"Brother Emperor, you said that the people of the Ming Dynasty lived a very hard life, but I don't think they were very miserable either!"
After wandering outside for a day, the three Huiyan sisters all fell asleep in the carriage. Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian rode back to the palace.
"You should not only look at the capital city. We have two capitals and thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty, with tens of millions of people, but the capital city is just a drop in the bucket!"
"Besides, this is the emperor's feet. If we can't live well here, the Ming Dynasty will suffer the same disaster as the Tang and Song Dynasties."
Zhu Youjian still couldn't understand.
"But Master Li and the others didn't say that our emperor Ming's country was peaceful and the people were safe. They said that the emperor's brother was deceived by Wei Yi and killed Zhongliang."
No wonder Emperor Chongzhen believed in them so much when he ascended the throne in history. It turned out that he had been brainwashed since he was a child and instilled the so-called idea of zongzhengyingyingchao. By the time he felt something was wrong, the Ming Dynasty had only breathed its last breath.
"Oh, what else did they tell you?"
"Master Li and the others have talked a lot with my younger brother, saying that the court is now full of treacherous ministers and that there is no place for loyal ministers and good men. They compared the emperor's brother to Qin II and Wei Zhongxian to Zhao Gao."
"Then do you think the emperor brother looks like Qin II?"
"Brother Chen doesn't know!"
"I don't know how lucky you are. Brother Huang hopes that you can live happily. These things are not something you should worry about!"
After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he held his chest and galloped away with his horse, followed closely by Ma Xianglin and his guards, and the carriage was escorted back to the palace by Xu Xianchun.
When we arrived at the palace, it was also very lively. There were vendors everywhere, performing dramas and performing acrobatics.
The Meridian Gate was built on Aoshan Mountain, which was covered with festive lanterns. All the subjects of the Ming Dynasty stayed outside the Meridian Gate to watch the Aoshan lanterns for three days and enjoy themselves with the people. The emperor gave a banquet to all the officials. Starting from the Lantern Festival, all the officials took a vacation.
It lasts for ten days, during which time nothing except urgent military and political matters will be dealt with. This has been the practice since the 10th year of Yongle.
Moreover, all the people in the palace had to wear special robes on this day, even Zhu Youxiao was no exception. As soon as he came back, he changed into a round patchwork robe embroidered with dragon patterns, lights and scenery.
Zhu Youxiao also appeared several times to have fun with his subjects, and he took his younger brothers and sisters to set off fireworks and firecrackers together, which made him very happy.
Moreover, during this period of time, the entire capital city was completely open. People could go to the streets to watch the lanterns at will, soldiers and civilians lit up lanterns and drank for fun, and the five cities were under night ban.
After the banquet is over, today is basically over. Zhu Youxiao also had a lot of fun today, and it was a rare opportunity for the family to get together.
"Your Majesty, Ma Xianglin is here!"
Ma Xianglin has been waiting outside the palace for a long time, but His Majesty has been unable to get out, and the matter is not an urgent matter, so he has to wait peacefully outside the palace.
"Let him come in!"
"I respectfully wish your majesty to have your blessings!"
"Stay safe. Have you discovered anything about what happened today?"
"Your Majesty, that's a Mongolian!"
"Oh, Rui Zheng's eyes are sharp and he can see it at a glance. Yes, let's talk about it carefully!"
Ma Xianglin told Zhu Youxiao what happened today.
"Your Majesty, that Mongolian is a spy of the Chahar tribe. The purpose this time is to verify whether the battle of Hupiyi in Ming Dynasty is true or false. And according to his account, there are many generals and Lin Dan Khan in Xuanda and Da two towns.
There was collusion, and they withheld the military supplies needed by the soldiers and sold them to Lin Dan Khan at a high price."
"Most of them are armor, weapons, food, clothes and cloth. Many businessmen are also involved, and they even traffic people outside the customs to work as slaves for the Mongols!"
Zhu Youxiao had already thought of this kind of thing. In this era of Ming Dynasty, except for the common people, everyone else was more nourished and less human than the last one.
"Knowing so much, then this person's status must not be low!"
"Your Majesty, this person is a descendant of a branch of the Mongolian Golden Family. His name is Ahai Lai. He is related to Lin Dan Khan. His father is the head of a thousand households!"
"Bring him to Qianqing Palace!"
Soon, Ma Xianglin personally detained Ah Hai, who was tall and rough-looking, and came in. However, compared with the previous time in the restaurant, there were many more scars and bloodstains on his body, and he must have suffered a lot of flesh and blood.
"Kowtow to His Majesty the Great Emperor and beg His Majesty the Great Emperor to spare my life!"
As soon as Ahilai came in, he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. He was really scared. He had experienced things that no one should have experienced in the prison. He felt like breaking into a cold sweat just thinking about it now.
"It's not impossible to spare you, but what can you do for me? I don't want to raise useless trash!"
Ahailai's brain was short-circuited now. He just wanted to ask Zhu Youxiao to spare his life, and said incoherently:
"I...I...please ask the Great Emperor for mercy!"
Zhu Youxiao was really speechless when he looked at him. It seems that human nature is like this. No matter how glorious it was in the past, each generation will be inferior to the last generation.
"Let me remind you, I need someone who is familiar with the grassland!"
Ahailai immediately grabbed the life-saving straw and shouted loudly:
"I am willing, I am willing, please ask the great emperor for permission!"
"Your father is the head of a thousand households in Chahar?"
"Yes, I am an only son, and I would like to help His Majesty the Great Emperor persuade my father to submit to the Ming Dynasty!"
"I want you to write a letter to your father, lurk next to Nalindan Khan, and collect information from various Chahar ministries. I will enclose a piece of land for your family outside the customs, and promise that your family will stay here forever. If you achieve great achievements, you will be crowned king. It’s not impossible!”
Today's Mongols have long lost the bravery and spirit of the Mongol Empire. They are just a group of walking zombies muddle along.
Although the grassland and the Ming Dynasty have been at war for more than two hundred years, there have been no large-scale wars in the past few decades since the Jiajing period. Most of them were border frictions.
The Ming Dynasty did not have enough national power to support large-scale military operations, and the army was not useful. The same was true for the Mongols. Emperor Longqing officially opened the mutual trade policy and stabilized the date every year, which had completely wiped out their little ambition.
They will only gather when they really can't survive, and their purpose is just to grab food and supplies. This is one of the reasons why the Mongolian tribes cannot rise again, unless Genghis Khan comes to stimulate their fighting spirit again. .
"Thank you very much, His Majesty the Great Emperor. My family will swear allegiance to the Ming Dynasty to the death!"
"Wang Banban, give Zhang Heming's mansion to Ah Lai so that he can settle down properly!"
After they left, Zhu Youxiao ordered Ma Xianglin again:
"Find a few people who are proficient in Mongolian and ask each of them to write a letter, and then ask Ah Hai to copy it. These people must be separated!"
"I obey the decree!"
The Mongols are still untrustworthy, they are capricious, they only have their own interests in mind, but they are good to use as chess pieces, and you are not afraid of them playing Infernal Affairs!