In the main hall of Ganzhou Temporary Palace, Zhu Fu and Chen Jing looked at each other, sparks flying. ()
The old official asked: "Li Si, are you from Qin?"
Chen Jing has always been a calm person, but this time it was purely because of the important stakes in borrowing troops that he desperately tried to stop it. After calming down, he could only reply: "No."
The old Duke asked again: "Can the golden ribs be Han Chinese?"
"No!"
Chen Jing's face became more and more serious because he already understood what the old man wanted to say.
"Can Gao Xianzhi be from the Tang Dynasty?"
"No!"
"Zhe Yuqing, is he from the Song Dynasty?"
Zhe Yuqing was born before the establishment of the Song Dynasty. He was the founder of the Zhe family army and the founder of the Fuzhou separatist power. Therefore, he could not be considered a Song person. Therefore, Chen Jing had to answer honestly: "No."
"These four people have made great contributions to the dynasty from foreign races. The Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties were able to accommodate foreign races," Zhu Fu said with a smile, "How can we, the great Ming Dynasty, lag behind others? We are afraid of the Wuer people and the wolves.
"Tulufan people are tigers. If they can't even tame wolves, how can they destroy tigers?"
Chen Jing was so angry that he snorted coldly and asked, "I wonder what my old master has in mind?"
"I recommend a lady for the emperor, Wu Lanzhen. Her weight can relieve Admiral Chen's worries." Zhu Fu's face was like an old fox, with a slight smile.
The jin is the surname of Wang of Weiwu'er. Even if Zhu Shou didn't know who Wulanzhen was, he knew Zhu Fu's intention by hearing this surname.
The old Duke actually imitated Wei Bin and Wei Zhang and pimped Zhu Shou, and he pimped a foreign woman.
Chen Jing was so angry that his face turned green, but he had to admit that Zhu Fu's trick was indeed feasible.
Wu Lanzhen's Jin was the only daughter of Kuanche Puhua, the Khan of Heihe tribe. Kuanche Puhua was the authentic descendant of Gaochang Uighur Protector, Gaochang King, and Yuan Dynasty Prime Minister Timur Buhua.
In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, after the Gaochang Uighurs were conquered by the Chagatai Khanate, Timur Buhua's father Newlin fled to Yongchang, Gansu Province. The emperor of the Yuan Dynasty married Ogedai's granddaughter Babuchixia to him and named him the King of Gaochang.
.Timur is not born from Babucha.
Timur's Buhua lineage, which has dual ancestry from the Gaochang and Huangjin families, had developed into a large tribe during the Zhengde period. It was nomadic in the Heihe and Qilian Mountains, and was called the Heihe tribe.
There are more than 10,000 warriors in the tribe, and the leader calls himself the Great Khan, but his official official position should be that of the Thousand Households entrusted by the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, Kuan Chepu has been a mountain king for so long that he has long forgotten that he is an official of the Ming Dynasty. () Mongolia around him
People, including the Us Tibetan people in the south, are all watching with eager eyes. Kuan Che Pu Hua has no time to pay attention to Zhu Shou.
After returning to the palace, Chen Jing said to Zhu Shou privately: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, Kuanche Puhua is a heroic figure. How can he give away more than ten thousand soldiers for just one daughter?"
Zhu Shou said with a smile: "The little princess is just a supplement. I have named him the King of the West Sea and given him the land on the east coast of the West Sea. How can he not fight to the death?"
The West Sea is the Qinghai Lake in later generations, and the east of the lake is controlled by the Ming Dynasty. The west of the lake and Hubei are the territory of the Mongols. Hunan is owned by the Uzbek people, and the political situation is quite complicated.
War is always a continuation of political means. Zhu Shou's brilliant move left Chen Jing speechless.
Why do you say this? It's very simple. Use the Uighurs to block the eastward invasion of Uzang and the Mongols. In the three-strong attack, even if Kuan Che Pu Hua has the power to reach the sky, it will be a helpless situation.
So will he reject the idea of broad-based support? The answer is no. Not to mention he is a tycoon, even an ordinary politician can clearly understand how rare this opportunity is.
Even if there is a one in ten thousand chance, Kuan Che Pu Hua will not give up. The east coast of Qinghai Lake is far better than the narrow Heihe River coast and the snow-covered Qilian Mountains.
When Zhu Shou was still walking on the road after issuing the imperial edict that Kuan Che Pu became king, Zhen Timur and others had already arrived in Shazhou.
Dunhuang has been an important town on the Silk Road since ancient times and is famous far and wide. It is located on the northern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and at the western end of the Hexi Corridor. The Xila Gajin River runs through it, with oases on both sides of the bank, and is surrounded by large deserts.
For two thousand years, this place has been a battleground for military strategists.
In the third year of Yongle, Dunhuang was changed to Shazhouwei. According to official history, it was not until the seventh year of Jiajing that Gua and Shazhou were abandoned. In the past two hundred years, the power of the Central Plains dynasty never visited this area again, and Dunhuang gradually declined.
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However, during the Zhengde Dynasty, although Shazhouwei experienced war, it still had some abnormal prosperity.
Among them, the most developed one is the production of brown felt. As soon as you enter the city, you can hear the sound of the brown felt machines in various workshops.
"The whole city is filled with the sound of spinning machines," the real Timur pointed to a brown velvet weaving machine and smiled at the other four people. "This is where the baggage of our Long Xiang army is, and it is also the foundation for our unparalleled fame.
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Dong Zhen sat next to him and said sarcastically: "Don't try to trick me, how much is this brown felt worth? Is it possible that you have tens of thousands of lovers here, and everyone has countless brown felts?"
The real Timur was too lazy to argue with him and said to Zhang Yunlin: "What do you think?"
Zhang Yunlin thought for a moment, then smiled and said: "Kill him!"
After his disfigurement, he originally looked a little scary, but now his smile frightened a child on the roadside to cry loudly, and he just shouted: "Yaksha is here!"
During the Zhengde period, everyone in Dunhuang believed in Buddhism. When they heard that there was a Yaksha, they all gathered around to see the excitement.
The five people had no choice but to flee in a hurry, squeeze their way through the crowd, and gallop along the road leading to the state government office.
They rode horses across the wooden bridge leading to the state government office amid the sound of hoofbeats, and then urged their horses onto the uphill road of the street. Not far ahead was the state government office.
On the grassland on the north side of the state government office, there were already hundreds of horses munching on the green grass. They were all good horses. When Tao Yinglong, who always loved horses, saw his index finger moving, he had the idea of killing people to seize horses.
The cavalrymen in the martial arts academy are all frontier youths from the Shaanxi-Gansu area. Zhang Yunlin's home is even in the nearby Gaotaishuo, and the three of them are no strangers to the scenery of Dunhuang.
The real Tamerlane also saw these horses, and suddenly stopped, with a gloomy look on his face, and a mixture of hatred and hope in his heart, because he knew who these horses belonged to, and he also knew that the girl was there at this moment.
I am a guest at the state government office in Shazhou.
Three months ago, he fell deeply in love with this girl on the side of Hami. Unfortunately, King Xiang had a dream, and the goddess was ruthless. The girl rejected him as a poor prince without mercy.
Power, only power, is the most reliable, so that the woman you love can kneel in front of you and beg for pleasure!
In the heart of the real Timur, all five tastes were mixed, love and hate were intertwined, but when he thought of that girl, his heart beat faster.
Do you know that my desperate pursuit of power is all for you? The destitute prince shouted in his heart.
"Who owns these horses?" Tao Yinglong, who rarely spoke, couldn't help but ask after seeing the real Timur's demeanor.
The real Timur did not answer him. Instead, he looked at Dong Zhen, with a smile on his face, and asked: "Second brother, do you know which three treasures there are in this Shazhou City that we must take?"
Dong Zhen shook his head and replied: "My dad has a tall album of pictures of the Western Regions. I'm not very talented. Before leaving, I spent two months looking through it. I really didn't know there were three treasures in Shazhou City.
, but cotton, fur, felt?”
Shazhou's cotton is famous in Hexi; and fur is made of animal skins, which are as expensive as mink and fox, and as cheap as sheep, muntjac, and Shazhou fur. The fur is made of lambs and muttons.
"According to records, it has no smell and is a must-have clothing for the northwest gentry.
However, both of these are inferior to the current brown felt production.
Shazhou's wool business was booming, and velvet weaving machines were spread throughout the city, all of which were owned by big families. What Zhang Yunlin just said was that he wanted to take advantage of the military chaos to kill these big families and use their assets as military resources for Longxiang's army.
This method is a glorious tradition of the Ming Dynasty Martial Arts Academy. Not only the cavalry is familiar to everyone, but also the navy and infantry. It is also a necessary skill for traveling and living at home.
The good demeanor of the martial arts students was laid down by the three leaders Qianhu of the first period. The students who went out to fight in the future were too embarrassed to say hello to their seniors and disciples unless they slaughtered a lot of cities.
Zhang Yunlin, who crawled out from the dead, felt no pressure whether he was killing big Han people or big people from other ethnic groups.
Therefore, as soon as the real Tamerlane spoke, the two reached a tacit understanding, and their appreciation for each other deepened.
As soon as Dong Zhen finished speaking, he heard the real Timur chuckle and say: "Big households, strong soldiers, and silver, these are the three treasures of Dunhuang!"
What a cruel and ruthless guy, Dong Zhen finally understood and said sternly: "There are so many people here, you are talking nonsense, you may endanger your own life."
The real Timur said disdainfully: "Strengthening troops are just ahead. Do you dare to come with me to borrow them?"
Dong Zhen looked at the direction of his finger, but it was the state government office. He laughed and said: "You are lying to my second brother again. How can there be strong soldiers in Shazhou? They are just a group of weaklings. We will quickly gather the volunteers to resist the group of Mongolians."
, is the best policy!"
The real Timur shook his head: "It's not the governor of Shazhou, but the guests here."
Zhang Yunlin frowned and asked slowly: "Are you here for this person?"
The real Timur smiled and said: "About 50%."
Zhang Yunlin sighed: "A man is born between heaven and earth, and it is a heroic thing. I misjudged you. You came to Shazhou very unjustly."
The real Tamerlane also sighed: "In life, profit should be placed on both sides, and beauty should be placed in the middle. I will sacrifice my life for the beauty, and you and the others will sacrifice their lives for the emperor, all to defend this Shazhou City. What's wrong?"
"Who is this woman?" Dong Zhen asked eagerly.
This trip to Shazhou is related to his future and life, and there is no room for error. If Timur really deceives him, Brother Dong will definitely go in with a white knife and go out with a red knife, regardless of any feelings.
Tao Yinglong couldn't see the real Timur's romantic attitude and spat: "Why should a gentleman worry about not having a wife? If you want a girl, go to Goulan. There are countless people who regard you as an uncle and come here to rub other people's butts. There are
You have no face to speak of, but Brother Zhang still thinks you are a hero. In my opinion, you are a bullshit hero."
The real Timur was not worried, he just looked at Zhang Yunlin and said softly: "She is the daughter of the Uighur Khan Kuanche Puhua. She is the only direct bloodline of the Jin family. Among the Uighur people, she is the most valuable to me.
The status of the family among the Mongols is equal, and as long as she supports us, there is a 90% certainty that Shazhou City can stop Mansuer's army!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the gate of the state government office opened, and a young girl walked out. Accompanying her was a Ming Dynasty official, and she was surrounded by knights and maids.
The real Tamerlane's heart began to beat violently. (To be continued...)