In the Qing Dynasty, Mongolia was divided into three parts, namely the Chahar Department of Southern Mongolia, the Khalkha Department of Northern Mongolia and the Erut Department of Western Mongolia.

After the death of the last suzerain, Lin Dan Khan, the last suzerain, was completely thrown into the arms of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and was reorganized into the Mongolian Sixteen Divisions and Forty-nine Banners, which were directly incorporated into the government.

With the expansion of the Junggar Department in Moxi Mongolia, in the Kangxi period, the Khalkha Department of Mobei Mongolia was forced to surrender to the Qing court and also set up an alliance. It's just that because of the distance of the region, the Mongol princes have great autonomy, and can even be called Khan independently, and can also be allowed and recognized by the Qing court.

In this way, the former is called Inner Mongolia, and the latter is called Outer Mongolia.

At this time, Nalan Mingzhu put forward the condition that the old clan was based on the story of Outer Mongolia, so it was equivalent to saying that as long as there was a nominal submission. The Qing Dynasty had no intention of interfering in the internal ruling structure of the Lao people, and accepted the canonization of the Qing Dynasty while retaining the independence of the Lao people, so as to achieve the goal of isolating Dzungaria.

"According to the usual practice, Outer Mongolia will also have titles and feuds, what are the specific conditions proposed by Nalan Mingzhu?" Zhao Gao picked up the token sent by Geerdan's envoy, and turned his head to ask the eighth child.

Geldan's token is very simple, just an arrow with white yak hair sewn to its tail. This is already a very high-level oath between the tribes, symbolizing the verification of the Heavenly Wolf King, the master of the grassland. In other words, the conditions put forward by this messenger, although harsh, were equivalent to a promise under the gods. In other words, as long as Zhao Gao agrees, the old clan can thus share a part of the national fortune of the Dzungar Khanate.

"Are you really ready to accept the conditions of the Qing court?" Mai Linglong looked at Zhao Gao's movements, and it was really difficult to judge his attitude. In fact, although she is opposed to the Qing court in many plot worlds, and her friendship with the Qing court is extremely low, she fundamentally has no special national prejudice.

And the reason why she questioned it was because although Kangxi claimed to be a benevolent monarch, and many times he showed leniency to the enemy, his "benevolence" had a strong purpose. Just like Wang Fuchen back then, once the situation and status change, "benevolence" can also become a sharp weapon for killing people without using swords, forcing people into a desperate situation; Another example is the three feudatories of the year, fundamentally speaking, the Yongzhen border pass was the condition promised to Wu Sangui by the Manchu Qing Dynasty at the beginning, and the withdrawal of the feudal domain was only necessary for his interests, and all the other words were just excuses.

This is not his shortcoming, but a common trait of every great emperor. The so-called side of the couch does not allow others to snore, Kangxi is the trend of the times to do this, and naturally there will be countless people to whitewash justice.

"The king of the banner county of the old clan of Mobei, hereditary replacement." What Lao Ba held in his hand was a backup of the canonized edict, which was also the condition originally proposed by Nalan Mingzhu. Once this request is agreed, then I believe that the canonized golden book treasure seal is indispensable, which is equivalent to sharing the national fortune of the Qing Empire.

If you bloom, bees and butterflies will come. At the beginning, those arbiters were willing to pay a huge price and wanted to be recognized by the plot world, but when the power of the old clan swelled, the two major forces rushed over.

But Zhao Gao didn't seem satisfied.

"Is it just a county king? Can't you even mix it up with a relative? He swept the arrow in his hand, as if weighing the weight of the conditions given by both sides. It stands to reason that when Kangxi canonized the Outer Mongolian forces, a single tribe would give a khan, a prince and a county king, and unlike other titles, the titles of Outer Mongolia were basically hereditary.

As for harmony, it was a common method of entrapment in the Qing Dynasty, and in order to entrap Wu Sangui, even Shunzhi's sister could marry Wu Yingxiong. Moreover, the marriage of ordinary princesses to Mongolia is a very common phenomenon throughout the Qing Dynasty for nearly 300 years.

"This estimate is not difficult, if the eighth child is willing, Kangxi can send his daughter over tomorrow - even if he doesn't, he can change one." Mai Linglong sneered, it was the eighth child who was laughing, but it was Zhao Gao who was glancing at the same time.

This is the difference in status that produces the difference in the difficulty of the task. At the beginning, Zhao Gao accepted Zhao Fujin as a follower, which can be said to be a scheming. At the moment, she is also a princess, and the old eight open her mouth, even if the historical figure is not playing, a B-level plot character Kangxi must be willing to give it.

As for the specific operation, it is nothing more than to designate the daughter of the prince and the prince of the royal family, and give the identity of a princess Heshuo to marry openly.

"I'm afraid just one princess is not enough......" Zhao Gao sneered, casually threw away the feather arrow in his hand, turned his head and saw Mai Linglong's willow eyebrows upside down, and he was stunned before he realized that she would be wrong, but he didn't explain, just stubbornly continued, "The old clan now has more than a million people, and there are no less than 100,000 people with armor, and a few worthless princesses, what is it?" ”

His meaning is very clear: now that the first official official contact with the old clan, Kangxi only gave the position of a county king. Obviously, this is a deviation in the understanding of Zhao Gao's long-accumulated strength in the entire outside world, otherwise, with Kangxi's character, he would not be stingy with such an empty title at the time of the pro-conquest.

The same was true for the Dzungar Khanate.

I've been planting fields for ten years in a low-key manner, is it just to drink a sip of the leftover soup? If you want to gain more respect at this time, you need to show more hole cards.

Of course, exposing more hole cards also means that you need to take greater risks, whether it is Galdan or Kangxi, or even other forces, it is possible that they will be jealous and vigilant against the old people, and the next development of the old people is likely to be constrained by all forces.

There are pros and cons to which is more important, and the choice is enough to make Zhao Gao hesitate for a long time.

Lao Ba and Mai Linglong were silent, and waited patiently for Zhao Gao to pour a piece of water all over his body from top to bottom, before hearing his next arrangement:

"Linglong, in the name of training and preparing for war, purge all explorer forces, temporarily concentrate all the C-level and above troops in the territory, and put all combat readiness facilities into operation, how many days will it take you at the earliest?"

"Three days." Mai Linglong bit her lip and no longer bothered with the ambiguity in Zhao Gao's original words, and said decisively. The old guy's internal habit, once the team decides, they will not consider other options, when she and Lao Ba have already told Zhao Gao all the known conditions and ideas, any decision made by Zhao Gao will be unconditionally implemented.

"Three days, then!" Zhao Gao did not hesitate, such a large territory will be reorganized in three days, Mai Linglong's usual efforts can be imagined, but this is not the time for him to sigh, he turned his head and said to the eighth child: "Within three days, you don't have to give them any answer." At the same time, all territories have been adjusted to a combat-ready posture, including personnel and supplies. ”

"Yes!" The eighth replied calmly enough, and he wisely skipped the part with the princess - for him, it didn't really make much sense to add a B-level follower to the plot now.

"After three days, let them open their eyes, and by the way, re-open their respective prices!" Zhao Gao patted the edict backup and feather arrow, and said with a chuckle.