The grazing land of Wuliang Hasanwei is in the northeast region, located on the east side of the Daxing'an Mountains (called Harawen Mountain at this time), and is mainly active in the Nenjiang River (called Naowen River at this time) and Songhua River basins. Among them, the Fuyuwei district, where General Ji'er is located, is in the northernmost part of Sanwei.

General Ji'er's expression looked very heavy, he sat on a Taishi chair, leaned over and said to Zhu Gaoxu: "Before the minister left, the commander 'Haisha Nan replied to Xi' and told the minister that he must let the Holy Lord know that Fu Yuwei's situation is very dangerous. ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said nothing.

General Ji'er continued: "According to legend, Emperor Taizong promised to allow Sanwei to go south and get Daning City and the surrounding land. I don't know whether this statement is true or false, but it can be widely circulated. After Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, he did not do that. Many people in the Sanwei tribe were very dissatisfied, among which Duoyanwei and Tainingwei complained the most. ”

Zhu Gaoxu was noncommittal about such a promise, and he himself didn't know what his father said and didn't say.

But Zhu Gaoxu recalled Zhu Di's sincere eyes back then, telling him that his eldest brother was not in good health and asked him to work hard; Zhu Gaoxu suddenly had a personal guess, thinking that Zhu Di might have promised the leader of the Wuliang Ha Sanwei like this, but later turned his face and refused to admit it, after all, after becoming the emperor, his thoughts are different, who would be willing to give up the strategic military town? This kind of thing is very much in line with my father's style.

The chicken's voice said: "And there is a Tatar Arutai who provoked it, and he began to manage the relationship with Sanwei many years ago. Some of the leaders of Duoyanwei and Tainingwei have made a marriage contract with the Arutai family, and in the future, the sons of the leaders will marry the daughters of Arutai.

Arutai had a close relationship with the chiefs of the Uliangha, so he set up a line from it, so that the Korqin tribe, the Tatar tribe closest to the Sanwei region, could maintain contact with the Sanwei.

In recent years, Adai, the leader of the Horqin tribe, has recruited a lot of Uliangha, and many of Adai's cavalry are Uliangha people from Duoyanwei and Tainingwei. There is also a person from the Horqin people who came to the place between Duoyanwei and Tainingwei to stay for a long time.

Because of this, the Tatar tribes were able to buy and sell with the Ming merchants through the Uliangha people, and get what was lacking in the steppe. ”

He paused and then said, "Only the command of Fu Yuwei made Hai Sha Nan reply and refused to unite with the Horqin people. Hai Sha Nan replied that if this continued, Fuyuwei would be the first tribe to be annexed by the Horqin people, and all the land, people, cattle and sheep owned by the various leaders of Fuyuwei would be taken away by the Horqin people.

Later, Ah Dai, a native of Horqin, sent people to intimidate and intimidate Haisha men many times, and Duoyan Wei Tai Ningwei also had a bad attitude towards us. If the Ming court does not help us, because of the difficult situation, Haisha Nan replied that Xi did not know whether he would give in or be annihilated by the northern and southern Mongolian tribes. ”

After listening to this, Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a while, and then said: "The tribe loyal to the Ming Dynasty will of course get the help of the imperial court, and I will not sit idly by. ”

General Ji'er immediately pressed his hand to his chest and bowed to Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu asked quietly: "The Wuliangha people trade with the Han people in exchange for things, where do the Han people come from?" ”

General Ji'er immediately replied: "The Uliangha people mainly go to Daning City to trade, and there are many Han people there who sell things to the Uliangha people. There are also some businessmen there

Nearby fields were cultivated and grain and other goods were sold to the Uliangha people. ”

Zhu Gaoxu's face was suddenly shocked when he heard this, and he immediately understood that there must be the interests of the border army involved.

Because from the fourth year of Jianwen and Zhu Di's accession to the throne, the Ming court formed a monarch-vassal relationship with the Wuliangha Mongols, in order to ensure the source of materials for this part of the Mongols, the imperial court opened a legal mutual market in Kaiyuan (near Tieling) and Guangning (west of Liaoyang, the capital of Liaodong). If the Uliangha people were to trade legally, they should not go to the city of Daning.

It's just that this kind of mutual market is a government-run commodity transaction, probably because the government is less efficient, the price is higher, and the goods will be traced, so the Uliangha people will choose to trade in Daning City.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say much, reached out and patted it on the armrest, "I already know about Fuyuwei, you can live in peace for a few days in Beiping." Before you return, I will give you a formal answer. ”

General Ji'er got up, bowed to the end, and then said, "The minister is grateful and retired." "When the Mongols salute, they don't seem to speak.

As soon as General Ji'er went out, Zhu Gaoxu immediately called Cao Fu outside the door to come in and said, "Call Zhang Sheng to talk." ”

Cao Fu said: "The slave obeys the order. ”

After a while, Zhang Sheng, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, walked in, clasped his fists and bowed: "The ministers are ordered to meet you, long live the saint." ”

Zhu Gaoxu asked straight to the point: "The border army of eastern Liaodong is smuggling...... Selling things from Daning City to the Wuliangha people, why have I never heard the Jinyi Guard? ”

Zhang Sheng's expression changed suddenly, and he immediately knelt on the ground: "The minister should die, the minister has never received such a report." ”

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him: "You don't have to be too nervous, I don't mean to blame too much." You weren't a Jinyiwei before, and you've only been doing this errand for a few years, and it's understandable that you haven't managed it too far away. ”

Zhang Sheng said: "The minister immediately set out to rectify and clean up the Jinyi Guard Captain of Liaodong. The Holy Mingjian, they led the court to the court, hereditary replacement, and could not turn out any prodigal sons. ”

"Good." Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, "Get up." ”

Zhang Sheng said again: "However, the minister heard that the border army has long been collecting money for merchants entering and leaving the pass to carry goods. This is not unusual. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "As the emperor, I don't allow the border army to do this kind of thing. ”

Zhang Sheng said: "Yes." ”

Zhu Gaoxu pondered in his heart, some people in the border army have weapons, if they even have financial resources, then why should they listen to the imperial court in the future? Therefore, he didn't have to think too much, he would definitely rectify such a thing, and he would absolutely not allow the border army to slowly gain the financial power to collect "tariffs."

He thought for a while and said, "I will do other things myself, you can't take care of it, just take care of the Jinyiwei problem." Let them understand their identity, who they should be directed to, and those who can't do it will be replaced. ”

Zhang Sheng bowed and said: "The minister obeys the teachings. ”

After Zhang Sheng left, the eunuch Cao Fu walked in. However, Zhu Gaoxu didn't tell Cao Fu to do anything again, he was still in front of the Taishi chair he was sitting in just now, walking slowly back and forth, silently thinking about a series of questions. What Zhu Gaoxu is facing now is obviously more complicated than the war during the "Battle of Crime". Governance of Xinjiang

The time of the soil is longer, and the courage and perseverance required on the battle line will be slowly worn out, and perhaps only by being calm and able to endure can things be done.

In the evening, before Zhu Gaoxu had dinner, he called the accompanying nobles and civil officials Hou Hai and others, and the monarchs and ministers had dinner together. During the meal, Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything serious, and everyone was reminiscing with great interest.

Although more than half of these descendants were the old departments of the Han Dynasty in Yunnan, they were Zhu Gaoxu's subordinates before Zhu Gaoxu became a domain in Yunnan. And Zhu Gaoxu was the king of Gaoyang County before he became the king of Han, and the place was in Beiping. Wei Da, Wang Bin, Hou Hai and others, whose previous homes were in Beiping, were talking and taking the time to go back to see the places they had lived before.

And Qiu Fu is the hero of "Jingnan", who originally belonged to the guard generals of Yanwangfu, and was also a person who once settled in Beiping. Revisiting the old place, everyone has a topic.

After eating, the maids put away the table and put tea and dried fruit snacks on the table, and then Zhu Gaoxu told everyone about the smuggling and trading of General Ji'er and the Liaodong Dusi through Daning City in the afternoon.

Qiu Fu said in an understated tone: "Don't worry about the saint, just a holy decree to summon the commander of Liaodong to Beiping to confess his guilt, what else does he dare to do?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded noncommittally.

Qiu Fu's words are of course feasible, at this time, the Beijing camp of the Ming Dynasty is very strong, and it has an absolute advantage over the local guards, so only the central government has the right to speak in military affairs.

In order to carry out large-scale military operations, the conventional method is to appoint a general and a number of generals, and then mobilize a part of the Beijing battalion, engage in the development of local guard posts, and then transfer some guard post troops to form battalions, so as to mobilize the army. Among them, the Beijing battalion is the main force and core elite of the battalion, and the guard army is mainly to assist in combat and strengthen the momentum. Including He Fu's Northwest Army in Ningxia Mansion now, the elite soldiers under his command are also the cavalry of the Beijing camp from the Beijing Division.

Cuff's suggestion works, but it doesn't seem to solve the problem properly. No matter what people say about loyalty and filial piety, once it involves real interests, it is very troublesome, and if it is not handled well, it will at least cause dissatisfaction among everyone.

Hou Hai's voice said: "The officials of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division and the generals of Daning City make a fortune by doing business. But the generals of the border army on the west side of the Harawen Mountain (Great Khing'an Mountains) can only watch, and they should be very unhappy, and the right way is not to suffer from the unevenness of the widows. The Holy Lord only opened Chrysostom, and the generals of the majority of the military forces would definitely support the Holy Lord and punish those generals who violated the imperial decrees. ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked back left and right and found that Gao Xianning was missing. Gao Xianning is still in the political envoy department in Shandong.

He thought of Gao Xianning, and then thought of Gao Xianning's teacher Qi Tai. If Qi Tai had made an idea here, he would definitely suggest that Zhu Gaoxu take a long-term view, plan for the long term first, and not force too much at the beginning. Because this is what Qi Tai has always advocated.

So Zhu Gaoxu said: "This matter should be considered in the long run. ”

When everyone heard this, they had to echo and say, "The saint is wise." ”

That night, Zhu Gaoxu turned out a list of the border generals who had been played by the political envoy in Beiping a few days ago. He looked for it from the music and saw that among the generals who came to report on their work this time, there was a person from Daning City, named He Hao.

Zhu Gaoxu remembered the name, he hesitated for a moment, and finally dispelled the idea of summoning He Hao alone.