Daha waited for his father's reply in the guild hall, and it seemed that he was going to stay here for a long time.

And on this day, when Liu Long came here to greet them as usual, he saw that a smaller official hurried here, and after Liu Long heard what he said, his face changed.

“…… Let's see how His Majesty and the counselors decide, and then see how the great uncle arranges. ”

After waiting for Liu Long's Lang Zhong to leave, he asked, "Liu Shilang, what happened?" ”

Liu Long thought for a moment, and then looked at him with a smile: "It's not a big deal." The Great Ming soldiers shook the grassland, and the Khan Court and the right wing Jinong sent people to the side wall to ask for tribute from the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Both the Khan's court and the left wing have sent people?" Da Ha's heart was shocked.

Liu Long nodded: "Not bad." Of course, now that you have been allowed to go to the capital to start discussing, only you Duoyan Sanbu. But the Khan's court and the right-wing Jinong both have the intention of stopping the war with the Ming Dynasty and paying tribute, and I don't know what the holy will will will be. This news has something to do with your faces. Kuden Khan wants to claim to be his nephew, and in exchange for the opening of Jizhou, he asked me about the attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards your Duoyan Sanbu's offense last year. ”

Hit Ha's heart was shocked.

To the north of Jizhou, the closest to Daming is the pasture of their Duoyan Department.

Calling Sun is willing to call himself a nephew, and wants the Ming to agree to his expulsion of the Duoyan Ministry, so that the Chahar Ministry's direct border with the Ming Dynasty can open a trade?

He didn't know whether the news was true or not, and it sounded like this Liu Shilang was deceiving himself.

But what if it's true?

"The Daming Array beheaded Bodi, how can it tolerate the Chahar Department approaching the Daming border wall? Although my Duoyan Department was forced by the Khan's court last year to invade the Gubei Pass, it has never violated it in the slightest. Liu Shilang is clearly aware that the Duoyan clan is the Daming Ping Domain, and now he is afraid that the rumor of the elimination of the three guards has leaked, and the Khan Court has come up with such a poisonous plan! ”

I was very nervous, and when my majesty saw the great emperor before, Duoyan Sanwei had just been dismissed from his official position. The emperor didn't have much patience for them to go back on their word many times, and the more reason seemed to be that he didn't want to regret what Wang Shouren had already promised, and he didn't want to break his promise.

Although it is a great threat to the Ming Dynasty to let the Chahar Department expel the Duoyan Department and directly approach Jizhou, but after all, the Kuden Khan is young, and now he wants to claim to be his nephew, who knows that the Ming Dynasty will not take the Duoyan Three Divisions as a game, and take advantage of the left wing of the Khan Court to embezzle the Duoyan Three Divisions, which will not only weaken the Duoyan Three Divisions but also hit the Khan Court again?

Liu Long was noncommittal when he heard this: "These own Majesties have consulted with the princes, and the little servants of this official are not qualified to make irresponsible remarks. If the envoy is worried, he may wish to tell his father about the situation and ask him to consider it. ”

In the Forbidden City, this news was naturally known to Zhu Houxi earlier, and several important ministers who had been summoned had gathered in the imperial study.

In front of me, there are really two official submissions.

One is a letter of state handed over by Sun in the name of the Northern Yuan Khan's court.

The other is a private message from Gunbiric in the capacity of Jinong.

Zhu Houxi's expression was complicated: "All of them are full of bad water, what do you think?" ”

Yang Yiqing couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "That's true." Gunbirick said that the last year was only Bodi's life, and he had to obey as a courtier, so the commander's right wing thought it was a countermeasure and only attacked Datong. Now Kuden Khan has named him Moergen Jinong, and he has been named Tushetu Chechen Khan, and Kuden Khan has divided his brotherhood. Now they are threatening the three sides of Shaanxi and the two sides of Xuanda to stop the war, asking for tribute and peace, and putting on a posture of dealing with the conquest of the Khan's court. In order to promote the civil strife in the grassland, I seem to be helping him. But isn't it clear who is strong and who is weak on the left and right wings? Did he deceive me and be wise? ”

"Left-wing right-wing, it's all the same." Zhu Houxi shook his head and sighed, "Does Sun and his advisers want to learn Goujian?" He wanted to claim to be his nephew, and hoped that I would return Bodi's bones. Yin and Yang said in a strange way that last year's offense was really instigated by Duoyan, which caused the generals of the two countries to suffer heavy casualties. Speaking of which, it was indeed the Duoyan Department that reversed itself and kept standing still outside the Gubei Pass, which gave Bo'an a glimpse of the victory. But did he think I would listen to him call himself a nephew and let him do it? Didn't he just want to test my attitude towards Duoyan Sanbu and prepare to invade the east? Can't beat the right wing, can't beat Duoyan Sanbu? That's what you think, right? ”

"The right wing is strong, and the Khan's court really wants to expand eastward. Right now, I'm afraid that I'm already planning to attack the savages and the Haixi Jurchens. But in terms of the fertility of the land, it is naturally better to do it there. Wang Xian was a little puzzled, "This is a battle for Kuden Khan to avenge his father and fight for the interests of the left." If Da Ming agrees, or sits idly by and does not save it, the three tribes of Duoyan will be centrifugal, and they will be annexed by the left wing of the Khan Court under the difficult enemy. If Da Ming doesn't allow it, why should he despise himself? ”

The reason why Duoyan Sanbu has been living nourishingly under the nose of Khanting is because the tribes were actually in a period of division after Dayan Khan's death, and because Duoyan was still nominally the identity of the Ming Sanwei before.

"It seems that the news that His Majesty has changed Sanwei and opened a market with him has spread. Hua Dang's side, it seems that there is no shortage of eyeliner in Khan Ting. Yang Yiqing sneered, "The news has been transmitted back for many days, and Hua Dang is old, so he is hesitant." I am reluctant to accept the benefits of the Ming Dynasty's official position, and I am worried that I will not be able to do it in the future as before. ”

Having lost the soil as the grass on the wall, it will be difficult for the three departments to keep the benefits of the opening of the market as not subordinate to any party - just like Wang Xian said, this is the battle of the new successor to the Khan court to avenge his father and fight for the interests of the left, and it is a battle for the survival of the left wing under the threat of the right wing.

"After receiving the news, Hua Dang was only afraid that he would have to surrender again, and hoped that I would be appeased by the Ming Dynasty." Yang Yiqing continued, "Isn't the Khan Court worried that the three tribes of Duoyan will be forced to surrender to the Ming Dynasty because of the military might? ”

"Surrender?" Zhu Houxi disagreed, "Forced by the situation, for a while, over and over again, isn't this the three parts of Duoyan?" I still keep it in my heart, and the Khan Court is afraid that I won't help. He was willing to be cheap, first, he was in the same vein as the previous canonization of Gunbilik and Ala, and then he showed weakness to the right wing; The second is that if I agree, wouldn't Gunbiric and I be a lower level before the Ming Dynasty, and can they endure this humiliation? There is a war on the western front, and I am flawless to look eastward; The third is that if I agree, he will not only lose the three tribes, but he will be able to use the benefits of trade to re-compete for the Yongxiebu tribes closer to Jizhou. ”

“…… If not, Bodi's bones will not be returned, and the Khan's court will be mourning. Anyway, at present, under the general trend of the growing right wing, the Khan Court and the left wing are becoming more and more difficult, it is better to have a direction from now on to fight for the land where the three tribes of Duoyan are stationed. After all, he is still the lord of the Northern Yuan, as long as he does not touch the sphere of influence of the right wing, will the right wing not allow the left wing to survive in the east? Yang Yiqing followed the train of thought and analyzed, "If you want to send troops to help the three departments of Duoyan, and the right-wing tiger is on the three sides of Xuanda and Shaanxi, isn't Daming worried that Gunbilik will be ashamed and I will break Xuanda again?" ”

Zhu Houxi was a little puzzled: "Chahar is very close to Duoyanbu, but Gunbirik's letter came from the border wall of Yansui. Calculating the time, he didn't first learn that the Khan's court was going to call his nephew and ask for tribute. In this case, did he and I agree that the Khan Court was going to invade the east, and thought that my Ming Dynasty must protect the three tribes of Duoyan, so I thought that I must stabilize them first, even if it is at the expense of trade to strengthen their strength? ”

Yan Song said with a smile: "Their posture is to ask for peace, and I will also sacrifice my sister to apologize to Your Majesty because of Bodi's order last year." I'm afraid they didn't expect that the little prince would call himself a nephew. On the one hand, he is willing to look down on us to take the right wing as a big trouble, and on the other hand, he is willing to sacrifice his sister and hope that we will be vigilant against the little prince who is sinister and determined to take revenge. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the play of Beiyu is the most exciting. This is all thanks to the power of His Majesty's personal conquest! ”

Zhu Houxi glanced at the old padded jacket, he was ...... It's weird to say.

"My sister...... When I'm outside the side wall and there's no one? Where did he come from? Zhu Houxi complained, and then was still puzzled, "As General Staff Yang said, did they bully the Ming monarch and the ministers?" ”

There was silence in the imperial study, and Zhu Houxi was even more puzzled, and looked at them around: "What's wrong?" ”

Fei Hong coughed, and then said, "...... The mistake is that now the Holy Son of Heaven is in power, such as His Majesty, the first battle of the chieftain, the lord of a country is called a nephew, and the important ministers who have the truth of secession are dedicated to their sisters and relatives, I am afraid that my great tomorrow will be happy to see it. It is not that His Majesty is in power, and the ministers have been in Tianwei for several years, and they are well aware of His Majesty's aspirations, and they are afraid that they will also plan for the stability of the border towns, so they agree with this proposal in unison. The captive chieftain just doesn't know His Majesty's temperament and ambitions......"

Zhu Houxi looked at Fei Hong speechlessly.

Although he can be the prime minister for another three years, Fei Hong is even more adept at sycophancy, and he seems to obey his orders.

To tell you the truth: if you change the emperor, the monarchs and ministers will be different, and now this situation is all trained by you, and we all look forward to your ambitions.

Yan Song also looked at Fei Hong: It is worthy of being the chief assistant, this horse is better than Lao Tzu.

“…… I can't. I set up a monument in Xuanfu to shoot arrows, how can they not know? My ambition is not hidden. ”

"The minister has finally figured it out." Gu Dingchen opened his mouth, "The right wing is suspicious of the Khan Court on the left, and the Ming Dynasty is neighbor on the right." If Your Majesty does not allow Gunbiric's request to answer me, he is naturally not prepared to let go of this opportunity to inform the Khan's court of Gunbiric's letter. The Khan's court is weak, and if it is not reprimanded, will it not increase the momentum of the right-wing? Gunbilik attributed last year's defeat to the fact that he had to go deep into Datong at the dispatch of Bodi, but the defeat saved the dignity of the Ordos Ministry. The captives took over the four border towns of the Ming Dynasty, and they had already entered Gansu, Ningxia, and Yansui more in the past. ”

The big change is coming, and Gu Dingchen, who has been the chief for many years, also wants to show one or two, and he is not willing to be lonely.

After listening to this, Zhu Houxi nodded thoughtfully: "That is to say, why did the little prince seal him Moergen Jinong, he will take another step to see if the Khan Court can bear him to throw the black cauldron on Bodi's head, and even seal him again because he wants to ask Daming for peace?" Even if I don't allow it, can he still inspire anger on the right wing, at least within the Ordos department, and encourage the small tribes to raid the borders? ”

Gu Dingchen said: "I am a good thing, and the tartar often covets it." Even if there is a tribute, he is still not satisfied, and he is often on the side. After the tribute, he relied on the military might and the cowardly heart of the border generals, and while entering the Kou and plundering, he let all the roads set up accounts and trade with the border generals in the private market. This time to ask for tribute, Gunbilik and I must have used the suspicion of the Khan's court in the clan to allow the tribes to make heavy profits, so that they can do the work of asking for tribute in person without losing their prestige. If my Ming refuses, they will naturally make their generals hate the same enemy, thinking that my Ming has only won one or two battles and will be so arrogant. ”

Zhu Houxi laughed: "I see." Jiuhe's statement is very reasonable. ”

Gu Dingchen was overjoyed.

Zhu Houxi put away his smile again: "Now that both sides are asking for tribute, what do you think you should do?" ”

There was silence again in the study, and no one answered first. Fei Hong looked at Yang Yiqing: "This matter is closely related to military affairs. On the one hand, the Khan's court has the intention of invading Liaobei and Duoyan in the east, and on the other hand, the right wing is holding Kou Xuanda and Shaanxi as a hostage, and the opening of the market in Liaodong is being discussed. General Staff Yang, what do you think? ”

Yang Yiqing was thought by him that this matter was related to military affairs, so he naturally had to come up with a strategy first.

He pondered for a moment and then spoke: "Da Ming originally planned to open a market in Liaodong, and only opened this one. After all, there was a friendship between monarchs and ministers with the three departments of Duoyan, and the opening of the market in Liaodong was very preferential because it was a trade with the three departments of Duoyan. If the Khan Court had encroached on the land of the three tribes of Duoyan, but also because of the enmity with the lord of the Northern Yuan Dynasty for killing his father, it would be impossible for the Ming Dynasty to easily believe the sincerity of calling his nephew to ask for tribute, even if he could give it a try, it would never be possible to have the favorable conditions for the three tribes of Duoyan now. ”

"On the contrary, if the Khan Court does not invade the three tribes of Duoyan and Liaobei, then it is a sincere peace. With the three slaves of Duoyan Sanbu and Haixi Jurchen, I will not have a direct dispute with the left wing of the Khan Court. Although Gunbilik and I had the intention of tempting the Khan's court, the ministers thought that they could at least inform the Khan's court of the contents of the letter first. There is a threat from the right. What Kuden Khan and his masterminds should be thinking about is how to increase their strength through the intermediary of the Duoyan Sanbu. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Yiqing paused for a moment, and then said, "As for Gunbilik and Ida, naturally I can't accept their request." Those who negotiate with the Ming Dynasty to open the market should at least be the lord of a clan or a country that does not belong to anyone. He Gunbilik and Alta still respected the Khan's court, and the Ming Dynasty also talked with the lord of the Northern Yuan. We might as well spread this attitude to the grasslands on the three sides of Shaanxi and Xuanda, and many tribes under the 30,000 households on the right wing, I am afraid that there is also the intention of instigating Gunbilik and I to call Khan. ”

Yan Song was the first to praise: "Wonderful." Or, the right-wing will first set up a Khan's court, and also talk with the state secretary and state envoy. Or, they will continue to respect the Khan's court, and they will not accept the little prince's request at the moment, and the lords of those small tribes on the right wing naturally sigh that Gunbilik and I are too timid to call Khan, and they are also angry that the Khan's court refuses to ask for tribute and trade at the border between the right wing and the Ming Dynasty. ”

Gu Dingchen also agreed: "No matter what happens later, let the little prince know Gunbiric's words first." If it can attract the right wing to set up another Khan's court, that is the best situation. ”

Zhu Houxi didn't speak, and after looking at them for a while, he asked: "At present, among the captive chieftains of the Mengyuan tribes, who is the confidant of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

There is no need to answer this point, everyone knows it in their hearts, so they contemplate the emperor's intentions.

"They can't fight each other, at least not for years." Zhu Houxi expressed his judgment, "I have a good name, and he has both a brother and a nephew with a more noble status. The ingenious plan first opened the situation of the grassland tribes establishing themselves as the Khan Court? No, I must have a more far-reaching plan. This time it was Gunberik's letter, but it was I who gave his sister to answer, didn't he now respect his brother and hide behind the scenes? ”

Yang Yiqing has a different opinion: "There are two benefits. First, naturally, because he was given the title of Khan, he wanted to avoid the suspicion of Gunbiric. Second, if the Ming Dynasty and the right wing open the market, the best location is still in Zhangjiakou, or the Xuanning Five Forts north of Datong. The closer he is to the Tumut Ministry, the better he can be. ”

Zhu Houxi shook his head and looked at Wang Xian: "Last year, Daming only really suffered a loss from me. This man is brave and resourceful, and now that he has the name of Khan, if I were him, I would do the king's way, but I would accumulate grain and slow down the king, and first sit on the reputation of this wise Khan who can be relied on. ”

Everyone remembered many of my operations last year, and they all thought deeply.

Zhu Houxi continued: "I am young, he will wait for Gunbirik to die first to avoid the stigma of killing his brother; He will wait for the little prince to grow up, and the left-wing tribes will actually rely on the benefits he brings and the prestige he has created, and the little prince will definitely do something to cause rebellion in order to take power. That's when his chance comes. It won't be very long, just ten or twenty years, and I'll be about forty years old at that time. What's more, although the position of the Great Khan is far away from him, my Ming is too close to him. ”

“…… Your Majesty, what does this mean? Yan Song didn't understand it for a while, so he simply laughed.

"Daming is practicing a new law, and I won't know it. Daming went from being beaten to being able to win miserably in the past two years. The way of the Ming Dynasty to enrich the country and strengthen the army, Qing and others can't fully understand it, but as Fei Qing said, it is under my painstaking efforts to help me first, and try to see if I can recreate the Ming Dynasty. With such a Ming on his side, would I think that by being a martial artist like in the past, he would be able to make all the tribes of the grassland look forward to it, and that a Northern Yuan would be better than my Ming? ”

Only then did Yan Song understand what it meant that Daming was closer to my answer...... This does make sense. Could it be that I have worked hard to dominate the grassland in order to take the lead in the beating of the Ming Dynasty in the future?

"Who was the first to try to settle down and start farming? He was like me, thinking of a new way out for his tribe. Zhu Houxi said with great certainty, "Only by truly uniting the hearts of the people of the grassland, bringing benefits to all departments, and finding a way to revitalize the Northern Yuan Dynasty is the way for him to become a figure like Dayan Khan, and it is also the safest way to the Khan throne." Therefore, he persuaded Gunbirick to invite him to trade with the market this time, and he was willing to sacrifice his so-called sister, which was sincere. He is the real Gou Jian, although he was undefeated last year. ”

Yan Song sighed: "Your Majesty can see through it, and the ministers admire it so much. I can't complain about the ministers, Your Majesty is the hero, so I can see through my answer with the heart of the hero. ”

Yang Yiqing turned a deaf ear to the new sycophant he slapped at the emperor, and just asked: "If this is the case, then Your Majesty's intention is that you can open a market with him?" I promised to open a new road for Meng Yuan, how easy is it to talk about? He wants to learn from the Ming Dynasty, but he can't draw a tiger or an anti-dog. As long as my new law is successful, and the power of firearms is on a higher level, it is when he fails to start a business and the middle way collapses. ”

Zhu Houxi shook his head: "No, since I really want to promote it, I can't let him get his way." I can't be underestimated when I answer the intelligence, but I don't know if he can't really break out of a way? This plan to open the market is still to focus on passing through Liaodong and dividing the left and right wings of Mengyuan. I told the envoy of the little prince that the two countries were still fighting last year, and I can't trust the sincerity of the Northern Yuan. If there is no Khan Kou in Jizhou and Liaodong in a few years, when he can become an adult, it will be the day when I return Bodi's bones. ”

Yang Yiqing sighed silently in his heart.

If the market does not open, the border towns will still face great power. In his selfish heart, he felt that it was not impossible to open the market directly with the three parties, purely depending on how to operate later.

However, His Majesty is very wary of my answer, if it is not for the opening of Liaodong and the purpose of developing the Northeast, I am afraid that he is only willing to try his best to improve the national strength and combat power of the Ming Dynasty under the current situation, and drive the northern captives away in the future.

"Even so, the border towns are still stepping up their armaments. The market can't be opened, but the Tartars are becoming more and more inseparable from the good things of the Ming Dynasty, and they can only loot at the border. ”

"I suffered a big loss last year, even if it is Koubian, it will not be a big war. The border town was going to train its troops and defend itself against the enemy. Zhu Houxi said resolutely, "The only thing I don't want to see is that I will grow faster. If he dominates the grassland, he will be eliminated from the northern plague in the future, and the difficulty will be doubled! He wanted to grow in secret, but he didn't let him get his way. ”

In any case, since Zhu Houxi has made up his mind, this group of old ministers who are still in office will do the same.

This is a prestige that has gradually been built up and consolidated over the past eight years, after all, judging from the results, His Majesty's decisions are mostly correct.

Soon after they left the imperial study, the Daming map that Zheng Xiao had redrawn during the temporary help at the military meeting was completed and sent to the imperial study.

Zhu Houxi stood by the wall and watched intently.

Huang Jin looked at the picture on the side, looked at his expression again, and asked, "Your Majesty, why do you want to draw this new map?" There's a lot less territory......"

"Nuer Gandusi...... Not only Nuer Gandusi, but also Uszang, Hami, and Turpan...... In these places, does my talk work? Zhu Houxi said lightly, "Even in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi, the Ming Dynasty is not able to completely govern, and it still has to rely on Tusi." There are some things that you can just coax others, don't coax yourself. ”

After a pause, his eyes lit up: "But one day, the real territory of the Ming Dynasty on this map will come back, and it will be even bigger, so that future generations will not lose some dangerous geographical advantages." ”

Zhu Houxi's gaze stayed on the Hetao.

If we don't take it back, Shanxi and Shaanxi will never be able to be stable, the Huanghuai flood will never be successfully controlled, and Mongolia will only be able to face the pressure of thousands of miles of long border walls for a long time.

Zhu Houxi slowly paced back and sat down.

It's just that the financial resources and efficiency of the Ming Dynasty can't support the northern expedition from the three sides of Shaanxi and Xuanda, and the combat power is not enough.

Last year's victory was achieved under favorable geographical conditions, and it still cost nearly twice as many casualties as the Tartars. When you go on the expedition, the battle loss ratio will be much larger.

Even if you spend a lot of money to get back the Hetao, you still have to consider the cost of subsequent reconstruction and defense.

The best way, of course, is to find ways to weaken the right wing beforehand.

After the opening of the Liaodong market, the private market was banned for every reason.

In addition to making the right wing only marginal, and the Ming can win more and more, more and more cleanly, what other way can constantly weaken their power, get rid of the border generals' cowardice, and motivate the ambition and morale of the border generals to open up outside through rewards?

Guang Zhu Houxi and a few people have confidence and ambition, but it is useless.

The Ming Dynasty wants to eliminate the northern troubles, but you can't think about peace, you can only think about war!

He knew very well that his real enemy was not the little prince who was willing to be humble and seemed to be lying on his back, but the north-west of the country.

As long as the Hetao can be recaptured, can I still stay in Toyosu Beach?

I want to be the real king instead of the hero, so I have to force him to move north first to take the throne of the bird!

At least under the lack of iron and clothing, go to rob that face first.

(End of chapter)