"Your Excellency... If we sign this agreement, will we be able to guarantee that I will be prosperous for the rest of my life? ”

A Mongolian nobleman couldn't hold back the complexity in his heart, and after hesitating for a while, he raised his head and looked at Zhang Lun and said.

And Zhang Lun looked serious and said bluntly:

"Do you still have a choice?"

Oh, yes.. Do they still have a choice? Such doubts suddenly rose in the hearts of all the Mongolian nobles present.

Huang Taiji asked them to send troops, and without saying a word, they followed Huang Taiji to find a way to write a letter to the tribe, asking all the men who could take up arms and sit on horseback to go to the battlefield.

I didn't think about what the failure would be.

To this day, there is no such thing as repentance.

In the end, he could only bow his head one by one with a lonely expression, and Zhang Lun took the opportunity to say: "Daming is the most honest, sign it!" Don't waste each other's time, after the signing, the official will also send someone to help you wash up and have a good meal. ”

Have a good meal?

This was a great surprise for these Mongolian nobles at the moment.

From being kicked by Huang Taiji to the carriage to Daming, until they arrived in Daming, this group of poor Mongolian nobles has never eaten anything decent.

After all, in the prison of Daming, what you eat every day is determined by how much money you have in your pocket...

And when these Mongolian nobles left from Houjin, they almost couldn't even keep the bitter tea, and all their belongings were cleaned up by Huang Taiji.

Where is the money to spend in a high-spending place like a prison.

Speaking of which, they're not alone... The original batch of Donglin Party, and now there are still many people in it to accompany them...

"My lord! Let's sign! Be sure to take us to dinner! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Eat and eat, the general trend has been decided! Be sure to eat first! ”

Zhang Lun smiled lightly, picked up the agreement in his hand again, signed it on behalf of Daming, and handed it to those Mongolian nobles.

After a while, Zhang Lun shook his head with a smile: "Wouldn't it be nice to be so happy... Waste of my officer's time. ”

"Someone, send a few Mongolian nobles to dinner... Oh no, a subject of the Mongol province in the future! ”

"Yes.. My lord, my subordinates will go down and make arrangements! The guards on the side hurriedly received the order in the expectant eyes of many Mongolian nobles, and then saw Zhang Lun turn around and leave, and then spoke again: "Everyone.. Let's go along! ”

Not long after Zhang Lun walked out of the door, a guard hurriedly came up and whispered a few words in Zhang Lun's ear.

"My lord.. The Mongols .."

Unexpectedly, Zhang Lun was waiting to report the good news to Zhu Youzhen at the moment, where could he still take care of those Mongolians who had lost their value in his eyes, and said casually: "What Mongolians?" ”

"Yes.. The subordinates understood. ”

As those Mongolian nobles ate and drank their fill, they returned to the prison with only a few flashes of swords.

Throughout the steppe .. There will never be any nobles anymore.

...

In the palace, Zhu Youzhen fiddled with the two agreements in his hand, and said to Zhang Lun: "Sure enough, I handed over this matter to you to handle it because it was up to the right person, and those Mongols signed this agreement in such a short period of time." ”

Zhang Lun was standing aside, and said without changing his face: "Back to Your Majesty, the ministers dare not take credit, and the smooth signing of this agreement is due to Your Majesty's martial arts and the hard work of the soldiers of the Tianhu Army, not the credit of the ministers." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded with some satisfaction, if he has the ability to take the initiative to take credit for himself, this kind of talent is destined to be cultivated.

"Next spring, I have decided to send troops to Mongolia again! This time, I want to take the whole of Mongolia completely! ”

But Zhang Lun on the side seemed to have some concerns, and only heard him speak: "Your Majesty, I don't think there is anything wrong with using troops against Mongolia next spring, but doesn't the beginning of next year also happen to be the time to start a war against Annan?" Could it be..."

It is true that Zhu Youzhen immediately understood the worry in Zhang Lun's words, but he still said with a straight face: "Now that the situation is changing, even more so on the grassland, if it weren't for the harsh environment on the grassland in winter, I decided to take Mongolia over this winter." ”

"Your Majesty... The minister thinks that there is still something wrong, Mongolia is vast, sparsely populated, and has just been taken into the pocket by the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that it will be difficult to govern for a while..."

"Oh? Aiqing also has an opinion? Let's talk about it. ”

Zhu You picked up Aicai's thoughts, turned his head and said to Wang Banban on the side: "Pass the word, I will have dinner with Zhang Aiqing today, and go down to make arrangements." ”

"The old slave will go and arrange it."

Wang Chengen pushed the door and walked out of the Dongnuan Pavilion, while Zhu Youzhen once again turned his head and said to Zhang Lun.

"Your Majesty . . . Mongolia has a vast territory, and the ministers thought that Mongolia should be divided into at least three provinces to govern first, and the Hanchen should be uniformly deployed, encourage the excavation of Mongolian ministers to govern Mongolia, and gradually promote the construction of grassland cities according to His Majesty's previous ideas, so that the imperial decree can completely penetrate the east and west of the grassland! ”

Zhu Youzhen understood, this pattern seems to have appeared in later generations, only to hear Zhu Youzhen speak again: "If this is the case, I am afraid that the time will become very long." ”

"Your Majesty . . . Since ancient times, ruling a foreign race is not a simple matter, as the saying goes, if you are not my race, its heart must be different, if you want to make the grassland long-term peace and stability, then I am afraid that you can not rush to achieve success, but should continue to plan slowly. ”

Although the step-by-step strategy is somewhat conservative in Zhu Youzhen's view, Zhu Youzhen has to admit that everything Zhang Lun said now is a good idea for Mongolian affairs.

But such a good idea really has to be done by someone.

You can't pile up all the big and small affairs on the Mongolian steppe every day on Zhu Youzhen's dragon case, if so, I'm afraid I will be tired to death.

But who comes..

Zhu Youzhen looked at Zhang Lun in front of him and seemed to think that he was a good candidate.

Its grade is also sufficient, and its age is not high, so if you can go to Mongolia, it can be said that it is the best candidate.

"Zhang Aiqing, I want to know, if it is up to you to divide Mongolia into three provinces, how should the boundaries be drawn?"

I only heard Zhang Lun bow and said again: "Back to Your Majesty, if it is up to the ministers to do it, it will be to divide Hetao, Moxi, and Tatar into three provinces with three regions as the boundary. ”

"Why is that?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there are historical reasons for the formation of the existing three regions, and they cannot be changed rashly, but it is more beneficial for the Ming Dynasty to continue this boundary."

Zhang Lun is right, there is a big difference between the three places occupied by the Mongols today, take the Hetao area as an example.

It is very close to the existing Yinchuan Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, that area can be described as fertile water and soil, and has the reputation of plugging the south of the Yangtze River in later generations, as long as it can build perfect water conservancy facilities, then it will also become a granary in the future.

Moxi, although the natural conditions are not superior, is rich in coal resources, and later generations have the reputation of coal capital.

The Tatar can become the best natural barrier in the north of the entire Jingshi.

Divided into three provinces, Zhu Youzhen knew in his heart that although Zhang Lun's idea seemed direct, it was better than the method proposed by other ministers in the existing court to divide the provinces according to tribes or proportions.