Chapter 667: Wooing

Since the Kingdom of Korea did not allow Yang Mu Tagu to return the captive Han people in batches, and because the conditions in the deep mountains and old forests where Yang Mu Tagu lived were difficult, in order to prevent them from starving to death, they had to constantly let go of the Han people who had been coerced, and those Han people naturally had to go to the nearest Korean government office for help.

Therefore, five years before Xuande, the Korean kingdom sent a total of several batches of Han Chinese who fled or let go from Yangmu Tagu in Liaodong, and the number reached 1,000.

In the fifth year of Xuande, the fierce brother Timur sent someone to negotiate with the Korean state of Hamgyong Province, saying: "The emperor issued an edict to me, and ordered the brush to return the Ming characters captured by Yang Mu Dawu." I want to send it, but the Tao passes through the Wudiha tribe, and I am afraid that I will not be able to reach it. Those who have been to your country have been repatriated, and now I want to send your country to escort to your country. ”

The Kingdom of Korea replied: "Those who sneak to our country should be escorted." Those who are ordered to return it, if I don't know, you should send it directly to the country. ”

Brother Meng Timur saw that the Kingdom of Korea still escorted those soldiers and civilians back to the Ming Dynasty in his name, so he had to negotiate again, and the King of Korea considered that the Ming Dynasty had already understood the truth, and if he shirked it again, he was afraid that it would be disadvantageous to him, so he promised to help Yang Mu Dawu return the captured soldiers and civilians.

However, the Joseon state secretly disobeyed the yang and the yin, and delayed the matter of helping Yang Mu Tagu to return the captured soldiers and civilians until November of the sixth year of Xuandeok.

At that time, hundreds of captive Han people were sent out of the deep mountains and old forests by Yang Mu Dawu, and the Ming envoys in charge of this matter thought that "it is difficult to lead the way in the winter moon today, so I ordered to separate Duanchuan, Beiqing and other officials, and wait for spring and send", and wanted to let those Han people stay in Mao Lianwei first, and then go to the royal capital of the Korean Kingdom in the spring of the next year.

The Joseon king, Yi Yu, was worried that the Jurchens in Hamgyong Province would interact with the Han Chinese who had been taken captive during this period, so he replied: "If this is the case, then the officials and women of Duanchuan, Beiqing and other officials and women are directly mixed with each other, and they may exchange words and words", indicating that those Han people should not stay in Mao Lianwei to avoid causing trouble.

It is worth mentioning that the envoy of the Ming Dynasty at that time was a eunuch, and after listening to the reply of the king of Joseon, he was worried that an accident would occur during the period of Mao Lianwei, so in December, under the escort of Fancha, the brother of Timur, after more than 20 days, ice and snow, climbing mountains and mountains, and finally arrived at the Korean royal city, one-fifth of the soldiers and civilians died on the road.

In the seventh year of Xuande (the 14th year of Sejong of Joseon, 1432 AD), "Tong Meng's brother Timur, Fancha and others brushed out the poplar and vultures to capture 130 people and went to the imperial court. The emperor thought that Tong Meng's brother Timur was the governor and Fan Cha was the capital secretary" (Note: "Li Dynasty Records" Sejong, volume 61, 15th year leap August Renshen. Book VIII, 300 pages. )。 So far, five or six times a large number of Han captives have been escorted or released, totaling more than 500 people. Among them, there may be Jianzhou Zuowei who captured or bought Han Chinese, and there should be very few.

As of the seventh year of Xuande, there have been two or three thousand Han soldiers and civilians who were coerced by Yang Mu Ta Wu to return to Liaodong, in order to make Yang Mu Da Wu return to Liaodong and return all the Han soldiers and civilians who were taken captive, Emperor Xuande continued to issue orders to appease Yang Mu Da Wu.

In the more than ten years since Yang Mu Ta Wu defected, the three generations of the Ming Dynasty have not forgotten the Han soldiers and civilians who were coerced away by Yang Mu Ta Wu, nor have they given up on solving the problem of Yang Mu Ta Wu's defection.

In the early Ming Dynasty, such recruitment activities were not interrupted, and some of the recruitment teams lasted for decades, such as the recruitment activities in Nuergan and other places, which was an important measure for the Ming Dynasty to consolidate the northern frontier.

Historically, Meng's brother Timur died in the Amu River when he accompanied Pei Jun to appease Yang Mu Dawu, and Yang Mu Tawu united with the Guzhou Jurchens to attack them in the Amu River, and Pei Jun escaped by chance.

This means the end of the imperial court's appeasement of Yang Mu Ta Wu, and Emperor Xuande later announced that Yang Mu Da Wu betrayed the imperial court, and the crime is not punishable, but even so, Emperor Xuande was able to abide by the ancestral precepts and did not lightly send troops to attack Yang Mu Dawu.

Ming Taizu once instructed: "The princes of the Quartet. They are all limited to mountains and seas, isolated in a couple, and I am afraid that future generations will rely on China's prosperity and strength, covet its borders, and build teachers for no reason, resulting in injuries. However, Hushu and the northwest border are close to each other, and in wars for many generations, generals must be selected to train troops, and they must be prepared for it at all times."

The meaning of the instruction is that the Ming Dynasty can only train troops to strictly defend themselves, and never take expeditions lightly or use military force.

Therefore, although the younger brother of Meng's brother Timur, Fancha, begged the imperial court to send troops to exterminate Yang Mu Dawu to avenge Meng's brother Timur, and Yang Mu Dawu repeatedly refused to obey the order, but Emperor Xuande only issued an edict to reprimand him and make him change from evil to good.

In other words, in history, it was because of this official letter sent by the stout hundred households that Timur died in the spring of the second year in the Amu River.

"Please return to Lord Qincha, this official will definitely go to the Amu River on time." Brother Meng's brother Timur took a look at the official document, and after putting it away, he said to the stout Baihu that he had been doing the matter of appeasing Yang Mu for ten years, and he was already familiar with it.

"There's no rush in this matter, let's put it aside for the time being." Li Yuntian groaned for a moment when he heard this, and said to Brother Meng's brother Timur quietly, "This official heard that Yang Mu Tawu's camp is located in the deep mountains and dense forests, and life is extremely difficult, and now that the cold winter is approaching, life must be difficult. ”

"This official came to bring some food and daily necessities this time, and the commander sent someone to help send them to Yang Mu Dawu." As he spoke, Li Yuntian smiled slightly, "This official also brought some gifts to the commander, and I hope the commander likes it." ”

At this time, Lei Ting, who was sitting at the head of Li Yuntian, slapped a few times, and several sergeants of the Xiaowu Army carried two large wooden boxes in and placed them side by side in the hall, which immediately attracted the attention of the people in the room.

"Wow!" When the lids of the two wooden boxes were opened, the eyes of everyone at the scene suddenly lit up, and the people of the Duoduo Department couldn't help but burst into a burst of amazement.

The stout hundred households looked at the two wooden boxes in amazement, which were full of gold, silver, jewelry, and other items that were shining and shining, and his eyes were dazzling, he had never seen so many belongings, and it seemed that the value had exceeded 10,000 taels of silver, which was a very huge amount in Liaodong.

What particularly shocked the stout hundred households was that Li Yuntian had given such a heavy gift to a barbarian leader like Mengge Timur for the first time in the world, which was simply unheard of, and it was usually the barbarian leaders like Mengge Timur who gave benefits to the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

"Lord Envoy, this ......" Brother Meng's Timur was also stunned, never expecting that Li Yuntian would bring such a generous gift, and he was a little unbelievable for a while, and looked at Li Yuntian with a puzzled expression.

"The commander has worked hard for the Ming Dynasty all these years, and the emperor has seen it in his eyes, and this time the envoy came to Liaodong in addition to official business to bring the emperor's reward to the commander."

Li Yuntian smiled slightly, and said to Brother Meng's Timur in an orderly manner, "According to the emperor's decree, the people of Jianzhou Zuowei can freely trade in the Liaodong Dusi and Nuer Gandusi in the future, and they are all traded at the market price. ”

"Thank you for your grace!" Brother Meng's Timur was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly arched his hand upwards and thanked Emperor Xuande in surprise.

In order to control the Mongols and Jurchens of Liaodong and Nuergandusi, the Ming Dynasty imposed a blockade on them in terms of commerce and trade, and only opened border trade markets at specified times and places, which not only restricted the goods for trade but also caused extremely high prices.

Brother Meng's Timur could not have imagined that Emperor Xuande would open a trade market for Jianzhou Zuowei, so that they could get a lot of necessary goods, and they could also sell their goods at a good price.

The stout Baihu was completely stupid at this time, and he still had a lot of words in his heart when Li Yuntian asked his brother Timur to suspend the execution of what Pei Jun said in the official document, after all, Pei Jun was in accordance with Emperor Xuande's edict to appease Yang Mu Dawu, Li Yuntian was just a military attache of the Xiaowu Army, and it was simply bold to dare to ignore Pei Jun's order.

However, after listening to Li Yuntian's words, the stout hundred households had been completely suppressed, but he knew that the imperial court had been controlling the trade transactions of the Jurchen and other tribes outside the Guan, and now Li Yuntian suddenly said that Emperor Xuande had opened up the border trade to the Jianzhou Zuowei, which was completely beyond his imagination.

What is particularly important is that Brother Meng's Timur's sentence of "Lord Superior" made the stout hundred households confused, and they did not know where the military attache of the Xiaowu Army in front of him came from.

"The commander, before the envoy left Beijing, the emperor once told the envoy that the reason why Yang Mu Dawu was able to stay in the mountains for ten years was not unrelated to the fact that most of the territories of Jianzhou Wei, Jianzhou Zuowei and Mao Lianwei were swallowed by the Korean state, which made the Korean state separated between Yang Mu Dawu and my Ming Liaodong Dusi, so that Yang Mu Dawu was lucky and dragged this matter for more than ten years."

Just when the stout hundred households were stunned, Li Yuntian turned his words and said something that shocked him even more, "Therefore, the emperor has decided to recover the territory of my Ming Dynasty, such as Jianzhou Wei, Jianzhou Zuowei, Mao Lianwei and Tielingwei, which were invaded by the Korean State, and will implement them after quelling the rebellion of the Uliangha people. ”

Obviously, the stout hundred households could not understand Li Yuntian's current words, due to the remote location of Jianzhou Wei and Tielingwei, coupled with the use of suppressive means against the Jianzhou Jurchen and other tribes, the imperial court did not attach importance to this matter, but adopted a policy of Huairou to turn a blind eye, otherwise it would not sit back and watch the Korean state drive away the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Now Li Yuntian suddenly said that Emperor Xuande wanted to administer justice to the people of Jianzhou Wei and Mao Lianwei, and wanted back those occupied territories from the Korean state, which really surprised the stout hundred households, and they were not at all psychologically prepared.

"The emperor's grace is mighty, and the ministers must repay him with death!" Brother Meng's brother Timur was stunned at first when he heard this, then got up and got off the kang, knelt down in the direction of the southern Jingshi, and said loudly with an excited expression.

The Kingdom of Korea is like a behemoth to the Jianzhou Jurchens, so it is difficult for the Jianzhou Jurchens to regain the territory occupied by the Korean State with a single blow, if the Ming Dynasty comes to uphold justice, then presumably the Korean Kingdom will not dare to resist, and will obediently hand over those territories, so that the Jianzhou Jurchens can return.

The officials present did not know what was going on, and when they saw that the fierce brother Timur was kneeling, they left their seats and knelt down in the direction of the capital.

"Your Excellency, as far as this official knows, the reason why the Uliangha people dared to attack the Liaodong Dusi this time is because the Tatars and Warats are involved, and there are so many of them, it is not easy to exterminate them." After returning to the kang and sitting down, Brother Meng's Timur groaned for a while and looked at Li Yuntian worriedly.

When Li Yuntian heard this, a subtle smile suddenly flashed on the corner of his mouth, and under his inducement, Brother Meng's brother Timur inadvertently mentioned the battle situation in Liaodong, which was exactly the scene he wanted to see.