"Prince Xuanhe Ning has an audience!" "Prince Xuanhe Ning has an audience!" "Prince Xuanhe Ning has an audience!" (Yun's title given to Gui Lichi)
It was early in the morning of October 18th. At this time, I was walking in the Lanzhou Guard Yamen, which was temporarily arranged. The sound of shouting came one after another, from the main hall of the third entrance to the outside of the first entrance. Finally, it was led by the sergeant standing in the front yard.
It reached Gui Lichi's ears: "His Majesty the Ming Emperor, Prince Xuanhe Ning has an audience!"
"What a big airs," Zoliger said sarcastically: "Even Genghis Khan who conquered the world and Xue Chan Khan (Kublai Khan) who destroyed the Song Dynasty did not have such big airs when they met with the Khans.
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"Stop saying a few words!" Batu reprimanded. Although Zoliger just spoke in Mongolian, the officers of the Lanzhou Guard are often transferred to the north to fight the Mongols. There is no guarantee that there will be people standing outside the house.
Someone who understands Mongolian.
"Batu is right, please stop saying a few words. If you continue to speak so openly, I won't take you to see the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Shouldn't you let me take you to see the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?
It's just to reprimand him face to face," Gui Lichi said.
"No, how could I be like this?" Zoliger immediately said excitedly: "I am also a member of our Qiljisi tribe, and I know how difficult it is now. How could I want to cut off the vitality of our tribe!"
"Then if you want to see the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, just be honest and don't say anything you shouldn't say." Batu said.
"I know. When I met the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I didn't say anything except congratulating him on long live." Zoliger said.
"This is the best." Gui Lichi said this. When he saw the interpreter waiting outside the house poked his head in, he knew that he had delayed a little too long. He hurriedly adjusted his clothes and took Batu and Zheliger with him.
The two of them went to meet Yun together.
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"Your Highness, you can't go to the Lanzhou Guard's school grounds!" a guard loudly warned.
"Don't worry, I won't go to Lanzhou to guard you as a princess. I'll put on the same guard clothes as you and pretend to be your majesty's guard before going to ride a horse." Yunzhi said.
"Your Highness, no! There are differences between men and women. If you just look at it from a distance, that's fine. But we have no excuse to clear the place. You will definitely be seen through by the soldiers wearing the uniform of a guard, and your Majesty will know that it is you who went to the school grounds.
"The guard said again.
"Then just change into eunuch's clothes and pretend to be a handsome little eunuch so you won't be recognized."
"No, Your Highness!" Another guard said: "If I escort a young eunuch to ride a horse, it will ruin your Majesty's reputation!"
"This won't work, that won't work either. According to your words, I can't go to the school to ride horses today!" Yunzhi said angrily.
Seeing that Yunzhi was angry, the guards immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
"Pull them up quickly!" She was joking. Zhang Wuji was also among the guards at this time. Can she let him kneel on her? So he immediately ordered the eunuch to help them. Seeing that Yunzhi really asked the eunuch to let them get up, the guards followed the trend.
stand up.
"It's not difficult for you to be alone, as long as you can find a place to ride horses in the city. But don't say you can't." Yunzhi said again.
The guards looked at each other. Seeing that His Highness was so determined, they could only rack their brains. After a while, a guard said: "Your Highness, I heard that there is a place in the north of the city. It is said that it was originally intended to be a guardhouse.
However, the late emperor changed his mind and moved the guard station to another city, so the place became vacant."
"Since it was originally planned to be a guard station, there will naturally be a school ground. Even if the house is abandoned, the school ground will not collapse for no reason, and it can still be used as a horse race. Why don't Your Highness go to this place."
"Okay, let's go to this place." Yunzhi said with a smile: "I know that if I don't force you, you won't try your best to share the Lord's worries."
She immediately returned to the house, changed her coat into guard clothes, and asked her personal female guards to change into men's clothes. Then, surrounded by the guards, she left the residence and headed north of the city.
At the same time, there was also a soldier who was rushing towards Lanzhou City from north to south.
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"I and King Ning Uruk Timur have met His Majesty the Ming Emperor." Guilichi bowed and said facing Yun who was sitting on the high throne.
"I'm free of charge." Yun said.
After Gui Lichi stood up, he said again: "The king of foreign affairs wishes your majesty a long life and wishes the Ming Dynasty never to be easy."
"Since your Majesty accepted me as a vassal in the third year of Jianye, you have opened trade with our country nine times, and also rewarded me many times. I am very grateful, so I will pay tribute to your Majesty this time," he paused here.
Batu and Zheliger took two plates in their hands and stepped forward, "Ten pieces of emeralds, ten pieces of rubies, ten pieces of emeralds, and a gold crown inlaid with emerald phoenixes and jewels."
"Your Majesty, it is said that the golden crown inlaid with emerald phoenixes and jewels was worn by the empress of the Song Dynasty. It was obtained when the Jin Kingdom captured Kaifeng and was treasured by the emperor in the palace. Later, Genghis Khan led his troops to capture Zhongdu and obtained this golden crown. I gave it to you.
But the wife of Yan (Tuolei) was passed down from generation to generation by the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty. When Emperor Yuan Shun fled from Dadu, he took this crown with him to the desert."
"Since this crown is originally from the Central Plains and is worn by the Queen, I would like to donate it to the Ming Dynasty and wish the Queen a thousand years."
"That's all, it's difficult for you to have a heart." Yun said with a smile: "Since you have a heart, you led your troops to capture and kill two wanted men of the Ming Dynasty last month and made great contributions. I can't explain why I don't reward you. After all,
, what reward do you want?"
"Your Majesty, I request your Majesty to grant me 10,000 pieces of armor, 10,000 steel helmets, 100,000 swords and guns, hundreds of thousands of bows and arrows, and 20,000 iron pots. In addition, I request your Majesty to issue an edict to the Wara tribe, ordering them not to continue to attack
March eastward." Guilichi said.
As soon as he said these words, countless gasps could be heard on the scene, and Fu An, who was responsible for arranging the meeting, immediately scolded: "Wishful thinking! You want so many weapons and armors, you are trying to rebel!"
"I'm not a minister of your Ming Dynasty, how can I talk about rebellion?" Gui Lichi muttered in his heart, but did not reply, but looked at Yun.
"Of course the two wanted men who captured the Ming Dynasty should be rewarded. But I remember that the reward set for Ma Buxiang's head was five hundred coins, and the same for Solaha's head. Even if I increase the Ming Dynasty's Su Wang Order by one
Times, it’s only a thousand guan, the two of them add up to 2,000 guan.”
"As far as I know, an ordinary piece of armor requires at least a dozen strings. If it is a good armor, it is not uncommon to have dozens or even hundreds of strings. Even based on ordinary armor, two thousand strings can only be used.
More than a hundred pieces of armor. So the reward you want is a bit too much."
"Secondly, the Oara tribe made a great contribution in this war with Samarkand, but you did not send troops to participate in this battle. How can I hurt the heart of the hero with your words?" Yun said.
Through several trials, Yun has been able to determine that the situation Gui Lichi is facing is indeed very difficult. He has already been rewarded with some armors and weapons on the pretext that he captured the two wanted men of Ming Dynasty, so that he can
Continue to persist. But he wants too many things, and Yun is worried that Guilichi will get these things to unify the Mongolian grassland. What's more, even if he is willing to agree to the military, he will never be willing to agree and dare not accept it.
"Your Majesty," Gui Lichi knelt on the ground again and said, "I also know that it is too much to ask for such a generous reward, but I have no choice but to ask the Ming Dynasty for help."
"Your Majesty, since I became the Great Khan of Mongolia four years ago, many tribes have disobeyed me. I only have my Qierghis tribe to rely on, but it is still difficult."
"This year's battle between Yiwu and Ming Dynasty defeated the Kingdom of Samarkand. I congratulate Your Majesty. However, this battle also greatly increased the power of the Oara tribe and invaded my territory from the east. I was unable to defeat and had to retreat."
"Your Majesty, although the Oara tribe is the hero of this battle, my country is also a vassal state of your majesty. The Oara tribe attacked another vassal state of your majesty without your majesty's order. This is a treasonous and unethical act! Your majesty should deal with it seriously."
"What you said makes sense. I will immediately issue an order not to allow him to invade your territory. But you want a lot of weapons. This..." Yun didn't finish his last words, but everyone understood what he meant.
"Your Majesty," Guili Chi saw that Tianyun was still unwilling after talking for so long. He immediately kowtowed anxiously and said, "We Mongolians are different from the Han people in that we value blood very much. I am not a descendant of the Golden Family, but I rashly call myself the Great Khan, which attracts the attention of the grassland.
All the tribes in the kingdom are dissatisfied. The reason why they reject me is because of this."
"Yue Qianchen fought with the Oara tribe. The troops were originally stronger than the Oara tribe led by Taiping. However, because someone inside secretly communicated with the Oara tribe, they were defeated. The Qierghis tribe of the minister also suffered heavy losses. Five or six out of ten young men were killed.
, now the number of warriors capable of fighting is less than half of the Wala people."
"If I cannot obtain these weapons and armor, I will definitely not be able to defeat the Oara people. Even if the Oara people retreat due to your Majesty's decree, there are many other tribes on the grassland. Seeing that my own tribe is so weak, they will definitely rebel openly. If they unite their forces,
If they are not inferior to the Wala people, or even worse than them, how can I deal with them?"
"So Your Majesty, I am now desperate and come to ask for help. Please have mercy on Your Majesty, please have mercy on Your Majesty!" Guilichi said the last part while kowtowing.
"I remember, didn't Arutai of the Asut Tribe join you? What's more, the tribes are not monolithic, so how could they unite to deal with you?" Yun was a little confused.
"Your Majesty, although Arutai surrendered to me, he had ulterior motives. I suspected that the military information was leaked to the Wala people, which led to my disastrous defeat."
"As for the tribes, although they have conflicts with each other, the Mongols attach great importance to blood. When faced with Chen, a person who is not a descendant of the Golden Family, they will unite to eliminate Chen first before talking about anything else."
"I beg your majesty to show mercy." Guilichi kowtowed again and said. Seeing that he was still hesitating, he gritted his teeth and said, "I am willing to present a map of the Mongolian grassland to your majesty to show my respect."