"Lord Wang, why don't you get into the car, it's too windy outside!" Sun Chuanting poked his head out of the felt cart and said to Ezhe, who was riding a horse beside the carriage. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Ezhe stroked his cheeks, smooth and soft, in sharp contrast to the dark and rough faces of the soldiers accompanying him on both sides, the wind blew on his face like a knife cut, after three years of detention in Beijing, he was like these Han scholars who were already a little unaccustomed to the Shuofeng outside the plug, but his chest was still beating a Mongolian heart.

"It's okay, Mr. Sun, I want to ride a little longer!" Ezhe shouted to the felt cart, and with that he kicked the horse in the belly and galloped forward.

"Mr. Sun, you don't need to worry about the prince's affairs, the villain just follows!" A Mongol with gray hair smiled at Sun Chuanting and rode his horse to follow. Sun Chuanting nodded and lowered the curtains of the carriage. Due to Liu Cheng's crossing, history changed, and after Sun Chuanting was promoted to the governor of Shuntian Mansion in the eighth year of Chongzhen, he did not ask Ying to serve as the governor of Shaanxi in a critical situation in the second year, as in history, and embarked on his illustrious military career. Instead, he was promoted in order like most of his colleagues, and after serving as the governor of Shuntianfu, he went to the Ministry of Rites as the host and guest Qing official Shi Langzhong (equivalent to the chief official of a certain overall situation under the current Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

Although compared to Yang Sichanglai, Sun Chuanting is just a small official. But deep down, he did not approve of Yang Sichang's use of Ezhe to entrap the Mongolian tribes to weaken Liu Cheng's strength. Although Sun Chuanting was born in Jinshi, he was a native of Daizhou, Shanxi, which is adjacent to the border and has been a place of mixed Hu and Han and fierce folk customs since ancient times. Although he has been studying since he was a child, he is not a corrupt man who does not understand the world, and he knows quite well about the situation of the Saiwaihu people. In his opinion, although the Mongols attach great importance to blood, they value strength even more. Although Ezhe is the eldest son of Lin Dan Khan, he has been in Beijing all these years, and he doesn't even have a hundred horsemen around him, and Liu Cheng has led the Mongols to conquer the east and west over the years, conquering all the battles and being invincible, and there are strong reinforcements outside. How is this possible? What's more, although Liu Cheng has been expanding his strength over the years, he has spared no effort in the war with the Eastern Emperor, and there is nothing disrespectful to the imperial court. But the imperial court only gave him a marquis, and at the same time, he made Ezhe, who had not made a target in Beijing, the king, and asked him to openly dig Liu Cheng's corner, how can the people of the world be convinced? As the head and auxiliary of a country, he does not follow the right path, but plays with those small means in order to take advantage of luck, how can he succeed since ancient times?

Between Yang Sichang's power and his own identity, Sun Chuanting never revealed his thoughts to anyone, after all, as the actual head of the mission (Ezhe was just a child under twenty), he could not openly say that this mission was a mistake. But ever since he left Jingshi, he has become more and more pessimistic about the future.

Sun Chuanting was upset in the center of the car, so he took out a few copper coins casually, divination up, he counted several times in a row, the hexagram is not very good, the best is just a middle and lower, his heart is more and more gloomy, and he can't help but sigh: "I thought that this year, even the country has a sign of prosperity, but now it seems that I am still too optimistic!" ”

As the rut went north, the weather became colder and colder, the wind became more and more cold, the grass and trees on the road withered, and often there was no one at the end of the day. The north wind swept by, and the skeletons and white bones could often be seen scattered among the long grass, and Sun Chuanting saw it in his eyes, and his heart became more and more gloomy. He secretly thought that Yang Sichang's strategy was really playing with fire, and Liu Cheng's authoritative power outside the fortress was formed by the accumulation of these white bones, how could a yellow-mouthed child be dissolved in a few words? If it provokes his army to go south, I am afraid that such a scene will appear in the Central Plains, and at that time, what will you Yang Wenqiao do to deal with it?

Sun Chuanting was troubled in his heart, and his perception of Ezhe became worse and worse, and he just hid in the felt car every day, and he didn't see anything. After a long time, Ezhe also saw the attitude of this minister of the Ming Kingdom towards himself, he was only a teenager under twenty, and he was still a prisoner in Beijing for the most important years, where did he teach him these people's sophistication. I simply didn't bother to pay attention to Mr. Sun, who always had a black face, and he was like a bird out of the cage. After walking like this for another six or seven days, he finally met a herd, led by a small old man, whose dark and thin face was densely wrinkled, and he could not tell how old he was, wearing a fur hat and a woolen robe with a collar, and a belt around his waist, and a short knife stuck in it. The shepherds who followed behind him, all dressed in leather robes, with horned bows and arrows hanging on both sides of their saddles, and sabers hanging from their waists, were watching the group of uninvited guests vigilantly.

"Which ten thousand households are you from?" Ezhe came over and asked arrogantly in Mongolian.

"Ten thousand households?" The old man smiled, turned back and whispered something to the attendant behind him, and the shepherds behind him laughed as if they had heard something extremely ridiculous. Ezhe was immediately furious and shouted, "What do I ask you? Which ten thousand households are you under the jurisdiction of? ”

Ezhe's anger did not work, and the herdsmen laughed louder, but fortunately, the old man saw that this group of people was dressed in luxurious clothes, and knew that it should not be ordinary people, so he smiled and said: "There are no more ten thousand households on the grassland, we are the herdsmen of the ancient Han lord Zasak, and we are going to the Hetao to spend the winter!" ”

"How is this possible without 10,000 households?" When Ezhe heard this, he was shocked: "Have you forgotten Dayan Khan's Zasa? ”

"Huh!" The old man smiled, "Where are you from?" It has been several years since Lord Jinong had already formulated a new Zasa, abolished the ten thousand households, and divided the various ministries into multiple Zazaks! ”

"Lord Jinong has formulated a new Zasa?"

"That's right, the Great Khan of Abunai is still young, and the Kuriltai, composed of ministers and living Buddhas, will draw up a new Zasa, and then Lord Jinong will approve it! There are posts at the entrance of the Silver Buddha Temple! Look at you like this, you are also a Mongolian, why don't you even know this? ”

"Liu Cheng, you are so bold!" Ezhe gritted his teeth, already angry to the extreme. It turned out that after Dayan Khan unified Mongolia, he divided the tribes into 30,000 households on the left and right, and divided them equally among his sons. And in Mongolia, a custom has also been formed - a noble chief of the level of Wanhu can only be held by the descendants of Dayan Khan, for example, Bu Lostu Khan, who killed Lin Dan Khan, is actually a descendant of Dayan Khan. From then on, except for the Oirats in Moxi and the Korqin tribe in the Hazar lineage, in fact, the leaders of the Mongol tribes in the south and north of the desert were actually the descendants of Dayan Khan, and the meat was rotten in the pot anyway. In order to crack down on Dayan Khan's many heirs and strengthen his control over the various tribes to eliminate centrifugal tendencies, Liu Cheng simply abolished the political unit of Wanhu and divided the conquered tribes into more than 100 Zasaks (there were only more than 80 at first, and later as the number of Zasaks increased, the number of Zasaks also increased). Each Zasak chief had administrative, judicial, and military powers, and in the event of an expedition, the chieftain was obliged to conscript soldiers and horses in a prescribed number to fight in battle, and then reorganized into an army by temporarily appointed generals. Since each Zasak's subordinates were far less than 10,000 households, Liu Chengcheng did not have to worry about the phenomenon of a large tail, and he did not need to follow the convention that only the descendants of Dayan Khan could serve as the leaders of 10,000 households. Originally, according to Mongolian practice, even if Abnai inherited the throne of Lin Dan Khan, Ezhe had the right to obtain at least one-sixth of his subordinates (in charge of a certain Wanhu), but Liu Cheng has now completely abolished the unit of Wanhu, which is equivalent to cutting off Ezhe's back road, no wonder he is so angry.

"Who are you to dare to call Lord Jinong's name directly!" The old man looked angry, he turned around and shouted, and the knights behind him drew their swords or drew their bows and arrows, looking like they were about to fight.

"Don't be angry, old man!" Although Sun Chuanting didn't know Mongolian, he could still see that the atmosphere was not wrong, and he hurriedly stepped forward and smiled to the old Khan through the interpreter: "We are the envoys of the Son of Heaven of the Ming Kingdom, and this is the eldest son of Lin Dan Khan, your own brother of Abnai Khan. He used to live in Jingshi, and he didn't know your scruples, so please forgive me! ”

"The envoy of the Son of Heaven of the Ming Kingdom? Abneh Khan's own brother? The old man looked at the clothes of Ezhe and Sun Chuanting suspiciously, thought about it, turned around and made a gesture: "Since this is the case, then forget it, you are going to Guihua City, right?" The weather looks like it's going to snow, so let's rest together tonight! ”

"Then thank you, uncle!" Sun Chuanting said with a smile.

So the old man drove the herd a few miles west to a blister. There was a small camp, about thirty or forty tents, with a great deal of sheep, horses, and livestock. The old man pointed to the livestock with some pride: "These livestock were born in the past two or three years, after Lord Jinong took charge of the various departments, the departments no longer attack each other, and they can go south for winter every winter, and they can exchange livestock manure with the Han people for straw feed, and I don't know how many cattle and sheep die every year!" ”

"Oh! That Jinong is good for the people! Sun Chuanting said with a smile.

"Not really!" The old man said with a smile: "In the past, everyone beat me, I beat you, no one had a good time, not for the sake of stuttering more in winter, but now with honeycomb coal and feed, winter is much better!" ”

Sure enough, as the old man said, it began to snow as soon as it was dark. Everyone hurriedly set up camp, and the old man killed two sheep and invited Sun Chuanting and Ezhe to come over and drink. During the banquet, Sun Chuanting saw that the old man had a respectful attitude towards Ezhe, and his evaluation of Yang Sichang's plan was three points lower.

At dawn the next day, Sun Chuanting continued to walk westward, and as he got closer and closer to the Yellow River, he encountered more and more herdsmen. Sun Chuanting's heart sank more and more, obviously the better the Mongols lived under Liu Cheng, the more they would not pay attention to this sudden appearance of the king of Shunyi.

By the end of November, the mission had finally arrived in the city of Naturalization. They were received very warmly. But what made Sun Chuanting feel fortunate was that Liu Cheng was not here, according to the Chesang Lama who received them, the winter in Guihua City was too cold, and the Jinong Lord was wounded by an arrow and went to recuperate in Chaoyi. Sun Chuanting issued a decree to the people who remained in the Naturalization City, while Ezhe contacted the old people of various departments all day long, trying to find a few loyal people who "cherished the old favor"!

But to Ezhe's disappointment, the vast majority of people maintained a respectful attitude towards him. It's not that the people in Guihua City don't have enough respect for him, on the contrary, almost everyone has impeccable manners for him, but they all exude a sense of alienation, as if he was not Lin Dan Khan's eldest son, but some Han envoy from Beijing. Soon disappointment turns to resentment, and Ezhe has not yet learned to hide his emotions. Finally, one afternoon, the clash broke out when Ezhe whipped an officer with a whip for lack of respect for him. Min Min immediately punished the officer, and the officer was given twenty lashes for lack of respect for the Great Khan's brother. Even a teenager like Ezhe, who had little experience in life, understood that this was only the opposite - if what had previously been a strange alienation under impeccable etiquette was now a malice that was about to overflow!

"Mr. Sun, how can this be!" Ezhe complained to Sun Chuanting angrily: "I am obviously the eldest son of Lin Dan Khan, the descendant of Dayan Khan, and the court also named me the king of Shunyi, why do people here treat me like this?" Abunai is just a kid who doesn't know anything, but they respect him as the Great Khan, and I'm just the 'Great Khan's brother'! ”

"Because he is Liu Cheng's adopted son, and you are not!" Sun Chuanting raised his head from the book, of course he would not be stupid enough to tell the other party the truth directly. He pondered for a moment: "Lord Wang, this city was established by Liu Cheng, and the people here are naturally loyal to him, and you are an outsider!" ”

"You mean let me look elsewhere?" Ezhe asked excitedly.

"I mean you should go back to Beijing to live a stable life, so it's good for you, Liu Cheng, and Daming!" Sun Chuanting thought about it for a while, and decided to make it a little easier for people to accept: "Lord Wang, why don't you be more patient?" Things like this have to be considered in the long run! ”

"Patience?" Ezhe didn't hear the true meaning hidden under Sun Chuanting's words at all, and he sighed: "Mr. Sun, haven't you seen that in just a few years, the Mongols have forgotten who is the eldest son of Lin Dan Khan, and they follow Liu Cheng like a herd of sheep, but they have forgotten that only the descendants of Genghis Khan have the right to hold aloft the Great Scroll!" If this continues, they'll forget who I am! ”