A week after his arrival in Beijing, Tulu Baihu was officially able to meet with the Ming Emperor Zhu Cihong.

According to the preparations made in advance by Honglu Temple, Tulu Baihu knew that the treatment given by the Ming Emperor was higher than that of ordinary foreign vassals, and even reached the level of the king of Joseon. Not only did the cabinet come with two elders, but even the Metropolitan Governor's Office, which was not very familiar with the foreign domains, also had two governors present to receive them.

This undoubtedly made Tulubaihu very excited, and even really raised a certain loyalty, but it was a bit surprising that His Majesty the Emperor received Geldan at the same time. Although the Panchen Lama brought this child with him out of the political situation in Lhasa, who would have thought that the emperor would be interested in a ten-year-old little lama?

- Is it because of the Junggar Department that occupies the north and south roads of the Tianshan Mountains?

Tulubaihu speculated in his heart, and quickly dismissed this idea himself. Less than two years after Batur's death, the monk had not yet fully grasped the power of Dzungaria, and was dragged and shoved by several uncles. And Geldan was too young, and was thrown to Lhasa as a lama, obviously there was no chance to inherit Dzungaria.

Unless the Ming court intends to send troops to support Geerdan, why bother? Instead of choosing this ten-year-old little lama, it is better to support the Sangha.

It's just that Tulubaihu doesn't have front and back eyes, and I don't know that Zhu Cihong specially named him because of Geerdan's great name in later generations.

"When I saw this child, I felt joy in my heart." Zhu Cihong said lightly: "This may be the so-called fate of the Buddhist family." ”

On the day of the audience, Zhu Cihong walked through the motions in the Wuying Palace, but the topic went straight to Geerdan. While everyone is strange, they can only accept this ethereal "fate".

Geldan was not afraid, and even secretly glanced at Zhu Cihong's holy face.

Zhu Cihong also happened to see his face, which looked black and thin, with a slightly pointed chin, and two clusters of plateau red on his cheekbones.

"Don't go back to Lhasa, that bitter cold place. Stay in Jingshi, and I will make you a county king. Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were a little surprised, not because the "county king" - even if the foreign vassal gave the title of the prince, it was just a piece of paper, but because the emperor wanted to keep this lama. The purpose of staying as a hostage? Or do you really have a heart to cultivate?

"Thank you for the grace of the Holy Emperor." Speaking the Chinese he had only learned along the way, Geldan shook his head and said, "I'm going back to Lhasa." I want to practice with my guru. His Chinese is full of Northwest accents, and from time to time he intersperses words that he doesn't know whether they are Tibetan or Mongolian. Even the people have a headache because of this, and they always advise him to talk less.

Zhu Cihong smiled, didn't insist, and said, "Isn't Dongtu good?" ”

"Nothing." Geldan stiffened his pride as a young man: "It's fun to have a jujube ball, and when I return to Lhasa, I'll find some little lamas to play." ”

For a child, for a child who is not a foodie, the allure of Dongtu is indeed not very great.

"It seems that I really don't have much fun in Dongtu," Zhu Cihong smiled. "What do you think, Tulubaihu?"

Tulubaihu bowed deeply and said, "The Ming Dynasty is rich in products and has everything, but we still have to return to the grasslands, forests and snow-capped mountains after all, which is the foundation of our generations. ”

Zhu Cihong heard the song and knew the meaning of elegance, and said: "The Han people are not used to your life there, and you are not used to the life of the Han people. It's like a bird needs a sky, and a fish needs an abyss. Before, when the East was strong. Forcing others to live the same life as them, I said, this is the way to self-destruction, as expected. ”

Tulubaihu bowed deeply again, completely relieved.

"As you know, an arrow can easily break. But a bundle of arrows is different. Zhu Cihong said: "Our dynasty used troops in the northwest, on the one hand, to settle hundreds of years of grievances and let the people have their own rooms, and on the other hand, it was also to entangle all the combat forces and resist foreign humiliation. ”

Tulubaihu understands the front. But he couldn't understand the back, and wondered: "Where did the Holy Emperor's so-called external insult come from?" ”

"The Oros farther northwest." Zhu Cihong said clearly.

Tulubaihu frowned.

For the Oros, he was not unaware. It's just that he doesn't want to be an enemy of them, because Oros is too far away, and he has nothing to gain by winning, and he hurts his vitality even more if he loses. What's more, the Oros have no intention of sending troops to Qinghai-Tibet, so what is the matter with Guan and Shuote?

"The Holy Emperor is right!" Gerdan's face flushed, and he exclaimed excitedly.

Tulubaihu glanced at Geldan, and had to bite the bullet and say, "It is true that the Oros have repeatedly violated the border, but their own country is too far away. Even with the financial resources and forces of the Ming Dynasty, it will not be easy to conquer Oros. ”

From the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, all the central courts that conquered the ethnic minorities in the north would never use only their own troops when they sent troops on expeditions, but also called on the armies of foreign vassals. The world only knows that the territory of the Tang Dynasty is vast, but they don't know that the Tang people have opened up foreign lands, and the Foreign Legion also has most of the credit.

When Chengzu set up Duoyan Sanwei and Nuer Gandusi, they were all feudal people. Until the battle of Wanli Renchen Pingwa, the Ming Dynasty also called the Jurchen tribes into the court, and it is said that Nuer Hachi served in the army at that time.

If the Ming Dynasty wants to start a war with Oros, I am afraid that the real ones who will charge forward will be the soldiers of the Warat, Tatar and other tribes. If the Heshuo Special Department wants to be requisitioned and transferred by order, it is really harmful to itself and others. If you refuse to obey the order, you will be attacked by other tribes and the Ming Dynasty, which is really a dilemma.

Tulubaihu had such concerns, but Geldan did not. He only knew that Dzungaria and the Oros were at a standoff over the affairs of the Tereuts, and that his brother Khan Sangha had even sent troops to attack the outpost fort of the Oros. Moreover, in terms of the invasion of Khalkha Mongolia by the Russian army, it is also very unhappy to impose taxes in kind on the Mongols.

Most of these things are Lamasa in Lhasa, and they naturally do not analyze them objectively and rationally, but only emotionally inculcate the feeling that "the Oros people are very hateful". Moreover, the Oros east of the Ural Mountains are not the regular army of the state, but the mercenaries of the Romanov family, and their military discipline can be imagined.

"If you want to talk about the distance, the Oros are farther away from the Han land, and there is no need for me to send troops in the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Cihong said in a deep voice: "But when it comes to kinship, we are all descendants of the Xiahou clan, while the Oros are another species of Taixi. They bullied us, so naturally we had to hug each other and beat them back! ”

Tulu Baihu only knew that there were many grudges between the Han people and Wara, not only did Meng Yuan enter the Central Plains and killed many Han people, but also the Battle of Tumubao and even captured a Ming emperor, who must have been the ancestor of this emperor.

- First of all, he was born in the Dzungar Ministry, if the Ming court was willing to help the Dzungar conquer the Kazakhs regardless of the past grievances, then he should be more tolerant of Heshute.

Tulubaihu said secretly in his heart. However, it was only when he arrived in Han that he learned that the Han people had the genealogical inheritance of the grassland people, and many of them believed that the grassland people and the Central Plains people were both the children of the Xia Hou clan, and later the Central Plains experienced Shang and Zhou, and the Xiongnu were also formed on the grassland.

As for the ancestors of the Mongols, the Murwei people, they are also descendants of the Huns.

In this way, in fact, everyone is a family, and fighting is also a matter between brothers, but the Oros are complete outsiders.

"Actually, what Da Ming wants is very simple." Zhu Cihong said slowly: "You can go and ask the Khalkha tribes if I have treated them poorly." Da Ming knows that it is not easy to live in the grasslands and highlands, as long as he agrees to return to our dynasty, unless my dynasty sends troops to protect you, and does not want you to pay taxes, if such a good thing is not a brother's relative, where can it be? ”

Zhu Cihong saw that Tulu Baihu was a little loose, and then said: "Actually, according to me, this place in Qinghai-Tibet is really not suitable for herding. It is still mainly based on our Ming army, supplemented by Warat and Khalkha troops, and work together to take Kazakhstan, and then let Dzungaria go to Kazakhstan to live as a herd, and you and Shuote can return to the north and south roads of the Tianshan Mountains. ”

Tulubaihu's heart was moved.

Anyone who has ever been to Xinjiang and the Tibetan Plateau knows that the two places are worlds apart.

Xinjiang is indeed famous for its vast desert.

As everyone knows, the North Tianshan Road is a nomadic mountain with abundant water and grass, and the South Road is a fertile plain suitable for farming, and its rich Cheng Dù is not at all comparable to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which can only grow barley and rape flowers and raise yaks.

From childhood to old age, Tulu Baihu didn't know how many times he shouted in his heart: If Lao Tzu hadn't been able to beat you Dzungaria, he would have led his troops back to Tianshan a long time ago!

"What the Holy Emperor said is extremely true!" Tulubaihu put his heart sideways, as long as he can return to the Tianshan Mountains, who will he not do? Didn't you also fight Kazakhstan with Batur back then? In the end, the battle was won, and the benefits were swallowed by Dzungaria, and the Heshute people didn't shed blood and sweat in vain?

If Daming is really willing to honor his promise, Heshute will definitely follow Daming.

"I've been to Kazakhstan myself and know what it's like there." Tulu Baihu said: "If I let my subordinates return to Tianshan South Road first to settle the women and children, the old and weak, the young and strong in the clan can be the vanguard of the Heavenly Army." ”

The elders and governors who were sitting on both sides saw Tulu Baihu take the bait, and they all snickered in their hearts.

As long as he dares to take the Tianshan South Road, it will be impossible for Heshute and Dzungar to reconcile. Even if the entire Kazakh three departments are really laid down in the future and all of them are handed over to the Dzungar to manage, the Dzungar people will still miss the beautiful scenery in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.

"I'm right." Zhu Cihong said calmly: "I will inform the Dzungar monk and ask him to give up the south road of Tianshan. ”

"Holy Emperor, if the monk refuses to ......"

"Our army will be stationed in Luntai before the end of the year." Zhu Cihong cut the railway.

Luntai was established in the Tang Dynasty and was located in the southern suburbs of Urumqi in later generations.

As long as the army of the Ming Dynasty was stationed in Luntai, it was like controlling the center point of the north and south roads of the Tianshan Mountains. Moreover, there is oil around this place, but there are large reserves of coal under the feet, so there is a "coal city on the oil sea", which must be incorporated into the hands as soon as possible to provide energy for the Ming Dynasty to further promote the technological revolution.

With the army of the Ming Dynasty as a barrier to cut off the southward road of Dzungaria, Heshute was of course able to enjoy the geographical advantages.

Tulubaihu smiled happily, not paying attention to the stunned Geldan on the side. (To be continued......)

PS:Yesterday Xiaotang rushed home to code words.,Helplessly, I haven't been able to log in to update.,The chapter that you owe is only made up on the weekend.。 Because I have to go out of town on Saturday, it is likely to be made up later on Sunday.