Chapter 796 Yan Ermei’s ambition

Author: Linglinghou

Dry teeth.

Abdullah, who had been controlled by Yan Ermei and the mission's guards for nearly two months, had become accustomed to the life of a semi-puppet Khan.

Why is it called semi-puppet style?

Because although the Ming Dynasty mission controlled his personal safety, it did not block his communication with the outside world, nor did it interfere much with his handling of military and political affairs - except for those related to the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, because Yan Ermei slept and ate with Abdullah every day and watched him deal with various military and political affairs, she would also make some small suggestions, which often benefited Abdullah a lot and made him cherish this Ming envoy.

The master's talent comes.

In order to get rid of the control of the mission, Abdullah once extended an olive branch to Yan Ermei and offered various favorable conditions in order to recruit Yan Ermei.

For example, Yan Ermei was named the "Prime Minister" of Yerqiang.

For another example, ten top beauties were selected from the entire Yeerqiang area and given to Yan Ermei.

Another example is giving boxes of jewelry and jade to Yan Ermei.

There are many ways to win over people.

But Yan Ermei was like a brave man. No matter how many treasures and beauties Abdullah gave him, he accepted them all, but he did not agree to be the "prime minister" of Yarkand at all.

In addition to wooing Yan Ermei and other members of the mission, Abdullah also thought of many other ways to escape from the control of the mission, but they were all seen through and blocked by the mission's guards.

Yan Ermei also warned and even punished him.

For example, they could lower his food standards, or put him in solitary confinement and not let him sleep.

Abdullah could tolerate lowering his food standards - he had heard people say that eating lighter foods would help his health.

But the two punishments of confinement and deprivation of sleep are terrible.

At first, Abdullah dismissed these two punishments, thinking that they were just being locked up in a house and not sleeping all night.

But after being locked up in a house with no light and no sound, he couldn't hold on for even half a day.

As for not sleeping, he only persisted for one night before giving in and begging for mercy.

The feeling of not being able to sleep is really excruciating.

After experiencing the above attempts and being punished accordingly for failure, Abdullah has now become a qualified puppet khan.

No, when the guards sent by Yan Ermei to guard the east city gate came over to report that the Ming Dynasty had sent three thousand reinforcements, Abdullah's expression did not change.

"King Khan should be happy." Yan Ermei looked at Abdullah and said in Mongolian, "I, the Holy Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, learned that King Khan was ill, and specially sent a battalion of elites to protect you."

Abdullah gave a stiff smile?

I thought to myself, I am so happy. Are they here to protect me? They are clearly here to control me!

Yan Ermei continued: "Since it is a kindness bestowed by the emperor, King Khan should join me in saluting towards Nanjing to express gratitude."

After saying that, he bowed to the sky in a very standard manner in the direction of Nanjing.

Abdullah wanted to refuse, but he was afraid of being detained or not allowed to sleep, so he could only learn to bow to the sky in the direction of Nanjing.

Yan Ermei added: "The Khanate defenders at the east city gate seem to have misunderstood our Ming army. They are not allowed to enter the city. They also asked the Khan to write a warrant to let them go."

This matter involved actual interests, or seriously affected the situation. Therefore, Abdullah was silent for a while and subconsciously wanted to refuse.

"Alas~" Yan Ermei sighed, "It seems that the last time King Khan was in the confinement room, he did not think thoroughly, and he needs to go in again. Someone, please take..."

"Don't!" Abdullah panicked when he heard that he was going to be imprisoned. "Don't misunderstand me, Lord Hell. I was just distracted for a moment because I was grateful to the Holy Emperor for the reward... I will write the order right now.

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After speaking, Abdullah quickly wrote a relevant warrant and stamped it with the seal of the Khan.

Yan Ermei took the warrant and blew it, and said with a smile: "That's right. Why should King Khan be in trouble with his own safety?"

In this way, Li Laiheng led the garrison camp of Tibiao Town, Gansu Province and easily entered the capital of the Yarkand Khanate, and completely controlled the palace and the east city gate.

As for the other three city gates established by Yaergan, Li Laiheng did not divide his troops to garrison them at the suggestion of Yan Ermei, Feng Jingdi, and Wang Yi.

For one thing, the Yaergan city was relatively large. Even if the city gates were guarded, the enemy could enter through various sections of the city walls. However, the Ming army did not have enough manpower to control all the Yaergan city walls.

Second, dividing the troops to garrison other city gates will dilute the strength of the Ming army, thereby reducing the combat effectiveness of the Ming army everywhere and increasing the danger to the Ming army.

Finally, with the equipment and military literacy of the Ming army, as long as they control the Khan's Palace and the East Gate, they can easily evacuate at any time.

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The situation of the Ming army in Ya'er seemed to be very good, but Yan Ermei was not very happy.

In a side hall of the Khan's palace, he read the transcript of the telegram issued by the court to deal with the Yerqian incident, put it on the table, looked at Li Laiheng and the other three, and asked: "Now the Yerqian and the entire Yerqiang

The three of you must have some understanding of the situation, do you think we should really follow the imperial telegraph order?"

Li Laiheng first expressed his position: "I am only responsible for leading the troops in the war. I don't understand the affairs of the government."

Feng Jingdi frowned and said: "Is the Lord of Hell trying to disobey orders?"

Wang Yi said nothing.

Yan Ermei said: "As the saying goes, 'I will not accept your order from the outside world' - when the imperial court issued this telegram, it may not have expected the current situation here.

What's more, this telegram is mainly for us to ensure the safety of the Ming Dynasty business travelers in Yarkand, as well as the safety of the mission.

As long as we guarantee these two points, it doesn't necessarily mean that we are disobeying orders, right?"

Feng Jing was silent for the first time.

Seeing this, Yan Ermei stepped up her efforts and advised: "Now Abdullah has become a puppet controlled by the mission. In that case, why don't we control him and help the imperial courts take over the Western Regions as soon as possible?

This is a feat that opened up a new territory and will go down in history. Do you three want to let it go in vain?"

"What exactly does the envoy Yan want to do?" Feng Jingdi did not want to conflict with the envoy and was indeed moved by his words, so he decided to listen to Yan Ermei's specific thoughts.

If there was no conflict with the imperial telegram, he would not mind executing the order flexibly.

Yan Ermei said: "First of all, let Abdullah order the Ming merchants in Yarkand to leave the country within a time limit to ensure the safety of these merchants and common people.

Again, I ordered the five guards including Hami and Shazhou to be returned to my Ming Dynasty, in order to test the reaction of the powerful nobles in Yarkand.

According to what I have learned in the past two months, there are only a few among the powerful nobles of Yarkand who are willing to go to war with the Ming Dynasty because of Hami and other five guards.

When this small group of people came forward, the Janissaries acted as Abdullah's 'thugs' and killed them with the order of the Khan.

Without these determined opponents of the Ming Dynasty, it will be much easier for us to proceed to the next step.

For example, let Abdullah submit a surrender letter, request that the entire Yarkand surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and ask the court to establish a provincial capital in the Western Regions!"

At the end of the story, Yan Ermei finally revealed his ambition.

Feng Jingdi and Wang Yi looked at each other and found that both of them were surprised and excited.

Because Yan Ermei's plan was not as dangerous as they thought, and it did not conflict much with the imperial telegram.

The key is that the mission and the garrison camp did not evacuate Yarkand as soon as possible as required by the telegram, and may even be in danger due to follow-up plans.

But on one side they were envoys to the humble countries in the Western Regions that were thousands of miles away from the capital, and on the other side they were border guards. They were both doing dangerous things, so how could they refuse to open up new territories and reopen the Western Regions because of danger?

great merit?

Immediately, Feng Jingdi pulled Li Laiheng and Wang Yi aside and whispered for a while, then came back and said: "We can accompany the envoy of Hell to establish the effort to reopen the Western Regions, but the envoy of Hell must write a letter stating the plan overnight.

Memorial, we will send a team of messengers back to Gansu early tomorrow morning to report to the imperial court!"

"Hahaha," Yan Ermei laughed heartily, "No problem!"

Even if Feng Jingdi didn't mention this matter, he would still do it. Because by doing so, they would not be considered disobedient and disrespectful. At most, they would kill them first and report later.
Chapter completed!