Since he first changed the name of the era to "Tianyuan", he has been thinking about confirming the legitimacy of his succession to the throne from the khan.

Agabarji took off the king, in order to first remove the last obstacle on the road to the khan, and avoid the reputation of being guilty of killing the king. Before the Mongol tribal alliance was convened, he first presented his credentials to the Ming Dynasty, announcing that he would inherit the mandate of heaven and succeed to the new khan.

The letter of state said: "In the past, the Yuan Dynasty was mandated by heaven to become the lord of Yixia, and now I have obtained his position, own the land and the people, and have passed on the jade seal of the country, please send an envoy to repair it." ”

In the face of this sudden arrival of the national letter, the shock of the Ming side can be imagined, after all, the Central Plains Dynasty is known as the state of etiquette, and everything pays attention to a ritual inheritance. As a result, the inexplicable Mongolian Great Khan was gone, and even the khanate was passed on to non-golden family blood members, which was completely unexpected by the imperial court.

Now a very real question is placed in front of the Ming Dynasty, that is, since the detachment is dead, whether to recognize the legal system of the "Great Yuan Heavenly Sage Khan". Or is it that upholding the imperial system of etiquette and law, denouncing the other party for plotting rebellion and usurping the throne, and stealing the country!

In the face of the Taishi Yexian Khan, in the face of the strong military strength of the Warat Department, the Ming court chose to compromise and repair. The two sides reached an agreement on December 19, the fourth year of Jingtai, following the Mongol custom, also known as "Warat Khan", and recognized the identity of the other party's Great Khan.

But now history has completely changed, and the Ming Dynasty was not broken after the civil fort, and even the Liaodong direction won the battle to sweep away the decline.

Acknowledging the Khan throne of Yexian, the two sides may win a short-term peace, but it is more likely that the other side will sharpen their knives and clear the obstacles to Mongolian unification without worries, and finally set the goal on going south to the Ming Dynasty.

Failure to recognize the throne of Yexian means that the two sides will completely break up, and the thousand-kilometer-long defense line on the nine sides will usher in a full-scale invasion by the Mongols. At this time, the Ming Dynasty, which is internally unstable, is it ready to deal with it, or the strength to fight a decisive battle with Warat again?

The stakes are so high that no one can make a decision alone, which is why the first assistant Chen Xun convened a cabinet meeting, hoping that everyone could discuss a reasonable solution.

After listening to Chen Xun's description of the Wara State Book, the important ministers in the Wenyuan Pavilion fell into deep thought, and they quickly realized the key point of the problem, and weighed the pros and cons in their hearts. After all, those who can do this position, you can question their character, and it is absolutely impossible to question their IQ.

Smart people don't need to say much, they will judge for themselves.

After waiting for a long time and seeing that no one replied, Chen Xun couldn't bear it anymore at the moment, looked at Miao Zhen and asked, "Miao Zhongtang, what do you think about the matter of Wara Guoshu?" ”

Miao Zhen has a gentle and simple personality, external and internally chaste, and is not so keen on power. Under normal circumstances, in the cabinet, they basically do not take the initiative to express their opinions, and often follow the general trend to make votes.

Such officials, placed in officialdom, tend to be highly rated and do not offend anyone. But Shen Yichen dislikes and even dislikes this type of official, and is even inferior to Wang Zhen, who is known as the eunuch.

In his position, especially as a cabinet minister, who controls the direction of the country, are you unwilling to take responsibility for government affairs, and the ordinary people at the bottom can afford to wait?

The prosperous era relied on historical inertia, and the rule of inaction could barely make do. Now that the Ming Dynasty is worried about external and internal troubles, Miao Zhen still adopts this kind of political concept similar to Mingzhe's self-preservation, and he is sorry for the king and sorry for the people.

That's why, there has never been much intersection between Shen Yichen and Miao Xin, and the Tao is different.

Hearing Chen Xun name himself, coupled with a group of "junior" ministers sitting in the hall, Miao Zhen realized that he could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he could only arch his hand and said: "Yuan Fu, I think that Da Ming urgently needs time to recuperate at this moment, since the Tatar took the initiative to repair it, it can be recognized that Ye Xian's position is also the first one." ”

Conservative and steady, etc., doomed Miao Cheng to favor the main and faction. However, from his point of view, the Lord and the Lord are not cowering and avoiding the war, it is true that Da Ming has too many things to deal with at the moment, and there is not enough strength and silver two to support a full-scale war against the tile spurs.

The evil consequences of the two-front war during the orthodox period have already been tasted by the imperial court once, is it going to repeat the mistakes of the past?

"High school, what do you think?"

Chen Xun did not directly agree with or disagree with Miao Xin's opinion, but instead asked Gao Qian.

"As early as a few years ago, the Yunnan Buzheng Department and the Qianguo Mansion sent a concert, and Luchuan Silu made a comeback to occupy the Mengyang Xuanwei Division, and also colluded with the Ava Dynasty in Myanmar to seek the southwest land of our Ming Dynasty, which will inevitably become a disaster in the future."

"If you are at odds with Warat at this time, will the imperial court have the ability to start a two-front battle again?"

Gao Gu did not directly express his attitude as Miao Xin, but instead mentioned the current situation in the southwest.

However, his answer has been revealed, and now that Da Ming is not to mention opening two fronts, I am afraid that it will be difficult to quell a rebellion. Gao Gu did not want to become the main peace faction in his heart, but the reality forced him to accept the reconciliation between the two countries proposed by Warat.

The opinions expressed by the two senior cabinet ministers are the same, and unless Chen Xun himself objects, the outcome of this cabinet discussion will be decided.

Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu promised the news of Jingyuan Bowang Jiyongzhen's side, but it was not officially announced at this moment, and it was in a state of top secret. However, Chen Xun had already received some hints from the emperor that the Ming court would start the campaign against Luchuan again, which meant that the center of gravity would be on southern Xinjiang for a long time, and the pressure on the northern border would increase sharply.

But Chen Xun understood in his heart that the nomads on the grassland were the eternal henchmen of the Central Plains Dynasty, and they had to be guarded against!

So Chen Xun finally set his sights on Shen Yichen and other juniors, hoping that they could brainstorm a better solution, otherwise the imperial court would reach a compromise and appeasement of Warat, and admit that he would become the new Mongol Khan first.

"What do you think?"

Chen Xun glanced at Shen Yichen and the others, and asked.

Facing Chen Xun's gaze, He Pingyan, who had long been eager to perform, immediately got up and arched his hand: "Yuanfu, the lower official thinks that as long as the Tartars also promise not to commit any more offenses, and are willing to bow down to my Ming Dynasty like they are not spoiled, they can recognize his identity as the Great Khan of Mongolia and reconcile with him!" ”

For the Ming Dynasty after the Yongle Dynasty, in fact, a consensus on strategic contraction had been reached between the Renxuan and Xuan dynasties, and there was no desire for the grassland territory, let alone the ambition of sealing the wolf and living in Guyan like the Han and Tang dynasties.

The greatest expectation of the court for northern Mongolia is that the other party will bow down and obtain the honor of a nominal co-ruler of the world, even if this face is bought with a rich tribute.

He Pingyan's idea is that the current Ming officialdom generally understands that as long as the face is in place, it doesn't matter how the lining is. Not to mention how much recognition of the identity of the former Mongol Great Khan would bring him to unify the Mongol tribes, and suppress how many voices of opposition within Mongolia would be suppressed.

"Xiaguan agrees with what He Zhongtang said, the grain shortage in the north at the beginning of the year caused great turmoil, and people everywhere in the nine sides were panicked and afraid of war, and they could no longer easily start the war."

Yang Hongze seconded He Pingyan for the first time, even if the imperial court had begun to provide disaster relief to the people, the head of the household department Shangshu Jin Lian focused on green seedling loans to help northern farmers carry out spring ploughing and get through this difficult period of green and yellow success.

However, the memory of the suffering suffered by the tens of millions of people in the north will not be erased in an instant, and they are more worried than usual about the outbreak of war and will experience more serious panic.

Not to mention the common people of Limin, even the soldiers of the Nine Sides were worried, afraid that the imperial court would not be able to pay military salaries and would not be able to support their parents, wives and children. In this state and the heart of the army, what to do to deal with the attack of the northern Tartars, and an all-out war is nothing more than a repetition of the siege of Jingshi!

"The lower official seconded the proposal."

Shang Chen's heavy tone chose to agree, he was never a person who opposed for the sake of opposition, as long as He Pingyan and others were reasonable, even if the two sides were in different camps, they would still agree and cooperate with each other.

The family and the country are higher than the grievances and hatreds of the individual, and this is the conduct that officials should abide by.

There was a one-sided situation in the cabinet deliberations, as if no matter what Shen Yichen said at this moment, it seemed that it had become less important.

But Chen Xun finally set his eyes on Shen Yichen and asked meaningfully: "Shen Zhongtang, what do you think?" ”

Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji is about to go south, which is definitely unexpected and exciting news, which will completely change the current political pattern of Jingshi. Chen Xun didn't know what method Shen Yichen used to persuade Wang Ji to be willing to lead the Southern Expeditionary Army to leave, let alone what he would use to support the astronomical military spending in the future.

But there is one thing that Chen Xun can be sure of, that is, Shen Yichen acts in a way that ordinary people can't do!

"Yuan Fu, you said earlier that the imperial court has received a few letters about the military situation of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, can you inform the lower officials of the contents?"

Shen Yichen did not give an answer on whether to recognize the identity of the Great Khan, but instead asked about the current form of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division. Many officials in the Ming Dynasty were constrained by the ideological shackles of the royal Taoism and the constraints of the golden mean, and they always subconsciously sought stability when judging affairs.

As a result, many adventurist affairs became dominated by military generals and even eunuchs.

Now that the eunuch party has collapsed, the Xun Qi is weak, and there is hardly any radical or even opposing opinion in the DPRK and China. Based on the current amount of information alone, it is difficult for Shen Yichen to make a judgment on the situation, and even if he stands up to oppose it, it seems that his words are hollow, and in the end it is ineffective.

He had to thoroughly understand the current situation of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division before he could convince everyone with reason.

"Cao Yi, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, sent a chapter and sent 30,000 soldiers and horses to aid the Tatar Department earlier, but before he arrived at the Tatar camp, he had been captured by the Tile Spur Department.

"The other is the emergency military situation of Shanhaiwei, Wuliang Ha Sanwei raided the Pingchuan Yingbao of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, and is marching towards the Qiantun Guard of Guangning, and there is a risk of dividing the Liaodong Metropolitan Division."

The Liaodong capital of the Ming Dynasty was not like Liaoning Province in later generations, and the left bank of Bohai Bay had Chaoyang City, Fuxin City and other places to expand their strategic depth. Only after Shanhaiguan along the coastline of Huludao City and Jinzhou City, more than a dozen guards were set up in a long and narrow strip, which just surrounded the entire Liaodong Bay.

This kind of narrow military belt is very similar to the Hexi Corridor in the northwest region, and the Hexi Corridor was cut off in the Han and Tang Dynasties, which led to the fall of a large area of land in the Western Regions for thousands of years, and it was not until the Qing Dynasty that the homeland was newly returned.

If the Qiantun guard of Guangning was captured, then the connection between the entire Liaodong Dusi and the Ming Dynasty would be cut off from Shanhaiguan and become an enclave. If you want to rush to the rescue or transport supplies, you will either recapture them or take the sea route, which will obviously be much more difficult.

Shen Yichen talked with Jin Lian, the head of the household department, and discussed with the eldest prince Zhu Yi, and the target had already hit Wuliang Ha Sanwei.

It's just that to crusade against this kind of thing, many times you have to pay attention to a proper name, otherwise you can't convince the civil and military officials, and the vassal states will panic outside, worrying that the next person to be annexed by the Ming Dynasty is yourself.

Originally, Shen Yichen also planned to write a letter to Li Da of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, asking him to find a way to make a little trouble and find a reasonable excuse for Daming to ask for Wuliang Ha Sanwei.

As a result, he never expected that Wuliang Ha Sanwei once again used his traditional skills to jump sideways repeatedly, and took the initiative to send the excuse to Shen Yichen.

Didn't Warat first want to annex the three Mongolian tribes and complete the complete unification and regain the glory of the original Great Yuan?

Then the Ming Dynasty took the first step and directly exterminated and annexed the Wuliang Ha Sanwei, and since then Southern Mongolia has become history. And it can also completely open up the strategic depth with the Liaodong Prefecture, showing the encirclement of Mobei Mongolia.

At the same time, the future henchmen of the Jurchen Third Division, with the opening of the grassland route of the Liaodong Dusi, the next step to restore the Northeast Nuer Gandu Division will become a foregone conclusion, and even reproduce the grand occasion of the Tang Andong Governor's Mansion!

Just when Shen Yichen was looking forward to his future military plan, he heard Chen Xun's questioning voice in his ears: "Shen Zhongtang, haven't you thought of a countermeasure yet?" ”

This question made Shen Yichen come back to his senses from his thoughts, and hurriedly replied: "Yuanfu, the lower officials don't dare to agree with your colleagues!" ”

Hearing Shen Yichen's words, the corners of Chen Xun's mouth subconsciously rose slightly, and he could only say that it was worthy of you, and he really stood up against it.

"Then what is the high opinion of Shen Zhongtang?"

"The three guards of Wuliang Ha have surrendered to me for many years, and the leaders of the tribes have been canonized by the Tartar officials, and they can no longer be regarded as one of the Mongolian tribes. Now attacking the Liaodong Metropolitan Division should be punished as a crime of rebellion, otherwise how can the Celestial Empire deter the four sea feudal states? ”

"The lower official suggested that the soldiers and horses of the Beijing battalion should be immediately recruited, and the Liaodong Metropolitan Division should be conscripted to sweep away the three guards of Wuliang Ha in the fastest time. And no longer set up a new leader of the three guards and canonized Tatars, the original horse breeding land was changed to the land, and the state capitals and counties were established to be the territory of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"The minister suggested that Zhu Yi, the governor of the Chinese military and the governor of the government, should be the commander-in-chief, Jin Lian, the secretary of the household department, should coordinate the logistics, and the general administration department should be the right counselor of military affairs, and the ten battalions of the Beijing division should be sent out immediately!"

In the face of Shen Yichen's outpouring of words, and even the selection of the commander, logistics, and military supervisors were all considered, everyone's faces were full of surprise and shock.

Why do you listen to this posture, I feel that it is not a temporary intention at all, it seems that it has been premeditated, this kid will not plan to start the southern and northern wars, right?