Yishiha made great achievements in promoting Nuerqian. As Liaodong became more and more prosperous, while the Tatars continued to lose battles and became sluggish. The leaders of various tribes in Nuerqian region respected Yishiha and showed their willingness to surrender to the Celestial Empire. Meaning, Yisuha seized this opportunity, struck while the iron was hot, and warmly invited the leaders of Nuerqian area to pay homage to the emperor.
After some preparations, the leaders of several large tribes in the Nurgan area, such as Ci Daha and Gu Lu, rushed all the way to the capital. When the news came, Zhu Di was overjoyed. But tracing back to the source, this credit is inseparable from Xia Xun Jing Zhu Di couldn't help but think of the dispute he had with Xia Xun at Dabaoen Temple.
Xia Xun expressed his different opinions on Annan face to face with him. Although Zhu Di was angry, he would not blame Xia Xun for it. Zhu Di was not a person who could not agree with his opinions, whether it was during his period of crisis or when he became emperor. After that, he always allowed the voices of different opinions to come out. If it was a person who was just following orders and had no opinions of his own, he would never be sent out to stand alone.
Once Zhu Di made a decision, he would definitely make an arbitrary decision, and his decision to make an arbitrary decision was precisely after he listened to various different opinions, repeatedly considered their opinions, constantly improved, supplemented, and revised his own opinions, and finally made Many of Zhu Di's decisions were taken out, not because of his wisdom to the point of being wise and wise and never making mistakes, but because of the wisdom of many people gathered in this process.
But now he is still fighting against Annan under the banner of punishing the vassal states for rebellion as a suzerain and in the name of "succession of prosperity and destruction". He cannot reveal his intention to annex Annan. His plan is to bribe several people through a close minister. A family of powerful officials in Annan asked them to take the initiative to request the Ming Dynasty to restore counties and counties according to ancient times. Only then did it become a matter of course.
Zhu Di deliberately met Xia Xun alone in the Dabaoen Temple. It was difficult for him to express his true feelings to him. For this reason, he had no one to discuss with him now. After he mobilized the Annan officials and people to "take the initiative to petition for surrender" Before, he could not let people know that he coveted Annan. This was contrary to the moral thoughts formed by China's cultural heritage for thousands of years. If he proposed it rashly, it would inevitably arouse opposition and criticism from many scholar-bureaucrats in both the government and the public.
Xia Xun did many secret things for him. When he was in Liaodong, he fought with North Korea for every inch of territory. These actions made him feel that Xia Xun was the most likely to agree with his opinions, and Xia Xun really had no objection. Xia Xun did not object, which means that Xia Xun really did not talk from a moral standpoint, imitating those rotten Confucians and talking about the Celestial Kingdom and the Land of Etiquette.
Xia Xun was even more "vulgar" than Zhu Di. He was completely based on gains and losses. He was like a businessman who had to compare pennies. After repeated comparisons, he felt that the gains were not worth the losses, so he raised objections, so he did not It did not arouse Zhu Di's resentment. He also knew that although Xia Xun had different opinions on taking the opportunity to annex Annan, if he still wanted to send Xia Xun to conquer Annan, Xia Xun would still go all out.
But Zhu Di's temperament also has its own stubbornness. Since you don't like it, I don't need you. I want you to see it with your own eyes to see whether I am right or you are right! With this in mind, He then instructed Zhang Fu to do it, hoping that Zhang Fu could live up to his expectations and regain his reputation for him.
Now that the leaders of Nuergan tribes went to the Ming Dynasty to request surrender, Zhu Di couldn't help but think of Xia Xun's performance in Liaodong. Xia Xun was very good at managing Liaodong. He thought that Xia Xun could be the best candidate to annex Annan, but who knew that Xia Xun actually Strongly opposed. Think about Liaodong. There is Tatar oppression in the west and North Korean constraints in the east. The environment should be more dangerous than Annan. Why is Xia Xun so keen on consolidating Liaodong and constantly encroaching and annexing and expanding territory, but he is so hostile to Annan? Don’t you think so?
Could it be that I was really wrong?
Zhu Di carefully thought about what Xia Xun had said. After thinking about it for a long time, he still didn't agree with Xia Xun's statement, but he no longer took it lightly. He asked someone to inform Hu Xi that he was looking for Jianwen. During the course of the disappearance, be careful to inquire about news from all directions, and those looking for you in the north should be careful to collect some information about Tatar Oara.
Because if there is chaos in the north, as Xia Xun said, he will have to focus his main energy on the north, where the Ming Dynasty is a serious concern. Annan is the icing on the cake for the Ming Dynasty, and its importance cannot be compared with that of Saibei. In this regard, he The views are highly consistent with Xia Xun's.
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When the Jurchen and Mongolian tribe leaders from the Nuergan area arrived in Beijing, Zhu Di held a grand welcome ceremony. At the request of the tribal leaders, he set up Nuergan guards and appointed four tribal leaders including Ladaha as commanders. It is known that many leaders such as Gu Lv were pacified by thousands of households and were given imperial seals, crowns, robes, banknotes, etc.
After that, a number of guard posts were set up in the Onan River, the north and south areas of the Heilongjiang River Basin, as well as the Songhua River, Wusuli River, Green River, Henggun River and other river basins. These guard posts were still mainly occupied by local tribal leaders. They were transformed into officials of the Ming Dynasty through the imperial edict, and then of course some Han troops were sent there to further strengthen the rule of the area.
When these guard posts stabilized and were connected from point to point, they penetrated the entire Nurgan area through each line. Finally, through military and economic and trade development, they controlled the entire Nurgan area like a big network. At that time, Then local military and political offices were established in the Nuerqian area. This development model was partly based on the development model of Liaodong.
In order to achieve this goal, preparations must be made early. Zhu Di is really busy these days. He frequently meets with tribal leaders in the Nuergan area, has banquets, holds discussions, learns about the detailed situation in the Nuergan area, convenes the cabinet, and the five armies. People from the Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War made arrangements for the Nuergan area. In the afternoon, Zhu Di had just discussed some matters related to the Nuergan area and sent people from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and the cabinet to leave. Mu En praised He was brought up with a musical box.
As soon as Zhu Di took a look at the secret box, he knew that it was a secret memorial that passed through the General Affairs Department and the inner study room and reached the imperial palace. His tired body immediately sat up straight. He opened the secret box and took out the memorial. The news that Ma returned to Beijing only mentioned one thing: "In the Mongolstan region, the Timurid Empire's army has been active frequently, and its strength is increasing day by day. It seems that it is suspected of invading eastward!"
Timur is indeed going to the east!
Timur's military achievements in the West have reached a glorious peak. In the past few years, he attacked India, massacred Delhi, occupied Iran, invaded Turkey, fought Syria, captured Iraq, captured Baghdad and Damascus, and captured the Ottoman Turkish Sultan Bayezid. , already invincible in every battle and invincible in every attack.
Europeans were trembling. Six years ago, the Ottoman Turkish cavalry had just severely damaged the Holy Roman Empire in Bulgaria. The coalition forces of the Byzantine Empire and France were recognized as the best armies in Europe at the time, but Timur defeated them in one day. Killed until the entire army was wiped out.
Africans were also panicking. A century ago, the Egyptian Mamluk cavalry wiped out the then-invincible Mongolian expeditionary force in Palestine, but Timur defeated it twice in one year.
The native Yuan Dynasty and the four major khanates of the Great Mongol Empire established by Genghis Khan and his descendants. Long before Timur, the Ogedai Khanate was divided and destroyed by the other four kingdoms. Now there are three more (Chagatai, Ir. , the Golden Horde) surrendered to Timur, and the remaining Yuan Empire had already collapsed on its own, leaving only a few tribes that were not affiliated with each other fighting each other on the Mongolian plateau.
Since the beginning of the world, there has never been an armed force as powerful as Timur in the universe. This lame Turk who pretends to be a descendant of Genghis Khan will be unstoppable whether he marches into Europe or Africa!
Everyone is going to die! All the monarchs are making the most devout prayers to their God and Allah, but they still desperately believe that they will soon return to the kingdom of heaven under the butcher's knife of Timur.
But……
But……
The prayer took effect, the Almighty God appeared, and the lame man who was more terrifying than Satan suddenly retreated.
The terrible Tamerlane suddenly gathered his troops and returned to his splendid capital city of Samarkand, leaving behind a bunch of frightened Western monarchs to tremble to restore their dilapidated countries.
Because Emperor Timur was no longer interested in them, he had a new goal of conquest. He was going to the east, and he wanted to conquer the Ming Empire!
When he sent Altusa and Gesuyedin to the Ming Dynasty, the emperor of the Central Plains had already become Zhu Yunzhen. In Timur's view, Zhu Di only occupied a corner of Beijing to fight against the whole of China, and there was no hope of victory at all. At that time, he did not pay any attention to the so-called rebellion of the vassal king named Zhu Di. But by the time his envoys arrived in China, the emperor of China had changed from Zhu Yunwen to Zhu Di.
When his envoy rushed back to report the news to him, Tamerlane was shocked. Only then did he realize that he might be facing a strong opponent!
Zhu Di had just ascended the throne and had conquered the world as a rebel king. At this time, his political situation was bound to be unstable and the people's hearts were bound to be unstable. This was the best opportunity to attack, so Timur gave up those vulnerable positions. Opponent, quickly assemble the army. This is what he has always regarded as his ultimate goal. He is going to China, conquering China first, and then conquering Mongolia. Only in this way can he legitimately become the Great Khan of all Mongolia and replace Genghis Khan!
For this purpose, he has been preparing for many years. He has conducted reconnaissance in northern, central and western China for more than ten years and collected a large amount of intelligence. He has explored several routes for the eastward expedition. His forward army It had already entered Mongolia (western Xinjiang), captured Khotan, and advanced to the middle reaches of the Tarim River.
It's time. He has launched countless holy wars. This time, he will launch a "Chinese Holy War!"