The next day, Fengtian Temple.

Before the court meeting, the ministers arrived early, and they also knew about the internal reconciliation of the Tatars in advance, and some people even felt that this was Zhang Zhou's "bad deed", and it was simply a great thing to help the Tatars stop fighting with a victory.

"When do you think it's bad for him to go to Weininghai? If you have to start a war within the Tartars, this is good, the results of his war, is the loss of some people's internal strife great? ”

A group of people are in the midst of criticism.

The emperor did not come, and several eunuchs of the celebrant did not come, and at the same time, Liu Jian, Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao were summoned to the Qianqing Palace, and it seemed that there was an important meeting to be held before the court meeting.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian seemed very quiet in the crowd.

If you don't get involved in any discussions, and if someone talks to them in the past, they will naturally block people, which means that no matter what you are discussing about the Northwest now, please don't get our Cabinet involved, our Cabinet has no problem with that.

"Tu Butang, why is Your Majesty delayed coming today? In the inner court, there are still important matters to discuss? ”

Others couldn't find out the results from the cabinet ministers, so they had to go to Tu Tu.

Tu Yun was also secretive.

Yuan Shouzhi had a big opinion of Zhang Zhou before, and he walked over and asked, "Does Your Majesty intend to transfer the new military affairs of the General System Xuanda and other departments back to Beijing?" ”

Tu Tu asked: "The situation in the northwest has changed, and there will be a war at any time, so it may not be a good strategy to change the commander before the battle." ”

This means that although I don't know the emperor's purpose for summoning Liu Jian, I also know that it is unlikely that the emperor will remove Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou's soldiers were defeated, or he did nothing in the northwest, and he changed people, which is easy to explain.

Now that a great victory has appeared, do you want to remove Zhang Zhou? What's up? Do you think the emperor can't do without Zhang Zhou, or does the emperor feel that the northwest has peace of mind and doesn't need Zhang Zhou?

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Inside the Qianqing Palace.

The sun had risen outside, and the sky was already a little hot, Zhu Youzhi asked people to open the door of the palace, and Dai Yi was still fanning him personally.

The three people standing below don't have this treatment.

"Two copies of the above table, one is Batu Munch and the other is a fire sieve......"

Zhu Youzhu said, and asked Xiao Jing to take the song over and circulate it to the three people at the scene.

When Zhu Youzhu looked at the content of the recital, he probably also explained the situation: "Batu Munk wants to reopen the horse market and pay tribute. The fire sieve wanted the Ming Dynasty to return its people, and return to the Ming Dynasty, and made an appointment to build a city around Weininghai, and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. ”

Liu Jian reminded: "Your Majesty, they are the ministers of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Huh."

Zhu Youzhu smiled.

He really wanted to ask, Liu Ge Lao, this is just talking, do you really believe it?

Liu Jian added: "The jackals of the grassland have always been ill-intentioned and have no credibility at all, and Duoyan Sanwei and Liaodong Jurchen are precedents. ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Youzhu nodded.

Strictly speaking, the entire northwest and even the grasslands are under the control of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, the so-called submission of these vassal states is just a formality, and the Duoyan and other guards in Liaodong used to be really submissive to the Ming Dynasty, but immediately after the rebellion, when Zhu Di went north to the grassland in the ninth year of Yongle, Duoyan Sanwei had already joined the side of the Tatar coalition army.

Therefore, for the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, they do not believe that the fire sieve will sincerely submit to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Mao said: "Your Majesty, it should be inappropriate to describe today's events with the precedent of Wuliangha and other subordinates returning to the Ming Dynasty. Now that the fire sieve is weak in the steppe, or has no way out, if it is not able to recruit, and let his tribe continue to be used by the little Tatar prince, or even annex it, it will be harmful and useless to the Daming border town. ”

"Hmm." Zhu Youzhu also nodded.

This made the three of them a little unclear about the emperor's intentions.

Say not to be credible, not to recruit and not to accept submission, you nod.

When you say accept submission, you are nodding your head.

Whatever we say, you support it...... Obviously, this is not in line with the current situation in the DPRK and China, and it is probably time to ask, what does Zhang Bingkuan think about this matter?

Zhu Youzhu saw that the three of them were suddenly speechless, and sighed: "The three Qing families, in fact, I am also worried about whether to accept the matter of fire sieve submission. This person's wolf ambition has repeatedly harassed my Ming border, even his father and ancestors, he has often had a heart of disobedience, and his heart will be different if he is not of my race. ”

"I also thought that if I accepted him, it would be better to ...... him secretly The execution, and the dispersal of his people to various towns in the Ming Dynasty, can solve the temporary trouble. ”

"But this is not conducive to the long-term peace and stability of the Ming Dynasty on the grassland in the future, and it is a bad precedent, which makes it difficult for the rest of the tribes in the future to believe in the sincerity of my Ming recruitment, and they will no longer mention the matter of surrender."

Ma Wensheng said: "Your Majesty, if you solicit, it is better to make him show sincerity, not to return it to the people of his tribe for the time being, so that he can fight with the little prince of Tatar, my Ming soldiers may be able to wave their flags and shout to cheer for them, but they cannot personally go into battle to help, if he can indeed have the sincerity to pour out of the nest, even if he is defeated, he can also be taken under the rule of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Liu Jian and Zhang Mao, as well as several eunuchs, all looked at Ma Wensheng.

They're all thinking.

Do you want to be ruthless, or are you ruthless, let the fire sieve deliver the name, and let him play with Dayan Khan?

Don't say that he doesn't have this strength now, even if he is victorious, I'm afraid that he doesn't have the qualifications to call the board with his strength.

Zhu Youzhu shook his head and said: "The matter of Huo Sieting and Shun is to use the power of the dynasty to make it have the capital to survive on the grassland, but now he is asked to fight with the little prince of Tatar to break the net, which is also not a good precedent." I still want to use benevolence and virtue to distribute to the various tribes of the grassland, do you have any other suggestions? ”

The emperor actually said that he would be benevolent to the prairie jackals?

Are you kidding?

Huo Sieve is the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and he was also subdued by force, expecting him to submit to the Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly and be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty?

Your Majesty, don't we be so naïve?

Even if Liu Jian disagrees with this statement, the emperor said that he should use etiquette to educate benevolence and virtue to influence the grassland tribes, which probably means that some gentle policies can also be implemented on the grassland in the future, which is in line with Confucian concepts.

Liu Jian was embarrassed to come out and object, Your Majesty, forget it, don't engage in benevolence with them, let's still be unkind and unjust!

I still have to install it.

Or is the emperor himself pretending to be benevolent?

Zhang Mao arched his hand and said: "Since Your Majesty summoned the ministers today, you must have a good proposal, and the ministers are willing to listen to Your Majesty's will. ”

Zhu Youzhu waved his hand and said: "I have said it, I have no decision about this, in fact, it is just that Bingkuan mentioned a few words by the way when he handed over the two above tables, hoping that I will not be gullible to others, but I can't refuse people thousands of miles away, I have been thinking about it for a long time." ”

Gone?

Liu Jian felt that this was not like Zhang Zhou's style of that kid.

Feelings are mentioned in both positive and negative directions, saying what "both want and want", and then fool the emperor like this?

The emperor still has to think about it for a long time?

Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, in the current situation in the northwest, the towns should not be able to send troops, right?" ”

"Yes." Zhu Youzhu said, "In Bingkuan's opinion to me, it is also not suitable to send troops for the time being. But if Hu Lu presses the realm, everything will still turn around. ”

"Then Your Majesty, it is better to use the fire sieve as a shield, let him garrison outside the Daming Pass, and if there are Tatars to attack, he will be the vanguard. If you don't come to the offense, everything will come first with the old system......" Liu Jian continued to propose.

Zhu Youzhu asked: "Is there any difference between what Liu Ge Lao said and what Ma Qingjia said?" ”

Liu Jian hesitated.

Accept the fire sieve, afraid that the fire sieve will pretend to take refuge and turn back to rebel.

If you don't accept it, you will feel that you have missed the opportunity.

In this kind of situation, it is difficult for even a prime minister like him to come up with a decision, and he knows that Zhang Zhou doesn't seem to have a better proposal for this, so he doesn't want to force it, and he has to give a proposal that sounds earth-shattering.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Bingkuan's meaning is to let the fire sieve rate enter the customs, and he will enter Beijing to see him." ”

"Huh?"

Zhang Mao screamed in surprise, and then he held back.

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help glaring at him, you old boy is indecent, what are you shouting here?

Ma Wensheng said: "If the fire sieve is sincerely attached, it is natural for him to enter Beijing to see him, should he be detained?" ”

"It's not." Zhu Youzhu said, "Bingkuan's intention is to change him to the land of the Hetao, so that he can help the Ming Dynasty build a fortress in the Hetao and do the things of Tuntian." ”

This time, Ma Wensheng was a little speechless when he heard it.

"I thought about it, if Weininghai is given to the fire sieve, it is to raise tigers, it is said to be the construction of the city, but it is difficult for the Ming Dynasty to send soldiers and horses to garrison, but it seems to help the fire sieve, now the land of the Hetao has been deserted for a long time, and the towns in the northwest cannot immigrate to farming and governance for the time being, but it is better to let the fire sieve move to the past." Zhu Youji's words were obviously in line with Zhang Zhou's meaning.

Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, the land of the Hetao is very important to my Ming Dynasty, if the fire sieve rebels in the Hetao, it will be very harmful, or make the Ming Dynasty completely lose control of the Hetao." ”

Zhu Youzhu asked, "Then what do you mean, Liu Ge?" ”

Liu Jian was very embarrassed.

He didn't want to accept Zhang Zhou's proposal, but he couldn't make a good suggestion, which is the difficulty...... Civil officials are very good at opposing others, and can analyze the advantages and disadvantages of other people's suggestions to the point where they think they are the leader, but if they let them do it themselves, they are powerless.

"Those 100,000 head of cattle and sheep are difficult to feed all in the territory of Daming, so they still have to be sent out of the customs or slaughtered on the spot. As for the more than 10,000 herdsmen, they can't be killed, and they can't stay...... If they don't move to the Hetao Tuntian, they can only be left to open mines, but what can a group of old and weak women and children do? ”

Zhu Youzhu also looked very anxious.

The fire sieve has changed from the former male master of the grassland to chicken ribs.

If you chew it, you can't chew it, and it's a pity to vomit, it's really a ...... It's better not to win than not to win.

Isn't this making trouble for the Ming court?

Dai Yi reminded: "Your Majesty, in fact, the imperial court can ignore the proposal of the fire sieve to be submitted. ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "If you ignore it, don't you just don't accept it?" There is nothing new in this suggestion. ”

There are drawbacks to accepting it, and there are drawbacks to not accepting it, and the emperor and the court seem to be in a dilemma.

Liu Jian said: "You can put it on the court to discuss." ”

At this time, the small meeting could not be discussed, and Liu Jian felt that it was completely unnecessary for the emperor to hold this kind of inner court meeting, and it was better to put it in the court to discuss it.

Zhu Youzhi suddenly said with a firm attitude: "If you don't have a good suggestion, then I will adopt Bingkuan's proposal, accept the surrender of the fire screen, and let him come to Beijing to meet him, no matter whether he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the future, at least he will set an example for the grassland tribe with his submission, what do you think?" ”

"Very good." Zhang Mao was the first to agree.

Liu Jian thought about it.

Since the fire sieve is a chicken rib, it is the same whether to stay or not, or if you stay, you will rebel in the future, so first use the fire sieve to return to the matter of submissiveness, drive the morale of the Ming army and people, and at the same time publicize that the grassland tribes can still take refuge in the Ming Dynasty in exchange for peace...... It's all desirable.

Liu Jian said: "The old minister seconded the proposal. ”

Ma Wensheng said: "But if the fire sieves into Beijing, what is the disobedience......

Zhu Youzhu said: "It will be reasonable to kill him again at that time." In fact, I hope that he had better not be so convinced, otherwise even I will look down on him! ”

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The Inner Court meeting ended, and the emperor arrived at the Fengtian Hall with the three of them.

In the middle of the court, the emperor immediately said that the fire screen proposed to return to obedience, and that he was ready to accept the fire screen to return to obedience, and also said that the fire screen would enter the Beijing court to see, but he did not mention this proposal and Zhang Zhou put forward it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?" Zhu Youzhu also seemed very friendly and wanted to discuss this matter in the court.

Immediately, a speaker came out and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the ambition of the Tatar wolf is ......."

The rhetoric used is similar to the key point mentioned in the previous court meeting, which is to say that the fire sieve is not credible.

Zhu Youzhu listened carefully to what he said, and then he said without hurrying: "Ladies and gentlemen, I think you should all know that the contradiction between the Central Plains Dynasty and the Northern Diyi has lasted for thousands of years, and the northern troubles have not been eradicated for the Central Plains Dynasty, and when it is often stable, it mostly comes from the pacification after the suppression, rather than blindly exterminating!" The Ming Dynasty could not govern the grassland for a long time. ”

If the agrarian society dynasty goes to the grassland to operate and sends people to graze, then these herders will develop into nomads and become the opposite of the Central Plains Dynasty.

After one family is destroyed, and the next one rises, why not change their way of life, let them change from herdsmen to farmers, and then try to use their power for the Central Plains Dynasty?

"The rise of the military and political government in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty lies in Bingkuan's clever calculations, which have repeatedly calculated the direction of the Tatars; The second is the firearms such as the mighty heavenly gunpowder and the Shenwei Yuan cannon made by Bingkuan, which are reversed and occupied, or only for a while. For I am not sure when the Tatars may learn the techniques of these firearms. ”

"The matter of the flat grassland cannot be delayed, and my initial plan is to take ten years, but it is best to shorten the time limit, and it is best to reach five or six years."

"During this period, it is inevitable that there will be wars in the border towns, and there will also be tribes who are afraid of the military might of the Ming Dynasty and join them. I just want to put away the fire sieve first, so that he can set an example for the rest of the Ming tribes. ”

Tu Tu came out and said, "Your Majesty, the fire sieve has endangered the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and it is not tolerated by the imperial court!" ”

This means that I have a long-standing grudge against the soldiers and the fire sieve, and this person killed my Ming soldiers before, and now he actually wants to take him in? What do the soldiers think? What do the people think?

Zhu Youzhu said: "The thieves of the local rebellion can still be pacified and co-opted, why can't the fire sift it?" He wants to be a minister of the Ming Dynasty, I will give him a chance, and if the border army really has a chance to pacify the grassland in the future, will it also kill the grassland herdsmen? ”

"This ......," Tu Tu said.

It's not that he doesn't have a reason to say it, but that the emperor has a resolute attitude, as if he can't listen to persuasion.

As a secretary of the ministry, he also has to pay attention to judging the situation.

"In the next ten years, Bingkuan can't stay in the northwest all the time after all, with his power to deter the grassland tribes, now it's better to take advantage of his stay in the northwest to plan for war, the fire screen is incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, and he will not be given the opportunity to enter the pass, leave him outside the pass, if he really has the heart to betray, the Ming court can be regarded as benevolent."

The essence of Zhu Youji's words was also grasped by these ministers.

Even if the fire sieve is a villain in the twilight of the Qin Dynasty, we Daming must show an atmospheric side, if you dare to vote, we will dare to accept it.

This means that the grassland is part of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it will not be because of the fear of you grassland people, and even you will not accept it.

Look.

Da Ming has the heart to accept him, but he himself doesn't know each other and has to take risks, and Da Ming is not ashamed of anyone.

This realm......

When many ministers heard this, they thought it was very high.

No wonder the emperor would insist on recruiting a fire screen that would betray the Ming Dynasty again nine times out of ten.

Fire sieve, we didn't treat you as a horse, we just treated you as a bone frame and sampled the tribes next to us.

In this way, those who originally wanted to propose to make the fire sieve on the way to the Beijing court to see the fire screen, it is not easy to come out again.

Since it is a proof, it is necessary to make a good play, which is to reflect the importance that Daming attaches to the matter of returning to the fire sieve, of course, he can't be rewarded heavily, but just provide him with a shelter...... Otherwise, it will really be digging a hole for yourself.

Zhu Youzhu said: "The fire sieve is more because his tribe is weak and can no longer gain a foothold in the grassland surrounded by enemies, and wants to use the Ming Dynasty as his backer." ”

"Placing him in the Hetao not only gave him pasture, but also gave him tuntian, and also gave him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions." If Zhu Youzhu said this again, it would be easy for the minister to accept it.

Xie Qian came forward to inquire and asked, "Then Your Majesty, how should the captured people in the Fire Sieve Clan be resettled?" ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "They are all placed in the south of Maoerzhuang, give them pastures and livestock, and at the same time the Ming Dynasty will be stationed in a permanent army in Maoerzhuang, and the city fortress will be rebuilt in Maoerzhuang, and the artillery will be left behind. ”

The ministers present shouted good fellows.

The emperor is preparing to restore the limit of the territory of the Northern Pass of the Ming Dynasty, Maoerzhuang has been abandoned for more than half a century, and he actually thinks of rebuilding the fortress?

Now there is not even a silver to reward the three armies, where does the silver come from to repair the fortress?

Zhang Zhou was stationed in Datong Town, just to let him deter the Weininghai and other grasslands north of Maoerzhuang, which might be occupied by Dayan and others?

(End of chapter)