Not only Shami Chagan, but even Chen Di was a little puzzled. After Shami Chagan and Tuohuan had gone out, Chen Di asked: "Your Majesty, although time is urgent, there are always a few words.
Yes, why didn’t Your Majesty tell them that Ming Dynasty will actively guard against Tamerlane?”
Yunxi had to say: "Chen Qing, now Yili is asking for help from Ming Dynasty, rather than Ming Dynasty asking for help from Yili Baili. Yili Baoli people are more eager than Ming Dynasty. He should help them first.
I am more willing to accept the conditions of Ming Dynasty. Although Shami Chagan is mature, he is still a young man after all and cannot bear it for long."
Moreover, Yunxi knew from his own memory that Timur started his Eastern Expedition in 1404 AD and died on the road the next year. The news brought by the Mongols also proved that he was probably in Anatolia now fighting with Turks or Turks.
Cannibalism and war, so Yunxi still had time to keep an eye on the Mongols.
However, Yunxi did not expect that someone in the far northwest was already trying to reach an agreement with the Mongols.
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Night has fallen in the capital city by the sea, but in the far northwest, the sun is still high in the sky, just slightly to the west.
At this time, in Shazhou City, two kings were sitting together, drinking wine from the Western Regions, and talking to each other from time to time.
One of the middle-aged men said in Mongolian: "Your Highness, King Qin, I have agreed to assist your army in capturing Hami, allowing you to settle in what you call the Western Regions. What else are you dissatisfied with?"
This person is the king of Yili, Hei Erhuo, a descendant of the Golden Family. In order to better negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, he took the risk and came to Shazhou in person.
Zhu Shangbing, who was only twenty years old, took a sip of the wine in his hand. The wine was delicious, especially the wine made from grapes from the Western Regions, which was very sweet. But his mood was not like the wine in the cup.
So sweet.
Of course he was very happy to be able to get Hami at the lowest cost. Even Yunxi would never object to him accepting Hami. They had already made a plan to capture Hami two years ago, and now they have some strength.
, just in time to send troops to capture Hami.
But Hei Erhuozi put forward a series of conditions. The other conditions were just that, but Hei Erhuozi proposed that his granddaughter, who was just born less than a year old, marry Zhu Shangbing's newly born eldest son, Zhu Zhiwen (geng).
It would be fine if he just wanted to have concubines. As the future king of the Qin vassal state, it was normal to have many concubines. Zhu Shangbing himself had agreed to marry one of Hei Erhuo Zhe's daughters as his concubine; but Hei Erhuo Zhe's conditions
Obviously not just as a concubine, but as a principal concubine, or the future queen of the Qin vassal state.
Zhu Shangbing himself was actually no stranger to the Mongols. His aunt, Wang, was the sister of Wang Baobao, the general of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Shangbing himself often met his aunt when he was a child.
(According to traditional feudal etiquette, a person can only have one legitimate wife, so Zhu Shangbing is a concubine, and his biological mother Deng is the second concubine. However, due to their rejection of Yi Di, most Confucian scholars default to him as the legitimate son.)
But Zhu Shangbing remembered that the relationship between his father and his aunt was not good. From the time he could remember, his father rarely met his aunt, and even if he did meet occasionally, he had nothing to say. Zhu Shangbing always saw her when he went to visit his aunt.
Silently looking at the north, not knowing what he was thinking. Then he turned around after hearing his voice and Wen Yan said something to him.
His biological mother, Mrs. Deng, respected her very much and would tell him in private that she would sometimes visit her aunt-mother. Therefore, Zhu Shangbing often met with his aunt-mother until he was sent to the capital to be raised with other princes and princes.
When he saw his aunt again, his father died of illness, and the eunuch accompanying him took out his grandfather's imperial edict and ordered his aunt to be buried.
When Zhu Shangbing heard the order to be buried, although his biological mother did not burst into tears like ordinary women, she was extremely sad. But when Zhu Shangbing looked at his aunt, he saw her extremely calm.
When he finally hanged himself, he heard what his aunt said softly in Mongolian. The maids and eunuchs present did not understand what she meant, but Zhu Shangbing, who had been taught by her and was proficient in Mongolian, knew what she meant.
Meaning: Brother, we can finally be reunited.
Therefore, although Zhu Shangbing did not have Mongolian blood in his body, his understanding of the Mongols was far better than that of other Ming clan members. So when he knew that Yunxi wanted to establish a vassal in the northwest, he recommended himself because he was confident
No one would be better at dealing with the Mongols than him.
But Zhu Shangbing is still confused about whether to agree to Hei Erhuo Zhe's condition.
To be honest, Zhu Shangbing himself doesn't care if his son marries a Mongolian woman as his official wife. This actually has only advantages and no disadvantages for his family to pacify the Western Regions: a daughter-in-law of the Golden Family can let his descendants also have the blood of the Golden Family, and even more
Conducive to the surrender of the Mongols.
But Zhu Shangbing was worried about Yunxi's reaction. Confucianism has always opposed marrying daughters of foreign races. During the Tang Dynasty, a Han family in Hedong refused to marry a princess from the Li Tang royal family, which made Li Shimin angry to death. As the emperor, Yunxi had to consider it.
The opinions of the ministers; but the latter worry is more important: that is Yunxi's tolerance for the strength of the Qin vassal state.
The merger of the Qin vassal and the Mongols may speed up the Qin vassal's conquest of the Western Regions, causing the Qin vassal state's strength to exceed the control of the central government. Zhu Shangbing is not sure whether Yunxi can accept this.
After a long silence, Zhu Shangbing said to Hei Erhuo Zhe: "Brother Hei Erhuo Zhe, I still dare not accept your last condition without authorization."
Hei Erhuo Zhe said angrily: "Your Highness, King Qin, my conditions are already very generous, but you still refuse my granddaughter to marry your son. Do you look down on our Mongolian Golden Family!"
Zhu Shangbing took a sip of the wine in his glass, stood up and said to Hei Erhuo Zhe: "That's not the case, it's just," he said with a wry smile: "I'm different from you, you don't have to obey the Khan's orders, at least give your own
A son can decide for himself whether to marry a wife, but we Han people are different. This matter can only be decided by His Majesty who is far away in the capital."
Seeing that his expression did not seem to be fake, Hei Erhuo Zhe believed his words. Then Hei Erhuo Zhe said: "Then let's wait for the news from the capital of Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, I will also tell this matter
I’ve spoken to Shami Chagan.”
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There was not much to say at the banquet of ministers that night. As the most talented person in the world, Xie Jin once again showed off his talents, surpassing everyone present. But fortunately, he was there. This time, the North Korean government sent
The envoy who came was also very talented. Except for Xie Jin, none of the officials in the Ming Dynasty could compare with him. In the end, Xie Jin turned the tide and regained face for the Ming Dynasty.
However, although tonight's battle poem was very interesting and exciting, Yunxi only paid a little attention. He was still observing the envoys sent by various countries, especially the envoys from Yili and Wala.
He saw that Samochagan was eating very sparingly. Although it could be seen from his expression that the delicacies tonight were probably something he had never tasted before, but he was very restrained and stayed after eating.
Even the people around him are not greedy.
"He is definitely a difficult person to deal with!" Yunxi sighed with emotion.
On the second and third days, Yunxi remained very calm and did not send anyone to talk to them about Timur's eastern expedition.
It was not until the fourth day of the first lunar month that Shami Chagan finally couldn't bear it anymore and took the initiative to find Yang Ben, the chief guest of the Ministry of Etiquette, and asked: "When did we start talking about Timur's Eastern Expedition?"
Yang Ben was secretly happy, but he said calmly: "Your Highness, this is a matter decided by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It cannot be decided by me, a little doctor."
"It is the first month now. According to our Ming Dynasty customs, it is a time of rest in the year. I guess Your Majesty plans to discuss this matter after the first month."
Shami Chagan said anxiously: "Although Timur is currently fighting in the west, the preparations for this battle should start early! Prepare one day early, and the preparation will be sufficient, and the possibility of defeating Timur will increase by one point.
The border residents of the Ming Dynasty were less likely to be bullied by the Timurid people, how could they be so lax!"
In fact, even though Shami Chagan said this, he also understood that the northwest was in the icy and snowy winter at this time. Even if Ming Dynasty wanted to prepare in winter, it was impossible. It would not be a big problem to delay for a few days.
But Samichagan just wanted to start the talks early and end them early so that he could return to his country.
The reason why Shami Chagan was so anxious to return was not because he was in a hurry, nor because the Ming Dynasty had not treated him well. After staying in the capital of the Ming Dynasty for a few days, Shami Chagan discovered that even the most ordinary civilians in the capital were
His enjoyment is also higher than that of ordinary nobles in Yiliba. What's more, the treatment given to him is based on the Ming Dynasty's princes, which is definitely very generous.
But Shamechagan just wanted to return to his country immediately.
Shami Chagan was really scared of being in the Ming Dynasty. He found that the habits he had insisted on for more than ten years were gradually difficult to continue. Here he enjoyed all kinds of luxuries that he had only heard from his elders in his hometown.
It was such an extreme thing that the self-discipline he had always been proud of gradually stopped working.
Therefore, he was very panicked and scared, so he wanted to escape from the capital of Ming Dynasty immediately and return to a place he was familiar with.
At this time, Shami Chagan no longer cared about what Yang Ben said, and directly stated Yili's conditions: "We, the Chagatai Khanate, are willing to surrender Hami to the Ming Dynasty, including all the people there.
Ming Dynasty, as long as Ming Dynasty agrees to send no less than 200,000 troops to the northwest to fight Timur..., our family will be allowed to intermarry with the Ming Dynasty royal family."
"My father is willing to marry one daughter to His Majesty and one daughter to His Highness the King of Qin. In addition, my daughter will marry the eldest son of His Highness the King of Qin."
Yang Ben was taken aback, and then he said after a moment of confusion: "In that case, I will report this matter to His Majesty the Emperor of our country immediately. Your Highness, please be patient." Then Yang Ben quickly left Fanguan.
Half an hour later, Yang Ben came to Yunxi and informed Yunxi of the conditions mentioned by Shami Chagan.
