Chapter 1121 Follow-up to Samarkand City - The Silk Road
"Even if the two Khans are willing to profess their vassalship to His Majesty the Ming Emperor, I have no right to accept it on His Majesty's behalf. The two Khans still need to send envoys to the capital to request His Majesty's acceptance," Shang Bing said.
"Well, what should we do?" Koljak said with some anxiety. They didn't care about becoming vassals. Temujin's descendants have always been flexible and adaptable; but they sent people to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty to accept the canonization of the Ming Emperor and wait for the envoys to come.
After returning from Zhongyuan, how long will it take for Shang Bing to mediate for them? It can take at least half a year. The day lilies are already cold.
"Two Khans, I have a suggestion. It is better for the White Horde Khanate, Blue Horde Khanate and Oara to temporarily stop fighting on the land they currently occupy as the boundary, until Your Majesty accepts the two Khans as our Ming Dynasty subjects, and
How about sending people to adjust it for you, and then re-dividing the land based on the adjustment results?" Shang Bing saw Kolijak's thoughts and made another suggestion.
"That's all we have to do." Koljak sighed and agreed. Shang Bing's suggestion was reasonable and reasonable, and he had no reason to refuse. The same was true for Ibrahan Wogulun.
Having settled the matter for the time being, Koljak and Ibrahan Wogulun relaxed slightly. Although the matter was not really resolved, there was finally hope, and the result was acceptable.
It was already noon, so Shang Bing invited the two of them to have dinner together and chat while eating. In fact, the two of them did not have the habit of having lunch, but Shang Bing did not want to offend them, and they did not want to offend Shang Bing, let alone Duo.
It was not a big loss to have a meal, so I agreed to go and eat.
While eating, Shang Bing asked many questions about the past events and customs of the two countries. Ibrahan Wogulun introduced: "Kolijak and I are both after Shuchi Khan, the eldest son of Genghis Khan. My ancestor is Shuchi Khan."
The fifth son was sealed near the Ural River for his military exploits in Hungary; Kolijak’s ancestors are..."
"Since both of you are Mongolian, why do you look different from Mongolians?" Shang Bing asked Ibrahan Wogulun.
"Although we are all descendants of the Golden Family, there were not many Mongolians who followed Sayin Khan (Batu) in his western expedition. There were even fewer people who returned to the west after Sayin Khan returned to the grassland to attend the funeral of Ogedai Khan.
Now, most of the soldiers have married local women, even the descendants of our Golden Family are no exception. That’s why our appearance is different from the Mongolians who still remain in the Mongolian grasslands." explained Ibrahan Wogulun.
road.
In fact, in terms of blood, after a long period of mixed blood, they have far more blood from Western ethnic groups than Mongolian blood, and they can no longer be called Mongolians. In fact, the people of the Blue Horde Khanate later became Uzbeks, and the Whites
The people of the Horde later became the Kazakhs, and the two major ethnic groups in Central Asia in later generations were a mixture of Mongolians and various native ethnic groups.
But now the Mongols still have a great reputation on the entire continent. Even people like Timur claim to be Mongolian in order to enhance their status and marry descendants of the Golden Family. Therefore, at this time, the Blue Horde Khanate and the White Horde Khanate
The nobles of the country all call themselves Mongols regardless of their appearance or beliefs.
"I remember that the khanate established by Sayin Khan was called the Golden Horde. How is this country now?" Shang Bing asked again.
"Although Timur suffered heavy losses in several attacks, the Golden Horde is still much stronger than our two khanates. However, it has many internal disputes and is not easy to rule." Probably Ibrahan Wogulun
He introduced the internal disputes of the Golden Horde, and then said: "And there are countries to the west of it that are gradually becoming stronger. In the west, seven or eight thousand miles away from the city of Samarkand, there is a country named Poland, which is very powerful, and there is another country.
The country's name is Lithuania, and its strength is not weak. The two countries got married more than ten years ago to form an alliance to fight against the Golden Horde."
"But the bigger threat still comes from Timur. Timur's country is the most powerful country in the world besides the Ming Dynasty. Now that Timur is dead in battle, not only are we relieved, Shadibie (Khan of the Golden Horde)
Wang) will also be relieved."
Shang Bing asked in detail about the Golden Horde and the Polish-Lithuanian Alliance. After thinking for a while, he asked: "Two Khans, since you are willing to profess tribulation to my Ming Dynasty, then I, the Ming Dynasty, will also be willing to cooperate with your two countries."
Exchange what is needed and conduct trade."
"Of course that's good!" Koljak immediately said with a smile. In the international trade system, China has always been in a very advantageous position. Except for luxury goods and a few ordinary commodities, there is basically no need to import, but other countries need a large amount of goods from China.
The White Horde and Blue Horde are no exception to imported goods. However, in the past, this trade was monopolized by the Samarkand Kingdom in Central Asia, and Timur deliberately restricted it. They could only buy it from Timur at high prices.
When buying from merchants in the Ming Dynasty, there is often a price but no goods. Now you can trade directly with the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, of course they are willing.
"In your opinion, can merchants from the Ming Dynasty do business with merchants from the Golden Horde or even Poland-Lithuania?" Shang Bing asked again.
"Prince Qin, what do you mean?" Although Shang Bing's words were very calm, when Koljak and Ibrahan Wogulun heard these words, there was no less than a thunder in their ears. They both turned their heads at the same time.
Come, look at Shang Bing with burning eyes.
"My meaning is very clear, which is to reopen the northern route of the trade route from Central Plains to Futan." Shang Bing said in a deep voice.
This request was made by Yunxi to Shang Bing. Shang Bing felt that it was not harmful to him, so he agreed to publicize it for Yunxi. In fact, according to his original intention, although he supported merchants to do business with the White and Blue Horde Khanates,
He received taxes, but he had no interest in completely opening up the road that would later be called the Silk Road. The seven or eight thousand miles from Samarkand to Poland was full of dangers, and the risks were greater than the benefits. He just wanted to let his businessmen and
The White Horde and the Blue Horde do business and earn less but feel at ease.
However, it was later known that Yunxi, who had been in power for more than 600 years, attached great importance to this road. It was very useful for him to establish direct contact with the Futan countries such as Oros, Poland, Lithuania, and Hungary from the land. In the second year of Jianye, he had already
A man named Zhang Tan was sent to explore the West along the Maritime Silk Road (see Chapter 483). Now that Timur has been defeated, it is time to start exploring the northern route of the Silk Road. Not to mention completely opening up this trade
The road can also bring huge amounts of money. It has both advantages and disadvantages, so of course he has to open it up.
Koljak and Ibrahan Wogulun thought about it for a while, and Ibrahan Wogulun said: "King Qin, the Golden Horde and our two countries are both countries founded by the descendants of Jochi Khan.
Shadibie is also the descendant of Shuchi Khan, and there is no conflict of interest between them. Besides, Shadibie can also make money from it, so he will definitely not object to merchants doing business."
"But I can't say for sure about the Poles or the Lithuanians. They have a deep hatred for the people of the Golden Horde. The merchants of the Ming Dynasty looked oriental and rashly went to these two countries. No, not only these two countries, all the Golden Horde
Countries west of the Khanate, including Hungary or Moldavia, are very dangerous."
"In my opinion, it would be better to leave the important task of going to the West to our businessmen."
Koljak and Ibrahim Ogulun also knew the wealth that this trade route could bring, so they wanted their own people to make a big profit.
"Kolijak Khan, Ibrahan Wugulun Khan, I, no, my Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, sent people to the West this time, not just to do business, but also to send envoys to the West to establish diplomatic ties with Western countries
The people sent by our country will hold documents related to the Ming Dynasty, and some of the people sent understand the languages of Western countries. I think even the Polish or Lithuanians will not rashly kill the East, which used to have no grudges and has no grudges recently.
An emissary of the country," Shang Bing said with a smile.
"This," Ibrahim Wogulun thought for a moment, he really had no reason to stop someone from sending an envoy to a foreign country. As for bringing a few businessmen along with them, it was a common thing in this era, so he could only agree: "
"Okay, King Qin, if the Ming Dynasty sends an envoy to the west, they will send people to escort them in our country and order the tribes along the way not to harass." Koljak also said the same.
"That's good. I will also issue the documents tomorrow so that the envoys you send can go to the Central Plains through the pass." Shang Bing smiled and said. Koljak and Ibrahan Wogulun were unhappy.
, but I didn’t dare to have an attack, so I could only apologize.
After saying this and finishing the meal, Koljak and Ibrahan Ogulun felt unhappy and stood up to leave.
Shang Bing pretended to stay a few words, but when he saw that they insisted on leaving, he ordered his guards: "Du Haowen, I remember that the post house set up by Timur in the city has been cleared, take the two Khans and their entourage to the post house.
Rest."
"Yes, Your Highness." The guard agreed, and then said to the two of them in fluent Mongolian: "Kolijak Khan, Ibrahan Wugulun Khan, please follow me."
The two agreed to follow him and leave the house that Shang Bing temporarily occupied. Timur's original palace was also very large and had many palaces. It had not been cleaned up in the past few days, and Shang Bing was afraid that there was something hidden inside.
The die-hard man was waiting to kill him, so he didn't move in and randomly chose a courtyard of a middle-class house as his temporary accommodation.
But at this moment, Zhou Yichuan, the chief historian of the King of Qin, suddenly walked in and said something in Shang Bing's ear. Although the vassal king added new official positions such as the Wang Xiangfu after the vassal seal, the original official positions in the Wangfu were not abolished.
He helped the Qin vassal king handle some trivial matters, and his relationship with the king and prime minister was roughly equivalent to the relationship between the palace minister and the minister in the Han Dynasty and the prime minister of the outer court.
After listening to his words, Shichang Bing suddenly realized and shouted: "So that's it, otherwise I feel like I've forgotten something. It turns out that I forgot about asking whether their country allows the spread of Buddhism. Please invite the two Khans quickly."
return."
"Your Highness, now that the two Khans have left, calling them back suddenly to ask about this matter may make them wary. Why don't we invite the two Khans to a banquet in the evening, just to mention it casually?"
"That's fine. Zhou Aiqing, please send someone to arrange the dinner immediately. Also remember to send someone to call Mahamu and discuss anything with him."