Ming Dynasty: My father Yongle, Forever Reigns Over Mountains and Rivers

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Soon Xia Yuanji, Yang Rong and other important ministers rushed over, including Jin Zhong who was recuperating at home.

After all, Jin Zhong was an old minister of Jingnan. After Zhu Di became emperor, he moved to the Ministry of War, Minister of War, and Prince Zhan because of his many achievements.

Now that Zhu Di was about to send his troops to the Northern Expedition, he also wanted to ask this close minister for his opinion.

Everyone took their seats and looked at Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu.

To be honest, Jin Zhong, Xia Yuanji and others did not expect at all that the Han prince could come up with a national policy to destroy the barbarians.

You are a crude and simple martial artist Qiu Ba, who knows a few Chinese characters, and your mind is full of violent muscles. What good ideas can you come up with?

It is true that since His Highness the King of Han was injured last time, his brain suddenly became better and he put forward many practical and effective suggestions on making money.

However, to put it nicely, this is called "sharing the king's worries", but to put it worse, it means that the king of Han has extraordinary methods of amassing money.

Apart from this, no one has ever seen that Prince Han has any other wise ideas in governing the country.

In the past, His Highness the King of Han knew nothing about state affairs!

Otherwise, Jin Zhong, Xia Yuanji and other court giants would not always support Zhu Gaochi to take over the East Palace.

However, the King of Han made several big moves, which earned the court a lot of money, successfully alleviated the financial pressure, and won the favor of the emperor.

Now they could only sit absent-mindedly, waiting to watch His Highness the King of Han's wonderful performance.

Big Fatty is a little confused now. He knows best the virtues of his second son.

But what happened in recent days, and the various weird behaviors of the second child, really made him confused.

Is this guy good at handling state affairs now?

This is not a joke!

Seeing that everyone was here, Zhu Di nodded and said with a smile: "Tell me, second brother, your three strategies of up, middle and down!"

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at everyone first, and then asked: "Before answering this question, I want to ask you first, what is the purpose of our war?"

Hearing this, everyone was stunned and somewhat unable to recover.

What is the purpose of fighting?

Do you even need to ask?

The emperor has been conducting the Northern Expedition for many years, tightening his belt and beating the Tatars to death. Isn’t this just to clean up Mobei and create a peaceful and prosperous age for future generations?

You, Prince Han, are definitely the main war party. You will fight wherever the emperor directs you. Is this an issue you should consider?

Zhu Di didn't say anything, he just looked at the ministers one by one and observed the changes in their faces.

Why waste people and money, conduct repeated northern expeditions, and send troops to Mobei?

This answer was already understood when he was still King Yan.

Emperor Taizu Gao sent him to Peking to guard the dangerous pass in the north. When he took office as the vassal king, Zhu Di often fought with the Mongolian and Yuan forces in the north. The many wars made Zhu Di understand a truth!

If Mobei is not peaceful, the Ming Dynasty will never have peace!

Prior to this, although Taizu had driven Mongolia out of the Central Plains, the Tatar and Oara tribes in Mobei often crossed the border to invade the Ming Dynasty and harassed the border!

The nomadic people were brave and good at fighting. The two major forces headed by the Tatars and Oaras were fighting each other in Mobei, and the war slowly reached the border of the Ming Dynasty.

If we don't attack them head-on and just sit back and watch them grow and develop, I'm afraid that the Ming Dynasty will fall under the iron hoof of the barbarians again sooner or later, and the great rivers and mountains will become smelly!

Perhaps others would say that he, Zhu Di, was very happy with his achievements and sent his troops to the Northern Expedition many times in order to prove himself to the whole world.

But in Zhu Di's eyes, if Mobei is not at peace, he will never feel at ease!

This battle must be fought!

Create a peaceful and prosperous age!

Seeing no one responded, Xue Lu could only speak to resolve the embarrassment.

"What else could it be for? Of course it's for the people of Northern Xinjiang!"

"Tatar Oara invaders have been harassing the border all year round, and the people on the border are miserable. How can we do it without fighting?"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded when he heard this, looked around and said loudly: "What Lao Xue said is wrong!"

Everyone: "???"

What?

wrong?

Why don't you nod?

"The Tatar Varakou invaded the border area, so I, the Ming Dynasty, launched the Northern Expedition. This was the reason for the war, not the purpose."

"The purpose of our war is for the stability of the country, the prosperity of the people, and the peace of the Ming Dynasty. This is the meaning of war!"

"War is just a continuation of politics. We do not fight because of cruelty and bloodlust, but to achieve the political goal of a peaceful and prosperous age... As for war, it is just a means to achieve this goal."

Zhu Gaoxu's voice was not loud, but it resounded throughout Nuan Pavilion.

Everyone listened to his talk and fell into deep thought.

Zhu Di raised his brows slightly and murmured the famous saying from later generations, his eyes flashing from time to time.

War is just a continuation of politics and a means to achieve political goals!

This sentence is really profound!

The truth is, that's how it is.

The greatest misfortune that the Ming Dynasty suffered when it came to managing foreign vassals was that when Emperor Taizu Gao died, the internal strife of the Jingnan Campaign broke out immediately, leaving the Ming Dynasty without any time to take care of external affairs for several years.

Therefore, the external power that Emperor Gao had worked so hard to build in his later years was suddenly lost. After Zhu Di came to the throne, he had to start working hard again.

At first, his authority as a new emperor had not yet spread to the frontiers. His foreign policy relied exclusively on recruitment and support, and he could not immediately go out for conquests.

Coupled with the instability of the regime in the early days of his accession to the throne, Zhu Di focused his efforts on internal affairs and did not conduct any large-scale expeditions for the time being. He only worked hard to recruit the three most powerful nomadic tribes in Mobei such as the three guards of Ulangha and the Tatars and Oaras. UU reading www.uukanshu． net

At that time, Mongolia lost its leader, and the Tatar and Oara chiefs fought fiercely with each other, causing the "Northern Captives" to surrender to the Ming Dynasty one after another.

It was not until the sixth year of Yongle, when Benya Shili, the direct descendant of the Yuan Dynasty, returned from Samarkand to inherit the throne of Khan, the Tatar attitude towards the Ming Dynasty immediately became tougher.

Benya Shili, Arutai and others also suffered from the intrusion of Wala for years. Despite this, they prided themselves on being direct descendants of the Yuan Dynasty and were unwilling to succumb to the Ming Dynasty, so they flatly rejected Zhu Di's repeated gentle edicts.

Even though Zhu Di returned all the Tatar prisoners and used all means to recruit Benya Shili to surrender, the direct descendant of the old man not only did not appreciate it, but also dared to direct the envoys he sent to the Jinta to do evil and cause trouble. Zhong Guo Ji and other envoys captured the imperial court and massacred the Northern Expedition army led by Qiu Fu!

What's this?

A naked slap in the face!

So Zhu Di was angry and decided to conquer it himself!

At the time of departure, the Tatars were already divided by internal strife.

Zhu Di pursued and defeated the Tartar Khan Benya Shili and the Tatar Grand Master Arutai on the banks of the Onan River and east of Beier Lake. After the war, Benya lost his army and went to Oara and was killed. Arutai sent Make tribute.

The originally arrogant Tatars in Mongolia were severely weakened and completely surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. They would no longer have the courage to invade and plunder from the south for at least several decades!

During a Northern Expedition, he successfully defeated the arrogant Tatar tribe and achieved his strategic goal!

This proves that war is a continuation of politics.

If the Tatars responded to the call and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, why would they need to go on an expedition?

Thinking about it, Zhu Di couldn't help but smile with relief.

This dick is really enlightened!

A casual remark is thought-provoking, and it takes a long time of reflection to understand what he means.

Could it be that this kid really has any good ideas?

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