Chapter 194: Yan Fan surrenders

And Lian Zining actually understands that there are not some people in the Yan Domain who are heart-centered. For example, Lian Zining himself, although he is loyal to King Yan, but if he is asked to say that he is quite an official of the Yan Domain, or wants to be an official of the Ming Dynasty, it is needless to say.

Therefore, if Beijing attacks Yan, it will not necessarily use military means.

Thinking of the worst will prevent the worst from happening.

Since Yan is destined to be inferior to Beijing, it is useless to maintain its so-called independence. At this time, the initiative was no longer in the hands of Yan Fan.

After all, Beijing's demand for Yan Fan is only that Yan Fan only needs not betray it.

However, Yan Fan had more requirements for Beijing.

All kinds of support, after all, compared with Timur, the background of the Yan domain is thinner.

And with the ambition of King Yan, he was absolutely unwilling to just defeat Timur and destroy the Chahatai Khanate. Timur's current territory is already in the eyes of King Yan, as long as Timur can be replaced.

Even after King Yan died, in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, he dared to hold his head high, saying that his achievements were no less than his father.

Moreover, it is also a negotiation tactic.

The more deferential Yan Fan behaved, the more generous Beijing would be. The intention of the horse bones of Qianjin City. In the current battle between the north and the south, although Beijing has a big victory, on the whole, Beijing is still in a weak position, and Yan Fan is so obedient to vote.

How could Beijing not have some indications.

This expression is even much better than Lian Zining picking and searching to talk.

He Xi also quickly understood Lian Zining's thoughts, but Lian Zining thought well. In the face of such Lian Zining, it is difficult for He Xi to lower the price.

So, He Xi and Lian Zining quickly reached a draft agreement.

First of all, King Yan respected the Beijing Imperial Court, and with the name of Longwu of the Beijing Imperial Court, the prince of King Yan came to Beijing Guozijian to go to school. That's the premise. It is also the biggest bargaining chip of Yanwang.

Secondly, the political status of the Yan State was relative to that of the province. King Yan takes care of his own internal affairs, but the Beijing center is in charge of the domestic affairs of Yan. Specifically, the entire administrative system is managed by Yan Guo itself, but if a railway is built, the railway management system in Yan Guo is still under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Communications.

It is under the dual management of the Yan State and the center.

According to this article, the Yan *** team, the Weisuo army, Hebei Minzhuang and other armies were listed as the second-line troops of the imperial court. And the center bears a certain amount of military spending, hedging with ordnance.

Under the auspices of He Xi, there should not be too much ordnance production, there is no shortage at all.

And there must be a premium for Yan Guo. Although it was allocated to the Yan *** team. It seems to be given for nothing, but in fact, the Privy Council has the right to manage the Yan *** team. Although this management has to bargain with King Yan. But when necessary, you can use the Yan *** team to participate in the southward campaign.

On paper alone, Beijing has at least 200,000 more cavalry.

The treatment of King Yan himself was also retained.

That is, Zhu Yuanzhang determined that the prince pays 10,000 stones every year. Even if the officials of King Yan have the title of the imperial court, they will be able to receive a penny.

As a result, Yan Guo estimates that there will be two or three hundred thousand taels of expenditure every year.

It's another big expense.

Moreover, everyone can see that at this time, Beijing has absolutely no idea of interfering in the internal affairs of Yan Guo, and even many people seem to think that it is just He Xi looking for a name to give money.

In essence, this money is a benefit to King Yan.

Although it is said that in Beijing's huge military expenditure, and even among various expenditures, several hundred thousand taels are nothing at all. But don't take Beijing's situation as the norm. After all, fourteen years before Hongwu, the annual income of the Ming Dynasty was only two or three million taels of silver.

The reason for the traffic of the king of Yan on the grassland is that the currency is more valuable.

Yan Wang's annual income is converted into money, which is only more than one million yuan, which is still his large number of livestock sales, as well as the huge market of Beijing. Otherwise, even if King Yan had a large number of livestock, he would not be able to sell his furs.

It can be seen how fragrant these more than 200,000 taels are.

Of course, to ensure mutual trust between the two sides.

Lian Zining asked Beijing to send a forbidden army, not too much. A regiment will do. Sent to the command of King Yan to fight for King Yan. And in all kinds of military supplies, he gave great support to King Yan.

However, this support is not free.

After He Xi discussed with Lian Zining, he asked to establish a horse farm in Mobei, at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, in a place where water and grass are abundant. It was directly under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council and supplied war horses for the army. Among them, the proceeds are divided equally between the two. Now the king of Yan needs to fight the war, all the accounts, and the war horse is used to hedge.

If there are not enough war horses, they will be recorded in the horse farm account, or the spoils of the Western Regions, or even the population will be hedged, etc.

In addition to this, there are some strings attached.

After all, Yan has to obey Beijing's laws, and Chinese businessmen are unimpeded in Yanguo, and the Yan *** team has the obligation to protect businessmen.

Of course, people who come out to do business are sophisticated. Will give some benefits.

It's just that these things don't need to be written at all.

Lian Zining didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

After all, Yan is a part of the Ming Dynasty, even if the Yan Kingdom is relatively independent, but the Yan Kingdom is still the Ming Yan Kingdom, this has not changed, is there any problem with the Yan Kingdom following the laws of the Ming Dynasty? No problem. As for Yan Guo's protection of the people of the Ming Dynasty, it is even more reasonable.

Even Lian Zining has always had a hidden worry in his heart, that is, there are too few Han people in Yan Kingdom.

Today, the main ethnic group of Yan is the Mongols. Now King Yan can hold it down, but what will he do in the future? The princes of Yan and the kings of Yan all had marriages with the Mongolian nobles, and after a few generations, the Yan Kingdom would not become a Mongol state.

This is another concern for Lian Zining to establish a more intimate relationship with Beijing.

In short, Lian Zining wished to let more Ming people settle in Yan Kingdom.

It's just that Lian Zining may not feel it now, but he soon felt that the Ming merchant would be the biggest supporter of King Yan's war against Timur.

Lian Zining was very satisfied with this draft discussion. In his opinion, although Yan Guo has lost some power. But it received a lot of material support from Beijing. It could even be said to be endless. It is enough that King Yan has no worries when he fights with Timur.

However, Lian Zining's heart moved, and he said, "Teacher, there is one thing that I don't know whether to talk about or not."

He Xi said, "You said so. What else should I not say?"

Lian Zining said, "I don't know, does the imperial court have any thoughts about the northwest?"

He Xi said, "Northwest?"

Lian Zining said, "That's what I think. The northwest is broken, the supply of the army is difficult, but it is the horse breeding land of the south reverse, from Datong Dongsheng to the southwest attack, break Ningxia and Gansu, collect Longxi, can go down to Guanzhong, after hitting the south reverse, it is naturally better. If you can't, you will cut off the source of horses from the south, and after a long time, the cavalry of the south will not work. The battlefield advantage is ours."

He Xi thought in his heart, he felt that there was some truth in Lian Zining's thoughts.

It is simply impossible to fight an inter-river battle in the northwest. Without other logistics supply, there are only a few million people at most in the northwest, and this northwest includes Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai and other places. Among them are some toasts, and the number of Han Chinese is quite small.

Hundreds of thousands of troops, logistics can't afford to supply.

Therefore, the scale of the Northwest Battle is around tens of thousands, that is, one army, a reinforced army, or two armies. It's enough to cope. And if the Southern Military Minister wants to deal with such an army, the number needs to be more.

And in He Xi's view, the northwest has a lot of resources. For example, in the Shenmu Coal Mine, even in He Xi, it is not impossible to build a railway from Beijing to Datong, Dongsheng, and Ningxia directly to Lanzhou.

The overall strategy is feasible.

However, He Xi also knew that the reason why he felt that it was feasible was not because of how clever Lian Zining's strategy was, but because after Beijing's military reform, the combat effectiveness of the same number of troops was stronger than that of the southern army, and under this premise, the strategic initiative had reached Beijing's side.

Beijing's

There are a lot of choices, can you hit the northwest? Yes? Is it okay to hit Shanxi? Yes. Is it okay to break through the direction of the Yellow River in northern Henan? Okay, too.

It's just that which plan is the most cost-effective is another matter.

The plans of the General Staff are not too much.

The question is, what does Lian Zining do with this?