I am the king of the dead

This is a new situation, but it is not beyond His Majesty's expectations. The Battle of Hetao obviously had nothing to do with Fan Guang, but His Majesty still promoted Fan Guang to the rank and title because of Fan Guang's service in guarding Liaodong.

"The envoy of Jiannu can come to Daningwei. It seems that there are people who want to do this among the Tatars. Who is this person? Is it Tuotuohua?" He Zhang knocked on the table and asked with a sinking face. road.

Ma Shuo shook his head and said, "No, it's Jinong Agadorji."

"It was Agadorji who led troops into the customs during the battle of the capital, was intercepted and killed in Qingfengdian, and retreated before the battle in Jiajiaying, which led to his retreat and loss of territory. Is it him?" Since He Zhang is going to be an envoy, Of course I did my homework.

This Agadorji, at the beginning of the alliance, completely emptied Tuotuobuhua. During the battle of Xuan Mansion, Agadorji saw that Ming's defense was tight, so he ran away directly.

What He Zhang didn't expect was that Tuotuo Buhua could accommodate this Agadorji who didn't agree with him.

"Mandulu, that is, their Santaiji, tends to surrender to Ming Dynasty. He has the same appeal as those Tatars kneeling under the Yanshan Great Wall." Ma Shuo said of a young man who is only 20 years old now.

Mandulu, the younger brother of Tuotuobuhua, Santaiji of the Tatar tribe, during the Battle of Hetao, Mandulu, who was only 15 years old, represented his elder brother Tuotuobuhua and participated in the Guanshan discussion The National Taiwan Congress rejected it and first asked for a joint military deployment.

Ma Shuo put a lot of spies on the table and said: "To a large extent, the 13 Tatars went to the Beigukou Camp because of Mandulu's instruction."

"Firstly, it can block the march of Ming Dynasty, and secondly, it can gain more initiative and the right to speak in Tatar."

"This kind of wind power to request the conferment of the Ming Dynasty, divide the pastoral areas, and reduce the internal friction of the Tatars is all managed by Mandulu."

"Tuotuo doesn't spend himself, and prefers to maintain the status quo."

The current Tatar tribes are divided into three forces.

With Agadorji as the leader, unite all forces that can be united to attack Ming Dynasty together;

With Mandulu as the leader, the Tatar kings were surrendered, and they all surrendered to the Ming Dynasty;

Headed by Tuotuobuhua, they maintained the status of the Khan Court of the Yuan Dynasty, and submitted to Ming Dynasty, but not completely.

Ming can confer titles on their khans, but the Tatars are still managed by their Yuan descendants.

The idea of ​​Tuotuobuhua is a bit unrealistic. To be precise, Tuotuobuhua is a fencer, he vacillates between the second and third younger brothers.

He Zhang has a preliminary understanding of the different tendencies among the Tatars.

He asked with some doubts: "Can Mandulu stir up such a big disturbance at such a young age?"

Ma Shuo picked out several spies and combined them together and said: "Mandulu is a smart man. He once told his subordinates bluntly that if Ming failed to turn the Tatars into kings, he would instead give the Tatars a chance to breathe."

He Zhang picked up the spies and read them for a long time.

What Mandulu is doing is Yangmou.

Daming wants to completely solve the border troubles and completely recover the Tatars, just like Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it.

But now that the Ming Dynasty is powerful, Oala has already moved westward, and the Tatars have no possibility of going westward, so the Tatars can only fully surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

If Daming couldn't digest the Tatar tribe, if the descendants of the Jin family raised their arms and responded, then Daming would be in trouble by breeding tigers.

He Zhang was very surprised, he actually saw the smell of conspiracy outside the Great Wall.

"This son cannot be kept." He Zhang clicked on Mandulu's name and said, "We must find a way to kill him."

Hearing this, Ma Shuo shook his head helplessly and said, "Kill him? Some people in Tatar hate him even more than us Ming people."

"But I can't kill him. I don't mention his personal bravery. Mandulu is a warrior on the grassland."

"How should I put it, there is no way to do it. He doesn't give others a chance to do it."

He Zhang thought for a while and asked, "Can you be more cautious than Your Majesty?"

The emperor of Ming Dynasty invigilated the examination in Fengtian Hall, and the water and food he used brought his own food box. His Majesty did not give anyone the slightest chance to physically destroy him.

Ma Shuo thought about it deeply and said: "If there is anything more than that, there is nothing less than it."

The Emperor Ming once gave the highest order to prohibit assassination, because His Majesty felt that the life of the Tatar king was not as valuable as the life of the night.

Yebushou and others were working in the grassland, and it was not that they never thought about killing Mandulu.

The entire Tatar tribe was pulled, and only this Mandulu was a little level. If Mandulu was killed, the Tatar tribe might never be able to stand up.

But Mandulu was too cautious in doing things, he was obviously very brave, but he was too cautious.

He Zhang thought for a while and said: "This matter is easy to handle. This Mandulu is not yet 20 years old this year, right? If he hasn't won the championship, he should go to the Siyi Pavilion to study. Let's talk about this matter first when the peace talks tomorrow. "

"I think both Tutuobuhua and Agadorji will agree."

Ma Shuo looked at He Zhang blankly. He Zhang really said that. How could the Tatar Khan and Deputy Khan disagree?

Is this the insidious and cunning scholar?

Kill without a knife.

No wonder His Majesty never let these military generals and civil servants confront each other head-on.

Under the premise of not doing anything, this civil servant who turns his eyes and has an idea is really very insidious.

He Zhang continued: "Even if Mandulu can persuade the two elder brothers to keep him, can they maintain the superficial harmony as they do now?"

"They didn't want to tear their face apart, I just pushed it lightly."

He Zhang raised his hand and pushed it lightly, with a smile on his face.

As for Mandulu's proposition, He Zhang thought it was very good. As for whether the Tatars would backfire in the future?

Depends on His Majesty's age.

If His Majesty can live another 50 years, three generations will pass, and Ming can digest the Tatars no matter what.

If His Majesty lives another 30 years, two generations will pass, and He Zhang is also confident that the Tatars will not be able to make trouble.

If he can only live for ten or twenty years, it is hard for He Zhang to say whether Daming can completely turn the Tatars into kings.

"Hu Shangshu is a saint all day long, demonstrating some methods of civil servants every day, and I don't know if he has taught His Majesty some ways to maintain health." He Zhang said something inexplicable.

Ma Shuo didn't know what he was thinking about.

What Ma Shuo knew well, He Zhang didn't.

Ma Shuo said: "Although I don't know why you mentioned this inexplicably, Your Majesty has a book of preventive hygiene and simple prescriptions annotated by Hu Shangshu himself before the case in the Imperial Study Room of the Martial Arts Hall. Your Majesty can't put it down."

"How do you know?" He Zhang asked with his eyes wide open, full of strangeness.

"When I was studying in the lecture hall, I often went to His Majesty's imperial study." Ma Shuo said naturally.

He Zhang asked in a daze: "Go often?"

Ma Shuo said full of memories: "Your Majesty teaches in person in the lecture hall, so if we students don't understand something, we can write old questions, and His Majesty will usually announce us and answer for us."

He Zhang's complexion changed from blue to white, and he stood up with a flick of his sleeves and said, "You don't care about His Majesty at all! Your Majesty takes care of everything, state affairs, family affairs, and world affairs. He cares about everything, and the paperwork is bothering you!"

"The Lecture Hall of the Martial Arts Hall, there are more than a thousand students, everyone asks, how busy is Your Majesty! There is no respect at all!"

"Humph!"

He Zhang was indignant.

Not everyone can enter the Imperial Study Room of the Juxian Pavilion in the Lecture Hall. Only Liubu Minggong and Gelao Wangwen of Wenyuan Pavilion can freely enter, and the others can only be announced.

Of course, Chen Ruyan, the former minister of the Ministry of War, who was the one who took the initiative to let his majesty go south to suppress the rebellion, can also freely enter and leave the imperial study.

To put it bluntly, without a sign on your body, it is more difficult than going to heaven to enter the imperial study.

He Zhang has only been there once so far, and it was when he returned to the capital from Sichuan and before he was appointed Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, His Majesty chatted with him for a long time.

He only found out today that the place he was thinking of was not a mysterious place to the disciples of the Son of Heaven, and he even had the time to look around.

"You man, it's normal for the teacher to teach the way to solve doubts. Do you care about it?" Ma Shuo didn't know what He Zhang was jealous of.

He Zhang sat down slowly. His Majesty was prejudiced against civil servants. This has been the case since His Majesty was still the king of Yi overseeing the country.

After so many years, he thought that His Majesty had put aside his prejudice against literati long ago, but now it seems that His Majesty, as always, is not at ease with them.

His Majesty gave Yu Shaobao the title of Marquis of Wen'an, abruptly changing Yu Shaobao from a civil servant to a military honor.

After He Zhang sat down, he also understood why His Majesty was like this.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is the civil servants who do those things themselves. The recent Zhang Feng case in the capital is a very vivid example.

Jin Lian passed away, Jiang Yuan was demoted, and Zhang Fengzheng was imprisoned.

When He Zhang left the capital, he heard that His Majesty had asked Chen Ruyan if he wanted to be Minister of the Ministry of War from Wenyuan Pavilion to the Ministry of War.

The specific result, He Zhang is not very clear, but it is obvious that it is not that His Majesty does not want to trust the civil servants, but that their group of civil servants are a bit disappointing.

You can't blame His Majesty either.

He Zhang sighed, and continued to discuss with Ma Shuo about tomorrow's negotiations.

"From this point of view, Tuotuobuhua may actually fall to Agadorji at any time, and join forces with Li Manzhu and Dong Shan to attack Daming." He Zhang said worriedly after reading the spies.

"I also judge in the same way." Ma Shuo said in agreement.

The reason why Tuotuobuhua is riding on the top of the wall now is because of the Emperor Ming's plan to issue a large number of silver coins on the grassland, draining the flesh and blood of the grassland, otherwise Tuotuobuhua would be so honest?

He Zhang said sincerely: "Your Majesty's silver coin policy, I think it's better to continue to implement it."

"Another ten years is not too much, and 20 years is not too little. Let them kill themselves."

It was only then that He Zhang discovered that His Majesty's methods seemed cruel, but extremely effective.

The silver coin law greatly intensified the Tatar king's top-to-bottom stripping, and completely collapsed the already fragile grassland financial affairs. The Tatars could not make a living, and the only way they could go was to escape to Daming.

In the early morning of the next day, after He Zhang hastily had breakfast, he came to the former Prince Ning's mansion and the current Tatar king's tent, and saw many Tatar kings who had been waiting for a long time.

After some simple politeness, He Zhang said with a smile: "The third brother of Da Khan has not yet reached the crown. According to the Ming Dynasty, he should go to the Siyi Hall to study."

"Your Majesty is benevolent, and wants all Tatar kings who have not reached the crown to go to the Siyi Hall to study."

Mandulu's face changed in shock, he was careful to guard against Ye Bushou's possible assassination, and carefully guarded against his brother tripping him up, this messenger, when he opened his mouth, used such a killer move.

When he arrives in Daming, whether he lives or dies, doesn't it all depend on the emperor's will?

Tuotuobuhua hesitated and asked, "Why haven't I heard of this kind of etiquette?"

"Shangshu Hu of the Ministry of Rites said Hu Shangshu, is Da Khan going to argue with Hu Shangshu about the matter of etiquette?" He Zhang was already prepared.

When arguing with Hu Wei about etiquette, there is no one in the world who is Hu's opponent.

Chapter 5 Sixty Khan, what do you want to do!

Even Tuotuobuhua has heard a little about the fact that the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, Hu Wei, has no virtue.

Before He Zhang arrived in Daningwei, Tuotuobuhua received the letter of credence from Daming Honglu Temple.

There is only one sentence in it: If He Zhang loses his arm, Tuogu and the little prince Mark will lose his arm. If He Zhang dies, Tuogu and the little prince Mark will have only one head left and return to the grassland.

Tuotuo Buhua had never seen such words before, the Daming Ritual Department, who wanted to save face, disappeared, and instead became barbaric.

"Hu Shangshu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, said that he has no virtue, but he was not like that before." Tuotuobuhua also dealt with Hu Wei before, and he asked rather helplessly: "Does Mr. He know why Hu Shangshu is like this? ?”

"To tell you the truth, during the Jingtai period, I served as the governor of Sichuan and only returned to Beijing this year. I don't know the details." He Zhang lied calmly.

Ma Shuo took a deep look at He Zhang.

Can this guy still have some face?

Of course He Zhang knew that he was the one who made the Minister of Rites immoral.

In the court that year, He Zhang impeached Hu Wei and wanted to step on Hu Wei to take the throne.

Then Hu Yan became like this.

In fact, Hu Wei loves face very much, and cherishes his reputation even more. After all, he has been in the officialdom for nearly 50 years, and finally ended up being disgusted by his own son, unwilling to mention his name.

But both He Zhang and Hu Wei are clear about it. Hu Wei admits that he is sincere and immoral, and that he doesn't want to be famous now, but it is actually because of His Majesty.

Hu Yu is the evergreen tree of the Ming Dynasty Hall, the most famous wall grass in Daming, and the largest dedication faction in Daming. Hu Yu, who only has His Majesty in his heart, is doomed not to meet His Majesty who is willing to admit that he is the king of subjugation. Be virtuous.

Even if there is no He Zhang, there will be Wang Zhang, Liu Zhang, and Chen Zhang who will turn Hu Wei into this, because His Majesty is like this.

"Khan, make a decision on this matter as soon as possible. Although it is inconvenient to march in the cold spring, you don't need to watch the sky when marching and fighting in the Beijing camp." He Zhang threatened Tuotuobuhua calmly.

Launching an offensive in spring can smash the Tatar tribe that has just passed the winter to pieces.

Spring is the most important time for the Tatars who have just passed the winter. They need to find a horse farm with lush water and grass, they need to let the livestock reproduce, and they need to let the tribes who have suffered heavy losses in the winter take a breather.

Can the Ming army move in spring?

In fact, He Zhang had a dark eye on the military, so he was just talking nonsense to scare Tuotuo.

Forcing Tuotuobuhua to agree to his first condition, send the Taijis from the Tatar tribes who are under 20 years old to study in the Siyi Pavilion in Ming Dynasty.

Tuotuobuhua's complexion changed dramatically, he knew clearly that the Ming army never went out to fight in spring after Yongle year.