"The poor monk Galdan respectfully invites His Majesty the Great Emperor Sheng'an, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live......"

A little lama, who was a little short, with a big head, but a little small eyes, and a very tanned complexion, knelt in the audience hall in the Huangjue Temple, kowtowed to Emperor Zhu, who was sitting on the throne, and spoke fluent Chinese.

Zhu Cihong looked at this little child lama, imagined his appearance across the grassland and conquered all directions, and then asked with a smile: "You can still speak Chinese?" That's right, where did you learn it? ”

"If you go back to the emperor, you learned Chinese in Yulin." The little lama said, "When Master Tseling Lama was in Yulin, he fell seriously ill because of the water and soil, and he lived there for a few months and learned Chinese. ”

"Do you recognize Chinese characters?" Zhu Cihong asked again.

"I know a few," said the little lama, "and I can write names in Chinese characters." ”

"Really? Write to me. Zhu Cihong immediately ordered to take a pen and paper from the left and right, and asked the little lama Kaldan to kneel and write his name, and after writing, he asked Huang Xiaobao to take it.

"Ge Erdan?" Zhu Cihong looked at the three Chinese characters written crookedly by the little lama, and almost laughed out loud.

Good Galdan, why is it written as Ge Erdan? Who did you learn Chinese with? It can't be a village talent in the countryside of Yulin, right?

"Erdan," Emperor Zhu affectionately called Galdan by his nickname, "Do you know what you are doing in Nanjing?" ”

"Yes," Galdan nodded, "Eada (Dad) asked Eada (Dad) to come to Nanjing as the emperor's hostage so that he could exchange some muskets to fight the Kazakhs, if Eada dares to oppose the emperor, Eda will die......"

This Batur Hun Taiji is really a real person! Zhu Cihong said in his heart, but if he said something like death to a nine-year-old monk, would it hurt the young heart?

Zhu Cihong smiled gently: "Erdan, don't be afraid. ”

"Don't be afraid!" Galdan also laughed, "The fourth Wensa Living Buddha, even if you pass away, you can also be reincarnated as the fifth Wensa Living Buddha......"

Can you still be reincarnated?

Emperor Zhu was a little speechless by the words of the "second egg"!

With reincarnation, there is no fear of death...... Can such a hostage still be wanted?

"Then besides being a living Buddha, are you going to do anything else?" Zhu Cihong had no choice but to change the topic.

Kaldan, there is always ambition!

Galdan shook his head and looked at Emperor Zhu with a confused expression, "I don't know anything, I can recite scriptures and become a living Buddha." ”

"You can't learn!" Zhu Cihong said with a smile, "I have set up a primary school here in Laoshan, and you can go there to study." ”

"What is taught in elementary school?" Galdan asked, "Do you teach chanting or not?" ”

Why do you just think about chanting? Zhu Cihong said in his heart: You like to chant the scriptures so much, what kind of Great Khan did you have in history? Isn't it okay to be a living Buddha and go to Emperor Kangxi to change his fate?

"Of course, chanting is no longer taught in elementary school!" Zhu Cihong said, "But the curriculum of Laoshan Primary School is also very useful, Laoshan Primary School offers courses such as arithmetic, Confucianism, martial arts, geography and French, and I have also hired a teacher who is proficient in Chagatai and Persian to give you extra lessons." ”

Galdan's happy childhood is over!

He had to learn six languages: Mongolian, Tibetan, Chinese, French, Chagatai and Persian, as well as mathematics, Confucianism (Confucianism included Chinese) and geography (mainly the geography of Central and West Asia), as well as traditional Mongolian skills such as horseback riding and archery......

Of course, after returning to the temple after school, you have to recite scriptures and learn Buddhism! In case you can't get into the exam and can't be a big sweat, you can still be a living Buddha.

In short, as long as you study hard, you don't have to worry about your future.

......

"Great Emperor, this is Erdeni of the Dzungar Ministry. Batur. Huntai Ji is a minister's recital! ”

The study of Galdan has been discussed, and the monks of Huangjue Temple are now leading him to settle down. And the Tseling Lama, who brought Galdan to Nanjing, took out Batur Huntaiji's retainer.

The name of this Batur Huntaiji is Batur, and Hun Taiji is an honorific title, which was originally the Mongolian language of the crown prince, and later evolved into an honorific title. Because of the Ross. Batur is not from the Golden Family, and he said that Khan would cause a lot of strife, and he said that Hun Taiji would be fine.

And Erdeni is a Tibetan lama to give Batur an honorific title, which means "treasure".

This "Erdeni. Batur. "If translated, it is the crown prince's baby Batur......

Zhu Cihong took the recital, unfolded it and saw that it was written in both Mongolian and Chinese languages. To the effect that Batur Huntaiji of the Jungar Department led the people to turn their backs on the Qing Dynasty to the Ming, sent his son as a hostage, and asked the imperial court for assistance with guns and gunpowder, etc.

Zhu Cihong finished reading the recital, thought for a while, and asked, "I can make Batur Huntaiji the protector of the capital of Beiting...... The status of the Dadu Protector is the same as that of the Jiedu Envoy, and they are all internal vassals of the Ming Dynasty, I wonder if Batur is willing to let the Dzungar Department become the internal domain of the Ming Dynasty? ”

The Ming Dynasty now has an internal domain and an outer domain, and the autonomy of the outer domain is greater than that of the inner domain, but the support that can be received from the Ming court is also less, and the autonomy of the inner domain is small, but the support that can be received is also more.

Don't look at Wu Sangui and Zhu Cizhao both pulled a butt of loan sharks, but the two of them were still able to get financial and weapon assistance from the imperial court.

Now the amount of aid given by the Ming court to Pingxi and Shuofang is 350,000 taels per year! The two feudal domains of western Sichuan and eastern Sichuan were 250,000 taels, and the two feudal domains of Jinou and Jinghai were 150,000 taels. The Dongning Domain handed over 1.5 million taels...... Looks like it can be drawn!

"Batur Huntaiji is willing to guard the North Court for the Ming Emperor!" Lama Tsering replied.

Of course, Batur Huntaiji is willing to be an internal domain, and only when he is an internal domain can he have the money to take it!

Emperor Zhu will not give money to foreign vassals, there will be a difference between inside and outside!

"Good!" Zhu Cihong is willing to pay money, but he will not pay for nothing!

He said: "The military salary I gave to the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate was 250,000 taels of silver per year, but no silver was found, but it was folded into guns, artillery, ammunition, cloth, and iron. But these things are not given for free...... First of all, you Beiting must cooperate with the imperial court's operation to recover Anxi! Would you like to? ”

"Yes!" Lama Tseling said, "Batur Huntaiji has long wanted to send troops to teach the Yeerqiang Khanate a lesson!" ”

Want to grab something, right? Zhu Cihong said in his heart: Yeerqiang Khanate is an unlucky guy, and anyone around can come and grab it! If the surrounding areas do not come, their own domestic Mongolian tribes will also come to rob ......

Zhu Cihong said: "After Anxi recovers, Batur Huntaiji must lead his troops to withdraw to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and the southern area of Shanxi should be handed over to the Pingxi Army...... Wu Sangui will concurrently serve as the protector of Anxi, and in the future, Anxi and Beiting will be bounded by the Tianshan Mountains. Do you have any objections to the North Garden? ”

You can get 250,000 taels a year, of course you have to work!

"No objections!" Lama Tseling's answer was also very simple.

Batur Huntaiji is interested in pastures and rich cities, and there are no two in southern Xinjiang. Because of the nonsense of the Yeerqiang Khanate, southern Xinjiang is now poor in people's wealth, and southern Xinjiang is an oasis economy, and there is no grassland.

Therefore, after Batur Huntaiji got muskets and cannons, he wanted to conquer the two khanates of Kazakhstan and Bukhara (Uzbek Khanate). After completing the conquest of these two khanates, Batur Huntaiji will also consider an eastward expedition to the Mongolian steppe......

"I have one more condition," Zhu Cihong said, "after the Beiting Protectorate conquers the Kazakh Khanate, the Metropolitan Protectorate must also establish a fundamental city in the place designated by the imperial court...... The imperial court will provide part of the cost of building the city, and will also send a master craftsman to help with the construction of the North Garden. In exchange, the Hokutei Imperial Protectorate was required to hand over one-third of the land inside the newly built castle to officials sent by the imperial court. ”

This condition was newly added by Zhu Cihong, with the purpose of establishing a trading city in the Western Regions that could communicate between the East and the West.

Only when the Silk Road in the Western Regions is reopened, can the economies of Anxi, Gansu and Shaanxi improve.

Lama Celing didn't think much about it, so he nodded and agreed: "The Great Emperor is willing to help Beiting build the city, and of course Batur Huntaiji can't ask for it." ”