First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Seeing that his son didn't want to do it, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care. If the prince didn't want to do it, he would hand it over to Wang Guangyang.

Such a big incident happened in the six yamen, and the left minister of the court could not escape the responsibility. Wang Guangyang also made several memorials, but Zhu Yuanzhang never approved it.

The father and son had a lunch together, and there were only four dishes and one soup on the table. The Shaanxi-Gansu area was drought-stricken, and a famine was imminent. Empress Ma had already ordered the palace to strictly prohibit wasting food. Except for the extra care of the pregnant woman, the rest of the palace The dishes are all reduced, and the concubines and princesses are also organized to weave and embroider clothes together.

As a result, even the emperor and the crown prince had few dishes to eat. Of course, the staple food was enough, and the father and son didn't dare to have any opinions.

When he suddenly received an urgent document from Chang Yuchun in the afternoon, at first Zhu Biao thought that the Mongolian army had risen, but it turned out that the current Great Khan of the Mongolian Ministry, Bor Jijin Tugustimur, was arrested by Kuo Kuo. Timur and Yesudieer were slaughtered together, and the Mongolian civil war broke out. Chang Yuchun now has soldiers guarding the border, and asked how to deal with it, whether to stand on the sidelines or go to the grassland to help a certain side.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately summoned Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Wang Guangyang, Hu Weiyong and others into the palace, and then turned around in the house. Zhu Biao looked at it carefully again. Tugusi Timur was the younger brother of the former Beiyuan prince, that is, the former Beiyuan prince. Yi Wang.

After Zhu Biao captured Shangdu, he captured many royal families of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. In order to appease the Mongolian tribes and divide them, he did not kill them all. After being escorted to Shuntian Mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang conferred them all. That is, the Mongolian Khan selected by Ming Dynasty.

This person's mediocrity is far from convincing the public, and other Mongolian kings with the blood of the Golden Family are very dissatisfied, but Daming will naturally not help Mongolia to elect a wise Mongolian Khan. This person and his eldest son Tianbaonu are all It is perfect for someone whose spine has been broken by extravagant pleasure.

After he was sent back to inherit the Khan throne, he still only knew how to enjoy himself. Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about whether this person had the heart to risk his life, but he was relieved after observing for a long time. Since then, the internal conflicts in Mongolia have become more and more acute, and the kings refused to admit it. His status, and he doesn't need it.

Not long after, Xu Da and the others hurried in. They probably knew the situation. After entering the palace, they first saluted the emperor and the prince, and then Xu Da spoke first: "This Mongolian Khan was erected by my Ming Dynasty. If you dare to attack him, you are dissatisfied with me, Daming, I suggest ordering Chang Yuchun to lead Qingqi into the grassland, even if you don't fight, you should show your attitude!"

Wang Guangyang immediately answered: "I think you should just watch from the sidelines. No matter what the Mongolian army is doing, it will only benefit our Ming Dynasty. If we start a war rashly, it will waste people and money. My family is really weak now. How can I waste it in vain?" Grassland, let's send envoys to deal with it."

Xu Da frowned and said: "Wang Xiang, this is not the time to consider losses. It doesn't matter to my Ming Dynasty what the Mongolian army is doing secretly, but they shouldn't touch Gusi Timur, that's my Daming's face to control the grassland. , if there is no response after being beaten, Mongolia will see that my body is weak, and within two years there will be chaos."

After being refuted by Xu Da, Wang Guangyang stopped talking. He had already said what he should say, and what happened next had nothing to do with him, who was about to retire.

Hu Weiyong sighed and continued: "Xu Shuai is right, you should put pressure on the grassland, but you still have to be careful, how can porcelain go head-to-head with earthen pots?"

Li Wenzhong shook his head: "It has something to do with the dignity and dignity of my Ming Dynasty. It must not be perfunctory. All the ministries in the grassland belong to wolves. If the control over the grassland is relaxed, they will definitely bite me back in the future, and there will be even greater war chaos." It's not far away, we can't indulge the ambitions of the Mongolian Ministry just because we take into account the pros and cons of the moment."

It's not that Hu Weiyong doesn't understand these truths. The Mongolian Ministry has been so honest for two years so far. It's because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince killed Wang Baobao first in the Northern Expedition and then flattened Shangdu. He captured the princes and nobles of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in one fell swoop. Dare to form alliances wantonly, and pay tribute to cattle, sheep and horses every year.

But the imperial court is now engaged in a big battle there, and it just sent troops to recover Bashu this year, so it has transferred the grain stored in various places. Now there are signs of drought in the Shaanxi-Gansu area, the imperial court has to prepare relief grain, and the various places have to The corvée was confiscated to strengthen the embankment, and there were tens of thousands of mouths to eat, and it was not known where to get the food. If there was another fight in the north, there would be no other way but to forcefully confiscate food from the people.

After a while, the six newly-appointed ministers also came. Except for the minister of the Ministry of War, the rest of the ministers are strongly anti-war, and they all hope to live in harmony, especially the minister of the household department. Tears are about to flow out.

I don’t know how poor the imperial court is now if I don’t serve as Minister of the Ministry of Households. Today’s emperors often reduce or exempt local taxes, but when the country was established at the beginning of the dynasty, all the places were waiting to be rebuilt. Where did these food materials come from?

The superior Zhu Yuanzhang kept frowning. At this time, the report from the military captain's mansion also came over. Some of them were directly placed next to Tuogusi Timur, and most of them were already in turmoil. died, and the remaining people rescued the eldest son Tianbaonu of Tuogusi Timur, and fled to the army of Kaiping King Chang Yuchun under the cover of other pro-Ming and Mongolian kings, so this letter is more important than Chang Yuchun. Spring is a little late.

After reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang passed it on to everyone. Xu Da said after reading it: "It is also beneficial for my Ming Dynasty that Tianbaonu is alive. After all, it is an orthodox golden blood. You can use his name to call on the Mongolian kings to strangle Ye Sudieer together. My Ming Dynasty only needs Just dispatch a few troops."

Hu Weiyong thought for a while and said: "I heard that Ye Sudie'er's ancestor was Brother Ali, but the younger brother of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty. If it is said to be of golden blood, I am afraid that he will get many Mongolians who are dissatisfied with my Daming. Tribal support, once the war starts, if they cannot be wiped out in one fell swoop, I am afraid that more and more people will stand on their side."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked the eunuch at the side to fetch the topographic map of Mongolia. The imperial court has never relaxed its surveillance on the Mongolian tribes. Naturally, it is clear about the general political orientation of the various tribes in Mongolia. If it is really calculated, the tribes that are dissatisfied with the Ming rule account for about 70%. The poorer the tribe was, the more dissatisfied they were with Daming, after all, the cattle and sheep that were paid tribute every year were all produced by them.

Since the death of Genghis Khan, the Mongolian tribe has never stopped. It is not uncommon for various ministries to fight for power and suppress each other. Kublai Khan’s family treated other Mongolian kings very harshly, and now they have lost the Central Plains. Tuogusi Timur is not surprising.

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