Wei Kexian was relatively familiar with the Tata Department.
Because his main duty is to guard against the Tata'er tribe, after leading the troops to garrison in Linhuang Mansion, he constantly sent people to inquire about the news about the Tata'er tribe. Occasionally, he would send people to lurk over to inquire about the news, hoping to nip the trouble in the bud.
Around Linhuang Mansion, he also chose dangerous terrain to arrange defenses, setting up many outposts, military forts, beacon towers, etc., and built a very proper early warning system.
Then they would train troops whenever they had time, mainly to deter the Tatar tribe, which had unclear relations with the Jin Kingdom.
After the Jin Kingdom was eliminated, Wei Kexian and other senior Ming army officials learned about their vassal relationship with the Tatar Tribe from the mouths of old Jin Kingdom officials.
The Tatar Tribe once submitted to the Liao Kingdom, and later the Jin Kingdom. They relied on the Jin Kingdom to fight against the powerful Kelie Tribe and Qiyan Tribe, and they once made great contributions to the Jin Kingdom.
For example, the Tatar people once designed to capture a khan of the Kerei tribe, named An Bahai Khan, and gave him to the Jin people. In order to punish the enemies of the Kerei tribe, Jin Xizong gave him Crucified to a wooden donkey.
After that, the Tatar people repeated their old tricks and killed another important high-level official, Oqin Ba'er Hehei, and then became a mortal enemy of the Klei tribe, and there was no possibility of reconciliation between them.
Therefore, the Tatar people still have relatively large needs for the Kingdom of Jin, not only economic needs, but also military needs.
Similarly, since the establishment of the Jin Kingdom, it has been constantly facing threats from the Mongols on the grasslands.
Many of the Wanyan men who made great contributions to the battlefields of the Northern Song Dynasty also led troops to attack the grasslands, but they did not achieve any big results.
After all, the Jurchens were not nomadic, and they quickly became Chinese after entering the Central Plains. The main type of army was infantry, not cavalry.
They even wanted to use divine arm archers to defeat the prairie cavalry, but the final result was of course not good.
Over time, the Jin people also learned to use their internal contradictions to contain the prairie cavalry from going south, and used the blood feud between the Tatar tribe and the Kelie, Qiyan and other tribes to provoke them into war, making their hatred deeper and making them There is no way to make it big.
This is indeed quite effective.
Of course, the Tatar people did not completely surrender to the Jin State. If the Jin State made policy mistakes and harmed their interests, they could also unite with other grassland tribes to resist the tyranny of the Jin State.
But generally speaking, the relationship between the Tatars and the Jin Kingdom is more cooperative than confrontational.
However, two years ago, the Ming Kingdom rose rapidly, defeated the main force of the Jin army in a short period of time, and conquered Zhongdu. The Jin Kingdom suddenly perished, which was a big shock to the Tatar people.
The Tatar people soon learned about the end of the Jin Kingdom, and also learned about the subsequent Ming army's massive campaign against the remaining Jin Dynasty forces throughout Liaodong, because at that time Wan Yanyong had sent someone to hope that the Tatar people could send troops to help, but the Tatar people were The Taer people refused.
They will not be loyal ministers and generals for the Jin Kingdom that is about to be destroyed.
But then again, they don't know what the new Ming Dynasty's attitude is towards them, and they are also worried that after losing the support of the Ming Dynasty, they will be at a disadvantage in dealing with the Qiyan and Kelie tribes, so this time The mission was very meaningful to them.
Wei Ke first sent someone to rush to Zhongdu to tell Su Yonglin about this.
Soon, Su Yonglin learned about this matter and the demands of the Tatar people. After looking at the grassland map left by the Jin Kingdom, Su Yonglin decided to ask Wei Ke to send someone to escort the Tatar people first. The envoys came to see him.
On the third day of September in the second year of Hongwu, escorted by a thousand people from the Liaodong Corps, the Tatar envoy officially arrived in Zhongdu.
They were greeted by two officials, one civil and one military.
The author is Chen Guangyuan, a former official of Honglu Temple in the Kingdom of Jin who was responsible for diplomatic work in the Ming Dynasty and the current minister of Honglu Temple in the Ming Dynasty.
It was Li Xiao, the second commander of the Yanyun Corps, and a thousand elite Beiwei troops led by him.
They met the Tatar envoy ten miles northeast of Zhongdu City. They were magnificent, with bright armor, bright flags, uniformity, and extremely neat military appearance.
Looking at such a neat military appearance, and then looking at the fierce aura of the Liaodong cavalry next to him, Zhelimu, the leader of the Tatar envoy, swallowed his saliva, and felt that this Ming Dynasty gave people a more aura than the previous Jin Dynasty. Feeling of oppression.
This is a show of force.
After seeing the army, he then saw Chen Guangyuan, the minister of Honglu Temple, who was smiling with a smile on his face, and Li Xiao, who had a dark face as if everyone in the world owed him a hundred taels of gold and had not paid back.
"Chen Guangyuan, the minister of Honglu Temple in the Ming Dynasty, has met your envoy."
Chen Guangyuan is white, fat, and has a charming smile that makes people unable to feel bad when they see him.
"Commander of the Yanyun Corps, Li Xiao."
Li Xiao is tall, with a big beard and a fierce look on his face. He is more terrifying when he smiles than when he doesn't smile.
Zhelimu then gritted his teeth and cupped his hands with Li Xiao, and then faced Chen Guangyuan directly.
Chen Guangyuan took Zhelimu into the car with a smile, and chatted with Zhelimu along the way, talking about their friendship with the Central Plains Dynasty back then, and also talked about the contacts that were interrupted two years ago due to some minor changes in the Central Plains regime. Just start looking to the future...
"Wait a minute, what Mr. Chen means is that the Ming Emperor is willing to continue the previous relationship with our Tata'er?"
Zhelimu listened to Chen Guangyuan's nonsense and felt like he was about to fall asleep. Suddenly he heard Chen Guangyuan start to look forward to the future, and he suddenly became interested.
"Of course I would, why not?"
Chen Guangyuan nodded with a smile and said: "If that were not the case, why would His Majesty the Ming Emperor let you come to Zhongdu? His Majesty the Ming Emperor knew about your Tata'er Department's previous cooperation with the Jin Kingdom, and felt that you had done a good job, so he proposed to you praise."
Zhelimu was confused.
"His Majesty the Ming Emperor doesn't think that the relationship between the Tatar people and the Jin people was not good before?"
"The Ming Emperor would not be so narrow-minded in his views."
Chen Guangyuan shook his head and said with a smile: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty believed that the Jin Kingdom has passed and no longer exists. It is meaningless to talk about the Jin Kingdom. It is foolish to limit the relationship between the two parties within the framework of the Jin people.
So what we are going to talk about next is the future of the Ming Dynasty and the Tatar people. Since the Qiyan tribe and the Kelie tribe will raid the borders of the Jin Kingdom, it is difficult to say whether they will also raid the borders of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty will not be merciful to anyone who interferes with the border raids. Since the Tatar tribe has helped the Jin Kingdom fight against the Kelie tribe and the Qiyan tribe, they can definitely help the Ming Dynasty fight against the Kelie tribe and the Qiyan tribe. Your Majesty Do you think the Ming Emperor was right? "
Seeing Chen Guangyuan's warm smile, Zhelimu nodded immediately.
"Yes! Yes! Of course it is! How could it be wrong? It is so right! This is why I came to see His Majesty the Ming Emperor on the order of the leader! We very much hope to clarify this issue with His Majesty the Ming Emperor !”
Chen Guangyuan chuckled and waved his hand.
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty also hopes to clarify this issue with you. That would be even better. Let's go to Zhongdu to meet with His Majesty, and then open up and talk all the issues clearly."
"Okay! Let's talk clearly!"
Zhelim was very happy.
It didn't take long for them to arrive at Zhongdu City. Seeing the majestic and tall Zhongdu City, Zhelimu was a little surprised.
"In the past, I once came to Zhongdu to visit the then Emperor of the Jin Kingdom. At that time, Zhongdu City seemed not that tall..."
"Of course, because His Majesty the Ming Emperor expanded the Central Capital after he succeeded to the throne. This is just the beginning. His Majesty the Ming Emperor plans to eventually expand the Central Capital to three times its original size."
"three times?"
Zhelimu was very surprised: "It's already that big now, how can it be three times bigger?"
"As big as it is, it should be as big as it is. Zhongdu is the imperial capital. It doesn't matter how big the imperial capital is."
Chen Guangyuan pointed at Zhongdu City and said: "Zhongdu in the future will be taller and bigger. It will become the largest city in the world, far exceeding any giant city in the past. It will be as powerful as the Ming Dynasty, far away from Han Dynasty." Don!”
Zhelimu looked at Chen Guangyuan and found that his eyes were shining with a light called confidence.
He didn't lie, he believed what he said.
Zhelimu didn't say anything more and followed Chen Guangyuan into Zhongdu City from the side gate of Nancheng.
