Chapter 739: Foresight
"Tai Ningwei commanded the ...... of Azashri"
After Harbara and the bald Polo were rewarded, it was naturally the turn of the commander of the three guards of the Urliang Ha, and Jin Ying recited the decree in an orderly manner, just as Li Yuntian had agreed with them before, the commanders of the three guards of the Urliang Ha were all made earls by Emperor Xuande.
Among them, Tai Ningwei commanded Azashri to be awarded the third-class Fengtian Yiyun Tuicheng Yong'anbo, Fuyuwei commanded Haisa Nan Daxi to be awarded the third-class Fengtian Yiyun Tuicheng Yongdingbo, and Duoyanwei commanded Tulu Huzar to be the third-class Fengtian Yiyun Tui Cheng Yongyibo.
Not only that, Emperor Xuande gave each of them a mansion in the capital, and each bounty was 500 taels.
"The commander of the left guard of Jianzhou made Brother Meng's Timur loyal and brave, and his military achievements were impressive, and he was awarded the title of third-class Fengtian Yiyun Tui Cheng Yongwu Bo ......"
After the commander of the three guards of Wuliang Ha received the reward, it was the turn of Timur, the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou and the chief of the Jurchen Duoduo Mercy Department, and Jin Ying's voice of frustration floated in the Taihe Palace.
The fierce brother Timur in the crowd suddenly turned happy when he heard this, and his face was filled with irrepressible excitement, he knew very well that the titles that the Ming Dynasty gave to the Jurchen and Mongolian generals this time were different from the past.
In the past, the Ming Dynasty gave the leaders of the frontier clans titles to woo and appease those people, and the titles they gave were in name only.
But this time is different, in order to completely stabilize the frontier, Emperor Xuande gave those titles the real power under Li Yuntian's construction, so that Mengge Timur and Azashri and others can enjoy the same power and treatment as the Ming nobles, which virtually makes the relationship between them and the Ming Dynasty one step closer, which is conducive to the integration of each other in the future.
To tell the truth, if it weren't for Li Yuntian's vigorous promotion of this matter, the leaders of the frontier tribes such as Brother Meng's Timur would not be able to become the real Ming nobles even if they were knighted, and first of all, the civil and military officials would not have agreed to let these barbarians enter the Ming court.
At this moment, even if some civil and military generals oppose the acceptance of a barbarian leader like Mengge Timur to become a Ming noble, then they will not bring it up when Li Yuntian led the Ming army to defeat the Tatars and Warats, and can only acquiesce in this fact.
Moreover, Li Yuntian arranged Meng's brother Timur and Azashri and others to serve in the Xiaowu Army, and others couldn't find an excuse even if they wanted to say anything, after all, the Xiaowu Army had great achievements, and it was the descendant of Emperor Xuande.
Besides, those nobles of the Ming Dynasty have children who serve in the Xiaowu Army, and it is not good to embarrass Li Yuntian because of this matter, no matter how Li Yuntian is said to be for the good of the Ming Dynasty, no one can think of a better way to stabilize the frontier of the Ming Dynasty.
"Guerrilla general Gu Liyu, try to block a strong enemy, brave and good at fighting, and specially enter the title of third-class Fengtian Yiyun to promote the sincerity of the martial arts......" After entering the Mengge Timur, it was finally the turn of Gu Liyu, the chief officer of the Liaodong Zhuque Battalion of the Xiaowu Army, and Jin Ying read out the voice of the holy decree announcing that the seventh noble of the Ming Dynasty appeared in the Xiaowu Army.
In addition to Li Yuntian, the honorables of the Xiaowu Army are the fourth-class Fengtian Yiwei Tuicheng Xiaoyong Hou Wang Jian, the third-class Fengtian Yiyun Tuicheng Wuping Bo Liang Shaojie, the fourth-class Fengtian Yiwei Tui Cheng An Wuhou Li Daniu, the fourth-class Fengtian Yiwei Tui Chengping Wu Bo Qin Kun and the fourth-class Fengtian Yiwei Tui Cheng Zheng Wu Bo Zhao Yu.
And Gu Liyu became the seventh noble in the Xiaowu army, which further enhanced the strength of the "Xiaowu faction" among the nobles of the Ming Dynasty.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers of the Xiaowu Army who desperately escorted Emperor Xuande and Zhang Fu, Yang Rong and other important civil and military ministers back to Datong last year have not yet been rewarded.
After the defeat of the Northern Expeditionary Army at the Yinma River, Emperor Xuande was bent on defeating the Tatar and Warat coalition forces to save face, and later the Guanxi Qiwei unexpectedly crossed the Inner Great Wall from the Reverse Horse Pass into the North Zhili, where did the imperial court have the heart to commend the merits of the Xiaowu army.
Emperor Xuande summoned the generals of the Ming army in Liaodong at the Taihe Hall today, including Wang Jian and other generals of the Xiaowu army, as well as the generals of Wanquan led by Zhou Zheng, who have all become supporting roles today.
What is certain is that after the reward for the Liaodong Ming Army is completed, it will be the turn of the Xiaowu Army and the Wanquan Dusi Ming Army led by Zhou Zheng.
As the saying goes, there is no greater merit than the Savior, and the Xiaowu Army fought bravely to protect Emperor Xuande and his party from danger, and they will definitely be rewarded by Emperor Xuande, so there will definitely be people in the Xiaowu Army who will be able to enter the knighthood.
Therefore, in this war with the Tatars and Warat, the ones who benefited the most were Li Yuntian and the Xiaowu army, not only the power of the Xiaowu army was able to expand rapidly, but also the situation attracted Zhao Yong and Yang Wei and other Ming nobles and generals, and their influence in the imperial court was rapidly increased.
“…… The rest of the people are rewarded according to their merits, and they are subject to implementation. Chin this! ”
After Gu Liyu was conferred, he rewarded several commanders of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division and commanders of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, although they were promoted to official positions and given monetary rewards, but they were not able to enter the knighthood, and then Jin Ying closed the holy decree and shouted loudly.
The remaining generals and sergeants in the Ming army in Liaodong naturally could not follow the holy decree of Emperor Xuande because their official positions were too low, and the relevant divisions would give rewards according to their merits.
"Thank you, Lord Longen, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" Under the leadership of Zhang Hao, Li Yuntian and other Liaodong generals who had been rewarded knelt on the ground to thank him.
"Your Majesty, the generals of the Seven Guards of Guanxi have repented of their mistakes, and now they are kneeling in front of the noon gate to plead guilty, and ask the emperor to show them." After getting up, Li Yuntian took a step forward, bowed his hand at Emperor Xuande, and bowed down.
"Biography." Emperor Xuande sneered when he heard this, and gave the imperial order in a deep voice, and coughed incessantly after speaking, causing the ministers in the hall to look up with concern.
Emperor Xuande hated the behavior of the Kansai Qiwei taking advantage of the fire to rob, if it weren't for Li Yuntian's venture into Daning City to surrender the Wuliangha Sanwei, then the capital would have fallen into an unimaginable predicament because of the Kansai Qiwei, so Emperor Xuande hated the Kansai Qiwei in his heart.
If it weren't for Li Yuntian's strong persuasion, Emperor Xuande probably wouldn't have let the Guanxi army leave Beizhili, as Li Yuntian said, he could re-establish the Guanxi Seven Guards loyal to the Ming Dynasty in Guanxi, and the Ming Dynasty had the strength to do this.
It's just that in Li Yuntian's view, it will take a lot of energy, manpower and material resources to re-establish the Kansai Qiwei, after all, the generals of the Kansai Qiwei are all local wealthy families, and the re-establishment of the Kansai Qiwei means that their forces must be uprooted in the local area, which is a laborious project.
Moreover, even if they foster a new local wealthy clan and establish a new Kansai Qiwei, it is still unknown whether they will be able to deal with the complicated situation in Kansai, and God knows whether they will be co-opted by the enemy and betray the Ming Dynasty in the future.
In the final analysis, the Western Regions is located in the border of the Ming Dynasty, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, it is not easy to control it, after all, the scope that the Ming can really control in the west is east of Jiayu Pass, and the seven guards of Guanxi are west of Jiayu Pass, making the Ming Dynasty unreachable.
Judging from the current situation in the Western Regions, the Seven Guards of Guanxi have strong strength in the local area, which is enough to resist the attacks and harassment from the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Turpan and Warat, and then guard the tranquility of the western frontier of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, Li Yuntian wanted to solve the affairs of the Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions once and for all, but this required great manpower and financial support, and the Ming Dynasty's top priority was to deal with the Tatars and Warats in the north, so only the best move for the Ming Dynasty was to maintain the status quo of the Kansai Seven Guards.
There is no doubt that after being released back to Kansai by Emperor Xuande, the Seven Guards of Guanxi will honestly serve the Ming Dynasty in recent years, and what the Ming Dynasty needs most now is the buffer time, and after solving the affairs in the north, Li Yuntian's next spearhead will be directed at the Western Regions, in order to solve the complicated situation in the Western Regions, not only to restore the glory of the Tang Dynasty when the Ming Dynasty opened up its territory, but also to ensure the stability of the northwest frontier of the Ming Dynasty.
For this reason, it takes time to prepare for the formation of troops to attack the Western Regions, the collection of grain and grass, and the training of the ruling officials of the Western Regions, and Li Yuntian is very clear that eliminating the forces of all parties in the Western Regions is only the first step, and how to govern the Western Regions is the key, so it is necessary to improve the local local yamen while entering the Western Regions.
Li Yuntian had never had time to think about the affairs of the Western Regions before, and this time he happened to take advantage of the time when the Seven Guards of Kansai invaded Gyeonggi.
Emperor Xuande agreed with Li Yuntian's plan for the Western Regions, because he did not have a better way to run the Western Regions, so he was ready to give Li Yuntian time to prepare for relevant matters, and he hoped to see the iron cavalry of the Ming Dynasty rise to the Western Regions and reproduce the glory of the Tang Dynasty.
This means that Emperor Xuande is ready to let the Guanxi Qiwei go back, and the reason why he wants to let the senior generals of the Guanxi Army enter the palace to ask for guilt is to teach them a lesson, and secondly, to save the face of the Ming Dynasty.
Just after the leaders of the Guanxi Qiwei decided to go to the capital to ask Emperor Xuande for their guilt, Emperor Xuande had sent 800 li to send a holy decree to Turpan and other countries besieging the Guanxi Qiwei in the Western Regions, saying that the Guanxi Qiwei had been subdued by the Ming Dynasty and asked them to immediately withdraw from the territory of the Guanxi Qiwei.
Compared with Turpan, Li Yuntian is obviously more willing to see the Guanxi Seven Guards guard the land of Guanxi, as Tuhuan Timur said, there are two main opponents of the Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions, one is the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and the other is Wara, and the relationship between the Guanxi Seven Guards and the two is quite tense, so it is the most suitable person for the Ming to guard the northwest gate.
And once Turpan annexes the land of Guanxi, then there will be a fourth great power in the Western Regions in addition to the Ming Dynasty, the Chagatai Khanate and Wara, and Turpan also expressed its submission to the Ming Dynasty, on the surface it seems that the Ming Dynasty's rule in the Western Regions is more stable, but in the long run it is a big hidden danger, and when Turpan is growing and strong, it will be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to control it, and it will definitely break out in the future because of the entanglement of interests.
Therefore, Li Yuntian wanted to avoid such an outcome and continue to maintain the balance of the power structure in the Western Regions.
I have to say that the Guanxi Seven Guards are closer than the distance between Turpan and the Ming Dynasty, which not only refers to the geographical distance, but also refers to the relationship between the two sides, when the war broke out in the Western Regions, the Ming Dynasty could mobilize the soldiers of the Seven Guards of Guanxi but could not command the soldiers of Turpan, because the Seven Guards of Kansai in the Western Regions could only rely on the support of the Ming Dynasty east of Jiayu Pass to avoid being annexed, which was also an important reason why the Seven Guards of Kansai sent troops to help Tatar and Wara invade Jinggi of the Ming Dynasty.
Obviously, when Emperor Xuande was defeated by the army of Arutai at the Yuma River, and Liaodong was about to be captured by the army of Adai Khan, the Guanxi Qiwei believed that the Ming Dynasty could not win the war, and the Tatars and Warats would capture a large area of territory in the north of the Ming Dynasty, which would also include the area east of Jiayu Pass, which would make the Guanxi Qiwei, which was close to the Ming Dynasty, face the situation of isolation.
Therefore, under the coercion and temptation of Arutai and Tuhuan, the Kansai Qiwei finally sent troops to bypass the Great Wall and assist the Tatars and Warat to invade the Gyeonggi region of the Ming Dynasty.
However, what made the senior generals of the Guanxi Qiwei feel depressed was that the Ming Dynasty would miraculously turn defeat into victory, so that the Guanxi Qiwei was trapped in Beizhili, and then had to go to the capital to ask Emperor Xuande for guilt, which can be described as depressing.