Chapter 57: The Eve of the Auction
Warat.
The western Oirat Mongols, mainly descendants of Ali Buge's subjects, live in the area of the Kobdo River, the Irtysh River Basin, and the Junggar Basin.
Since the strength of Ugqi, the leader of the Warat tribe, has greatly increased, he is very dissatisfied with the Northern Yuan Elbok Khan's handing over the command to Prime Minister Mahamu.
Later, the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to discuss with Wara to set up a horse market in Yibula Mountain.
Prime Minister Mahamu intended to make friends with the Ming Dynasty, so he tried his best to persuade Erlebok Khan to agree to the conditions of the Ming Dynasty.
As a result, as soon as Elbok Khan agreed, the Ming Dynasty sent an army to attack the border town of Yijinai.
And Yiji is a border town, which is the frontier of Warat's attack on the Ming Dynasty, and it is also an important water source.
When Elberk Khan learned of this, he was very angry, and directly beheaded the Ming envoy, and gathered an army of 100,000 people to fight with the Ming near Yibula Mountain.
At the same time, Ugqi united with Kun Timur, a descendant of Ali Buge, to impeach Mahamu.
Seeing that they were menacing and that he was weak, Elberk Khan had no choice but to remove Mahamu from the position of prime minister and imprisoned him.
However, Ugqi was ambitious, and under the pretext that Elbok Khan occupied his brother-in-law and killed his brother, he united with Kun Timur and attacked and killed Elbok Khan.
Just as Ugqi embraced Likun Timur as the Great Khan, there was a news from the Northern Yuan side that the Golden Family's lost holy relic, the glazed wolf.
Legend has it that the tribe with the glazed wolf will lead the various tribes of the grassland and regain the glory of the golden family.
At this moment, the entire grassland was boiling.
After Ugqi learned the news, he rushed to the Khan tent as soon as possible and met with Kun Timur, who had just ascended to the Khan throne.
"Great Khan, I must get the Glazed Sky Wolf!" Ugqi said solemnly: "No matter what the price!" ”
"Don't worry, Prime Minister, is this news true and where did it come from?"
Kun Timur naturally knew the importance of the glazed wolf, but he was cautious, and he still doubted the authenticity of this news.
Ugqi said in a deep voice: "This news came from the Hami region, they have always been friendly with the Ming Dynasty, and Ke Timur was also named the 'King of Loyalty' by the Ming Dynasty, if this glazed wolf is from the Ming Dynasty, I think there will be no mistake!" ”
"When the Central Plains was occupied, the Golden Family brought the holy relics to the Central Plains, and later the Ming Dynasty rose, and the holy relics were lost in the Central Plains when they moved north!"
"Then according to the Prime Minister's opinion, we must get the Glazed Wolf?" Kun Timur said with some hesitation.
He had just ascended to the throne of Khan, and his foundation was unstable, so he didn't want to have friction with the Northern Yuan tribes in the east.
But Ugqi said with a serious expression: "You are a descendant of Ali Buge, I will help you take away the throne from the Golden Family Yuan, the people of the Golden Family will definitely be dissatisfied, if there is no Glazed Heavenly Wolf, our Wara will completely break with the Golden Family Yuan!" ”
"This...."
Kun Timur knew the consequences of this matter, so he pondered for a long time and said to Ugqi: "Then according to the Prime Minister's opinion, who do we send to recapture the Glazed Wolf?" ”
"Emperor Tianyuan took off the old department of Timur Arutai, this person is wise and courageous, and he can be of great use!"
Arutai?
Kun Timur frowned, and said in his heart, isn't this person Ugqi's henchman? He let his henchmen seize the glazed wolf, shouldn't he have a bad heart?!
But despite the doubts in his heart, Kun Timur did not dare to go against Ugqi's wishes, so he nodded in agreement: "Then according to what the prime minister said!" ”
"The Great Khan is wise!"
Ugqi saluted respectfully to Timur, then turned and left the tent.
At the moment of turning around, a sneer of disdain appeared at the corner of his mouth, which was fleeting.
At the same time, Kun Timur looked at his back and also showed a touch of murderous intent.
Soon, a man dressed in a Czech man costume walked in from outside the tent and saluted: "Great Khan, are you looking for me?" ”
"Ghost Lichi, you are a descendant of Ogedei, and you have some relationship with the Ogedai royal family in the Hami region, Ben Khan ordered you to go to Hami with Arutai to regain the holy relics of the Golden Family!" Kun Timur said in a deep voice.
"A relic of the Golden Family?"
Ghost Li Chi was stunned: "But the glazed wolf?" ”
"Not bad!" Kun Timur nodded and said, "As long as you help Ben Khan regain the holy relics, Ben Khan will definitely reuse you and make you not weaker than the Hami royal family!" ”
"Yes!"
Ghost Lichi hurriedly saluted: "Ghost Lichi will never live up to the trust of the Great Khan!" ”
"Let's go down!"
Kun Timur waved his hand and watched the ghost Lichi leave the sweat tent.
.......
Three days ago, in the Hami area, the palace of the king of Wokotai.
Timur, the king of Hami, personally met with Zheng He, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and invited him to a banquet.
After the feast, Timur left Zheng He alone and talked with him.
"Special Envoy Zheng, you said that King Yan intends to hold an auction in the Hami area?" Timur asked curiously.
"Hui Zhongshun King, not to open one, but to set up the venue of the auction in the Hami Palace!" Zheng He explained with a smile.
"Set up the auction venue in the Hami Palace?" Timur asked suspiciously, "What does this mean?" ”
"King Yan originally wanted to set up a horse market in the Hami area, but the connection between the northwest and the Hami region is not close, so first set up an auction venue to attract all departments to come to trade, and then set up a horse market!"
"I see...."
Ke Timur nodded suddenly, and suddenly said with some curiosity: "Then why did King Yan choose the Hami region?" ”
"Naturally, the king of Zhongshun is friendly with the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty wants to make the Hami region rich." Zheng He said with a smile.
In fact, the Hami area has always been the sphere of influence of the Ogedai royal family.
In order to encircle the kings of Northwest Mongolia, the Ming Dynasty canonized Anke Timur, the king of Hami, as the "King of Loyalty".
However, the Hami region is also very important to the Ming Dynasty, because the Hami region is not only connected to Gansu in the east, but also to Tulupan in the west, and is the throat of the countries in the Western Regions.
"Oh?"
When Timur heard Zheng He's words, his heart moved.
Although the royal family of Hamiwo Kotai was friendly with the Ming Dynasty, they were mainly afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang, so they made compromises.
But this Daming Yan King actually wants to give himself benefits, this is unbelievable.
You must know that since he became good friends with the Ming Dynasty, the relationship between the kings of the Northwest and him has not been so good.
In addition, the Hami region also had to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and the people of the Golden Family were even more ashamed of him.
In fact, sandwiched in the middle, Timur was not comfortable, but there was no way, he couldn't beat the Ming, so he could only join them.
As for the shame or something, the Golden Family was also driven out of the Central Plains by the Ming Dynasty, don't they feel ashamed?
Everyone is half a pound and eight taels, why do you care so much!?
As if he had figured out the key, Ke Timur's eyes suddenly brightened, and he asked Zheng He; "Special Envoy Zheng said that King Yan wants to make the Hami region rich?"
"Yes." Zheng He nodded; "As long as King Zhongshun agrees to set up an auction house in the Hami area, thirty percent of the proceeds of the horse market in the future will all belong to the Ogedai royal family!"
"Just Horse Market?"
"Of course, 10% of the proceeds from the auction will also go to the king of loyalty!"
"It's only a percentage?" Ke Timur was somewhat dissatisfied.
Zheng He smiled but did not speak.
Yicheng is already giving him face, if he doesn't agree, just change places.
At the beginning, Zhu Di chose the Hami region, in addition to the Hami area being friendly with the Ming Dynasty, which was convenient for him to operate, and also to weaken the vigilance of the eastern and western Mongolian tribes.
Otherwise, how could the meat be divided for Timur to eat?
Seeing that Zheng He was drinking butter tea in the presence of the old god, Ke Timur couldn't sit still.
But he heard him say: "This king doesn't want much, just two percent, how about two percent?" ”
"This...."Zheng He said with some embarrassment: "I'm afraid this ....."
"The auction definitely needs protection, as long as King Yan agrees to two percent, this king will allow King Yan to ride five hundred horses into the Hami area!"
"Deal!"