"I think it can still be implemented, but some changes need to be made." Xu Huizu said.

"How?" Yoon-hee asked.

He was curious. After ordering the execution of all the prisoners, he had already given up his plan, but he didn't expect Xu Huizu to pick it up again. But with the remaining hundreds of people, how can he carry out his plan?

"Your Majesty, although he only began to execute Xilu after only one day and one night, only this one day and one night has made the fact that Master Fangzheng was blessed by the Buddha and thundered and immortalized to many people, not only the Xilu know, but also the Mongols and Xifanren who rebelled against Xilu. In addition, Timur's attendant Samach also told several people that His Majesty was inspired by the Buddha and Taoist ancestors to learn in advance of Timur's intention to invade the east. Even though the Western captives were constantly slaughtered in the past few days, these two events were widely spread in the captive camps, and no one knows about them today. ”

"Because these things were said by people who believed in the Heavenly Religion, the captured Mongols and Xifans believed in it very much, and they all wanted to believe in Buddhism and worship the Buddha."

"Your Majesty, if you want to spread Buddhism in the Western Regions, you don't necessarily have to use people who originally believed in the Heavenly Sect. It would not be appropriate for the tens of thousands of Mongols and Spani captured this time to be released hastily, but it would not be good for the Mongols to be held as prisoners all the time. It just so happens that they are all willing to practice Buddhism now. It was the ministers who thought that they should be sent to the west of the Alashan Pass to spread Buddhism. ”

"The reason why the minister left hundreds of auxiliary soldiers recruited by Timur in the Seven Rivers and even the steppes and the land in the rivers was to let them serve as guides for the Mongols and the Xifan people who spread Buddhism."

"Use the Mongols and the Celestial to spread Buddhism in the land west of Alashankou?" Yun Xi was very interested in Xu Huizu's idea, but after thinking about it, he still felt unreliable: "Xu Aiqing, there are only a few Mongolians west of Alashankou, and most of them are people who are slightly different in appearance from the Mongols and the Xifans or the Han Chinese. ”

"Your Majesty," Speaking of this, Xu Huizu looked at the door again to make sure that no one could hear him, and then turned his head and said to Yun Xi: "Your Majesty, what the minister said is not to let them go to preach with Buddhist scriptures in their hands. ”

"What do you mean?" Yun Xi's eyes suddenly widened and looked at Xu Huizu.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should take His Royal Highness the King of Qin as the commander and send troops to attack the city of Samarkand and seize the land of the Seven Rivers, the grassland, the land in the river and the land west of the Green Ridge." Xu Huizu said.

Xu Huizu's words were very calm, but in Yun Xi's ears, there was no less than a thunderclap! Yun Xi stood up and stared at Xu Huizu carefully, not knowing what to say.

Xu Huizu also heard the sound of the chair slamming when Yun Xi stood up, and knew that he stood up out of surprise. But he didn't pause at all, and continued: "The people of the Ming Dynasty who were insulted, abused, and even tortured to death by the Xilu this time are all the people under His Royal Highness King Qin, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin is very angry because of this, and he wants to take revenge on the Xilu very much. ”

And because of the scarcity of Han people in His Royal Highness's fiefdom, half of the Han people under him have been slaughtered by Xilu, and almost all of their relatives have been killed by Xilu. All the guards of the entire Yiwu were excited, and some people had already shouted the words of chasing them to Samarkand to slaughter the Western captives, and they were approved by many people, so if His Majesty ordered His Royal Highness the King of Qin to lead the soldiers of the Yiwu guards and drive the Mongols and the Zephan people to attack Samarkand City in advance, they would definitely be able to get the support of the soldiers. ”

Therefore, even if Shang Bing had calmed down after executing all the captives and was unwilling to consider his own advantages and disadvantages, he had to lead his troops to attack the city of Samarkand. These tens of thousands of horses of Iwu were his most intimate and important army, and if he was unwilling to lead his troops to attack the city of Samarkand, it would be more than worth the loss to cause these people to turn away from him. Yun Hee added in his heart.

"And the eastern crusade to Samarkand can also be successful. There are still more than 20,000 guards under the command of His Royal Highness King Qin, and the Mongols and Xifan people who can be driven, including the tens of thousands of people under the command of Sha Michagan, the Khan of the Li Kingdom, there are 70,000 or 80,000, and there are nearly 100,000 horses together. If he is redeployed to some Central Plains Guards, there will be more than 100,000 troops. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister consulted the archives of the Western Expedition and inquired about several captured generals, and learned that Timur had only 23 or 40,000 elite main forces under his command, loyal to him, and the rest of the auxiliaries were all recruited; Timur raised an army to the east, and the Ming Dynasty used 200,000 of them. Now these 200,000 horses have been wiped out or are about to be wiped out, and there are only 30,000 or 40,000 elite main forces left in his country, and they are not gathered in Samarkand City, but only about 10,000 main forces in the city. With such a few people, no matter how strong the combat power is, and there are cities to rely on, they will definitely not be able to stop the 100,000 army of the Ming Dynasty! ”

"What's more, when Timur was fighting in the east and the west and pacifying the Quartet, he killed extremely much, and had a deep grudge against many tribes in the country. It's just that on weekdays, because of Timur's high prestige, these tribes dare not speak out. If they had learned that Timur had been defeated and killed in Yiwu's army and that the main army had suffered heavy losses, they would have raised an army against Samarkand, and the Great Tomorrow army would have been able to use their strength when attacking the city of Samarkand, and the city would have been destroyed! ”

"After the city of Samarkand is breached, and Timur's prince Pilmaha is killed or captured alive by His Royal Highness the King of Qin, his kingdom will surely fall apart. Your Majesty doesn't have to be too greedy, just order His Royal Highness the King of Qin to occupy the east and north of Samarkand City. His Majesty then took the opportunity to add the fief of His Royal Highness King Qin as Samarkand City, and ruled over the nearby Hezhong and west of the Green Ridge. In this way, the entire Western Regions will be pacified! Xu Huizu finally said.

Yoon-hee sat down again and rubbed his head. He finally understood that Xu Huizu was 'making certain changes' to his plan, and he clearly put forward his own plan through this layer of skin, an even more crazy plan.

"Xu Aiqing, you told me, did you think about it before, or did you suddenly think of it in the past few days?" He asked suddenly.

"Your Majesty, when Your Majesty and the minister discussed the promotion of Buddhism in the Western Regions, the minister thought about it, and originally prepared to propose it to His Majesty after thinking about it; Unexpectedly, after insulting, abusing and abusing the people of Damin, His Majesty ordered them all to be executed, and the minister's mind also changed, and after several revisions, it became what the minister said just now. Xu Huizu replied.

"You've got a heart." Regardless of whether you follow his advice or not, it is something to be encouraged to think about but not to act on your own.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Huizu bowed and asked, "Your Majesty, is the minister's suggestion feasible?" ”

"I have three questions. For one, you left behind hundreds of Timur's conscripted herdsmen's auxiliaries. But these herdsmen auxiliaries probably all had people from the same tribe who were killed by the Ming Dynasty, were they willing to serve the Ming Dynasty? Even if you don't dare to blatantly disobey orders, will you disobey the yin? Will the tribes in these places oppose the army led by the King of Qin because some of the people from their own tribe were killed by the Ming Dynasty? I am not worried that the army will not be able to defeat the horse keepers, but if I were to clash with them, it would definitely affect the subsequent attack on Samarkand. ”

"Second, although many tribes in his kingdom dared not speak out against Timur, they learned that after Timur's defeat and death, they would cavalry against Pilmahama; But after all, most of them are Tianfang Christians, and the King of Qin is here to promote Buddhism, and they may also oppose the King of Qin, so it is not easy to rule the middle of the river. ”

"Third, it is already very far from the Central Plains to Yiwu, and it is even more thousands of miles away from the land in the river. According to my meaning, there must be many Han people in order to rule a land for peace, but how to transport Han people from the Central Plains to the river so far? If there are not enough Han Chinese, how can we ensure local tranquility? ”

Yun Xi had never thought about this matter before, so he walked around the tent for a long time before he said his question to Xu Huizu.

"What Your Majesty said is an extremely important question, and when the minister considered this matter, he also thought about these three points for a long time, but fortunately, the minister has a foolishness, please ask Your Majesty to evaluate that what the minister said is reasonable."

Xu Huizu said: "The minister thinks that the tribes north of Samarkand will definitely have some resentment towards the Ming after learning that the Ming Dynasty has executed many of them, but they will never dare to object. They heard that Timur was defeated in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and knew that the Ming Dynasty was a more powerful country than Samarkand, and the barbarians were all people who were afraid of power and not virtuous, and they did not dare to oppose Timur before, and they had to send people to deal with Timur's recruitment of auxiliaries, how could they oppose the Ming Dynasty, which was more powerful than Samarkand? ”

"Your Majesty's second point is the same as the first. Even if they don't like it because of their faith, they don't dare to speak out against it. Moreover, the Heavenly Fang Sect is not monolithic, and there are many internal contradictions, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin can use these contradictions to divide them. ”

"As for religious beliefs, His Royal Highness King Qin could not forcibly implement the policy of the Central Plains in the Western Regions at the beginning, and could not force all the people under his rule to immediately convert to Buddhism, which would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among all tribes. The minister thought that the practice of boiling frogs in warm water should be adopted to slowly guide the local people to convert. After talking with several people about this, the minister decided that a poll tax could be introduced, and ordered that all Celestial Christians must pay a poll tax, while Buddhists did not. ”

"This is good for three things: first, it can separate the Buddhists under its rule from the Celestial Sects, second, it can increase taxes, and third, it can encourage them to convert to Buddhism, but it will not cause fierce opposition."

"As for His Majesty's third question, I think that this matter may be difficult to solve for a while. If you want to stabilize the river, you can only change your current strategy. ”

"Although the living habits of the Han people are very different from those of the Mongols and the Western people, they are all Oriental people, and although they are not similar in appearance, they are less different from the Western people. The minister believed that the people of the East who believed in Buddhism, whether Han Chinese, Mongols or Xifan, should be the people who relied on the rule of the place, the local people who believed in Buddhism should be the people who cooperated in the rule of the place, and the people who did not believe in Buddhism should be the people who could not be trusted and could not be relied on. ”

In this way, there will be many more people under the command of King Qin who can be trusted, and his rule will be stable. Later, when the number of Han Chinese gradually increased, this practice was changed. ”

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