A week after Tulubaihu arrived in Beijing, he was officially able to meet the Ming Emperor Zhu Cilang... Read the latest and most complete novel

According to the preparations made in advance by Honglu Temple, Tulubaihu knew that the treatment given by the Ming emperor was higher than that of the foreign vassal state, and even reached the level of the Korean king. Not only did two cabinet masters come to the cabinet, but even the Grand Governor's Office, which was not very much on the road in front of the foreign vassal state, there were two governors attending the reception.

This undoubtedly made Tulubaihu very excited, and even a certain degree of loyalty aroused, but it was a bit surprising that His Majesty the Emperor met Galdan at the same time. Although the Panchen Lama asked him to bring this child out of the political situation in Lhasa, who would have thought that the emperor would be interested in a ten-year-old lama?

——Is it because of the Junggar tribe that occupies the north and south roads of Tianshan Mountains?

Tulubaihu guessed in his mind, and immediately gave up the idea. After Batur died two years ago, Sengge had not yet completely grasped the power of Junggar and was led and pushed by several uncles. Galdan was too young and was thrown into Lhasa to be a lama. Obviously, he had no chance to inherit Junggar.

Unless the Ming court intends to send troops to support Galdan, why bother? Instead of choosing this ten-year-old lama, it is better to support Sengge.

But Tulubaihu had no eyes, and he didn't know that Zhu Cilang specially named him and asked him to see him together because of Galdan's reputation in later generations.

"As soon as I see this child, I feel happy." Zhu Cilang said lightly: "This may be what Buddhism calls fate."

On the day of the meeting, Zhu Cixuan walked through the scene in Wuying Hall, but the topic went straight to Galdan. Everyone was surprised, but they could only accept this illusory "fate".

Galdan was not afraid, and even secretly looked at Zhu Cilang's holy face.

Zhu Cilang also happened to see his face. He looked dark and thin, with a slightly pointed chin and two balls of plateau red on his cheekbones.

"Don't go back to the bitter and cold land of Lhasa. Stay in the capital. I will grant you a prince." Zhu Cilang smiled.

The civil and military officials in the court were a little surprised, not because of the "county prince" - even if the foreign vassals gave the title of prince, it was just a piece of paper, but because the emperor wanted to leave this lama. Is it the purpose of leaving it as a hostage? Or is it really a desire to cultivate it?

"Thank you for the grace of the Holy Emperor." Galdan shook his head and said, "I want to go back to Lhasa. I want to practice with the master." His Chinese is full of northwest accents, and from time to time it is mixed with words that are not known whether they are Tibetan or Mongolian. Even the communications are troubled by this, and he always advises him to speak less.

Zhu Ciyang smiled, but did not insist, and said, "Isn't Dongtu good?"

"It's nothing." Galdan insisted on his self-esteem of a young man: "Just jujube pit balls are more fun. When I return to Lhasa, I will also find some little lamas to play with."

For children, for a child who is not a foodie, Dongtu’s temptation is indeed not very great.

"It seems that there is nothing fun in my Dongtu," Zhu Cilang smiled. "Turubehu, what do you think?"

Tulubaihu bowed deeply and said, "The Ming Dynasty has abundant resources and is full of everything, but we will eventually return to the grassland forests and snow-capped mountains, which is the foundation of our generations."

Zhu Cilang knew the elegance when he heard the string song and said, "The Han people are not used to living your life, and you are not used to living the Han area. This is like birds need the sky and fish need the abyss. When the Donglu was in great power, he forced others to live the same life as them. I said, this is the way to perish, and it is true."

Tulubaihu bowed deeply again and completely relieved.

"I guess you know that an arrow can easily break. But a bundle of arrows is different." Zhu Cixuan said: "On the one hand, our army is to resolve hundreds of years of grudges and let the people settle their own houses, and on the other hand, it is to gather all combat powers and resist foreign humiliation."

Tulubaihu could understand the front, but couldn't understand the back, and he said in confusion: "Where did the so-called external humiliation of the Holy Emperor come from?"

"The Oros people are more northwest." Zhu Cilang said clearly.

Tulubaihu frowned.

He was not unaware of the Oros people. He just didn't want to be enemies with them, because the Oros was too far away and he won nothing, and losing would hurt his vitality. Moreover, the Oros people did not have the intention to send troops to Qinghai-Tibet. What's the matter with Guan Heshuote?

"The Holy Emperor is right!" Galdan shouted excitedly with a flushed face.

Turubaihu glanced at Galdan and had to bite the bullet and said, "The Oros people did have repeatedly invaded the territory, but their country was too far away. Even with the financial and military power of the Ming Dynasty, it would be not easy to conquer Oros."

From the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, all the central courts that conquered northern ethnic minorities would never use their own troops when sending troops on an expedition, but also call on the army of foreign vassals. People only know that the Tang Dynasty has a vast territory, but they do not know that the Tang people also contributed most of the contributions to the development of foreign lands.

During the reign of Emperor Chengzu, the three guards of Duoyan and Nuer Gandushi were established, and they were all vassals. Until the battle of the Japanese in the Renchen period of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty also called on the Jurchen tribes to enter the court. It is said that Nuerhaci served in the army at that time.

If the Ming Dynasty wanted to go to war with Oros, I am afraid that the soldiers of the Ola, Tatar and other tribes would be the ones who were in charge in the front line. If the Heshuo Special tribe was ordered to be recruited, it would be a harm to oneself and others. If it refused to be ordered, it would be a dilemma to be attacked by other tribes and the Ming Dynasty.

Turubaihu had such concerns, but Galdan did not. He only knew that Junggar and the Oros were very irresistible because of the Tereutes, and his brother Khan Sengge even sent troops to attack the Oros' outpost army fortress. Moreover, it was not pleasant to impose physical tax on the Mongols because of the Russian invasion of Khalkha Mongolia.

Tell him that most of these things were lamas in Lhasa, so they naturally did not analyze objectively and rationally, but just instilled with the sentiment that "The Oros are very hateful". Moreover, the Oros people east of the Ural Mountains were not regular state troops, but mercenaries of the Romanov family. The military discipline can be imagined.

"If you want to talk about distance, the Oros people are farther away from the Han area, and I, the Ming Dynasty, have no need to send troops." Zhu Cilang said in a deep voice: "But when it comes to kinship, we are all descendants of the Xiahou family, while the Oros people are from other species. If they bully us, we will naturally hold them together and fight them back!"

Tulubaihu only knew that there were many hatreds between the Han people and the Ola. Not only did the Mongol Yuan enter the Central Plains and killed many Han people, but the recent ones were also the Battle of Tumu Fort and even captured a Ming Dynasty emperor - it must be the ancestor of this emperor.

——Yesan was born in the Junggar tribe. If the Ming court did not care about past grievances and was willing to help the Junggar conquer Kazakhstan, then he should be more tolerant of Hsudot.

Tulubaihu thought to himself. However, it was only when he arrived in the Han area that he knew that the Han people had a genealogy of the grassland people. Many of them believed that the grassland people and the Central Plains were both the people of the Xia Hou family. Later, the Central Plains experienced the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the Xiongnu were also formed on the grasslands.

As for the Mongols' ancestor, Shiwei, they were also descendants of the Huns.

In this way, we are actually a family, and fighting is a matter between brothers, but the Oros are completely outsiders.

"Actually, what the Ming Dynasty wants is very simple." Zhu Cilang said slowly: "You can go and ask the Khalkha tribes whether I, the Ming Dynasty, have been treated poorly. Daming knows that it is not easy to live in the grassland and highlands. As long as you agree to submit to our dynasty, not only will our dynasty send troops to protect you, but you also don't need taxes. If such a good thing is not related to brothers, how can it be done?"

Seeing that Tulubaihu was a little loose, Zhu Cilang said, "Actually, from my perspective, Qinghai-Tibet is not suitable for garrisoning. It is better to focus on our Ming army, with the Oirat and Khalkha soldiers as supplemented, and work together to capture Kazakhstan. Then let the Junggar go to Kazakhstan to garrisoning. You Heshuot can return to the north and south road of Tianshan Mountains."

Tulubaihu's heart was moved.

Anyone who has been to Xinjiang and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau knows that these two places are really a world of difference.

Xinjiang is indeed famous for its vast desert.

Little do they know that Tianshan North Road is a nomadic mountainous land with lush water and grass, and the South Road is a fertile plain suitable for farming. Its richness is not comparable to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau where barley, rapeseed flowers, and yaks can only be grown.

Tulubaihu has been crying in his heart since he was a child: If I hadn't been able to beat you Junggar, I would have led my troops back to Tianshan long ago!

"What the Holy Emperor said is extremely true!" Tulubaihu made up his mind. As long as he could return to Tianshan, who would he have to do with? Didn't he fight Kazakhs with Batur back then? In the end, he won the battle, and the benefits were swallowed by Junggar. Didn't the Heshuot people still bleed and sweated in vain?

If the Ming Dynasty is really willing to fulfill its promise, Heshuote will definitely follow the Ming Dynasty.

"I have been to Kazakhstan in person and know the situation there." Turubaihu said: "If our troops were asked to return to Tianshan South Road first to settle women, children, elderly and weak, all the young and strong clans could be the pioneers of the Heavenly Army."

The governor, who was sitting on both sides, laughed in his heart when he saw Tulubaihu taking the bait.

As long as he dares to take Tianshan South Road, Heshuot and Junggar will not be able to reconcile. Even if the entire Kazakh tribes are really conquered in the future and all of them are handed over to Junggar for management, the Junggars will still miss the graceful scenery of the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.

"I'm sure." Zhu Cixuan said peacefully: "Our court will inform the Sengge of Junggar and ask him to give up the Tianshan South Road."

"Saint Emperor, if the monk refuses..."

"Our army will enter Luntai before the end of the year." Zhu Cixuan made a decisive move.

Luntai was established in the Tang Dynasty and is located in the southern suburbs of Urumqi in later generations.

As long as the Ming Dynasty's army stationed in Luntai, it would be like controlling the center of the north and south road of Tianshan Mountains. Moreover, the surrounding area is full of oil, but there is a large reserve of coal under its feet. Therefore, there is a saying of "a coal city on the sea of ​​oil", which must be included in the hands as soon as possible to provide energy for the Ming Dynasty to further promote the technological revolution.

With the Ming Dynasty army as a barrier to isolate the way to the south, Hoshuote can certainly enjoy the geographical advantage.

Tulubaihu smiled happily, not paying attention to Galdan who was stunned by the side. (To be continued...)
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