Jian Yi, the old fox, turned his attention to Xu Qin again.
Xu Qin felt a thorn in his back.
Damn it, there’s no one behind me to retreat from, so I can’t pass it on.
"Your Majesty, I believe that Prince Ning's stay in the capital is not a long-term solution. Given Emperor Gao's "Ancestral Instructions of the Ming Emperor", if the vassal king stays in the capital for more than a month, there will be criticism from both the government and the public."
"In addition, Princess Ning Zhang passed away nearly a year ago, and the folk custom should be to bury her in peace. Otherwise, the government and the public will also criticize her."
"Wei Chen thought it would be appropriate to determine a new fiefdom as soon as possible and let Prince Ning return to the vassal domain after the new year."
Zhu Di interrupted impatiently:
"What you said is very light. I am just worried about the vassal territory."
Xu Qin knew that Zhu Di was impatient. He cupped his fists and bowed:
"Your Majesty, this time we will not let him choose randomly. Instead, the court will directly launch four fiefdoms and let him choose one of the four."
"Which four?" Zhu Di and Jian Yi almost said in unison.
"Wei Chen recommended Jianning Mansion, Hongdu Mansion, Jingzhou Mansion, and Dongchang Mansion, and asked him to choose one of the four in a small area."
Xu Qin's strategy is to show his trump card nakedly and stop pretending.
Offending once and offending for a lifetime are actually just being cruel once and taking action once.
To put it more bluntly, it was to find a place to confine Prince Ning.
After hearing this, Zhu Di and Jian Yi both nodded in agreement.
All four places are suitable.
"I think it's feasible, and the matter of Prince Ning's fiefdom is settled."
Zhu Di made the final decision.
"The Heavenly Official will talk to King Ning on my behalf about the specific matters. After choosing one of the four options for him to confirm, the specific relocation matters, such as the date of leaving the feudal clan, etc. will be determined immediately. All these will be handled by the Ministry of Personnel."
"I obey the decree." Jian Yi said with cupped hands.
After arranging Prince Ning, Zhu Di breathed a sigh of relief, blinked and said:
"The only major issue left is the placement of the three guards of Wuliangha."
"The three guards of Yingzhou of Daning Dusi have all withdrawn, and the Yamen have also withdrawn, but how to supervise them?"
"Who can we send to make the unruly Wu Liangha obey the arrangements of our Ming Dynasty and guarantee that nothing will happen in the future?"
After hearing this, Jian Yi and Xu Qin looked at each other in shock, neither of them dared to say a word.
Who can guarantee that there will be no mistakes in the future?
Anyone who knows the history of the Ming Dynasty knows:
The Daning Dusi established during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty was located on the grassland outside the Great Wall outside Xifengkou and belonged to the Monan region.
The grassland was particularly fertile and vast.
It is not far from Tongliao, shields Peiping, and connects Liaodong.
This is the front line against the Tatar and Oara remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
At the beginning, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang arranged Zhu Quan, who was both civil and military, here to guard the outside of the fortress.
Thinking of this, Zhu Di sighed and said:
"When Emperor Taizu Gao established the Daning Dusi, he did not plan to move the people in the pass to Daning, nor did he start farming. All supplies in the northern Xinjiang area were transported from the south."
"Walk transportation was not smooth at that time. Later, sea transportation and salt trade were used. After a lot of effort, we could barely maintain the consumption in northern Xinjiang."
"Now that the world has just experienced four years of civil war, people's livelihoods are in decline, and the national treasury is empty. There is really no way to maintain it."
"But Daning Dusi is a territory that King Zhongshan and I fought hard to conquer. Now I am unwilling to abandon it!"
Zhu Di is telling the truth.
From the current point of view, the abolition of Daning Dusi and later allotment to Wu Liangha was a last resort in history.
But Zhu Di still made a mistake after all.
The Daning grassland was handed over to the Ulangha tribe in an attempt to make them be grateful to the Ming Dynasty and guard the northern border for the Ming Dynasty.
wishful thinking.
The Wuliangha people were not only ungrateful, but also believed that this was a matter of course because they shed blood and died for Zhu Di to conquer the country.
This is the reward you deserve.
A few years later they betrayed the Ming Dynasty.
For this reason, Zhu Di personally conquered Northern Xinjiang five times in his life, from Monan to Mobei.
Not only Zhu Di, but also his descendants.
"Your Majesty, I have just exchanged views with Shao Zhan on matters such as the abolition of Daning Dusi, appeasing the three guards of Wu Liangha and other matters."
"Shao Zhan seems to have a concrete solution. Your Majesty may wish to listen to his ideas."
"oh?"
Zhu Di was surprised when he heard this and said half-believingly:
"Xu Qing, if you have any ideas, it's okay to say it."
Xu Qin calmed down for a moment, straightened his thoughts and said with his hands:
"Your Majesty, the minister has just advised me,
Our Da Ningdu Si Yamen cannot withdraw entirely. The original 20,000 state guards and more than 10,000 officials and their families can be withdrawn into the pass, and the guards can be expanded in the Xuanfu area to become garrison troops. "
"The grassland in Daning was handed over to the three guards of Wu Liangha to take care of it, so that their respective tribes can permanently settle and graze there as a reward as promised."
"But the sovereignty and jurisdiction of Daning Dusi still belong to the Ming Dynasty."
"..."
He repeated the theory he just told Jian Yi to Zhu Di.
Explained in detail very patiently.
Zhu Di understood what he said and thought Xu Qin was right.
But he was worried that Wu Liangha would not agree.
There are also Jingnan upstarts such as Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng who tend to hand over all the Daning capital to the Uuliangha people.
Even Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, had the same idea.
After Zhu Di said this, Jian Yi also nodded in agreement.
The emperor promised this in person at the beginning, and everyone understood it in this way. "Send" means a gift.
In ancient times, who cared about your ownership rights, permanent residence rights, and so on.
Xu Qin knew in his heart that if you tell these ancient people this, they will think you are playing word games, and it will be very bad if you are unwilling to accept it.
Zhu Di was mainly afraid of breaking his trust with the upstart Jingnan, and thus breaking his trust with the people of the world.
Especially the three guards of Wuliangha.
Zhu Di still has illusions about them.
Xu Qin knew this well, but it was impossible to tell Zhu Di the results a few years later.
Is this called a prophet?
If the demon monk Yao Guangxiao said it, maybe Zhu Di would believe it.
But Xu Qin absolutely couldn't do it.
The most intelligent ones are also mortals, not semi-immortals.
If you say too much, you may be tempted to confuse people.
"The three guards of Wuliangha want to rule by themselves, so let's give them a try by letting them choose their own leaders?"
"The nomads on the grasslands outside the Great Wall have always been disunited and have serious internal strife. Each tribe is acting independently, and no one is convinced by anyone."
"Let me nominate one of the three guards commanders. I'm afraid the quarrel will not be resolved for several years, and it will intensify the internal strife."
"In the end, they will choose to have the imperial court send a capital commander to coordinate, and our intentions will be realized one by one."
"Your Majesty, do you think this is true?"
When Zhu Di heard this, his brows moved slightly. After a moment of silence, he suddenly laughed and said loudly:
"To stir up trouble, divide and disintegrate, and restrain each other. We don't need to maintain a large number of troops, but we still retain the initiative of Daning Fortress, leaving room for sending troops to conquer the desert in the future."
"This strategy is good and ruthless enough."
It was rare for Zhu Di to praise him like this, and it really helped him solve a big problem.
