Seeing that Sang Gan finally had no choice but to bow his head and kneel to him, Zhu Youtang was finally willing to say the words: "I am in peace."
Zhu Youtang knew that although Sang Gan, the envoy from the Great Mongol Empire, knelt down to him, his heart was still unyielding. Hum, although the etiquette matters are over, I still want to ask you about the Lanzhou Guard before.
"Since Mongolia sent envoys to pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty today, it means that you recognize that we are a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty. However, you recently sent troops to our Lanzhou Guard and killed 645 people of the Ming Dynasty. Should you give me an explanation? Zhu Youtang asked coldly.
Before Sang Gan came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty on the orders of Batu Mengke and Mandu Hai, they all agreed that the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty should be an embroidered pillow. If the leader is not a tiger but a lamb to be beheaded, then this huge Central Plains Empire will not be afraid. But when Sang Gan saw Zhu Youtang's confident and domineering performance with his own eyes, he realized that maybe they had overestimated the young emperor. Compared with his father, Emperor Chenghua, Zhu Youtang is better than his master!
"This is a misunderstanding. It was not our Khan's intention to break through the Lanzhou Guard of the Ming Dynasty and kill 645 of your people. It was because there was a tribe under the Khan who secretly carried out the plan without the prior consent of our Khan. He led troops to attack you, and he was killed by our Khan afterwards." Sang Gan said.
What an excuse made out of nothing, and you Khan didn’t know about it beforehand. This is complete nonsense! Zhu You said coldly: "If your Khan can't control his own people next time, then Ming Dynasty will control it for him!" Don't think that now that you have more tribes and troops in Mongolia, you think you can do whatever you want. If Mongolia still wants to develop well, you'd better not cause trouble and be honest, otherwise it won't be as simple as me talking to you next time. "
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After paying tribute, Sang Gan was already dripping with sweat. The young emperor himself indeed underestimated him. After returning to the post house, his daughter came out to greet him with a smile and asked: "How is father? Is the emperor of Ming Dynasty a little lamb?"
Sang Gan shook his head and said tiredly: "This little emperor is very mature. We all underestimated him. Where is Ba Genyongsi? Let him take the treasure and come with me again."
Sang Gan's daughter asked in confusion: "I went to the old man's house twice yesterday, and he was absent once and not seen again. How can we still have the shamelessness to give him gifts?"
"Since the emperor is a master who is not easy to mess with, we can only use his dogs to do kung fu." Sang Gan sighed and said.
...
At the house of Liu Ji, the chief minister of the cabinet, Li Guang, the Minister of Rites, and Zhang Peng, the Minister of War, followed him to his home. Liu Ji was very satisfied with his performance today. He was the first to come out in the court today to accuse Sang Gan of being disrespectful by not kneeling, which was regarded as setting an example for the ministers. From the way the emperor looked at him, we could tell that Zhu Youtang was very pleased and satisfied with his performance. On the contrary, Xu Pu, the deputy minister of the cabinet, did not say a word. His Majesty must be very disappointed with him. Huh, Xu Pu, just wait, you are still young enough to fight with me Jiji!
Liu Ji walked in front with a cheerful face, followed closely by Zhang Peng and Li Guang. Compared to Li Guang, who was flattering and flattering, Zhang Peng had a sad face, as if he had something on his mind that he couldn't express.
Walking in the garden, Liu Ji sat down in a small pavilion and said with a smile, "Why does Zhang Shangshu look so sad?"
When Zhang Peng saw that Liu Ji was asking questions knowingly, he became very angry and said tremblingly: "Chief Assistant, you promised me that as long as I openly oppose Xu Pu in Wuying Hall, you will return the witnesses of that incident." There is evidence in my hands. Isn't this true? In Wuying Hall, no matter what the second assistant Xu Pu said, I was always against him. I have already followed your instructions. Why don't you fulfill your promise? ?”
Li Guang listened with a confused look on his face. Are these two old guys hiding a secret from me? Li Guang wanted to say something but didn't know where to start, so he had to give up and look at Liu Ji silently.
Liu Ji sneered "clucking", remembering that Zhang Peng in the Wuying Palace was blindly speaking for himself and helping himself to seek benefits. Did this clearly indicate to Zhu Youtang that he was forming a clique for personal gain? I don’t know if this old man is really brainless or if he is deliberately putting himself in a disadvantageous position.
"Don't worry, Zhang Shangshu. I will naturally give you what you promised, but I still have to ask you to do one last thing for me."
Zhang Peng saw that since he had already boarded the pirate ship, he didn't miss the last thing. He said with a straight face: "What is the last thing? Tell me!"
Liu Ji smiled and said: "Go back home first, and you will know about it later!"
"If you play tricks on me again this time, everyone will be dead!" Zhang Peng said coldly, threw up his sleeves and left.
Li Guang's mind was full of questions at this time. When he saw Zhang Peng just walking away, he immediately asked anxiously: "Mr. Ge, what is Zhang Peng talking about? Why do you say that the fish will die and the net will be broken?"
"His son killed someone in the private room of Tianxin Restaurant. This incident happened to be seen by a servant in my house. His idiot son was so frightened that he left in a hurry after killing..." Liu Ji suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
But Li Guang couldn't help but suddenly realized after listening to Liu Ji's words. Isn't the big backer behind Tianxin Restaurant Liu Ji? Why did Zhang Peng change his normal behavior in Wuying Palace that day and go against Xu Pu everywhere? It turns out that this old guy has something in Liu Ji's hands.
Li Guang couldn't help but laugh and said: "This is a great move by Mr. Ge. With Zhang Peng as a chess piece, it will be easier for us to plan in the future. Mr. Ge said just now that there is one more thing to do, I don't know what it is?"
Liu Ji didn't want to tell Li Guang at first, but seeing that Li Guang had been with him for so long and was loyal and showed no signs of betraying him, there was no harm in telling him.
"The Mongolian envoy Sang Gan came to our door."
"This... this is a serious crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country!" Li Guang knew that Sang Gan came to the door for no reason and must have evil intentions.
Liu Ji narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Why are you panicking? I have refused to see them. There are some things that I don't have to personally handle."
Li Guang was uneasy and admonished: "Mr. Ge, there is no wool in the Ming Dynasty, so why take the risk to pick up the Mongolian sheep? If this matter is leaked, it will be a serious crime for everyone to be executed!"
"If you don't tell me, and I don't tell you, Zhang Peng naturally won't dare to say anything. Who can know about this?" Liu Ji said in a deep voice.
Li Guang saw Liu Ji looking at him with a gloomy expression, and then said no more.
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In the Ash River, in the Hada tribe's account, the leader of the Hada tribe, Suheite, held a Haixi Jurchen conference. In addition to the Hada tribe, the Ula tribe, the Huifa tribe, and the Yehe tribe were present.
The envoys of the Li Dynasty were killed and all the tributes were lost. The whole Liao Dynasty was shocked. There were many rumors that it was the Haixi Jurchens who were responsible. Although Ma Wensheng, the governor of Liaodong, had not yet held accountable, they already felt that the Ming court had suspected them.
"You have all heard, right? All the tributes paid by the Li Dynasty to the Ming Emperor were lost, and the envoys were all turned into headless corpses. There are rumors outside that it was us Haixi Jurchens who did it. We have called everyone here today to discuss it. What should we do about this matter?" Soheite, the leader of the Hada tribe, was the first to speak.
"The Han people have a saying that if you are upright, you are not afraid of a slanted shadow. Since we didn't do it, what should we be afraid of? The little emperor of the Ming Dynasty asked him to sulk!" The person who spoke was E Yidu, the son of the leader of the Ula tribe. This time the Haixi Jurchen He was the representative of the Ula Department at the conference.
"Nephew E Yidu is right, it's not us who did it. Why do we care so much about him!"
Suheite said worriedly: "Although I say this, how can we convince Ming Dynasty that we were not the ones who did it? I have always had a question in my mind, why is it said outside that it was us Haixi Jurchens who did it instead of Jianzhou Jurchens?" What? I’m afraid there’s something behind this matter that’s not that simple!”
The leader of the Yehe Tribe, Esutu, added: "This matter may have been done by their Jianzhou Jurchens, and they will blame it on our Haixi Jurchens!"
"Their Jianzhou Jurchens are the hybrid of a cunning fox and a hungry tiger. I have long disliked them. Last year we built a horse farm in Jiandong for grazing, and several of their Jianzhou Jurchens' dog slaves actually stole our horses! Afterwards, we built a horse farm to graze our cattle! Their leader Toluo actually refused to admit it and even shamelessly offered to graze with us!”
"Send out troops and get rid of these harmful wolves! Let them taste the power of Haixi women!"
Seeing Suheite volunteering to attack the Huifa Department of Jianzhou Jurchen, her heart gradually became complicated. It is true that he also hates the Jianzhou Jurchens. Before, he wanted to unite the Jurchens and fight against the Ming Dynasty together. To be honest, no one wanted to be the lackey of the Ming Dynasty. It was an eagle on the grassland before, but after breaking its wings, it became a house sparrow in the hands of the Ming Emperor.
But later I realized that it was really impossible to work with the Jianzhou Jurchens. They were greedy, cunning, and had selfish motives in everything they did. They only wanted to annex the Haixi Jurchens, and had no interest in reviving the Jurchens. How could such a group of people be like this? What about collaboration?
"The Jurchen tribe is now a piece of scattered sand, and no one is convinced by anyone. If we don't unite, our Jurchen tribes will be divided up by the Walas and Ming people sooner or later." Ulabu Yidu said.
"I also oppose the attack on the Jianzhou Jurchens. In recent years, the Ming Dynasty's border trade has become less and less frequent. They asked us to protect the northern border, but they continued to develop Liaodong. This Liaodong has been the place of our Jurchens since ancient times. This is the land where our Jurchen tribe thrives, how can we let those Ming people develop it? We should unite!"
I also object. We are forced to surrender to the Ming Dynasty now. Once we truly and completely surrender to the Ming Dynasty, we will become fish on the Ming Dynasty's chopping board. They can do whatever they want with us. The fact that the Li Dynasty envoys were killed and the Ming Emperor's tribute was lost is just enough to make us feel bad.
Suheite saw that most of these tribes hated the Ming Dynasty, but only a few were hostile to the Jianzhou Jurchens. Although the Hada tribe was powerful, they could not force the other three tribes to attack the Jianzhou Jurchens. Forget it, I will personally meet with Ma Wensheng, the governor of Liaodong, and tell him that this matter has nothing to do with the Haixi Jurchens. As for whether it was done by the Jianzhou Jurchens, that is not our business. If you have lost something, you can look at it yourself. manage.
