Fei Hong finally passed the age of sixty. He was sixty-one years old and had been the Prime Minister and Minister of State for nearly three years.
In the State Palace, Fei Hong saluted Gu Dingchen respectfully: "Chief Gu."
Gu Dingchen returned the gift with the same respect: "Mr. Fei."
Normally, Fei Hong's office is still in Wenhua Hall. Only when there is a formal state meeting, will we come to this original Huagai Hall. If the emperor did not attend, Gu Dingchen, the chief of the royal study, would attend and listen: he would not interrupt, but would only bring his ears.
Now, the throne in the center facing north and south was empty. Fei Hong sat on the left side of the throne as usual, and Gu Dingchen sat on the right.
The remaining six ministers of state are: Wang Qiong, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel, Yang Tan, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Li Wei, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Zhang Zilin, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Lun, the former Yushi of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Wang Xian, the former Governor of Xuanda.
As for the minutes of the meeting that must be arranged according to regulations, the General Affairs Department sent a Zhengsanpin deputy envoy specifically to liaise with the State Council Palace. The Zhengsanpin Zhongshu Supervisor and six Congsanpin Zhongshu Ling affiliated to the State Council are all here. Now they have Only the third-grade vice president was sent by the Sixth Science Committee to give advice, and one person was also sent from the Internal Affairs Department of the Li Jian.
This is now the highest-level meeting on civil affairs in the Ming Dynasty. Fei Hong exchanged glances with everyone and nodded: "The 29th Plenary Session of the First State Council, let's begin."
According to the rules, all ministers of state meet once a month. From the first month of the fifth year of Jiajing to the present, except for a few times where the meeting could not be held for some reason, this is already the twenty-ninth time.
Today is the third day of August. The meeting has several important topics, not just the work arrangements for the next August.
"The first topic is that the construction of the princes' palaces has been completed. The vassal kings from all over the country have already set off to Beijing one after another." Fei Hong paused and said, "The current issue is that the King of Shu and others raised the issue to His Majesty in the form of thanks. There is no hidden worry about the city wall yet. Fu Rui, how do you want to comfort me?"
Last year, the northern barbarians launched a large-scale invasion of the border areas. Although the Ming Dynasty was victorious, the kings thought of living in an outer city that was temporarily unprotected by city walls, so they vaguely mentioned such concerns.
If you don’t want to come to the capital, how dare you not come?
Just asking for some grace and protection.
Zhang Zilin was the Minister of State who received the gift. When Fei Hong asked, he said without hesitation: "The outer city wall cannot be built overnight. However, the Ming Dynasty has achieved great successes in successive years. The kings do not need to worry about the Tatars attacking outside the capital. This I will work with the Ministry of Rites and the Zongren Mansion to handle this matter."
The first topic is important, but not difficult. Zhang Zilin only had one sentence: Kings, there is no need to worry.
I tell you not to worry, so don’t worry.
"Then thank you Fu Rui." Fei Hong presided over the meeting and moved on to the second topic, "For the opening of the market in Liaodong, the Duoyan Sanwei delegation has arrived in Guangning and will arrive in Beijing in about seven days. Now. Things, now we have to decide how to open the market..."
This issue involves not only the Ministry of Rites, but also the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War and even the Military Affairs Council.
But first, the State Council must come up with a strategy and negotiation strategy, and then discuss it in front of the emperor.
At this moment, Liaodong Kaiyuan Dusi and Duoyan Sanwei's mission had actually arrived outside Shanhaiguan from Guangning.
The history of Duoyan Sanwei and the Ming Dynasty has gone through several changes.
In the 21st year of Hongwu, after Lan Yu defeated the Mongolian Khan Togu Si Timur at Yuerhai and forced them to move west, the Mongolian tribes east of the Greater Khingan Mountains were in an isolated and helpless situation and had to surrender to the Ming court.
The three guards of Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu were established in the 22nd year of Hongwu. They were immediately reduced in Yuan in the second year. By the time of Zhu Di's first northern expedition in the eighth year of Yongle, the three guards of Duoyan were actually still fighting for the Tatars.
By the time of Xuanzong, the Three Duoyan Guards began to go south, constantly oppressing the real land that the Ming Dynasty could control. Nowadays, the garrison areas of these three guards are actually close to the three towns of Xuanfu, Jizhou and Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty.
From Daning to Xifengkou, near Xuanfu, it is called Duoyan; from Jinzhou and Yizhou, through Guangning to Liaohe, it is called Taining; from Huangniwa, across Shenyang and Tieling to Kaiyuan, it is called Fuyu.
In the early years, the Taining Guard was the strongest among the three guards. After being crippled by Zhu Di, Duoyan Guard is now the leader.
At this moment, in the imperial study room of Yangxin Hall, Zhang Boring, Yan Chunsheng, Jiang Rubi, and Wang Shenzhong were all sitting on one side, while Yang Yiqing and Wang Xian were sitting in front of Zhu Houcong.
After listening to it for a while, Zhu Houcong sighed: "Nowadays, the Mongolian tribes in Mobei are really complicated."
"Bodi's son Daisun has succeeded to the throne, and now the situation is even more complicated." Yang Yiqing nodded in agreement, "Just like Duoyan, although it belongs to Wuliangha, it is only one of them that moved south, and now it is more related to the north Ten thousand households in Chahar, where the Yuan Khan Court is located, are even closer. Daning, the resident pastor, is located between Xuanfu, Jizhou, Liaodong and the Khan Court."
Zhu Houcong asked Zhang Boring: "Who died with Bodi in the Xuanfu last year, was there Dayan Khan's tenth son?"
"Wuba Umbrella Qingtai Ji, the Asut tribe led by Yong Xie Bu Ten Thousand Households. Outside of Chahar, Yong Xie Bu Ten Thousand Households, only the Asut tribe followed Bodi southward. Wu Ba Um Qing Tai Ji is He died of serious injuries on the way back. Now the news comes that the Asut and Yongshebu tribes among the ten thousand households in Yongshebu have been taken over by Gunbilik's sixth brother, and the Karaqin tribe has been taken over by his fourth brother. Possession. The 30,000 households on the right wing of the Tartars have all fallen into the hands of brothers Gonpilik and Anda."
Zhang Bor reported the latest news: "More than that, the Khan's court is located in Chahar, and the lords of the three tribes of Keshiketen, Aohan and Naiman are now the uncles of Anda brothers. They are in harmony with each other, and the Tatars are new to each other. The only people the Khan can rely on are the five inner tribes of Chahar and the five inner tribes of the Khalkha Ten Thousand Houses. The Uliangha Ten Thousand Households were not led by the descendants of Dayan Khan, and they had attacked the Khalkha Ten Thousand Households before. I answer He assisted Bodi in conquering Wuliangha. Duoyanwei, who was born in Wuliangha, is far away from Wuliangha Wanhu headquarters, and now he is also attracted by the Khan's court."
"Mo'ergen Jinong? Tuxie Tuchechen Khan?" Zhu Houcong looked at Wang Xian doubtfully.
"The wise Jinong, the wise Khan who can be relied on." Wang Xian explained the meaning, "Now the Lord of Beiyuan is really a little prince, and these two rewards for Gunbilik and Anda should be regarded as the left wing The important ministers planned to divide the Gunbilik brothers."
Gunbilik, who nominally commands 30,000 households on the right wing and serves as a farmer, was not named Khan, but Anda was given the title of Khan. Who does this right wing respect?
This time, the Anda brothers have almost completely controlled the 30,000 households on the right wing. Next, the power structure among the various Mongolian tribes has developed into a more chaotic situation.
"How likely are they to fight for the throne?" Zhu Houcong asked Yang Yiqing.
"Very young." Yang Yiqing shook his head, "Gunbilik and Anda's father tried it. They only worked hard for two years, but Bodi still regained the throne. In the grassland, now the Tatar Khan Court The bloodline of the inner leader. Above Anda is Gunbilik. If he wants to seek the throne, even the 30,000 households on the left will not obey him. With my wisdom, I will not do this."
"But my grandson is still young. If he dies young..." Zhu Houcong looked at Yan Chunsheng, "Zhen'an Bo, are you sure?"
With one arrow, Yan Chunsheng was awarded Zhen Anbo. Outside Zhen'an Fort is the place where he became famous, and now it has become his count title - although this count title was previously given by Zhu Houzhao to Wei Bin's younger brother, it was used there by Yang Tinghe and others before Zhu Houcong ascended the throne. In one round, Zhu Houzhao's "adopted son" and meritless rewards were all removed.
Now listening to the emperor's question, Yan Chunsheng was a little bit confused: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it won't be easy to do. Most of the people under Zhang Changgong are only not far outside the border wall. In the Chente War Camp, all of them are Han people. If you want to risk the right-wing Tatars to assassinate the Lord of the Northern Yuan Dynasty... they naturally know the risks and are very careful."
Zhu Houcong could only suppress this thought and asked Yang Yiqing: "In your opinion, is it possible for the 30,000 households on the right wing to be in chaos?"
"I'm the most powerful, and Gonbilik was hit hard last year, so he won't provoke me. I'm young, and Gombrick is old. I can afford to wait, and I'm smart. I'm afraid... I won't mess up. Instead, it will help Gunbilik and make the right wing stronger."
Analyzing the latest situation in Mongolia in the Imperial Study Room, Zhu Houcong finally sighed: "It seems that we can only make good use of the situation created by Bo'an and let the Tatar tribes compete for profits through the opening of the market in Duoyan Sanwei. "
There was a "revenge for killing his father" between Da Laisun and Daming, and Zhu Houcong would not let Anda have the opportunity to increase his strength through trade. Duoyan Sanwei became the best middleman.
He looked at Yan Chunsheng and said, "Choose smart and capable people and go to Huangmingji Department Store."
"I obey the decree!"
The special operations battalion must know everything. If necessary, even merchants need to be able to do it.
"Write a letter to Tang Shunzhi and ask him to help introduce some shopkeepers." Zhu Houcong added, "Those who have bought national debts are also allowed to go to Guandong and trade with Duoyan Sanwei."
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On Fengzhou Beach, I officially owned the Khan number. He did not refuse this Khan number. Although it was only for "rescuing" Bodie's army, the name Khan was not worthy of its name.
But if he continues to conquer with this Khan title, the grassland will get used to him sooner or later, and eventually he may be able to get used to it and respect him as the Great Khan.
Now, I am considering several questions.
News came from the east that the Duoyan tribe sent a mission to the Han people. It is only natural that this tribe, which has been swinging back and forth for more than a hundred years, would make such a decision after the Han people won a victory last year.
Anda spent nearly a year encouraging his brother Gunbilik to participate in the competition for the three lords under Yongshebu. All of this is mainly supported by Gombrick on the surface, while An Da hides behind the scenes.
Gunbilik was hurt last year and is eager to expand its strength this year. The fourth brother Bayasikhale and the sixth brother Bodidala are still so young, so I promised not to interfere, but Gunbilik actually has the power of three more troops.
But now, he seems to be satisfied and does not go out to try to win the position of Khan.
Even the proposal of further expedition was rejected by Bu La and Bu Er Hai, and they only enjoyed themselves in the Hetao all day long.
The Gunbilik people are not yet old, but their hearts are completely old.
So my answer is that it is very difficult to deal with it now - if the Ordos Ministry does not act together, will he dare to easily lead the Tumed army to conquer outside and expand the range of pasture lands?
If we only go to plunder the south... I'm not so optimistic now. He already knew the course of the battle at Huangya Mountain. The Han people have too many iron weapons, and their firearms are getting better and better. Now that they have won two consecutive years, the Han people's border town is gradually changing.
As long as I lose once, my reputation will drop a lot. This is exactly what the Khan Court wants to see.
It's almost autumn again, so I asked Urruk: "The Khan Court is unstable, but Wu Liangha didn't move Khalkha again?"
"I'm afraid I want to see others fight first."
Ida sighed: "All the ministries are in disarray, each with their own agenda..."
After being silent for a while, he suddenly said: "In the past, Xue Chan Khan had a relationship with Pasiba, and finally took over the world. Now, all tribes believe in shamans, but Dayan Khan's reputation is gradually fading away. I want to send an envoy Go to Tibet and ask for Buddhist teachings.”
Ulruk was stunned for a moment: "Buddhism?"
I nodded affirmatively: "Buddhism! Shamans can't help me, and there are many Han people who believe in Buddhism. If I can help the Tubo Living Buddha spread Buddhism to the grasslands and have the Buddha's name, then if there is a big event in the future, all the herdsmen can Help me, Tubo, you can help me too!”
He is looking at the longer-term future, including the Hetao and the Han Western Region south of the Hetao.
"My dear brother doesn't want to go on a conquest anymore, so I'll go by myself!" Ida looked to the south, "Now is not the time to plunder the Han people easily. Ulruk, go to my brother's place. Let’s discuss with him and let him negotiate tribute from the Han people. I am willing to buy Han people’s things from him with cattle, sheep and horses.”
We can no longer fight head-on. On the grassland, there are fewer and fewer iron pots and even clothes. If we lose two more games, it will only get harder and harder.
If Mergen Jinong leads the right wing to show weakness to the Ming Dynasty and stop fighting, the Khan Court will probably be worried, right? In that case, it would be natural for his brother Gunbilik to take the lead as Jinong.
But Gunbilik, who had lost his spirit, was probably even more attracted to the silks, fine wines, and beauties of the Han people.
On the contrary, his greed will only make the current right-wing tribes gradually feel unfair, and sooner or later they will follow him.
"Khan, Han people...can you agree?"
"I will offer my sister as a sign of surrender."
Ulruk was stunned: How can you have a sister? Don't you only have one twin sister?
Ida clenched his fist: "Go! If all the tribes cannot be held tightly like five fingers, they will be broken one by one by the Han people! The emperor of the Han people erected a monument in Xuanfu and shot an arrow. He Sooner or later he will come to the grassland, but not now. Now, he has many other things to do. So, he will agree."
Zhu Houcon still didn't know that Anda was planning to use a new religion to tame the beliefs of the herdsmen of the grassland tribes, and he was even planning to ask tribute from the Ming Dynasty together with Gunbilik.
However, Anda did see the essence of the problem clearly: with only one Tumote, he could not get any favor from the Ming Dynasty, and would only be continuously consumed by the popularity of the Khan Court and other tribes. Only a united grassland will have the strength to truly compete with the Han people in the future.
Now that the Han emperor is waiting for his reforms to create stronger strength, Anda must create a future situation that is beneficial to him, rather than simply fighting a few wars.
In this game of chess, the winner is outside the battle!
(End of chapter)
