"Nonsense." Zhang Shenyan said angrily, "Did I ever say that I wanted to get married?"
Liu Lishun, the fourth assistant, still asked: "Then what is the meaning of the marriage between Jiannu and Mongolian tribes mentioned in the first letter?"
"What do you want me to do? It's just stating the facts." Zhang Shenyan also glared at Liu Lishun. To be honest, he did not expect that the relationship between him and Meng Zhaoxiang and the three of them would deteriorate drastically in such a short period of time.
Since the Beijing inspection, the relationship between Zhang Shenyan and his second assistant Meng Zhaoxiang, third assistant Wu Linzheng and fourth assistant Liu Lishun began to deteriorate rapidly, and there were faint signs of Meng Zhaoxiang and the three of them joining forces to confront him.
If the three of Meng Zhaoxiang really get together, Zhang Shenyan, even the first assistant, will feel very uncomfortable.
"What's the truth?" said a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. "The implication of Shou Kui's words is clearly that he wants me, the Ming Dynasty, to follow the example of Jiannu and make peace with the Mongolian tribes."
"Even if we get married, why not?"
Wang Jiayan, who is already a second-rank official in Beijing's Imperial College, retorted: "It should be noted that marriage does not necessarily mean that I, the Princess of the Ming Dynasty, must marry the leader of the Mongolian tribes. It can also be that I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty or the vassal king, marry the Mongolian tribesmen." The daughter of the leader of the tribe, during the Taizu Dynasty, the King of Qin once married Guanyinnu, the sister of Kuo Kuo Tiemur."
"Then the question is, is it useful?" Liu Lishun retorted.
"Did King Qin marry Guanyin slaves and make the Mongolian tribes submit to my rule in the Ming Dynasty?"
"That's because the marriage is not strong enough." Wang Jiayan snorted coldly, "If the Ming Dynasty could marry a large number of clan girls to the leaders of the Mongolian tribes like Jiannu did, and then let the Ming Dynasty clan children marry a large number of the leaders of the Mongolian tribes, Daughter, the Ming Dynasty clan and the Mongolian tribes have become a strong marriage, and the Mongolian tribes may not be able to surrender to our Ming Dynasty."
"This is simply unreasonable. Is there any reason for a princess of the Ming Dynasty to marry a barbarian?"
"Why not? As long as it is conducive to the long-term peace and stability of the Ming Dynasty, there is nothing that cannot be done."
"I am opposed to marriage, as Zuo Zhuan said. He is not of my race, and his heart is determined. How can I, a noble Ming Dynasty, be permanently married to a barbarian from Mobei? Isn't this a joke?"
The dozens of civil servants and military officials present immediately became a quarrel.
Zhu Cixiang was not in a hurry, he just sat on the throne and watched quietly.
However, the flames of war soon came to Zhu Cihong's head. Seeing that those who opposed the peace could not refute those who supported the peace, they turned to Zhu Cihong for help.
"Your Highness, please say something."
"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince, you don't agree with the marriage, do you?"
Facing the opposition's cross-examination, Zhu Cixiang finally showed his trump card, which was also the long-term peace and stability plan that Zhu Cijiong proposed to him in a secret letter: Han-Mongolian intermarriage!
Good guy, it turns out this is just a play carefully directed by Zhu Cixiang.
The reason why Zhu Cixiang wanted to provoke this debate between the pro-friendly faction and the opposition was just to elicit the proposal of intermarriage, and then successfully pass it at the court meeting.
Smiling, Zhu Cihong said: "Actually, it is not only the nobles who can make peace, the common people of the Ming Dynasty and the ordinary herders of various Mongolian tribes can also make peace."
"Ah?" The civil servants and military officers present were stunned when they heard this. What did the prince mean by this?
Of course, the common people of the Ming Dynasty and the ordinary herdsmen of various Mongolian tribes could reconcile, but what was the significance of such a reconciliation? It would not have any political impact at all.
A minister from the Ministry of Industry asked in confusion: "But what's the use of this?"
"If it's just a few civilians getting married, naturally it won't be of much use." Zhu Cixiang smiled and said, "But what if it's tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people getting married? Furthermore, what if it's hundreds of thousands of Ming Dynasty soldiers marrying each other? What about hundreds of thousands of Mongolian women? What impact do you think it will have? Can the Mongolian tribes be integrated into the Ming Dynasty?"
"What? Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people getting married?"
"Let hundreds of thousands of Ming soldiers marry Mongolian women as wives?"
The civil servants and military officers present looked at each other in shock, and were a little unable to react.
It was Jin Xuan who reacted the fastest and said: "His Royal Highness, is he saying that following the example of Nanzhi, Beizhi, and Huguang Zhentai, he will also set up a Mongolian Zhentai in the Mobei grassland? And then let the soldiers of Mongolian Zhentai marry Mongolian women? "
"To be more precise, there are multiple towns. You can form Horqin Town, Chahar Town, Tumote Town, Khalkha Town, Oirat Town, and even more towns if necessary. Taiwan." Zhu Cihong said again, "Jin Qing, do you think this move can ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Mobei Western Region?"
When he asked this question, Zhu Cihong couldn't help but have high expectations in his heart, because the answer to this question was of extraordinary significance to Ming Dynasty.
If the Ming Dynasty no longer has northern frontier troubles...
Zhu Cixi could not imagine such a beautiful scenery.
That is to say, Chongzhen is not here. If Chongzhen is here, he will definitely spit in Zhu Cixi's face. Can you pursue it a little? Now is the age of firearms, and the traditional skills of northern Huqi will soon transition from fighting and killing to singing and dancing. Therefore, Ming Dynasty did not have to do anything to make the Northern Huqi surrender.
In the future, the northern frontier troubles will no longer be Mongolian Huqi, but Rakshasa.
Of course, from the current point of view, it seems more likely that the Ming Dynasty will become the Rakshasa's eastern frontier than the Rakshasa's northern frontier trouble to the Ming Dynasty. This depends on Zhu Cijiong's development speed in the Monan Grassland.
Jin Xuan thought about it seriously and replied: "Your Highness, if this matter is really done, I can't say that the long-term peace and stability of the northern and western regions will be guaranteed from now on, but it will be a big deal to ensure peace for a hundred years."
"That's enough!" Zhu Cixi gave him a high-five with his fists.
Emperor Father once said that any national policy has a timeliness.
The third brother's intermarriage strategy can ensure peace in the border areas for a hundred years, that's enough!
Jin Xuan then said: "But, I'm afraid this matter won't be easy to handle, right?"
"No, it's actually easy to handle." Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "Because according to Mongolian rules, after one tribe is conquered by another tribe, all the men of that tribe will become slaves, and their women and cattle will be turned into slaves." Livestock such as sheep and horses will become the property of another tribe and can be disposed of at will."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After hearing this, the civil servants and military officers finally reacted.
"This is not bad, this method is good, this is worth trying."
"If it's a marriage like this, it's really worth considering."
"If this is true, within twenty years, the herdsmen in southern and northern Mobei will all be descendants of our Ming Dynasty soldiers. In this way, not only will Monan and Mobei Africa become a threat to our Ming Dynasty, but they will become a solid barrier for our northern Ming Dynasty.
How wonderful?"
In the end, even Zhang Shenyan and several other cabinet ministers began to look forward to the wonderful scene after the northern border troubles were completely eliminated. For no other reason than because the memories of the northern Huqi engraved in the history of China were too profound, and even
All have been integrated into the bone marrow and become genes.
Jin Xuan said: "If this is true, we can first form a Horqin town."
Zhu Cixiang was noncommittal and said with a smile: "Also, let me tell you some good news. On New Year's Eve, King Ding led two cavalry divisions to launch a sudden attack on a snowy night and annihilated the wintering camp on the Ulan Butong Prairie.
In Harmongolia, hundreds of people were killed and nearly 90,000 people were captured alive. In addition, they captured more than 500,000 cattle, sheep and other livestock, and 100,000 horses!"
"Cai! King Ding is mighty!" Upon hearing this, the civil servants and military officers present cheered loudly.
Zhu Cixiang smiled again and said: "King Ding said that he intends to select 40,000 young and fertile Mongolian women from the Chahar tribes to give them to nearly 40,000 new army soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division and 2nd Cavalry Division as wives.
Then the remaining 10,000 older widows will be distributed to poor herdsmen who cannot afford wives. First, the Chahar cavalry will be formed based on these 40,000 New Army soldiers and 10,000 herdsmen, and then the other two cavalry divisions will be formed.
Add 10,000 Horqin herdsmen to form the Horqin Town. What do you think?"
"How can you not support such a good thing?" This time, all the civil servants and military officials supported it in unison.
"Okay." Zhu Cixiang nodded happily and added, "This matter is urgent and should not be slowed down. Since all the ministers are unanimous, we will convene a meeting this afternoon to finalize the matter as soon as possible."
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Xu Wuniu quickly returned to Ulanbutong with Zhu Cixiang's reply.
After receiving the edict issued by Zhu Cihong in the name of supervising the country, Zhu Cijiong immediately summoned Boritichina and Hairigu to his tent to inquire about the details of the strong men of the Chahar Mongolian tribes.
"How many tribes do you have in Chahar?"
"There are more than a dozen tribes such as Alakchota, Dorote and Gongtu."
There are only about 10,000 strong men left in more than a dozen tribes. On average, each tribe has 1,000 strong men, which is quite miserable.
Zhu Cijiong then asked: "How many of the remaining 10,000 herdsmen are married, and how many are not married?"
Bori Tiechena replied: "About five thousand herdsmen have married wives. Among them, more than a thousand herdsmen have multiple wives and concubines, and there are more than three hundred nobles who have a large number of wives, concubines and slaves."
Zhu Cijiong said in his heart that it was indeed exactly what he thought.
Women, like cattle and sheep, are concentrated in the hands of a few people.
The lowest herdsmen or slaves had no right to have sex at all.
However, Zhu Cijiong still asked: "Why don't the remaining 5,000 herdsmen get wives?"
"The main reason is that I am poor and cannot afford to marry." Hai Rigu shook his head and said, "And not all of the remaining 5,000 strong men are herdsmen, more than 3,000 of them are slaves."
Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "In this case, you go and gather the more than 3,000 slaves, the more than 2,000 poor herdsmen who cannot afford to marry Aha, and the more than 4,000 herdsmen who only married one Aha.
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These 10,000 slaves or herdsmen were the targets Zhu Cijiong wanted to win over.
Because these 10,000 slaves and herdsmen received very few resources in the previous order, the Ming Dynasty only needed to give them women and a small number of cattle and sheep in exchange for their gratitude.
As for the more than 300 Chahar nobles who have multiple wives and concubines...
A cold light flashed across Zhu Cijiong's eyes, and he might have no choice but to find an opportunity to eradicate it.
Because these nobles were already difficult to buy, Ming could not afford them the price they wanted.
Of course, the exceptions are Boritichina and Hairigu, these two people are still worthy of trust.