When he came to the camp of the four princes, Yang Bing saw Zhu Yun sitting on the main seat, Hartz sitting on the side, and neither of them cared about anyone.

As soon as Yang Bing came in, the expressions on the faces of the two people were obviously much more relaxed.

"Brother Yang, you're here, this brother of yours is really hard to talk to." Hartz bent slightly comically and leaned against Yang Bing's side and whispered.

Just now as the commander of this Tongtianguan, the four princes invited Harz to come over, thinking about meeting a formal acquaintance, but who would have thought that the four princes were indifferent to the living, let alone staring at Harz with a Tatar face.

Although Hartz is a good man, he can't bear to be a nomad on the steppe, straightforward by nature and a little reckless, so when he entered the camp of the four princes, because he did not wait for the guards to report, Harz broke in.

So it provoked a sneer from the four princes: "Hmph, after all, it's still a barbarian, and you don't know how to report it when you enter the door." ”

Even if Hartz was reckless, he could hear the meaning of this, and immediately retorted: "We are not like you Central Plains people, one by one there are quite a lot of scheming, and our Ke people have always said what they have to say. ”

Zhu Yun snorted coldly, and after ordering the guards to find Yang Bing, he stopped talking, and Hartz also sat on the side of him angrily, picked up the water cup and drank saliva, and provoked him to mock: "The cups for drinking water are so small!" ”

Yang Bing finished understanding what happened under the explanation of the guards, smiled helplessly, and walked to the fourth prince Zhu Yun and bowed: "The fourth prince, the Harz brothers are Ke people, belonging to the nomadic people on the grassland, and they are so arrogant and uninhibited by nature, but his heart is not bad, you can also see on the battlefield, the Harz brothers killed no fewer enemy soldiers than you and me, not to mention, the Harz brothers were also framed by others. ”

Yang Bing said this, sat down, and Hartz on the side couldn't help but show an unwilling look when he heard Yang Bing say that he was framed.

"At the beginning, the old king of the Keren Kingdom wanted to make friends with my Ming Dynasty, so he sent the Harz brothers to Kyoto to face the saint, but his brother Hatan took advantage of the loophole, and the old king was also killed, and he and the rest of his subordinates were chased and killed by his own brother Hatan everywhere and fled to Qiling Mountain." Under Yang Bing's explanation, the fourth prince learned about Hartz.

He also felt a little guilty in his heart, he thought that Harz was a Tatar leader who was rebelled by Yang Bing, and he looked down on traitors, whether they were enemies or his own subordinates.

The fourth prince, Zhu Yun, got up and got a glass of wine and came to Hartz: "I'm sorry, Brother Hartz, I just neglected. After speaking, Zhu Yun raised his head and drank it all.

Hartz waved his hand: "The fourth prince laughed, this is my Hartz's family matter, but the hateful thing is Nahatan, I didn't kill him just now!" When I have the chance, I will take his head with my own hands and send it to my father's grave to worship! ”

Yang Bing patted Hartz on the shoulder: "Fourth prince, what should we do next?" Although Hatan's army has been reduced to a straggler, Lin Ziren's remaining 80,000 troops are still entrenched hundreds of miles away. ”

Zhu Yun nodded: "This is indeed a difficult problem, although we have temporarily repelled Lin Ziren's small army, but his antipathy is by no means limited to this, I am afraid that the South China Sea will change in the future." ”

"Report! Fourth prince, someone outside the camp sent a letter, saying that it was Lin Ziren's, and asked you to open it in person. "Outside, a guard walked in, kneeling on the ground with a letter in his hands.

When the three of them heard that it was Lin Ziren to the fourth prince, they came over one after another, and Zhu Yun picked up the letter, and did not hide it, but opened it in front of Yang Bing and Hartz.

There are only a few short sentences on the letter: "From now on, I will set myself up as a king from the South China Sea, and I will never have anything to do with the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Sure enough, it still happened, what my father was most afraid of." The fourth prince reluctantly put down the letter and sat down.

As the founding emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang is most afraid of his subordinates being too powerful and establishing himself as the king, not that Zhu Yuanzhang is afraid that he will not be able to defeat them, but that once a war is launched, it is the people who will suffer and suffer, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who is born in the people, naturally does not want to see it.

"There's no way, Lin Ziren must have made this plan when he supported the troops to pass through the Heavenly Pass." Yang Bing also felt helpless, to be honest, if Zhu Yuanzhang sent him to the South China Sea to be a border general, Yang Bing would be happy.

"So what? Why don't we go straight to the South China Sea? Hartz couldn't understand the conversation between Yang Bing and Zhu Yun, so he could only come up with the most direct way.

Yang Bing nodded: "If you don't take into account the people, it is the best way to kill them directly, but the people are not wrong." ”

Yang Bing was also at a loss, and suddenly he saw Hartz, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his head: "There is!" ”

The fourth prince, Zhu Yun, seemed to grasp the life-saving straw, and hurriedly said, "What is Brother Yang's plan?" ”

Yang Bing chuckled: "Didn't he Lin Ziren want to isolate himself, then we will establish diplomatic relations with Ke Renguo." ”

"Ke Renguo? Hatan hasn't caught it yet. The fourth prince said suspiciously.

Yang Bing hugged Hartz and said with a smile: "Hatan didn't catch it, but didn't we catch the real eldest prince?" ”

Yang Bing then said the plan in his mind, which turned out to be that Harz would go back and establish the Keren Kingdom, and then establish diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time establish a free trade zone around Tongtian Pass, where all countries are not allowed to wage war, but can exchange the resources and wealth of various countries here.

In this way, we can not only solve the problem of war, but also enhance mutual understanding between countries.

The fourth prince frowned and said, "However, once the treasure of our Ming Dynasty is exchanged for by someone with a heart, what if it is used to do something harmful to the national strength?" ”

Yang Bing thought for a moment, looked at Hartz and asked, "Hartz, tell me, why did you compete for items in the city of Dao Daming in the first place?" ”

Hartz touched his head and said: "Alas, at the beginning, we nomads, although there was no problem with eating and drinking on the grassland, but we have not been able to build our own city, because of the lack of materials for the Ming Dynasty, so we can only rob it, but my father did not allow us Ke people to fight." ”

Yang Bing nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Neither the Four Princes nor Hartz understood Yang Bing's words.

"That's why the Tatars keep violating the borders of the Ming Dynasty, because they lack a lot of things, and we have them in the Ming Dynasty." Yang Bing said this, drawing a circle on the paper: "You see, this is Tongtian Pass, he is the prairie to the south, the territory of the Ming Dynasty to the north, the South China Sea to the west, the plateau to the east, there are four forces around, and even more, establishing an area where everyone can do trading will definitely alleviate the occurrence of war." ”

Yang Bing looked at the four princes and Hartz thoughtfully, and continued: "Do you know, in fact, there are not many people who really want to fight, if they can easily get what they want, how can they go back and grab it?" ”

Yang Bing got up and said with his hands behind his back: "At the beginning, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince discussed with me why the Tusi tribe in the south had been rebelling, and I only answered him one sentence. ”

The fourth prince is like a student at the moment: "What words? ”

"If everyone can eat, clothe, and live in a house, who wants to risk their lives to rebel?" Yang Bing looked at the four princes and said with a smile: "Isn't this very similar to the current situation?" ”

The four princes suddenly realized, just like the original crown prince Zhu Di.

"Understood, Brother Yang, I'm going to write to my father and ask for the establishment of that free zone?"

"It's a free trade zone." Yang Bing corrected.

"Oh, yes, yes, free trade zone." The fourth prince patted his head, walked to the bookcase and wrote.

But as soon as he raised the pen, the fourth prince remembered something in his mind, and it was like a thunderclap sounded in his brain, and he looked at Yang Bing blankly.

Yang Bing was a little chilled by the fourth prince, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" The Fourth Prince, don't you know how to write? I can ghostwrite for you. ”

The fourth prince got up and grabbed Yang Bing's hands with great guilt: "That, Brother Yang, I forgot to tell you something." ”

Yang Bing was puzzled: "What's the matter?" ”

Zhu Yun said with difficulty: "Lin Ziren used a trick with Lin Feng before the big war to frame Prime Minister Yang and General Wan Qi in front of his father. ”

"What! My fourth prince, what do you say? Yang Bing cried and mourned, and got up to rush out of the camp.

But he was stopped by the four princes: "Brother Yang, don't worry, the eldest brother also said in the letter that Prime Minister Yang and General Wan Qian have nothing to do, and the father and emperor also know what is going on, but there are too many traitors in the court Lin Ziren, and they can't be cleared up at once, so they can only wronged the two elders first." ”

Yang Bing breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm scared to death." Yang Bing sat down, stroked his chest, and suddenly remembered again: "Does Ke'er know?" ”

The fourth prince shook his head: "Not yet, after the secret letter was sent, I burned it after reading it, and now only you know." ”

Hartz on the side was not convinced: "And me!" Brother Yang, it's okay, if something happens to your father, it's a big deal that I will rebel with you, fight back to Daming, and avenge your father! ”

Yang Bing hurriedly covered Hartz's mouth, and said in his heart that he didn't stop this big brother, and he didn't know what trouble was going to happen.

Yang Bing pondered for a while, and suddenly slapped his palm: "Fourth prince, there is a way." ”

Zhu Yun asked, "What way?" ”

"Aren't we going to create a free trade zone?"

In the tent, Yang Bing, the four princes and Harz discussed the free trade zone.

In a corner outside the camp, the sixth prince Zhu You listened attentively to the conversation inside the camp. Smiled slightly: "Free trade zone? Interesting. ”