The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 301

The next day, Fengtian Temple.

Before the court meeting, the ministers arrived early, and they also knew about the internal reconciliation of the Tatars in advance. Some people even thought that this was Zhang Zhou's "bad deed". Doing big things is a disservice.

"When do you think it's not good for him to go to the Weining Sea? It must be before the war among the Tartars. This is good. Is the result of his battle more expensive than the infighting among others?"

A group of people are in criticism.

The emperor did not come, nor did the eunuchs from the Supervisor of Rituals. At the same time, Liu Jian, Ma Wensheng, and Zhang Mao were summoned to the Qianqing Palace. It seemed that there was an important meeting before the court meeting.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian seemed very quiet among the crowd.

Don't participate in any discussions. If someone strikes up a conversation with them, they will naturally block them, meaning that no matter what you are discussing about the Northwest, please don't mix our cabinet in it. Our cabinet is right No comment on this.

"Tu Butang, why is Your Majesty taking so long to come today? Is there still something important to discuss in the inner court?"

Others could not find out the result from the cabinet ministers, so they had to go to Tu Yu.

Tu Yu also kept a secret.

Yuan Shouzhi had a big opinion on Zhang Zhou before, so he walked over and asked, "Does Your Majesty intend to transfer the newly-appointed chief Xuanda and other military affairs departments back to the capital?"

Tu Yu asked: "The situation in the Northwest has changed, and wars may break out at any time. It may not be a good idea to change the commander before the battle."

This means that although I don't know the purpose of the emperor summoning Liu Jian and the others, I also know that the emperor is unlikely to replace Zhang Zhou.

It is easy to explain why Zhang Zhou was defeated, or he did nothing in the northwest, and changed people.

Now that a great victory has appeared, Zhang Zhou has to be replaced?what?Do you think the emperor cannot do without Zhang Zhou, or does the emperor feel that the Northwest is already at ease and does not need Zhang Zhou?

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Inside the Qianqing Palace.

The sun had already risen outside, and the sky was getting hot and dry, so Zhu Youtang ordered the palace door to be opened, while Dai Yi was still fanning him personally.

The three people standing below did not receive such treatment.

"Two upper forms, one is Batu Monk, the other is the fire sieve..."

As Zhu Youtang said, he asked Xiao Jing to take the memorial and pass it on to the three present.

When they read the content of the memorial, Zhu Youtang probably explained the situation: "Batu Mengke wants to reopen the horse market and pay tribute. Huozhai wants the Ming Dynasty to return the imperial edict to his tribe and submit to the Ming Dynasty. We will meet around the Weining Sea Choose a site to build the city, and submit to Daming from now on.”

Liu Jian reminded: "Your Majesty, they are ministers of Ming Dynasty."

"Ha ha."

Zhu Youtang smiled.

He wanted to ask, Mr. Liu Ge, this is just talk, do you really believe it?
Liu Jian added: "The jackals in the grassland have always had ulterior motives and no credibility at all. Duoyan Sanwei and Liaodong Jurchen are precedents."

"Ah."

Zhu Youtang nodded.

Strictly speaking, the entire northwest and even the grasslands are under the control of Daming, but in fact the so-called surrender of these vassal states is just a formality, and Duoyan and other guards in Liaodong used to submit to Daming in real terms, but Immediately after surrender, he rebelled. In the ninth year of Yongle, when Zhu Di made a northern expedition to the grasslands, Duoyan Sanwei had already joined the Tatar coalition forces.

Therefore, for the monarchs and ministers of Daming, they did not believe that Huo Sha would sincerely submit to Daming.

Zhang Mao said: "Your Majesty, it should be inappropriate to describe today's events based on the precedent of Wu Liangha and other ministries' submission to the Ming Dynasty. Now that Huo Si is weak on the grassland, or he has no way out, if he cannot be recruited, he will be ordered If the tribe continues to be used by the little Tatar prince, or even annexed, it will be harmful rather than beneficial to Daming Border Town."

"En." Zhu Youtang also nodded.

This made the three of them somewhat confused about the emperor's intentions.

If you say it's not credible, if you don't recruit or accept surrender, you nod your head.

You are also nodding when you say you accept submission.

Feelings, you support whatever we say...Obviously this is not in line with the current situation in the DPRK and China. It is probably time to ask, what is Zhang Bingkuan's view on this matter, right?
Seeing that the three of them suddenly fell silent, Zhu Youtang sighed: "Three Qings, in fact, I am also worried about whether to accept Huosai's surrender. This man is ambitious and has repeatedly harassed my Ming border. It was his father and ancestors who also had the heart of disobedience many times, and those who are not of my race must have different hearts."

"I have also thought that if I accept him, it is better to secretly...execute him, and disperse his people to various towns in Daming, which can solve the temporary trouble."

"But this is not conducive to the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty on the grassland in the future. It is a bad precedent. It will be difficult for other tribes in the future to believe in the sincerity of my recruitment by the Ming Dynasty, so they will no longer mention the matter of submitting to the vassal."

Ma Wensheng said: "Your Majesty, if you want to solicit, it is better to make him show his sincerity and not return it to the people of his tribe for the time being, and let him fight the little Tatar prince. Our Ming soldiers may wave the flag to cheer for him, but they are not allowed to go into battle in person. To help each other, if he really has the sincerity to come out, even if he is defeated, he can be brought under the rule of Ming Dynasty."

Liu Jian, Zhang Mao, and several eunuchs all looked at Ma Wensheng.

They are all thinking.

If you want to say ruthless, or are you ruthless, let Huozhai submit a certificate and let him fight Dayan Khan with his life?
Don't say that he doesn't have this strength now, even if he is in full victory, I'm afraid he won't have the qualifications to challenge him with his strength.

Zhu Youtang shook his head and said: "The reason for Huo Zai's surrender is to take advantage of the power of the state to make him have the capital to survive on the grassland, but now it is not good to let him fight to the death with the little prince of Tatar. There is a precedent. I still want to distribute Rende to all the tribes in the grassland, do you have any other suggestions?"

The emperor actually said that he would practice benevolence and virtue against the prairie wolves?
Are you kidding me?
Huozai was Daming's enemy, and he was subdued by force, and he was expected to submit to Daming wholeheartedly and become Daming's loyal minister?
Your Majesty, can we stop being so naive?
Even Liu Jian did not agree with this statement, but the emperor said that he should use etiquette to teach benevolence and morality to influence the grassland tribes, which probably means that some gentle policies can be implemented on the grassland in the future, which is in line with the Confucian philosophy .

Liu Jian was embarrassed to come out and objected, "Let's forget it, Your Majesty, don't engage in benevolence with them, let's be inhumane!"

It still needs to be installed.

Or is the emperor himself just pretending to be benevolent?

Zhang Mao cupped his hands and said: "Since Your Majesty summoned the ministers today, he must have a good proposal. The ministers are willing to listen to His Majesty's will."

Zhu Youtang waved his hand and said: "I have said it all, I have no set policy on this, in fact, it is just that when Bingkuan handed over the two forms, he mentioned a few words in passing, I hope I will not trust others, but You can't refuse people thousands of miles away, I've thought about it for a long time."

Gone?

Liu Jian felt that this was not like Zhang Zhou's style.

The thing about feelings is to mention the pros and cons of each other, saying something about "necessary and also", and then just fooling the emperor?
The emperor still has to think for a long time?

Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, in the current situation in the northwest, the towns should not be able to send troops?"

"Yes." Zhu Youtang said, "According to Bingkuan's opinion, it is not suitable to send troops for the time being. But if the Hulu suppress the situation, everything will be turned around."

"Your Majesty, why don't you use the fire sieve as a shield and let him garrison troops outside the Daming Pass? If the Tatars invade, let him be the vanguard. If they don't invade, everything will be based on the old system..." Liu Jian continued Make a proposal.

Zhu Youtang asked: "Is there any difference between what Liu Ge said and what Ma Qing's family said?"

Liu Jian hesitated.

Accept Huozhai, for fear that Huozhai will pretend to take refuge and turn back to rebel.

If you don't accept it, you will feel that you have missed the opportunity.

In this kind of situation where both needs and needs are needed, it is difficult for even a chief minister like him to come up with a decision. In addition, he knows that Zhang Zhou doesn't seem to have a better suggestion for this, so he doesn't force it. Make a proposal that sounds earth-shattering.

Zhu Youtang said: "Bingkuan's intention is to let Huozhai lead his troops into the pass, and he will come to Beijing to have an audience."

"what?"

Zhang Mao let out a cry of surprise, and then he held back.

Zhu Youtang couldn't help but glared at him, you're so disrespectful, why are you yelling here?
Ma Wensheng said: "If Huozhai sincerely submits, it is reasonable for him to come to Beijing to see him. Should he be detained?"

"No." Zhu Youtang said, "Bing Kuan's intention is to reseal him to the land of Hetao, so that he can help Daming build fortresses in Hetao and do farm work."

This time Ma Wensheng was a little speechless.

"I have thought about it, if Weininghai is given to Huozhai, it will be a problem for raising tigers. It is said to be a city, but it is difficult for Ming to send troops to garrison it. On the contrary, it seems to have helped Huozhai. Now the land of Hetao has been deserted for a long time. , the towns in the northwest cannot immigrate to farming and management for the time being, but it is better to let Huozhai move there." Zhu Youtang's words were obviously following Zhang Zhou's meaning.

Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, the land of the Hetao is very important to our Ming Dynasty. If the fire sieves in the Hetao and rebels, it will do great harm, and it may cause the Ming Dynasty to completely lose control of the Hetao."

Zhu Youtang asked, "What do you mean, Mr. Liu Ge?"

Liu Jian was very embarrassed.

He doesn't want to accept Zhang Zhou's proposal, but he can't come up with good ones when he is asked to make one. The leaders are clear and clear, but if they are allowed to do it by themselves, they will be powerless.

"It is difficult to feed the 1 cattle and sheep in the territory of Daming. They still have to be sent out of the pass, or slaughtered on the spot. As for the more than [-] herdsmen, they cannot be killed, nor can they be kept... If they do not move to the Hetao farms, we can only leave them to mine, but what can a group of old and weak women and children do?"

Zhu Youtang also looked very anxious.

The fire screen has changed from the former hero of the prairie to a chicken rib.

If you chew it, you can't chew it, and if you spit it out, it's a pity. It's really... It's better not to win than to win.

Isn't this causing trouble for the Ming court?

Dai Yi reminded: "Your Majesty, in fact, the imperial court can ignore Huo Zai's submission proposal."

Zhu Youtang said: "If you don't pay attention to it, doesn't that mean you don't accept it? There is nothing new about such a suggestion."

There are disadvantages in accepting it, and there are disadvantages in not accepting it. The emperor and the court seem to be in a dilemma.

Liu Jian said: "It can be discussed at the court."

At this time, the small meeting could not discuss the results. Liu Jian felt that it was completely unnecessary for the emperor to hold such an inner court meeting, and it was better to discuss it in the court hall.

Zhu Youtang suddenly said with a firm attitude: "If you don't have any good suggestions, then I will adopt Bingkuan's proposal, accept Huo Zai's surrender and surrender, and let him come to the capital to have an audience, no matter whether he is loyal to Daming or not in the future, At least his submission should be used to set an example for the grassland tribes, what do you think?"

"Very good." Zhang Mao was the first to agree.

Liu Jian thought for a while.

Since Huozhai is useless, it doesn’t matter whether you stay or not, or if you stay, you will rebel in the future, so let’s use Huozhai’s surrender first to boost the morale of the Ming army and civilians, and at the same time publicize that the grassland tribes can still take refuge. Daming in exchange for peace... This is all desirable.

Liu Jian said: "The old minister seconded the proposal."

Ma Wensheng said: "However, if Huosai is on the way to Beijing, why would you be disobedient..."

Zhu Youtang said: "It would be reasonable to kill him at that time. In fact, I hope that he had better not be so convincing, otherwise even I will look down on him a little bit!"

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The inner court meeting ended, and the emperor brought the three of them to Fengtian Hall.

In the Great Dynasty, the emperor immediately talked about Huo Zai's proposal to surrender, and his preparation to accept Huo Zai's surrender, and also said that Huo Zai would come to Beijing to see him, but he did not mention this proposal and it was made by Zhang Zhou.

"Everyone, what's your opinion?" Zhu Youtang still seemed very friendly, and wanted to discuss this matter in the court.

Immediately, a speaker came out and reported: "Return to Your Majesty, the Tatar wolf is ambitious..."

The words used are similar to the key points mentioned in the previous inner court meeting, all saying that the fire screen is not credible.

Zhu Youtang listened carefully to the end of his speech, and then said in a calm manner: "My dear family, I think you should all know that the conflict between the Central Plains Dynasty and the northern Diyi has lasted for thousands of years, and the northern troubles have a great impact on the Central Plains Dynasty. In other words, it has not been eradicated, and when it is often stable, it comes more from the appeasement after the suppression, not from the blind suppression! The Ming Dynasty cannot govern the grassland for a long time."

The agrarian society dynasties ran to the grasslands to manage and sent people to herd. Then these grazing people would develop into nomads and become the opposite of the Central Plains dynasty.

One family is destroyed, and the next one will rise, so why not change their way of life, let them change from herdsmen to farmers, and then try to use their power for the Central Plains dynasty?

"The rise of the Ming Dynasty's Northwest military and government this time is due to Bingkuan's ingenious calculations, which repeatedly calculated the direction of the Tatars; For a while. Because I am not sure when the Tatars might learn the technology of these firearms."

"The matter of flattening the grassland is urgent. According to my initial assumption, it will take ten years, but it is best to shorten the time limit. Five or six years is the best."

"During this period, it is inevitable that there will be wars in the border towns, and some tribes will surrender to Daming's military power. If there is no precedent, no one will dare to surrender. I just want to gather the fire sieve first and let him give the rest of Daming Set an example for the tribe."

Tu Yu came out and said, "Your Majesty, fire screening will endanger the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and it will not be tolerated by the court!"

This means that I have had a long-standing grievance with the soldiers and Huozhai. This person who killed my Ming soldiers before actually wants to recruit him now?What do the soldiers think?What do the people think?
Zhu Youtang said: "The bandits who rebelled in the local area can still be appeased and recruited, why can't they be screened by fire? He will be a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and I will give him a chance. In the future, the frontier army will really have a chance to pacify the grassland. Could it be that they will also kill the herdsmen of the grassland? "

"This..." Tu Yu was speechless.

It's not that he is unreasonable, but that the emperor's attitude is firm, as if he can't listen to persuasion.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he also has to pay attention to judging the situation.

"In the next ten years, after all, Bingkuan can't stay in the northwest all the time. Only by his power can he deter the grassland tribes. Now it's better to take Huozhai into Ming Dynasty's use while he stays in the northwest to prepare for the war, and don't let him enter." If there is an opportunity inside the pass, let him stay outside the pass, if he really intends to betray, the Ming court can be regarded as being benevolent and righteous."

The essence of Zhu Youtang's words was also grasped by these ministers.

Even if Huozhai is a villain who faces Qin Muchu, we Daming have to show our big side, if you dare to vote, we dare to accept it.

This means that the grassland is part of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and you will not even accept your submission because you are afraid of the people of the grassland.

See it.

Da Ming wanted to accept him, but he himself had to take the risk because he didn't know the situation. Da Ming didn't feel ashamed of anyone.

This realm...

Many ministers felt very high when they heard it.

No wonder the emperor insisted on recruiting a Huozhai who would betray Daming again in all likelihood.

Huozhai, we didn't treat you like a horse, we just treated you like a skeleton to show off to other tribes.

In this way, those who originally wanted to suggest that Huoshui be made on the way to Beijing Chaojian, it is difficult to come forward to propose.

Since it is a sample, it must be done well, that is, to show that Daming attaches great importance to Huo Zai's submission. Of course, he cannot be rewarded generously, but only provide him with a shelter... Otherwise, it will really be a case of poaching for himself. pit.

Zhu Youtang said: "Huozhai's surrender is more because his tribe is weak and can no longer gain a foothold in the grassland surrounded by enemies, so he wants to use Daming as his backer."

"Placing him in Hetao not only gave him grassland, but also gave him the opportunity to make contributions." When Zhu Youtang said this again, it was easy for the minister to accept it.

Xie Qian stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, how should the captured tribesmen of the Huozhai tribe be settled?"

Zhu Youtang said: "They will all be placed in the south of Maoerzhuang, and they will be given pasture and livestock. At the same time, the Ming Dynasty will station a permanent army in Maoerzhuang, where the imperial fortress will be repaired and artillery will be kept. Controlled the military affairs of Zhang Zhou, and moved the town to Datong Town."

The ministers present exclaimed, good guy.

The emperor is preparing to restore the limit of the territory of the Northern Pass of the Ming Dynasty. Maoerzhuang has been abandoned for more than half a century, and he thinks of rebuilding the fortress?

Now there is not even any money to reward the three armies, where does the money to repair the fortress come from?

Zhang Zhou was stationed in Datong Town just to let him intimidate the pastures such as Weininghai that may be occupied by the Dayan tribe and others in the north of Maoerzhuang?
(End of this chapter)