Since ancient times, Daming has been able to make the people of the grassland happy and convinced, and Daming is definitely the first one.

At that time, the Han Empire established its supreme prestige by relying on its own powerful army to subjugate the Xiongnu to be defeated by various tribes. Until the destruction of the Han Dynasty, various tribes were the eagle dogs and lackeys of the Han Dynasty.

The Sui and Tang Empires, on the other hand, relied on their strong military and political capabilities to make the leaders of various tribes respect the Tang Dynasty as the Heavenly Khan, and the prestige of the Tang Dynasty benefited immensely in the last years of the Tang Dynasty two hundred years later.

But compared with today's Daming, the achievements of Dahan and Datang are slightly worse.

Because now the herdsmen of various tribes on the grassland have a stronger support and submission to the Ming Dynasty.

Hundreds of thousands of herdsmen, because of the arrival of the Ming court, let them no longer have the tribal nobles and princes who are pressed on their heads to exploit.

Without these vampires, they had a better life.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, and then said, "We won't go to the grassland tribal conference in Beiping this time, or you will preside over it in person instead of us, after all, we are going to hold the imperial examination here in Yingtianfu in Jiangnan this year, this is the first imperial examination since the second reform of Xinxue, let's still sit in this Yingtianfu, so as to save those old-school Confucian students from making any more trouble." ”

Under the influence of Zhu Han, the Ming court had already abandoned the empty and useless Baguwen.

Originally, it was still a situation where the new Confucian school and the old school were juxtaposed, but now after Zhu Han's promotion and several years of development, the new school of the Ming Dynasty has completely occupied a dominant position.

Therefore, this year's imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty fully adopted Confucian Xinxue as an examination item.

The rest of the old Confucian learnings, such as the subset of classics and histories, and those who know the hu, have only become a small part of the new imperial examination.

This is equivalent to moving the foundation of countless scholars in the world.

If there was no Emperor Ming in person, Zhu Han was really worried that some people would make some chaos that would be difficult to end.

Zhu Han thought about it for a while, and also felt that this was the case.

"Okay, then I'll go to Beiping again for my brother this year to see what kind of new changes these Mongolian tribes will have, and if there are any more successful experiences, I'll come back and tell you in detail."

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and showed an approving smile.

Then he reminded, "Seventh Five, this time the steppe tribe conference, do those Mongolian princes and nobles in Beiping want them to participate?" ”

Zhu Han nodded and said, "Of course! I have to let them participate, I want them to see what a happy life the herdsmen on the grassland live under the direct rule of the Ming Dynasty without them riding on their heads. ”

This steppe tribal assembly is fundamentally different from the previous feudal dynasty alliance.

Because this time the grassland tribe conference was not only attended by the nobles of various tribes in Beiping, but also composed of ordinary herdsmen and soldiers of various tribes in the grassland.

When the time comes, a family of officers and soldiers and herdsmen will definitely be able to cut off the rebellious heart of any Mongolian nobleman who wants to restore it.

………

Enke was an ordinary herdsman of the Duoyanra tribe, who was formerly a subject of the Great Yuan Dynasty and is now a subject of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the emperors and officials of the Ming Dynasty were all Han Chinese, to be honest, the days under the rule of the Ming Dynasty were actually happier than those of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

Because, the Ming Dynasty gave the Enke family pasture, cattle, sheep and horses, and in the previous Dayuan Dynasty, Enke was just a herdsman slave of the host Duoyanra King, not to mention property, and even his life did not belong to him.

On this day, the Enke family was busy milking goats.

Suddenly, several Ming officials drove a carriage to the yurt ranch. "Uncle Enke, the government has sent me to bring you new lambs! This kind of lamb grows fast, it doesn't get sick, and the wool is worth a lot! ”

Enke was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked his wife and children to take out the dried meat that had been prepared a long time ago to entertain these officials.

The leading official took a bite of the dried meat with a smile on his face, and continued: "Uncle Enke, this time we have brought fifteen lambs, you see, is it enough for you?" If it's not enough, you can ask someone to buy it, but this kind of lamb has been very sought-after recently, and I'm afraid it will be a little expensive! ”

Enke nodded: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, don't worry, sir, our family also has two hundred lambs, no matter how much, the forage will not be enough!" ”

The official nodded with satisfaction, and then asked about other things: "Uncle Enke, I heard that you have a daughter in your family, who is as beautiful as the moon, how about I introduce her to a family business, my nephew, who has just been promoted to the hundred households of the Beiping Metropolitan Protectorate!" ”

Enke replied with a smile: "The girl just got married to the city two days ago, and the son-in-law is a Ming officer and soldier in Duoyan City, and he eats and drinks spicy food every day, thank you for your kindness!" ”

"Oh? That's a pity...... Then I'm leaving! ”

After sending off the officials, Enke immediately announced to the whole family: "Let's have a lamb stew tonight and celebrate!" ”

When he heard that Enke wanted to kill the sheep to celebrate, his wife showed a distressed expression next to him, quietly pulled Enke's Mongolian robe, and whispered: "The head of the family, and he wants to kill the sheep and eat meat, isn't it a bit too wasteful?" ”

When Enke heard this, he glanced at the children who were cheering because they wanted to eat mutton, and with a proud look in his eyes, he said to his wife, "Don't worry, I am the head of the family, I know all these things in my heart, what is it to kill a sheep, our life is prosperous now!" ”

When Enke's wife heard this, she also silently agreed in her heart, so she stopped saying anything to stop it

The Enke family was originally an ordinary herdsman, and if it was in the old days, when it was not a festival, they would never kill sheep and eat them.

Because unlike the life of grassland herders imagined by many people, the vast majority of herdsmen's daily diet is mainly based on goat milk and horse milk products, supplemented with a large amount of cereals and a small amount of wild vegetables.

As for the days when you eat meat every day until you vomit, it is definitely a good life that only the tribal nobles and princes can live.

After all, for the grassland herdsmen, the sheep is equivalent to the land of the people in the Central Plains.

No one can just kill a sheep and eat it.

The people of the Central Plains will not sell their land unless they are forced to do so.

The herders of the steppe do not easily kill their sheep to eat meat.

But.

All this changed because of the arrival of the Ming Dynasty.

After the Ming government established direct rule on the grassland, every tribal herdsman received very great preferential treatment.

The Ming government not only helped them build sheepfolds to hide from the wind and snow, but also helped them provide better breeds of lambs.

These lamb breeds were obtained by Zhu Han after signing in, and then after several years of hard breeding in the Central Plains.

Excellent sheep breeds are cold and roughage-tolerant, very easy to manage, very resistant to disease and extremely easy to produce high-quality wool.

That's right, nowadays steppe herders raise lambs for the main purpose of obtaining wool.

The original breeds of sheep raised on the grassland were gradually eliminated, because the wool produced by those original sheep was too coarse, and the quality of the wool spun was far inferior to these new breeds of sheep provided by the current Ming government.

Now the output of one sheep is equivalent to three sheep in the past.

So for Enke now, killing a sheep to celebrate, although it is still a bit of a luxury, is definitely within the range of his own bearing.

What's more, Enke's eldest daughter often subsidizes the family and sends money to Enke's family.

Enke's eldest daughter had previously attended a free literacy session in a nearby city middle school, and became acquainted with a soldier of the Ming court's garrison there.

The two got married not long ago.

The government gave Enke a considerable preferential treatment.

Because according to the regulations of the Ming court, as long as these Mongolian herdsmen marry the Ming officers and soldiers or officials, they can get a subsidy of five taels of silver every year.

Five taels of silver on the grassland can buy enough food for the whole family of five for half a year.

So the Enke family hardly has to worry about going hungry anymore.

That night, a bonfire was lit.

Mr. and Mrs. Enke and a few of their children ate fragrant roast lamb and fragrant lamb bone soup.

Amidst the smoke and the aroma of mutton, the Enke family danced under the stars, not at all as before, because the bitter winter had arrived, and the whole family was plunged into sorrow and worry.

Early the next morning.

Enke had just gotten up, rubbed his head, which had a headache from drinking mare's milk wine, and walked out of his yurt.

Now he is going to put the lambs in the pasture and graze.

Shortly after he stepped out of his tent, he saw several riders in the distance galloping in the direction of his tent.

The horses they rode were very tall and strong. At first glance, it is the Ming army, the kind of high-headed horse that it should be.

Enke thought it was his eldest son-in-law who came to see me.

But.

When the men got closer, Enke realized that he didn't know them.

Fortunately, these riders wearing the uniforms of Ming officers and soldiers took the initiative to open their mouths to Enke, "You are Enke, right?" ”

Enke nodded hurriedly, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am Enke." ”

Although his Daming official words are a little awkward, it is not a problem to use them for normal communication.

When the leading officer and soldier heard Enke's answer, he immediately took out a beautiful letter in a bamboo tube from his bosom, and then handed it to Enke and said, "This is an invitation letter from the Northern Parallel Capital Division. ”

When Enke heard this, he immediately showed a puzzled look, according to his Chinese level, he didn't know what an invitation was, and these three words were completely unfamiliar.

He looked at the exquisite paper in his hand in a daze, on which a series of Chinese characters were written, as well as a series of seals.

Enke was illiterate and could only recognize a few words.

"Master Jun, I can't read, what's written on this?"

Enke asked, a little embarrassed.

Now that the Dalian Imperial Court is promoting Chinese characters on the grassland, whoever can obtain the diploma certificate issued by the Ming government can also give himself a part of the tax reduction.

So Enke is also studying hard, but because he is too old, it is very difficult to progress.

These Ming officers and soldiers were not impatient after hearing this, but said patiently, "This is an invitation letter from the Northern Parallel Capital of the Ming Dynasty and His Royal Highness the King of England, asking you to go to Beiping to participate in the tribal alliance conference in a month." ”

As soon as Enke heard what the Tribal Alliance Conference was, he immediately showed a look of surprise.

"Master Jun, is there a mistake? I'm just an ordinary sheep herder, how can I be qualified to participate in any alliance conference, this should be the prince and the leader to participate. ”

Enke was very frightened in his heart, although the current good life was lived, he felt that people should still keep some duties, as long as they could live a down-to-earth life, like what kind of tribal alliance conference, how could this kind of thing be something that he could participate in as a small herdsman.

How do you know that the Ming officer and soldier didn't think so, he continued to smile and said to Enke, "Make no mistake, this is the quota selected by our Duoyan City, you, as a family member of the Ming official army, and a famous sheep breeder in this area, must be qualified to participate in this tribal alliance conference." ”

When Enke heard this, a wave of pride welled up in his heart.

It turned out that the good son-in-law that his eldest daughter was looking for could bring so many benefits to herself. But.

Enke then made another difficulty, he frowned and said, "But I don't know how to get to Beiping at all?" ”

Enke is an ordinary herdsman on the Mobei grassland, who has never left the grassland within a radius of more than 1,000 miles in his life.

He had only heard that Beiping was the capital of the original Great Yuan Dynasty.

But how to get there, but it's hard for him as a herdsman.

The Ming officers and soldiers also said patiently, "You can rest assured of this, in a few days, we will say that there will be a convoy of Ming officers and soldiers in the city to pick you up, and you don't have to worry about eating and drinking Lazar along the way, you just need to prepare decent clothes, and don't wear too cold when you go to Beiping." ”

After the Ming officer and soldier finished speaking, he also took out a cloth bag from his arms.

It turned out to be a money bag with heavy silver coins inside.

He handed the bag to Enke and said to him, "This is the money for the journey, the Northern Parallel Metropolitan Division has given subsidies to everyone who attends the alliance conference, and use this money to buy more rations for the family to save the family from going hungry when you are away, and the rest of the money will buy you decent clothes." ”

After explaining these things, these Ming officers and soldiers did not stop longer, but continued to gallop towards the other herdsmen's pastures in front.

Enke looked at the letter invitation in his hand, and then at the five silver shining coins in his hand, and couldn't help but fold his hands and send out an infinite prayer in his heart to the sky.

"Immortal Heaven opens your eyes!"

"The Ming Dynasty is really good to us, I hope that the Ming Emperor will be blessed by the Immortal Heaven, and I hope that His Royal Highness the King of the Ming Dynasty will also be blessed by the Immortal Heaven!"

"We, the herdsmen on the grassland, can enjoy this peace and happiness forever."

The Ming court summoned various tribes to participate in the alliance meeting on the grassland, and proved in one fell swoop that it had won countless inexplicable support on the grassland.

In fact, these grassland herders who participated in the alliance conference were all the most prestigious and supportive of the Ming policies among the various tribes.

They gathered to participate in the meeting, and they understood each other's situation more thoroughly.

After these herders scattered across the vast grasslands gathered in Beiping, they would know that great changes had taken place in the entire grassland.

Not to mention the nobles and princes of various tribes who returned to the steppe to encourage them to rebel, even if the great Genghis Khan was resurrected, they might not be willing to give up their current rich and comfortable life and follow Genghis Khan to fight.

After all, there is only one human life, and if you can eat and drink enough, no one is willing to exchange your life for a future.

The grassland tribal alliance conference held by Zhu Han in Beiping was definitely a grand event that had never been seen before or since.

And this is also a big conspiracy.

That's right, it's Yangmou.