After that, Yun Xi talked with everyone again, and everyone felt that although there was no conclusive evidence, most of the truth was like this, so they all agreed with His Majesty to go and meet Ghost Li Chi in person.

All the ministers present were overjoyed. The Mongolian steppe is not stable, as long as it is properly handled, the Ming can at least temporarily solve the Mongolian problem, and maybe even make the Mongols no longer a problem for a few decades. In their opinion, this was very significant, far more than the victory in the Battle of Igo.

After all, in the eyes of most officials in the country, a place like Yiwu is not important, and the reason why the Ming must fight with Samarkand in the Western Regions is mainly because Timur sent people to assassinate the emperor of the Ming Dynasty; If it weren't for this reason, I am afraid that some civil officials would have proposed to retreat from Igo; Even those who supported the defense of Iwu would not approve of sending troops to pursue or even attack the city of Samarkand.

However, Yunxi himself is not as happy as they are. He has pinned his hopes for the complete stabilization of the Mongolian steppe on the Gelug faction, and for the time being, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is still there, and he is not afraid of the Mongolian guerrillas, so the meeting with Guilichi is just an addition, or a kind of adjustment when traveling in the mountains and rivers, and it doesn't matter if it succeeds or not.

In the following days, Yun Xi traveled east to Hualong, where the Shaqiong Monastery is located, according to the itinerary set the previous day, and under Tsongkhapa's guide, he visited the Buddha statue in the temple, and also paid homage to the deceased Qujie Dunzhu Rinchen, and finally donated some money.

After that, Yun Xi planned to go to Zhuanglang to visit the local places of interest, but suddenly sent back news from Ganzhou: Gui Lichi promised to meet His Majesty the Ming Emperor in Lanzhou.

Hearing the news, Yun Xi was a little surprised: "Oh, Ghost Lichi agreed to come to Lanzhou to meet me?" But then he calmed down: "Then let him wait in Lanzhou City, and then go to Lanzhou to meet him after I have visited Zhuanglang." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this move is inappropriate. Since the Mongolian Great Khan Gui Lichi has agreed to come to see His Majesty, His Majesty should also go to Lanzhou to meet him immediately. If he leaves because of the delay, he will be wasted! Chen Ji said immediately.

"This," Yun Xi hesitated for a moment, and finally decided not to refute Chen Ji's face, and said, "In that case, I will go to Lanzhou to meet him." ”

The group was about to pack their bags and head to Lanzhou.

Tsongkhapa took this opportunity to resign: "Your Majesty, the poor monks have been away from Lhasa for a long time, and I ask Your Majesty to allow the poor monks to return to Lhasa. ”

Yun Xi refused: "Master Tsongkhapa, please go to Lanzhou with me, I still have something to tell you." After the Lanzhou incident was over, I asked the master to return to Lhasa. Tsongkhapa had no choice but to follow him to Lanzhou.

On the way to Lanzhou, Yun Xi secretly prayed: "Although it doesn't matter if you succeed this time, I still hope that the gods and Buddhas of the heavens can bless the success of the negotiation." ”

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"Father-in-law Lu, has His Majesty the Ming Emperor come to Lanzhou City?" In a large tent, a tall strong man spoke in stiff Chinese, and said in a respectful tone to a person in front of him wearing the costume of a seven-grade eunuch of the Ming Dynasty,

"Your Majesty has arrived in Lanzhou this morning." The eunuch replied.

"Then I wonder when Your Majesty will be able to meet me?" The strong man said again.

"What are you anxious about?" The eunuch said with a smile: "Your Majesty has just arrived in Lanzhou, why do you have to rest for a few days, and then bathe and change your clothes before you can meet you, at least three days later, this is not a hurry." ”

"Father-in-law Lu." The strong man was eager to speak Chinese badly, so he switched to Mongolian dialect and said: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has every opportunity, and I also know this." But I do have an urgent need to meet Your Majesty. I also ask my father-in-law to say a few kind words in front of His Majesty. As he spoke, the strong man took out a piece of jade from his waist and stuffed it into his hand. A little meaning, not a tribute. ”

"Great Khan, how embarrassing is this!" The eunuch laughed.

"This piece of jade just matches my father-in-law, so don't refuse my father-in-law." The strong man said.

"In that case, then I'll take it. In this way, I will go back and say that I will try to have His Majesty receive the Great Khan in three days' time, that is, on October 18. ”

"Thank you, father-in-law." The strong man said again.

The father-in-law held the jade in his hand, smiled and said a few words to him, and turned to leave the tent.

As soon as he left, a tall man in the tent immediately said: "Great Khan, this eunuch is really too indebted, if it wasn't for Batu pulling me just now, I would have cut off his head with a knife!" ”

"Don't be impulsive!" The strong man immediately said, "So far Liger, I'm also for our clan!" ”

"Great Khan," said another of them, "although I held Zhiliger in my hands just now, I feel that the Great Khan's actions are still inappropriate. He is a little eunuch, why should he be so respectful to him. ”

These three people, the strong man among them is the current Mongolian Great Khan Gui Lichi, and the other two are all cronies of Gui Lichi, who are also from the Qier Jisi Department, one is named Zhiliger, and the other is named Batu.

"Batu, you don't understand." Ghost Li Chi said: "He is not an ordinary eunuch, you didn't see him wearing a seven-grade official uniform." In the Ming Kingdom, it is difficult for eunuchs to have a grade, and a seventh-grade eunuch is not low, and it is worth enveloping. Besides, even if he is just an ordinary eunuch, such a small person may not be able to succeed, and he may not be able to let the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom cancel this meeting, but if he adds an extra sentence when he speaks, he may be able to delay it for a few more days, but how can we delay it now? ”

Yun Xi and Chen Ji guessed well, the reason why Ghost Li Chi was willing to come to Lanzhou to meet Yun Xi was because he really couldn't hold on.

Since he became the Great Khan of Mongolia, although he has been recognized by various ministries on the surface, everyone just listens to the tune and does not listen to the announcement, and if there is a benefit, he will make up for it, and if there is no benefit, he will pretend not to know. Even if he became the Great Khan, it would not be much different from when he was the head of the Qierghis tribe before. Later, the fact that he was not a descendant of the Golden Family gradually spread, causing ordinary people in various departments to be very dissatisfied with him, and his life was even more difficult.

Of course, if this is the case, although life is difficult, it will not be unbearable. But the man who gave him the final blow appeared, and that was the Waratites of the west.

When Mahamu was actively preparing for the war with Timur, he was also coveting the rich pastures in the east, but he did not send troops because he was afraid that his war with Guilichi would be scorched and Timur's invasion would be without soldiers.

But more than two months ago, Timur's army was defeated and died, and the Warat people were completely liberated, Mahamu and his two younger brothers divided labor, and he led his troops to follow Zhu Shangbing, the king of Qin, to attack the city of Samarkand, and led the troops of Balpola to seize the pastures near Lake Balkhash, and Taiping attacked the Mongol headquarters in the east.

Taiping led troops to attack, and as the Great Khan of Mongolia, he had no shirk responsibility and could only face the battle. But in this battle, although there were many more tribal soldiers than the Taiping's soldiers, they were all unable to work, and some people even secretly communicated with the Taiping, so that he lost the battle and had to flee eastward.

After Taiping's victory, he did not give up, and led his troops to continue to march eastward, which forced Ghost Lichi to a desperate situation. The pastures of his tribe were within the range of the Taiping. If he loses his pasture, what will he use to feed the cattle, sheep and horses of his tribe? How can you feed your tribe without these? Without the tribe, what was left of him? But he couldn't beat the peace, so he decided to ask Daming for help in desperation.

It happened that when he led his troops to pass through the grassland north of Ganzhou City, he happened to encounter hundreds of bandits led by Ma Buxiang and Solaha. Although the two of them did not flee together, they had been prepared for this situation before, so they reunited not long after fleeing from Ganzhou City.

After Ma Buxiang found out about the Mongols led by Gui Lichi, he wanted to send someone to communicate and let them go; But at that time, Ghost Lichi was in a very bad mood, and seeing that there were not many of them, he wiped them all out with a wave of his hand, and Ma Buxiang and Soraha were also killed.

Then he sent people to Ganzhou City to ask Daming for help, and the people sent saw the bounty on the wall of Ganzhou City, and then they knew that they were Daming's fugitives, and immediately reported to the ghost Lichi. At this time, Ghost Lichi was already sick and rushed to the hospital, and he didn't care about whether the Great Khan was decent or not, so he returned to the place where he was fighting, dug up their corpses and cut off their heads, and sent people to Ganzhou City again to ask to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. After that, he received the will of His Majesty the Ming Emperor and asked him to go to Lanzhou City to wait for the reception. He hesitated slightly, and then decided to lead his headquarters to Lanzhou to wait for the meeting.

"Our Qi'er Jisi Department is now in a very critical time, every day late, the Taiping may seize the pasture one more point, for the sake of the Qi'er Jisi Department, we must be respectful to every Han envoy sent to talk to us." Oni Lichi finally said.

"Hey, Great Khan, if only I hadn't killed Kun Timur in the first place." Batu said: "Anyway, Kun Timur was attacked by the Ming people, Timur suffered heavy losses, and he did not have the strength to interfere with our tribe, so our situation would be better than now." ”

"If I had the chance to do it again, I would definitely not fight to be the Great Khan of Mongolia. But at this time, even if you want to retreat, you can't retreat, so you can only hold on. Ghost Li gritted his teeth and said: "As long as Ming Guo is willing to help me take this Great Khan down, I am willing to pay any price!" ”

Hearing Ghost Lichi's words, Batu couldn't help but nod with a solemn face; Zhiliger nodded as he did, but his expression was a little strange.

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"Official, Lu Ming came back and told the minions that the expression of the Mongolian Great Khan was very respectful, and he did not have the demeanor of a king of a country at all, and he was also very stubborn towards Lu Ming."

And in order to let His Majesty receive him a few days earlier, he also gave Lu Ming a jade. The slave has seen it, this jade is not small, and it is worth hundreds of dollars in the Central Plains. Wang Gong stood aside and said to Yun Xi, who was naked, lying on the bed enjoying a massage.

"Oh, this ghost Lichi not only agreed to come to Lanzhou to meet me, but even treated a little eunuch so respectfully, it seems that his situation is very bad." Yun Xi said.

He originally ordered Gui Lichi to come to Lanzhou, a city that had gone deeper into the Ming Dynasty's ruling area, to meet him, and asked Wang Gong to send a small eunuch to meet him, all for the sake of temptation. Now, judging from the results of the trial, the situation of the ghost power is very bad.

"Since his situation is so bad, then my conditions have to be changed. Wang Gong, you sent an order down and said that I would meet him on October 18 in three days. ”

"Yes, official." Wang Gong agreed, and seeing that Yunxi had no other instructions, he bowed down and retreated.

As soon as Wang Gong walked out of the house, he saw Yun Zhi coming over, and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "The slave has seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Huainan." ”

"Excuse me." When Yun Zhi said this, she had already passed past him and went straight to the room where Yun Xi was. Wang Gong stood up and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, and turned his head to remind Yun Zhi.

But before he could speak, Yun Zhi had already walked into the house, and then her exclamation was heard: "Brother Huang, in broad daylight, why did you take off your clothes and lie on the bed!" ”

"Brother, this is enjoying a massage." Yun Xi smiled: "This way from Hualong, the imperial brother's bones are all painful. Let them massage the massage. Soothes and soothes muscles. ”

"It's good for your body, do you want to try it? My brother sent a few women who were proficient in this art to give you a massage. ”

"Forget it, my sister doesn't think she needs this in her body." Yun Zhi sat on the edge of the bed, picked up a winter fruit pear and took a bite. "Brother Huang, this pear is quite delicious."

"Lanzhou still has some specialties. The winter fruit pear you eat, as well as the black melon seeds and white melon on the table over there, are all local specialties. There are also some scenic spots near Lanzhou City that are worth seeing. Yun Xi said casually.

"Does the imperial brother know what happened to my sister coming to see the imperial brother today? Otherwise, why do you mention the scenic spots of Lanzhou City? Yun Zhi smiled: "We are really brother and sister, and we have a good heart." ”

"I said, why did you settle down and come to my brother to find me, I wanted to go out for a walk." Yun Xi smiled.

"Brother Huang, my sister heard that Lanzhou is also an important town in the northwest, and when I entered the city in the morning, I also saw that the city was not small, and I felt that there might be some places worth visiting, so I came to ask Brother Huang for permission."

"Yes, how can the imperial brother not be allowed, the guards will be arranged. These days, it's still not good to go out of the city first, just take a walk around the city. After a few days, I will go out of the city with you to see the scenery outside the city. ”

"Thank you, Brother Huang." Yun Zhi said this, and suddenly thought of something, and said: "Brother Huang, my sister wants to go to Lanzhou Wei's school field to ride a horse, please ask Brother Huang for permission." ”

"You haven't ridden enough these days?"

"Where has my sister been riding a horse these days? Every day I was riding in a car, in a car, in a car, and there was no chance of horseback riding. ”

"That's not going to work either!" Yun Xi softened his tone and said, "In a few days, the meeting between the imperial brother and the Mongolian Great Khan will be over, and I will accompany you out of the city and ride a horse." But you must not go to the school grounds. ”

"Yes, Brother Huang." Yun Zhi saw that he was resolute, so she could only agree. But she thought in her heart: 'Hmph, when I meet Ghost Lichi, the day is not early, it's time to rush to the capital, how can my sister have the opportunity to ride a horse?' My sister must ride a horse in the city. ’