After meeting Yuan Chonghuan and Liu Jingting, Chongzhen ordered the officials of the Ministry of Rites to arrange for these Mongolian foreign vassal leaders to meet as soon as possible and hold a banquet to entertain them.

Whether it was Gui Yingcha who represented Lin Dan Khan, or the leaders or representatives of the right-wing Mongolian tribes headed by Bu Shitu, they had probably consumed all their energy from the war for more than a year, and they were unexpectedly obedient since they entered the capital, and they no longer had the arrogance to face the officials of the Ming State from the front.

It was precisely because of their cooperation that the officials of the Ministry of Rites quickly completed all the procedures, and on the third day after they entered the capital, they arranged for them to meet the Ming Emperor in the Jianji Palace.

Accompanied by Huang Liji and officials from the Ministry of Rites, Chongzhen followed the procedures established by the Ministry of Rites to receive these Mongolian leaders. At the end of the meeting, Gui Yingcha finally couldn't help but be anxious, and explained to Chongzhen the biggest purpose of his trip.

As Liu Jingting reported, after being defeated by the Ming army, Lin Dan Khan had to put down his position and plead with Chongzhen to increase the amount of the city reward, and his request was to increase the current 380,000 taels to 1 million taels, otherwise the Chahar Department would not only not be able to raise so many livestock, but also would not be able to come up with materials to reward the left-wing Mongolian tribes who had been fighting for a year.

After listening to Guiying's almost humble request, Zhu Youzhen did not answer him immediately, and after a period of silence, Zhu Youzhen suddenly said to the leaders and representatives of the right-wing Mongolian tribes on the other side who looked quite indignant: "King Shunyi, I have also heard that you have reported to my Ming officials that the number of livestock in the tribe has been greatly reduced due to the war this year, and I am afraid that the market will not be able to complete the market change, but I hope that the imperial court can increase the reward to tide over the current difficulties, right?" ”

Hearing Chongzhen take the initiative to mention it, Bu Shitu hurriedly came out and said: "That's right, please also ask the emperor to consider the unwarranted disaster suffered by our foreign vassals and lend a hand, so that my right-wing Mongolian tribes can tide over the current difficulties, and in the future, we will guard the border wall for the Ming Dynasty and be loyal to His Majesty the Great Emperor..."

Bu Shitu pleaded with Chongzhen, and at the same time glared at Gui Yingcha on the opposite side fiercely. In his opinion, if it weren't for Lin Dan Khan's inexplicable attack on him, he should have stayed in the glazed gold and silver hall of Guihua City as usual, and drank and feasted with a group of tribal leaders around the stove, instead of running to the capital to surrender to the Ming Emperor with a disgraced face.

For Bu Shitu's resentful eyes, Guiying didn't see it, but put all his heart and soul on Chongzhen, who was sitting high.

He did not agree with Lin Dan Khan's policy of "dealing with the inside first, then outside", and abandoned the foundation of the Liaohetao to rob the pastures of the right-wing Mongolian brother tribes.

Gui Yingcha had always believed that the Later Jin was the most powerful and sinister enemy of the Mongols. Because this enemy has a clear understanding of the habits of the Mongols, he can continue to win over and disintegrate the loyalty of the Mongol tribes to the Golden Family. Therefore, the Chahar tribe should unite the Mongol tribes and the Ming Dynasty to deal with the Houjin, instead of provoking a war of annexation against the brother tribes on the contrary.

And his feelings for Daming are also very strange, he sometimes feels that the country has begun to decline, and it will be repeatedly defeated by a border barbarian, and most of Liaodong will be occupied.

However, compared to the performance of the Han people in history, he did not think that the Jurchens would be able to defeat the Ming Dynasty and enter the Central Plains, because this was something that the Mongols could not do when they were at their strongest.

Most importantly, the Ming needed the Mongols to govern the steppes outside the Guanwai in order to defend their borders. But this is not the case with the Later Jin, a northeastern barbarian tribe who also has nomadic characteristics, wants to turn the Mongols into vassals of the Jurchens and establish a steppe kingdom like the Mongol Empire.

Therefore, in the Ming court, there will never be a lack of the existence of the gold family. But in the Later Jin, the Golden Family was the object of the Jurchens who had to get rid of it.

But by Lin Dan Khan's side, there were not many people who supported him, but there were many people who wanted to compromise with Houjin and attack the Ming Kingdom together. It was precisely because there were too many Mongolian leaders who exchanged news with Houjin that Lin Dan Khan's determination to "deal with the inside first, and then the outside" was strengthened.

For Lin Dan Khan's choice, Gui Yingcha also felt powerless. And after being forced to move west, he became the main supporter of the active conquest of the right-wing Mongols by force.

Although others were puzzled by his 180-degree turn, Gui Yingcha stubbornly believed that since he had given up the base area of Liaohetao, the Chahar Department should integrate with the right-wing Mongolia as soon as possible to take root in this land. Otherwise, when the Later Jin occupy the Liaohetao, and the right-wing Mongolian tribes have an ambiguous attitude, then the Chahar tribe will become a big tree without roots, and thus completely collapse.

For the Mongols, there was no faster and better way to integrate than war. Although there will be a moment of pain, after only 3-5 years, the loser will forget the past honor and take the initiative to integrate into the current clan.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the leaders of the Mongolian tribes below before he said slowly: "Han and Mongolia are all one family, you are in trouble now, of course the imperial court wants to help."

But now the imperial court is also in difficulty, this year there is a great drought in Shaanxi, the southeast rebellion has not been extinguished, and because of the westward migration of the Chahar Department to fight a meaningless war. You want to rely on the full assistance of the imperial court to tide over the difficulties, and I will tell you the truth today, the imperial court really does not have this money and food. ”

Chongzhen's words suddenly made these Mongolian leaders panic, and they talked to Chongzhen about the difficulties encountered in their tribes, hoping that the Ming Emperor would change his mind. Their ideas are very simple, after seeing the scenery of the capital, they think, with the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, how can there be a lack of money and food? Just a few leaks out of their hands will be enough for them to get through the current difficulties.

After listening to the words of these Mongolian leaders coming and going, Zhu Youzhen finally reached out and made a gesture to make them quiet down first.

"I know that although the court is difficult, you are even more difficult. However, we always have to face this difficulty together, you can't pin all your hopes on the imperial court, what the imperial court can do is actually quite limited, whether you can get through the current difficulties of the various ministries, in fact, the most important thing is that everyone must unite and help each other.

By the time you went to Beijing, I had already arranged for a shipment of supplies to be transported to the settlements. Therefore, this winter, everyone should still be able to get through it. The difficulty of the departments lies not in the current winter, but in how to resume production and save themselves after the beginning of spring next year..."

Hearing Chongzhen's arrangement, the leaders of the right-wing Mongolian tribes finally breathed a sigh of relief, although they were in the capital, they were most worried about whether their subordinates could survive this cold winter. After the defeat of Lin Dan Khan, the herdsmen of the various tribes who fled back one after another have increased the population of these tribes to 11 or 20,000 people.

In order for these herdsmen to survive this winter, they must at least store 120,000 stone of grain, 30,000 tents, and 90,000 tons of fuel. Thanks to the efforts of the Sihai Commercial Bank and the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce, they prepared 80,000 stone of grain, 15,000 tents, and 30,000 tons of fuel for the right-wing Mongolian ministries, with a total price of 150,000 taels of silver.

The Chahar tribe did not lack meat, because there was not so much forage to store these plundered livestock in winter, so they had to be slaughtered on a large scale. But they lacked cloth, salt and other daily necessities and a lot of fuel. After the peace agreement was reached, the Chahar Ministry could not wait to ask for the opening of the Ming market.

Gui Yingcha's task was to raise the upper limit of the trade, so that the Ming could increase the import of materials from the Chahar Ministry, especially the export of iron materials.

The appeasement received by the leaders of the right-wing Mongol tribes obviously stimulated Gui Yingcha, and people had to come out again and ask Chongzhen: "Dare to ask His Majesty the Emperor, then how did you decide on the request made by our Great Khan, Your Majesty?" ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at him coldly before saying, "Isn't the imperial court tolerant enough of Lin Dan Khan?" In less than ten years, the city reward given by the imperial court to the Chahar Department has risen from 0 to 380,000 taels, isn't this enough to satisfy Lin Dan Khan's appetite? ”

Gui Yingcha hurriedly defended: "But my Chahar department has also been fighting bloodily for the Ming Dynasty, and the heavy casualties have made the leaders of the left-wing departments complain. And there have been several defeats, all of which were lost by the Ming army, resulting in the defeat of our army in a lonely battle, does Your Majesty want to deny the merits of the Chahar Department in the Ming Dynasty? ”

Zhu Youzhen stopped Huang Liji, who wanted to reprimand Gui Yingcha, and said casually: "It is precisely because the imperial court has always been grateful for the contribution made by the Chahar Department to the Ming Dynasty, so the imperial court has always restrained itself and mediated between the two wings of the Mongolian tribes, without favoring anyone.

Could it be that the enemy of Houjin was just the imperial court? Later Jin lured the Mongol tribes to attach themselves and helped the Horqin Mongols resist the orders of the Chahar, but it was also directed against my Daming?

Lin Dan Khan and the imperial court joined forces to deal with the Houjin, not because the Houjin was only an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, but because the Houjin was a common enemy of both sides. If Lin Dan Khan really regarded the imperial court as an ally, why did he not inform the imperial court before moving westward? Why did they indiscriminately wave their swords at the right-wing Mongol tribes? ”

Under Chongzhen's questioning, Guiying was suddenly speechless. After all, it is the Chahar Department that is now losing on the battlefield, not the Ming Dynasty. The fact that the vanquished demanded more benefits from the victors apparently left the Mongol nobleman with a psychological barrier.

He could only publicize Chahar's contribution to the Ming Dynasty in front of Chongzhen, and could not threaten the other party with force. Because the loser is obviously not qualified to deter the other party, even if it seems that the Ming Emperor is still very young and does not seem to have any courage.

And now the Chahar Department can no longer fight, when Lin Dan Khan mobilized the Chahar Department to move west, in addition to his prestige and power, he lured those tribal leaders with benefits.

He promised these leaders that as long as he conquered the city of Guihua, he could not only divide the wealth accumulated by the right-wing Mongols among the people, but also ask the Ming for more city rewards nearby.

But a battle on the grassland of Fengzhen can be regarded as breaking the dreams of those tribal leaders. Let these leaders realize that the Ming army at the Datong border pass is not as weak and incompetent as Lin Dan Khan said, as long as they show their strength a little, the Datong border generals will nod and contribute their wealth.

After killing and wounding so many people, he could not get the wealth promised by Lin Dan Khan, but only a group of useless livestock, and his dissatisfaction with Lin Dan Khan naturally grew greatly.

Gui Yingcha knew very well that if he couldn't get a large amount of property from the Ming Kingdom to reward these tribes, I was afraid that once the spring came, some vassal tribes would leave to avoid becoming cannon fodder for the Chahar tribe's conquest.