As soon as Yun Xi walked into the side hall, he heard two voices say in unison: "The criminal minister Mongolian Warat Department Dehuan/Mongolian Asute Department Arutai, I have seen His Majesty the Ming Emperor, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!" ”

Yun Xi didn't react at all when he heard the voices of the two of them, and after sitting in his seat, he stared at the two of them for a while before saying in a cold voice: "You two claim to be criminals, what is your sin?" ”

Although Tuhuan is awesome, but after all, he is still young, and when he heard Yun Xi's question, he muttered in his heart: "Last night, your people have already turned us over and interrogated us more than a dozen times, do you still know what is going on?" ’

When he muttered, his mouth was a little slower, and he couldn't answer in time; However, Arutai was born at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and he saw a lot of pretense, and when he heard Yun Xi's question, he immediately kowtowed again, and said: "The criminal minister and Tuhuan led the troops into the land of the Ming Dynasty without authorization, but they surrendered without restraint after the Ming soldiers found out, and they did not surrender until they were surrounded by heavenly soldiers, committing these two major crimes." ”

"Why do you dare to commit these two great sins when you know that you will commit these two great sins by what you have done?" Fu An, who accompanied Yunxi to meet them, said sharply.

"Your Majesty, the minister and Tuhuan pursued the ghost power Chisuo Department at that time, and was confused by the ghost, so he entered the land of the Ming Dynasty, and asked His Majesty to circumvent the capital crime of the minister, and also asked His Majesty to circumvent the capital crime of the minister." Arutai kowtowed again and again. Although he is calm on the surface, he is actually not sure whether he will survive or not. Although he studied Yun Xi's policy on the Mongolian steppe over the years, he thought that it was mainly to pacify, but he ran into the land of the Ming Kingdom and was caught, if Yun Xi decided to stand up and cut him down, it would be normal.

In order to survive, he could only be as humble as possible, and at the same time bring joy to every word, so that Yun Xi would not scruple about the Warat tribe from executing them. There is no reason to let go of Tuohuan but kill him.

Seeing that Arutai was so humble, Tuhuan also reacted, kept kowtowing and said the same words begging for mercy as him in a non-fluent sinicization.

Yun Xi glanced at them, and after a while, he said: "You two trespassed into the land of the Ming Dynasty and should have been executed, but I remember that the two of you have a deferential attitude and have not shirked the slightest act of responsibility, so you have been exempted from the death penalty." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty! Arutai said repeatedly. Tuohuan was stunned for a moment and kowtowed.

"But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living sin cannot be escaped." Yun Xi continued, "I will punish you as well. ”

"Arutai, I heard that your ancestors of the Asut tribe are from the West? How different is it from the average Mongol? Yunxi asked. It's not hard to find out. Because although the Asut tribe also intermarried with other Mongolian tribes after being counted as Mongols, there are still many internal marriages, and they have a special appearance until now, although everyone does not know where they came from, but it must be the West.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ancestors of the Asuth tribe are from Persia, a place southwest of the city of Samarkand." Arutai replied.

Yun Xi didn't need him to explain to know where Persia was, and when he heard this, he smiled and said, "I also heard that your Asut tribe was rejected by the tribes because it was originally from the outside world?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Arutai agreed.

After Yun Xi asked these two questions, he no longer spoke to Arutai, but ordered someone to bring in Oni Lichi.

After a while, Ghost Lichi was helped in and walked in. Arutai quietly glanced sideways at him, and was stunned for a moment. Such a tall and sturdy man has not seen him for a few days, but he can see that he has lost a lot of weight and his spirit is also sluggish. Not only him, but even Dehuan was surprised.

It stands to reason that the two of them are still wearing sinful bodies, and it is a loss of honor to look at others sideways like this, but Yun Xi and Fu An don't care.

When Ghost Lichi was helped to kneel down in front of the emperor, Yun Xi said: "King Hening Ghost Lichi." ”

"The minister is here." Although Ghost Lichi was very depressed, he still insisted on agreeing.

"I have found out the truth of the matter, but it was your eldest son, Esekul, who instructed him to do so."

"What? It's him? Rao is ghost power red has been prepared, but he is still surprised. The fact that he was able to see Yun Xi again showed that Da Ming did not think that he had instigated the assassination, but he still did not expect that it would be his eldest son.

But after hearing this, Ghost Lichi's brain turned rapidly, and he suddenly figured out the reason why Eseku instructed Zhiliger to assassinate Yunxi, and his face suddenly became even more gray, and at the same time he muttered to himself: "Could it be that I am alive, and I am already a scourge to the Beggar Keith Department?" ”

However, of course, a tyrant like Ghost Lichi will not be immersed in this mood for a long time, he quickly came back to his senses and kowtowed to Yun Xi again and again: "Your Majesty, the minister is not strict in disciplining the family, and he actually instructed such a thing to happen, the minister is guilty, please punish Your Majesty." ”

"But before Your Majesty pends the sins of the ministers, I also ask Your Majesty to allow the ministers to make meritorious contributions to the crimes, and to arrest the minister's son Eseku from the Qierjith Department and hand it over to Your Majesty for disposal!"

Yun Xi said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "This is not about King Hening, I will not cure your sins." However, Yun Xi paused here: "Your eldest son, Eseku, instructed Zhiliger to assassinate me, and I want you to send Eseku, his wife, concubines, and children to me together with his grandchildren, and if you have grandchildren, I will deal with them in accordance with the "Da Ming Law". ”

Ghost Lichi's body trembled, and he immediately kowtowed and agreed: "After the minister returns to the tribe, he will send all these people that His Majesty said to His Majesty." ”

Hearing this, Arutai couldn't help but bow his head. 'Let the ghost power cut off one of his descendants with his own hands, this emperor of the Ming Dynasty is really ruthless. ’

Moreover, if only one person who handed over the Esekku would be able to understand the people of the Beggar Jisi Division, but if all the people in this vein were handed over at once, even those who supported the Ghost Power Chi would be dissatisfied, and those who originally supported the El Seku would be even more alienated from the Ghost Power Chi. Ghost Lichi's strength was further weakened, and he could only continue to be a dog for Daming. Kill two birds with one stone. ’

But that's not a bad thing for my Asout department. I didn't collude with Eseku in vain. The most important thing now is to destroy all evidence of dealings with the Eseku. Fortunately, my contact with the Eseku has never been left on paper and pen, as long as the person in charge of the central liaison that I placed in the Qierjith Department is removed, and the person who is in charge of the liaison between the Eseku and my Asut Department is removed, there is no evidence of this matter. Even if Eseku and his cronies denounced before they died, there was no evidence, and Daming would not believe it. ’

It turned out that Arutai's assassination of Tuhuan was something he instigated, and it was also a half-truth. He did have the heart and heart to assassinate Yun Xi, but none of the people he had infiltrated in the Beggar Keith Department were too high to do such a thing.

He was in a dilemma, when suddenly Eseku sent someone to discuss the matter with him, and Arutai was of course willing, so he arranged the matter.

Now it will only be up to you to see what your majesty will punish me." He thought at last.

He thought about it here, and Yun Xi had already explained the matter on Ghost Lichi's side. Ghost Lichi kowtowed a few more times and stood up.

But he didn't want Yun Xi to stand up too, and said loudly: "King Hening, Arutai, get happy." ”

"[Sin] is here." The three of them agreed.

"Do you have any thoughts about the chaos in the Mongolian steppe now?"

"Your Majesty is the only minister, and Your Majesty will do whatever your Majesty asks your ministers to do." Arutai said immediately. Tuhuan and Ghost Li Chizheng were a little dazed, and they reacted when they heard Arutai's words, and said the same.

Yun Xi glanced at Arutai approvingly: "Very conscious! In that case, I will reduce the punishment of your Asut Ministry. ’

He then said: "It is very sad to see that the Mongolian steppe is in such chaos now, and the various tribes are killing each other! ”

Although he had expected it, Arutai couldn't help but glance at Yun Xi: As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, you were attacked by the Mongolian tribe back then, and then you personally led the troops to chase and kill them until the bank of the Trouble River, executed all the men of this tribe, and built a Beijing Temple, two years later, Kun Timur had the courage to demolish it, don't you think it's too shameless to say this?

Of course, Yun Xi couldn't feel the mood of the three people below, and continued: "Of course, I don't hide it from you, the Ming Dynasty has fought with the Mongols for decades, and it would be a bit false to say that I went too north for them, but I really don't want them to be so chaotic. ”

"In such chaos, even if I accepted the title of ghost power and opened a mutual market every year, I still couldn't stop the Mongols from going south to harass the people at the border. For the sake of the people of the Ming Dynasty, I also have to rectify this. ”

"I plan, no, it's not my plan, but I plan to support King Hening to strictly divide the pastures of the Mongolian tribes, fix the pastures, and not violate each other, what do you think?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ghost Power Chi immediately kowtowed. It's definitely a good thing for him.

"The minister agrees with His Majesty's thoughts." Arutai was also quick to express his support. Isn't he doing so many things just for the sake of the stability of his Asot Ministry? If Yunxi's idea is realized, their clan will be able to stabilize.

"Your Majesty, minister, also agree with Your Majesty's thoughts." Tuhuan finally said. He wasn't really happy. Now that they are so strong, it is a good opportunity to move eastward.

But he is not stupid, he knows that if he dares not to agree, it is estimated that he will not be able to leave Lanzhou alive; What's more, if the Ming Emperor is determined to implement it, they will not dare to fight against it.

"Tuhuan, haven't you seen it, I went to Yiwu, and I saw that the crematoriums were full of corpses of people with colored eyes, a full two hundred, and there were still many corpses that could only be placed outside waiting to be burned. I also heard from the soldiers of the local guard station that if these ashes are scattered in the farmland, the crops will definitely grow very well in the coming year. Before following Shang Bingxi's expedition, Ma Hamu said to Tuhuan.