"Nonsense." Zhang Shenyan said angrily, "Why did the servant say that he wanted to be friendly? ”

Sifu Liu Lishun still asked: "Then what does the first mention of the marriage between Jiannu and the Mongolian tribes mean?" ”

"What does the servant mean? It's nothing more than a statement of facts. Zhang Shenyan was also angry at Liu Lishun, and to be honest, he didn't expect that the relationship between him and Meng Zhaoxiang and the three of them would deteriorate sharply in such a short period of time.

Since the Jingcha, the relationship between Zhang Shenyan and the second assistant Meng Zhaoxiang, the third assistant Wu Linzheng and the fourth assistant Liu Lishun began to deteriorate sharply, and Meng Zhaoxiang and the three of them also faintly showed signs of confronting him.

If Meng Zhaoxiang and the three of them really huddle, Zhang Shenyan would be very uncomfortable even if he was the first assistant.

"What facts?" A servant of the ministry said, "The meaning of the first sentence is clearly that I want the Ming Dynasty to follow the example of Jiannu to make peace with the Mongolian tribes." ”

"Even if you are close, why not?"

Wang Jiayan, the priest of the Beijing Guozi Priest, who has already been ranked as a member of the second grade, retorted: "It is necessary to know that harmony does not mean that I have to marry my Ming princess to the head of the Mongolian tribes, but also that my Ming Emperor or vassal king marry the daughter of the Mongolian chiefs. ”

"So the question is, is it useful?" Liu Lishun sneered.

"Did the King of Qin marry Guanyin Nu and make the Mongol tribes submit to my Ming rule?"

"That's because of the lack of intimacy." Wang Jiayan snorted coldly and said, "If the Ming Dynasty can marry a large number of clan daughters to the Mongolian leaders like Jiannu, and then let the children of the Ming clan marry a large number of the daughters of the Mongolian leaders, so that the Ming clan and the Mongolian tribes will become solid in-laws, and it may not be impossible for the Mongolian tribes to submit to my Ming Dynasty." ”

"How can this be reasonable, how can the princess of the Ming clan have the reason to marry a barbarian?"

"Why not? As long as it is conducive to the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty, nothing can be done. ”

"I am against harmony, there are clouds in the left, not my race, its heart must be in place, how can I marry Mobei barbarians forever? Isn't this a joke? ”

The dozens of civil officials and military ministers present immediately quarreled.

Zhu Cihong was not in a hurry, just sat on the throne and watched quietly.

It's just that the flames of war soon burned to Zhu Cihong's head, and the faction that opposed peace and relatives couldn't refute those who supported peace and relatives, so they turned to Zhu Cihong for help.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you have something to say."

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, you don't approve of peace, do you?"

In the face of the opposition's criticism, Zhu Cihong finally showed his hole card, which is also the long-term peace and stability plan proposed to him by Zhu Cijiong in a secret letter: Han and Mongolian marriage!

Good guy, it turns out that this is just a play carefully directed by Zhu Cihong.

The reason why Zhu Cihong wanted to provoke this polemic between the pro-faction and the opposition was only to elicit a proposal for intermarriage, and then it was successfully passed at the court meeting.

Smiling, Zhu Cihong said: "Actually, not only nobles can get along with each other, but also the common people of the Ming Dynasty and the ordinary herdsmen of various Mongolian tribes. ”

"Huh?" The military attachés of the civil ministers present were stunned when they heard this, what did the prince mean by this?

Of course, the common people of the Ming Dynasty and the ordinary herdsmen of the Mongolian tribes can get along, but what is the meaning of such a affinity? Politically, there will be no impact at all.

One of the waiters of the Ministry of Works asked puzzledly, "But what's the use of this?" ”

"If it's just a few civilians' affinity, it's naturally of little use." Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "But what if it's tens of thousands of relatives? Besides, what if more than 100,000 Ming soldiers married more than 100,000 Mongolian women? What impact do you say it will have? Can the Mongolian tribes be integrated into the Ming Dynasty? ”

"What? Tens of thousands of people or even hundreds of thousands of relatives? ”

"Let hundreds of thousands of Ming soldiers marry Mongolian women?"

The military attachés of Wenchen who were present looked at each other, and they couldn't react at once.

Or Jin Xuan reacted the fastest, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is saying that following the example of Nanzhi, Beizhi, and Huguang Zhuzhentai, he will also form a Mongolian Zhentai in the Mobei Grassland?" Let the soldiers of the Mongolian town marry the Mongolian woman? ”

"To be more precise, it is a number of towns, which can form Korqin Town, Chahar Town, Tumut Town, Khalkha Town, Oirat Town, and if necessary, even more towns." Zhu Cihong said again, "Jin Qing, do you think this move can ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Northern and Western Regions?" ”

When he asked this, Zhu Cihong couldn't help but have a first-class expectation in his heart, because the answer to this question had extraordinary significance for Daming.

If the Ming Dynasty never had any more troubles in the north......

Zhu Cihong couldn't imagine such a beautiful scenery.

That is, Chongzhen is not here, if Chongzhen is here, he will definitely smack Zhu Cihong's face, can he pursue it a little? Now it is already the age of firearms, and the traditional skills of the northern Hu cavalry will soon transition from fighting and killing to singing and dancing, so the Ming Dynasty does not have to do anything at all to make the northern Hu cavalry surrender.

In the future, the northern frontier will no longer be Mongolian Huqi, but Rakshasa.

Of course, from the current point of view, compared with the Rakshasa becoming the northern border of the Ming Dynasty, the possibility of the Ming Dynasty becoming the eastern border of the Rakshasa seems to be greater, depending on Zhu Cijiong's development speed in the Monan grassland.

Jin Xuan thought about it seriously and replied: "Your Highness, if this matter is really done, I dare not say that I will always ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Northern Frontier and the Western Regions, but it is not a problem to ensure peace for a hundred years." ”

"That's enough!" Zhu Cihong clapped his fists hard.

My father said that there is a timeliness in any national policy.

The third brother's policy of intermarriage can ensure peace in the frontier for a hundred years, which is enough!

Kim Hyun said again: "However, I'm afraid this matter is not easy to handle, right?" ”

"Not really, it's actually very easy to do." Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "Because according to the rules of the Mongols, after one tribe is conquered by another tribe, then all the men of this tribe will be reduced to slavery, and their women, cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock will become the property of another tribe and be disposed of. ”

Hearing this, those civil and military attachés finally reacted.

"That's good, it's good, it's worth trying."

"If it's like this, it's really worth considering."

"If this is the case, then in less than 20 years, the herdsmen of the south and north of the desert are all descendants of my Ming soldiers, so the south and north of the desert will not only not become a threat to my Ming, but will become a solid barrier to the north of my Ming Dynasty, how wonderful?"

In the end, even Zhang Shenyan and several other cabinet assistants began to look forward to the wonderful scene after the northern border troubles were completely eliminated, nothing else, it was really because the memory of the northern Hu Qi engraved in the history of China was too profound, and even it had been integrated into the bone marrow and turned into genes.

Jin Xuan said: "If this is the case, you can first form Horqin Town." ”

Zhu Cixun was noncommittal and said with a smile: "In addition, I will tell you another good news, on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, King Ding led two cavalry divisions to launch a surprise attack on the night of the wind and snow, and wiped out the Chahar Mongols in the wintering camp of the Ulan Butong steppe, killing hundreds, taking nearly 90,000 prisoners, and capturing more than 500,000 cattle and sheep and other livestock, and 100,000 horses!" ”

"Color! The king is mighty! Hearing this, the military attachés of Wenchen present immediately applauded loudly.

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "King Ding said that he intends to select 40,000 young Mongolian women from the Chahar tribes, and give them to nearly 40,000 new army soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions, and then give the remaining 10,000 older widows to the poor herdsmen who can't afford to marry wives, first use the 40,000 new army soldiers and 10,000 herdsmen to form the Chahar cavalry town, and then use the other two cavalry divisions plus 10,000 Horqin herdsmen to form the Horqin town, what do you think?" ”

"Such a good thing, how can it not be supported?" This time, all the military attachés of the civil and military ministers were unanimously supportive.

"Okay." Zhu Cihong nodded happily and said, "This matter should not be delayed, since you have the same opinion, then we will convene a great court meeting this afternoon and settle this matter as soon as possible." ”

……

Xu Wuniu soon returned to Ulan Butong with Zhu Cihong's reply.

After receiving the edict issued by Zhu Cihong in the name of the prison state, Zhu Cijiong immediately summoned the Pori Tichena and Hairigu to the tent to inquire about the details of the strong men of the Mongol tribes in Chahar.

"How many tribes are there in your Chahar?"

"There are more than a dozen tribes such as the Arakhuita, Dorot, and Arch Rabbit."

There are about 10,000 strong men left in more than a dozen tribes, and an average of 1,000 strong men in each tribe is also miserable.

Zhu Cijiong then asked: "How many of the remaining 10,000 herdsmen have wives, and how many herdsmen have not married wives?" ”

"There are probably more than 5,000 herdsmen who have taken wives, of which more than 1,000 have multiple wives and concubines, and more than 300 nobles have a large number of wives and concubines. ”

Zhu Cijiong said in his heart that sure enough, it was the same as he thought.

Women are also concentrated in the hands of a few, just like cattle and sheep.

The lowest herdsmen or slaves had no right to intercourse at all.

However, Zhu Cijiong still asked: "Why don't the remaining 5,000 herdsmen marry wives?" ”

"The main thing is that you are poor and can't afford to marry." Hai Rigu shook his head and said, "And the remaining 5,000 or so strong men are not all herdsmen, and more than 3,000 of them are slaves. ”

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "In this way, you go and gather the more than 3,000 slaves, the more than 2,000 poor herdsmen who can't afford to marry Ahha, and the more than 4,000 herdsmen who only marry one Aha to this king." ”

These 10,000 slaves or herdsmen are the targets that Zhu Cijiong wants to encircle.

Because these 10,000 slaves and herdsmen had very few resources in the previous order, the Ming only needed to give them women and a small amount of cattle and sheep in exchange for their gratitude.

As for the more than 300 Chahar nobles who had many wives and concubines......

A cold light flashed in Zhu Cijiong's eyes, and I am afraid that he can only find a chance to eradicate it.

Because these nobles are already difficult to buy, Daming can't afford to give them the price they want.

Of course, with the exception of Poritchiana and Hairigu, these two people are still trustworthy.