Zhu Biao summoned Fu An and Chen Wende in the morning. Under the attention of a group of officials, the two excitedly walked into Fengtian Hall again.
The last time Fu An came here was seven years ago, and the person sitting on the dragon throne was the late emperor who had high hopes for him.
"My lords Fu An and Chen Wende, please pay homage to your Majesty. Long live our Emperor!"
"Pingsheng!" Zhu Biao looked at the two of them with a smile on his face, "The two beloved ministers went to the Western Regions as envoys and returned after seven years. They not only made the Ming Dynasty famous in the Western Regions, but also allowed Timur to pay tribute. They have made great contributions."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
There were tears in their eyes. Under the emperor's words, they felt that all the hardships they had endured and all the sins they had endured in the Timur Empire were worth it.
Next, Zhu Biao summoned the two of them alone in the Qianqing Palace. .??.
"I am quite curious about the countries in the Western Regions, but I have always suffered from the lack of much news. Fu Aiqing has been on a mission to the Western Regions for many years, why don't you tell me about the customs and customs of the Western Regions?" Zhu Biao said with a curious look on his face.
The emperor has an edict, so Fu An will naturally not refuse.
And even if the emperor didn't ask, he was still going to write a memorial about what he saw and heard and submit it to the emperor.
Fu An quickly bowed his hand in return and said, "I obey the decree. Your Majesty, all the countries in the Western Regions have been destroyed by the Timur Empire. Now there is only one Timur Empire."
"Oh? Tell me carefully."
Although Zhu Biao had heard about the Timurid Empire from Han Du, Han Du didn't know much about it. And Fu An had been in the Timurid Empire for seven years, so Zhu Biao naturally wanted to hear something. Detailed information about Timurid's empire.
"Your Majesty, we were all deceived by Timur. He was not an envoy of the Western Chagatai Khanate at all. He was the leader of the Western Chagatai Khanate, and he was also the Eastern Chagatai Khanate. After the death of the leader of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, he instigated the three princes to fight each other. Finally, he took advantage of the situation and captured the entire Eastern Chagatai Khanate in one fell swoop, and then merged the Eastern and Western Chagatai Khanates. It was renamed the Timurid Empire. Now the territory of the Timurid Empire is bordering the Ming Dynasty." Fu An reminded with a worried look on his face.
Zhu Biao's expression also became solemn, "The leader of the Timur Empire is the same Timur who came to the capital in the first place?"
"Exactly." Fu An sighed and nodded, "I also arrived in Samarkand, and I didn't know until I met him that he was actually the king of the country."
After a pause, he continued, "Your Majesty, you must not underestimate this person. This person fought in the Western Regions, first destroyed the Golden Horde, and then destroyed the Delhi Dynasty. His favorite thing was to massacre cities. The corpses he killed throughout the Western Regions It stretches across the wilderness and is thousands of miles long."
Zhu Biao couldn't help showing disgust when he saw Timur's bloody massacre. He said in a deep voice, "He fought in all directions."
It’s just for land, so why should we kill people wantonly?”
Fu An shook his head and explained, "The emperor doesn't know something. Although the Timur Empire is fighting everywhere, they don't care about land or people."
"Then what do they care about?" Zhu Biao was confused. It was neither for land nor for population, so why were they fighting everywhere? Are they crazy?
Fu An continued, "There is a sect in Timur's empire named Yin Silan."
"I've heard of this." Zhu Biao nodded slightly. When Timur came to the capital to pay tribute, he also brought people from the sect with him. Moreover, those people at that time also called Han Jingyun a goddess, trying to trick Han Jingyun into being a goddess.
Woolen cloth.
Fu An smiled, "But the emperor must not know that this sect is extremely xenophobic. Anyone who does not believe in Yin Silan will be labeled as a heretic. And the Timur Empire has only one way to deal with heretics, and that is massacre."
"What? If you don't believe it, kill him?" Zhu Biao was shocked. What kind of crazy person would it take to do such a heartbreaking thing?
Fu An nodded, "That's right! The Timurid Empire is fighting everywhere, not for territory and population, but to make more people believe in their sect. Wherever the army goes, they either believe in it or not with the Timurid people.
Sect, become a believer in their words, or be slaughtered, there is no third possibility!"
After hearing this, Zhu Biao was silent for a while, and then solemnly uttered a few words, "What a bunch of lunatics!"
"The emperor hit the nail on the head, these people are a bunch of lunatics!" Chen Wende interjected, "I was sent by Timur to travel around, and I have met the Timur people countless times. They were extremely crazy when they believed in the sect. One person in the family believed in the sect.
, then everyone in the family must believe it.”
"What will happen if you don't believe me?" Zhu Biao asked casually.
Chen Wende took a deep breath and said with a terrifying expression, "If the husband doesn't believe it, kill the husband! If the wife doesn't believe it, kill the wife! If the son doesn't believe it, kill the son! If the parents don't believe it, kill them all!"
Zhu Biao's eyes suddenly widened when he heard this. Compared with the Ming Dynasty, which established a country based on filial piety, which emphasized respecting parents, harmony between husband and wife, and caring for young children, these are two extremes.
"Crazy, crazy, these lunatics!"
It has to be said that when Fu An and Chen Wende first arrived in the Timurid Empire and saw such a scene, they were completely frightened by such crazy behavior. It took a long time to slowly recover. After all, it was so meaningless.
They have read all the books and have never seen human nature.
Fu An nodded and said, "
Your Majesty, Timur's ambition towards the Ming Dynasty is fully realized. The Ming Dynasty should be on guard and make preparations in advance."
Zhu Biao looked at Fu An with an ugly expression.
I saw him continue: "When I saw Timur, he had just destroyed the Golden Horde, and he uttered arrogant words, 'If China is far away from me, how can the emperor be like me?' In my opinion, if he hadn't thought
If we had to pacify the countries in the Western Regions first, I am afraid that we would have already clashed with the Ming Dynasty. But now there is only one country left in the Western Regions that has not yet been pacified. Once Timur pacifies the Western Regions, he will definitely point the finger at the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Biao nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "What Ai Qing said is very true. Timur, a lunatic, cannot be treated with common sense. Once he eliminates the threat to the west, he will inevitably turn his attention to the Ming Dynasty in the east."
Fu An saw that the emperor's chest was clear and organized, and he couldn't help but smile slightly and feel relieved. Then he thought of something and quickly took out a memorial from his arms and said, "Your Majesty, I was escorted by Timur to travel through various places.
I have learned a lot about the situation of the Timurid Empire and the countries in the Western Regions, and please take a look at it, Your Majesty."
"I have also written down some of them and asked the emperor to read them." Chen Wende also took out a memorial.
Wang Yue quickly stepped forward to take it and forwarded it to Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao opened it and saw that it turned out to be very important information such as the characteristics of the Timurid Empire's soldiers and horses and city maps. He was immediately delighted, "Okay, in the past, the Ming Dynasty knew too little about the Western Regions and the Timurid Empire. With this information of yours
, whether there is war or peace between the Ming Dynasty and the Timurid Empire in the future, it will play a great role. You have really made a great contribution to the Ming Dynasty!"
Fu An and Chen Wende laughed together. To be honest, they did not expect that Timur would choose to send people to take them to travel throughout the Western Regions in order to let the Ming envoys feel the prestige of Timur.
Given such a good opportunity, the two of them would not be polite at all. Along the way, they recorded all the key intelligence information of the countries in the Western Regions. Sure enough, these things would be a great achievement after returning to the Ming Dynasty.
Timur sent 3,000 cavalry to pursue the Ming Dynasty envoy, but was easily escaped by Fu An, who was running all the way. Although Timur was extremely unwilling to catch up with the envoy, he did not dare to continue on the eve of the war with the Ottoman Empire.
Start a war with the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, he transformed the cavalry into an envoy on the spot and ordered the envoy to go to the Ming Dynasty in the name of the Timurid Empire.
Under Timur's forced order, the mission traveled very quickly. Not long after Fu An and others returned to the capital, the mission also arrived in the capital.
Chen Di received the news that the Timur Empire's envoy was coming, and quickly entered the palace to ask for an audience with the emperor.
Good things happened in Ming Dynasty these days. Zhu Biao was in a good mood and immediately summoned Chen Di.
Wait for Chen Di to salute
Finally, Zhu Biao stretched out his hand to signal him to get up, "Chen Aiqing is here, why is he here?"
Chen Di quickly took out the credentials handed over by Timur and said, "Your Majesty, Timur's delegation has arrived in the capital. I will place them in the joint hall for the time being. When will the Emperor summon them?"
Zhu Biao was stunned and motioned to Wang Yue to take the certificate of credence. Then he read it again and found that the certificate of credence was indeed genuine.
You must know that the Timur Empire has not had any contact with the Ming Dynasty for seven years. Even Fu An and others were lucky enough to be released back.
Fu An and others had just returned, and Timur sent an envoy to meet him?
Zhu Biao couldn't help but ponder for a while, and slowly began to guess the purpose of Timur's mission to Ming Dynasty. Most of the time, this mission came to raise an army to investigate crimes.
After all, although the officials did not know what Han Du did in Timur, he did.
Seeing the emperor deep in thought, Chen Di couldn't help but ask again, "Your Majesty, are you summoning them?"
Of course Zhu Biao did not want to see the Timur mission, but he also knew that if there was no explanation for this matter, they would definitely not let it go.
After thinking about it for a moment, he said, "I've been busy lately, so I'll talk about the summons later."
Chen Di could only nod his head, "I obey your order."
When Zhu Biao saw Chen Di leaving, he immediately said to Wang Yue, "Get ready, I'm going to Zhen Guogong's Mansion."
To untie the bell, the person who tied it must still be tied. If this matter is to be resolved, Han Du must step forward.
Although Han Du goes to the academy every day, he only goes there for half a day in the morning and spends the afternoon hiding in the house and lazing around.
When Zhu Biao arrived, Han Du was setting up a barbecue grill in the yard and enjoying rare time with An Qing.
"I pay my respects to the emperor, long live my emperor~"
"Get up." Zhu Biao walked straight to the table and sat down.
Han Du handed over the barbecue to the cook, put a plate of mutton on the table and sat down.
"Your Majesty, you must have come here today because of the smell. I've just baked it and haven't eaten it yet!"
An Qing immediately rolled his eyes at Han Du, and thoughtfully prepared a bunch for Zhu Biao, "Brother, try it."
Seeing Han Du's careless look, Zhu Biao couldn't help but sneered twice and joked, "I came here because of the smell, and it's not just me, there are people who came because of the smell!"
"Who is it?" Han Du looked back nervously and glanced outside the courtyard door. He had to say that he really didn't prepare many ingredients today. If Zhu Biao was alone, it would be enough for three people. If he added