"My lord, the people of the Li family in Taiyuan are out asking to see you." A person who came to the front of the door and was drinking tea in the court, Yang Zhenyu reported.

This is the twenty-second day of the lunar month, and seeing that the New Year is coming, Yang Zhen does not dare to slack off in the slightest, and is still making the final improvements to his strategy against the Mongolian people. Hearing that it was someone from the Li family who had arrived, he opened his eyes, nodded and said, "Invite someone in to talk." ”

A moment later, three middle-aged men came to Yang Zhen and reported their names while saluting, it was Deng Yu, Li Zhao and Li Hao.

Listening to their respective identities, Yang Zhen unconsciously glanced at this Deng Yu with some curiosity, as the surname of the Li family, he actually reported the names of the other two first, obviously his status in the Li family is not low, and looking at the attitude of the other two, it is obvious that he is also looking forward to it.

"Mr. Deng, the two Li brothers don't need to be polite. Today, the official invited you to come, but there is one thing to ask for. After some greetings, Yang Zhen quickly got to the point.

Deng Yu really didn't disappoint Yang Zhen, and immediately made up his mind and said: "The student knows that Lord Yang summoned me to come here to deal with the Tartars on the grassland, and the proprietor of my family has made a decision, and he will definitely support this decision of the court and the lord." ”

"Oh? In this way, Li Heng and the head of the Li family are very aware of the righteousness, and the official is deeply admired. Yang Zhen said in admiration: "If this matter is successful, this official will definitely explain everything to the imperial court, so as to ask for credit for the Li family." ”

"Thank you Lord Yang for your praise, the Li family committee is really ashamed." The three of them hurriedly said modestly.

"But ......" Yang Zhen changed the topic again: "After all, the stakes are very high, and what I want to use you is your familiarity with the various departments of the grassland, so before that, you have to let me have this confidence." ”

"What my lord said is very true, the two of us have been in contact with the Tartars for several years, so we are very familiar with the terrain and the distribution of the various departments......" Li Zhao said as if he were in a hurry. It was only as soon as the words came out that I felt that there were some problems, and my expression was quite embarrassing.

In the past few years, although there have been few wars between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian people, the two sides are still antagonistic, even the official arena is open and closed, and the non-governmental trade is naturally banned by the government. Although the people in the north turned a blind eye to this, even the officials and soldiers did not pay much attention to the behavior of the major families, but this could not be said after all.

Seeing that this person actually sent his handle over so magnificently, Yang Zhen felt a little funny. But now is the time to employ people, so he naturally didn't say anything, so he didn't hear it, just looked at the two of them and said: "The stakes are very high, and there is no basis for what I say, but I want to test the two." ”

In order to eliminate this embarrassing situation, Li Hao hurriedly nodded and said, "My lord, please ask, we must know everything." ”

"Okay, then please tell each of you about the topography and geography of the Tartar territory." Yang Zhen started with simplicity.

Li Zhao and the others did know a lot about this, after all, they had been going back and forth on the Mongolian grassland for more than half a year, and they immediately introduced them endlessly. From the rivers of the grasslands, to the mountains, to some of the seas (i.e. lakes), you can say that you know everything well.

Hearing them say this, Yang Zhen nodded frequently, looking very satisfied. It seems that the Li family is indeed helping their hearts this time, although I don't know if they are forced by the situation or really have this awareness, but it seems that they are more familiar than the Zhong Liu family.

After the two of them had spoken for a long time, Yang Zhen interrupted their conversation with a wave of his hand, and then asked, "Then how much do you know about the distribution of the various Tartar divisions?" ”

"I don't dare to say that I understand this, but I just have a judgment. Because the various tribes of the Tartars have always lived in pursuit of water and grass, they will change places every year or two......" Li Zhao said busily. This is the biggest difficulty that Yang Zhen encountered in this strategy, otherwise there would be no need to invite these so-called guides.

Fortunately, Li Zhao then said: "But this matter does not mean that there is no way to solve it, after all, they also have their own habits, plus there is always a fixed number of abundance of water and grass on the grassland, and there are disputes between various tribes, so the tribes are always going back and forth between those points." ”

Saying that, the two of them introduced each other in the same detail, and they were as detailed as before. Obviously, these two people also got Li Heng's meaning, and they wanted to show their sincerity as much as possible in front of Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen listened carefully, and then compared his understanding of the situation on the grassland as the governor of Jinyiwei, he knew that what these two people said was indeed true. This made him even more satisfied, and nodded: "I have already made a note of the two of them who are willing to serve the court like this." When this is done, I will not treat them any wrong. ”

"Thank you, Lord Yang, for doing things for the imperial court, the grass people dare not be unsatisfied." The two quickly got up and thanked each other.

"But because of the urgency of the matter, you can't spend this year in my Daming territory, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow at the latest, you will leave Datong and go to the grassland." At this time, Yang Zhen didn't hide it anymore, and immediately revealed his plan.

Although Li Zhao and the others were slightly stunned, they immediately agreed. Originally, they spent the New Year outside a few years ago, but it didn't matter.

After saying all this, Yang Zhen called someone to arrange for the three of them to stay in his Qin Cha Xingyuan for the time being. Just as Li Zhao and the others withdrew according to their words, Deng Yu suddenly gave up his hand and said, "Lord Yang, the student still has a few words to say." ”

"Oh? Tell me about it. Yang Zhen had already seen that this person had other intentions, otherwise the Li family would only have to come to Li Zhao and the others, and there was no need to send such a person.

Seeing that they all went out, Deng Yufang said as if he was welcome: "The fact that the adults can make such an anti-guest decision this time is really admirable to the students." If it were another official, even if he thought of it, he would not dare to implement it. ”

Yang Zhen just smiled indifferently at this touting, but he was still quite proud of his decision.

In fact, this strategy against the Mongolian people was developed as early as a few years ago, when he came to Shanxi for the first time and fell to the grassland for various reasons, and saw the self-protection ability of the strong and middle-class cadres outside the grassland.

How strong the Chahar tribe was at the beginning, but when they faced the extremely weak Gaiqi tribe at that time, they would be defeated and lost overnight, so it is clear how poor their own sense of self-preservation is.

Yang Zhen knew that this was a great opportunity for the Ming army to completely eradicate this scourge. It doesn't take too many people and horses, only a few thousand elites, scattered into the grassland, which is enough to cause great damage to all parts of the grassland.

And this strategy, which was successfully implemented in the southwest a few years ago, has proved that this is indeed a good way to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle. So when there was another dispute with the Mongols this time, Yang Zhen decided to implement this strategy, which can almost be called a desperate strategy.

As long as these horses kill and injure enough grassland herdsmen and destroy the environment on which they live, the population of the grassland will be drastically reduced in a few years, and the Mongolian people will no longer be in trouble with the Ming Dynasty, but will have to worry about the possibility of invading their Ming army at any time.

Yang Zhen was complacent in his heart, and he did not hide it from Deng Yu, so he said: "My lord's move is a great credit to my Ming Dynasty, especially to the people and army in my north, and it will not be passed on to future generations." It's just ......" Speaking of which, he seems to be a traitor.

"But what?" Yang Zhen followed the other party's words and asked.

"However, in the opinion of the students, I am afraid that this matter is not something that everyone is happy to see, especially those adults in the court, either out of jealousy of your next merits, or out of some ideas, they are likely to put forward different opinions, such as thinking that the adults are too cruel in this method, and there is a heavenly way of benevolence, which is not something that my heavenly kingdom can do." Deng Yu said as he cautiously looked at Yang Zhen's expression.

When Yang Zhen heard him say this, he was stunned at first, then he also showed a thoughtful expression, and finally frowned.

After being reminded by the other party, Yang Zhen really felt that those adults in the court would say and do so. Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is popular, and some of the officials are people who eat the ancients, and they are always full of benevolence, righteousness and morality.

Although these people do not have much influence in the DPRK and China, because they are deeply in line with today's trend, they have a certain number of fans and audiences both in the civil and official circles. Once they are really asked to target themselves in the name of benevolence, righteousness and morality, it is really difficult for them to deal with it in Datong. Coupled with the fact that those guys who were already at odds with themselves helped beat the side drum, this thing that was very beneficial to the country and the people could really be destroyed by them.

Thinking of this, a trace of essence flashed in Yang Zhen's eyes, but he was a little helpless. Even if the emperor is on his side, some things are not easy to do.

But then, he thought of it again, looked at Deng Yu and said, "Since Mr. Deng said so, there must be some way to deal with it?" ”

Deng Yu's spirit suddenly perked up, and he knew that his last chance to perform had come: "The student just has his own opinion, but he doesn't dare to think that he will be able to help adults solve such a problem." ”

"Let's hear it." Yang Zhen suddenly became interested and said busily.

So, Deng Yu said the idea he had come up with before, and said it quite carefully, for fear that Yang Zhen would not be able to understand the subtlety. And after listening to his analysis, Yang Zhen's eyes didn't even shine brightly: "Ah, this is indeed a good idea to solve the problem, and you can even take the opportunity to knock those officials." Well, Mr. Deng really didn't disappoint me. ”

"The adults are overrated, and this is just a little foolish opinion of the students."

"Mr. Deng is too modest. By the way, I heard that you have always called yourself a student, and it seems that you are also famous? Are you interested in joining my brocade guard as an official? Finally, Yang Zhen said what Deng Yu wanted to hear the most.

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