Chapter 930: Altan Khan wants to be a subject and pay tribute?
After officials from the Domain Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Dynasty formally negotiated with Tagli, Tagli was helpless and speechless!
The conditions mentioned by these officials of the Tang Dynasty were basically the same as those discussed before. They wanted horses but did not want to pay the price, so he could only propose again. He had an autographed and secret letter from Anda Khan in his hand, hoping that
Able to hand it over to the Emperor of Tang Dynasty in person.
However, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs still flatly rejected this request!
If you have a secret message to submit, you can just leave it to us for delivery. Why do you have to submit it in person? The Holy Emperor can see it if you want to see it.
Tagli really had no choice but to continue delaying it like this. Although Anda Khan had asked him to hand over the secret letter in person, at this point, he could only make some changes and then proposed
Yes, you can pass it on, but the confidential message is very important and must not be passed on casually. It must be handed over to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in person.
He couldn't see the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but he should be able to see the Minister of Foreign Affairs!
Regarding Tagli's request, the negotiation team at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs discussed it for a while, and then submitted it to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to make a decision. In the end, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs agreed to Tagli's request.
At the request, the Minister of Foreign Affairs personally went to receive the letter and then forwarded it to the Holy Emperor.
After all, Tagli has always been talking about how important this secret letter is. Although he doesn’t know what is written in it, he just handed it over and took a look at it, and not a hair was lost, so soon, this secret letter arrived.
In the hands of Li Xuan.
Li Xuan was naturally a little interested when he heard the secret letter from Anda Khan. Although he didn't know what kind of confidence the Tatars had that allowed them to be so confident that they would change their minds after seeing this secret letter.
I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and my words are made into the constitution, and the decisions I make will never change unless...
Well, unless this is the case, we will study it carefully depending on the situation...
When I first saw this letter, it was written in Chinese. Well, the words were quite ugly and not very good. But thinking that this was an autographed letter from An Da Khan, Li Xuan was not surprised. You are better than not counting on someone.
The barbarian leader writing elegant Chinese characters is not.
The ugly handwriting proves that this letter was most likely written by Anda Khan himself, rather than being ghostwritten by someone else!
Opening the letter and reading it carefully, Li Xuan's eyebrows slowly wrinkled!
There were not many words in the secret letter, and he read it quickly, but the content of the letter made him unhappy.
In the secret letter, Anda Khan didn't say much, just two things. The first thing was that Anda Khan said that according to the news on their grasslands, ten thousand households in the central Mongolia, that is, the Chahar tribe, had already been confirmed.
Being won over by King Hui of Liaodong, one hundred thousand cavalry will soon be used by King Hui of Liaodong!
Moreover, many of the Jurchen tribes in the northeastern region were also attracted by King Hui of Liaodong.
Not to mention the Duoyan Sanwei who were originally in this area.
More accurate news shows that King Hui is about to unite the above-mentioned tribes and prepare to launch a large-scale counterattack, and the target is directly at Youzhou!
This King Hui of Liaodong’s methods are not simple!
In the past few months, Li Xuan has always believed that there is only one obstacle left to unify China, and that is King Jing of Sichuan, or more accurately, Zhang Yue of the Southwest. As long as Zhang Yue's supervisor is eliminated, King Jing of Sichuan will basically be able to do so.
That's it.
That's why after conquering Youzhou City this year, the strategic focus was moved southward to Huguang. It only maintained a military presence in Hebei. Although there were small and medium-sized battles, a large-scale strategic attack was
Has stopped.
But what he didn't expect was that in just a few months, the situation in the north would undergo such major changes!
Damn it, neither of the two sons of Emperor Zhengde is a fuel-efficient lamp. No wonder the Military Intelligence Department said earlier that the battle for the right to inherit the throne in the Ming Dynasty was very fierce. The prince, the third prince, and the sixth prince were fighting endlessly.
In the first half of the year, they successfully killed Emperor Zhengde, and then they also killed the prince not long after. But who would have thought that King Hui who went to Liaodong and King Jing who went to Sichuan could actually create such a big momentum?
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In the past, I didn’t understand why Emperor Zhengde wanted to depose the prince and establish a third or sixth prince. But now it seems that Emperor Zhengde’s idea is correct. If his prince is as deposed as the former Emperor Shao Wu, the late Ming emperor,
He would also want to abolish this person and replace him with another son as the prince!
The third prince, King Jing, now has the support of Zhang Yue in Sichuan, and is very stable.
The sixth prince, King Hui, spent several months in Liaodong, and he actually won the support of so many Mongolian and Jurchen tribes, and even North Korea supported them.
You know, after the Chahar tribe was relocated, they had been fighting endlessly with the Ming Dynasty, but King Hui of Liaodong did not know what means he used to unite the Chahar tribe.
Damn, I’m so angry!
I am the eternal sage, the powerful figure who unified China, but you idiots, instead of looking after me and trying to please me, you went to help King Hui of Liaodong!
To be honest, this matter made Li Xuan very unhappy, very unhappy, quite unhappy!
The second thing Anda Khan said was to declare himself a vassal and pay tribute!
Anda Khan said that he was willing to accept the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, thereby becoming a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, and Mongolia and the Tang Dynasty would be reconciled forever. Later, he also said that if the Tang Dynasty needed it, he could also help the Tang Dynasty attack eastern Mongolia.
Mongolian tribes, including Chahar and other tribes.
This second thing made Li Xuan a little happy, but Li Xuan felt that it was not enough!
Pay tribute? If Anda Khan really surrendered, led his tribe to join the Tang Dynasty, became a vassal state under the Tang Dynasty, accepted the governance of officials sent by the Tang Dynasty, and allowed the Tang Dynasty to station troops, then by the way
If Anda Khan cannot recruit troops by himself, then Li Xuan will naturally welcome this matter. He doesn't care whether it is a vassal state or a province. As long as the tribe can be used for his own use, that is enough.
But Anda Khan obviously didn't mean this. What he said about claiming vassalage and paying tribute was only in name. In fact, the Tang Dynasty had no way of actually governing the Tatars, let alone garrisoning troops.
Li Xuan didn't dare to be interested in paying tribute in name only!
When the Tang Dynasty was free to take over the entire grassland, what vassal states would be needed there? That was the territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty!
As for the many tribes that helped him attack the east, Li Xuan would not believe that he had good intentions. He even believed that Anta Khan originally wanted to attack the Chahar tribe.
The Tumut tribe and the Chahar tribe where Anda Khan belonged were mortal enemies. One was the Mongolian left wing and the other was the Mongolian right wing. Although they both belonged to the Tatars, they fought fiercely for Tatar dominance.
In fact, there is a similar relationship between the Oara and the Tatar. They are both ethnic groups on the grassland. In order to unify the grassland and compete for hegemony, they fight against each other. The relationship is similar to that of the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. They are real mortal enemies and will never die.
The kind that never stops.
The Tatars and the Tang Dynasty can still have room for a truce and peace, which is nothing more than an exchange of interests. However, it is impossible to reach any peace agreement between the Tatars and the Oara, the Tumut tribe and the Chahar tribe.
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Even if the Tang Dynasty did not appear, I guess Anda Khan would still be thinking about how to defeat the Chahar tribe or Oara every day.
After carefully analyzing the situation on the grassland and looking at the current situation of Anda Khan, Li Xuan felt that Anda Khan's current situation was probably a bit bad.
Previously, Anda Khan led 50,000 cavalry south to the Central Plains. Although they occupied many border towns and plundered a lot of property, they suffered a loss of soldiers and generals, with more than tens of thousands of cavalry killed and injured. For Anda Khan, this is absolutely
It was a strategic mistake.
Moreover, among the Tatar cavalry that went south at that time, most of the casualties were soldiers from other tribes, but the Tumote tribe directly under Anda Khan did not suffer many casualties, which caused dissatisfaction among other tribes.
Although it is still impossible to know the internal situation of Tatar in detail, Li Xuan can figure it out with his toes. It is estimated that Anda Khan will be busy suppressing the civil strife after returning to the grassland.
There is internal strife, and there are also external threats from the Chahar tribe and Oara. It is conceivable that Anda Khan should urgently need to stop the war with the Tang Dynasty. It is best to get some from the Tang Dynasty.
The replenishment of supplies is used to tide over the immediate difficulties.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, it is entirely possible for you to obtain greater benefits!
At this time, I can continue to fight Anda Khan, and let Anda Khan be surrounded by three sides, and there will be internal chaos and injustice. It is very likely that Anda Khan will be completely finished.
However, if you do this, there is a great possibility that the Chahar tribe will be advantageous, and the Chahar tribe has now joined forces with King Hui of Liaodong. As the Chahar tribe becomes stronger, King Hui of Liaodong will be even more powerful.
Stronger.
Now, Li Xuan is faced with a choice, whether to choose to let Anda Khan tide over the difficulties and face a strong or even unified Mongolia in the future, or to sit back and watch Anda Khan finish now, and then face King Hui of Liaodong, who has greatly expanded his strength.
Hal's coalition forces.
Faced with such a choice, Li Xuan naturally could not make a decision at once. Instead, he handed the letter to several ministers on duty in the imperial study room and asked them to read it.
After reading it, these ministers also had different opinions, and even their opinions were directly opposite.
Qian Mengjiu believed that King Hui of Liaodong was the serious trouble in the north, and they must be killed first. If necessary, he could appropriately stop the war with Anda Khan, and even open mutual trade, allowing Anda Khan to attack the Chahar tribe, and provide
The Tang Dynasty reduced its pressure. In this process, the Tang Dynasty could also obtain valuable horses to develop a large-scale cavalry. After solving Liaodong, it would then send troops to attack Anda Khan!
But Liu Bagou and the Tatars are the biggest threats, and King Hui of Liaodong is just a clown. At this time, it is necessary to add insult to injury and weaken Anda Khan's strength. It is best to let the grassland fall into chaos again.
After the threat from Liaodong is resolved, we can then send troops to the grasslands and sweep across the grassland tribes. During this process, we can obtain horses through other channels, such as Oara and Central Asia.
The opinions of these two parties are actually the same, which is to kill King Hui of Liaodong and Anda Khan and completely solve the threat from the north. However, the current difference is the order. One thinks that King Hui of Liaodong should be attacked first, and the other thinks that King Hui of Liaodong should be attacked first.
I should sweat it first!
Listening to everyone's discussion, Li Xuan turned his attention to Lei Wan. He needed the army's judgment and opinion on this matter!