After a little provocation, Jiang Yueguang stopped talking.
Finally, he glanced at Zhou Shixian thoughtfully, which made the latter feel frightened before he walked away slowly.
Zhou Shixian was frightened: "Princess, what is Jiang Liushou doing?"
"I'm afraid it's a reminder, or a warning."
Princess Changping sighed and said: "Don't get involved in the affairs of the imperial court. Let's accept the reality!"
For Jiang Yueguang, it was his love for Princess Changping.
After all, he was once a courtier of Emperor Chongzhen, and now he is only an orphan, and he really can't bear to let him suffer the slightest loss.
Naturally, the civil and military officials heard nothing, but saw Jiang Yueguang talking to Princess Changping for a few words from a distance, and then left.
When Jiang Yueguang returned to the left-behind Yamen, he saw Chen Dong, the deputy left-behind officer, before he could take a rest.
"Mr. Chen, aren't you at Shanhaiguan?"
Jiang Yueguang said in surprise.
"I'm here to get military rations."
Chen Dong said, his attitude neither humble nor overbearing, which made Jiang Yueguang frown and secretly sigh that he was rude.
During the Chongzhen period, civil servants naturally had high facial features and three grades. Even if both of them were left behind, just because of the title of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Chen Dong should bow deeply and greet him from a distance.
"As for military rations." Jiang Yueguang said, enduring the discomfort, "We are in Tianjin Wei, they should be here soon."
"There should be nothing wrong with the slaves at Shanhaiguan!"
"The two guards of Ningyuan and Guangning are lost, and the road outside Shanhaiguan is smooth. Just defending the city will be difficult."
When Chen Dong heard this, his words were full of helplessness: "If we just stick to the city gate, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defend it."
"However, since his family members are all in the pass, Guan Ningjun is very determined, so there is no need to worry about it for a while."
"Since Shanhaiguan is in danger, we must do our best to defend it. How can we open up a battlefield and use one army for two purposes? Wouldn't it be a gap for establishing slaves?"
Jiang Yueguang told the story mercilessly, expressing strong dissatisfaction with Chen Dong's desire to open a battlefield again.
Chen Dong calmly retorted: "Shanhaiguan at least has checkpoints, and the Chahar Department has direct access to Xuanfu. Jiannu entered the pass many times, and even the Mongols invaded Gyeonggi through this. How can we just sit idly by and do nothing?" ?”
"Jiang Liushou, Beijing is the capital, so how can we leave trouble on its side?"
"Today, Beijing has 30,000 troops, Shanhaiguan has 20,000, and Xuanfu has 10,000. It is precisely to show the national power. Only by taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the slaves and solving the Chahar tribe once and for all can Beijing be as stable as a mountain."
The two argued, but neither could convince the other.
The next day, when the food supplies for the Tianjin Guards were about to arrive, Nanjing's decree came: First be courteous, then be soldiers.
To put it simply, first send people to see if the Chahar people are obedient. If they are stubborn, they will have to be destroyed humanely.
Therefore, Chen Dongze must be prepared to send troops.
However, Chen Dong felt uncomfortable with this kind of alerting the enemy: "What's the use of submissive negotiation? As long as we solve the problem, all problems will be solved."
Jiang Yueguang was also dissatisfied. The risk of sending troops was too great. The grain reserves in Beijing could not be supplied for a long time. The only way to temporarily stop the war was to stop the war.
However, the imperial court's will does not change according to their will.
So, a group of caravans and envoys went to the Chahar tribe.
At this time, the Chahar tribe was ruled by Lin Dan Khan's concubine, Abu Nai.
Chahanhot, the capital city once built by Lin Dan Khan, is now an earthen fence, with many of its knee-high earthen walls incomplete and collapsed.
Inside, like stars over the moon, a large number of yurts have been erected, except for the one in the middle that is particularly huge and extravagant.
The eight major tribes in Chahar (Hoqit, Naiman, Keshiketeng, Ujimqin, Sunit, Aohan, Alakzot and Zhuxiti) were distracted and were incorporated into the Mongols.
There are countless Eight Banners.
"Invasion of Xuanfu?" Abu Nai was furious when he heard Liaodong's order: "The Ming people have accumulated a large number of troops in Xuanda. If we go to harass Xuanfu, it will only be a waste of energy."
"Besides, how can I fight a war without weapons, armor, and food for the expedition?"
In his twenties, Abu Nai is young and energetic.
"But, Khan, that's the Manchu Dynasty!" the nobleman persuaded earnestly.
"So what about the Manchus?" Abu Nai said disdainfully: "They were driven away by the Ming people."
The Manchu Qing returned from within the Pass to outside the Pass. This was nothing. The key was that its strength was greatly reduced. From then on, its control over the Mongolian tribes was greatly reduced, which made its mind active.
After his brother Ezhe died of illness, Abu Nai ascended the throne. According to the custom of brotherly marriage between Mongolian husbands, he married the second daughter of Huang Taiji, the eldest princess of Gulunwenzhuang, Makata.
Compared to his elder brother Ezhe's obedience, Abu Nai was a bit careless and would occasionally ignore the orders of the Qing Dynasty.
Sitting in Chahar headquarters and thousands of troops, it was almost impossible to find an opponent in the Monan area. Coupled with the aggrieved death of his father Lin Dan Khan, he hated the Manchus more than he was grateful.
As the Qing Dynasty withdrew from the pass and its influence on Chahar declined sharply, his ambitions naturally grew.
No, when he first heard that Ming Shang had arrived, he couldn't wait to ask what his real intention was. Even if his princess wife objected, it was of no avail.
"Tell me, what can Emperor Ming give me?"
Abu Nai sat swaggeringly on the wolf-skin chair and asked directly to the businessman in front of him.
"The Ming Emperor is willing to recognize your rule over the grassland."
The businessman disguised as an official had such outstanding temperament that he had to speak out: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the grassland has been ruled by the Jin family. During the Chongzhen period, the privileges belonging to the Jin family were stolen by women from Liaodong, and they lost their throne.
"
As he spoke, he said indignantly: "The Ming Dynasty only recognized the descendants of the Golden Family to rule Mongolia, not the Jurchens."
These words were spoken from the bottom of his heart.
In fact, ordinary Mongolians don't care about the rule of the Golden Family. There are no written or book records, and there are just legends about Genghis Khan.
Otherwise, the Northern Yuan Dynasty would not have split into two regimes, the Oara and Tatar regimes, and then the three major regions of Monan, Moxi, and Mobei.
Only members of the Golden Family truly recognize this statement.
For example, Abu Nai.
At this time, he excitedly talked about the history of the Golden Family, recounted the glorious history, and finally concluded: "Without the Golden Family, there would be no Mongolia."
"Only people from the Golden Family can be the Great Khan."
"As the descendant of Dayan Khan and Lindan Khan, the Great Khan naturally inherited their mantle and became the true Lord of Mongolia."
Seeing his appearance, the businessman said loudly: "I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, know about this, so he sent me here to convey his support."
When Abu Nai heard this, he was greatly disappointed: "Where is your money and food? Is empty talk also called support?"