Chapter 740: Western Regions Strategy
With Emperor Xuande's edict, Timur, who was so cold that his lips were purple, and other senior generals of the Kansai Army walked through the square and entered the Taihe Hall under the gaze of the civil and military officials in the Taihedian Square, looking pitiful.
However, no one in the square sympathized with Timur and others, if it were not for Li Yuntian who led the army to relieve the siege of the capital in time, then once the Mongol army under Arutai broke through the capital, the consequences would be unimaginable, and they would have worried about their lives in the war nine times out of ten, and the culprit was the seven guards of Kansai who attacked from the Fallen Horse Pass.
The civil and military officials in the court who were the barbarian leaders in the frontier were originally contemptuous, but now the seven guards of Guanxi actually took advantage of the fire to rob, almost endangering the safety of the Jingshi, so they hated them even more, and wished that Emperor Xuande would cut off the heads of these untrustworthy and unrighteous people.
"The criminal minister Timur led the Guanxi Seven Guards to see the emperor, the criminal minister and others knew that they were guilty, and begged the emperor to be extrajudicial and forgive the life of the criminal minister and others, and the criminal minister and others will be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and bow to their best and die!"
After entering the main hall, under the solemn gaze of the ministers in the palace, Timur led a group of senior generals of the Guanxi Seven Guards to kneel in front of the hall one after another, and pleaded guilty to Emperor Xuande with their heads touching the ground.
"King Zhongyi, I treat myself with pride in treating you Guanxi Zhuwei well, but you dare to make a rebellion and assist the Northern Yuan to attack the Jingshi, which is really hateful!"
Emperor Xuande sneered when he heard this, reached out and patted the armrest of the dragon chair heavily, and rebuked with a cold expression, because he was a little excited, he couldn't help coughing again after speaking.
"The guilty ministers and others know that their sins are unforgivable, and now they can't regret it, I hope that the emperor will be merciful, and the guilty ministers and others will definitely wear the guilt and make meritorious contributions, and forever protect the Ming frontier." Timur had already anticipated Emperor Xuande's anger, so he knelt there and said loudly after Emperor Xuande's coughing stopped.
"Your Majesty, although the guards of Kansai have made a big mistake, they can restrain themselves from the precipice and avoid a war disaster in Beizhili, which can be regarded as having a heart of repentance and great goodness."
Hearing this, Li Yuntian bowed to Emperor Xuande and said in an orderly manner, "Your Majesty, Guanxi is a remote and bitter cold place, and the guards of Guanxi have been conscientious and conscientious in defending the frontier for me in recent years. ”
"Your Majesty, the minister agrees with the words of the Zhenguo Gong, the Western Regions are complex, wars are frequent, although the Guanxi people have committed the same acts, but after all, it is not their original intention, and then they also repent, the emperor can give him a great grace to show his broad mind and serve the Quartet."
As soon as Li Yuntian's words fell, Yang Shiqi walked out of the civil official queue on the left side of the hall and solemnly said to Emperor Xuande.
"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal!" Immediately afterwards, Zhang Fu and Jian Yi and other important civil and military ministers stood up one after another, and expressed their support for Li Yuntian.
In fact, as early as the night when Li Yuntian led the army to relieve the siege of the capital, he had already discussed with Zhang Fu, Yang Shiqi and Jian Yi, the close ministers around Emperor Xuande, about the disposal of the Seven Guards of Guanxi.
In Li Yuntian's view, for the sake of the tranquility of the northwest frontier of the Ming Dynasty, the Guanxi Seven Guards should adopt a strategy of focusing on appeasement and supplemented by suppression, so that the Guanxi Seven Guards could surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
Including Emperor Xuande, the civil and military officials who were in the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace at that time all agreed with Li Yuntian's disposition, otherwise where the Guanxi Qiwei had room to bargain with Li Yuntian, they would definitely be surrounded and suppressed by the Ming army.
"The ministers seconded the proposal, the emperor is mighty and graceful, and he will be able to serve the Quartet, protect the Ming frontier forever, and create a great cause for all generations." Seeing that the leaders of the military cabinet, the cabinet, and the six ministries all supported Li Yuntian, the civil and military officials in the hall immediately bowed to Emperor Xuande and said.
"King Zhongyi, I will forgive you for the sake of the ministers to intercede for you, and you will do your best to manage Kansai after you go back, and if you make a mistake again, I will severely punish you!"
Faced with the pleas of the ministers at the scene, Emperor Xuande pondered for a while and then pardoned the guilt of Timur and other senior generals of the Kansai Army, and admonished with a stern expression.
"The emperor Long Enchen and others have kept it in mind, and they will never dare to do anything rebellious again, and they will guard the frontier wholeheartedly." Timur, who was in a state of panic, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly raised his head and shouted to Emperor Xuande.
Emperor Xuande bowed slightly when he heard this, and then waved his hand and asked the guards on duty to take down Timur and others, who were pale from the cold, and the matter of the seven guards in Guanxi was finally satisfactorily resolved.
It is worth mentioning that although Emperor Xuande let go of the senior generals of the Guanxi Qiwei this time, it does not mean that he wants to let the Guanxi Qiwei go, but takes advantage of the situation to make the Ming army enter the Guanxi Qiwei.
In order to strengthen his control over the Seven Guards of Guanxi, Emperor Xuande will set up the Qinglong Camp of the Xiaowu Army in Dunhuang, where Shazhou Wei is located.
Shazhouwei is located in the central region of the seven guards of Kansai, with Hamiwei in the northwest, Aduanwei and Qu Xianwei in the southwest, Andingwei in the south, Chijin Mongolian Wei in the east, and Handongwei in the southeast.
Therefore, as long as you sit in Dunhuang City, you can control the situation of the Seven Guards in Guanxi, and at the same time, you can also balance the countries of the Western Regions.
Timur and others did not have the slightest way to deal with Emperor Xuande, how could they be qualified to oppose it as guilty people? Even if there are 10,000 reluctances in my heart, I can't express it, so I can only go back to Kansai first and then find a way to deal with it.
In fact, it is not easy for the Qinglong Battalion of the Xiaowu Army to gain a foothold in Dunhuang, after all, Guanxi is already a foreign place compared with the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, which can be described as "lonely outside the frontier", whether it is recruiting soldiers or supplying materials, it will face great difficulties.
However, for Li Yuntian, these difficulties are not insurmountable, Dunhuang is about 800 miles away from Jiayu Pass, which is not too far from the vast Western Regions, and can be supplied regularly several times a year, and the rest of the materials can be purchased locally.
The reason why Li Yuntian wanted to regularly send supplies to the Guanxi Qinglong Camp was that in addition to replenishing the logistics of the Guanxi Qinglong Battalion, the most important thing was to improve the logistics supply system of the Kansai Qinglong Battalion and prepare for the pacification of the Western Regions in the future.
For Li Yuntian, his biggest advantage now is that he has a large amount of money in his hands, and if he wants the Guanxi Qinglong Battalion to gain a firm foothold in Guanxi, he will undoubtedly have to invest huge amounts of money, which will become an important expense of the Xiaowu Army.
"Your Majesty, Arutai, the Taishi of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, has been held outside the noon gate, please ask the emperor to decide." After Timur and the others left, Zhang Hao took a step forward and bowed to Emperor Xuande in a deep voice.
Arutai is the highest official of the Tatar and Warat captured by the Ming army in Liaodong this time, although Arutai is called Taishi, but in fact he controls the power of Tatar, and in the Northern Yuan can be said to be a powerful minister above 10,000 people under one person.
"This person is capricious, and he has invaded my Ming frontier many times, which is really a heinous crime." Emperor Xuande's eyes flashed coldly when he heard this, and he coldly issued an edict, "Behead him at the entrance of the vegetable market at three o'clock tomorrow at noon, as an example!" ”
"Obey." Zhang Hao bowed to Emperor Xuande, answered in a loud voice, and then retreated from the queue.
Li Yuntian secretly felt a little regretful, he felt that if Arutai was put back, then Mobei would definitely be very lively, and the old rivals of Arutai and Tuhuan would definitely fight to the death.
However, this attack by Tatar and Warat caused heavy losses to the Ming Dynasty and almost lost face, so as the Taishi of the Northern Yuan, Arutai could not escape death this time no matter what.
The capital was besieged for several months, and the official documents of the Ming Dynasty were blocked outside the Beizhili, so the ministers of various ministries and institutes at the court meeting selected the important official documents sent from all over the country, and Li Yuntian stood there quietly and listened, secretly thinking about the way to deal with it, in order to give advice to Emperor Xuande
"Your Majesty, the Fujian Metropolitan Division has reported that since June, a large number of Japanese pirates have attacked and harassed the coastal prefectures and counties of Fujian, wantonly burning, killing and looting, and our army and civilians have been killed and injured by thousands.
When Zhang Fu held an official document in his hand and presented a message to Emperor Xuande, Li Yuntian's brows suddenly frowned slightly, and the Ming Dynasty began to arrange coastal defense in coastal areas since Emperor Hongwu, and set up more than 50 guards in the long coastal area from Liaodong to Guangdong to deal with maritime threats, creating a solid coastal defense line.
According to the requirements of Emperor Hongwu, each guard post along the coast was equipped with 50 warships, each of which could carry 50 soldiers, and the total strength reached more than 200,000.
Coupled with the local garrison, the Ming Dynasty has already invested enough troops, how can it add more guards to the Thousand Households? Moreover, judging from the current situation, the guards in charge of coastal defense along the coast of the Ming Dynasty have nothing to do against those Japanese robbers, even if more guards are added, it is in vain.
"The imperial court spends a lot of money on coastal defense every year, but now it is harassed by the Japanese invaders one after another, and the local guards are helpless, they only know how to ask the imperial court for help, does the imperial court raise so many soldiers in vain?"
Sure enough, Emperor Xuande couldn't help but turn cold after listening to the official document of the Fujian Metropolitan Division asking for help, and said coldly to Zhang Fu, "Spread the holy oracle, the Fujian Metropolitan Commander, the Commander Tongzhi and the Commander of the Command are not effective in defense, and they are removed from their posts and investigated, and the military cabinet selects and transfers officers to take up their posts, so it is necessary to guard the coast and ensure the safety of the people!" ”
"Obey." Hearing this, the corners of Zhang Fu's mouth squirmed and wanted to defend the Fujian Dusi, but seeing the anger on Emperor Xuande's face, he finally swallowed back the words that came to his lips and bowed to Emperor Xuande.
Over the years, Emperor Xuande has been diligent and compassionate to the people, and has made great efforts to make the society harmonious, the people are healthy, and the monarchy has become more and more prosperous.
In the past, the Chinese military ministers and officials of the dynasty made a big attack on Emperor Xuande's fondness for promoting weaving, and fiercely attacked Emperor Xuande's promotion of weaving, and there was a great posture that Emperor Xuande was about to bury the Daming rivers and mountains, which made Emperor Xuande suffer a lot of sulking for this.
To tell the truth, Emperor Xuande is a good emperor who is diligent and loves the people, although he has a soft spot for promoting weaving but has never delayed government affairs, and people are not sages who can not have a little preference, this is human nature, but those ministers in the court in order to show their loyalty but grasp this, is really a little full of food and have nothing to do, do you ask the emperor who sits in the world to become a saint without seven emotions and six desires?
However, to this day, there are very few people who use the weaving to touch the mold of Emperor Xuande, the reason is very simple, Emperor Xuande has transferred those powerful courtiers who are noisy in this matter to the poor countryside as officials, to meet the desire of "loyalty to the country", which makes the ministers realize that Emperor Xuande is not easy to provoke, and is no longer the young son of heaven who let them "teach" in the past, so they are greatly restrained.
Now Emperor Xuande is very angry with the Fujian Japanese troubles, and has issued a holy oracle in public, how can Zhang Fu plead with Emperor Xuande again, is it not violating the majesty of Emperor Xuande, and Zhang Fu also feels that the Fujian Metropolitan Division is ineffective in preventing Japanese people, and it has made the Japanese so rampant, so he also obeyed Emperor Xuande's will.