Zhang Juzheng and Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty were able to unscrupulously implement the new policy, if nothing else, it was the 100,000 soldiers in Beijing, and these 100,000 people were the basic confidence of the Ming Emperor to dare to make such nonsense.

This army, Zhu Yijun is more inclined to call them the Qi family's army, but under the feudal imperial system, this name is too taboo, and the people can call it so because they like it, Zhu Yijun can only call it the Jingying Ruijun.

This army is different from other armies, there are too many differences, but if you want to sum it up, it can be summed up in one sentence, only eight words, that is, to report to the Son of Heaven and save the head of Qian, it is these last four words, which doom this army to be an invincible and strong army.

No one can defeat them, except for the Ming Dynasty, it is funny to say, the reason why the Ming Dynasty can defeat them is only that this army never turns the blade inward, Qi Jiguang is inside and outside the Guan, it is completely two appearances.

Outside the Guan, Qi Jiguang is the well-deserved king of the north, Altan Khan and Tuman Khan can't get even a little cheap in the hands of Qi Jiguang, in the Guannei, Qi Jiguang is very easy to bully, without the protection of the emperor and Zhang Juzheng, Qi Jiguang was cleaned up by Wang Chonggu when he entered Beijing to receive the reward in the first year of Wanli.

How long can this army survive? Zhu Yijun didn't dare to guarantee, the only thing he could guarantee was that while he was alive, this army would not lose its faith.

Under the feudal imperial system in which thieves come like combs, soldiers come like grates, and officials come like shavings, the existence of such an army is an invincible existence.

Why are they invincible? On this question, the Taixi envoy Li Yashi once went deep into the camp of Beida for a few months, and finally got an evaluation: they are a group of real Paladin, and there are 100,000 people.

Palatine was a Templar, a legend that was widely spread in Ctessy, and there were only thirteen of them, including Charlemagne the Guardian, who embodied the knighthood of Ctessy, the highest model of morality, and the embodiment of humility, honor, sacrifice, valor, mercy, honesty, justice, and spirituality.

Such Templars are only circulated in legends, in legends, not in reality, and Li Yashi saw such Templars in the Ming Dynasty, and there were 100,000 of them.

After learning in detail about the actions of the 100,000 soldiers of the Ming Jing Battalion, Li Yashi once wrote in his travelogue:

"The warriors of the Kyodo never robbed the civilians, whether they were marching or stationing, if they needed it, they always bought the goods they needed at a very fair price, even if the civilians refused to ask for it because they were afraid of violence or because they supported the army, but they still kept their money, this is justice, this is honesty.

The Kyodo warriors never bullied men and women, they had the same discipline as steel and the same faith as the Templars, they were loyal to the king and to everyone in the land, this is loyalty and honor, and they used their mortal bodies to shape an iron will to protect their faith.

When I first arrived in the Ming Dynasty, even if it was the Heavenly Empire, ten miles away from the Jingshi, there were ten hundred thieves as a group, and the bandits were the experience of the Jingtang warriors, and they were full of mercy and sacrifice in battle.

The warriors of Jingtang will rescue the elderly, children and women, and adopt poor children who have been abandoned for various reasons, and these children will still become Jingtang warriors when they grow up, and they will only be more heroic and humble, and destroy the enemies pointed by the sword of the Ming Emperor.

The warriors of Jingtang, they are the living Paladin, and for generations, endlessly, they have used the swords in their hands to protect the civilization of the Heavenly Empire.

This is a group of living legends, even more religious than Palatin, but it is a pity that the warriors of Jingtang believe in their ancestors, their kings, their dynasties, their civilians, and of course this is the most fortunate place, such an army does not exist with the highest goal of conquest."

Li Yashi's evaluation of the Jingtang warriors, that is, the sharp soldiers of the Jingying, is very objective and fair.

Because in his travelogue, his evaluation of the Ming Emperor is: "As the supreme king of the Celestial Empire, the Ming Emperor, who is rich from all over the world, is so stingy and extremely greedy that people always wonder how the wise prime minister taught such an emperor, and then people naturally blame the eunuchs for their sins."

For the Ming Emperor who could send Li Yashi into tens of thousands of pieces in the Xie Yuan without saying it or for any reason, and using pine resin as a specimen, Li Yashi spoke so viciously to him, which shows how objective and true Li Yashi's evaluation in his travelogue.

The meaning of Li Yashi's words that people blame the eunuchs for their sins is very clear, and he personally believes that His Majesty's stingy and greedy disposition is innate, and it is not anyone's problem.

Of course, after reading Li Yashi's travelogue, Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty did not make any instructions to revise this paragraph, but only left a sentence, I am such a person.

The Jingtang warriors, the sharp pawns of the Beijing camp, are a group of Paladin who can be comparable to, or even surpass the processing of countless legendary stories, this is Zhu Yijun's confidence in doing nonsense, the group of luxury households in Xitu City hated it so much that they crushed their back molars, and they didn't dare to let the contradiction escalate further, because the group of sharp soldiers in Beidaying would really wipe them out.

The Ti Cai, the Red Helmet General, and the Han General who were responsible for protecting Zhu Yijun came from the hereditary guards, and the other part came from the Duntai Yuanhou who was selected from the sharp pawns and flew on the water for coastal defense inspection.

Buyan, the eldest son of the Tuman Khan and the heir of the Great Khan, the suzerain lord of the steppe, stood in front of the Wenhua Palace, looking at the towering buildings, his eyes were slightly dull, he was a little distracted, he was thinking about where the headquarters would go.

"Xuantu Barbarian Khan's envoy Buyan came to see you." Xiao Huangmen hung his throat, pulling Buyan's thoughts back, he tidied up his clothes, and walked into the Wenhua Palace.

"Meet Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." Buyan bowed five times and kowtowed three times very respectfully, bowing his head to his ears, he was very cautious, and did not dare to let his demeanor appear in the slightest difference, because this audience was related to the life and death of the left-wing departments.

"No courtesy." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Buyan, you are very fluent in Chinese, so you don't need to find a translator." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment." Buyan prostrated again before he stood up.

"I heard that Altan Khan had made a move against the left flank, and the invasion was like fire, and in one day, he plundered nearly thirty tribes, and the Tuman Khan suffered heavy losses." Zhu Yijun looked at Buyan, in fact, there is not much difference between Buyan and the Han people, if the left side changes to the right side, and then combs the hair more neatly, it will be more similar.

Wan Shihe once specifically discussed this issue, on the question of whether the Beiyu outside the Saiwai is of Chinese Miao descent, Wan Shihe quoted the "Historical Records" and said: The Xiongnu, the Miao descendants of their ancestor Xia Hou.

The Xiongnu is the origin of the northern tribes, since the Xiongnu are also of Chinese Miao descent, then it is natural that all the tribes that thrive in the north are of Chinese Miao descent, this is to declare, such as the Mughal Empire, which has communicated very frequently with the Ming Dynasty recently, they call themselves the Mughal people, so the Ming Dynasty, as the Zhengshuo of the Central Plains Dynasty, has a claim.

In the area of etiquette, many things cannot be distinguished intuitively, etiquette is etiquette, practice is practice, and there are differences.

"Then you can't stay in the capital for a long time, are you begging for what I will give you? You know that I am such a person, stingy and greedy, and I don't have enough chips, and I won't give me a penny more. Zhu Yijun said this in a tone that was almost charity, and the reason why he could be so justified was because the left-wing departments to which Buyan belonged were defeated by Qi Jiguang and Jingying.

The Ming army won.

War is like this, when you lose, even breathing is wrong.

"I beg your great majesty to bestow upon my father a knight." Buyan bowed his head again and said: "The wool on the grassland can be supplied to Daming for free in the future." ”

"Well, that's good." Zhu Yijun is very satisfied with this bargaining chip, even if there is no worsted woolen business, which is an extremely lucrative business, but worsted wool itself is an excellent fabric, and the same is woolen wool, but all goods involving the four words of clothing, food, housing and transportation are worthy of attention.

Zhu Yijun agreed to the first condition, the reason for Altan Khan's war this time is wool, and this is not a plausible banner to start a war, but a real reason, the peace faction represented by the three ladies has a large number of supporters in the right wing of the Beiyu, that is, the Ming Jin State, which is also the reason why the three ladies can stand up Altan Khan.

And Altan Khan's war against the left wing was not for no reason, but his peace faction and the main war faction reached an agreement.

The left and right wings of the Beiyu formed a substantial conflict of interest in the wool business, the existence of the Tuman Khan and the supply of wool to the Ming Dynasty, so that the right wing of Altan Khan and the Three Ladies suffered heavy losses, and the supply of bulk raw materials, the right wing could provide it, and the left wing of the Tuman Khan could also provide it, so that the Three Ladies completely lost their bargaining power.

"Do you need anything else?" Zhu Yijun said curiously: "This time, Altan Khan is menacing, and he has been winning battles all his life, he is indeed very strong." ”

Altan Khan's military talent is extremely high, he has been fighting with the Ming Dynasty for 25 years, and it is unceremonious to say that the existence of the right wing, Altan Khan's outstanding military exploits, is its cornerstone.

"Intelligence needed." Buyan did not mention armaments, did not mention firearms, did not mention military assistance, but mentioned intelligence, and he once again said sincerely: "Your Majesty, my father is not a cunning wolf on the grassland, he is Haidongqing on the grassland. ”

"In fact, it is also the case, whether it is the speed of Hai with the fried flowers in Liaodong, or the Dong Fox in Daningwei, they have brought a lot of trouble to the Ming Dynasty, and my father is their king."

Tuman Khan is not weak, the reason why it seems weak is because Tuman Khan met Qi Jiguang, before Qi Jiguang did not go out to fight, a 10,000-strong household under Tuman Khan's tent can fight with Li Chengliang in Liaodong, and Dong Fox can behead Miyun's general soldier Tang Kekuan in the Beigukou formation.

Li Chengliang was already one of the few generals in the Ming Dynasty who could fight and win.

This is a helpless thing, who let Daming have such a number one person as Qi Jiguang, and Qi Jiguang is best at military training, army construction, not to meet Qi Jiguang, but the Tuman Khan was able to break through the Xifeng Pass and enter the king of Kou Jinggi in the first year of Longqing, that is also a fierce name, and the reason why he seems embarrassed now is that he was beaten by Qi Jiguang.

There is no shame in being beaten by Qi Jiguang, Qi Jiguang, a unique figure with military talent, is the Central Plains of outstanding people, how many dynasties and dynasties can there be?

Altan Khan is strong, but the Tuman Khan still has the confidence to fight, additional military assistance, for the Tuman Khan is a little far from quenching the thirst, and it is difficult to achieve, every fire gun that the Ming Dynasty gave to the Tuman Khan, may eventually shoot at the Ming army, Buyan believes that the Ming Emperor, who loves soldiers like a son, has a great chance of disagreeing.

Emperor Daming is not a complicated person, it is easy to understand, and there is no need to guess the holy will, a king who has been going to Beijing to parade military horses for seven years, rain or shine, naturally loves soldiers like children.

"You're smart." Zhu Yijun heard about Buyan's conditions, Buyan is really smart, if he asks for armaments, Zhu Yijun really won't give it, even if the Ming Dynasty can control the amount of gunpowder exports, so that the firearms donated by the military become scrap iron, but Zhu Yijun still refuses, because the barbarian Khan is too close.

Long-distance friendship and close attack is the political wisdom left by the ancestors, Zhu Yijun is useless in military talent, but his political talent is indeed extremely high, this is the political talent recognized by Zhang Juzheng, His Majesty's thinking about politics is like a sledgehammer smashed on Zhang Juzheng's ideological steel seal.

"And at what cost? Is there anything else to pay for the left? Zhu Yijun is very concerned about this, there is no free lunch in the world, free is not really free, and the price of free is even more expensive.

Buyan took a deep breath and gritted his teeth before he spoke: "10,000 war horses, 30,000 horses, and 1,000 cattle every year. ”

"An extremely generous price." Zhu Yijun was also very satisfied with this price, and the reason why Buyan proposed intelligence support was because the intelligence collected by the Ming Dynasty's Duntai Yuanhou was more accurate and timeless than that collected by the left wing.

"Can you give a little more? I'm already very satisfied with this price, but people are insatiable. Zhu Yijun was very satisfied with the price, but he wanted more, he thought for a moment and said, "Five hundred stallions a year." ”

The corners of Buyan's mouth twitched, Emperor Ming was really greedy!

"Yes!" Buyan finally agreed, the Ming Dynasty is powerful, and if he asks for the Ming Dynasty, he has to accept the price increase of the Ming Emperor, he can only agree, not agree.

Buyan stayed in Beijing for half a year, and the envoy of the Mughal Kingdom, Shahmat, was able to provide some war horses to the Ming Dynasty, which was extremely bad news for Buyan.

Shahmat, or the relationship between the Mughal state and the Tatars, is actually not deep, the Mughal state is a Turkic Mongol, when Buyan met Shahmatmat, Shahmat said that he could not help the suzerainty of the barbarian Khan, the Great Khan.

"My asking price is still a little lower." Zhu Yijun was immediately a little annoyed when he heard that Buyan agreed so happily, in fact, he also knew very well that this price was already very satisfactory, it was a war horse, a stallion, and the Ming Dynasty couldn't buy resources with money before, if he could buy it, Zhu Yijun would have to go to India to pull the war horse back?

Tuman Khan still has a certain strength, and because of his old age, some of his decisions have become a little dim, so Qi Jiguang judged that Tuman Khan can survive.

Buyan finally met His Majesty and exchanged his wool for the canonization of the Ming Emperor, which represents the recognition of the Ming court to the Tuman Khan, and also means that in a short period of time, the Ming Dynasty will not continue to conquer the Tuban Khan, so the Tuban Khan can deal with Altan Khan with all his might; Buyan exchanged his war horses and stallions for the support of Daming's military intelligence.

Buyan saluted respectfully again, left the Wenhua Palace, and left the palace full of joy.

At this time, on the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Yijun looked at the courtiers and said with a serious face: "Uncle Zong, let Honglu Temple Qing Chen Xuexue send a letter to the third lady and tell her the conditions given by Tuman Khan." ”

"Wang Cifu, you send a letter to Altan Khan, tell him the conditions given by Tuban Khan, if Altan Khan needs the intelligence support of the Ming Dynasty, he will pay the same price."

"Huh?" Ma Ziqiang looked at Buyan's figure, Buyan hadn't gone far yet, His Majesty sold Buyan backhandedly! He hurriedly bowed his head and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Is it a reversal? The Ming Emperor did promise to support the Tuman Khan, but the Ming Emperor did not promise not to support Altan Khan.

Once the Tuman Khan gains the intelligence advantage, the possibility of Altan Khan wanting a quick victory is very small, so if Altan Khan wants to win a quick victory, he must also buy the intelligence of the Ming Dynasty, unable to form an intelligence advantage, nor can he fall into the intelligence disadvantage, if Altan Khan is defeated again, he has no eldest son monk to help him bear the price of defeat.

"Obey." Wang Chonggu bowed to the leader's order, he was really amazed by the emperor, His Majesty is really worthy of the three words of scholar, extremely ruthless, for fear that the fire of the grassland will not be strong enough, and it will add fuel to the fire.

Wang Chonggu glanced at Zhang Juzheng, he didn't dare to imagine how far His Majesty would have done without His Majesty being stopped by Zhang Juzheng, after completing the task of maintaining the stability of the country and the society of the Emperor Shaoguo, the main task now is to prevent His Majesty from a sunny and cheerful boy from further slipping into an indescribable monster.

This is the consensus of the courtiers.

This is an urgent court meeting after the end of the audience in Buyan, the Ministry of Rites to draft the holy decree of canonizing Tuman Khan, the holy decree has actually been drawn up, the king of Tuman Khan is the king of Huaiyi, and the Shunyi king of Altan Khan, is the king of captivity, which represents a temporary truce between the Ming and the Tuman Khan, and the military department and the household department jointly prepared grain and grass and transferred to Xuanfu Datong, and at the same time summoned Xuanda, cautious vigilance, to prevent the fire from burning to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The huge machine of the Ming Dynasty began to operate, and Zhu Yijun left Zhang Juzheng and Wan Shihe.

"Wan Dazai, is it appropriate to append this overseas national chronicle to the Daming Guild Ceremony, or is it appropriate to append it to the Domain State Ceremony?" Zhu Yijun asked about what he was more concerned about, the classification of overseas national chronicles was originally set to be placed on the Ming Huidian, but now it is more suitable to be placed in the note of the vassal national ceremony.

According to the previous agreement, the Ming court will recognize the legitimacy of the Ming Han people to build their own vassals overseas, then these overseas countries are the Ming Dynasty's barriers, which is the restoration of a certain degree of feudal system, so it is not appropriate to put the overseas Fan Guozhi into the Ming Dynasty.

Wan Shihe thought for a moment and said, "The minister thinks that it is more appropriate to put it in the note of the vassal state. ”

"What do you think, sir?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng.

"There's nothing wrong with that." Zhang Juzheng recognized the practice of the Ming Emperor, the Ming Huidian is the land of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the code of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and the vassal state ritual note is applicable to the land of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the code within the fence.

"Sir thinks that it is a little inappropriate for me to inform the king of the conditions of the Tuman Khan, and now only the courtiers have received the order, and it is not considered a change of order." Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Juzheng's opinion, this is also the daily routine in the past seven years, a government decree, if it is not implemented, it is not a change of the order.

Zhu Yijun's approach is not a little improper, it is very improper, the Ming Emperor's behavior is called riding the wall at a good point, it is called maximizing interests, and it is called treachery if it is unpleasant, as for whether it has risen to the category of the country's great trust, it is very debatable.

"The minister thought that there was nothing wrong, and the minister thought that he could scare Altan Khan, so he said that the Ming intended to provide military assistance to the Tuban Khan, so that Altan Khan would pay a greater price in exchange for the Ming not to interfere too much." Zhang Juzheng not only did not stop the emperor from maximizing his interests, but even proposed a more intensified method.

Zhang Juzheng is a Wenchen, and he has the basic passive skills of Wenchen, which is doubled.

"Extreme pressure, political blackmail?" Zhu Yijun's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again and said, "It's still Mr. Awesome!" Why didn't I think of it, and use non-existent military aid to knock it out again. ”

"Okay, okay, just do this, let Wang Cifu write this letter, there are dates and no dates to hit the three poles, the best hit, and it is excellent if you can't be scared."

"That's it!"

Wan Shihe glanced at Zhang Juzheng, His Majesty has become what he is today, and he said that it was not you Zhang Juzheng?

But Wan Shihe did not raise any objections, because he knew that there were no eternal enemies or eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests, and how to maximize the interests in this grassland dispute was something that the courtiers should think about.

Wang Chonggu wrote the letter, and sent the letter to the outside of the Guan, and the letter took only three days to be sent to the city of Fengzhou Tanbansheng on the right wing of the Tatar wing, and the letter of the Chen Society was also sent to the city of Kukuhe Tuncheng, which was named the Naturalization City in the sixth year of Longqing, and was also called the City of Sanniangzi.

The three ladies and Altan Khan did not live together, Altan Khan lived in Bansheng, and the three ladies lived in Guihua, and the two cities were very close to each other, only about twenty miles away.

After receiving the letter, the third lady came to Bansheng City from the city of naturalization, and she wanted to discuss the matter with Altan Khan.

"It's just too deceitful!" Altan Khan slapped the letter in his hand on the table, and said angrily: "Emperor Ming, treacherous, he has reached a contract with us, but he wants to support Tumen, what a reason!" ”

A monk dressed as a lama waved his hand again and again and said, "Don't be so impatient, don't be so impatient, be confused by karma, and see clearly the purpose of the Ming Dynasty, so that you can deal with it properly." ”

The third lady doesn't like this lama very much, this lama claims to be a knower, named Sonam Gyatso, who claims to have the memory of the previous life, known for 500 years before and 500 years later, and Sonam Gyatso successfully bluffed Altan Khan, and made Altan Khan believe in Buddhism, mainly because of the set he peddled, which is really demagogic.

Sonam Gyatso, the lama, peddled the theory of reincarnation, saying that Altan Khan is the reincarnation of Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, and is the reincarnation of the holy king, Altan Khan was fascinated by the deeds of Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, and when he heard that this reincarnation said that he was the reincarnation of Genghis Khan, he immediately couldn't help but be overjoyed, and welcomed Sonam Gyatso to Bansheng, and was courteous, and even gave Sonam Gyatso the honorific title of 'Divine Consciousness Wazirda Lama'.

Sanniangzi doesn't think that there are people who can know 500 years in advance and 500 years later, even if they are as strong as Zhang Juzheng, they can see that after three years, they are already rare in the world, and after five years, no one can completely see it.

But Altan Khan was particularly convinced that he was the reincarnation of Genghis Khan, and believed in Sonam Gyatso's words.

"What is the purpose of Da Ming?" Under the persuasion of Sonam Gyatso, Altan Khan calmed down a little before he thought about it, and he frowned and asked, "Is Da Ming asking for a war horse?" Shall I give him a war horse so that he can come and fight me? It's just a dream! ”

"Nope." As soon as the Buddhist beads in Sonam Gyatso's hand stopped, he said with a solemn face: "What the Ming Dynasty wants is for the left and right wings to continue to fight, keep fighting, and the Haidong Qinghui on the grassland will wander in the sky, waiting for the wild wolf and leopard to fight to the death for the prey, and then fall down and snatch the prey." ”

"What is the prey that the master is talking about?" Altan Khan asked in disbelief.

Sonam Gyatso said with great certainty: "Hetao. ”

"A master is indeed a master." Altan Khan finally understood the purpose behind this series of actions of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the Hetao that had been lost since the Tianshun period, which was the fundamental purpose of the Ming Dynasty.

The third lady looked at Sonam Gyatso and said quite calmly: "Master, is there a possibility that Da Ming is actually not Hai Dongqing, but an insatiable glutton, and he wants more than just prey, even wild wolves and leopards don't want to let go?" ”

"A glutton, how can it only want prey, it has a great appetite."

Sonam Gyatso originally had some treasured and solemn faces, but the naked eye visibly twitched a few times, he put down the Buddhist beads in his hand, what the three ladies said was more in line with the current situation, and the facts also proved that Sonam Gyatso couldn't see through the next five hundred years at all, and even the next five years couldn't see clearly.

Da Ming's appetite is really big.

Sonam Gyatso's honorific title is 'The Dalai Lama of the Holy Consciousness All Wazir Dalai Lama', yes, it is the Dalai Lama who appeared in the news every day in the past, the Dalai Lama of Sichuan and Tibet, which started with Sonam Gyatso. Asking for a monthly pass, woo!!!!!!

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