"The Shipping Department has also purchased half a boatload of royal rice. I plan to hand it over to the ministers to cultivate and breed it carefully."
"I plan to set up an agricultural research institute under the Bureau of Agriculture to cultivate, propagate and promote new crops."
"What do you think, gentlemen?"
The courtiers were doubtful about Yu Mi's general.
But in the strange dream the emperor told, rice was the main source of food for the people.
"Your Majesty, agriculture is the foundation of the country, so there is no harm in setting up an agricultural research institute."
Ye Sheng came out and said: "However, I believe that we should not only develop new crops, but also cultivate old crops to make them more productive. I also asked the Bureau of Agriculture to compile a farming book so that people all over the world can farm according to the methods in the book."
"Ye Qing is right. The Agricultural Bureau should study it while compiling it into a book and disseminating it to the world."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "But the doctor of the Agricultural Bureau is still vacant. Let Xue Qing take over as the doctor of the Agricultural Research Institute first. Once a suitable candidate is found, he will be transferred to the center."
In fact, he is more optimistic about Yu Zijun.
Yu Zijun was a Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai. Now he is a member of the Household Department in Fujian. He is honest and talented.
A few days ago, Zhu Qiyu saw his Beijing inspection results, and they were all top-notch.
I have high hopes for this person.
He wrote his expectations for him in the memorial handed over by Yu Zijun.
There was an intention to transfer him to the capital, but Yu Zijun rejected the emperor's kindness and wanted to get enough qualifications in the local area before entering the central government.
In his reply to the memorial, he wrote: There are many bandits in Fujian, and thieves are like rain. Your Majesty should send troops to station in Fuzhou to intimidate Xiaoxiao. According to the accounts of the fleeing people, the soil of Penghu Inspection Department is fertile, with two to three crops a year. He asked the emperor to reinstate the Penghu Inspection Department and regain Penghu.
He wrote a lot in the letter and it was meaningful, which shows that he is really rooted among the people in Fujian.
Zhu Qiyu also wanted to regain the Penghu Inspection Department, but the offshore area was blocked by pirates. Even if he sent people up, they would be left alone. This is irresponsible.
It would be better to wait for the Ming Dynasty's navy to become stronger, then regain Penghu and establish Penghu as a treasure state.
"My lords, whoever has research or interest in crops should go to the palace to get a royal rice plant and go home to cultivate it."
Zhu Qiyu stood up: "Those who succeed in cultivating rice will be given a silver talisman!"
"No matter how many people succeed in cultivating it, I will give them all silver talismans!"
Only with benefits can people make progress.
Don't talk about feelings, it will hurt money.
Down to court.
Zhu Qiyu returned to Qianqing Palace, and Feng Xiao handed over Yu Qian's memorial on the way.
"Sure enough, Tatar just wants to take advantage!"
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "This Mantulu dares to open a horse market at Jingfengkou and purchase 100,000 good Tatar horses every year."
"The horse market is just a yearly coin in disguise!"
"A horse costs one hundred taels of silver, and it's a gelded horse."
"The price of good horses bred by Daming Racecourse is around fifty taels. After hundreds of years of breeding, Daming has no shortage of horses."
"Why pay double the price to buy horses from outside the Great Wall?"
"Isn't it just to give people the annual coins?"
"The Xuande Dynasty used the horse market to control trade in Mobei. As a result, the Wala people overturned the table and sent troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, which led to the defeat of Tumubao."
"Now that the Tatars have just unified, they immediately come to blackmail the Ming Dynasty."
"Isn't it just treating Ming as a soft persimmon?"
"Is my Ming so weak?"
Zhu Qiyu got off the imperial chariot and entered Qianqing Palace angrily: "Feng Xiao, Huai'en, what do you think?"
Wynn glanced at Feng Xiao and didn't dare to speak first.
"Your Majesty, I think I should agree directly."
Feng Xiao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the top priority is to get the Tatars to retreat. As long as the Tatars retreat, Yu Taibao will be able to march into Liaodong and repel the Karaqin tribe. It is a sure thing."
"When the time comes, we simply don't admit it."
"Let's see if the Tatars still dare to fight!"
"Without the Karaqin tribe to contain Liaodong Town, even if the Tatars have hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, the Ming Dynasty will not be afraid of them!"
"If the Ming Dynasty's generals gather their power in Jizhou Town and they dare to come, we can keep the Tatars and let the Tatars fall apart again!"
Feng Xiao said it domineeringly.
But it's true.
The elites of the Ming Dynasty were scattered in various places, making it impossible to clench into a fist and attack decisively.
As long as the Haraqin tribe is defeated, Liaodong Town and Jizhou Town are connected, and Yu Qian's Beijing camp is in charge and leads, the Tatars are no match at all.
Zhu Qiyu looked at Wynn.
Wynn was embarrassed. What he wanted to say was preempted by Feng Xiao.
But this is the ranking of Qianqing Palace, and Feng Xiao will always be ranked in front of anyone.
"Go back to your Majesty, I think the Tatars may not be easy to deceive, so it is better to buy a large number of horses, cattle and sheep from the Tatars."
"Exchange weapons for Tartars."
"Pay for a batch of weapons first, and slowly raise the rest."
"When the Haraqin tribe is defeated, the remaining weapons will no longer be in supply, and the cattle, horses and sheep will become the treasure of the Ming Dynasty."
"The Tatars went south to plunder, but they didn't get anything, and they were tricked by the Ming Dynasty."
"Mantulu's sweat position must be shaken."
"Tatars are about to fall apart again."
Wynn said with a smirk.
Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up, there was really room for maneuver in this kind of thing.
The Tatars must have coveted the weapons produced by the Ming Dynasty.
If you give him some sweetness, agree to trade weapons with cattle, horses and sheep. After a few transactions and establish credibility, ask the Tatars to pay the cattle, horses and sheep in advance.
For the Ming Dynasty, cattle, horses and sheep are strategic materials. For the tribes in Mobei, they are rations. The grass in their hands is the treasure in our hands.
As long as the pie is drawn well, Tatar will definitely take the bait.
The most important thing is that Daming has established a good reputation in the market over the years, and all the tribes in Mobei trust Daming.
Daming couldn't run away anyway. If he dared to cheat, he led his troops to attack him until he vomited out double or triple the amount of food.
"You both are right."
Zhu Qiyu was thinking about which of the people in the court was more eloquent, a diplomat like Zhang Yi or Wang Xuance.
"Your Majesty, this servant is willing to recommend himself as an envoy to the Tatars!" Wynn knelt on the ground.
He was very talented. After a few years in the inner study hall, he became familiar with the classics. He served the emperor for half a year. He read all the books the emperor read and benefited a lot.
Those books were annotated by lecturers, which meant that the ancient books were broken open, crushed, and fed to the emperor's mouth.
The emperor studied and he also studied.
His knowledge improved by leaps and bounds.
Moreover, his position in the Qianqing Palace was very awkward. Although he was highly valued by the emperor, he never shared the emperor's sorrows. After all, he was separated by a layer.
No matter how powerful he is, he will always be just a shadow of Feng Xiao.
After all, the most trusted eunuch of the emperor was Feng Xiao. As long as he served in the Palace of Qianqing, he had to kill Feng Xiao before he could ascend to the throne.
This is why Qin Chang, Dong Ci and others would rather make great achievements outside than return to the palace to serve.
If Feng Xiao is here, they will have no chance of getting ahead.
Fortunately, the current emperor has great talents and strategies, and can do many things at the same time. Otherwise, these favored eunuchs would have to fight for power.
As long as this person is idle and has no upward motivation, he will start fighting among himself. Once the infighting begins, it will never be extinguished. It will be an endless cycle of infighting.
Therefore, knowing that there was no way to get ahead in the palace, Huai'en would save the country by taking a detour and go to do practical things outside the palace. He would still be trusted by the emperor and still have power over the government.
This is the advantage of the emperor's talent and strategy. There are many opportunities and a high probability of getting ahead. There is no need to hang himself from a tree.
The most important thing is that the emperor is powerful enough, ruthless and cruel, and no one dares to fight among himself.
Therefore, the internal fighting will be temporarily put to rest.
When one day the emperor loses his ambition, it will be time for internal fighting.
Zhu Qiyu showed a happy smile on his face: "Huai En, you are so brave!"
"Serving in Qianqing Palace!"
"You are slaves in front of me, but in the eyes of the world, you control unparalleled resources."
"The seventh-grade official of the Prime Minister's concierge."
"You guys are of high quality!"
"However, I hope that you can all become capable talents, contribute to the Ming Dynasty, and become eunuchs praised by the world, so that you will not waste your time with my master and servant."
"I have always promoted talents in an eclectic way. As long as you are talented and want to go out and do things, tell me and I will give you a chance;"
"Anyone who has novel ideas or can make suggestions for me, just speak up and I will listen."
"I hope you will learn from Huai En, recommend yourself, take the initiative to ask for help, and do something for the world!"
"Let me be proud of you!"
"At that time, I will grant you all the rewards you want!"
Zhu Qiyu praised: "Huaien, go to Honglu Temple to select people and get on the road as soon as possible. How much blackmail you can get depends on your ability."
"My slave, thank you for your kindness." Wynn's eyes were bright.
The emperor publicly praised him, saying that as long as this job was done well, he would be able to rise to the top in one step. Although he was not a subordinate of the emperor, he could rise to the top with his ability.
"I am in the capital, waiting for your good news." Zhu Qiyu hoped that Huaien could make some achievements and that his master would be proud.
Send Wynn away.
Zhu Qiyu started to deal with the memorial, and suddenly thought of something: "Feng Xiao, who is responsible for receiving the guards of the princes in the capital?"
"Your Majesty, please appoint Uncle Nanhe." Feng Xiao reported back.
"The selected soldiers will be distributed to Zhu Yi and Zhu Yong first, so that they can set off first. I'm afraid Guangxi will be in turmoil."
Because Xue Xuan gave four memorials in a row, which was very urgent.
"The order is sent to Fang Ying to speed up the process. We can wait for the soldiers who have not yet arrived, and give priority to selecting a group of strong men from the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion to enter Guangxi first."
"My slave obeys the order!" Feng Xiao went to deliver the order.
Zhu Qiyu continued to deal with the memorial.
"Your Majesty, those two barbarians are still kneeling outside the palace. When will they be summoned?" Feng Xiao asked while taking advantage of the tea.
"Wait until I finish reading the memorial."
After watching for a while, Zhu Qiyu suddenly frowned: "What does Kou Shen's memorial mean? There are large groups of cavalry outside Gansu town? Is it the Junggar tribe?"
He stood up and looked at the map: "Where will Junggar's goal be?"
After reading Kou Shen's memorial again and again, Kou Shen described the cavalry as ghostly in appearance, with thin horses and tired men, as if they were fleeing in a hurry and passing through Jiayuguan.
But because it was dark at the time, he couldn't see clearly, and he didn't dare to go to Guancheng to check. He just sent a scout horse, which fell far away. It seemed that the cavalry had no intention of attacking Jiayuguan.
Something is wrong.
Although the Junggar tribe is nomadic to the west in Hami, if they rush to Jiayuguan, they should all be in high spirits. How can they be trapped and tired?
I really can't think of a reason why.
"Send this memorial to the martial arts hall and let the old generals see who the enemy is outside the pass?" Zhu Qiyu couldn't figure it out either.
"Send an order to the northwest border to guard the border. No hunting is allowed without an order."
The so-called hunting means going out to catch the autumn wind.
This was approved by the emperor. Xifan and the small tribes were in bad luck. Who said that the army had no men?
Driven by interests, all of them are as brave as tigers, and they fight until there is no war at the border.
The reputation of the Ming Dynasty as a "soft persimmon" is crumbling in the hearts of the herdsmen. They thought they were robbers, but in the end, honest people robbed them more ruthlessly than the robbers.
"My slave obeys the order!"
Feng Xiao knelt down, held the memorial in Zhu Qiyu's hand with both hands, trotted out of the palace, sent someone to deliver the memorial, and then sent someone to deliver the decree.
Then he turned back and said, "Your Majesty, do you think the cavalry that Master Kou saw could be cavalry marching eastward? Coming from the west?"
"How do you say that?" Zhu Qiyu frowned.
He also felt very strange.
Kou Shen should have a second memorial sent to him, and he will continue to investigate.
This cavalry was not marching very fast, and there should be old people, women, and children among them, so they were marching slowly and had no time to explore.
"Your Majesty, I heard someone in the palace tell me an old story. During the Yongle period, there was a big Western country called Timur."
"According to Master Chen Cheng's records, he has been to this country several times as an envoy. His country's monarch surrendered to the Ming Dynasty in the early years and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty for many years."
"Later, he was extremely disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty and even threatened to send troops to attack him."
"My servant heard from the palace servants that during the Yongle Dynasty, Emperor Taizong sent people to Timur to collect the tribute that had been paid for many years. Timur Khan actually insulted Emperor Taizong as a 'pig khan' and refused to pay."
"Timur led his army to conquer the Ming Dynasty. However, Timur unexpectedly died of illness on the road, which led to the end of the expedition. Our court only learned about Timur's eastern expedition many years later."
"I think even if he dared to come, Emperor Taizong would only be happy and tell Timur about the power of the Ming Dynasty with a great victory that shocked the past and present."
Feng Xiao said this with pride in his tone.
Zhu Qiyu frowned: "I also know about this, what does it have to do with this cavalry?"
"I think that everything that flourishes must eventually decline."
"The Meng people are good at conquering and fighting, but they are also very good at internal fighting."
"This servant thinks that the Timurid monarch died on the Eastern Expedition, and his country will inevitably fall apart due to the struggle for successors."
"Now nearly fifty years have passed, and I think the Timur Khanate is already exhausted from the civil war."
When Feng Xiao saw that Huaien was being praised, he also wanted to show it off: "So the servant guessed that this group of cavalry probably ran from the west to Mobei, trying to attach itself to the branch of the Timurid Kingdom in Mobei."
Hear Feng Xiao's guess.
Combined with Kou Shen's memorial, it becomes clearer.
The men and horses were exhausted, and the marching speed was slow. This was partly because of women and children, but also because of unfamiliarity with the roads.
On the contrary, it makes sense.
"I also remembered that the Timur Khanate was once attached to the Ming Dynasty and made many pilgrimages to the Ming Dynasty."
"Later, they were unified by an ambitious monarch, namely Timur Khan."
"Chen Cheng's Records of the Western Regions recorded that Timur was very prosperous and powerful. He spent a lot of time describing Timur's prosperity."
"The archives of the Yongle Dynasty record that Timur was ambitious and led 700,000 people to conquer the Ming Dynasty in an attempt to restore the glory of the Yuan Dynasty. However, he died of illness because of the unexpected death of King Timur."
"Your guess makes sense. This cavalry may really be the cavalry of the Timur Khanate!"
"The man is sleepy and the horse is exhausted, and the shape is like a ghost. It does look a bit like it!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up: "Feng Xiao, send someone to pass the decree to Kou Shen, no, to all the governors along the northwest, and send someone to contact this cavalry immediately!"
"Let Kou Shen figure out the direction of the operation of this cavalry, and order Fan Guang to be ready to leave the Hetao at any time and make contact with this cavalry!"
"If it is really a branch of the Timur Khanate that traveled east to escape the civil war, then their surrender to Oara is the same as their surrender to the Ming Dynasty!"
"According to what is written in Kou Shen's memorial, this cavalry is estimated to be tens of thousands. Counting women and children, there are at least about 100,000."
"Send someone to contact him. If he can be converted into the Ming Dynasty, it will be a great achievement!"
Zhu Qiyu paced back and forth excitedly: "Go quickly and summon the important ministers of the cabinet to see how to get them to join the Ming Dynasty."
He is really greedy for the combat effectiveness of this cavalry.
Today's Ming Dynasty is not short of money, food, or soldiers. The main problem is that the troops are scattered and cannot be clenched into a fist.
If tens of thousands more cavalry suddenly appear, they can completely support the northwest defense line.
By then we will be able to mobilize troops to Liaodong.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.
At this time, the important ministers of the cabinet came in a hurry and entered the hall to salute.
Zhu Qiyu gave a brief description and showed the transcript of Kou Shen's memorial to the cabinet ministers.
"Your Majesty, what you mean is that this is a cavalry without an owner?"
Hu Bi repeatedly considered Kou Shen's vocabulary. Kou Shen's words were unclear, so he could only rely on guessing.
"Your Majesty wants to take advantage?" Hu Xi said bluntly.
"If you don't accept the cavalry sent from heaven, wouldn't it be a waste of God's good will?" Zhu Qiyu admitted with a smile, he just wanted to take advantage.
He doesn't care about the glory of the heavenly kingdom, he just wants to benefit from it.
"Your Majesty is right to ask people to inquire."
"If he is really a cavalry member of the Timur Khanate, he can be naturalized."
"But has your Majesty ever thought that a foreign cavalry would completely become a Mingren?"
Hu Xi spoke very slowly, thinking at the same time.
"It's difficult. There are Duoyan Sanwei in the distance, and Wala and Tatar in the distance. They are all ambitious people!"
"Awe of power but not moral."
"When the Ming Dynasty was strong, they were as honest as kittens and puppies. Once the Ming Dynasty was weak, they would reveal their wolfish nature."
"Those who are not of my race must have different minds."
Zhu Qiyu didn't trust them.
Daming suffered too much.
"Then what will your Majesty do after receiving this combat power?" Hu Hui was thinking from a political perspective.
Zhu Qiyu had previously considered this from a military perspective.
"Use his people to consume the soldiers, and finally the ice and snow will melt and disappear." Zhu Qiyu said euphemistically.
In fact, it is to let them fight dog to bite the dog and bleed out the last drop of blood.
"Your Majesty, let your dog bite the dog. That is a well-tamed dog."
"The Timur Khanate has long been disrespectful towards the Ming Dynasty."
"Although they are a refugee branch, their hearts are open to others."
"How could they be tricked by us into fighting dog-eat-dog with their kind?"
Hu Hu was very unsure: "Your Majesty, you want to keep a dog for ten years and then use it again?"
"Of course I don't want to! My money and food are not enough to feed my own people. How can I support a group of aliens?"
Zhu Qiyu had no good impression of this Timur Khanate.
Dare you call Pig Khan?
Sooner or later I will trample your country and destroy your species!
"Two armies are in the same city, but they are on guard against each other in their hearts. How can they work together and deal with the outside world as one?" Hu Hui asked rhetorically.
What he meant was that if Duoyan Sanwei could be used by Emperor Taizong, they were the dogs that Emperor Taizu started to raise. They were used by Emperor Taizong only after they were well-raised.
But in the end, the dog bites its owner.
He believed that this group of cavalry had immediate combat power, but since they were on guard against each other, their combat power could not be fully exerted.
Zhu Qiyu immediately lost his temper: "Old Master, I am jealous of this cavalry."
"We have some too, but our troops are scattered and cannot be clenched into a fist."
"Now that I am being bullied to the doorstep of my home by a mere Karaqin tribe, I am not willing to accept it!"
"After the old lady said this, I can't arrange them anymore."
As he talked, he was half-empty and sat on the chair, quite decadent.
Hu Xi smiled: "Your Majesty, do you really want this cavalry?"
"Does the old lady have any idea?"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up: "Of course I want it!"
"What Ming Dynasty lacks now is immediate combat power."
"What do the Tatars mean if we can draw soldiers from the northwest?"
"I can swallow the Karaqin tribe in one breath!"
Zhu Qiyu was in high spirits.
"Excuse me, Your Majesty, do you want a guard dog or a man-eating wolf?" Hu Hui asked.
Zhu Qiyu was confused: "What is a dog? What is a wolf?"
"The watchdog is not very strong and can only rely on the Ming Dynasty to survive. Over time, it was tamed and became an obedient dog."
"Look at how many naturalized Mongolians there are in the DPRK. Don't they still serve the DPRK?"
"The man-eating wolf is powerful and rivals the Ming Dynasty. It has an independent pastoral area and can cooperate with the Ming Dynasty or Mobei."
"The former three guards of Duoyan were the man-eating wolves."
"Your Majesty, which one do you want?"
Hu Xi asked with a smile.
you still need to ask?
Of course a dog!
Although the dog's strength is small, he will be loyal to the Ming Dynasty. The three guards of Duoyan did provide strong support, but in the end they stabbed the Ming Dynasty in the heart and almost stabbed the Ming Dynasty to death.
"Your Majesty, please send switches to Xuan Town, Datong Town, Shanxi Town, Yansui Town, Ningxia Town, and Gansu Town."
"Attack this outnumbered cavalry!"
"Kill hard!"
"Kill them out of fear, and this cavalry will naturally become the Ming Dynasty's obedient watchdog!"
Hu Hui showed his domineering attitude.
Zhu Qiyu finally saw it.
Whoever explains that ministers are weak!
That means the emperor is weak, so the courtiers are weak.
Look at what Hu Hui said, he is so domineering.
If I am strong, then the court will be filled with strong ministers!
"Old Master, now that you have seen blood, you have become a mortal enemy of the Ming Dynasty. Will you still be willing to serve the Ming Dynasty?" Bai Gui was a little worried.
Shi Pu, who was standing aside, stroked his beard and laughed: "Shang Shu Bai is just wrong. Which of the Mongolian people who have been naturalized by the Ming Dynasty today is not afraid of being killed by the Ming Dynasty?"
"Even some parents were killed by the Ming Dynasty. Aren't they still obediently serving the Ming Dynasty?"
"Go and ask them, do they want to be an honorable minister of the Ming Dynasty, or go to Mobei to eat sand?"
Shi Pu clapped his hands and applauded: "Old lady Fu has become the leader of the country, so he should be killed. Killing scares them! They will naturally behave like dogs!"
"Hu people have always been afraid of power and not moral, so we have to kill them until they are full of fear of the Ming Dynasty!"
Plop!
But Sun Yuanzhen knelt on the ground: "I beg your majesty to give me the king's life talisman. I am willing to leave the capital, command the six towns, and tame this watchdog for your majesty!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up.
Sun Yuanzhen was a scholar, but he was an authentic fierce general. When he was young, he once went into battle to kill the enemy himself.
Moreover, Sun Yuanzhen's official position was high enough, and he was the Minister of the Ministry of War.
Enough to suppress six towns.
He is a decent person, and he can rest assured if Wang Cheng is sent as a supervisor.
"good!"
"Sun Qing is an old man who has great ambitions."
"I will give you the King's Order Talisman and ask Sun Yuanzhen to hold the Seal of the Northern General and serve as the chief military officer of the six towns of Xuan Town, Datong Town, Shanxi Town, Yansui Town, Ningxia Town, and Gansu Town!"
Zhu Qiyu ordered the Military Aircraft Department to prepare a decree and print it.
"Sun Yuanzhen, I will leave everything in your hands to deal with Wala."
"That cavalry can be fought, surrendered, or released. Everything is in your hands. I don't ask anything about it!"
Zhu Qiyu put the imperial edict in his hand: "The six towns are in your hands, and the entire northwest of the Ming Dynasty is counting on you!"
"Sun Yuanzhen, this battle must be fought beautifully, so that the Junggar people will flee upon hearing the news!"
"The newly resettled herdsmen in Hetao have not seen the heroic and high-spirited appearance of our Ming Dynasty elite soldiers. Let them take a look today!"
"What a right choice it is to join the Ming Dynasty!"
These words made Sun Yuanzhen's blood boil.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Let's see how I conquer this cavalry!" Sun Yuanzhen was extremely confident.
He has always been unconvinced by Yu Qian, thinking that he was not in Beijing at that time. If he was in Beijing, Yu Qian would not be the only one to be in the limelight.
He, Sun Yuanzhen, could also save the Ming Dynasty from fire and water.
"good!"
"Hubu, please transfer some military supplies and do not delay the march."
"The Ministry of Household Affairs does not have enough money and food, so I will use my internal funds!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were burning.
"I obey the decree!" Geng Jiuchou bowed.
Sun Yuanzhen kowtowed and thanked him.
He ordered Sun Yuanzhen to leave the palace quickly, and with simple preparations, he left the capital at night and rushed to the border town as quickly as possible to intercept the cavalry as soon as possible.
"Old Master, where do you think it should be placed?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.
Hu Xi was delighted. The emperor was too impatient.
It is better to do things slowly rather than in a hurry. If you are anxious, you cannot eat hot tofu.
But the emperor wanted to eat hot tofu.
"The west of Gansu is too desolate and barren, and I'm afraid people won't be willing to settle here."
Hu Xi walked slowly to the map, considered it and said: "Even if you are willing, if it is sandwiched between Xifan and Ming Dynasty, I am afraid it will be repeated and it is not suitable to place it."
"The Mongols and Tamerlane have the same origin. Even if these Dingkou were afraid of being killed by the Ming Dynasty, they were placed outside the Great Wall. The old officials were worried about their defection."
His eyes moved upward: "Your Majesty wants to expand Liaodong, right?"
"It just so happens that Liaodong is like the annals of the Five Kingdoms. They check and balance each other. If this cavalry is placed here."
"The Tatars, who are related to them by blood, will not dare to harass the border again for a while after being taught a lesson by the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, they will not dare to collude with them."
"Wuliangha, Jurchen and Korea are too unfamiliar to the people of Timur Khanate, and they are not as close as the Ming Dynasty."
"Your Majesty is no longer worried about how to defend a hundred thousand troops in Siping City."
"Isn't this an army sent by God? Let's place this cavalry here, Siping City."
As expected of an old monster.
Hu Hui thought about everything.
Kill several birds with one stone.
Zhu Qiyu wanted to take back the Uuliangha people and take back the slave Gandusi.
Suffering from not having enough strength.
Hu Hu directly placed this cavalry here, entering the school of fish like a catfish, and the advantage was tilting in the direction of Ming Dynasty.
"Having an old man in the family is like having a treasure. The old master is really the anchor of the country. I cannot live without him even for a day."
Zhu Qiyu admired it from the bottom of his heart.
"Your Majesty is so complimentary." Hu Hui smiled while stroking his beard.
In terms of badness, it depends on the scholars.
After chatting for a few more words, they sent them away.
Zhu Qiyu continued to deal with the memorial.
There are disasters everywhere.
Just like in the capital now, it is still drizzling outside and the sky is hazy.
"Feng Xiao, what's the date today?" Zhu Qiyu suddenly raised his head and asked.
"Back to your lord, it's May 27th today."
"Spring is coming soon, will any of the generals from the royal palaces come to the capital?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
Feng Xiao asked people to get the files and concluded that none of them had arrived.
"snort!"
Zhu Qiyu sneered twice: "You are all playing tricks on me. Wait until the first day of June to prepare a banquet. How is King Zheng's dance practice? Urge him to practice as soon as possible. He will dance for me at the banquet."
"My slave obeys the order!" Feng Xiao was worried, the emperor was going to beat someone again.
At the first watch of the day, the memorial was completed.
Zhu Qiyu stood up and took a walk in the courtyard. Suddenly he remembered something: "Those two barbarians are still kneeling outside the palace?"
"My lord, since you didn't summon them to see them, of course they were kneeling." Feng Xiao said with a matter-of-fact expression.
But he didn't know that Yiren's knees would not bend.
Could it be that the cute little Yi people learned to squat in strange ways to go to the toilet because of kneeling for a day?
"Xuan come in."
"Your Majesty, the palace door has been locked. There is no major incident, so please don't open the door."
Feng Xiao disapproved in his heart. The Yi people were already lucky enough to be able to see Tianyan. Let alone kneeling for a day, let them kneel until they died. That was what they should do.
"I already said I wanted to meet you."
Feng Xiao shook his head: "Your Majesty, how can you open the palace gate at will for those dirty barbarians? They don't deserve it!"
"That's all, let them kneel down. I will see them again in the morning tomorrow."
Zhu Qiyu thought the same thing, the Ming Dynasty was the real celestial kingdom, and those who were beaten to death by the Ming Dynasty were all in vain.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Feng Xiao kowtowed.
Zhu Qiyu started to exercise. After practicing for half an hour, he went to take a shower with a smell of sweat, and then he went to sleep after taking a shower.
The next day it was morning.
On the way back to Qianqing Palace: "Your Majesty, those two barbarians have fainted."
"Why is it so effortless? I've just been kneeling all night. Wake up and come in. I'll see them first and then review the memorial."
When Zhu Qiyu got off the chariot, the light rain stopped.
He wandered around the courtyard for a while before entering the palace. The palace was very damp and his clothes were sticky. Tan Yunxian made him some medicinal tea to remove dampness.
At this time, two Yi people walked in with strange walking postures, resentful expressions and water stains on their faces.
Is this how the Ming Emperor treated guests?
"Kowtow!" the little eunuch told them.
They were taught etiquette before entering the palace, but they only knew a little bit of Chinese, so their postures of bowing were not standard at all.
It wasn't until the ceremony was completed that Zhu Qiyu slowly spoke: "Which country are you from?"
They didn't get even at all.
"Your Majesty, we are from Folangji." His Chinese was very poor and he needed a translator.
The Siyi Hall has translators from all over the world. Even during the Taizu period, the Imperial College had to learn Thai and Spanish, and the Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty were all versatile.
"Do you have any treasures to offer when you enter the capital?"
The two Yi people were confused. You didn't even ask our names and just asked for things first. Are you the stupid Emperor of Ming Dynasty that the merchants said?
Shouldn't you just reward us with treasures?
"Reporting to His Majesty the Emperor, we have Buddhist scriptures to offer." A Yi man held a box. When he opened it, there was a true scripture inside.
It is a translation of the Bible.
Nestorianism was prevalent in the Tang Dynasty, and there were indeed translated Bibles, but they were all destroyed by war, and only a few passages are mentioned in classics until now.
"I don't believe in Buddhism."
Zhu Qiyu asked someone to accept it: "Since you believe in Buddhism, I will give you a set of the Diamond Sutra."
The two Yi people burst into tears.
Are you the stupid Ming Emperor?
When we offer the scriptures, you should be shocked, treat them as sacred objects, and kowtow to them. Then, in order to praise the messenger of God, you should give us lots and lots of gold...
As a result, the gift in return was a poorly printed Diamond Sutra.
When this paper is flipped, scum falls out. Can this thing be read?
The two Yi people felt a little distressed. The Bible was translated at a huge cost. Although it only had the "Four Gospels", it was spent a huge sum of money to bring it to Beijing to deceive the emperor.
However, they were shrewd businessmen and knew immediately that the Ming Emperor was not easy to fool.
There were so many rules in the Ming Dynasty that they were kept kneeling until their knees were broken and they were not allowed to get up. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not kind at all, his eyes were like an eagle's swooping, and his voice was sinister, which was frightening.
"I heard that you went ashore to do trade? Who allowed it?" Zhu Qiyu asked slowly.
"Yes Yes……"
The two Yi people were also confused. The Ming Dynasty banned the sea and the Yi people were not allowed to go ashore.
How did they get ashore?
"If you come ashore in Ming Dynasty without permission, you will be dragged out and given twenty lashes!" Zhu Qiyu wanted to give them a slap on the wrist.
These businessmen are all clever and clever, and they are playing tricks on them. He, the emperor, is no match for them.
Then establish your authority first and make them afraid.
"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life!"
The two barbarians cried and were dragged down to be whipped.
After twenty lashes, the two of them were dying. Unexpectedly, they were invited to the Ming Dynasty by eunuch Liu Yu to pay homage to the emperor. Who would have thought that they were almost whipped to death.
The Ming Emperor is poisonous!
The words kept echoing in their minds.
"Let me ask you again, which country are you from?" Looking at their miserable appearance, Zhu Qiyu spoke slowly.
"Fo Lang Ji, Fo Lang Ji..."
It seems that he didn't lie.
"What are their names?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.
One was named Riddod and the other was named Amesh.
"This name, oh, even my dog wouldn't be called this name."
Zhu Qiyu laughed: "What is your purpose for going ashore?"
"We are doing business and want to make money." The two Yi people really cried. This Ming Dynasty is too terrible and they will never come again.
"what kind of business?"
"Sell some things, whatever makes money." The two Yi people replied tremblingly.
"Then what's going on with the calluses on your hands?"
Zhu Qiyu asked someone to pull out the hands of the two barbarians. The eunuch knew by touching them that they were the hands holding the sword.
"I am a retired seaman. I wanted to do some business on my own, so I bought a boat with my brother and followed the fleet to the Ming Dynasty..." Yamashi left everything behind.
Francois is actually the Ming Dynasty's collective name for Spain and Portugal.
If they were crew members, they should have been to America!
Zhu Qiyu asked calmly: "Where did you go when you were soldiers?"
"Just floating on the sea, transporting some goods, and earning some hard money..." Yamashi was obviously deceiving Zhu Qiyu.
If you exchange daily necessities for silver with the Native Americans and call it hard-earned money, then there is no more useless business in the world.
"It's not easy to live at sea. Come on, chop off his hands." Zhu Qiyuyun said calmly.
"ah!"
Yamashi retreated desperately and kept shaking his head: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, please forgive me!"
Even the eunuchs of the Qing Dynasty were familiar with this job.
Feng Xiao asked the people from Honglu Temple to translate for him: "Tell him to be good and it won't hurt."
"No!" Yamashi saw the eunuch coming in with a knife. He was held down by four eunuchs, his hand was stepped on, and he was about to leave his wrist.
"You still dare to lie to me?"
Zhu Qiyu's tone was cold: "Cut!"
"I didn't lie to His Majesty the Emperor!" Yamashi retracted desperately, but the eunuch's knife had already fallen.
One finger left the palm.
Yamashi fainted from the pain.
Lidodd was almost frightened to death, and he was extremely glad that it was not him.
"Let's talk!" Zhu Qiyu thought that they must be digging for silver in America.
In fact, if they were really digging money in America, how could they go to Ming Dynasty to do business?
Spain in this era had only discovered the New World, but had not yet discovered large silver mines, let alone mined silver.
"We engage in slave trade! Human trafficking!" Yamashi broke down and cried.
"Is it money you earn?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
Yamas kept nodding. In fact, he was still selling his own people in Spain, which was the Ming Dynasty's Yachang.
"I'm just a crew member, and all I receive is money..." Yamashi explained the business of reselling people.
Zhu Qiyu actually felt that it was ridiculous, and Yamashi thought that what he was doing was a big deal, human trafficking, which sounded domineering, but in fact it was not as popular as a dental shop in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Silver is also silver from Spain, not from silver mines.
That's not right. The Spanish haven't discovered the silver mines in America yet?
"Where have you been at sea?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"In the early years, it drifted on the sea, and later it drifted to a barbarian place. The captain established a route and conducted trade back and forth here."
"They are short of daily necessities, so we sell them daily necessities in exchange for local specialties."
"The rice that Eunuch Liu presented to you came from the trade."
Amaz recruited them all.
That is to say, the Spanish did not discover silver mines in America?
Since it is the New World, it should belong to the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, no silver mines have been found, and the countries in the West do not know about it. So the Ming Dynasty might as well occupy it first and make a fortune secretly.
"What other plants are there?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"This..." He didn't want to say it, because he saw with his own eyes that Liu Yu spent a boatload of silk to buy a sunflower.
So they also want to sell it at a good price.
"chop!"
There was a flash of blood.
Amaz wanted to die.
"There is also Hong Huhu, eating something very sweet;"
“There is also a crop that looks like a ball and tastes very sweet;”
"There is also a red one that grows on trees and is very spicy..."
Riddold recruited them all.
He is afraid of having his hands chopped off.
Sweet potatoes, potatoes, peppers!
that's it!
Zhu Qiyu stood up immediately: "Do you have these crops in your hands?"
Ridod shook his head, but saw the murderous intent in the emperor's eyes. He hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it is on our ship, but in the hands of our captain, we are just crew members, and what we say does not count."
"captain?"
Zhu Qiyu frowned: "Bring Liu Yuxuan here, quickly!"
"Has Zhu Yi left the capital?" Zhu Qiyu asked Feng Xiao.
"Go back to your Majesty, you have already left the capital."
"Send an imperial edict and order him to lead troops to capture this captain. Hurry!"
"At any cost, get everything on his ship back to me without moving!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were blazing: "If the crops are not brought back, or if the crops die, Zhu Yi will commit suicide to apologize!"
"Go and deliver the message! Hurry!"
I never expected that sweet potatoes, potatoes, and peppers would be so close at hand!
These two barbarians should have been summoned last night!
That way, you can get sweet potatoes, potatoes, and peppers a day earlier.
With these three weapons, the opportunity to unify Mobei has come!
"Why haven't you gone to deliver the order?" Zhu Qiyu glared at Feng Xiao.
Feng Xiao quickly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, what is the captain's name? What does he look like? I know nothing about this!"
Zhu Qiyu slapped his head and pointed at Lidodd: "He is honest, take him there and catch the captain."
"Tell Zhu Yi, you can buy it, you are willing to pay at any price!"
"No matter what the method is used, you have to get that boat, at all costs!"
"You, Rhodod, right?"
"If you can promote this business, you will reward you a hundred or two gold!"
There was a hint of greed in Rhodod.
But it was pretended to see the emperor.
As long as he is out of Daming, he will not come in this life.
But how could his mind be concealed by Zhu Qiyu?
"Feng Xiao, give people to Xu Shi tune."
"People who know the supervisor are immediately out of Beijing and go to Guangzhou Shipai!"
"Get that ship at all costs!"
"Go quickly!"
Zhu Qiyu was too lazy to break his careful thoughts.
Anyway, it must be explained.
As for the one hundred and two golds promised, everyone is dead. What is the use of money?
Since it is just a crew, I do n’t know the direction of going to the Americas. Besides, Spain is the America from the Atlantic Ocean, crossing the Pacific Ocean, do n’t think about it.
Zhu Qiyu looked at Amaz slowly.
"Her Majesty, I have recruited everything, let me go!" Amah kept gimmicking to ask for guilty.
"Chop it again!" Zhu Qiyu felt that he was still hiding something.
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