Looking at the expression on Meng Fan's face, Chen Yichen's answer appeared in his mind.

"Then this may be the only way we have in the same way."

Yes, it doesn’t matter whether it is good or bad, right or wrong, both sides will fight for their own nation. Only when one side falls completely will the war between the Ming Dynasty and Luchuan end!

Since the Song Dynasty, a standardized etiquette has been formed, and the process has not been negotiated together. Officials from all sides mainly came to determine the specifications.

Because in the eyes of Daming, the chieftains like Luchuan have an essential difference from Mongolia. Even if they could not defeat several conquests, they still did not even deserve a small country and could not use the standard of surrender of the princes.

And to take a step back, the Siren method I caught can only be considered as a leader. The real "Luchuan King" Siji method is still absconding. Waiting for a comeback, the Ming Dynasty still needs some shame.

Of course, the most important point is that the emperor's special envoy was not the emperor who came to watch the ceremony in person, so the specifications naturally decreased.

So after some agreement, according to the standards of the southwestern Yifan countries, the surrendered place was placed in Andingmen instead of the altar of the country symbolized by "king land".

Andingmen is one of the nine gates in the capital, representing the gate of retreating troops when they return from victory.

Among the nine gates of the capital, there are seven gates of Guandi Temple built in the urn city. Only Andingmen and Deshengmen, who were in charge of the war, built the Zhenwu Temple to worship the Zhenwu Emperor, meaning to bless the smooth progress of martial arts.

Whenever the imperial army returns from war, they must enter through Andingmen. This place is set as the place to accept surrender, which is almost the best choice.

After the completion of the business, officials from various temples left one after another, but Chen Yichen and Meng Fan were still sitting in the empty hall of the Ministry of Rites. Both sides had their own thoughts.

"I was surprised to see me today?"

Meng Fan spoke first and asked Chen Yichen lightly.

"Yes, I really didn't expect to see you here."

"But I've been paying attention to you all the time."

Chen Yichen was the only scholar who had not regarded himself as a merit of education after Meng Fan's journey through the imperial examination.

Instead, he regards himself as his enemy!

But for some reason, Meng Fan enjoyed Chen Yichen's hostility even more. At least the other party no longer had that kind of contempt and superiority, and the two parties could be in an equal position to talk, even if they were enemies!

This complex mentality made Meng Fan look like a self-deprecating look on his face.

Who would have thought that the person who respects himself the most is an enemy who is not very familiar with?

"Is that so, then should I say honor or anger?"

Chen Yichen glanced at Meng Fan, wondering what the other party was smiling at.

"I'll listen to you, but I'm very happy that you can still remember me."

"I remember it's not you, but Luchuan."

Since both sides are their own masters and are destined to be enemies, Chen Yichen no longer needs to hide his hypocrisy.

The national strength of the Ming Dynasty was unable to deal with the third-line battle. The peasant uprising in the southeast direction has been temporarily suppressed by itself using smuggling to stabilize the miners.

The northern nomadic peoples are the enemy of life and death, and there is no possibility of reconciliation. Both sides are resting their energy and waiting for a decisive battle.

Then the key point now is Luchuan!

What Chen Yichen wants to do is very simple, that is, when the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia fight to the death, they will not be attacked from both sides!

"I know, otherwise you wouldn't have explained the Luchuan incident in the post."

"It seems you know a lot."

"Of course, only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you never lose all your battles!"

After saying that, Meng Fan turned to Chen Yichen, and continued with a firm look: "Blood relatives were killed and their tribesmen were captured. Now the Ming Dynasty is also my enemy!"

Once upon a time, Meng Fan had a contradiction in his heart.

Because he was sent to Yingtian Prefecture by Sirenfa to receive Confucian education since he was a child in the name of tribute. It can be said that Meng Fan's growth environment was no different from that of the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, and was full of the concepts of the inner sage and the outer king.

Therefore, when Meng Fan faced the war between Daming and Luchuan, his thinking and blood ties were fiercely confronting each other, and he could not completely stand on the enemy side of Daming.

But as Si Renfa's head was sent to the capital, Meng Fan's heart swayed completely. Now the Ming Dynasty is his enemy and must fight for the tribes!

"Since you have shown your attitude, I'll tell you one more thing."

"As long as Luchuan dares to rebel, the Ming Dynasty will be the leader of the army and destroy the unjust officials!"

This is Chen Yichen's warning to Meng Fan. As he once said, the Han territory in Yunnan will never be allowed to split into the second Annan.

After saying this, Chen Yichen stood up and left. He knew very well that it was useless to say more, and Meng Fan was destined to be unable to forget the deep hatred of the sea of ​​blood.

"Luchuan is not a minister, but it is forced by the Ming Dynasty!"

Meng Fan's unwilling roar came from behind his ears, and Chen Yichen did not turn back to argue.

In fact, in a sense, the repeated rebellion of Luchuan and the Ming Dynasty's policy of "using barbarians to control barbarians" did have some causal relationship.

"Using barbarians to control barbarians" means to use the contradictions between chieftains to make them conflict with each other, weaken their strength, and achieve a balance technique of restraining all parties.

The core idea is "the snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman gains profit."

The ultimate goal is to abolish the hereditary chieftain system after it is weakened to a certain extent and change it to the central government to directly rule. This is the famous "change of land and return to power".

The "Three Xuan and Six Wei Offices" established by the Ming Dynasty in the southwest region was based on this strategic goal. It provoked disputes between Xuan and Wei Offices to a limited extent, slowly differentiate, weaken their power, and is always at a controllable rhythm.

But the question is, how can the "big chess" be so easy to play? Are the chieftains willing to be a chess piece?

Once the rhythm is not controlled well and the mediation cannot be done outside the matter, the two chieftains may transfer the conflict to the Ming Dynasty.

He believed that the emperor dealt with injustice, and rebelled together with resentment...

When Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty mediated the conflict between Mubang Xuanwei Office and his lower Mengmi, similar things happened, and both sides were dissatisfied with the instability.

In addition, this level of weakening is difficult to control. For the Ming Dynasty, the ideal result is naturally that both sides will suffer losses and weaken them together.

However, in actual control, the powerful Xuanwei Office often did whatever he wanted, conquering or even annexing the adjacent Xuanwei Office, and instead became stronger and stronger.

If the central government is strong enough and the army is pressing against the strong to suppress the weak, this problem can be solved. If the government is relaxed enough, it will become a disaster for raising tigers. The rise of the Jurchen tribe in the late Ming Dynasty is a typical example of playing tricks.

The Jianzhou Jurchens relied on the imperial edict and tribute to three magic weapons of Mashi to quickly strengthen and annex the Haixi Jurchens and the savage Jurchens, thus completing the unification and destruction of the Ming Dynasty.

History is really moving forward. The rise of Jurchens is undoubtedly similar to the current replica of Mongolia. The Wasai tribe also relied on the Ming Dynasty to send troops to help to complete the unification of the Tatar tribe and the Urianha tribe.

Therefore, in Meng Fan's eyes, the Ming Dynasty's contempt and insult to the barbarians, as well as constantly provoking disputes between chieftains and dealing with injustice were the fundamental reasons for their repeated rebellion!

Walking out of the Ministry of Rites, Chen Yichen looked at the afterglow of the sunset, and felt a little heavy.

The Ming Dynasty, which seemed to be at its peak, may no one expected that it would go west in a few years.

On August 22, Andingmen Street was already full of military service to maintain order, and countless people from the capital were looking forward to witnessing the moment when the barbarians beheaded!

You should know that from the first expedition of Luchuan by Mu Sheng, Duke of Qian in the third year of Zhengtong, seven years have passed since the Ming Dynasty spent countless financial, material and military power to fill the border area of ​​Luchuan, the southwestern one.

Even after the fight, the sky was angry and people were resentful. He Wenyuan, the Minister of Justice and Liu Qiu, the Hanlin Scholar, opposed the continued expedition to Luchuan, so that the Ming army and civilians could rest and recuperate.

Regarding this view, the cabinet's "Three Yangs" also hold a Suiji attitude and should not attack again.

However, during the orthodox dynasty, the honors and relatives were powerful, and many dukes, marquis and magistrates led by British Duke Zhang Fu, and Wang Zhen and the Minister of War Wang Ji were in charge of the war, so the civil servants' dynasty could not compete with the court debate.

The final result was that Emperor Yingzong of Ming agreed to the conquest, and He Wenyuan, the main force of the anti-war faction, was arrested and imprisoned for improper comments, and later returned due to illness.

Another main force of the anti-war faction, Liu Qiu, ended up even more miserable. He wrote a memorial and offended Wang Zhen, and was dismembered and died in prison.

For ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty, they were so excited that they were happy that the imperial court won the battle and promoted the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

On the other hand, the war is over, and everyone can finally live a peaceful life without worrying about being tax-raising and heavy duty.

At this time, a row of officials from the Andingmen Tower stood on the tower of the city. In addition to the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple, and Taichang Temple, which are in charge of etiquette, there are also officials from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple and other places who are in charge of etiquette. They will handle the subsequent review and offense process.

But among these members of the Scarlet Robe, there was a blue robe official uniform, which looked very eye-catching, and he was still standing in the center!

"Who is the young official in the middle? Even the important minister of Zhu Yi has to give way to him?"

"You don't know this? The Sanyuan and the No. 1 Yuan, the Supreme Emperor's Special Envoy Chen Yichen!"

"It turns out that he is Chen Zhuangsheng. No wonder such a holy family member serves as the special envoy of the emperor."

"Of course he has to be the leader of the Three Yuan and Sixth Yuan, which is a symbol of the prosperity of our great Ming style. Isn't it just right to warn the barbarians to be punished and be educated by the sages?"

"It makes sense, and no one is more suitable to educate barbarians than Shen Zhuangyuan."

The people in the capital were talking a lot, but the officials of the temples on the city tower looked at the distance seriously, waiting for the begging team from the southwest to beg for tribute.

I don’t know how long it took, but flags appeared on the distant horizon. At the same time, dust was flying all over the sky, and the armor of the Ming army reflected the cold light of star dots under the sunlight.

"Xuechen Chen, the team begging for surrender has arrived, and the city tower is now."

An official from the Honglu Temple saw the team escorting the barbarians in Luchuan appear and reminded Chen Yichen.

"Um."

Chen Yichen nodded, then turned around and walked down the city tower, followed by a group of senior officials in the court.

Looking at Chen Yichen's calm back, Jin Lian, the Minister of Justice, said to Hu Yi, the Minister of Rites beside him: "Da Zongbo, this son is not frightened when he presided over a big ceremony for the first time. He is calm and moderate, and is truly a master of the world."

"I recently heard that Wang Zhen has a rift with him. Can I consider taking this opportunity to win over it? Such talents cannot be used by us, a pity."

In order to warn Chen Yichen, Wang Zhen directly blocked the news from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites, and the internal officials. It is impossible to hide such a big deal from everyone.

Although the civil service group did not understand the reason why Wang Zhen did this, it would be enough to infer that there was a problem with his relationship with Chen Yichen.

If there is a rift, it means there is a loophole. Chen Yichen's talent and ability is second to none among the juniors of literati, not to mention that behind him are Duke Cheng and other honorary relatives.
To be continued...