1400 Differentiation Strategy
In the front hall of the Liao Palace, Wanyan Congyi and Yelu Chucai had been waiting for a long time. As there were people outside the front hall and voices, the two of them immediately put down the teacup in their hands and stood up. They looked at the front hall door at the same time. They thought it would be Ye Qing coming in from outside, but when the figure appeared at the door, Wanyan Congyi and Yelu Chucai were both stunned, and then walked towards the door together, asking in surprise: "You... have you come here too?"
Most of the injuries on Wanyan's body have healed. Although there are some bruises and scabs on her face, they are no longer affected. They just look a little scary, especially when she is grinning, the injuries on her face look particularly hideous and scary.
Grinning with a mouth with a missing front teeth, he looked at Wanyan Congyi and Yelu Chucai and smiled, saying, "The King of Yan just sent someone to visit me, and then I asked more, saying that the two adults were here, and I guess they might have to discuss matters related to Mongolia, so I came over to join in the fun."
The two nodded silently, then sat down with Wanyan Tu to wait for Ye Qing's arrival. After the three of them exchanged a brief greeting, Ye Qing also walked in from outside. At this time, Wanyan Tu learned about the current situation in Mongolia from Wanyan and Yelu Chucai.
As Ye Qing came in, Wanyan Congyi and the other two no longer had a smile on their faces like before, and their expressions became much more righteous.
After looking at Wanyan Tsubasa with scars on his face, Ye Qing nodded with a hint of relief in his eyes, then he immediately went straight to the topic and said, "Mo Xiaobao has led ten thousand Hua Family Army troops from Changling, and it is estimated that he will be able to meet with Wuque in the next two days. Today I will ask you three to come over, but there is something to discuss."
Wanyan Congyi combined the news he received from the court in the past few days and his own analysis of the current situation in Mongolia and asked: "Don't the King of Yan plan to attack Mongolia?"
Ye Qing did not show a look of surprise and nodded lightly: "There are too many wars. Although the morale of various armies is not tired of war, I am afraid that with the demise of the Jin Kingdom, the momentum of resting and resting for a while may be more beneficial to us."
Although Yelu Chucai is still the Minister of Personnel, almost all the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel must be passed by him. Compared to Wanyan's dispatch from Yi's prefect, he is more sensitive to the affairs in the court, and he can also guess Ye Qing's intention from the other hand.
"The King of Yan said it well. Judging from some memorials from the Ministry of War, although most of the armies in the north have mobilized to various passes, the problem of food and grass has now encountered some resistance in the court. And..." After saying this, Yelu Chucai looked at Ye Qing and saw that Ye Qing did not say anything, he continued: "In addition to the obstacles in the supply of food and grass in various armies, there is another thing, that is, the official administration of the prefectures in the north. As the court was eager for quick success and instant benefits last year, it has caused some turmoil in the officialdoms in various prefectures. So now, although the court seems to have no problems on the surface, if it is carefully analyzed, these small things that seem to be inconsequential from the perspective of the court may become a big problem once the army in the north fights with Mongolia."
"To put it bluntly, the turmoil in the officialdoms of various prefectures in the north is indeed because the court was too urgent after moving the capital, so it seemed that it was too hasty. This matter was like an ant hole in the river embankment. It was indeed a small problem that was not painful or itchy, but as the saying goes, a thousand-mile dike was destroyed by an ant hole, and the King of Yan had to guard against it." Wanyan Congyi was the prefect of Yanjing. Although there were no such problems in the officialdom of Yanjing now, he also knew more or less about the official affairs of other prefectures, and also conducted private analysis.
No matter what, the few people here do not think that these problems are the problems left over from the King of Yan when he recovered the lost territory. Obviously, these problems are all hidden dangers extended by the court's rush to weaken the influence of the King of Yan in the north after the imperial court moved the capital.
But now, although not most of the sounds in the court, no matter what, a small number of sounds have appeared, and there is a great intention to push these hidden dangers from various prefectures to Ye Qing.
Some officials in the court once blamed the Yan King Ye Qing, but Zhao Kuo ignored this at all at the court meeting. The official from the Censorate disappeared in a few days. As for where he was sent, no one knew about it for a while.
But after this incident, the voices in the court that wanted to blame Ye Qing for the turmoil in the northern prefectures was significantly smaller and even no longer existed.
"Although this sound in the court is much smaller, almost completely disappearing, I think the King of Yan still has to be guarded. If you want to take down Mongolia without bloodshed, you may have to be guarded against the affairs of the prefectures in the northern part of the states and prefectures, and you even need to spend some energy to deal with it." Wanyan paused for Yi, then looked at Ye Qing, and then continued: "Even if the emperor has not given a conclusion on the responsibility for this matter now, and he is even obviously biased towards King of Yan, the more he is like this, I think he has to be guarded against whether there will be a wave of pursuing you suddenly in the court."
"Don't worry about the turmoil in the prefectures in various places. There are sages and... Yelu Chucai. Although you are still the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, you are in charge of all the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel. So your task is to help the sages to sort out the turmoil between the officials in various prefectures. Even if it cannot be eradicated in a short time, it cannot be allowed to continue to expand, so as not to extend and affect all the armies. As for the matters about Mongolia, except for Wuxiao, it is obviously not enough. This little power may be able to ensure the attitude of Tolei, but if you want to plan the grassland, it is obviously far from enough." Ye Qing's vision was obviously longer-term and did not completely stick to the officialdoms of the prefectures in the northern part. Obviously, his attention and goal were still on the territory of Mongolia.
Yelu Chucai, Wanyan Congyi and Wanyan Tu digest Ye Qing's words, and then looked at each other at each other.
The three of them also heard it. Today Ye Qing called them over, not because of the sound of impeachment in the court that appeared in the past few days, but because he ignored it at all. His purpose was still on the grassland.
Yelu Chucai is the Minister of Personnel, and the mission of Shangshu is still vacant, so Yelu Chucai is obviously the best candidate for helping Ye Qing eliminate those different voices.
Wanyan Congyi and Wanyan Tu looked at each other. Since Yelu Chucai couldn't leave the court, he had to focus on the official administration of various prefectures in the northern regions. Then, under the premise that there is only the little prince on the grassland, he naturally needs to send another person to the grassland.
Wanyan Shu still has a superiority. As the prefect of Yanjing Prefecture, Wanyan Congyi is not in the court and may become the best candidate.
Before Wanyan came to Yi's mind to consider which one he or Wanyan Tat went to the grassland was more appropriate, Ye Qing said to Wanyan Tat who had never spoken: "Tell me what you think of Mongolia today and your experience in Mongolia at the beginning."
Wanyan Tu hurriedly got up, but was immediately pressed down by Ye Qing's hand stretched in the void.
Wanyan Tu has always been respectful to Ye Qing. In addition, because of his prefect Lu Long's promotion to the Ministry of Rites, Wanyan Tu, who was not very confident, always seemed more restrained than others when facing Ye Qing.
However, with the fact that he was on a mission to Mongolia a few days ago, he was qualified to stand up straight in front of the King of Yan and in front of his heart.
Especially this time's injury not only made Ye Qing look at him differently, but Wanyan Congyi, Yelu Chucai, and even some other officials from the Song and Han dynasties in the court all looked at Wanyan Tae differently.
After coughing slightly, Wanyan Tu sorted out the veins in his heart, he said, "From the experience of Xiaguan's mission to Mongolia, among the four sons of Temujin, Ogedei and Chagatai were tied together, and it was difficult for the two brothers to alienate each other, especially Ogedei, who had great trust in Chagatai, and he was willing to plan the position of the Great Khan of Mongolia for Chagatai."
"Xiaguan also had contact with Fugechi on the early grassland. During this period, whether it was Xiaguan's indirect attacks or Fugechi, he also mentioned it implicitly. Over the years, he has never stopped arguing with Chagatai and won over Ogedei, but he has almost never succeeded, and Ogedei did not even give him a chance."
"In this way, is Chagatai completely tied to Ogedei?" Wanyan Congyi asked in surprise.
"It's true." Wanyan Tu nodded and confirmed: "It is indeed difficult to alienate between Chagatai and Ogedei. When I was on a mission in Mongolia, I also tried Ogedei indirectly, but Ogedei didn't have the intention at all. He was determined to assist Chagatai in fighting for the Khan throne. Even if I have made it clear, both the court and the King of Yan would like to see him become the next Khan on the grassland, but Ogedei... lacks interest."
After saying that, seeing that Ye Qing in the room was silent, Wanyan Shu continued, "But I have to say that the brothers of Wu Chi and Chagatai and Ogede were incompatible. Just as Xia Guan guessed after returning to Yanjing, there must be a situation between the three of them. Now the situation on the grassland has also verified Xia Guan's guess, Wu Chi has been assassinated and eliminated."
"But I think there should be many tribes on the grassland that support Khan, right? Temujin unified countless tribes of all sizes, so I guess Khan should have worked hard on these people a lot, right? Chagatai, Ogedei may have supported them. Now I believe that the first thing Chagatai and Ogedei must be to do is not to target Tolei, but how to persuade and win over the khans of the tribes who originally supported Khans in a short period of time, right?" Wanyan Congyi said with a slightly frown.
"It depends on how much support the tribes on the grassland are now." Wanyan Tu continued to say after being silent: "Shuchi has many tribes support, Chagatai and Ogedei are even more so, but as for Tolei... because he has been by Temujin's side, I can't judge whether those tribes who were originally loyal to Temujin would be one-sidedly inclined to Tolei after Temujin's death. Including Tolei himself, whether many tribe khans were loyal to him before, I can't judge."
When he was on a mission to Mongolia, he had in-depth contact with Shu Chi, Chagatai and Ogedei, but Tolei has always been by Temujin, and Wanyanta had no chance to contact him, so he could not judge whether the power of Tolei on the grassland could threaten the two Chagatai brothers, as well as Chagatai, and Ogedei would turn around to deal with Tolei in a short time after eliminating Shu Chi's threat.
Yelu Chucai and Wanyan looked at Ye Qing from Yi, obviously waiting for Ye Qing to give a judgment on the power of Tolei on the grassland.
"Torai will not be in danger on the grassland for the time being." Ye Qing said simply: "The reason why he dared to let Wuque accompany Torei to the grassland is that. Temujin had paved the way for Torei at the beginning. Obviously, he had known for a long time that after his death, Shu Chi, Chagatai, and Ogedei and others would have been killed by brothers. So whether it was to let Torei grow up and protect himself, or to eliminate Torei's threat to Shu Chi, Chagatai, and Ogedei, Temujin reached an agreement with other tribes. Before choosing a Mongolian Khan between Shu Chi, Chagatai and Ogedei, Mongolia temporarily reigned with Torei. This was equivalent to eliminating Torei's fight for the position of Khan, which was also considered to reduce a competition for the other three."
Wanyan thought about it in Yi, then said to himself: "Temujin's plan must be to protect Tolei, and he obviously expected that after his death... there must be a struggle between Shu Chi and Chagatai and Ogedei, so this is not only giving Shu Chi, Chagatai and Ogedei time to win time and opportunities for other tribes, but also giving Tolei the opportunity to grow and win over other tribes?"
"The facts should be not far from what we guessed, but it is hard to say whether Tolei is capable of fighting against Chagatai and Ogedei. Although Wuque is by Tolei's side, plus ten thousand Hua family troops, although it is enough to prevent others from touching Tolei, it will also correspond to... Force some tribes to make decisions that tend toward Chagatai and Ogedei because of Tolei's unity. So today I want to send another person to the grassland and do my best to help Tolei protect more tribes that originally supported him, and ensure that Tolei has enough strength and will not be absolutely superior to Chagatai and others."
Ye Qing paused slightly, then continued, "Of course, there is another thing..."
But before Ye Qing finished speaking, Wanyan Congyi said: "So much as possible that the Mongolians cannot choose the next Mongolian Khan in a short period of time, so as to gain more time for growth for Tolei, or... internalize them, let them break up from the internal, disintegrate, and become kings?"
"So Ogedei is a breakthrough point. As long as Ogedei is willing to win the position of Khan, it will be difficult for Chagatai to be emperor in a short period of time. In this way, Tolei has the opportunity to grow, and we also have the opportunity to completely differentiate and gradually erode them." Ye Qing nodded and said seriously.
"Xiaguan understands, so the candidate to go to the grassland will be the one who goes to Xiaguan?" Wanyan got up from Yi and looked at Yelu Chucai and Wanyan Tu. It was obvious that he was the only one who was the most suitable one in front of them.
Yelu Chucai, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, had to deal with matters in the officialdoms of the northern prefectures. Wanyan Tai, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, had his injuries not healed yet, and the second was that his return to the grassland would inevitably lead to exclusion and vigilance from the Mongolian tribes. In addition, the responsibilities and dispatches of the Ministry of Rites, he would probably have to stay in the court to assist Yelu Chucai to solve the problem of official administration in the northern part of the state, so he became the best choice.
Ye Qing did not delay any slut. After Wanyan got up to recommend himself, he said, "Okay, I will ask the Gods slaves of Qi Shilie to allocate three thousand troops to you and go to the grassland with you to join Wuque and the flower planting army. As for how much it can be done and how long it can be delayed, it depends on your Wanyan Congyi's ability."
"The subordinates will definitely not be humiliated!" Wanyan Congyi looked determined. This was the first important task given to him by Ye Qing after he surrendered to the Song court. Naturally, he had to do his best to achieve Ye Qing's requirements and goals!
Yelu Chucai and Wanyan Tu left first, and Wanyan Congyi met Li Shier after obtaining Ye Qing's consent. In just a few years, the empress of the Jin Kingdom had become the cage of the King of Yan in the Song Dynasty, and his dignified Jin Kingdom royal family has now become a member of the officials of the Song Dynasty's court.
Chapter completed!