Xianqin quickly returned to normal and refused to answer no matter how many questions others asked. At this time, Xiyao suddenly remembered that Xianqin was Zhu Su's daughter and had experienced the Luxie Rebellion. Maybe she had thought of something, so she hurriedly whispered to Yunxi
Yunxi was stunned for a moment and stopped asking.
Yunxi said: "Xianyao is also coming to Beijing to pay tribute this year. How about you go to Prince Pu's Mansion to stay for a few days?"
"No need, brother, my sister is fine in the palace now." Xianqin had a complicated look on his face, but he said immediately.
Looking at her expression, Yunxi probably understood what she was thinking and said nothing more.
The next day, the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, was the last day of the year. According to the usual practice, no one said anything important. The Minister of Rites reported that this year, envoys from many countries came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, which attracted everyone present.
All the officials praised in unison that the Ming Dynasty was prosperous under the leadership of Yunxi, the people were prosperous, and all directions surrendered.
Of course, there were also discordant voices. Several censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate impeached Min King Zhu Zhen: Impeaching him for sending troops to attack Ava when Ava had not provoked the Ming Dynasty was a disgrace to the heavenly kingdom.
Of course Yunxi will not pay attention to them. Such a memorial cannot even be refuted, just let it be silent. If something else happens in a few days and attracts the attention of most civil servants, the matter will be over; now speak out
Refutation will only expand the influence of these people, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Fortunately, most civil servants have actually figured out one of the essence of Yunxi's enfeoffment: sending the annoying vassal king to the barbarian land to harm the barbarians and harm the common people in the country. So most people did not criticize this.
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After going down to court, Yunxi put the memorial in his hand on the table and said to Wang Xi: "Have King Qin, King Ning and Luo Guanzhong already entered the palace?"
"Your Majesty, everyone has arrived." Wang Xi said.
"Let King Qin and King Ning come here; you can find a room where Luo Guanzhong can sit and rest for the time being. He is over seventy years old and can't stand standing for a long time." Yunxi said.
"Your Majesty, this is your sleeping quarters. Do you want His Highness Prince Qin and Prince Ning to meet you here?" Wang Xi said.
"It's nothing," Yunxi said with a smile: "We are all a family, and I have both family and state affairs with them this time. It would be better to be casual."
Since Yunxi said this, Wang Xi immediately went to the front hall to call Zhu Shangbing and Zhu Quan to come over.
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At this time, in the front hall, Shang Bing and Zhu Quan were talking. Shang Bing said with a smile: "I heard that Uncle Seventeen defeated the Northern Yuan Dynasty in October, captured and killed more than 10,000 Northern Yuan warriors, captured 20,000 to 30,000 Mongolian civilians, and captured the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
We had three Yuan concubines, a prince, and tens of thousands of cattle, sheep, and horses, and we almost managed to capture the lord of the Northern Yuan Kingdom, Bo'er Jinkun Timur, alive. It was truly a great achievement."
"It's just luck." Zhu Quan smiled, but his expression was still quite complacent.
Capturing and killing more than 10,000 Beiyuan warriors alive may not sound like much, but in this era it was already a remarkable military achievement. In history, Zhu Di only wiped out thousands of Mongolian soldiers during his five expeditions to Mobei.
The Mongolian grassland is not the Central Plains, with few mountains and roads extending in all directions. The Mongols did not fight with the Ming Dynasty troops at all, but only implemented guerrilla tactics. Kun Timur and Beiyuan Taishi Arutai knew that Zhu Quan was sending troops
After 70,000 people swept Mobei, they immediately began to escape.
After Zhu Quan learned that Kun Timur had escaped, he believed that the only army on the grassland that could pose a threat to his infantry no longer existed, so he abandoned 40,000 infantry and pursued with 30,000 cavalry.
Kun Timur was unlucky. Zhu Quan had been wandering around Mobei for more than a month, and there was heavy snow in the sky. He was already planning to return to the army. But at this time, Tan Ma discovered Kun Timur's large army, and he immediately launched an attack.
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0 In fact, there are 30,000 to 40,000 Mongolian troops in hand, and it is hard to say whether they can fight with all their strength. However, in recent years, the Mongols have been frightened by the Ming Dynasty, and when they saw that the famous Zhu Quan was leading the troops, they immediately lost their courage.
Half of them ran desperately towards Lake Baikal, trying to use the more complicated terrain there to escape.
Zhu Quan did not have the strength to wipe out all 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers and 70,000 to 80,000 women and children. He just stared at the troops with the most gorgeous armors and attacked them. He wiped out these people and then dispersed and suppressed them. The leading troops pursued them all the way to the vicinity of Lake Baikal.
Then they withdrew and captured 20,000 to 30,000 women and children who could not escape into the forest and returned to the army. Kun Timur and Arutai were lucky enough to escape and ascend to heaven in this battle that did not exist in history, and were not captured.
kill.
Of course Shang Bing knew what Zhu Quan was thinking, and said with a smile: "Uncle Seventeen, why should I shirk? Who else can wipe out more than ten thousand Mongolian soldiers in one go in the past few years? Your Majesty will definitely not be stingy with rewards."
"I don't care about rewards or anything. I just hope that your majesty can officially transfer Daning and Duoyanwei and other places to me to establish the Ning vassal state." Zhu Quan said.
This was not easy for Shang Bing to answer. Who knows what Yunxi was thinking. Just as he was about to change the subject, Zhu Quan said: "Shang Bing, you have done well in the northwest over the years! We won it without a single blow or a single shot.
Hami, oh, now his name has been changed to Yiwu."
"I'm far from Uncle Seventeen. I don't dare to take credit." Shang Bing said with a smile.
"Hey, there is a saying in "The Art of War" of Sun Tzu: A man who conquers the enemy without fighting is a good man. What can you call the King Fan of Chagatai? He is a black fire man. What can you call a black fire man?
If you want to help you occupy Yiwu, this is your ability." Zhu Quan is a sensible person. Although he actually loves fighting, he also knows that it is best to win a place without fighting.
He was about to say something more when suddenly Wang Xi came over and said to the two of them: "His Royal Highness King Qin and His Highness King Ning, Your Majesty invites your two highnesses to follow this servant to have an audience."
The two of them immediately stood up and followed Wang Xi to the place where Yunxi met them. But as they walked, Shang Bing felt something was wrong and asked, "Mr. Wang, where are you going?"
"Of course I'm going to see His Majesty." Wang Xi said.
"But," Shang Bing pointed to the palace gate in front of Wang Xi who had stopped and said, "This is His Majesty's bedroom."
"Your Majesty summoned the two princes in the bedroom." Wang Xi said.
"This," Shang Bing wanted to say that this was not in line with Yunxi's style, but in the end he did not say the words, so he followed Wang Xi and Zhu Quan into Yunxi's dormitory.
In the palace, Yunxi was only wearing Chinese clothes, sitting on the couch and letting the eunuch who specialized in massaging serve him. When he saw Zhu Quan and Shang Bing walking in, he smiled and said: "Zhu Quan and Shang Bing are here? We are all members of the same family, so there is no need to be polite.
, just find a place to sit. Xiao Su, Xiao Cai, you two go give my uncle and brother a massage."
The two young eunuchs standing by agreed and approached Zhu Quan and Shang Bing.
Shang Bing was not interested in receiving massage and waved his hand to refuse; Zhu Quan, on the other hand, did not refuse anyone who came and sat down comfortably to enjoy the massage.
"Shang Bing, this massage is very soothing. You should try it too." Yunxi said with a smile.
"Then let me give it a try." Shang Bing did not reject Yun He's kindness again and accepted the massage.
"How is it?" Yunxi asked after a while.
"I definitely feel much more comfortable," Shang Bing said.
Afterwards, Yunxi and Zhu Quan chatted for a while about the customs and customs outside the Great Wall, and suddenly said: "Are the concubines of Kun Timur captured during this expedition to Mobei still alive and well?"
"He's still alive, and the captured prince is also alive," Zhu Quan said.
"Did you bring it to the capital?"
"Bring them all."
"You hand them over to the Imperial Guards. We haven't won such a great victory over Mongolia in many years. We have to hold a ceremony to present prisoners. My nephew also has to pay homage to the Imperial Ancestral Temple and tell Grandpa Huang that Bei Yuan is weak again, which will make Grandpa Huang happy.
But it's the first month now, and we have to wait until February to present the prisoners. Uncle Seventeen, you have to stay in the capital for a while," Yunxi said.
Historically, in the past few years of Jianwen, the Ming Dynasty was in the middle of a civil war, so there was no record of Mongolia in the history books. Yunxi thought at first that Mongolia had been relatively honest in the past few years. But in this dimension, Zhu Di withdrew the vassal, and the three guards of King Yan were all abolished.
When the new army stationed near Peiping was in chaos, the Mongols crossed the border guard several times and invaded the vicinity of the Great Wall.
This made Yunxi know that historically, both warring parties were in no mood to pay attention to the Mongols, which caused the Mongols to become very rampant and harm the people of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di did not record it in order to save his face.
Yunxi didn't have that much burden, so he ordered the border guards to attack as much as possible, but it was stipulated that if they took the initiative to attack the desert, they must have at least 30,000 troops, and they could not stay on the grassland for a long time.
In August of this year, Yunxi felt that it was too costly to fight all at once. Although it was no longer the most suitable day for fighting on the grassland, he still ordered Zhu Quan to lead his troops to sweep the desert and give the Mongols a hard blow; even if Kun
If Timur can't be caught, it would be a good idea to raid several Mongolian tribes and bring them all captive.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Quan was so lucky that he almost caught Kun Timur himself and won a great victory over Mongolia.
"I know," Zhu Quan said. Of course he knew the rules.
"But Your Majesty, I have brought many soldiers who have made great achievements in the expedition to Mobei this time. When will I discuss my merits with them? It's better not to wait too long." Zhu Quan said again.
"What? The Ministry of War hasn't discussed the merits yet?"
"not yet."
"What's going on?" Yun He was puzzled: "It's fine if it's Jing Qing in the past, he was very strict; now Mei Yin is in charge of the Ministry of War, and he does things the same way? Well, after a while I will give an oral instruction to Mei Yin, asking him to hurry up
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"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhu Quan said. He paused and then said: "But, Your Majesty, even I am uncertain about the reward for the leader of Duoyan Guard; they don't really want wealth now and want to expand their pasture.
I want a place with abundant water and grass.”
"Oh, do they want a place near Daning City?" Yunxi said with a half-smile.
Zhu Quan didn't understand what Yunxi's expression meant, and said: "Even if they think about it, they dare not say it. They want Quan Ningwei (today's Wengniute Banner)."
"I remember that the current commander of Duoyan Guard is Tuo'er Huocha. Did he tell you?" Yunxi asked.
"Yes." Zhu Quan said.
"You replaced this Tuo'er fire police officer after you returned! The original commander, Zhi Haer Wuji, was appointed as the commander." Yun He said.
"This," before Zhu Quan finished speaking, Yunxi interrupted: "These Mongols must not be allowed to take advantage of them! Especially in your Daning, close to the grassland."
"You must remember that these Mongolians are available, but they are only available. They must not be trusted. Some people have to do the dirty work, and some people have to play the red face. Forget it, I will be the one to do the dirty work this time, and I will put them under fire.
The commander-in-chief of the five armies who stayed in the capital rose up and down secretly."
"Yes, Your Majesty." In fact, Zhu Quan also knew the truth, but he didn't think that the matter had reached this level. After all, the Duoyan Guards who were now under his jurisdiction were very obedient. But he would definitely not refute Yunxi's words and nodded. promise.
"As for the Taining Guards who sent troops this time," Yunxi added, "I have already received a letter from my fifteenth uncle. I know that Banhu Hu did not make any excessive demands. I have already written back and allowed my fifteenth uncle to handle it himself."
It was only when Yunxi came to this time and space that he realized that the three guards of Wuliangha were all under the jurisdiction of King Ning in the late years of Hongwu and the early years of Jianwen. It was nonsense in the "History of the Ming Dynasty". "From Jin, Yili, Guangning to Liaohe, it is called Taining", Taining Ningwei is located west of Jinzhou to the Liaohe River, in western Liaoning: "from Huangniwa across Shenyang, Tieling to Kaiyuan, it is called Fuyu", Fuyuwei is located in the area from Dalian to Kaiyuan, which is Liaodong.
Zhu Yuanzhang in eastern Liaoning and western Liaoning both enfeoffed princes. Although King Han in Kaiyuan and King Shen in Shenyang did not take office in history, King Liao in western Liaoning had already taken office, and temporarily held office until King Han and King Shen took office. He was in charge of the military affairs of Liaodong, so how could Zhu Yuanzhang let King Ning take charge of Fuyu Guard and Taining Guard. There was only one Duoyan Guard belonging to King Ning Zhu Quan.
After talking about Ning Fan, Yunxi planned to talk to Shang Bing about the northwest. But Ning Wang Zhu Quan still seemed to have something to say. Yunxi glanced sideways and said, "Uncle Seventeen, what else do you want to say?" ?”
Zhu Quan hesitated again. Seeing that Yunxi was already a little impatient, he said to Yunxi: "Your Majesty, Daning is not a familiar place in the Great Wall. There are many barbarians in the local area..." He rambled a lot.
Yunxi didn't understand what he wanted to say at first, but he didn't interrupt out of respect for Zhu Quan. It took him a while to realize that Zhu Quan wanted to be the leader of the country.
Yunxi, who understood Zhu Quan's intention, was in a dilemma. He could not withdraw King Ning's vassal. Daning was located far north of the Great Wall. There was no one who could take full responsibility for guarding it. All kinds of troubles would occur. Maintaining the north The cost of Parallel Dusi (Daning Dusi) will also be very high.
But there are problems with actually sealing Zhu Quan as the Ning vassal state. There is not much land suitable for planting in Daning's territory, and it is not close to the sea. They can only make a living by grazing. Without farming, the powerful assimilation ability of the Han people cannot be used. Yunxi was very afraid that Zhu Quan's territory would gradually become Mongolian after Zhu Quan's official seal. In that case, it would be safer to withdraw Zhu Quan's vassal.
After pondering for a while, Yunxi said a few words, pretending not to understand what Zhu Quan meant, and confused the matter.
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