After a mouthful of cool and sweet iced watermelon juice, I felt relieved. Xu Jin held the glass of watermelon juice and drank it comfortably while scanning the spreading map on the imperial desk. He saw that a very large circle was drawn with red strokes on the map, almost encircling the Tatar, Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces.

"Hey, I thought the emperor was worried about Turuban's invasion of the two states of Gansu. It's true that's not!" Xu Jin said unexpectedly.

Zhu Hou sucked a mouthful of watermelon juice and curled his lips, "Turuban is just a small country in the Western Destiny of the Ming Dynasty. At most, it is just a small fight and can't make a big difference. The Tatars and Tissels in the north are the major troubles of the Ming Dynasty."

Xu Jinshen nodded with consent and said, "What the emperor said is extremely true!"

Gulugulu...

Zhu Houcong's cup of watermelon juice was bottomed out. The boy put the glass on the imperial desk with anger and said with anger: "Now the thorns are honest. The most hateful one is the Tatars. They have not stopped since I ascended the throne. Last year, they have been more excessive. They have been as many as twelve times, almost once a month. After the spring of this year, there have been three relatively large-scale twelve times invasions, including Xuanfu, Datong, Shuozhou and Yulin.

It's outrageous. The Tatars really regarded my Ming Dynasty as their vegetable garden. They came to rob me of everything they lack. They came to rob me of my Ming Dynasty. They came whenever they wanted and left whenever they wanted. It was really hateful. I really wanted to immediately raise troops to destroy these Tartars and rob the Hetao Plain by the way."

When it comes to the Hetao Plain, Zhu Hougui's eyes are glowing, not concealing his strong desire.

The Hetao Plain is located in the bend of the Yellow River "Ji" character. The soil is fertile and the water and grass are abundant. It is said that "the Yellow River has many harms, only rich ones". As early as the reign of Emperor Hongzhi of Emperor Xiaozong, the Ming Dynasty lost control of the Hetao Plain. Now the Hetao Plain is occupied by the Tatar Ordos tribe. As mentioned in the previous article, the current leader of the Tatar Ordos tribe is Altan Khan's brother Mailigen Jinong

It is said that since the "Tumu Fort Incident", the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has plummeted, and since then it has been on a downward trend, with its military equipment decayed, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was so weak. Hongzhi and Zhengde both had the idea of ​​taking back the Hetao Plain, but they were powerless, asking for money but not money, and the army without troops.

If it was the beginning of the throne, Zhu Hougui, the boy, probably wouldn't dare to say such bold words as destroying the Tatars and recapturing the Hetao Plain. But now it is different from the past. Now the Ming Dynasty has completely solved the problem of "Southern Japanese". The southeast coast is stable and there is no worries. Moreover, in recent years, the God of Wealth, Xu Jin, has successively generated nearly 20 million taels of income for the Ming Dynasty, and the pure silver exceeds 10 million taels, which is equivalent to the fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty in two or three years.

Therefore, under the command of Xu Jin, a war against Japanese devils not only did not damage the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, but also filled the Ming Dynasty's treasury and became stronger. Because of this, Zhu Houguan had the confidence to say such bold words as destroying the Tartars and recovering the Hetao Plain.

Xu Jin glanced at the enthusiastic Emperor Jiajing, shook his head and reminded: "Emperor, my Ming Dynasty's national strength has just improved a little, and it is the time to rest and recuperate, so now is not the best time to send troops to attack the Tatars."

The southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty had just finished the war two years ago. Last year, the sea trade was opened. It was time to calm down and vigorously develop the economy. Moreover, the national land of Qingzhang is in full swing. Coupled with the vigorous promotion and planting of high-yield new crops, so many-pronged approaches will take place in a few years. The Ming Dynasty will have a great change in its national strength. At that time, the Ming Dynasty will be prosperous and safe, and the troops will be strong. If you really want money and food, you will have food. Then it will be no problem to clean up the Tatars and Tishu.

After hearing Xu Jin's words, Zhu Houcong sighed and said, "I also understand that this is not a good time to attack the Tatars, but the Tatars keep attacking the border, I am really like a thorn. Some time ago, Altan, the leader of the Tatar Tumot tribe, submitted a letter to me and requested the opening of the two horse markets in Datong, Xuanfu. It was so beautiful that I would not send troops to clean up his incense, but I also wanted to open the market and trade to obtain supplies from our Ming Dynasty!"

Xu Jin's heart moved. I remember that Altan Khan in history was rejected because of his repeated requests to open a market with the Ming Dynasty and was rejected, so he sent troops to attack Beijing.

By the way, why is Altan so keen on trading with the Ming Dynasty?

The reason is very simple. The Tatars are nomadic peoples. They only know how to grazle and do not even produce the most basic daily necessities, such as pots, pans, needles, and clothing, which are all obtained from the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, once the Ming Dynasty banned border trade, the Tatars would suffer. They could not even buy iron pots for cooking meat, which was not ordinary bitterness.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty controlled the economic lifeline of the Tatars to a certain extent, but everything has both good and bad. Although the Tatars' high dependence on the Ming Dynasty's materials could allow the Ming Dynasty to easily impose economic sanctions on the Tatars, it was precisely because the Tatars had severely lacked supplies that they continued to invade the Ming border, causing long-term confrontation between the two countries.

"Why didn't the emperor agree to Altan's request to open the horse market? Isn't my Ming Dynasty lacking war horses?" Xu Jin said calmly.

Zhu Houxiang curled his lips and said, "It is true that I lack horses in the Ming Dynasty, but in comparison, the Tatars needed more supplies, iron tools, tea, salt, and clothing from our Ming Dynasty. These were urgently needed by the Tatars. Without these, they could not even survive.

Taishi Gong once said that barbarians are beasts, fear power but not virtue. Even if I agree to open the market and help the Tatars solve their urgent needs, these guys will still plunder the border of the Ming Dynasty after eating and drinking well. Therefore, I would rather not fight horses than let the Tatars obtain the supplies of the Ming Dynasty through the horse market."

Xu Jin nodded, and had to admit that Zhu Houcong's words were very reasonable. As the saying goes, the Tatars could not be grateful to the Ming Dynasty because the Ming Dynasty agreed to open a market and trade with each other. On the contrary, after they had enough food and drink, they would definitely rob the Ming Dynasty even more vigorously. After all, there was no need to pay for the stolen goods, so why not do it?

The Tatars were different from the Westerners who came from across the ocean. Westerners only wanted to make profits in business, but the Tatars required trade to obtain survival supplies. Moreover, the Tatars lived next to the Ming Dynasty, which was a major concern of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, to solve the Tatar problem, it is not just about opening the market and trading with each other. The most thorough way is to let them disappear on the map. In this way, the Ming Dynasty can rest assured once and for all!

Seeing Xu Jin agreeing with his point of view, Zhu Houcong immediately became furious and continued to talk: "In fact, since last year, I have ordered the Jinyiwei to collect news about the Tatars. Now Dayan Khan (Tartar Khan) is old and is already a toothless tiger. It is not worth worrying. However, Altan is not to underestimate him. In recent years, the strength of the Tumot tribe he commanded has developed the fastest."

When Zhu Houcong said this, he angrily slapped the imperial case and said, "By the way, Altan's strength has developed so rapidly, it is entirely due to the help of white lotus thieves like Zhao Quan and Li Zixin.

According to the information from the Jinyiwei who was inquiring about the secret stakes, the white lotus demons, Zhao Quan and Li Zixin, went out of the frontier to surrender to Altan. They built a board and promoted city in Fengzhou Chuan area, confusing the crowd, coaxing the border residents of the Ming Dynasty to go to surrender, planting grain for the Tatars and producing various supplies. What makes me even more angry is that these white lotus traitors rely on familiar roads to lead the Tatars to sneak into the territory to plunder the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they always succeed."

Xu Jin's heart skipped a beat. Zhao Quan actually defected to Altan as a traitor. I hope Bingniu'er should not be stupid. If that's true, it would be impossible for him to show mercy. He frowned and said, "It's all my fault that I didn't wipe out Zhao Quan and others back then!"

Zhu Houcan waved his hand and said, "This is not a mistake for Xu Liao. I can only say that Zhao Quan should not be defeated. Altan previously submitted a letter to open a Ma market. I originally wanted to use this as a condition to ask Altan to hand over Zhao Quan and others."

Xu Jin's eyes lit up: "The emperor has a good idea!"

Zhu Houxuan said depressedly: "But Altan disagrees!"

Xu Jin frowned and said, "As for this reason, Altan still attaches great importance to Zhao Quan."
Chapter completed!