Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "Do you think the more divided they are, the better? That's not true. When there are more forces, their own ideas will become chaotic. If there are more tribes swaying around, it is not necessary for the court to appease them. It is easy to feed a mouth.
, it’s difficult to feed many mouths.”
"Our idea is to split Mongolia into three tribes, the Tatar Oara and a tribe close to Yanyun. Among these three tribes, our Ming Dynasty controls the Yanyun tribe, woos the Tatars, and suppresses the Oara. In this way, the three tribes maintain one
balance."
Zhu Biao followed his father's thoughts and said: "In front of the Yanyun army is the Oara Tatar army, and behind it is our Ming Dynasty's northern defense garrison. As long as we can properly control the leader of the army, he will be our Ming Dynasty's natural barrier."
"The reason for winning over the Tatars is that they are mainly former Yuan princes and nobles who fled north from the Central Plains. They were deeply influenced by Sinicization. As long as the Ming Dynasty can still let them enjoy the familiar wealth, they will not be dissatisfied, and the Oarabu Grassland
He is extremely conscious and is not conducive to communication. In addition, he has the ambition to unify Mongolia and go south to herd horses, so it is only suitable for suppression."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "That's basically it, but it's not easy to achieve this goal. Mongolia also has smart people. If their internal conflicts are not irreconcilable, it will be difficult to divide them."
"Now we have to see if Li Wenzhong can successfully integrate the Tatar tribe. After all, Yesu Die'er is the nominal Mongolian Khan. If the Tatar kings who are descendants of Kublai Khan are willing to move toward Yesu,
If Die'er, a descendant of Alibuge's line, bows his head, then Mongolia can be said to be integrated again. In the spring of next year, Ming Dynasty will be forced to launch another Northern Expedition. We cannot watch Mongolia grow again."
Zhu Biao also felt a headache when he heard this, but when he thought about it, how could factional disputes be so easy to reconcile? It was not about the Tatar kings lowering their heads and saying soft words, but about pushing out real benefits, slave cattle
amnioticus pasture women and so on.
Nothing in this world is completely certain, but Zhu Biao predicts that the chance of Li Wenzhong's trip being able to achieve his goal should be 70-80%, which is already extremely high.
After all, the right time, place and people are all on the side of the Ming Dynasty, but on the Mongolian side, it depends on whether they want to break the jar. If they really want to break the jar, then the Ming Dynasty can only use its own jade to fight head-on with the jar.
The father and son looked at each other and stopped discussing the matter. Without the news from Li Wenzhong, any plans now would be in vain. Fortunately, Li Wenzhong is not Lan Yu.
His ability and character can still reassure Zhu Biao. If Lan Yu had gone, Zhu Biao would not have time to go to Shaanxi and Gansu for a walk. He would have gone to Jiangnan to collect military supplies for the Northern Expedition next spring.
In the evening, Liu Ying came again and reported that Liu Chun had been buried at a place chosen by the Liu family. Zhu Yuanzhang comforted him softly and issued an order to increase his salary by 500 shi.
When Liu Ying left with a lot of gratitude, the matter was finally over, and no one else could find fault with him. Liu Chun was just a county magistrate, and the troubled emperor personally went all the way to see him off. No one could fault him, after all.
It was indeed Liu Chun who committed the crime first.
Neither Liu An nor Zhao Huaian came back before going to bed at night. After all, they set off in the afternoon. It would take a long time to get to Fucheng on horseback, not to mention finding the right person, so they were told not to rush back at night.
Of course, even without the two of them, how could the prince not have someone to serve him? There are also many young eunuchs and maids accompanying him, so just ask a few of them to come and serve him.
The next morning, Zhu Yuanzhang went to deal with the corruption of Huaiqing officials, while Zhu Biao was waiting for Liu An and the others to come back. Sure enough, after a while, two young eunuchs led a middle-aged businessman in, sweating profusely.
The three of them knelt on the ground, and Liu An reported: "Your Highness, this person is the shopkeeper of the Jiangnan Chen family's grain store in Huaiqing Prefecture."
The man hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Caomin Chen Rongyan, I would like to pay my respects to His Highness the Crown Prince. May Your Highness be safe forever."
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Zhu Biao nodded and said, "People from the Chen family, what is your relationship with Chen Youzong?"
"His Highness, according to his seniority, he is the uncle of the General Secretary, but after all, he is just a branch of foreign blood, which is a bit far away. Now he is in charge of several grain shops in Huaiqing Mansion."
"Then do you know why I called you here?"
Chen Rongyan shook his head and said: "The two father-in-laws didn't say it clearly, but if His Highness has given an order, everyone in the Chen family will definitely be willing to die for it. Please tell me directly."
Zhu Biao became a little interested when he heard this: "This is a bit big. Has Chen Youzong already told the clan to serve me with all his strength when he meets me?"
Chen Rongyan replied: "That's not true. However, Your Highness is the Crown Prince and Crown Prince. I, the Chen family, are all your Highness's subjects. It is natural for me to serve you. There is no need to give orders from the general envoy."
Zhu Biao laughed when he heard this. Everyone in the Chen family spoke very nicely, including Chen Youzong and Chen Rongyan. Zhu Biao glanced at Liu An with satisfaction and said, "You two have done a good job. Go down and wash away the dust."
Bar."
Liu An happily agreed, and then led Zhao Huaian away. In the afternoon, there were many large and small grain shops in Huaiqing Mansion, but Liu An aimed at the Chen family first because he knew that Chen Youzong, the Minister of General Affairs, was a direct descendant of the East Palace.
Naturally, his family is more trusted by the prince.
And when he returns to Beijing, Chen Youzong will have to accept his sentiments. The General Secretary is a dignified third-rank official. It doesn't matter what he wants to do. Having this dignity is enough. He believes that even if his godfather is responsible for it, he will definitely be able to do it.
Choose Chen Family.
After the two of them went down, Zhu Biao said: "You should also know about the drought in Shaanxi and Gansu. I plan to use the name of Chen's grain store to go there to have a look, but the guards around me are not good at this. In order to
In case anyone sees the clues, I want to ask you to be the leader of the shop."
When Chen Rongyan first heard this, he thought that the prince was going to ask him to prepare some food and grass for disaster relief. He thought that it would be easy to handle. It would only be a loss of some money. Not only would the family not be dissatisfied, they would probably also set off firecrackers to celebrate.
But when I heard what happened later, I couldn't hold my knees. It was no small matter for the prince to go to the disaster area in person. If anything happened, how could the Chen family escape? I guess the firecrackers couldn't be set off, but the suona could be played.
Chen Rongyan had a bitter look on his face: "Your Highness, it is enough for the common people to take people over for such a trivial matter. I will faithfully record everything I see and hear and convey it to Your Highness. How can your body of millions of dollars be put in danger? Please think twice, Your Highness."
Zhu Biaoxu helped him and said, "Come and sit down here. Shopkeeper Chen doesn't have to worry too much. I know the shape of my body very well. There will be no shortage of overt and covert guards along the way."
"You should also know that I am transferring grain from the south of the Yangtze River to provide disaster relief. Such a large amount of grain has been put into the disaster area without any results. How can I not go and see for myself?"