I am the king of the dead

But, that's all.

Ever since Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Long Yu was the guest of honor, Daming had lost his desire for the Western Regions, and this matter was left alone.

Xing'an flicked his whisk, and began to read the imperial decree in a frustrating manner. The imperial edict was very long, and Xing'an tried his best to read the words clearly.

Yemi Lihuo was given the name Xia Zhiyi, was granted the title of Yulebo, and gave the official Yule Du Si Du Commander Tongzhi. From the second rank, Xia Zhiyi's wife was named the second rank's imperial wife, and immediately took their three children to live in the house. The Imperial Palace of the Ming Dynasty.

His wife and children were Xia Zhiyi's hostages to the Ming court. Xia Zhiyi was very sincere in his surrender this time.

Xia Zhiyi kowtowed again and shouted loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

"Pingshen." Zhu Qiyu nodded and said.

Xia Zhiyi stood up, now he is the Earl of Daming, and no longer a barbarian from the Western Regions.

Although he has the blood of the former Yuan Gold Family, but now the Khan Tuotuobuhua of the Golden Family lives in the Jinkou Siyi Pavilion. He is an eighteen-year-old Yuan descendant, so naturally there is no need to guard the glory of the Golden Family and never let go up.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Xia Zhiyi. After putting on the Hanfu, he was the same as Tuo Tuo Buhua's most promising son Tuo Gu, and he couldn't see any big difference from Daming people.

As Yu Qian said, he does have the appearance of a hero.

"Your Majesty, I have "The Book of Governing the Western Regions", please read it." Xia Zhiyi combined the actual situation of the Western Regions and wrote a memorial. To be precise, he discussed how the Ming Dynasty should reopen the Western Regions from multiple perspectives.

In terms of military affairs, he hopes that the Ming court can slow down and advance to a rapid battle.

Slow progress is to carry out long-term preparations of one to three years. While raising food, grass and armaments, train soldiers, conduct adaptive training on the mountains, rivers, hydrology and climate of the Western Regions, and conduct comprehensive intelligence penetration of the entire Western Regions. Find out the situation and make preparations;

In the urgent battle, it is to take the entire Western Region into the bag with a thunderous momentum, instead of simply Luntai City, Liucheng, Huozhou, Yule City and other places, and care about the power of one city and one place.

Economically, he hoped that the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty could comprehensively organize the Karez wells, make sufficient preparations for the future management of the people's livelihood in the Western Regions by the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time formulate corresponding plans for the settlement of the herdsmen.

Similarly, the Western Regions have a lot of mines. How to mine these mines, like Yunnan and Guizhou, is linked to the success of Daming's economy. This requires the cooperation of Great Ming, including Daming in the Western Regions.

Politically, he hoped that Ming Dynasty could realize the kingship of the Western Regions, and bring the Western Regions into the land of the four directions, not the land of Liuhe and eight barrens. It was still the chaotic Western Regions, the people were miserable, and the king's banner at the head of the city was changing.

In terms of culture, he also earnestly hoped that Ming Dynasty could spread enlightenment in the Western Regions and teach Sinology, so as to prevent Islam from eroding the entire Western Regions.

It is said: Only good bandits are distinguished, not Hu Han, which is the long-standing rule and the foundation of suppressing bandits.

In short, Xia Zhiyi hopes that the Western Regions can be merged into the Ming Dynasty, instead of simply becoming a tributary state, a vassal state, or a Jimi area, which is meaningless to the Western Regions.

The Western Regions are too bitter.

The Western Regions need Daming too much.

Xia Zhiyi's contribution was sincere and sincere.

Zhu Qiyu put away the memorial, nodded and said: "Bo Yule's thoughts and concerns are all for the people of the Western Regions, and also for the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty. What he said is very good."

Reopening the Western Regions is an important national policy for Zhu Qiyu to develop land and sea simultaneously. Xia Zhiyi's memorials stand on the side of the Western Regions, and also stand on the side of Daming.

As if he was afraid that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would not be interested in the Western Regions, in the memorial, Xia Zhiyi talked about the importance of the Western Regions to the Ming Dynasty at length.

It can be summed up as follows: if the Western Regions are abandoned, Hexi will not be able to survive by itself;

Xia Zhiyi was right, his point of view was consistent with that of many generals in the lecture hall on the Western Regions.

Xia Zhiyi saw that His Majesty had indeed read the memorial carefully, and that he really had plans to reopen the Western Regions, not just to make a fuss, but finally heaved a sigh of relief, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is holy!"

"Return to class." Zhu Qiyu waved his hand, looked at the officials in Fengtian Hall and asked: "What advice do you have for reopening the Western Regions, now let's talk about it in detail, and after we make a decision, we won't talk about it."

Is anyone opposed to reopening the Western Regions?

Have.

There are many people.

The Western Regions are really too far away, especially for Daming whose capital is now Beijing.

Chapter 648 An Inner Rescue The People Mu Foreign Work Far

Zhu Qiyu has always been like this.

Put all the conditions on the surface. Before a decree is implemented, you can object to it no matter what, but once it is decided, it will be resolutely implemented to the end.

Anyone who affects this decree on the road will face Zhu Qiyu's thunder and fury.

This was Zhu Qiyu's greatest achievement in the Battle of the Capital, the unified voice.

Xu Youzhen, chief constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, instigated momentum to move to the south, and Yu Shiyue, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, sent his family to the south. Zhu Qiyu never pursued the two after the fact, because at that time the government had not yet made a decision. .

But after the final decision of the court, neither Xu Youzhen nor Yu Shiyue fled, nor did they take any action to hinder the battle of the capital.

In Zhu Qiyu's eyes, the behavior of Xu Youzhen and Yu Shiyue's civil servants was the bottom line he had drawn long ago.

You can object, you can state your own opinions, but once the decree is determined in Fengtian Hall and Wenhua Hall, it must be implemented consistently.

Even this decree is wrong.

He Zhang is an opinion crate, an opinion leader, an official of science and Taoism, and a big boss who is born to oppose the emperor. How can He Zhang be missing at this time?

He Zhang is fast, someone is faster.

Deng Shun, Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy, a Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai, participated in a salt and iron meeting before, and his teacher was Chen Xun, the former chief assistant of the cabinet who was sent to Samarkand as an envoy.

Before Chen Xun left, he warned Deng Shun that His Majesty was right.

Deng Shun saluted respectfully. Last time, at the Salt and Iron Conference, he was dizzy by the emperor's Keynesianism and the court's intervention in the economy. This time, he will never promise.

He came prepared this time, planning to strike hard!

Deng Shun bowed his head and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I have heard that the ancients said: "Be open-minded and free-minded, advance the good faith; encourage the Lord to show friendship, and tell the Lord to use long-term strategies; the general will follow the beauty, save the evil, make achievements, and be good to the king." , dare not cut down their labors alone, such a person will be a good minister!"

"The country is confused, and the actions are immoral; but dare to offend the face of the lord, and say the fault of the lord; if you don't resign yourself to punishment, you will die and the country will be safe, and you will not regret what you have done. If you do this, you will be a direct minister!"

He, Deng Shun, will be a good minister!To be a direct minister!

"Yes." Zhu Qiyu nodded. There are six righteous and six evil ways of being a minister.

When Chen Xun once lectured on the scriptures, he gave a lot of examples in different categories to explain this is the way of ministers.

For example, courtiers like Yu Qian are ministers of the Six Righteousnesses, they are omnipotent ministers, and courtiers like He Zhang are typical direct ministers who speak out and speak out. All words are good, and all the actions of the king are flattering people, and those who offer slander.

Chen Xun can't do anything else, but when it comes to learning, he is really unrivaled. After the completion of Huanyu Tongzhi, Zhu Qiyu read two volumes every day.

Deng Shun said loudly: "Your Majesty, Taiyi will present a horse, and Emperor Wu will conquer the west."

"Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had the merits of destroying the land and land of the barbarians, he killed many people, exhausted the people's financial resources, and lived in extravagance, causing the world to be wasted, the people were displaced, and half of the property was lost. The locusts swarmed, thousands of miles of red land, the people did not have a living, some people changed their offspring to eat, and the livestock accumulation was not restored for 30 years."

"Destroy virtue for the people, and risk losing the world to violence."

Zhu Qiyu was taken aback for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "Has Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty lost the world?"

Deng Shun hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Never before, I almost lost the world."

rigorous.

As expected of a scholar, the matter of biting words is indeed a scholar's forte.

The allusion of Taiyi presenting horses is that in the autumn of the fourth year of Yuanding, a prisoner named "Hua Lichang" in Dunhuang donated a horse with sweat and blood to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.Chengrong and Xilong are friends for thousands of miles, and now Anpixilong is a friend.

So the so-called Taiyi presents a horse.

Therefore, in the eyes of scholars, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty went to Dawan to find a hard-earned BMW when he conquered the West.

Emperors like Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who were militaristic, had a rather low evaluation in the mouths of scholars.

Why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquer the Western Regions?

In order to break the right arm of the Huns, to fight the Huns, and to report the siege of Baideng, the ancestors, these are all reasons, but in the final analysis, it is for the survival of the Han Dynasty.

At that time, the celestial phenomena, the national treasure iron-eating beasts were running around in Guanzhong, and the climate was warm and humid. At that time, the Xiongnu had the strength to destroy China.

Deng Shun's meaning is very clear, His Majesty's reopening of the Western Regions will be detrimental to His Majesty's reputation and historical evaluation.

Deng Shun saw that His Majesty didn't ask much, so he continued to speak loudly: "Your Majesty, although Daming is big, the most important places are scattered around. If these four places are lost, Daming will perish!"

"The first is Xuanfu, the second is Datong, the third is Jizhou, and the fourth is Liaodong."

"Jiayuguan is the most majestic pass in the world, and the Great Wall is hundreds of miles away. It is indestructible. The Ming guards Jiayuguan, which can protect the northwest."

The Ming Dynasty reopened the Western Regions, and it was already rumored that Yemi Lihuo would be given names, titles, and officials. Deng Shun was quite well prepared for today's admonition.

As a scholar, he invited many generals who lectured on martial arts to inquire about the military affairs of the world, especially the importance of the Western Regions to Ming Dynasty. He also has extensive knowledge and records, and finally got a point of view, that is, the Western Regions are not that important. .

Jiayuguan is a majestic pass of thousands of miles, and it cannot be breached in a leisurely manner. The Hexi Corridor is the natural barrier of Ming Dynasty. As long as the Hexi Corridor is firmly established, the safety of the three northwestern provinces can be guaranteed, just like the current situation.

Zhu Qiyu was rather surprised that Deng Shun, who was a Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai, and a scholar, actually went to study the important places of Ming Dynasty.

The four places Deng Shun mentioned are all lost in one place, and the Ming Dynasty will perish.

This is not what Zhu Qiyu said, but the conclusion reached by many generals in the martial arts hall.

Xuanfu is the gateway to the capital.

How arrogant was Genghis Khan?His general Zhebie captured Juyongguan with tricks, but quickly withdrew.

Genghis Khan later captured Xuande Mansion, which is the important town of Xuanfu, and took Yehuling, and then captured Juyongguan from the Zijingguan Trail, which established the victory of the Battle of Mengjin.

When Datong Mansion was breached, the Hulu could take Taiyuan directly by bypassing the Yanmen Pass from the ancient Loulan Road. The reason why the Northern Song Dynasty was unable to take the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun was based on this. The reason for the subjugation of the Northern Song Dynasty was also based on this. Unable to help Kaifeng.

And Jizhou is another important town of Ming Dynasty, and another gateway of Ming Dynasty. The importance of Jizhou is far greater than that of Shanhaiguan.

After the death of the old slave chieftain Nurhachi, the young slave chieftain Hong Taiji was in the second year of Chongzhen, the ninth year of Chongzhen, and the 13th year of Chongzhen.

The importance of Liaodong is self-evident.

Emperor Chongzhen was hanged to death on an old crooked neck tree with a rope, the Ming Dynasty died, and the Qing army entered the pass. Where did the Qing army come from?Liaodong.

In the century-old history of humiliation, there are countless wolves and powers coveting Liaodong, and the important springboard for Japanese invaders to invade China is Liaodong.

At the beginning of the founding of the Republic, the Allied Forces of the Seventeen Nations tried their best to take down North Korea. Was that going to take down North Korea?That is coveting Liaodong.

The Republic has just been established, and a lot of waste is waiting to be rebuilt, but it is still necessary to fight the United States and aid Korea with great vigor, why?

"Very insightful. For a scholar, what Deng Hanlin said is not wrong." Zhu Qiyu affirmed Deng Shun's advice, because what Deng Shun said was not wrong.

Deng Shun's meaning was very clear. Ming's military center was not in the west, but in the north. Whether the Western Regions were peaceful or not had little to do with Ming. As long as Jiayuguan was guarded, Ming could take it calmly no matter how stormy Jiayuguan was.

The Ming Dynasty exhausted its people's resources, financial resources and national power, and reopened the Western Regions, which can be said to be worth the candle.

Seeing His Majesty's consent, Deng Shun moved forward half a step and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there are many bandits in the Western Regions. It is far more expensive to control the difficulties in the Western Regions than to control the Tatars. The Marquis of Wuqing has been suppressing the bandits in Daningwei so far, but he has never been able to." Returning to Beijing, how should we govern the Western Regions?"

"One is to relocate the people to settle the land. The Western Regions are bitter and cold, and the products are not abundant. There is no fertile land and no fertile soil. Moving the people of Ming Dynasty to the Western Regions is not what the people want. If they don't relocate, how can we talk about long-term stability?"

"Secondly, the bandits were suppressed. The folk customs in the Western Regions were tough, and there were a lot of prostitutes. The people were busy farming for the peasants and became bandits. The people of the seven countries in the Western Regions were intricate. The Ming army conquered thousands of miles away, and it was difficult to conquer Yi'an."

"My minister boldly calculated that only the large army went on an expedition to the Western Regions to settle down, and the amount of food and salaries used to convert it into silver coins amounted to more than ten million."

Zhu Qiyu nodded again, governing the Western Regions, the first move to emigrate, the second law and order war cost too much.

The Western Regions is not a land of fertile land, so it is not a good choice for the relocated people. If there is a choice, migrating to Jilong Island is much better than migrating to the Gobi Desert in the Western Regions.

Similarly, the Western Regions were divided into seven countries, and there are still as many as five countries. The cost of public security warfare is too high.

The Ming Dynasty conquered the west, and it required tens of millions of silver coins just to conquer the army, prepare food, grass, pensions, etc., and this is not counting the cost of the security war.

Look at the beautiful country in Iraq and the beautiful country in Afghanistan.

"Is there a third one?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Deng Shun and asked.

"Yes!" Deng Shun said with a little excitement: "Saving the people within peace is the duty of the country, and working far outside is the last policy of the imperial court!"

"Han Guangwu retreated to thank the Western Regions, Tang Taizong was not attached to Kang, and they all know their duties well!"

When the Eastern Han Dynasty was established, many small countries in the Western Regions were under the pressure of the Xiongnu and asked Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu of the Han Dynasty to establish the Western Regions Protectorate to protect the Western Regions, but Han Guangwu refused.

Tang Taizong Li Shimin rejected Kang Guo's attachment because the Tang Dynasty was beyond his reach at that time.

But Li Shimin's son, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, accepted the attachment of Kang Guo and took away the title of King of Kings.

Knowing these two allusions, Zhu Qiyu continued to listen to Deng Shun's advice.

Deng Shun continued: "Today, things are different. There are catastrophes everywhere. The four sides of the Ming Dynasty are still apologizing for disasters. People go on hunger strikes and flee. Their wives don't have clothes to cover their bodies. They are recommended to be wrapped in mats, and their children are sold out!"

"The family is not complete, and it turns to die in the ravine! Before the pain is buried, it has become a market, so you can cry bitterly!"

"I hope that Your Majesty will use the funds for the reopening of the Western Regions to benefit from the wealth of the treasury, and send envoys to help the poor, so that the hungry people can be saved."

The translation of Deng Shun's words means that there is still a famine in the Ming Dynasty, and instead of saving the people of the Ming Dynasty from the fire and water, they ran to reopen the Western Regions, which is an act of discarding the basics and chasing the last.

The third point of Deng Shun's advice on governing the Western Regions, the core of his speech is: Your Majesty, please stop, wait for the people of Ming Dynasty!

Undoubtedly, it went astray.

Zhu Qiyu was quite satisfied at first, and kept tapping the armrest of the throne with his fingers, thinking seriously about Deng Shun's words, but after Deng Shunzhi finished the third point of the Western Regions, his hands stopped, and he glanced at Deng Shun .