Chapter Eighty-Three: The Foundation of the Yan Kingdom

There was no big war between Warat and King Yan, but it didn't mean that the situation in Mobei had calmed down.

King Yan led hundreds of thousands of Mongolian herdsmen and slowly traveled eastward. The Waspur army was dozens of miles away from the army, gathering the herdsmen scattered on the steppe while following the king of Yan, preparing to annex the Eastern Mongolian region.

King Yan actually knew the intention of the tile spur very well, but he didn't dare to really break with the tile spur here.

In this way, King Yan left the bank of the Tribulation River step by step and came to the Songnen Plain.

Along the way, hundreds of thousands of people marched, and the marching speed was much slower than when King Yan came. When I came, it was a few days away, but now I have been walking for more than ten days. This section of the journey is less than a third of the way.

In the past ten days, spring has really come, the ice and snow have melted, the glacier has thawed, and I don't feel much on the grassland, but when I came to the bank of the Nenhe River, it became muddy.

The snow water flows into the Nen River, and the water of the Nen River swells and floods both banks, after all, the Nen River has no embankment at all, and the water is overflowing.

King Yan and Zhang Yu rode here, King Yan suddenly turned over and dismounted, grabbed a handful of soil, it was a handful of black soil, and the soil quality on the grassland was completely different, the soil on the grassland was thin, at most only a dozen centimeters, and even thinner soil layers, these soil layers were evolved over many years. Once destroyed, it is difficult to recover and can easily become a desert.

Therefore, in the land of Mobei, there is only long grass at most, and only by the riverside, where the water and grass are abundant, can grow food, and there are very few that can be planted. And here it is different. Although the Songnen Plain has a higher latitude, there are fewer frost-free periods. But looking at the quality of the soil, although it is not as fertile as the most fertile place in the Northeast, it can still grow food.

And it's much better than Mobei.

Yan Wang said: "Zhang Yu, you know my ambition. ”

Zhang Yu said: "The last general knows. ”

King Yan said: "I can see that my real enemy is the thorn. And to deal with the tile thorn, you can no longer borrow the power of the imperial court. Otherwise, in the future, it will be unclear whether Mobei belongs to the imperial court or is lonely. Changchun is not a lonely place to stay for a long time, but this is a lonely place to live. These hundreds of thousands of herdsmen are the foundation of loneliness. Lone will not bring them to Changchun. ”

King Yan has already noticed the change in the center, and the more this is the case, the more King Yan wants to leave. And he has to think more, when Zhu Yuanzhang was there, the power of the court was not much different from the power of King Yan, and as Lao Tzu, he could not pit his son.

But in the future it will be different.

The fate of King Qin made King Yan understand that monarchs, ministers, even brothers are also monarchs and ministers.

Although King Yan knew that King Qin was innocent of his death, he understood that King Qin's death was not the prince's original intention. But he knew better that the crown prince really had murderous intent towards King Qin. King Yan will inevitably die of a rabbit and a fox, so he naturally has to take a few more precautions.

To be honest, King Yan originally wanted to gain a foothold in Mobei, but he ignored the strong enemy of Wara. The two sides confronted each other all the way, although there was no real large-scale confrontation, but in fact, there were never fewer small-scale confrontations, and the strength of the two sides was still clear.

Although the equipment of the Warat army is not good, there are ironclad cavalry, at least three or five. The exact number is not very clear. As for the cavalry without armor, there are more than 100,000, even if the elite of the Ming army far exceeds that of Wara, but they do not dare to act rashly.

It's about strength.

And King Yan also knew that the strength under his command was unlikely to increase.

Every prince is sealed, but there are only three guards. The rest will have to be raised by yourself.

King Yan's current 30,000 cavalry has exceeded the standard.

It is not difficult to have 30,000 cavalry, but it is extremely difficult to raise 30,000 cavalry. King Yan has already begun to think about this problem, thinking about it, the most important wealth in his hands is nothing else, that is, these hundreds of thousands of herdsmen, in the vast Songnen Plain, also ploughing and herding, enough to feed the army, and even with the support of the Ming Dynasty, they can also defeat Warat.

But the most important step is to gain a foothold here.

King Yan turned around, looked at Zhang Yu and said, "This foundation, Lone can only be handed over to you." Are you willing to take on such a heavy responsibility? ”

Zhang Yu knelt on the ground and said, "The minister is willing to die for His Highness." Please rest assured, as long as the minister is here, he can defend this place for His Highness. Please return to Beijing with peace of mind. ”

Zhang Yu understands King Yan the most and understands King Yan's mind the most.

King Yan made such a great achievement, he must have returned to Nanjing, which is also the thing that King Yan is most worried about, that is, the people who stay on the grassland.

Yan Wang said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Zhang Yu pondered for a moment and said: "Warat has occupied Mobei, and he doesn't dare to come east, and there are not too many external troubles for a while, but after a long time, it's hard to say." Not a priority, though. External invasions are not a priority. The top priority was spring ploughing, and the minister Pegasus invited Lord Lian to come here to sit down, promote the cultivation of potatoes and oats, and build a city here. ”

King Yan said, "Build a city? ”

Zhang Yu said: "The city was built for His Highness to stay. ”

When King Yan heard this, he also had some longing for a while. Although the city in the future will not be too big. However, when he thought of the foundation he built, it was where the kings of the Yan Kingdom were located. King Yan has a solemn sense of mission.

In the heart of King Yan, there were many styles of cities, grand, solemn, and magnificent. Then he sighed lightly and said: "The danger of the world is not in the city. Although the city is important, it is in the same boat and has different dreams, and the people are all enemies. That's what worries me the most. What's the old town nearby? ”

Zhang Yu pondered for a moment and said, "I remember that there seems to be a ruined city nearby, which is the Qi Palace. Genghis Khan's second brother was crowned, one of the kings of the host country, and later leveled by Kublai Khan, and the city was abandoned. Although a hundred years have passed, the foundation is still there. ”

King Yan said: "Then take the old city of King Qi's Mansion as the foundation, repair it, and use it temporarily." The most important thing is people's hearts, if you can win these hundreds of thousands of people into people's hearts, then the lonely Yan Kingdom will become. If you can't win people's hearts, the lonely Yan Kingdom is just a sand city rampart, and if something happens, it will be destroyed in one fell swoop. That's the number one priority. ”

Zhang Yu said: "Please give your Highness advice." ”

King Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Go and find the Mongolian noblewoman, I, you, and the generals in the army will all have a side room." This is a dead order, and there must be no mistakes. ”

Although it is a bit old-fashioned, marriage is the most effective method. The two of us are connected as one. With this layer of relationship, they will be much closer to each other, and after the next generation of children is born, they will slowly become one.

This is actually the way Jiang Ziya treats Qi, that is, he quickly becomes one with the locals. Immerse yourself in the local population.

Therefore, finding a woman became a political task.

Zhang Yu understands this one better, but he also has a question, saying, "What about the Golden Family?" ”

The Sons and Daughters family, that is, the Golden Family, are the largest snakes on the grassland. The Golden Family is also the most complicated, the Golden Family is the remnants of the previous dynasty, can not be suppressed, but can not be excessively suppressed, the Mongolian and the Sons of the Jin family, almost complement each other, and are constructed at the same time. The two are inextricably linked, and they want to clear the influence of the gold family. It is necessary to have a deep purge of the bone marrow. But at this time, the Great Purge has affected the peace of mind of these Mongolian people. If they are not cleaned, how can these remnants of the former dynasty be hidden in the shadows, how can people feel at ease?

King Yan pondered for a moment, and finally smiled bitterly and said: "In this way, the Golden Family has titles, has power, and the descendants of Kublai Khan will all be selected, and I will take them to Nanjing, and among the remaining side branches, select a few women to marry to the palace." People from the Golden Family can only marry in the royal palace. ”

"Let's do this for now."

Beat and suppress the Golden Family, drive away the descendants, and leave the side families behind, after all, even if it is the Golden Family, not all the sons and daughters can share the power brought by the Tianyuan Emperor's regime. After all, it has been so many generations since Temujin arrived, and the family has all played out dog brains.

I hope that with the help of the name of the Erjin, the harm of the Yanguo family to the future Yan Kingdom can be limited. It's also very difficult to get a sense of proportion.