Chapter 3: The Emperor's Longevity (1)

After the photo left, a faint smile appeared on Zhu Yinglong's mouth, but then he fell into deep thought.

Although he did not agree to the concept, nor did he make any promises, the battle in front of him was imminent. He vaguely felt that the war would break out in the first half of the next year. This might be an unprecedented war, a tragic war that concerns Mongolia's future and destiny.

And it may be unprecedented!

A decree ordered Sun Chengzong, Xiong Tingbi, Xu Guangqi and Sun Shenxing to the imperial study room.

The four important officials met outside the Yangxin Palace Palace and asked each other. No one knew why the emperor suddenly summoned the four people together in such a hurry?

"Is there something wrong with the border?" Sun Chengzong said suspiciously.

"Did the Later Jin attack the border?" Xiong Tingbi agreed.

"Can it be a group of corrupt scholars who are causing trouble again? The newspapers in the capital have been very lively in the past six months, and there is no open fire." Sun Shenxing guessed.

"Three sirs, please don't guess here. Don't you know when you see the emperor?" Xu Guangqi came out and said.

"Then why don't you leave!" Sun Shenxing was impatient and walked forward a big walk.

Xiong Tingbi followed and followed with great strides.

"Go away!" Sun Chengzong took Xu Guangqi with a hand, stepped on his old legs and followed.

"Minist Xu Guangqi, Sun Chengzong, Sun Shenxing, Xiong Tingbi bowed to the emperor!" The four of them walked into the imperial study and greeted Zhu Yinglong.

"Three old ministers and the father-in-law are here. Let's sit down and give them a seat!" Although Zhu Yinglong is the emperor's honor, these four are all his elders. How dare they be negligent and hurry down from the imperial throne to greet them.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the four of them said in unison.

After the four of them sat down, they all turned their eyes to Zhu Yinglong's face standing in the middle of the study, as if they wanted to see something from the unusual look.

"Four old friends, I have something very important to discuss with you. I wonder if the four friends are willing to share my worries?" Zhu Yinglong looked around, walked to the charcoal brazier, rubbed his hands, lowered his head to look at the burning charcoal, and said slowly.

"The emperor is so serious. Eat the king's fortune and take responsibility for the king's affairs. This is our duty as a minister." Sun Chengzong stood up slightly and leaned forward and said with a slump.

"Your Majesty, what happened to the border?" Xiong Tingbi stood up nervously and asked,

"You two dear friends don't have to worry so much. Although this matter is of great importance, it has not happened yet. I urgently call you to discuss a countermeasure and say that it is almost the same as planning for the future." Zhu Yinglong smiled slightly and waved his hand.

The atmosphere in the imperial study suddenly relaxed, and the four old ministers all secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as nothing happened now!

"I'm here this time to come to celebrate my longevity, but in fact, it's here to form an alliance with me, the Ming Dynasty, but this alliance is a bit shameful. I'm very worried now and it's difficult to make a decision. I want to hear the opinions of the four beloved ministers." Zhu Yinglong said slowly.

"Does Lin Danhan want my Ming Dynasty to support him in unifying Mongolia and become the Khan of all Mongolians?" Xu Guangqi asked.

"There is no doubt that among the Khan kings of various Mongolian tribes, no Khan does not want to be the Khan of all Mongolians. It's a pity that Genghis Khan is not something that anyone can do." Xiong Tingbi continued.

"The Mongolians are all jackals, tigers and leopards, so the emperor must not trust them." Sun Shenxing hurriedly advised with tactful tactfulness.

"I naturally know this, but now I still need the Mongolian tiger, which is sunny and sunny, to bite the Later Jin wolf, which is rising eastward, so I will use this Lin Danhan for the time being." Zhu Yinglong nodded and said.

"The four dear ministers, Lin Danhan paid a lot of money this time..." Then he told the number of treasures, cattle and sheep mentioned in the material picture, but the matter of the imperial seal was temporarily reserved and not stated.

"Good guy, the Mongolians are really rich!" Sun Shenxing managed the finances. When Zhu Yinglong said that, he knew how much these things were worth when he heard them. At least it was worth the tax revenue of the current two years of the Ming Dynasty. His old face was so excited that he was flushed and red.

When rituals are given to others, you must have something to ask for. If you give such a heavy ritual, you must have a great request. No wonder the emperor couldn't make a decision in his heart. When the other three people's eyes met, they found that their thoughts were surprisingly the same.

"Emperor, can Lin Danhan ask me, Ming Dynasty to send troops to help?" Sun Chengzong asked.

Zhu Yinglong nodded and said, "Even if it is not, it is not far from it."

"Later Jin?" Sun Chengzong and Xiong Tingbi both had a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes. It was obvious that they thought of going together again. Although Xu Guangqi and Sun Shenxing were half a beat slow, they also showed a look of surprise in their eyes.

The four important officials knew that the Ming Dynasty would sooner or later fight with the Later Jin Dynasty, but they all understood that the current national strength and finance absolutely did not have the ability to support a war with the Later Jin Dynasty. Even Lin Danhan's compensation would not make up for this loss, especially the gradual rollout of domestic reforms. At this time, even a local war would have an impact on domestic reforms. Therefore, even the two important military officials, Sun Chengzong and Xiong Tingbi, did not support a war against foreign countries at this time.

"Emperor, half of the domestic reform has been carried out. If you are dragged into the war at this time, all your efforts may be wasted. Even if the emperor receives compensation from Lin Dankhan, it will not be worth the loss, and there may be an additional potential enemy. Lin Dan can form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, and naturally can form an alliance with the Later Jin Dynasty. Although this possibility is extraordinary, all hatred between countries is false, and interests are the foundation!" Sun Chengzong pointed out.

"How could I raise a tiger to cause trouble!" Zhu Yinglong nodded, "Although I have a marriage relationship with Lin Dan, this relationship is very fragile. Lin Danhan cannot give up his ambition because of his sister, and I cannot give up his dike for Lin Dan because of Concubine Kang."

"It would be great that the emperor could think so." Sun Shenxing said.

"But have the four beloved ministers noticed a fact?" Zhu Yinglong changed his tone, "Although Lin Danhan now holds 100,000 iron cavalry on the surface and is strong, he is actually on the decline. Without my secret support, Chahar Mongolia would have fallen apart at this time, while the Later Jin Dynasty has continued to accumulate strength and its national power is constantly increasing. Huang Taiji is a powerful monarch with great talent and strategy. He has a good minister and general under his command. He can overwhelm Mongolia in total in less than three years. With Mongolia's very loose power, it is not enough to fight against Huang Taiji. Once Huang Taiji subdue Mongolia and hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry are waiting for the battle, it will be my Ming Dynasty's nightmare."

"What the emperor said is that if the development of the Later Jin Dynasty cannot be suppressed in time, this is not a good omen for our Ming Dynasty. Huang Taiji is in his prime and ambitious. Will he be willing to stay in a corner of Liaodong?" Xu Guangqi agreed.

"What should I do? Do you agree to Lin Danhan's conditions?" Xiong Tingbi glared.

"It is obviously impossible to agree to all the conditions for Lin Danhan, but since he has asked for it, he just needs to assign the conditions for the negotiation to the most favorable to our Ming Dynasty." Sun Chengzong said with a faint smile.

"How to talk? Will Lin Danhan agree?" Xiong Tingbi asked.

"Agree, he will naturally agree." Zhu Yinglong smiled and took the opportunity, "Because he had no choice, it was just that what made me embarrassed was the conditions for negotiation. What could do to make the conditions the most favorable to our Ming Dynasty, both now and in the future. This is the real purpose of my four beloved ministers coming to discuss."

"So what do the emperor have any ideas?" Sun Chengzong asked. If any such major event was to be so important, the emperor would definitely have some ideas in his mind before summoning them to discuss, otherwise he would just hand it over to them.

"I have some superficial thoughts. Now I will tell you with my four dear friends..." Zhu Yinglong expressed his thoughts after he had just thought about them.

"Does the emperor want to fully intervene in the disputes within Mongolia?" Sun Chengzong took a breath after hearing this. The Ming Dynasty's foreign policy has been mainly to resist and take the initiative to attack as a supplement for hundreds of years. However, now the emperor has actually had the idea of ​​expansion, and at this time, he was naturally very surprised.

According to his judgment, it would take at least ten years of cultivation to enter the expansion stage, because he had seen many signs from some of the emperor's practices, but he did not expect it to be so soon!

After hearing this, Xiong Tingbi was excited. If he wanted to expand to the outside world, the army would naturally be indispensable. Now that it is time for soldiers to make achievements, the status of military generals will definitely rise significantly.

Sun Shenxing was most worried. He wanted to fight a war and it was impossible to have no money, but where did the money come from? It was not that he, the Minister of the Shangshu who was in charge of money, came from the treasury.

"In fact, the battle will not be fought for a while, but the court must be prepared. If it is to fight, it must show the strength and power of our Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Yinglong said in a deep voice. Since he decided to establish his authority, he naturally would not be careless.

"Your Majesty, if we want to attack Bai Yan, what's the reason?" Xu Guangqi said worriedly.

"Your dear Xu doesn't have to worry about this!" Zhu Yinglong laughed and explained, "Now the golden seal of King Shunyi and the seal for issuing the mutual market clearance are all in Bai Yan's hands, but Bai Yan is not the heir of King Shunyi. As long as I give an order to hand over the seal of King Shunyi and the seal for issuing the mutual market clearance, if he does not agree, I have a reason to take action, and I will also confer the son of Bu Shitu, E Linchen as the new King Shunyi!"

"In this way, isn't the court instigating the battle between Ordos Mongolia and Halashen's troops?" Xu Guangqi said in surprise.

"Of course not. The Tumote tribe had disappeared after the last war. Among the three ten thousand households in the right-wing Mongolian, Ordos and Halashen (the remaining tribes of Yongsebuwanhu), Bai Yan and Subudi belonged to two leaders of the East and West divisions. Subudi Xiangming and Bai Yan went to Houjin. The court and Mongolia traded with each other were mostly completed by enthroning Jinnong, the right-wing households, as King Shunyi. Now the seal of King Shunyi and the seal of the seal of the traded clearance fell into Bai Yan's hands, so Houjin is likely to use the traded trading to buy their domestic strategies such as fine iron, but fewer than those in the country.

Materials, so whoever holds the seal of mutual market clearance will get huge benefits and become stronger quickly. The left-wing Mongolia under Lin Dankhan's control is too far from our Ming border. Even if there is a mutual market, it can only be transferred. The benefits obtained are of course very small. If it were not for the direct assistance from the court, it is still possible to hold on. Whether it is for the sake of interests or power, the western part of Halashen and some Tumote remnants under Ordos and Bai Yan will not live in peace." Sun Chengzong explained.

"In other words, if Lin Danhan wants to take action, he must have chosen this Bai Yantaiji." Xiong Tingbi exclaimed, obviously he had fully understood why the emperor wanted to choose this Bai Yan to take action.
Chapter completed!