Seeing that everyone was speechless for a moment, Chang Yuchun took the lead to support: "Wei Chen agrees with His Highness's words that we should immediately order Qiyang King Li Wenzhong to order troops and wait for the edict, and let him restrain Tianbaonu. It is best to control the people at his side."
"What King Kaiping said is true. Whether it is to support Enke or Tianbaonu, the first thing to ensure is that they are not given the opportunity to cultivate close and direct soldiers."
"The grasslands are in chaos. Tianbaonu and the Mongolian tribes who have taken refuge in our Ming Dynasty probably have inappropriate thoughts at this time and must not let them go."
"He who is not from my race must have a different heart! After all, Tianbaonu was carefully cultivated as the heir of Beiyuan since he was a child. Now he is young and vigorous. In my humble opinion, if he dies of illness, he will still have two bodies under his knees. Two young sons.”
"Wei Chen seconded the proposal." Chen Mingjie, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, said: "The son of a jackal should not be underestimated. History has shown that King Gou Jian of Yue was lying on the firewood and tasted his courage. Supporting Enke or the youngest son of Tianbaonu may be more beneficial to our Ming Dynasty."
When it comes to the grassland issue, everyone has the same interests. Those who are qualified to be in this council can be said to have reached the top stage of their career. It is difficult to say that they will go further if there is a change of dynasty.
Therefore, consensus will be easily reached, and the policies that will be implemented will be very effective.
Zhu Biao didn't say anything more. A meeting of this scale only needs to set the tone for the general direction. When it comes to implementation, a few people are enough.
After everyone retreated, Zhu Biao also found a place to sit down. The father and son were not in a hurry to speak. They didn't know whether they were waiting for the news from Enke from the pro-military captain's palace, or waiting for the good news to come from the East Palace.
After only three cups of tea, some noises came from outside the palace. The servants serving in the palace, with their sharp ears and eyes, neatly bowed to the ground: "The slaves and other servants congratulate Your Majesty on the birth of your grandson, and congratulate Your Highness on the birth of your precious son. The clan is continuing, and the family lineage continues." Forever.”
A smile finally appeared on Zhu Yuanzhang Yan Yi's face: "Okay, reward!"
Liu Jin, who had hurried over in a hurry, heard this sentence when he entered the palace. He knelt down neatly and thanked the others together: "I am waiting to express my gratitude to the Holy Emperor for his great kindness."
Zhu Biao was naturally happy. After asking a few questions carefully, he asked Liu Jin to go back and take care of him. He also generously rewarded the servants in the East Palace, as well as the imperial doctor Wen Po and others.
Then he sent someone to Queen Ma in Kunning Palace to deliver the good news. After a period of excitement, the back hall fell into silence. As time went by, the two men's brows gradually furrowed.
It had already taken quite a while for the news to reach the capital. If the dead soldiers from the pro-military Duwei Mansion had succeeded in rescuing the people, the news would have been delivered at about this time.
Enke is not irreplaceable, but the sharp reduction in effect is inevitable. This is the impact of status. Unless it is absolutely necessary, Tianbaonu must not be allowed to take over, even if it is his son.
The power of orthodoxy is very terrifying. Tianbaonu is the orthodox successor of Beiyuan. Yesudier's death was expected, but it was also unexpectedly fast, so he was a little passive.
Mainly due to the influence of the Yunnan-Guizhou rebellion, Zhu Biao's energy was somewhat involved, and he neglected to pay attention to the grassland Korea and Japan, otherwise he would not have noticed it at all.
Missing it means taking a few steps too slowly, and you can only passively wait for the result.
"If things go wrong, I think it's best to ensure that someone from Wala takes over."
These words must have shocked the civil and military ministers just now. You must know that since the fall of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the internal division of Mongolia, the Walas have been a staunch anti-Ming force. They are eager to take back the rich Central Plains land and enclose the herdsmen.
The Tatar kings are more inclined to ease relations with the Ming Dynasty and carry out tea and horse trade. Most people believe that they should take the opportunity to join forces with the Tatars to completely destroy Oara.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "There are no descendants of the Bolzhijin family in Wala. If you rashly swear to break with the Tatars, then your tea, salt, iron pot, and silk will no longer be traded."
Zhu Biao frowned again when he heard this. In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, in order to issue banknotes, the world's gold and silver were forcibly confiscated. Although a lot of gold and silver had been leaked out in the past few decades, the big ones were still brought back to the grassland and remained in the hands of these Tatar kings.
In order to ensure the smooth issuance and smooth operation of the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, Zhu Biao delegated power to the Tea and Horse Department in exchange for tea, salt, silk, porcelain and other fine items from the Tatar kings and leaders of various ministries who had long been accustomed to luxurious enjoyment.
In Zhu Biao's eyes, the importance of banknote stability is higher than the chance of mixing with the grassland. Therefore, he is in a difficult dilemma and can only wait and see whether God's will is clear.
If God really doesn't bless him, then he can only compromise temporarily, support Tianbaonu, and wait for the opportunity to cut his flesh with a knife in the future. Fortunately, he is still young and has plenty of time to wait for opportunities, or slowly arrange them into opportunities by himself.
In short, it is necessary to completely knock the orthodoxy of the grassland off the altar. Mongolia that has lost the faith of the Golden Family is the truly good Mongolia.
Neither father nor son take chances. After a simple meal, they already agreed that things were not going well and started to arrange another set of coping methods.
At this moment Quan Xu hurriedly walked in, bringing the secret message from the grassland. Zhu Yuanzhang read it at a glance and said with a smile: "Come here, go get a bowl of duck blood soup and two sesame cakes. We didn't eat just now." full."
The letter was quickly delivered to the prince by the servant who served him. Zhu Biao knew it was good news when he heard his father's words. He was happy to see the consequences. Enke was saved and was escorting him towards the northern Xinjiang camp.
There were traces of blood on the corners of the secret letter, which showed that an unknown number of people had lost their lives this time, just to complete the mission, even if they were desperately escorting the enemy's son.
Zhu Biao slowly exhaled and ordered Quan Xu: "The letter said that Enke was hit by an arrow in his left shoulder and his forearm was also slashed. There were signs of blood loss and fainting on the way. Immediately arrange for a doctor from Fengyang to rush over. , we must save his life no matter what."
Quan Xu did not come alone when he returned to Beijing this time. Fengyang Imperial Village was the foundation of the Zhu family. Over the years, it had swallowed up not only money, food and supplies, but also a lot of human lives like a bottomless pit.
Of course, those who were consumed were humble Japanese slaves, captured by Marquis Jinghai when he was wiping out Japanese pirate lairs at sea. Some were sold and lured by the Japanese Matsuura family. Naturally, the leader of the thieves was executed in Lingchi, and the rest may have been slaves. Mining and building canals.
However, a considerable number of them were escorted to Fengyang on the pretext of building mausoleums, and then never appeared again. At least hundreds or thousands of Japanese slaves were consumed every year.
They contributed considerable efforts to the medical progress of the Ming Dynasty and the development and testing of other projects. Zhu Biao expressed his deep gratitude for this and granted special permission for their bones to be buried in the Imperial Township.
Quan Xu obeyed the order and left. Zhu Biao stood up and walked back and forth in the palace excitedly for several times. Finally he couldn't help but sneer and said: "If you don't take care of the grassland tribes, we can lay the foundation for hundreds of years of peace for our descendants." , wouldn’t it be that we have failed to live up to this providence?”
Then he bowed and retreated: "Father, please enjoy for now. I will go back to the Wenhua Palace first to meet with Mengge Timur, the leader of the Oara tribe, and the leaders of the Tatar Chahar tribe, Tumut tribe, Horqin tribe, and Ordos tribe. Send a letter."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, eager to eat the food that was about to be served.
Zhu Biao led Quan Xu quickly back to the Wenhua Hall. After picking up the pen, he wrote thousands of words eloquently, talking about the pros and cons, analyzing the current situation for Meng Brother Timur from the perspective of Wala. .
From ancient times to the present, it has been easy to kill people but difficult to deal with the consequences. This is also the case for Timur, the fierce brother. Yesudier was able to kill the Khan and usurp the throne, not only by relying on Oala, but also with his own foundation, otherwise it would not be his turn to be the Khan.
In addition, after becoming the khan, he legitimately expanded his power to absorb the tribes. Even if Wala could kill him, it would not be so easy to deal with Sudie'er's subordinates easily. In other words, he would not dare, because he would also be afraid of the loss of Wala's power. They were benefited by the Tatars or the Ming Dynasty fishermen.
Logically speaking, he should not have rashly attacked and killed Yesudie'er, but Meng brother Timur was actually framed. After Yesudie'er came to power, he forced the Khan Court to move westward and established it in Oara. At the beginning of the grassland, The power began to be controlled by the Oara nobles, and Timur, the fierce brother, was naturally happy.
But as time went by, things became more and more wrong. The influence of status caused a large number of tribes, including the nobles of Wala, to unconsciously turn to Yesudier, and his leader became more and more dispensable.
Obviously we were collaborators at the beginning, to work together to seize the power that Kublai Khan's family had controlled for hundreds of years, but why do you want to throw away my roots now?
Later, Yesudier launched a campaign against the Ming Dynasty, vowing to recapture Dadu, but in the end he failed to even break through the defense line in northern Xinjiang. After the war, it seemed that Timur, the fierce brother, was showing signs of dragging his feet.
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(End of chapter)
