"Zhenwu Hou, the matter has passed, let's not dwell on this, let's think about how to deal with the aftermath."

Hami Zhongyi King Tuhuan Timur was a burly middle-aged man with a dark face, how could he not hear the resentment in Li Yuntian's words, and his face couldn't help but show a trace of embarrassment, and he pretended to smile casually and said.

"Ben Hou doesn't understand why you want to help Beiyuan, don't the prince and the king of Zhongshun know the ambitions of the wolf son of Beiyuan, and they will definitely covet Hami when the war here is over!" Li Yuntian frowned slightly when he heard this, and asked with a stern expression.

In order to control Hami, the important place in the western part of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Wara not only broke out wars with the Ming Dynasty in the northwest many times, but also often sent troops to harass Hami.

Since Yang Yungui had not yet established an intelligence network in the Western Regions, Li Yuntian did not know how Tatar and Warat persuaded the Guanxi Seven Guards to send troops, and he needed to learn some inside information from Timur.

"I'm not afraid to sue you now, this time the army was not my intention and that the king was loyal to the king, it was really a last resort." Hearing this, Timur couldn't help but smile bitterly, his eyes full of gloomy looks.

"Oh?" A look of surprise flashed on Li Yuntian's face, he felt that Timur was not lying, it seemed that there was indeed something hidden in this matter, so he asked with some suspicion, "King Zhongyi, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Lord Hou doesn't know, although King Zhongshun and I are the vassal kings of Hami, Hami is not decided by the two of us, and the issuance of military orders and government orders is controlled by the three governors." Timur smiled bitterly, and said to Li Yuntian with a gloomy expression, "The three governors have agreed to take advantage of the failure of the emperor's personal expedition to get a piece of the pie, so I and the king of Zhongshun can't stop it." ”

The territory of Hamiwei is mainly composed of three major tribes, namely the Huihui, the Uighurs (Uighurs), and the Ha Thaishi (Mongol Tatars), each of which has its own leader and does not belong to each other.

The main officials of Hami were the nobles of the three major tribes, who jointly assisted the King of Zhongshun and the King of Zhongyi in governing state affairs, and the orders of the King of Zhongshun could only be carried out with the consent of the three chiefs, which meant that the three chiefs were the powerful faction that managed the affairs of Hamiwei.

The leaders and nobles of the three tribes were given corresponding official titles by the Ming Dynasty after the Ming Dynasty was mentioned by the king of Zhongshun, such as Du Commander Tongzhi, Du Du Du Zhi Shi, Du Du Command Envoy, Du Command Tong Shi, Du Command Tong Shi, Qian Hu, Bai Hu and Zhenfu.

According to historical records, the leaders of Huihui, Wu'er and Harahui, who assisted the king of Zhongshun, were appointed as governors by the Ming Dynasty to lead their respective subordinates.

Therefore, although the royal power of Hami belongs to the king of Zhongshun and the king of Zhongyi, the real power is in the hands of the nobles of the three tribes of Huihui, Wu'er and Harahui.

This leads to the fact that although Hami is a powerful country in the Western Regions, it is always invaded and plundered by neighboring countries because of internal disputes, such as Turpan and Warat.

That is to say, the Zhongshun King and the Zhongyi King of Hami are only the nominal rulers of Hami, and the real power of Hami is in the hands of the leaders of the three major tribes, so it is the leaders of the three major tribes of Hami who play a decisive role in this Hami invasion, and the King of Zhongshun and the King of Zhongyi are just being driven to the shelves.

In fact, the situation in Hami was similar to that of many of the Mongol countries ruled by the Mongol aristocracy, and since the Mongols were only a minority in the population of those countries, the people under their rule were overwhelmingly foreign.

Before the Mongol Empire split into the Great Yuan Empire and the Four Great Khanates, the rule of the various states under the Mongol Empire was very stable, because during the Mongol Empire, the various countries supported each other, and once a rebellion occurred in one of the countries under the Mongol Empire, then the Mongol soldiers and armies of other countries would rush to support.

However, since the division of the Mongol Empire, the Great Yuan Empire and the four khanates have lost their former intimacy, and since then, they have swept away the snow, and some of the state regimes to which the Mongol Empire belonged have become extremely unstable, so there has been a phenomenon of royal power being hollowed out.

"Warat has attacked Hami many times, and the three governors have suffered a lot, they actually believe in the Northern Yuan, aren't they afraid of backsliding?"

Li Yuntian had heard of the intrigue between the Zhongshun Royal Mansion and the three major tribes before, but he didn't expect that the strength of the three major tribes had actually suppressed the Zhongshun Royal Mansion, and after a deep groan, he frowned and asked, he didn't think that the leaders of the three major tribes would believe in the promises made by the Tatars and Warat.

"Lord Hou didn't know that the Great Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty not only sent people to send gold, silver and jewelry, but also married our Zhongshun Palace, and married the daughter of the leader of the Waravirat tribe, Tuhuan, to the King of Zhongshun."

A wry smile flashed at the corner of Timur's mouth when he heard this, and he said helplessly to Li Yuntian, "Due to the failure of the emperor's personal conquest and the instigation of the Northern Yuan, the three governors strongly agreed to send troops. ”

"Why didn't the people who were loyal to the royal palace report this matter to the imperial court?" Li Yuntian was taken aback, he didn't expect that the Northern Yuan would let the Waravirat Department marry Hami, and then dispel the concerns of the Seven Guards of Kansai, after all, marriage was an important way to form an alliance in ancient times.

It's just that Hami has such a big thing, and the long history and Ji Shan of the Zhongshun palace did not report to the imperial court, but they are Han people sent by the imperial court, so did they also betray the Ming Dynasty.

However, then Li Yuntian realized that the Changshi and Ji Shan of the Zhongshun Palace, and others had already been accused, so the imperial court did not get the slightest information in advance.

Moreover, judging from the current situation, it is estimated that the king of Zhongshun will not be placed under house arrest nine times out of ten, as far as he knows, the king of Zhongshun Bu Dali is not doing well in Hami.

Because Bu Ta Li's father Tokhtari was raised by Emperor Yongle, the local Mongolian nobles in Hami seemed to be a little repulsive to Bu Ta Li, which made Bu Ta Lili have to rely on the Ming Dynasty to fight against the various forces of Hami like his father Tokhtar.

Li Yuntian returned to Beijing this time to read the record of the military department's deployment of troops in Hami, and Emperor Yongle not only sent the Han Zhou An to serve as the governor of the Zhongshun Palace, and Liu Xing served as the palace Jishan to assist the Zhongshun King to govern Hami, but also the imperial court also sent a thousand households to Hami to guard the Zhongshun Palace.

It is worth mentioning that Tokhtar only stayed in Hami for six years before dying violently, when Bu Ta was still young, so the court named Timur's father, Tuli Timur, as the king of loyalty and righteousness to take charge of the government, so that Hami appeared in the pattern of two princes governing together.

The sudden death of Tokhtar when he was young and strong made Li Yuntian feel a little strange, so he checked the relevant documents of the Ministry of Rites and found a document from Ding Mao in March of the ninth year of Yongle, which read, "The order of the loyal king Tokhtar who has not heard the precepts will die of violent illness first."

Emperor Yongle blamed himself for his failure to get rid of it: "Ernai is addicted to wine, does not govern state affairs, and is unreasonable." Fang Yuer changed, he died, and Gail cut himself off from the sky. ”

In fact, the detachment in the Hami table xiàn is not as unbearable as the Yongle Emperor said, the Ming Dynasty Xu Jin wrote the "Ping Fan Beginning and End" recorded: "Hami people are all three: said Huihui, said to be afraid of the Wu'er, said to be Ha Laash, all engaged in farming and weaving, not yet fighting, taking off the good care, the country is rich." ”

It can be seen that Totok's government affairs are actually very good, after all, he grew up in the Ming Dynasty when he was a child, and received a systematic education, and the reason why Emperor Yongle said this after Toto's death was just to appease the various forces in Hami, indicating that he was not ready to make a big fuss about Totok's violent death.

At the same time, it also shows that Tokhtar's situation in Hami is not good, and it will not be easy for him to live in Hami.

"The chief of the royal palace, Ji Shan and others have been sent to the frontier to deal with local government affairs, so they don't know about sending troops." Timur hesitated for a moment and answered Li Yuntian's question.

The corners of Li Yuntian's mouth suddenly showed a sneer, he naturally knew that this was a euphemistic excuse for Timur, the officials stationed by the Ming Dynasty such as Changshi and Ji Shan of the Zhongshun Wangfu must have been placed under house arrest, and the Changshi and Ji Shan of the Wangfu were only responsible for handling the affairs of the palace, and it was impossible for them to be sent to the frontier at all.

"King Zhongyi, how are you going to deal with the aftermath of the rebellion of the Kansai Seven Guards?" However, Li Yuntian didn't want to dwell on the matter of the officials of the Zhongshun Palace's being software, and looked at Timur quietly to touch his details.

"This time, we were coerced and lured by the Northern Yuan, and now we feel ashamed and remorseful for our actions, we will send someone to the capital to apologize to the emperor, hoping that the emperor can forgive us for our crimes, and we will do our best to guard the western frontier for the Ming Dynasty in the future."

Timur's face turned pale when he heard this, and he said solemnly to Li Yuntian, "In order to express our remorse, we will offer tribute to the emperor to atone for our sins." ”

As he spoke, Timur clapped his hands, and the people outside the door brought in seven large boxes, opened them and saw that they contained gold, silver, jewelry, and other items.

"Hmph, King Zhongyi, you take the property looted from my Daming as a tribute to the emperor, do you think the emperor will accept it?"

Li Yuntian glanced at the seven big boxes, and looked at Timur with a sneer, "If the emperor is gracious and forgives you for your crimes, then how can you explain to the people who were bullied and killed by you?" How to explain to the world? ”

"Zhenwu Hou, the so-called forgiving and forgiving people, after this incident, our Qiwei people will definitely not be used by the Northern Yuan Dynasty again, so I hope that Zhenwu Hou can say a few good words to the emperor, turn the war into a jade silk, and avoid the war in the Daimyo's Mansion."

Timur's face couldn't help but turn red, and then he forced a smile and persuaded Li Yuntian, "Marquis Zhenwu, our enemies are all Northern Yuan, there is no need to kill each other here. ”

"Since the moment you promised Beiyuan, you have become the enemy of the Ming Dynasty." Li Yuntian looked at Timur coldly, and said in a deep voice word by word, "You should have heard an old saying, 'Those who commit a strong man will be punished even if they are far away', Ben Hou adheres to the concept that if people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone, and if people offend me, I will pay it back, and I will definitely not sit back and watch this incident just so unexplained and confused in the past!" ”