No one is very interested in the grievances within Yuanting a hundred years ago. Everyone was wary of the hundreds of Wala tribe members. Zhang Yu came out and said: "Your Highnesses, the general believes that it is necessary to be on guard against others. Who knows that these five hundred Wala people are not the vanguard sent by their large army?"
"Even if their ancestors did not deal with Yuanting, we do not rule out the possibility that over the past hundred years, their descendants have forgotten the hatred of their ancestors. At least when the general was in Yuanting, he did not hear that the Oara tribe was disobedient to the north. The Yuan court’s actions took place.”
"They sent five hundred cavalry to meet with His Highness. It is very likely that Naha has become wary of Your Highness, so they want to use the meeting to deceive Your Highness into going there."
"Your Highness still needs to be careful."
Everyone was silent after hearing this. Zhang Yu meant that "it is essential to be on guard against others." The Ming Dynasty should be prepared for Wala to participate in this war. But if Wala really gets involved, how long can these people alone delay it?
"I understand what General Zhang Yu means." Zhu Su nodded. Then he turned to the others: "What do you mean?"
"I agree with what Zhang Yu said." Chang Mao said. He turned to look at Zhu Su.
"I don't understand the other reasons. I just know that when I left Yingtian, His Highness the Crown Prince told me to protect you, Your Highness the Fifth Highness."
"The Wala people themselves have brought five hundred people, but they ask Your Highness to bring only ten cavalry to meet them. Doesn't this mean that Your Highness is going to enter the tiger's mouth? I, Lao Chang, will be the first to disagree with this!"
"Brother Chang is right. Fifth brother, be cautious." Zhu Di also said. "Now that you are able to control the armies, you still have the reputation of being an imperial envoy who patrols all borders on behalf of the prince."
"If you are wrong and our names are not justified, then we will have no choice but to collapse." Zhu Di's eyes flashed coldly. "Even if most of the Walas really dare to come, I, the Ming Dynasty, will dispatch troops to deal with them. Why do you need to take risks?"
Several other people also expressed their opinions, saying that Zhu Su should not take risks and go to negotiate with the Oara people. Zhu Su just frowned and didn't answer. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Zhang Ding playing with the beads in his hand, but his eyes were constantly looking at him, so he said, "Does Master Zhang have something to say? Why don't you speak up?"
The others all fell silent after hearing this and listened carefully to what Zhang Dingbian had to say. Just listen to Zhang Dingbian say: "Your Highness asked Wu Baihu to search for the Oara tribe before. Could it be that he wanted to attract the Oara tribe as backup to help the Ming Dynasty annihilate Yuanting?"
"...Not bad." Zhu Su nodded. "Our Ming Dynasty has inherited the unification of China, but Yuan Ting still claims the title of emperor. It is said that in two days, the destruction of the Beiyuan Ancestral Temple is the first major event of our Ming Dynasty."
"The Oara tribe has a feud with the Beiyuan royal family. I really want to help the Oara tribe and cause chaos within the Beiyuan Dynasty."
Zhang Ding nodded when he heard the words. In the past, he also served as a high-level member of the Chen-Han regime. In addition to military strategy, he also made achievements in politics. When Zhu Su said it at this time, he knew the profound political significance behind Zhu Su's approach.
As Zhu Su said, the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty was "inherited". When Lao Zhu established the Ming Dynasty, the memorial text to the emperor and the empress clearly stated: "I am the king of the Chinese people. Since the end of the Song Dynasty. The emperor ordered the real person to go to the desert and enter China to become the master of the world. His father, son and grandson will be the master of the world." After more than a hundred years, this fate has come to an end."
In other words, the Ming Dynasty recognized the Yuan Dynasty's orthodox status as the lord of China. And he, Zhu Yuanzhang, "inherited" the orthodoxy of this land from the Yuan Empire.
But this raises a question: Didn’t you, Ming, claim to have taken over the position of the co-owner of the world from Dayuan? But why is it that while the Emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty is still there, the Ming Dynasty established a new emperor?
Never mind whether the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was driven out of the Great Wall and lived in a tent or a cave. The emperor is an emperor after all. As long as the emperor's ancestral temple in the Northern Yuan Dynasty still exists, your claim that the Ming Dynasty "inherited the great unification" will always be untenable.
Even now in the Hongwu period, in the eyes of many common people and some pedantic scholars who are obsessed with reading, the legitimacy of the "Ming Dynasty" established by Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in the grassroots, is still not as deep-rooted as that of Bei Yuan in the north. After all, the Ming Dynasty was founded less than six years ago, while the Yuan Dynasty has existed for a hundred years. Not to mention the existence of those powerful landowners and merchants who were attached to Yuanting. There are even people who still believe that the Ming Empire must be short-lived. As long as the Emperor of Yuan Dynasty in the desert works hard to govern, it is still possible to recapture most of the capital and continue to rule the entire China.
For example, there was a Han scholar named Cai Ziying, who served as a provincial official under Wang Baobao. Although this man was a Han Chinese, he regarded himself as a loyal minister of the Yuan Dynasty and devoted himself to protecting the country of the Yuan Dynasty. Even though Wang Baobao was severely defeated by Xu Da and was left alone to flee in panic, this man would never abandon him.
When the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang heard of his name, he sent Tang He to ask him to come out of the mountain. This man actually called Tang He a thief. Even though the angry Tang He threatened him and even lit a fire to burn him, he still acted like a big man. Yuan is loyal and would rather die than surrender. No matter how polite Lao Zhu was after that, he remained unmoved. He regarded the Ming Dynasty as a bandit and the Northern Yuan court as orthodox. He even cried bitterly because he missed his "old master" far away in northern Xinjiang.
As long as the Bei Yuan court is still there, there will always be people like Cai Ziying who are devoted to Yuan Ting, and the talents who should be the backbone of the Ming Dynasty will also be "shared" by Bei Yuan. Moreover, these leading parties, who are also Han Chinese, are undoubtedly a huge hidden danger for the Ming Dynasty.
As long as they support Oara, it will cause civil strife in the Northern Yuan Dynasty. If Oara can successfully backstab the Northern Yuan court, they will not choose to proclaim themselves emperor if they inherit the ideas of Ali Buge's "Khan-proclaiming faction".
Rather, even Lao Zhu himself must have hoped that the Oara tribe could successfully seize the power of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. In this way, a Northern Yuan named "Great Khan" would be equivalent to voluntarily giving up the status of Chinese orthodoxy. And the legitimacy of Ming Dynasty will become unquestionable.
Supporting Wala may have some disadvantages, but for the present, it is of great benefit.
"Since His Highness the Fifth Prince's plan is so far-reaching, wouldn't it be a pity if the plan went bankrupt because of fear of a mere five hundred horsemen?" Zhang Ding said. "Since ancient times, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't be able to catch the tiger's cubs. A certain family thinks that His Highness should go for this trip."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was dissatisfied. Di Meng's expression changed: "Zhang, how dare you encourage His Highness to take risks?"
"If there is something wrong with His Highness, how will you take responsibility?"
"Your Highness, don't listen to him!" Cao Yuan also said to Zhu Su with fists in his hands.
"If they want me, the Ming Dynasty, to help them grow stronger, why bother to rush there! If they want my Ming Dynasty to help them, they should naturally come to us! There is no reason for you, Your Highness, to take risks to find them!"
The generals were furious, and they all rebuked Zhang Dingbian for his arrogant words. Some people even accused Zhang Dingbian of not being a general of the Ming Dynasty, so he had evil intentions and wanted to put Zhu Su in danger.
Zhang Dingbian, however, remained silent all the time. There was even a faint smile on his face, and his eyes were only looking at Zhu Su, who was closing his eyes in deep thought.
"Okay, stop arguing." Zhu Su suddenly opened his eyes. He summoned the generals for discussion because he himself was hesitant about it. But now he has thought it through.
"What Jushi Zhang said is true. Since ancient times, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cubs?"
"If I don't dispel the wariness of the Wara tribe this time, even if the Wara tribe doesn't go directly to the Northern Yuan court for a long time, I'm afraid they will choose to continue to lie dormant until our Ming Dynasty breaks through the Helin where Emperor Yuan is stationed. Then they will come out and add insult to injury. Bar?"
"And if I, the Ming Dynasty, want to accomplish this, it will take at least fifteen years."
"If we confront Beiyuan for another fifteen years, how many more soldiers and civilians will die? How much more gold, silver, and grain will be consumed? How many development opportunities will be missed?"
"This king was involved in danger once, and for my Ming Dynasty, I shortened the time to destroy the Yuan by fifteen years..."
"This deal is worth it!"
Zhu Su took action and stood up.
(End of chapter)
