On the banks of the Huolin River, Wu Keshan and Manzhu Xili were anxiously waiting for the reply of the Great Han Emperor.

Ukshan's son, Bile Tagar, and Manzhu Xili's son, Heta, had already gone to Chifeng with a secret mission a few days ago. That team also brought with them the young daughters of the four bannermen of the Jerim League, as well as the sons of the bannermasters like the tower.

They had sent him hostage, and of course, they had hundreds of horses and a large collection of jewels with them.

The four divisions and ten banners of the Zhelimu League, the leaders of the banners have already quickly reached an agreement, and continue to follow the Jurchens to fight against the Han Dynasty, that is, they are looking for death. In order to save himself, he must get rid of the Jurchens and surrender to the Han.

The cold fog of the cold night in October made the grassland colder and colder.

When I woke up in the morning, the tent was always frozen hard and covered with a layer of ice. Cold fog and frost always creep in through the cracks in the tent, and even if there is a fire in the tent, it can't keep the cold at bay.

The cattle and sheep brought by many tribes froze to death, but these were originally used as military food, and now they are dead, and it is not that they are worried that they will be bad on this cold day, and the meat will be thrown on the ground after slaughter, and it will immediately freeze into hard lumps.

Dorgon had sent messengers several times to urge them to set out, and the Ukshan brothers always agreed, but neither of them moved.

The Ukshan brothers also lived in the barracks, and on the table next to the tent fire, the news was still sent back a few days ago. The Emperor of the Han Dynasty allied with the Mongolian tribes in Chifeng, and Liu Jiye actually divided all the Mongolian leaders into the northern princes of the Han Dynasty.

And it is not a simple grant, it is a real sub-feud, each prince divides the territory, stipulates the scope and boundaries of the territory, and must not cross the boundary between each other. The Mongol princes also gave up a lot of land to the Han as a direct territory, and allowed the Han garrison to build cities and set up trading stations, etc.

This information. It made Wu Keshan and the others more and more uneasy.

There is no doubt about the strength of the Han Dynasty, but the strategy of the Han Dynasty towards the northern grasslands is different from any previous Central Plains Dynasty. They did not go on a large-scale northern expedition like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, nor did they chase and fight the northern grassland tribes, and they did not stop dying.

Their strategy towards the Mongols in the north. Some are similar to the Tang Dynasty, but they are different. Tang relied on hard fighting to subdue the Turkic, Tiele and other tribes on the steppe, and then canonized.

To put it simply, it is still a means of restraint, relying on war to reduce the Ding of the grassland and weaken their strength. Again tied to the court.

But Liu Jiye is different, he actually divides the seal. Whether it is a seal or not a canonization, this is very different, not to mention. Liu Jiye also obtained so many pieces of Zhili territory from the Mongols, and also established provincial capitals and counties.

From these reported intelligence, Wu Keshan realized Liu Jiye's ruthlessness.

"I heard that when the tribes went to Beijing for the pilgrimage, Liu Jiye also gave the tribes a dragon card. A marquis, the gem dragon card obtained, can spend a million silver dollars in the Central Plains, spend it first and then return it. ”

"I've also heard that the ministries are buying heavily in Beijing. Or even buy a house and hire a servant. ”

The brothers were talking with each other.

Flame jumping.

Light and dark are uncertain.

"Liu Jiye's methods are so insidious and vicious." Wu Keshan rubbed his face a few times, "If he uses troops against the grassland like Han Tang." Although it can achieve a temporary victory, it will not last long after all, and the grassland will still be the territory of the grassland people. But what Liu Jiye is doing now is to completely turn the grassland into the territory of the Han Dynasty. ”

"I can also see that Liu Jiye is married and divided. There is a lot of this in the Jurchens' original methods against our Mongols. But Liu Jiye did even better, fully liberalized trade, divided the territorial boundaries, whether it was a marquis or a son, the title was high and low. However, the territories were all independent of each other and did not belong to each other, so the Mongols were divided and scattered, and it was difficult to unite against the Han Chinese. ”

"yes, that's a great move. But the ministries actually agreed. ”

"What if you don't agree, Liu Jiye has brought 100,000 elites in Chifeng, if anyone doesn't agree, I'm afraid that they will be cut down soon. And why didn't the ministers agree? Ukshan sneered. At that time, the Mongol tribes fought for the right to tributary trade with the Ming, but they were inextricably fought. Even the Jurchens back then were not the same.

For the sake of the tributary share, the dog's brains came out.

Now the Han Dynasty is willing to fully open trade with the Mongol tribes, everything is only with money, as long as there is money, everything can be bought, whether it is swords, guns, swords, guns, artillery, bullets, silk cloth, and even grain. What could be better for the chiefs of the tribes?

He heard that the sons of the three Great Khans of Mobei had ordered thousands of guns and swords from the Han Dynasty when they were on pilgrimage to Beijing. Dahan even dares to sell these.

Liu Jiye is smart and cunning. It is impossible to truly conquer the steppe tribes by force only for a while, and it is impossible to truly conquer the steppe peoples. Because the Han people themselves could not really gain a foothold in the grasslands, they were an agrarian people, not nomadic fishing and hunting tribes.

But now Liu Jun is extremely cunning and has changed his way, he has a strong force, but he does not directly conquer the Mongol tribes by force, but uses this as a deterrent, and then pulls the tribes under his rule through marriage, trade, and separation.

It's a relatively gentle way, and it's one that's more acceptable to the steppe people.

In fact, even Wu Keshan and Manzhu Xi Li can also accept this way.

This method is similar to the Manchu rule in Mongolia, with marriage, conferral of feuds, and alliances. The difference was that the Han Chinese had an abundance of goods and were able to send the Mongols as much as they wanted, which greatly improved the lives of the Mongols, which the Jurchens could not give to the Mongols in the past.

If the Han people can accept their submission, then they will gladly accept the division of the Han Dynasty and become the princes of the Han Dynasty.

"If the Jurchens learn about our annexation to the Han Dynasty, how do you think they will react?" Ukshan asked.

Manzhu Xili smiled, he picked up the iron chisel and poked the wood on the plate to make the fire burn more vigorously, and smiled disapprovingly, "The Jurchens are too busy to take care of themselves, where can they take care of us." They may be angry, but they can't help us. If they want to attack us, we can borrow troops from the Han Dynasty and ask for help from the Mongol tribes. ”

Wu Keshan also smiled, "I think we should order a batch of ordnance from the Han people, Han swords, Han swords, fire guns and artillery, if we have these, we will not refuse the Jurchens at all." ”

"Those things don't come cheap."

"But it's worth it." Ukshan said to his brother.

The sound of footsteps came from far and near, and the guards outside the tent came to report, "Lord, a messenger has arrived." ”

The door opened, and a cold wind poured in, but Ukeshan had already stood up, and the messenger who had returned was one of the guards who had accompanied his son to Chifeng.

"What news did you bring back?"

"Lord Wang, it's good news." The guard's face was frosty, and his face was red from the cold.

Manzhu Xili poured him a glass of warm mare's milk wine, handed it to him personally, and gave him a place by the brazier, "Sit here, drink a sip of hot mare's milk wine, warm your body, and speak slowly." ”

The messenger sat by the fire with his glass in his hand, and the warmth of the coals made him feel very comfortable. He reported to the two chiefs the results of his westward journey.

"The Emperor of Han has agreed to Lord Baylor's request, he agreed to marry the daughters of the leaders into the palace, and he is also willing to keep all Baylor and Taiji by his side as guards, and also said that he will divide the two princes as marquises, and the banner owners as earls"

Hearing this, both Wu Keshan and Man Zhu Xili breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Liu Jiye has really agreed, does he have any additional conditions?" Manzhu Xili couldn't believe that things were going so smoothly.

"Did he ask us to form a former Red Alliance?" Ukhshan also asked.

The messenger shook his head, "The Han Emperor asked us to guard the tribe first to prevent the Jurchens from retaliating, and said, after this period, at the end of the year, a few masters can go to Beijing to meet again." ”

This result surprised the Ukshan brothers. They originally thought that even if Liu Jiye agreed to join him, there would definitely be many harsh conditions, such as letting them go to the audience in person, or letting them lead their troops to attack the Jurchens, and so on.

I didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

Liu Jiye neither let them go to the audience, nor did he let them fight the Jurchens.

"Big brother, this is a good thing, why are you frowning."

"I think things are going a little too well."

"It's not good to go well, I really let you go to the audience, you dare to go easily? If he asks us to fight the Jurchens, I'm afraid we will have to hesitate, how good it is now. ”

Chifeng.

The place is still very lively, and after the canonization of the oath, it has become a large-scale trade fair. The chiefs of the various tribes were buying goods from the Han merchants here, from swords and firearms to grain and cloth, and there was nothing they didn't want to buy.

The Mongolian cattle, sheep, horses, and even various furs, etc., are also quite popular with the Han people.

All the new princes of the Great Han Dynasty are all engaged in the excitement of shopping. Especially now that each of them has a Dragon Card issued to them by the Royal Bank, they can spend it first and then pay it back.

You don't have to worry about not having cash on hand, it doesn't matter if you don't have cash, you just have a dragon card.

Everyone has a credit limit, within this limit how to buy how you want, the bank will help you pay first, go back to the princes back to the tribe, and then take the cattle and sheep fur and other goods to the Han merchants to trade, and then repay the money after exchanging the money, which is very convenient.

There are many Han merchants in Chifeng, and the goods are rich in variety and complete in style.

The telescopes like clairvoyance, not only monocular, but also binocular, can see farther and see more clearly. There is also the self-striking clock, twisting the clockwork once, you can tick for a long time, whether it is sunny or rainy, you can accurately tell the time. There are even pocket watches and watches that are smaller and easier to carry around.

There is also a glass mirror that can illuminate the whole person, and a transparent and crystalline glass. Fragrant pancreas with an endless fragrance

The Mongol princes wished they could buy everything and bring it back to their tribes. (To be continued.) )