Chapter 535: Foreign Alliance!
"Su Aiqing, can you be cured?"
Above the court, Zhu Gaozhen sat on the dragon chair, and next to him was Zhang Yingzhen, listening to politics with him.
"Back to Your Majesty, thanks to Your Majesty's visit to the Humble House yesterday, which dispelled the lesions in Wechen's house, this made Wechen recover quickly!"
Su Wu made a move, Zhu Gaofu laughed,
"Haha, okay, it's good to be healed, I can't miss a pillar like Master Su!"
"Thank you Your Majesty for your mercy, Weichen has done his best for the natural dedication of Daming, and he is dead!"
These two sang and harmonized, and even Zhang Yingzhen couldn't help but roll her eyes when she saw it.
"Your Majesty, just today, there is an urgent letter sent from the frontier, please take your Majesty's look!"
After Zhu Gaoyi and Su Wu exchanged pleasantries, a minister of the Ministry of War stepped forward and took out a letter from his sleeve.
"Urgent letter from the frontier, hurry, send it to me!"
The urgent letters of the frontier have always recorded all kinds of important events, and those who can ride to the court are naturally the most important.
Zhu Gaojiao got the letter and opened the envelope, which contained only a few words.
"The inner should be returned, the remnants of the tile spur are unwilling, to the west and north to unite the moon that is, to the east Chagatai, the Mu'er multi-department, plan to concentrate troops to march, my Ming territory is northwest, near Liangzhou Wei!"
After reading it, Zhu Gaoyao's complexion changed drastically!
"Your Majesty, what is recorded in this letter, how can it make you so shocked!"
The cities under the hall were puzzled, Zhu Gaoyi glanced at Yang Shiqi and Su Wu, and the two of them said that they did not add this in their plans.
Northwest, Northwest, Liangzhou Wei!
"Read it to them!"
Zhu Gaoyao handed the letter to Zhang Yingzhen beside him, and was shocked after reading it.
"Is this true?"
"I think the person who sent the letter should not have the courage to spread the military information falsely!"
"What this letter says is that there are many powerful tribes in the west, and they plan to unite and enter the northwest of my Ming territory, and the place they plan to attack is Liangzhou Wei!"
Zhu Gaoyao remembered the territory of the Ming Dynasty, there was a relatively narrow area in the northwesternmost region that extended outward, and the place where Liangzhou Wei was located was a traffic artery connecting the western region and the Central Plains!
Once Liangzhou is lost, then the Ming Dynasty will lose its right to speak in the northwest.
How could it be so fast, there are no such things in history, is it because of the butterfly effect that I have crossed over?
This couldn't help but remind Zhu Gaoyao of what Yan Hao said, the Ming Dynasty was not long in life, and there were many strengths eyeing him.
But aren't they in the land of western Sichuan? Why the Northwest Attack? Is it difficult that their base is in the northwest?
"Those foreign clans really want to invade my Ming territory?"
Today, when we get the news, I believe that it will not be long before they will gather a large army, and there will be a war report on the border side within half a month.
"Haha, every winter, there is no peace!"
"Your Majesty, how is this good, do you need us to gather troops and transfer them to Liangzhou Wei!"
If it had been changed to before, Zhu Gaoxi would definitely have waved his hand, quickly gathered the army, and quickly went to the Western Regions with grain and grass supplies, killing these invaders without leaving a single piece of armor.
But now the treasury is empty, and the entire Ming Dynasty has reached the limit of its external strength at this time, and it can no longer use troops on a large scale!
Wait, this Liangzhou Wei seems to be the fief of the king of Canglan County?
"At this time, it is almost winter, and it is about to enter the severe cold weather, which is not suitable for large-scale mobilization!"
Yang Shiqi spoke up, he thought that this battle should not be fought.
"But, are we going to watch them invade Liangzhou?"
"Do you know that the loss of the Liangzhou Guard is equivalent to giving away a large area of land in the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty and giving away control of the Western Regions!"
Many ministers of the Ministry of War spoke out against it, believing that Liangzhou Wei was a strategic place and that it must be defended.
"Who is under the jurisdiction of this Liangzhou Wei? Is there a vassal king who has a fief here?"
"Back to Your Majesty, there are Liangzhou guards in this Liangzhou, and Liangzhou Wei is a fief belonging to the king of Canglan County!"
Su Wu responded immediately.
"Okay, I now appoint Canglan as the king of Liangzhou!"
King of Liangzhou?
This couldn't be more obvious!
Although the minister had already guessed, he did not expect His Majesty to be so decisive, and he directly issued an order without discussing it with the ministers.
"From now on, the king of Liangzhou can command all the armies of Liangzhou, and everything within the territory is under his jurisdiction!"
This is really going to divide the princes, although the territory of Liangzhou is only the size of a county, but it is also a vassal state!
"The duty of the king of Liangzhou is to make the people in his territory live and work in peace and contentment, and keep the land under his jurisdiction, and the king of Liangzhou has the power to expand the territory, and the land laid down by the army under his command is included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty and is under the jurisdiction of the king of Liangzhou!"
Since then, the first prince king of the Ming Dynasty was born!
Although it is an order to be in danger, once the first one appears, there will be countless followers!
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Su Wu suddenly knelt on the ground and shouted long live.
"It's just that, Your Majesty, now that the King of Liangzhou hastily formed an army, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist the army of foreign tribes, I'm afraid that it will ......"
"Come, bring me the territory map of the Ming Dynasty, I want to re-divide the land!"
"Here, here, here, can all be used as a new fief of the princes and kings!"
Zhu Gaojiao circled the map and drew a number of pieces of land on the Daming Riverside, and these places were concentrated in the northwest, southwest, and a few in the north.
"Take back all the fiefs of the current vassal kings, and this time to resist the foreign clans, the battle of Liangzhou, I will reward the meritorious deeds, so that these vassal kings who participated in the war can freely choose the land and become a prince!"
"If there are people who don't want to go, it's not that I can't understand it, it's just that they can only stay at the original ceiling, but it is much reduced, and they can't get any rights from the princes and kings!"
"In addition, send some more military supplies to Liangzhou and let them strictly guard Liangzhou, and wait until the beginning of spring next year, when the ice and snow melt, I will lead the army to expel those barbarians!"
The materials and difficulty of gathering in winter will be multiplied, and it is not cost-effective for the current serious illness, as long as they can hold their winter offensive, they can lead multiple princes to counterattack together in the spring of the next year.
And Zhu Gao's own army can recuperate within this year!
It's just that I don't know how the foreign coalition offensive will be this time.
If they are determined to take Liangzhou, then Zhu Gaofu must send the army.
Because of Liangzhou, there is no room for loss!
Otherwise, what the entire Ming Dynasty will lose is not only Liangzhou, but the entire Western Regions! (End of chapter)