If you are busy working blindly, don't those of us who are brothers eat white food every day?" Zhu Di smiled and sighed, "I really envy your achievements in the southwest......

"Then what's there to envy, I've heard that the situation in the north has improved greatly, and the fourth brother will soon be useful." Zhu Zhen smiled: "Compared with this side, what is our little fight in the southwest."

"Alas, don't mention it......" Zhu Di's expression darkened when he heard this.

"What, is there any variable?" Zhu Zhen was stunned when he saw this.

"It's a long story, let's not talk about these bad things when we first meet." Zhu Di waved his hand.

"That's right." Zhu Zhen said, "Then let's talk about family affairs first, how is my father-in-law's health?"

Once they have no intention of fighting and are bent on escaping, how can the Ming army be able to catch them?

Zhu Zhen's so-called 'clever plan' is to open the border market!

In short, it was to set up a field on the border and allow the Mongols to trade with the Ming merchants. Their furs, livestock, horses, and herbs were exchanged for all kinds of necessities of life, as well as all kinds of luxuries for the enjoyment of noble leaders.

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Zhu Zhen naturally remembered that it was before his wedding, and Xu Da was very concerned that his daughter was not the only princess.

"Well, it's the same thing." Zhu Di smiled bitterly and said, "Forget it, let's start with you."

In this way, Xu Da has one more trump card that can handle the Mongols. He could easily co-opt a group of Mongol tribes and induce the Mongols to sell a steady stream of information to him by allowing his collaborators to trade with each other, distributing their share of trade, and denying recalcitrant those who resisted to enter the field.

"That's what it means." Zhu Di bowed his head and said, "This will indeed make the Mongolian tribes scruple when cooperating with the Ming Dynasty, but it will also make them have a grudge against the royal court. When they were allowed to trade with each other, but were prevented from entering the palace by the royal court, many tribes would not stop doing it...... Lao Tzu is no longer a native of the Northern Yuan, and the master has abandoned the secret and turned to the light!"

This is no less than a long drought for the Mongolians who have been embargoed by the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years. You must know that ordinary herdsmen have been embarrassed to the point that they have no iron pot to boil water for cooking, so they can only use animal skin pots to settle down.

And for those aristocratic leaders, they dream of revisiting the silk ceramics, gold, silver and jade that they enjoyed when they were young. One can imagine how lethal the opening of the border and mutual markets is to the top and bottom of the Mongolian ministries.

"It has to start after you get married."

"Is it so far?" Zhu Zhen had a big head for a while, and said in his heart, how can I have something to do with paralysis?

"Hmm." Zhu Zhen nodded, and then listened to Zhu Di narrate:

"It's not far away, it's only been two and a half years." Zhu Di smiled and said, "The idea you gave to your father-in-law has worked wonderfully."

It was precisely by relying on this lucrative monopoly trade that the Northern Yuan court, which was dominated by princes and nobles and samurai slaves, was able to maintain a minimum of dignity in the bitter cold land of Mobei and live a life far better than that of ordinary Mongolians.

"Don't underestimate the Northern Yuan royal court, that is the descendant of the Golden Family, the royal family of the Yuan Dynasty who once dominated the Central Plains, and the co-owner of the Mongolian tribes." Zhu Di is colorful:

And this move is also the key point of the Northern Yuan royal court.

"Your method seems to be unremarkable, but it is an unsolvable scheme." Zhu Di was full of praise and said: "If the Northern Yuan royal court ignores it, their own financial routes will be cut off, and sooner or later the trees will fall and scatter. Therefore, they can only spare no effort to obstruct the mutual market, suppress and even persecute those tribes who are allowed to enter the field."

Zhu Zhen's opening of the border market can be said to have cut off the lifeblood of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Who would be exploited by the royal court when the Mongol tribes could buy better quality Ming goods at half, or even a third of the price?

The so-called economic foundation determines the superstructure, and when the economic foundation is shaken, the superstructure will become a dilapidated house.

"No matter how poor and weak you are, there are ways to control the leaders of the tribes. forbidding them from participating in the sacrifices organized by the royal court, stripping them of titles and fiefs that have been passed down from generation to generation, declaring them traitors to the Mongols, and encouraging the tribes to attack them."

And even if the army is well prepared and goes deep into the steppe, it will be too long

During the journey, all the Mongolian herdsmen encountered were likely to be the eyes and ears of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, the Northern Yuan royal court can always know the whereabouts of the Ming army.

On the official road to Tongzhou, the brothers rode on horses and chatted while walking.

When the Mongols did not dare to plunder in the south, they only herded in Mobei, and carefully hid their whereabouts, and when they changed their station at four o'clock, even Xu Da had nothing to do with them.

"Well, that's pretty ruthless." Zhu Zhen nodded, and said thoughtfully: "Once the name is not right, no matter how strong the army is, it is difficult to guarantee that it will cause trouble to Xiao Wall."

"Oh, that's right." Zhu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, then he shouldn't have much responsibility.

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The sky was still filled with scattered snowflakes, and a round of the sun was hanging in the western sky, with a miserable white light.

In order to make the old man happy, Zhu Zhen offered him a clever plan, saying that he could help him find the coveted Northern Yuan court and end this long conquest war.

When Emperor Yuan Shun fled north, he also took tens of thousands of craftsmen from Dadu. The things that these people made in the desert where they wanted nothing naturally couldn't be compared with when they were in the Central Plains, but they were barely able to make ends meet for the royal court's daily use. You can even squeeze out some daily necessities such as pots and pans, so that the Northern Yuan Emperor can reward all departments and win people's hearts.

In the past years, the Mongols have been at a disadvantage because the Han were strong and weak. Especially after Wang Baobao's death, no one in the Northern Yuan Dynasty had the courage to challenge Xu Da, the invincible god general of the Ming Dynasty.

Because Mobei is too big, even bigger than the Ming Dynasty, and there are also lofty mountains. It is as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack to find a Mongolian royal court with a mere number of more than 100,000 people.

"Aren't all the Northern Yuan departments in bulk, do they have that ability?" Zhu Zhen asked with a smile.

These rewards were not given for free, and the tribes had to pay a very high price if they wanted them. For example, if you pay tribute to five horses, you will be rewarded with a broken iron cauldron...... You still have to kowtow and thank you, and you can't get it if you have a bad attitude.

"Haha, what a good one to abandon the darkness and turn to the light! Indeed, there is no place to stay here, there is a place to stay here." Zhu Zhen stroked his palms and smiled: "Could it be that only you, the Great Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, can give you a knighthood, and my Emperor Ming can't be an official?" And when you become an official of the Ming Dynasty, you don't have to worry about eating sand in the desert, there should be many people who will abandon the darkness and turn to the light."

"That's right." Zhu Di nodded excitedly and said:

"Since last year, more and more tribes have come to surrender, and the level of tribal leaders has become higher and higher, and there is even no shortage of 'big names' such as Wang Ye and Pingzhang...... Although the Northern Yuan Dynasty indiscriminately conferred titles, and there were many princes and princes, there were still people who brought valuable information!"

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