To say that Daming's control over Hami is indeed insufficient. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In fact, in Suzhou, the capital of Shaanxi, that is, west of Jiayuguan, the policy of fetters was basically pursued.

Not only Hamiwei, but also the similar Aduanwei, Qu Xianwei, Andingwei, Handong Zuowei, and Chijin Mongol Wei basically supported Hu'er to rule.

It's just that these chieftains are pro-Ming factions and are willing to temporarily throw themselves into the Ming Dynasty. However, the special geographical location determines that the national policy they pursue is intermittent in Qi Chu, and it is impossible to be obedient and loyal to the Ming Dynasty all the time.

In Xie Shen's impression, the current Zhongshun king, the ruler of Hami, Bai Yalang, has defected in history, but he has not shown bad deeds yet.

Of course, the most urgent thing at the moment is to solve the Turpan ruler Mansuer, the clown.

On February 15, Emperor Zhengde ordered a grand court meeting, and hundreds of officials went to Fengtian Hall to participate in the court.

The sudden arrival of the Son of Heaven was naturally to solve the headache of the loss of Hami.

However, on an occasion like the Great Dynasty Meeting, many people have scruples, and it is naturally impossible to ask for any specific countermeasures. Emperor Zhengde sat in the Fengtian Hall all morning, and did not ask why, and announced his retirement from the dynasty in great disappointment.

The court council did not ask for a countermeasure, so it summoned the cabinet ministers to ask.

After retiring from the dynasty, Emperor Zhengde ordered three scholars in the cabinet to discuss matters in the side hall.

It can be seen that Zhu Houzhao's mood is indeed very anxious, and he has changed his normal state and become diligent.

After experiencing the Northern Tour, Zhu Houzhao was very convinced of Xie Shen's military talent, and directly asked by name: "Sir, how do you think this battle should be fought?" ”

Xie Shen bowed his hand and said, "Back to Your Majesty, in the opinion of the minister, this battle must be fought, and it is not limited to the battle with Turpan. ”

Zhu Houzhao asked with interest: "Sir, let's talk about it." ”

Xie Shen took a deep breath and said: "If you want to talk about this Turpan, you can't fail to mention Yili Jiangli, Your Majesty should know that after the Khan of the Li Khanate moved the capital to Yili Jiangli, his control over Turpan was weakened. In the twenty-third year of Chenghua, Aheima occupied Turpan and proclaimed himself Khan. ”

However, it is said that the Chagatai Khanate was divided into the Western Chagatai Khanate and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

The customary name of the land in the Ming Dynasty was Hudong Chagatai Khanate.

The Eastern Chagatai Khanate was the first to set the capital of Beishili City, so the Ming Dynasty called it Beishili Country. It means city in Turkic language, so it can be called the city of Belost.

Later, the Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate moved westward and set the capital in Yili, and the name of the Ming Dynasty was changed from Besu to Yili.

Yili is the homonym of Yili, and as the name suggests, this is the city of Yili.

With the westward migration of the Crooked Khan, the center of gravity of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was naturally placed in the west, and the control of Turpan near the old capital was insufficient, and it was finally occupied and divided by Aheima. This is why there is a later competition between Turpan and Daming for Hami. To say that although the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was a nominal vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it did not make the Ming Dynasty feel at ease. Before the rise of Turpan, it had been competing with the Ming Dynasty for Hami.

After Aheima occupied Turpan and established himself as a khan, the khans of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate basically gave up Hami, but Xie Shen did not believe that the khans of Eastern Chagatai did not understand the importance of Hami. He sat idly by and ignored Ahima's Khan, and the only explanation was that he hoped that Turpan would become a buffer between the Ming Dynasty and the Eastern Chagatai.

If there was no Turpan Khanate created by Aheima, there would inevitably be a lot of friction between the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Ming Dynasty, which would not be beneficial to either side.

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "What Mr. said is good. Now this is also the strength of the country and my Ming Dynasty has a good relationship, but the Turpan Khanate founded by Aheima, has attacked Hami several times and provoked my great tomorrow! ”

Xie Shenxin said that the division of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is far from over, and now at least Turpan can only be regarded as a separatist force, which is included in the territory of Yili Jiangli. In the future, the entire Eastern Chagatai Khanate will be divided into the Yarkand Khanate, a smaller version of the Yili Janri, and the Turpan Khanate.

The establishment of the Yarkand Khanate was in the ninth year of Zhengde, and it was only six years from now.

For the Ming Dynasty, this was an opportunity, if they could take advantage of the split of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate to open up the Western Regions, regardless of the possibility of rebuilding the Silk Road, at least they would not have to worry about the supply of horses.

After all, the Ili horse is world-famous, and it is far from being comparable to the horses raised by Ma Zheng. Even the steppe horses of Warat and Tatar could not be compared.

Xie Shen continued to follow the temptation and said, "Your Majesty, have you ever wondered why the Khan of Yili has not expressed his position? ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

What Mr. said makes sense, it stands to reason that this is also a vassal country of the Ming Dynasty, and now that Hamiwei has been attacked and conquered by the Turpan people, shouldn't it be said as a neighboring vassal country?

"Your Majesty, in the eyes of the minister, perhaps the Khan of this Yili is happy to see Turpan sit big."

Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized: "What does Mr. mean that Yili wants to use the sharp blade of Turpan to stab Da Ming and develop himself?" ”

"Your Majesty is wise."

The politics of a big country and the politics of a small country are two sets of theories that are completely opposed.

What a big country seeks is development, and it will be taken away by a wave of leveling and pushing.

And what a small country must seek is survival, the so-called between Qi and Chu, forbearance and survival.

The Yili Khanate has not yet been divided, and it is an absolute power in terms of territory and the number of soldiers who control the strings.

As long as the country's lord is not an idiot, he will pursue this strategy, ostensibly reconcile with the Ming Dynasty, but in fact secretly train the army, and wait for the defeat of the Ming and Turpan killings, and then jump out to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Or when there is civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, he can covet the Central Plains.

In essence, Yili Lili is the same root as Tatar and Warat, and there is no difference.

Prairie people dream of enjoying the life of the warbler singing and dancing in the Central Plains, and once they have the opportunity, they will definitely not hesitate to drink the Central Plains.

Emperor Zhengde clenched his fists angrily and said hatefully: "I didn't expect that I would treat him sincerely, and he would be separated from me." ”

After a pause, Zhu Houzhao sighed again and said: "It's a pity that Yili is a nominal vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and if there is no crime, it is not good for me to directly use troops against it." ”

Xie Shen couldn't help frowning.

This is indeed a problem. It stands to reason that the name of the subject country is also useful for a good-faced country like the Ming Dynasty. If you change to a steppe khanate that pursues pragmatism, whether you are a subject country or not, whether you are a vassal or not, whether you pay tribute or not, as long as there is a benefit, you will definitely be taken away by a wave of leveling.

But for the Ming Dynasty, the name of the subject country is the best talisman. With this name, as long as it is not openly raised against the Ming Dynasty, it can develop peacefully and steadily.

Therefore, it is necessary to find a reason, a reason that can be made public.

"Doesn't Your Majesty think it's strange that Hami and other guards are extremely combative, but they have been repeatedly defeated in battles with Turpan. There are no horses near Turpan! ”

Zhu Houzhao was taken aback by what he said about this.

Yes, Turpan doesn't seem to be a place to produce horses, but its cavalry has an advantage against the Hami guards, which is unusual.

"In the minister's opinion, it is likely that Yili secretly sold the war horse to Turpan in order to make it fight against the Ming Dynasty."

In fact, Xie Shen did not have direct evidence to prove that Yili provided war horses to Turpan, but this kind of thing just makes sense logically. After all, it was impossible for Turpan to buy horses from its sworn enemies, the Tatars.

"As long as you use this as a crime to ask Yili to raise the Khan for his crimes, he will not be nameless."

There is only the word interest between countries, and the war horse resources in Yili are too important for the Ming Dynasty. With control of the horse source, the Ming soldiers were able to stand up against the Tatars, and they no longer had to worry about being held back by the horses.

After all, it is still unreliable to rely solely on flintlock pistols to fight cavalry, Xie Shen cannot guarantee that the entire nine sides will be equipped with flintlock pistols in a few years, even if there are sufficient guns, it is also very risky to rely on lancers alone to fight against cavalry, and it requires a very tacit degree of cooperation. It's not easy to get a soldier familiar with the use of a flintlock pistol at the moment, and it's funny to pay attention to coordination.

"Yes."

Zhu Houzhao pondered for a moment and said, "What do you think of Yuanfu and Jifu?" ”

Li Dongyang coughed and said, "Your Majesty, according to the old minister's opinion, the soldiers are also murder weapons." It's not that this battle can't be fought, but we must be fully prepared, and the grain and grass logistics must keep up, otherwise it will damage the national strength of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Li Dongyang is the first assistant, so there is naturally no problem with him.

Marching and fighting is not a joke, and every day of fighting on the front line is a heavy burden for the Ming court. If it drags on for a long time, all the treasury money may not be able to support it, and maybe you will have to borrow money from the big account in Beijing......

Xie Qian also added: "It is too far to transfer grain from Jiangnan to Shaanxi Xingdusi, I am afraid that a large part of it will have to be transported from Shanxi, and the rest will be raised by Governor Yang himself." ”

It's not that Xie Qian is unreasonable, it's really helpless.

Jingshi and Jiangnan transported grain to Shaanxi, and along the way, the grain loss had to be eliminated by seven out of ten, and the bad practice of grain was not such a bad practice.

There are many wealthy businessmen in Shanxi, and there is no shortage of food, and it is close to Shaanxi, so it is the best choice to transport a large part of it to Shaanxi Xingdusi. It's a big deal that the imperial court can exempt Shanxi from the same amount of grain tax in the next few years.

Let Yang Yiqing raise the rest by himself, and there is no way to do it. There is not much grain stored in Taicang in the imperial court, if it is all thrown into this war, what should it be like if there is another disaster year and a famine year? Relying on the rice grain in the local government warehouse alone is probably a drop in the bucket.

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao was a little shaken again.

Listening to Li Dongyang and Xie Qian say this, the economic situation of the imperial court does not seem to be good, so is it necessary to fight this battle?

"Your Majesty, no matter what, Hami must be recaptured, and as for the matter of fighting with Yili, you can think about it again."

In desperation, Xie Shen had no choice but to make concessions. Everything he can say has already been said, and it is the big boss Emperor Zhengde who makes the final decision.

"Well, this Mansuer is too uninteresting, I want to order Yang Yiqing to teach him a good lesson."

If you only fight Turpan and recapture Hami, then it can only be regarded as a local battle, and the amount of grain and grass required is far less than that of starting a war with Yili to bring the Li Khanate.

"Well, I'm a little tired, too."

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian bowed their hands one after another: "The minister retreats." ”

"The minister also retired."

Xie Shen also saluted and retired, but was stopped by Emperor Zhengde: "Sir, stay here." ”

After Li Dongyang and Xie moved out of the side hall, Zhu Houzhao smiled bitterly and said, "Does Mr. Fang really think that?" ”

Zhu Houzhao was not stupid, he could see that Xie Shen changed his words because of his attitude, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian.

"Please forgive your Majesty. In fact, the minister hopes that Daming can take it down in one go. As Chen analyzed before, taking Yili can not only promote my great prestige, but also control Ma Yuan, which is definitely more beneficial than disadvantageous. ”

"But what about the problem of grain and grass, Taicang can't help but leave food for emergencies. If there is to be a war, how can we only rely on Shanxi and Shaanxi to raise grain? ”

Zhu Houzhao paused for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I heard that the money bank opened by Mr. is quite profitable, and I don't know if I can buy some grain to lend to the imperial court. ”

Well, it turns out that Zhu Houzhao went around in a circle to say this.

No wonder he retired Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, but left Xie Shen behind......

Xie Shen was really a little crying and laughing.

"Your Majesty, although the minister has earned some money, it is not worth mentioning compared to the rich merchants in Jiangnan, even if the minister sells all his belongings to buy food, I am afraid it will be enough for the army to consume for three days on the front line."

This is not that Xie Shen is crying poor, but the actual situation.

If there is a war with Yili Khanate, at least more than 100,000 troops will be mobilized, and the food consumption in a day will be very amazing, and Xie Shen's family will have to eat it in a few days.

Xie Shen's meaning is very clear, if you want to kill a big family, your old man picked up a butcher's knife and killed the rich businessmen in Jiangnan. Those people who are all rich and rival the country are much richer than his little shrimp.

"Well, Rong Zhen will think again."

Zhu Houzhao's face was a little red, and he turned his back and paced.

He is a person who is extremely face-saving, and it is already unprecedented for him to open his mouth to borrow money from wealthy families in Beijing, and then 'borrow' money from the entire wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, where will his face go.

That is, he and Xie Shen are familiar with each other, so he will make this request.

The students he taught knew best, and Xie Shen smiled bitterly: "Otherwise, Your Majesty can ask the rich merchants in Jiangnan to donate food directly." ”

Zhu Houzhao was a little stunned at this time, he felt a little embarrassed to borrow food, so he grabbed it directly? It's not a joke, is it?

"Ahem, the minister means that these wealthy merchants can be given the right to set up their own factories, which can be counted as a reward for their grain offerings. There had been a pilot project in Huating County before, and those wealthy businessmen were very interested in opening a spinning and brocade factory. ”

After a pause, Xie Shen continued: "According to the amount of grain they donate, the scale of their factories is stipulated. The more grain they donated, the larger the scale of the factory they could get, the more cloth and silk they could weave, and the more money they could earn. ”

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