"Guan family, the whereabouts of the two Semu bandit leaders who besieged Ganzhou City a month ago have been found." said.
"Have the whereabouts of Ma Buxiang and Sauraha been known?" Yun heard this and said eagerly: "Where are they? Have they been killed or captured alive? It's not just someone who saw them."
"Officials, the two of them have been killed, and someone came with their heads to ask for a reward. But the person asking for reward is unusual, and the reward requested is also unusual."
"Who asks for a reward? What reward do you ask for?"
"The official, the person requesting the reward is Guilichi, the current Mongolian Khan recognized by the imperial court. The reward he requested is to meet the official in the north." Wang Gong said in a low voice.
"Guilichi, the Great Khan of Mongolia? Request to meet me?" Yunlue was a little confused: "Guilichi, the Great Khan of Mongolia, personally led his men to capture and kill Ma Buxiang and Solaha, just to meet me?"
This is too cheap, Guilichi is the Great Khan of Mongolia. Even though the Mongols are now in a very poor state and cannot do anything against the powerful Ming Dynasty, but after all, their ancestors were too rich to do such a thing.
Nothing like this has ever happened in my previous life.
Yun couldn't understand it for a while. Instead, Wang Gong remembered something and whispered something in his ear. Yun's face suddenly became serious and he ordered: "Call Chen Ji and others right away.
, I want to discuss with them."
"Where will the officials call them?" Wang Gong asked.
"Just call me to the front hall of Xingzai. The space there is not small enough to accommodate many people." Yun ordered.
"Husband, I have finished eating, and Yun Zhi has also finished eating. I and Yun Zhi will leave first." Xu Miaojin suddenly said.
"You guys should step back first." Yun said softly.
"Husband, it's not yet the time of Xu, and many ministers may not have eaten. Why don't you call Amen here, set up a banquet, and talk about how to handle political affairs while eating." Xu Miaojin said softly.
"That's fine, you'd better think carefully. Wang Gong, call them all here."
"Yes, official." Wang Gong agreed and bowed before leaving. Xu Miaojin also took Yunzhi's hand and bowed before leaving. For a while, he was the only one in the entire dining hall.
Yun waved his hand and wanted to ask the young eunuch to get books about Mongolia, but after thinking about it, he felt that he did not bring any books about Mongolia on this trip, so he instead ordered: "I have archives of memorials about the north in the past few months.
Bring them all over."
Not long after, the memorial was delivered. As soon as Yun opened it and flipped through two pages, someone came over. Yun asked him to sit down first and continued to read the memorial.
Not long after, everyone came. Yun closed the memorial in his hand and said to everyone: "I originally planned to travel around the mountains and rivers these days, but I didn't want to suddenly learn something difficult to determine today. I have to ask you to
My dear, I have come to discuss this with me, I am really bothering you all."
"Your Majesty's words are wrong. As your Majesty's ministers, I should help your Majesty with your worries. Why bother just talking?" Chen Ji said immediately. Everyone also agreed.
After they finished speaking, Yun stopped talking nonsense and went straight to the topic: "The reason for the matter is this: the two Semu leaders Ma Buxiang and Sauraha who led the bandits to besiege Ganzhou City a month ago have been killed, and someone is carrying them two
Come and receive the reward for your head.”
"But it was Guilichi, the Great Khan of Mongolia, who killed them both. Moreover, Guilichi's request was not to reward him with gold and silver treasures, but to see me in person."
"My dear friends, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
"?" Most of the officials present had the same first reaction as Yun, finding it unbelievable. The Mongol Khan killed the people on the reward list just to meet the Ming emperor in person?
But a few people reacted quickly and thought of other things, including Chen Ji. Chen Ji was stunned for a moment and blurted out: "Could it be that he knew that Ming Dynasty had captured Benya Shili, so he came to see him?"
"Benya lost his mind?" Some people were still confused and couldn't remember this person for a while, but most people had already reacted.
Benya Shili was the person Timur planned to use as the Mongolian Khan before the Eastern Expedition to reduce the hostility of the Mongolian tribes towards him. He was the grandson of the second emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Yuan Zhaozong, Aiyoushili Dala.
, the great-grandson of Emperor Yuan Shun, the first emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the last emperor of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, corrected the descendants of Miao Hong's golden family. After Kun Timur was killed by Guilichi, he fled west to the city of Samarkand and believed in
He joined the Tianfang Sect and was taken to Yiwu by Timur. After Timur was defeated, he was captured by the Ming army.
"No way?" Cao Xing said hesitantly: "Even if Benya Shili is a descendant of the Mongolian Golden Family, there are so many descendants of Temujin, and there were still Dibao slaves in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Guilichi will not
So afraid of him." Daming himself didn't care much about Benya's loss. Yun's comment was to exile him to Jeju Island to be with the local slaves. Even if Guilichi was afraid of the Golden Family, he shouldn't be afraid of him.
"If you are not afraid of Benya losing his way, then why?" Someone asked: "What can make a Mongol Khan do this?"
Everyone became silent again. This thing was too unusual, they didn't have much information, and they didn't know what to say.
At this moment, Wang Gong walked in quietly and said softly to Yun: "Guan family, the food is ready, can we serve it?"
"My dear friends, have you already had dinner tonight?" Yun said loudly.
"I haven't eaten yet/I've already had dinner." Everyone said one after another, some said they had eaten, others said they hadn't.
Yun counted them and felt that most of them had not eaten, so he added: "In this case, I will give you all a banquet. We will discuss this matter after the meal is over."
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." Everyone said. After a while, the food was served. After a while of humility, those who had not eaten began to eat. Yun also ordered a snack to be given to the minister who did not use his chopsticks.
Yun himself had finished eating. At this time, he looked around and saw Chen Ji sitting on his left eating, and asked, "Why hasn't Chen Qing eaten yet?"
"I accidentally sprained my foot when I was visiting Qinghai Lake just now, so I took a rest for a while after returning." Chen Jixian stopped his chopsticks and said.
"Chen Qing, there is no need to be polite. It is not rude to continue eating. How do Chen Qing's feet feel now?"
"It still hurts a little and makes it difficult to walk, but it's nothing serious."
"That's good."
After that, Yun talked to him. Chen Ji said: "Your Majesty, I know that your Majesty has deep intentions in ordering Tsongkhapa to guide Qinghai Lake, but I think that since the war between Yi and Wu is over, your Majesty should return to the capital as soon as possible; in addition,
No matter what the profound meaning of His Majesty's belief in Tsongkhapa is, it is better not to be too flattering. Although Your Majesty changed the name of Lamaism to Tibetan Buddhism, the image of this religion in the minds of officials will not change. Your Majesty believes in it so much.
Tsongkhapa, the master of Tibetan Buddhism, may attract hundreds of officials to remonstrate with him."
"I understand." Since Chen Jidu has spoken out and remonstrated, it means that he has indeed done too much, and it is time to let Tsongkhapa go back.
Seeing that Chen Ji was about to continue to remonstrate, he regretted talking to him a little, and quickly changed the subject: "Chen Qing, look at this fish. This is the specialty Huang fish of Qinghai Lake. It only grows in Qinghai Lake.
You can’t see it. And because the water in Qinghai Lake is salty, fishermen can’t make a living, so they can only eat it here.”
"Your Majesty, I don't like to eat fish," Chen Ji said.
"Oh, yes, you don't like to eat fish because of the story of Tang Sanzang." Yun should actually know that he doesn't like to eat fish, but he forgot about it in his hurry and said hurriedly: "Other fish can be eaten out of pity."
I won’t eat it, but there is nothing wrong with eating this kind of fish.”
He continued: "This kind of fish is also very strange. Whenever they encounter birds and animals that want to eat them, they will deliberately crowd out other fish around them when fleeing, slowing down their marching speed, and they will be overtaken by those behind them.
Birds and beasts eat it to save themselves.”
"Tsongkhapa also said that, in order to survive, some yellow fish will act as guides for the birds and beasts that prey on them and kill other species of the same species."
"So Chen Aiqing, look, should this kind of fish..." Yun said, suddenly remembering something, his voice stopped. Not only him, but Chen Ji also stopped using his chopsticks.
"Gui Lichi came here because he was not from the Golden Family and was rejected by the various Mongolian tribes, making it difficult to maintain his position as the Great Khan of Mongolia." Yun said.
"So in order to keep his position as Great Khan, Guilichi decided to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and use the power of the Ming Dynasty to eliminate the tribes that opposed him on the grassland, and at least get help from the Ming Dynasty." Chen Ji continued.
"This is just an inference and there is no conclusive evidence." After the two finished speaking, they were silent for a while before Chen Ji spoke up.
"I will immediately order all the garrison and military towns in the north to report to me the activities on the Mongolian grasslands during this period, even if they are just hearsay," Yun said.
"If this is the case, then I must meet him." He continued: "Gui Lichi, as a great khan who is not from the Golden Family, has an unstable position, which is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty must support him.
He cannot be overthrown."
"But what if what I and your majesty guessed just now is not correct? Guilichi's rule is actually very stable. Wouldn't giving him help be feeding a tiger into trouble?" Chen Ji said.
"No," Yun said quite confidently: "If his position as Great Khan was really stable, he would never ask to see me like this. Could it be that he thought that I would meet him in the wild and give him a chance to murder me? He
Since he can be a great Khan, he cannot be so naive. I must see him."
"If Your Majesty must meet him, where should he choose?"
"The place, um," Yun hesitated and said, "I chose Lanzhou. Immediately send someone to tell Guilichi that I want to meet him in Lanzhou."
"Lanzhou? Lanzhou is a bit deep into the Ming Dynasty. I'm afraid Guilichi may not be willing to come."
"Anyway, Lanzhou is the only way to return to the Central Plains from Qinghai, so my trip is not in vain." Yun said. But looking at his expression, you knew that choosing Lanzhou as the place to meet was definitely not for this reason.