The big group of people headed north and walked to a river intersection, leaving the Wo River and marched along a canal.
The canal has just been sprouted recently, with some new soil and silt piled up on the shore, and the saplings on the shore are also newly planted.
Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse away from the brigade, and Yao Ji and Muzhen and other imperial concubines also changed into corset dresses and wandered around with him.
There were no cities around, and the horse team passed by several villages and headed back towards the river bank along the dirt road.
This place already belongs to the territory of the Henan Provincial Administration and the terrain is very flat.
However, the surrounding vegetation is rich, with forests, croplands and fields blocking them, so people's vision is not wide.
There are harvested wheat piles on the land, and yellowed rice fields.
It is the clear and cool autumn weather and the cool breeze is blowing.
When people arrived at the main road on the bank of the canal, they saw several official boats coming.
The canal was not wide, and soon the soldiers on the boat saw Zhu Gaoxu's robe and many people stood on the side of the boat and shouted to the shore. The sound of long live one after another.
After a while, military music was played on the boat, and officers and soldiers lined up on the boat to hold military salutes.
Zhu Gaoxu also held his mount and clasped his fists in front of the official boat.The soldiers raised their muskets and cherry guns and cheered on the water, and there was a hustle and bustle on the canal.
As the official ship gradually drifts away, the shouts still remained.
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and looked at Yao Ji next to him. He saw her look comfortable and in a good mood.
Yao Ji withdrew her gaze and said: The emperor is deeply loved by the hearts of the army and the people.
Zhu Gaoxu said: I have just tried my best to do something I should do.
While talking, they rode their horses and continued to walk slowly along the river.At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from behind, and a piece of yellow dust rose.
After a while, the rider caught up with the cavalry, and the cavalry behind him seemed not to stop him.Zhu Gaoxu looked back and saw the face of the visitor clearly. It turned out to be Hou Hai, the commander of the left guard.
Wait!Zhu Gaoxu shouted at the sitting brown horse and raised his hand to let the horse team stop gradually.
Hou Hai stepped forward, turned over and dismounted, took out a dismantled envelope, and bowed: I will pay homage to the emperor.The officials of the Northern Department of the Guardian Office received some news in Peiping, and this time I had to report to the emperor as soon as possible.
His words mentioned this time probably implying the last time that he was negligent and delayed the matter.
Zhu Gaoxu sat on the horse's back and leaned over to take the thing.
There is a document in it, written by Guo Ang, an official stationed in Peking, and a letter from the eunuch Huang Yan.
Huang Yan is a sinner, and he was involved in the case of rebellion by King Dai, which is a serious crime. He has been fleeing to the Tatars for several years.
What is strange is that no one has decided on Huang Yan's crime yet; Zhu Gaoxu speculated that the matter might involve King Zhao, and it was difficult to deal with the yamen. The criminal was not caught and no one urged him, so the matter was delayed.
Huang Yan wrote a few pieces of paper, most of which were self-defense and injustice, and his words were almost begging, and Zhu Gaoxu was not very interested.After reading it twice, Zhu Gaoxu finally found a useful paragraph in it.
According to Huang Yan, he received reliable information from the powerful people of the Korchin tribe.
The Tatar's magistrate Arutai was interested in contacting the ministers of Mongolia and wanted to support the leader of the Korchin tribe as the Khan of the entire Mongolian Khan. The leader's name was Borjijin Ade.
When Zhu Gaoxu saw his surname, he knew that the leader of the Korchin tribe was a descendant of Genghis Khan.
I know.Zhu Gaoxu roughly finished reading it and responded.He returned the official documents that Guo Ang gave to the North Bureau to Hou Hai, but put Huang Yan's letter into his sleeve bag.
Hou Hai bowed and bowed, of course he didn't dare to ask for the letter.
Zhu Gaoxu and his group rode their horses and continued to wander around the river. After enjoying their lives, they turned around and looked for the escort brigade.
Along the way, he felt something was strange in his heart.
According to everyone's previous speculation, the reason why Alutai took the initiative to submit to the title and even asked someone to take over the remnants of the Tatar tribe of Hamiwei was that there were important figures in the remnants of the Tatar tribe, most likely the son of Benjali's Khan.
Now Alutai wants to support the Korqin people, so wouldn’t it be in vain for his efforts to rescue the remnants?
Or maybe, was Zhu Gaoxu’s inference with a group of people from the Ming Dynasty completely wrong?
When the sun sets west, the army camps set out.The headquarters of the Central Army was still a village that was requisitioned, but the guards had more than 10,000 people, and the village could not accommodate them. Most of the troops chose camps nearby to set up tents.
Zhu Gaoxu asked someone to invite the important civil and military personnel who were accompanying him to come to the yard where he lived for dinner.
Among them are Hou Hai, Gao Xianning, as well as the nobles Qiu Fu, Wei Da, Wang Bin and others.
After giving the order, Zhu Gaoxu specially called Cao Fu and invited the son-in-law He Kui Si to come together.
Everyone came after getting the news.
There is naturally no place like a throne in the courtyard of this private house. So after the civil and military officials gave the grand ceremony, Zhu Gaoxu asked them to sit around a square table.
The guards took some dried desserts and put in a few pots of wine.
Zhu Gaoxu reached into his sleeve bag, took out Huang Yan's letter, handed it to Qiu Fu next to him, and then asked everyone to circulate it.After reading it, Qiu Fu said nothing, and handed it to Wang Bin directly, then reached out to get the wine pot and poured the wine.
The generals were not very clear about the inside story of this matter, but Gao Xianning and Hou Hai both knew that even the son-in-law He Kuisi had talked to Zhu Gaoxu.
Sure enough, He Kuisi spoke first: We guessed wrongly, isn’t the people from Benyali’s family in Hamiwei?
Gao Xianning said calmly: Why did Alutai take the initiative to surrender and receive the title?
He Kuisi looked thoughtful and couldn't answer.
At this time, Wang Bin's voice said: I shouldn't have let the Prime Minister of Tatar go. Find an excuse to arrest him and beat him up. Wouldn't you know everything?
flutter!Qiu Fugang choked out a sip of wine and hurriedly said: The emperor forgives the crime, the old minister loses his etiquette, it was not intentional.
Zhu Gaoxu said: There is still some tribute wine in my palace. If Duke Qi likes to drink it, he will ask someone to send it to the mansion when he goes back.
Qiu Fu clasped his fists and said: I thank the emperor for his kindness and reward.
Wang Bin looked at Qiu Fu seriously and said: Did I say something wrong?
Qiu Fu smiled and said: Just listen, this matter is not subject to the generals.After saying that, he glanced at He Fu's son, and the prince-in-law was also a military general.
He Kuisi's voice said again: Many things in the world are unreasonable, but there should be reasons for what Alu Taiwan does. This Arutai is not an ordinary person. He has held the power of Mongolia for many years and supported several Khans. He is still the top figure in the Tatar tribes.
Zhu Gaoxu agreed: You are right, most people like this have long-term plans.After the demise of the Yuan Dynasty, the Tatars suffered heavy losses from the Ming Dynasty's official army during the Hongwu period and the Wude period.But many Tatars have not changed their mindset, and the illusion of the Dayuan martial arts of that year remains.Therefore, if Arutai did not have any intention, there was no need to take the initiative to surrender, and other Tatars would also dissuade him.
After a while, He Kuisi clasped his fists and said: I have some speculations, but it seems to be irrelevant, and I don’t know whether to talk or not.
If the prince consort feels it is not right to say it, you won’t ask this question.Zhu Gaoxu said casually.
Qiu Fu and several other generals couldn't help but smile.
He Kuisi said: I think that at this time, the first thing Alutai wanted to deal with was the Wata Man, so he was willing to temporarily surrender to the Ming court.The Emperor of Wude went to the Northern Expedition, which caused a lot of losses to the Tatar elites, and Arutai could no longer compete with the Wastu people head-on.Therefore, Alutai’s best strategy is to rely on the power of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Let’s continue.
He Kuisi nodded and said: Alutai is still unable to truly align with the Ming Dynasty.The court has always been wary of the Tatars, and Arutai should also understand.The most practical way at this time was to provoke a war between the Ming Dynasty and the Washu tribes.When the thorns are weakened, Alutai takes the opportunity to add insults. This is the best way to defeat or even eliminate the thorns.
Zhu Gaoxu became more and more interested in hearing this and said: I think the son-in-law’s remarks are very marginal.
He Kuisi's expression was a little awkward, and the inferences that came later were a bit like conjecture.The minister boldly speculated that everything Alutai did recently was to provoke the Ming Dynasty and the thorns.
There may not be any descendants of Benjali's Khan in the remnants of the Tatar tribe of Hamiwei.
Alutai deliberately released the news, causing the Wassar people to mistakenly think that Benyari's son fled to Hami Guard; therefore, the Wassar troops attacked the Hami Guard a while ago, which happened.
Alutai deliberately sent people to Peiping, Zhangde and other places to find Han people to meet the remnants of the west.Then he sent an envoy to surrender and made his only request, which was to borrow the Tao.All this suggests that the Tatars had very important people in Hamiwei.This person is easy to guess with the Watsai people, only Benjali's son who has lost his sweat has enough weight.
He Kuisi changed his tone and continued: Mahamu, the leader of Wasai, has supported a man named "Dabali" as the Great Khan of the Mongolian, and is called Benyari's younger brother.However, since he took office, many people have questioned him, and the Tatar tribes did not recognize him.
At this time, if the Wastu people learned that Benjali had a son in Hamigu, they would be very likely to send troops to block the attack.
By paying tribute to Alutai, he has received a promise from the Ming Dynasty to protect the remnants of Tatars.When the remnants of Tatars were passed by, the Ming Dynasty's guards might be attacked by the Wassai people.In addition, the Washu tribes continued to grow and Mahamu's ambitions expanded, the court became increasingly afraid, and the battle between the Ming Dynasty and Washu might break out.
The room was quiet for a long time, and after hearing this, everyone seemed to be thinking about what He Kuisi said.
Gao Xianning broke the silence: It makes sense in theory, but some of the specific things are difficult to do at Alutai.
At least very imaginative.Zhu Gaoxu said, Mr. He is a very spiritual person.
At this time, the sun had already set, so Zhu Gaoxu asked the eunuch Cao Fu to arrange the food and prepare for the food.No further discussion about the Tatars.
The canal has just been sprouted recently, with some new soil and silt piled up on the shore, and the saplings on the shore are also newly planted.
Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse away from the brigade, and Yao Ji and Muzhen and other imperial concubines also changed into corset dresses and wandered around with him.
There were no cities around, and the horse team passed by several villages and headed back towards the river bank along the dirt road.
This place already belongs to the territory of the Henan Provincial Administration and the terrain is very flat.
However, the surrounding vegetation is rich, with forests, croplands and fields blocking them, so people's vision is not wide.
There are harvested wheat piles on the land, and yellowed rice fields.
It is the clear and cool autumn weather and the cool breeze is blowing.
When people arrived at the main road on the bank of the canal, they saw several official boats coming.
The canal was not wide, and soon the soldiers on the boat saw Zhu Gaoxu's robe and many people stood on the side of the boat and shouted to the shore. The sound of long live one after another.
After a while, military music was played on the boat, and officers and soldiers lined up on the boat to hold military salutes.
Zhu Gaoxu also held his mount and clasped his fists in front of the official boat.The soldiers raised their muskets and cherry guns and cheered on the water, and there was a hustle and bustle on the canal.
As the official ship gradually drifts away, the shouts still remained.
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and looked at Yao Ji next to him. He saw her look comfortable and in a good mood.
Yao Ji withdrew her gaze and said: The emperor is deeply loved by the hearts of the army and the people.
Zhu Gaoxu said: I have just tried my best to do something I should do.
While talking, they rode their horses and continued to walk slowly along the river.At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from behind, and a piece of yellow dust rose.
After a while, the rider caught up with the cavalry, and the cavalry behind him seemed not to stop him.Zhu Gaoxu looked back and saw the face of the visitor clearly. It turned out to be Hou Hai, the commander of the left guard.
Wait!Zhu Gaoxu shouted at the sitting brown horse and raised his hand to let the horse team stop gradually.
Hou Hai stepped forward, turned over and dismounted, took out a dismantled envelope, and bowed: I will pay homage to the emperor.The officials of the Northern Department of the Guardian Office received some news in Peiping, and this time I had to report to the emperor as soon as possible.
His words mentioned this time probably implying the last time that he was negligent and delayed the matter.
Zhu Gaoxu sat on the horse's back and leaned over to take the thing.
There is a document in it, written by Guo Ang, an official stationed in Peking, and a letter from the eunuch Huang Yan.
Huang Yan is a sinner, and he was involved in the case of rebellion by King Dai, which is a serious crime. He has been fleeing to the Tatars for several years.
What is strange is that no one has decided on Huang Yan's crime yet; Zhu Gaoxu speculated that the matter might involve King Zhao, and it was difficult to deal with the yamen. The criminal was not caught and no one urged him, so the matter was delayed.
Huang Yan wrote a few pieces of paper, most of which were self-defense and injustice, and his words were almost begging, and Zhu Gaoxu was not very interested.After reading it twice, Zhu Gaoxu finally found a useful paragraph in it.
According to Huang Yan, he received reliable information from the powerful people of the Korchin tribe.
The Tatar's magistrate Arutai was interested in contacting the ministers of Mongolia and wanted to support the leader of the Korchin tribe as the Khan of the entire Mongolian Khan. The leader's name was Borjijin Ade.
When Zhu Gaoxu saw his surname, he knew that the leader of the Korchin tribe was a descendant of Genghis Khan.
I know.Zhu Gaoxu roughly finished reading it and responded.He returned the official documents that Guo Ang gave to the North Bureau to Hou Hai, but put Huang Yan's letter into his sleeve bag.
Hou Hai bowed and bowed, of course he didn't dare to ask for the letter.
Zhu Gaoxu and his group rode their horses and continued to wander around the river. After enjoying their lives, they turned around and looked for the escort brigade.
Along the way, he felt something was strange in his heart.
According to everyone's previous speculation, the reason why Alutai took the initiative to submit to the title and even asked someone to take over the remnants of the Tatar tribe of Hamiwei was that there were important figures in the remnants of the Tatar tribe, most likely the son of Benjali's Khan.
Now Alutai wants to support the Korqin people, so wouldn’t it be in vain for his efforts to rescue the remnants?
Or maybe, was Zhu Gaoxu’s inference with a group of people from the Ming Dynasty completely wrong?
When the sun sets west, the army camps set out.The headquarters of the Central Army was still a village that was requisitioned, but the guards had more than 10,000 people, and the village could not accommodate them. Most of the troops chose camps nearby to set up tents.
Zhu Gaoxu asked someone to invite the important civil and military personnel who were accompanying him to come to the yard where he lived for dinner.
Among them are Hou Hai, Gao Xianning, as well as the nobles Qiu Fu, Wei Da, Wang Bin and others.
After giving the order, Zhu Gaoxu specially called Cao Fu and invited the son-in-law He Kui Si to come together.
Everyone came after getting the news.
There is naturally no place like a throne in the courtyard of this private house. So after the civil and military officials gave the grand ceremony, Zhu Gaoxu asked them to sit around a square table.
The guards took some dried desserts and put in a few pots of wine.
Zhu Gaoxu reached into his sleeve bag, took out Huang Yan's letter, handed it to Qiu Fu next to him, and then asked everyone to circulate it.After reading it, Qiu Fu said nothing, and handed it to Wang Bin directly, then reached out to get the wine pot and poured the wine.
The generals were not very clear about the inside story of this matter, but Gao Xianning and Hou Hai both knew that even the son-in-law He Kuisi had talked to Zhu Gaoxu.
Sure enough, He Kuisi spoke first: We guessed wrongly, isn’t the people from Benyali’s family in Hamiwei?
Gao Xianning said calmly: Why did Alutai take the initiative to surrender and receive the title?
He Kuisi looked thoughtful and couldn't answer.
At this time, Wang Bin's voice said: I shouldn't have let the Prime Minister of Tatar go. Find an excuse to arrest him and beat him up. Wouldn't you know everything?
flutter!Qiu Fugang choked out a sip of wine and hurriedly said: The emperor forgives the crime, the old minister loses his etiquette, it was not intentional.
Zhu Gaoxu said: There is still some tribute wine in my palace. If Duke Qi likes to drink it, he will ask someone to send it to the mansion when he goes back.
Qiu Fu clasped his fists and said: I thank the emperor for his kindness and reward.
Wang Bin looked at Qiu Fu seriously and said: Did I say something wrong?
Qiu Fu smiled and said: Just listen, this matter is not subject to the generals.After saying that, he glanced at He Fu's son, and the prince-in-law was also a military general.
He Kuisi's voice said again: Many things in the world are unreasonable, but there should be reasons for what Alu Taiwan does. This Arutai is not an ordinary person. He has held the power of Mongolia for many years and supported several Khans. He is still the top figure in the Tatar tribes.
Zhu Gaoxu agreed: You are right, most people like this have long-term plans.After the demise of the Yuan Dynasty, the Tatars suffered heavy losses from the Ming Dynasty's official army during the Hongwu period and the Wude period.But many Tatars have not changed their mindset, and the illusion of the Dayuan martial arts of that year remains.Therefore, if Arutai did not have any intention, there was no need to take the initiative to surrender, and other Tatars would also dissuade him.
After a while, He Kuisi clasped his fists and said: I have some speculations, but it seems to be irrelevant, and I don’t know whether to talk or not.
If the prince consort feels it is not right to say it, you won’t ask this question.Zhu Gaoxu said casually.
Qiu Fu and several other generals couldn't help but smile.
He Kuisi said: I think that at this time, the first thing Alutai wanted to deal with was the Wata Man, so he was willing to temporarily surrender to the Ming court.The Emperor of Wude went to the Northern Expedition, which caused a lot of losses to the Tatar elites, and Arutai could no longer compete with the Wastu people head-on.Therefore, Alutai’s best strategy is to rely on the power of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Let’s continue.
He Kuisi nodded and said: Alutai is still unable to truly align with the Ming Dynasty.The court has always been wary of the Tatars, and Arutai should also understand.The most practical way at this time was to provoke a war between the Ming Dynasty and the Washu tribes.When the thorns are weakened, Alutai takes the opportunity to add insults. This is the best way to defeat or even eliminate the thorns.
Zhu Gaoxu became more and more interested in hearing this and said: I think the son-in-law’s remarks are very marginal.
He Kuisi's expression was a little awkward, and the inferences that came later were a bit like conjecture.The minister boldly speculated that everything Alutai did recently was to provoke the Ming Dynasty and the thorns.
There may not be any descendants of Benjali's Khan in the remnants of the Tatar tribe of Hamiwei.
Alutai deliberately released the news, causing the Wassar people to mistakenly think that Benyari's son fled to Hami Guard; therefore, the Wassar troops attacked the Hami Guard a while ago, which happened.
Alutai deliberately sent people to Peiping, Zhangde and other places to find Han people to meet the remnants of the west.Then he sent an envoy to surrender and made his only request, which was to borrow the Tao.All this suggests that the Tatars had very important people in Hamiwei.This person is easy to guess with the Watsai people, only Benjali's son who has lost his sweat has enough weight.
He Kuisi changed his tone and continued: Mahamu, the leader of Wasai, has supported a man named "Dabali" as the Great Khan of the Mongolian, and is called Benyari's younger brother.However, since he took office, many people have questioned him, and the Tatar tribes did not recognize him.
At this time, if the Wastu people learned that Benjali had a son in Hamigu, they would be very likely to send troops to block the attack.
By paying tribute to Alutai, he has received a promise from the Ming Dynasty to protect the remnants of Tatars.When the remnants of Tatars were passed by, the Ming Dynasty's guards might be attacked by the Wassai people.In addition, the Washu tribes continued to grow and Mahamu's ambitions expanded, the court became increasingly afraid, and the battle between the Ming Dynasty and Washu might break out.
The room was quiet for a long time, and after hearing this, everyone seemed to be thinking about what He Kuisi said.
Gao Xianning broke the silence: It makes sense in theory, but some of the specific things are difficult to do at Alutai.
At least very imaginative.Zhu Gaoxu said, Mr. He is a very spiritual person.
At this time, the sun had already set, so Zhu Gaoxu asked the eunuch Cao Fu to arrange the food and prepare for the food.No further discussion about the Tatars.
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