Chapter 621: Timur the Careerist
Hearing this, Lu Ning smiled helplessly.
In the previous life, he was just an unknown science student, and he didn't expect that after crossing over to the Ming Dynasty, he would be remembered by that famous careerist.
In the official history, I don't know for what reason, Timur has not entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty. His plan for the Eastern Crusade naturally ended in turmoil.
Unexpectedly, today, not only Timur's plan was advanced, but also fierce and thunderous.
Lu Ning thought for a while: "Zhenzhen, you go to Princess Xu first, and I will escort this prisoner to see Your Majesty."
He sent someone to report the letter to the Jinyiwei government department, and after a while, the Jinyiwei commander personally led people to press the woman into the Jinyiwei prison.
Then Lu Ning entered the palace overnight to meet Zhu Yuanzhang, and when Zhu Yuanzhang heard that this matter was not trivial, he immediately sent a decree to meet him.
The two met in the outer hall of Zhu Yuanzhang's bedroom, and Lu Ning told Zhu Yuanzhang what had just happened.
Zhu Yuanzhang's brows furrowed, and he immediately ordered to summon the crown prince and the civil and military ministers to come to meet.
Although the prince was quite dissatisfied with Lu Ning, after hearing about this incident, he also felt that it was not trivial, so he had to abandon all selfish thoughts and take care of the major matters in front of him.
After a while, several auxiliary ministers of the cabinet and many princes in Beijing came to the front hall of the palace and met Zhu Yuanzhang.
At this time, the commander of the Jinyi guard also took out the woman's confession, which also wrote the history of Timur's career and his military talents.
Zhao Chenglong said disapprerovantly at the capital university where Lu Ning used to be with him, "The Chagatai Khanate is thousands of miles away from our Ming Dynasty. There is also the terrifying Taklamakan Desert in between. It's not certain whether they can come out or not, so why should we bother ourselves?"
This is also reasonable, you must know that the territory of the Ming Dynasty is now only in the area of Jiayuguan.
As for the Chagatai Khanate on the west side of the Green Mountain, it is simply like the Arabian Nights. I hadn't even seen what the adults looked like, let alone fear.
In fact, it was not until the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu that Zhu Yuanzhang blocked the Silk Road to the Western Regions because of some separatist forces in the Western Regions, so he sent troops and established Hamiwei.
But this guard, after decades of existence, was removed by the Ming court. After that, outside of Jiayuguan, it was completely the territory of Wara, and the Ming Dynasty also completely took a defensive position.
Then those civilian officials and military generals expressed their positions one after another, some in favor of sending troops to crusade and some against, and there was no consensus.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes fell on the face of the crown prince Zhu Biao.
"Prince, tell me what you think."
After playing tricks with Lu Ning several times and eating deflated one after another, the prince also learned a little smarter.
He knew that if he behaved very aggressively, he would offend Wenchen. If you behave quite conservatively, you will be looked down upon by those generals.
What's more, there are now four younger brothers, Yan King Zhu Di, and Protector King Lu Ning, who have always been able to fight in the court.
So he said very slipperily, "Since this matter is in the palace of the Protector Brother, he is the most directly responsible, and his knowledge is superb. Let's ask him for his opinion first."
This suggestion was recognized by the other princes and Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were focused on Lu Ning.
"Tang'er, what do you think you should do about this?"
Lu Ning said without hesitation, "Since that killer once said that Timur had invaded Tianzhu, our protectorate of the Ming Dynasty, then there will be news from fellow Daoists soon. Why don't you listen to the battle report from the front and then reason?"
At this moment, a eunuch who suddenly reported the matter entered the palace: "Your Majesty, the Uszang Ali Guard has sent a hundred thousand urgent military reports."
It turned out that since Emperor Yuan Shun withdrew to the north, all the Tusi feudal lords in the Wusi-Tibetan region under their former jurisdiction sent envoys to the Yingtian Dynasty to see Zhu Yuanzhang and express their attachment.
The Ming court also built a guard post on the most border there, which not only kept abreast of the movements in the Wusi-Tibet region, but also served as the transmission function of Nipolio and Tianzhu Post Station.
It is easy not to send eight hundred miles to the imperial court over there
report, once a war report comes, it means that something has happened in the Western Regions.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very concerned and hurriedly sent the messenger to the palace. When the messenger came to Ying Tiancheng early, he was already a little tired, and he came to the palace with the support of those warriors in the town hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that he was a little pitiful, so he asked the eunuch next to him to bring some water, told him not to worry, drank the water and said slowly.
After the post man drank the water, his spirit eased a little, and then he told Zhu Yuanzhang.
It turned out that he forwarded the recital of Lord Daotong, the plenipotentiary minister in Tianzhu Kingdom.
The eunuch Du Shun sent this piece to Zhu Yuanzhang's dragon book case, and a few goose feathers were inserted in the envelope, indicating that it was a hundred thousand urgent letters.
I saw the date signed on the envelope, which was written more than ten days ago.
He couldn't help but be surprised when he opened it: it turned out that Temur's army had occupied the entire territory of Tianzhu and established the Mughal dynasty. Daotong and one of his lieutenants fled into Nepal with some remnants of the defeated army to recuperate from their wounds.
As soon as this news came out, Lu Ning was taken aback.
He was not worried about how the Dao would do with them, but about some of the ship's arms factories in Tianzhu.
The occupation of those places by Timur would have stimulated his ambitions even more. Timur, who has the same weapons as the Ming Dynasty, will capture the border of the Ming Dynasty with great momentum.
When the time comes, no one can say what this battle will look like.
After hearing the news, Zhao Chenglong, the first minister, still shook his head indifferently: "The barbarians fight each other, we just need to watch the excitement."