Mid-November, Qinglong City.

After the previous war, Qinglong City has regained its former vitality, and the pedestrians on the streets are bustling, and the cries of selling are endless, and there is no sign that it has experienced a big war.

After all, Qinglong City was not disturbed by the war, and the enemy army besieging the city did not attack the city like this rock fortress at all, so there were not many traces of war.

At this moment, the busiest are the merchants inside and outside the Guan, the previous war has cut off trade between Kansai and the mainland, and the merchants have seized the opportunity to come to Qinglong City to trade, in order to seize the market.

Not only Qinglong Castle, but also the entire Kansai region is gradually regaining its vitality, and the lives of the common people have gradually begun to enter normal after suffering such a big disaster.

The people of the government were busy counting the losses of people and materials caused by the war, and distributing the food brought by the imperial court to help the people of Kansai who survived the catastrophe to survive the cold winter, which made the people feel grateful and excited, and finally no longer had to wander around like ownerless duckweed.

In the endless flow of people, Li Yuntian led Lin Xin, Yun Na and others to wander around the street, and after witnessing the city becoming prosperous and lively again, Li Yuntian's mood also became relaxed.

These days, Li Yuntian has been very busy with the administrative and military affairs of Kansai, not only to deal with the post-war reconstruction of Kansai, but also to reorganize the army of the Seven Guards of Kansai and take over the military power from the hands of the nobles of the Seven Guards of Kansai to the imperial court.

In addition, the matter of receiving the Turpan region, the matter of assisting the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and the exchange of prisoners with the Timurid Empire, etc., all need to be decided by Li Yuntian, who is busier than when he fought against the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan.

Li Yuntian knew very well that the great victory of the Ming army in Guanxi could only make Guanxi stable for a while, and if Guanxi wanted to be stable for a long time, it was necessary to work government affairs, first of all, to make those nobles of the Seven Guards of Guanxi put down the power in their hands.

If before the war, Li Yuntian wanted to take over the power of the nobles of the Seven Guards of the Seven Guards of the Kansai Guards, he would definitely force the people of the Seven Guards of the Seven Guards of the West to deal with it together.

But now it is different, Li Yuntian has established a huge prestige in Guanxi through the previous war, plus there are still more than 200,000 Ming troops in Guanxi, and the nobles of the Seven Guards in Guanxi have no power to resist at all.

Moreover, the current nobles of the Seven Guards of Kansai have all followed Li Yuntian to make great contributions in this war, and it can be said that they have become Li Yuntian's subordinates, Li Yuntian has arranged a way out for them to ensure that their interests are not harmed, and they naturally have no reason to object, and it is also an excellent choice for them to attach themselves to the Ming after witnessing the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

According to Li Yuntian's plan, Kansai will be governed by the Jiangwutang like Jiaozhi, after all, there are not many civil officials from the imperial examination who are willing to come to such a remote place as officials, and at this time, only military attachés from the Jiangwutang can be used.

Lin Xin finally understood why Li Yuntian told her why she could celebrate the New Year in the capital next year, the complicated affairs in Kansai made Li Yuntian very busy, and it was already a blessing to be able to return to Beijing next year.

The orthodox emperor has given Li Yuntian a holy decree, asking Li Yuntian to rush back to the capital before this year, after all, the war in Guanxi has ended, and Li Yuntian should return to the capital, first, to accept the reward, and secondly, there are many things waiting for Li Yuntian to deal with in the imperial court.

Recently, the inner court has been fighting fiercely with the cabinet with the support of the Empress Dowager Zhang, so the Empress Dowager Zhang hopes that Li Yuntian can go back to ease the relationship between the two sides, after all, Li Yuntian not only has a very high prestige but also has a good relationship with the inner court, and the relationship between the two sides will undoubtedly ease a lot if he comes forward.

It is worth mentioning that because the military cabinet was busy with the war in Kansai, it was at peace with the inner court and the cabinet, so the nobles in the capital were also willing to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and sit back and watch the game between the inner court and the cabinet.

However, Li Yuntian is now busy with the affairs of Kansai, where can he get away, so he told the orthodox emperor that it was difficult to leave.

A few days ago, the orthodox emperor sent an edict to Li Yuntian, agreeing to postpone Li Yuntian's visit to Beijing, and praised his loyalty and bravery.

"Young master, the mutton soup here is good, let's have lunch here." At noon, when passing by a restaurant, Lin Xin said to Li Yuntian with a smile that she knew that Li Yuntian liked Kansai food.

"Objective, please inside." Seeing this, the guy guarding the door of the restaurant greeted Li Yuntian and the others with a smile on his face, and he knew from the clothes of Li Yuntian and the others that these were rich people, otherwise he would not be able to afford those good clothes.

Since it was lunch time, there were already a lot of people sitting in the restaurant, wearing various costumes and speaking different languages, and at first glance it was the businessmen who came to Qinglong City from all over the world, talking and laughing, and it was very lively.

Li Yuntian was very satisfied with the scene in front of him, in his opinion, the development of Kansai is inseparable from prosperous commerce, and now that so many businessmen have come to the beginning of the war, it means that the outside world is full of confidence in the reconstruction of Kansai.

In fact, the person who filled the outside world with confidence was Li Yuntian, before the war with the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, the people of Guanxi did not know who the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty was, and through this war, Li Yuntian's prestige had already spread throughout the Guanxi and even the Western Regions.

Everyone not only knows that Li Yuntian is good at fighting and is also a good hand in managing government affairs, especially proficient in commerce and trade, so when they heard the news that Jiangwutang was going to take over Kansai, they naturally wanted to come to Kansai to get a piece of the pie in the post-war reconstruction.

"Guest, the private room upstairs is full, and only here is the seat." The man led Li Yuntian and his party to a corner of the hall, pointed to the two empty tables and bowed to Li Yuntian.

"Here we are." Li Yuntian sat down at the table disappreciatively, he never cared about this kind of subsection, and said to the guy with a smile, "Bring up all the signature dishes in your store." ”

"Okay, here we go." The guy bowed to Li Yuntian and hurried to the kitchen.

"Young master, isn't this kind of place too noisy?" Lin Xin and Yun Na sat at one table with Li Yuntian, and several guards sat at another table, Lin Xin glanced around at the noisy diners, and said with some concern, with Li Yuntian's identity, he should not appear on this occasion at all.

"I think it's good." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, looked at the diners who were talking and laughing, and said, "Only by having fun with the people can we know the suffering of the people!" ”

Lin Xin immediately smiled when she heard this, although Li Yuntian is now in a high position, he still often investigates the people's feelings, so naturally he will not mind the noisy environment in the restaurant.

The guys at the shop were quick to serve steaming mutton soup and freshly baked sian pancakes, two of Mr. Li's favourites in Kansai and the most distinctive delicacies in Kansai.

"The Great Khan of Chagatai is here!" Just as Li Yuntian was drinking mutton soup with relish and chewing scones, there was a sudden commotion on the street outside the store, and someone shouted loudly on the street.

Hearing the shouts, the diners in the restaurant immediately swarmed out, standing on the side of the street and waiting with great interest, exchanging words and talking with each other.

"It's coming so fast!" Li Yuntian heard that a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he drank all the mutton soup in the bowl in three or two sips, stuffed the rest of the scones into his mouth, and got up to leave, and went to greet the arrival of Monte Khan.

Although the Chagatai Khanate has long been divided into East and West Chagatai, it is customary for the people to call the Eastern Chagatai "Chagatai Khanate", and Monte is naturally the Great Khan of the "Chagatai Khanate".

Since being rescued by Li Yuntian from Besshin Bali City, Monte Khan has been staying in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and he can't wait to return to Besshin Bali City.

Therefore, after receiving the news that the Ming army had completely annihilated the Northern Yuan army in Chisha City, Monte Khan bid farewell to the orthodox emperor and led his men to embark on the journey home.

Originally, Li Yuntian thought that Monte Khan and his entourage would arrive in Qinglong City in a few days, but he didn't expect that they would arrive today, and no one had come to inform him.

When Li Yuntian walked out of the restaurant, a group of cavalry was marching down the street, including people in the uniforms of the Ming army and people in the costumes of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

"This king greets the Great Khan!" Li Yuntian saw the Monte Khan surrounded by the cavalry of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate from a distance, so he stepped forward to block the way of those cavalry, smiled and bowed to the Monte Khan, bowed and said.

"King Chungwu!" After seeing Li Yuntian, Monte Khan was taken aback and didn't expect to meet Li Yuntian here, he thought that Li Yuntian was in the mansion, and then his face was happy, and he hurriedly got off the horse and helped Li Yuntian up, and said with a smile, "The prince will be commensurate with the Ben Khan brothers in the future, so there is no need to salute." ”

"Why did the Great Khan come in advance, and this king still wants to go out of the city to meet the Great Khan." Li Yuntian laughed when he heard this, although the words of Monte Khan had a general meaning, but the identities of the two were quite old and similar, so it seemed logical to become "brothers".

"The prince is busy with official business, how can Ben Khan disturb the prince." Monte Khan smiled slightly, and said seemingly casually, in fact, the main purpose of his visit this time was to discuss with Li Yuntian the post-war reconstruction of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

The Eastern Chagatai Khanate was badly damaged in the war in the Western Regions, and the city of Beishi Bali was looted, and the Great Khan of Monte was no longer able to bear the cost of post-war reconstruction, so he had to ask the Ming for help.

Of course, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was not close, so it was naturally impossible to spend the money in vain.

Therefore, when the Great Khan was in the capital, he officially submitted his credentials to the orthodox emperor, respecting the Ming as the suzerain, so that the Eastern Chagatai Khanate became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty like the Korean State, and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty as usual, and its khanate was also canonized by the Ming Emperor.

As a result, the Ming Dynasty will also be able to legally assist the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, so that it will not be nameless.

It is worth mentioning that after the Eastern Chagatai Khanate became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would set up a military office in the city of Beshbali to lead the diplomacy of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and participate in its political, economic and military affairs, as well as to reorganize an army of the Eastern Chagatai under the command of the Jiangwutang Division.

Different from the tributary system created by Ming Taizu, Li Yuntian wanted to strengthen the Ming Dynasty's control over the vassal states and build a centralized Ming Empire, instead of just hanging on a false name as in the past and adopting a laissez-faire strategy for the vassal states.

Although the Great Khan of Monte was unwilling in his heart, he was helpless, after all, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate had been occupied by the Timurid Empire at that time, and his identity became an exiled Great Khan, and he was powerless to refuse the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the Ming recognized and secured the interests of the Eastern Chagatai Khan's royal family, which made the resistance in the heart of the Great Khan of Monte much less.

The civil and military officials in the capital had never even been to Kansai, let alone assisted in the reconstruction of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and there was no such expense in the treasury of the household department, so the reconstruction of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate naturally fell on Li Yuntian's shoulders, and no one knew anything about the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

Empress Chang had promised the Great Khan that the inner treasury of the palace would cover half of the cost of rebuilding the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

In fact, although it seems that the territory of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is quite large, because it is located in a mountainous area, the number of people is limited, coupled with the backwardness of the economy, which makes the Ming Dynasty's aid to it not cost much, and it is about the same as investing five million taels of silver in a few years.

In exchange for more than five million taels of silver in exchange for a stable situation in the Western Regions, the Empress Dowager Zhang felt that this deal was too cost-effective, so she did not urge Li Yuntian to return to Beijing.