Chapter 87 Recapture the Three Guards

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For Zhu Zaijing, Duoyanwei must be in the hands of people loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

"This... this... His Majesty the Great Emperor, how dare I..."

"What are you afraid of?" Zhu Zaijing said with a smile, "If you help me, I will naturally return the favor to you!"

Battle was just a horse herder before, and he never thought that his future would change so much.

"You are a kind and righteous person! When you begged me not to massacre your people, I decided in my heart to hand over the Duoyan Guard to you to lead!"

"Although it caused the death of two thousand people, you should understand that this is not my slaughter of your people. Compared with Duoyanwei's betrayal of the Ming Dynasty for decades, the price you paid is still light!"

"If I really want to pay for life with one life, you can kill all 40,000 people and still not be able to pay for the sins of so many years!"

Battle himself had participated in the looting of the Great Wall, which he could not refute.

And he understood that the emperor was definitely not trying to scare him.

Although the great emperor in front of him was smiling, his aura was like that of a bear that might get angry at any time.

"Yes! His Majesty the Great Emperor!"

"Then it's settled! From now on, you will be the leader of Duoyan Guard!"

Bart's mind was in chaos, with all kinds of thoughts intertwined together.

But in the end, he knelt down.

"My dear, Barter, thank you, His Majesty the Emperor, for your kindness!"

"Get up!"

In this way, Bater, the former horse herder with the green grassland above his head, suddenly became the leader of the 40,000 Ulyanha people.

On the second day, Zhu Zaijing announced Battle's new identity in front of all the Wuliangha people and personally rewarded him with a sword.

Battle, who was still hesitating yesterday, felt that at this moment he was standing up again.

The emperor gave him greater and nobler dignity.

Barter made up his mind to follow the emperor for the rest of his life.

In the afternoon, the leaders of Taining Guard and Fuyu Guard came personally to plead guilty to Zhu Zaijing.

They didn't even have time to bring a few more guards, and arrived here with only three or five people.

This is exactly what Zhu Zaijing imagined. Sure enough, as long as Duoyan Wei is controlled, the other two will also surrender.

So can Zhu Zaijing go back like this?

Are you kidding me?

How is this different from the old four hammering Duoyan and the three guards in history?

Zhu Zaijing has his own arrangements.

Zhu Zaijing summoned all his confidants and the leaders of Duoyan's three guards at night and held a meeting.

Zhu Zaijing issued several orders.

First, the three guards were not allowed to move and settled in their current location.

In order to protect their food, Ming Dynasty will open more mutual markets to him.

Second, the entire population of Sanwei must be registered and the specific number of people must be determined to facilitate management.

Daming must always grasp the specific strength of the three guards.

Third, after determining the specific household registration, each household can only keep two horses, and Daming must take all the remaining horses back.

Moreover, Sanwei will provide this number of horses to Ming Dynasty every year from now on.

Mongolians can't live without horses on the grasslands. You can't graze on foot, right?

But Zhu Zaijing only left two horses for each household, and the rest had to be presented to the court every year. On the one hand, it temporarily solved the problem of the lack of good horses in the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, it could limit the scope of activities of the three guards so that they could better settled down.

If you don’t have a horse, I’ll see how you can wander around the world!

Fourth, the families of the leaders of the three guards and the children of all nobles must follow the army back to Beijing and serve as hostages.

Moreover, in the capital they had to receive Ming Dynasty Confucian education and learn Ming Dynasty etiquette.

They cannot return to the grassland until they have stayed for five years, but the Sanwei people can visit them twice a year.

It's not enough to just have the leader's family, all the nobles have to be controlled, and then they will be obedient.

Fifth, the leaders of the three guards are all hereditary positions, but it is up to Ming Dynasty to decide which of their sons will take over. It will not be like before where they internally recommend individuals and then request the imperial court for canonization.

Originally, the Sanwei system was influenced by the Ming Dynasty and was based on the eldest son inheritance system. However, this system was often destroyed by the Mongolian mentality of respecting the strong.

In this case, these two methods are no longer needed, and whoever succeeds Ming Dynasty will decide the candidate.

On the one hand, it can ensure that every leader is loyal to the Ming Dynasty and is controlled by the Ming Dynasty. On the other hand, it can allow their children to take the initiative to get closer to the court.

In the past, the system of inheritance was primogeniture, and there was no hope of anyone else taking over as leader.

But now it is the Ming Dynasty that decides who takes over, and everyone has hope. So do the children of your leaders all want to please me, the Ming Dynasty?

Sixth, the Ming Dynasty would station troops in Duoyanwei and open a Ming Dynasty newspaper.

In view of the serious rebellion of Duoyanwei, the Ming Dynasty wanted to station troops here. The Ming army was not under their control and was not within the jurisdiction of their laws. In the event of a war, the leader must obey the command of the Ming army commander.

The Ming Dynasty newspaper society allows them to hear the news of the Ming Dynasty every day, which subtly affects their thinking.

Seventh, the Duoyan Sanwei cannot trade with other Mongolian tribes.

Zhu Zaijing knew that this was of course impossible, and they would still communicate in private.

But that's not important.

The important thing is to put forward this policy first to pave the way for the real economic control of the Ming Dynasty later.

After all, the salt, iron, cloth, and food on your grassland all depend on me, Daming, to survive, right?

When I develop these fields later, it will be over if I strangle you or not.

With the three-pronged approach of economy, military, and politics, I don’t believe that we can’t capture the Mongolian Plateau.

There are also means of marriage.

If that doesn't work, we can use the Qing Dynasty's evil plan to wipe out households!

When Battle heard these policies, he had no objection. His most important thing now was to consider how to consolidate his position as leader.

Then he can only obey Ming's words.

The leaders of Taining Guard and Fuyu Guard felt quite conflicted when they heard that Ming Dynasty was suddenly losing so much control.

But seeing Zhu Shitai, Qi Jiguang and Ma Fang staring at them fiercely and eagerly behind the emperor, they did not dare to say anything.

In this way, Zhu Zaijing's control over the three guards of Duoyan achieved complete victory!

This is a good start.

After this combination of punches, Ming Dynasty's control over Duoyan's three guards will be unprecedentedly strengthened, and the defense line in Jizhou will no longer have to spend a lot of money every year.

More importantly, this was the first step for Ming Dynasty to control the grassland.

When Zhu Zaijing develops his military and economy, this set of combined boxing can naturally be used on other tribes.

In the next few days, Zhu Zaijing transferred Dong Yiyuan over and left a thousand cavalry here as a garrison.

Battelle, who had no prestige yet, was naturally restless, so Dong Yiyuan greeted him as brothers and warmly welcomed him as soon as he arrived.

In a few days, the families of the three guards and the children of all the nobles gathered together, preparing to return to the capital with the Ming army.

As for the matter of counting the population, the imperial court needed to send people to do it, but the war horse Battelle still had the sense to give Zhu Zaijing five thousand.

What's even more interesting is that because Battelle was single, he promised Zhu Zaijing that he would get married within a year.

"It's a pity that due to the Taizu ancestral system, Ming Dynasty women cannot marry outside, otherwise I would choose a noble woman to marry you!"

Of course, this was just nonsense from Zhu Zaijing, meant to comfort Battelle.

You are a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and your tribe of only 40,000 people has no right to marry the Ming Dynasty.

The army was ready to set off, and Battle and the leaders of the other two guards sent each other off to see the emperor off.

Before leaving, Zhu Shitai came to Battelle.

"Commander, what else can you do?"

"Your Majesty has already said the nice things, so let me say the unpleasant words!"

Batri still didn't understand Zhu Shitai's words and looked at him incomprehensively.

"You have to remember that our Ming army can come once, a second time, or a third time!"

Zhu Shitai sat on horseback, condescending.

"You are a conscientious person, don't be like Dong Fox!"

"Duoyan Sanwei has only one future, and that is to always be a minister of the Ming Dynasty."

"If you think you were attacked this time because you were too close to the Great Wall, and you think you can do something to me if I stay away."

Zhu Shitai smirked.

This smile couldn't be more fake.

"You can try it!"

After saying the cruel words, Zhu Shitai hurried away without looking back.

Only Battelle remained where he was with a complicated expression.