Ou Manris.

After Li Meng saw this newspaper, he admired these famous generals very much, such people who can plan alone and have responsibilities should be more reused in the future, and the future of wealth and wealth is often in such details, and whether they dare to gamble, obviously those people are doing the right thing.

"If you kill it, you will kill it, Mr. Sun, these barbarians on the grassland are very superstitious about this tantric thing, and sometimes life and death are thrown on the side, but if you look at this incident in Linqingzhou, in addition to being able to deceive your own people into dreaming of the emperor, what else can you do, the waste in the nest."

Hearing Li Meng's words, Sun Chuanting shook his head, and he couldn't see what the expression was under the iron mask, but he picked up another document and said with a smile:

"Lord Guogong, this is a newspaper sent by Zhang Jiang, the chief soldier of Hebei, and the things mentioned above are related to the outside of the Sai, compared to killing the monks to stabilize the situation, but this newspaper has more details to considerable."

It was rare to hear Sun Chuanting speak like this, Li Meng was also interested, stretched out his hand to take it, and transcribed it in block letters according to his own habits, and added a circle point for reading.

He looked here, and Sun Chuanting opened his mouth to explain on the side:

"The sale of land in Henan, where Lord Guogong returned to Henan, has some similarities with what Mr. Zhang said in his letter."

Li Meng also saw the content of the letter, although it was a matter of Hejian Mansion and Yongping Mansion, but it was really related to the grassland, at present, the Tumut Department was dominant, and the various ministries were dependent, and it looked like a prosperous scene, but in fact, there were a large number of small tribes and herdsmen who were scattered and broken, and had nowhere to survive.

After the Manchu Tartars captured the Yongping Mansion several times, except for the tenant farmers who were controlled by the military leaders, the rest of the people left to other places to escape the military disaster.

This Yongping Mansion is not too big a place, but there is a lot of wasteland, it is suitable for the development of Tuntian Grange, but there is a problem, there is not enough manpower to cultivate, at present only Jizhou Town, Lulong, Qian'an, Kaiping, Zhou several large cities around the city to start to carry out, but that is just to turn Gaodi's original Tuntian into the Jiaozhou battalion of the military tun.

At this time, the wandering Mongolian herdsmen who had nowhere to settle down on the steppe became the best laborers, and in the Tuntian Grange between Lulong and Qian'an, they had begun to try to use Mongolian labor, and they could only meet the basic food and clothing at first, because they were not very proficient in farm work, and could only work as helpers, usually a Han farmer with five Mongolian helpers. To put it mildly, this is actually replacing the role of livestock.

When they are familiar with farm work, they can be treated according to the requirements of the tuntian households, and at that time they will be almost sinicized, and they can be treated as Han people.

Zhang Jiang also said in the letter that several stewards of the Lingshan Commercial Bank had seen it in Yongping Mansion, saying that it was a waste to use the Mongols in this way, and that now the army was short of horses, livestock and various by-products, and that Yongping Mansion could do more in animal husbandry.

Some Mongolian nobles who came here with gold and silver have already seen that buying land is beneficial, whether it is grazing or farming, and they have spent their silver one after another.

After they got the benefits, they spread the news to the outside of the Saiwai, and there were many tribal relatives and nobles who were in good condition in order to find a way back to Yongping Mansion with gold and silver, and some directly went to Hejian Mansion to buy land and buy industries, that is, these people have the closest relationship with Shandong, and they often report on the grassland.

Because everyone has become a community of interests, this is indeed in line with Henan's strategy of selling land......

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