Chapter 18 King Yan arrives at the house

What's the difference?

It's not the same on land and sea.

The Ming Dynasty, no, it should be said that it is China, has always been a land power country. The feeling of land is different from overseas. The so-called vassal kings overseas, even if they are not far from the Ming Dynasty, most people have no feelings about it.

And the king of Yan was in the Western Regions, and it was the land of China during the Han and Tang dynasties. In the future, when the court prospers, will it be unpleasant to look at him.

And the strength of the imperial court.

King Yan also has his own judgment.

Now King Yan has broken Timur and has strong strength in his hands. If you make up your mind. Pulling out hundreds of thousands of troops, claiming to be millions, is not incapable.

But this didn't make King Yan feel safe, and even King Yan felt that although he had become much stronger over the years. But to really say it, before the war began, the strength between King Yan and the Beijing court was the closest.

Now the gap in strength between the two sides has not only not narrowed because of the great increase in the strength of King Yan, but has expanded even more.

King Yan felt that the strength in his hands now could probably deal with the three armies of the imperial court, nearly 100,000 people, and more probably couldn't deal with it.

The imperial court is organizing and training a new army, and after the complete integration, the three armies are less than one-tenth of the strength of the Ming court.

As a general, King Yan has always spoken with strength. This kind of strength gap, how can King Yan not worry.

It can be said that when he just came out of the Western Regions, King Yan still had the aftermath of a great victory in his heart. I want to take this opportunity to have a good talk with the imperial court. But the further he went, the more Yan Wang found in his heart that this thing was not easy to do.

Not because of anything else. It's because the difference in strength between the two sides is too big.

When King Yan came to Nanjing via the Grand Canal via Beijing, his mind was even more uneasy.

Along the way, he also visited some battlefields. Although the war has been going on for half a year. Many traces have been cleaned, but for a general like King Yan, as long as the terrain has not changed. Compare the war records at the time. You can see through the battlefield situation at that time.

He also made a special trip to the Guangwu battlefield.

Fu Youde was honored.

As a general, he felt that Fu Youde had already lost before the war. The battle of Guangwu was nothing more than a death struggle. Even if he was dying, King Yan didn't think that the Yan army in his hands could resist it.

This is a situation that makes King Yan very worried.

All of a sudden, the war became unrecognizable.

In contrast, Timur was too easy to deal with.

After King Yan arrived in Nanjing, he had not yet cleaned up. I was invited by He Xi.

Before He Xi was at the conference, he wanted to talk to King Yan first.

In fact, He Xi didn't just want to talk to King Yan first, but also talked to many people first. The conference was only adopted, and many things were decided at small meetings. However, the reason why King Yan is so high is naturally because Zhu Xiongying pays special attention to the back.

After all, King Yan is where Zhu Xiongying's heart knots.

King Yan looked at the invitation in his hand, and secretly said in his heart, "It's okay, sooner or later, we have to talk."

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After King Yan came to He Mansion, He Xi went out to greet him without mentioning it.

After the two of them were full of wine and food, King Yan said, "It's been a long time since I've eaten such authentic Nanjing food."

Speaking of which, King Yan also grew up in Nanjing. It's just that after many years of traveling, the time to come to Nanjing is getting less and less. King Yan didn't even know when the next time he would come to Nanjing after this time.

He Xi said, "If Your Highness is willing, I will arrange for a few cooks to go to the Western Regions."

King Yan said, "In fact, there are Nanjing cooks in the house. I just don't know how. When they arrived in the Western Regions, the things they made didn't taste like that at all, they were all coarse and vulgar in eating meat."

Xinjiang cuisine is this virtue. There is no way to compare with the dishes of Gangnam.

Of course, there is no such cuisine as Xinjiang cuisine in the Western Regions today. But the problem is, local

Culture is closely related to the local natural endowment. Sichuan is humid, so it is natural to eat spicy and sweaty. And the reason why Xinjiang cuisine is such a style also has its own reasons.

He Xi said with a smile: "One side of the water and soil raises the other side."

King Yan said, "Brother He, there's no problem for me to call you Brother He, right?"

He Xi said, "Fourth brother, you and I have been brothers for many years, what can't you say?"

At the beginning, He Xi called the fourth brother of King Yan, and there were some apprehensions in his heart. Now that the times have passed, King Yan is a little uneasy about calling He Xi's younger brother.

It's really a different status.

King Yan said, "I came to Jingshi this time, what is going on, I can probably guess it. If you have something to say, just say it, it's not good for anyone."

"Fourth brother, speak quickly. In fact, I don't mention this matter, it's to see the fourth brother's thoughts. Truth be told, and today there is a lot to do. When the fourth brother was the fourth brother, the affairs of the Western Regions were not important matters, and it didn't matter if they were decided or not. Leave it to posterity. It's not necessarily the way to go. However, since the fourth brother has spoken, the two of us have set a charter. How?" He Xi said indifferently.

When King Yan heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. That's true.

From now on, the gap in strength between the Ming Dynasty and the Yan Kingdom will only get bigger and bigger. If we can't reach an agreement that is acceptable to both parties and satisfactory to both parties. Things will not be easy to do in the future.

And now he still has to call King Yan a fourth brother, but I don't know who will come to power in the future, after King Yan, no one still has such a friendship with the Ming court.

The time is here in He Xi, not here in King Yan.

King Yan said, "Okay. I don't know what the rules are."

He Xi said, "My charter has never changed, and that's what I said in front of Taizu."

King Yan said, "Does my Yan Kingdom have to be taught?"

He Xi said, "Tuien? I didn't think about this thing. My idea is very simple, that is, the Western Regions cannot be a big country, at least there can be a big country in the north and south of Xinjiang. Mobei doesn't matter. After all, Mobei's foundation is too shallow. Everything depends on Kannai."

"Tuen is naturally a way to go."

When King Yan heard this, he immediately discovered that there was still some room for this matter.

What King Yan wants is a powerful Yan Kingdom. And what He Xi wants is the strategic security of the Ming court.

And between the two major powers, how to ensure strategic security. Naturally, it is to create a strategic buffer zone.

He Xi didn't think about occupying the Western Regions. Expanding the territory of the Ming Dynasty to Central Asia, He Xi thought about it carefully and found that it was meaningless, and he could not expand his territory for the sake of expanding his territory.

At this point in time, the future is at sea.

And not on land.

He Xi's return on every cent of his investment at sea has exceeded that of Central Asia. Not to mention, fighting King Yan is very likely to destroy the internal and external checks and balances that He Xi has carefully established. The emperor of the hypocrisy, the powerful first assistant, and the outer vassal king Gongwei emperor. A relationship of checks and balances has been formed in many aspects.

Moreover, from a more relaxed perspective, isn't the land of King Yan of the Ming Dynasty?

I'm afraid that King Yan himself will not admit this. King Yan is the King of Yan of the Ming Dynasty, and the land of the King of Yan is also the land of the Ming Dynasty, but the way of ruling is different.

Yan Wang found that his thoughts and He Xi's thoughts might be able to coexist.

If you can, King Yan doesn't want to push grace. He can give his children and grandchildren a lot of rights, but everything must be within the system of Yan Kingdom, not outside.

King Yan said, "Brother He, tell me what you think. Stop playing pantomimes."

He Xi said, "Fourth brother is willing to be Bohu?"

King Yan was stunned for a moment and said, "Uncle?"

He Xi said: "That's right, I want to seal a few kings in the Western Regions, of course, the location is in the southern Xinjiang. Of course, you won't be at a loss, Fourth Brother. First of all, the fourth brother, you are Xibo, the head of the kings of the Western Regions, and you have the power to recruit the troops of the kings of the Western Regions."

"As for the rest

The fourth brother can send someone to discuss with the imperial court."

"To the west of the Western Regions, there is also the world, which is enough to be an emperor."

This is He Xi's plan.

In fact, the king of Yan has already achieved the general trend, and now if the king of Yan concentrates on the west, the advantage in military strength is no less than that of the Mongols in the west. After all, King Yan has enough firearms superiority, and he also has enough cavalry superiority. Even if the Ming army was strong, it could not do all the horses of the whole army.

But King Yan is able to do it.

From this point, you can see how powerful Yan Jun is.

If King Yan can fight all the way to the Mediterranean, he will build a powerful empire in West Asia, Central Asia, and even Eastern Europe. He Xi didn't think it was impossible. In terms of the way of using soldiers alone, Ye Shen, who is known as a famous general today, may not be above King Yan.

However, victory or defeat on the battlefield is not just a comparison of the way of using troops.

He Xi hopes to give Yan Wang more support, instead of dwelling on some small issues. Like now.

King Yan's mind was focused on the struggle for power with the imperial court, that is, it was used in the wrong place. Timur was able to build a nomadic empire at the beginning, couldn't King Yan?

He Xi's entire plan is for this purpose. To southern Xinjiang, it will be the separation of Yan and Gansu. In this way, between Yan and Daming, there is a natural dividing line, the east is the Gobi Desert, and the west is the Tianshan Mountains.

And the southern Xinjiang region was crowned with several vassal kings. These vassal kings had to obey the orders of King Yan.

If it comes, King Yan will not feel threatened in the rear. And it is impossible for these vassal kings to be stupid enough not to listen to the orders of the imperial court.

After all, the strength of the imperial court is being put like this. The Yan kings were all afraid, they were the most vassal kings, and there was no development potential at all in the land of a city. How can they not know who the great and the great kings are?

In this way, a buffer zone between the two sides has been formed.

also arranged places for the few imperial uncles and royal brothers in the palace who were not sealed.

It's a win-win-win-win

He Xi gave his own plan, it depends on what King Yan thinks.