A mouthful of cool and sweet chilled watermelon juice in his stomach, and suddenly the whole person was comfortable, Xu Jin held the cup of watermelon juice, while drinking it comfortably, while glancing at the map spread out on the imperial case, only to see that the map was drawn with a red pen A big circle, almost enclosing the two provinces of Tatar, Shaanxi and Shanxi.

"Hey, the minister still thinks that the emperor is worried about Turva's invasion of Gansu and Erzhou, don't you dare to love it!" Xu Jin was a little surprised.

Zhu Houxi took a sip of watermelon juice and pouted: "Turbo is just a small country in the west of my Ming Dynasty, at most it is a small fight, and it can't become much of a climate, but the Tatars and thorns in the north are my Ming Dynasty's henchmen." ”

Xu Jin nodded approvingly and said, "What the emperor said is extremely true! ”

Grunt......

Zhu Houxi's cup of watermelon juice bottomed out, this kid put the glass on the imperial case, and said with anger on his face: "Now the Tile Thorn people are honest, the most hateful is the Tatars, since I ascended the throne, it has not stopped, last year it was even more excessive, Koubian reached as many as twelve times, almost once a month, after the beginning of spring this year, there were three relatively large-scale Koubian, Xuanfu, Datong, Shuozhou, and Yulin were all harassed to varying degrees.

How can this be reasonable, the Tatars really regard my Daming as their vegetable garden, and they will come to my Daming to rob everything they lack, and they can come if they want to, and they can leave if they want, which is really hateful, I really want to immediately raise troops to destroy these Tatars, and by the way, I will snatch back the Hetao Plain. ”

When it comes to the Hetao Plain, Zhu Houxi's eyes are even shining, and he doesn't hide his strong desire.

The Hetao Plain is located in the "several" bay of the Yellow River, with fertile soil and abundant water and grass, and is known as the saying that "the Yellow River is harmful, but only one set of riches". As early as the reign of Emperor Xiaozong Hongzhi, the Ming Dynasty lost control of the Hetao Plain, and now the Hetao Plain is under the occupation of the Tatar Ordos Department, and as mentioned above, the current leader of the Tatar Ordos Department is Altan Khan's brother Mailigan Jinong

It is said that since the "Tumubao Change", the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has plummeted, and since then it has been going downhill, the armament is in disuse, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is rotten. Both Hongzhi and Zhengde had the idea of recovering the Hetao Plain, but they were powerless, they wanted silver without silver, and they wanted the army without the army.

If it was at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, Zhu Houxi, a kid, probably wouldn't dare to say such a bold statement as destroying the Tatars and recovering the Hetao Plain. But now it is different from the past, now the Ming Dynasty has completely solved the problem of "Southern Wa", the southeast coast is stable, and there are no worries, and in recent years, Xu Jin, the God of Wealth, has successively generated nearly 20 million taels of income for the Ming Dynasty, and the pure silver has exceeded 10 million taels, which is equivalent to the financial income of the Ming Dynasty for two or three years.

Therefore, an anti-Japanese war under the command of Xu Jin not only did not damage the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, but also filled the treasury of the Ming Dynasty and the army became stronger. Because of this, Zhu Houxi had the confidence to say such bold words as destroying the Tartars and recovering the Hetao Plain.

Xu Jin glanced at Emperor Jiajing, who was full of enthusiasm, shook his head and reminded: "Your Majesty, my Ming national strength has just improved a little, and it is the time to recuperate, so now is not the best time to send troops to fight against the Tatars." ”

The southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty had just finished fighting the year before last, and last year opened the sea for trade, it was the time to calm down and vigorously develop the economy, and the national Qingzhang land is now in full swing, coupled with the vigorous promotion and planting of high-yield new crops, so many prongs, it will not take a few years to make earth-shaking changes in the national strength of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Ming Dynasty will be peaceful and peaceful, the soldiers will be strong and strong, and the real money will be rich, and the money and grain will be grain, and it will be natural to clean up the Tatars and tile thorns at that time.

After listening to Xu Jin's words, Zhu Houxi sighed and said, "I also understand that now is not a good time to crusade against the Tatars, but the Tatars continue to commit offenses, and I am really choked in my throat." Some time ago, the leader of the Tatar Tumert Department also sent a table to me, asking for the opening of the two horse markets in Xuanfu Datong, thinking that it was beautiful, I didn't send troops to clean up the incense he had already burned, and he also wanted to open the market for trade and get supplies from my Daming! ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, remembering that it was because of the refusal of many requests for mutual trade with the Ming Dynasty that Xu Jin brazenly sent troops to attack Beijing.

Anyway, why am I so keen to trade with Daming?

The reason is very simple, the Tatars are nomadic people, they can only graze, and they will not even produce the most basic daily necessities, such as pots and pans, sewing and clothing, which are obtained from the Ming Dynasty, so once the Ming Dynasty banned border trade, the Tatars had to suffer, and they could not even buy an iron pot for cooking meat, which was not an ordinary hardship.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty controlled the economic lifeline of the Tatars to a certain extent, but there were two aspects to everything, good and bad. Although the Tatars' high dependence on Ming supplies allowed the Ming to easily sanction the Tatars economically, it was precisely because the Tatars were seriously short of supplies that they continued to enter the border of the Ming Dynasty, causing long-term confrontation between the two countries.

"Why didn't the emperor agree to my request to open a horse market? Isn't my Daming short of war horses? Xu Jin said quietly.

Zhu Houxi pouted and said: "It's true that my Ming is short of horses, but in comparison, the Tatars need our Ming materials more, iron, tea, salt, and clothing are all urgently needed by the Tatars, without which they can't even live."

Taishi Gong said that those who are Yidi are also beasts, and they are afraid of power but not virtue. Even if I agree to open the market and help the Tatars solve their urgent needs, these guys will still rob our Ming border after they have eaten and drunk well. Therefore, I would rather not have a war horse, than let the Tatars obtain the supplies of my Ming Dynasty through the horse market. ”

Xu Jin nodded, and had to admit that Zhu Houxi's words were very reasonable, as the so-called wolf ambition, it was impossible for the Tatars to be grateful to the Ming because they agreed to open the market for mutual trade, on the contrary, after they got enough supplies to eat and drink, one by one they grew fat and strong, and they would definitely intensify their looting of the Ming Dynasty, after all, they didn't have to pay for the things they robbed, so why not?

The Tatars are different from the Westerners who came from across the ocean, the Westerners only want to do business to make profits, and the Tatars ask for trade in order to obtain survival materials, and the Tatars live next to the Ming Dynasty, which is a big trouble for the Ming Dynasty, so to solve the Tatar problem, it is not a simple opening of the market to trade with each other, the most thorough way is to let them disappear on the map, so that the Ming can once and for all, sit back and relax!

Seeing that Xu Jin agreed with his point of view, Zhu Houxi's eyebrows immediately danced, and he continued to say: "Actually, since last year, I have ordered the Jinyi Guard to collect news about the Tatars, and now Dayan Khan (Tatar Khan) is old and is already a toothless tiger, so there is nothing to worry about, but I replied that this kid should not be underestimated, and in recent years, the strength of the Tumut Department under his command has developed the fastest. ”

When Zhu Houxi said this, he slapped the imperial case angrily and said: "It is said that my strength has developed so rapidly because of the help of Zhao Quan and Li Zixin, the White Lotus traitors.

According to the intelligence that Jinyiwei secretly probed back, Zhao Quan and Li Zixin, the white lotus demon Xue Xue went out of the plug and took refuge in Meda, and they built Bansheng City in the area of Fengzhou River, and deceived the people with evil words, and coaxed the border people of our Ming Dynasty to take refuge and grow food for the Tatars and produce various materials. What made me even more angry was that at this time, the White Lotus traitor relied on his familiarity with the road, and actually led the Tartars to sneak into the territory and rob the people of my Ming Dynasty, and they always succeeded. ”

Xu Jin chuckled in his heart, Zhao Quan actually took refuge in me and promised to be a traitor, I hope Bing Niu'er won't be stupid, if that's the case, it would be impossible for him to show mercy to his subordinates, and frowned: "It's all because the minister didn't wipe out Zhao Quan and the others back then!" ”

Zhu Houxi waved his hand and said: "This can't be blamed on Xu Liao, it can only be said that Zhao Quan's life as a thief should not be killed." Before, I replied to the above table to request the opening of the horse market, and I originally wanted to use this as a condition to let me answer and hand over Zhao Quan and others. ”

Xu Jin's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty's idea is good!" ”

Zhu Houxi said depressedly: "But I don't agree!" ”

Xu Jin frowned and said, "In this way, I still attach great importance to Zhao Quan." ”

"So it's not easy for me to answer this son, at least not a rat-eyed person, this person has Zhao Quan's assistance, and sooner or later he will be my confidant." Zhu Houxi said, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.