"Aha (Mongolian: brother), something big happened." A strong man dressed as a Mongolian nobleman suddenly opened the tent and rushed in like the wind.
A Mongolian nobleman who was drinking in the big tent raised his head slightly and said reproachfully: "Chu Kukker, after reading Buddhist scriptures for so many years, why haven't you developed a more stable temper?"
Chukuk'er, whose full name is Xitatai Chukuk'er, is the second son of Qejin Huangtai, so there is no need to say more about the person in front of him, it is the eldest son of Qiejin, Orzheyi Yilduzi.
As if he hadn't heard anything, Chukuk'er raised his left and right hands at the same time and said, "Which letter do you want to read first from Chechen Khan and Ming Dynasty Grand Master Gao Pragmatic?" Border ministers who hold real power have the habit of addressing each other as "grand master", which does not mean that they are actually grand masters of the Ming Dynasty.)
Yilduzi's pupils shrank slightly, but his expression remained calm, and he said calmly: "I am a Mongolian, so naturally I will read Chechen Khan's letter first." After saying that, he stretched out a hand towards Chukukir.
Chukukker didn't have any special reaction. He simply took two steps forward and handed out a letter and placed it in his Aha's hand.
Yilduzi took the letter, but before he opened it, he paused slightly, frowned and said, "Have you read it?"
"Of course I did. How else could I tell the big story?" Chukukir replied without any conscious thought.
Yilduzi rolled his eyes and snorted: "The Han people say that a man stands at thirty, but you are just a small pony that has not grown up."
Chukukur pretended to sigh: "It's just a letter. Isn't it against the rules?"
Yilduzi was too lazy to say any more. His younger brother had never regarded him as an outsider since he was a child. But fortunately, he sincerely admired himself as an Aha. He could even hand over his own people to the care of Aha, so Yilduzi Du Qi was tolerant of him.
Ilduzi didn't even ask Chukukker to sit down, but just took out the letter. He just glanced at it twice before his brows furrowed deeply. But he read it once and then again carefully, as if he was confirming something.
After finally reading it, he gently put the letter aside, placed his right hand on it, and moved his five fingers quickly and rhythmically on it, as if he was thinking.
However, Chukukur couldn't hold back his anger, scratched his head and said: "Aha, are we angry with Dahan? He is not really going to come to beat us and deprive us of our pasture, right?"
Ilduzi did not raise his head to look at him, as if he was still deep in thought, and just asked casually: "What do you think?"
"I think it's possible!" Chukukr stamped his foot: "If I have a hundred thousand cavalry, and who dares to disobey me, then I won't beat him until he screams?"
These words were childish, but Ilduzi seemed to be touched by his words. He looked up at him and asked, "Who doesn't listen to him?"
Chukukur was stunned and said in surprise: "Bo... er, I mean Jinong, and us."
Yilduzi smiled: "Let's not talk about Jinong for now. When did we stop listening to the Great Khan?"
Chukuk'er's eyes widened and he said: "Abu (father) said many years ago that we should help the Great Khan keep an eye on Jinong and prevent him from doing stupid things that would offend the Ming Dynasty. But now Jinong has gone to fight with the Ming Dynasty." People have started a war, and we are still sitting here waiting. Isn’t this disobedient? If I were sweating, I’m afraid the army would have marched into Yijinhuoluo!”
Yilduzi curled his lips and smiled, and said: "If the Great Khan is as reckless as you, he can sit in that position for at most three years." After a pause, he said to the somewhat unconvinced Chukukir: " Don't look at the fact that some people always talk about Great Khan in private, saying that he only relied on Master Gao, Zhongjin Hatun and Tuotuo to get where he is today. These people are shallow people. What do they know? Our great man Khan is smart, he is just good at pretending to be stupid."
"Really?" Chukukur asked with a doubtful look on his face, "But he really doesn't have any ability?"
"Haha, you said that the Great Khan has no ability?" Yilduzi laughed three times: "If he has no ability, how can he easily defeat the Great Khan of Tumen without much loss?"
"That's because Grand Master Gao is planning that... big account, and Tuo Tuo has unparalleled military courage!"
"I don't deny these two points, but if it were someone else, would Taishi Gao help? Would Tuotuo be willing to obey the order? Not sure. He thought that Han Naji was neither the eldest son nor the eldest grandson, so why should he be chosen? Becoming the Great Khan? Why would Zhongjin Hatun want to marry him?"
Chukukir had obviously not thought about this problem. Hearing this, he said in shock: "Well, maybe it's because he and Grand Master Gao are in the same relationship?"
Ilduzi shook his head helplessly at him and said: "Forget it, I want to explain this matter to you. I'm afraid I have to wait until the river dries up. Let's get down to business - what the Great Khan said in his letter , do you believe it? How much do you believe it?"
Chukukr was surprised and said: "Of course I believe it. If my subordinates disobey, don't we have to send troops to attack them? Otherwise, what dignity is there?"
Yilduzi shook his head and said: "How can it be that simple? The Great Khan can indeed lead his 100,000 troops to crusade south, but now Jinong is not only not in Yijinhuoluo, but he is not even of the same mind as us. This kind of Under the circumstances, it is almost impossible for Ordos to win, but this does not mean that the Great Khan can really say that he will go south as soon as he goes south - the Tumen Great Khan is still staring at him from behind. If he leaves, Don’t you want Toyosu Beach?”
Chukukur was stunned: "Aha, you said this... then you have to see what Taishi Gao says first." With that, he handed another letter to Ilduzi.
Yilduzi took it, took out the letter and read it. Before he read the text, he smiled and said, "If you want to say that this handwriting is good-looking, then it is the handwriting of Grand Master Gao."
Qie Jin is a learned scholar among the Mongolians and is the author of "The Book of Ten Good Blessings". Therefore, his sons are all educated, and they not only study Mongolian culture and Buddhist culture, but also Chinese culture. Yildu Qi has full say in how to distinguish between good and bad Chinese characters.
In fact, there are many talents who have cut this lineage in the original history. For example, the eldest grandson of Ilduqi was a famous Mongolian scholar, and even wrote "The Origin of Mongolia", which can be said to be the most important Mongolian masterpiece in later generations. , in terms of the Ming Dynasty, his family's family history is no worse than that of the Gao family in Xinzheng, and it all originated from Qiejie.
Chukuk'er was a little stunned. He also learned Chinese. He nodded immediately after hearing this: "That's right. Master Gao is the most powerful number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty. This word is written really well. I was reading it just now. , and even followed the gestures for a while - Aha, after you finish reading the letter later, why not give it to me, I can take it back and copy it, practice calligraphy by then, and copy a few volumes of scriptures to Abu Look, Abu must be very happy."
Ilduzi originally planned to refuse, but when he heard the last sentence, a trace of sadness appeared on his face. He nodded solemnly, then ignored Chukukir and read the letter seriously.
I don't know whether it was because the word "high pragmatism" was more euphemistic or something else, but Yilduzi kept his face as usual. He only occasionally twitched his eyebrows twice, and then he became as calm as water.
After he finished reading the letter, he returned to his previous thinking state. While thinking about it, he asked: "Chukuker, what do you think of the conditions offered by Master Gao?"
"I think it's pretty good, it's quite reasonable." Chukukir smiled and said: "Everyone says that Master Gao is a wealthy man in the Ming Dynasty. I think it should be true. Do you see how generous Master Gao is? So generous. For a big deal, you are willing to increase the price by 20%, and even increase the price by 30% for war horses. Where can you find such a good thing? Aha, don’t you think so?”
Yilduzi said calmly: "Is this reasonable?"
Chukukur looked surprised and asked: "Isn't this reasonable? The price that Mingren bought Khan's cattle, sheep and horses in Xuan Dabian City seems to be less than this price. I think it is simply too reasonable!"
"Haha, then you have to see what he asks us to do." Yilduzi shook his head slightly.
"Isn't it just to ask Jinong... Bah, let this boy Boshu Ketu come back quickly and stop making trouble? That was Abu's original idea. If it weren't for Aha who suppressed Abu's order and refused to announce it, we would now I’m afraid it’s time to send out troops to arrest people.”
Yilduzi narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Do you think I did something wrong?"
"I think... we can't be wrong, otherwise we may not be able to get this deal. Moreover, Master Gao also said that our family's official position can be mentioned. I think this is not bad, lest our brothers still have to pay for it. Keep company with a bunch of drunkards and ricebags.”
Chukukur said, and said with some worry: "But I can't bear to do this to Abu! After he got sick, he gave the 40,000 string control to Aha and me, so that we could get Boshu Ketu earlier. The boy forced us back and even told us that we could go to Taigalzhungenhatun to ask for an order. In this way, Eji (the mother) would discipline the children and not commit the following crimes. But as for us, not only did we not go, but we also sent People lied to Abu that he had gone out to gather his men... This is not what a good son should do."
"Eagle eagles cannot always stay in the nest and wait for their parents to feed them. They have to soar into the sky on their own." Ilduzi said with a solemn face: "Abu's condition is... like this. If we can only obey Abu honestly We have no own opinions about our arrangements. If Abu is gone, who will take care of us? Therefore, for the long term, we must be both bold and careful this time, not only to ensure our status and wealth, but also to improve our status and wealth as much as possible. Further...do you know what I mean?"
"Of course I understand, otherwise how could I obey all your orders, Aha?" Chukukur scratched his head and said: "But I think this can only be done this far. If I continue to stand still, Tumote The 100,000 cavalry and the Ming Dynasty’s million-strong army will not be polite to us, and then we will lose everything.”
Yilduzi thought for a while and nodded: "What you said is not unreasonable, but I always feel that the threat in Master Gao's letter is a bit... difficult to determine."
"What's so difficult to determine?" Chukukur's eyes widened: "You don't know the strength of Jinghua Trading Company yet? Not to mention that we already know that in addition to Jinghua Trading Company, Jinghua has many other things like this and that. ... Grand Master Gao said that he has placed 50,000 servants on the Jiliao front line. After the Tumen movement, he will cooperate with the more than 300,000 troops in the two towns of Jiliao to sweep Chahar. I think this is completely possible. .Even in terms of his financial resources, fifty thousand is not much at all. I even suspect that he has deployed troops elsewhere..."
When Yilduzi heard this last sentence, his eyes suddenly flashed and he asked solemnly: "What did you say?"
Chukukir was stunned and repeated: "I even suspect that he has deployed troops in other places..." Then he himself was stunned, and suddenly his eyes widened: "Oops, could it be that he has also deployed troops to prepare for a response? Are we disobeying the order?”
"It's very possible!" Yilduzi suddenly slammed the table and said: "Shopkeeper Cao Da of Jinghua Trading Company went to Qinghai before, and then went to Lanzhou, and then suddenly there was no news. Our detailed report said, The three thousand Jinghua cavalry he led at that time also disappeared - Chukukul, where do you think this team went?"
Chukukur took a breath and asked in surprise: "Come quietly near our pasture?" But as he said that, he immediately frowned: "But that's not right. Although the Jinghua Cavalry has powerful firearms, Cao Da After all, the shopkeeper only has three thousand in his hands, so if he comes to our pasture, he won’t be able to get away with it.”
Yilduzi shook his head and said: "He only took three thousand people to Yongchang Guard because he thought that the batch of gunpowder was just stolen. In this case, it was probably done by some disobedient small tribes. He took three thousand people with him to Yongchang Guard." The Cavalry can completely wipe out such a small tribe - Jinghua has done a lot of this kind of thing.
But if he came to Hetao on the orders of Master Gao to cause trouble for us, how could he bring only this few people with him? Because the Great Khan and Grand Master Gao have a very good relationship, Jinghua no longer needs to deploy many troops in the direction of Xuanda in recent years. The focus has shifted to Liaodong and Shaanxi, so Cao Da, the manager, even if he mobilizes 10,000 or even 20,000 cavalry, Come here, I don’t think it can’t be done. "
Chukuk'er's expression changed greatly, and he hurriedly said: "What should we do? Could this letter from Master Gao be... some kind of trick? It's the one who stabilized us first..."
"Build the plank road openly and cross Chencang secretly." Yilduzi said coldly.
"Ah, yes, that's it!" Chukukur said anxiously: "Is it like this?"
Ilduzi did not answer immediately, but thought for a while. When Chukukir was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead, he shook his head and said: "Maybe it is possible, but I am sure that within a day or two, , even if Shopkeeper Cao is nearby, he will definitely continue to stand still unless..."
"Unless what?"
Yilduzi said solemnly: "Unless we remain still or do not move southwest in the direction they want to see, then they will take action."
To the southwest of Yijinhuoluo is Ningxia.
Chukukur gasped again and shouted as if he had a toothache: "Then what are you waiting for? Send troops quickly to capture this little bastard Boshu Ketu! It doesn't matter whether he dies or not, does he want to kill us? Although Cao Cao Even if the big shopkeeper brings 20,000 cavalry to seek misfortune on us, we may not be afraid. However, not only is it uneconomical to fight this battle, but once it starts, how can we hide it from Abu? By then, Abu If we get angry, what should we do?"
Yilduzi took a deep breath, nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, you are right this time. This matter cannot be delayed any longer. Master Gao's methods are very powerful. Abu has analyzed them for us many times, and even He all said that Master Gao was a great hero among Ming people. We can't really have a quarrel with Master Gao.
Now that Master Gao is willing to build the plank road, we must get off the slope quickly, and the matter can be rectified. Besides, since Grand Master Gao has agreed, given his status, he will definitely not break his promise. My previous plans are not fruitless... I'd better give it a try. "
"Yes, yes, we'll stop when we're ready, we'll stop when we're ready... Aha, then I'll quickly gather my troops and prepare to go to Ningxia?"
Yilduzi shook his head and stood up slowly: "You stay and take care of Abu. This battle in Ningxia must be fought by me. Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be other troubles in the future."
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