Chapter 1004: The Great Hall Gives Marriage
"The Empress Dowager, the little woman's veil has been lost, if she returns to China like this, she will be criticized and ridiculed by the outside world, and the little woman will only die at that time."
Under the interested gaze of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, two shy blush appeared on Narsa's cheeks, and she bit her lip and said to the Empress Dowager Zhang.
Although Narsa is a woman from the Western Regions, she has been influenced by Daming culture since she was a child, and knows that Daming's marriage is about the orders of her parents and the words of the matchmaker, but she has no place to find a matchmaker in Daming.
Moreover, what matchmaker dares to enter the gate of the Zhongwu Palace, the only people in the capital who can tell the prince are the wives of high-ranking officials and nobles, and it is impossible for Narsa to contact those people, so only with the help of the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family can achieve this matter.
In fact, Narsa doesn't know now that the reason why she wants to marry Li Yuntian is for the benefit of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, or if she has inexplicable feelings for Li Yuntian, perhaps under the combined effect of these two factors, she made up her mind to ask the Empress Dowager Zhang for marriage.
"Who took off Miss Nalsa's veil?"
The Empress Dowager of the Zhang family saw that Nalsha's face was like a peach blossom, and she was also young, so she naturally knew that Narsha was interested in Li Yuntian, otherwise she would definitely not inadvertently reveal an irrepressible shyness, so she couldn't help but smile, glanced around at the interested ministers of His Royal Highness, and then her eyes fell on Li Yuntian, who looked embarrassed, and asked in a loud voice.
"The Empress Dowager, it was the minister who was drunk and lost her manners for a while, and inadvertently pulled down the veil of Miss Nalsa." With the words of the Empress Dowager Zhang, the eyes of the ministers were once again focused on Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian took a step forward and bowed back.
"Narsa, but King Chungwu has taken off your veil." The Empress Dowager Zhang glanced at Li Yuntian, then turned to Narsa and asked.
"Niangniang, it's King Zhongwu." Narsa bowed slightly when she heard this, and her face couldn't help but become more rosy.
"King Zhongwu, since the matter started by you, how do you want to solve it?" The Empress Dowager Zhang had never seen Li Yuntian, who had always been confident, so she deliberately said with a straight face, "If this matter cannot be good, then it will inevitably affect the diplomatic relations between the Ming Dynasty and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate!" ”
"The minister is really speechless, it is all up to the Empress Dowager to decide!" Li Yuntian smiled bitterly in his heart when he heard this, and knelt in front of the hall, where did he still have the place to speak in front of the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family, he was naturally willing to listen to the arrangement of the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family.
"Okay, then the mourning family will be in charge, you and Miss Narsa will get married in Beijing immediately, and our Ming Dynasty and Dongchagatai will marry Qin and Jin!" A smile appeared on the corner of the Empress Dowager Zhang's mouth, and she said to Li Yuntian in a loud voice.
"The minister respectfully obeys the decree!" Li Yuntian couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, he knew that the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family didn't really want to make decisions for Narsa, the key was in the "good Qin and Jin" of the Ming Dynasty and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, so he responded in a deep voice.
In other words, the marriage between Li Yuntian and Narsa has become a kind of transaction between the Ming Dynasty and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Narsa is not only a descendant of the Golden Family, but also deeply loved by the concubine Niangniang of the Eastern Chagatai Lady, and has become the righteous daughter of the concubine Niangniang, and she can be regarded as the princess of the Eastern Chagatai Sect, so that the status of Li Yuntian is equal, and the two countries can be regarded as marriages.
"Lord Hu, the marriage between King Zhongwu and Miss Narsa is a great joy for my Ming Dynasty, and this matter will be handed over to your Ministry of Rites, and it must be done in a lively manner." Seeing that Li Yuntian agreed, the Empress Dowager Zhang immediately smiled slightly and said to Hu Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
"Obey the order!" Hearing this, Hu Ying asked the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family, "Empress Dowager, I don't know what auspicious day is chosen for the marriage between King Zhongwu and Miss Narsa, and what rules are used to prepare. ”
Although the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family handed over the family affairs to the Ministry of Rites, the auspicious day of marriage still had to be determined by the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family, and Narsa's current identity was only a female official in the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and how to determine her identity would determine the corresponding regulations when the marriage was made.
"Act in the courtesy of the county lord." The Empress Dowager Zhang understood what Hu Ying meant, so she pondered for a while and asked, "Is there an auspicious day recently?" ”
"Empress Dowager, three days later is an auspicious day for the zodiac, but the time will not be too hasty." Hu Ying pondered for a moment, and raised his head to the Empress Dowager Zhang.
"This is an extraordinary time, let the people who have the secretary and the yamen prepare day and night, and be sure to prepare the wedding banquet in three days!" The Empress Dowager Zhang knew that the time was a little tight, but the war with the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty was imminent, and Li Yuntian was the person she relied on the most, so where was there time for Li Yuntian to delay too much energy in the marriage, so she ordered Hu Ying in a deep voice.
"Obey." Hu Ying naturally knew the thoughts of the Empress Dowager Zhang, but as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he had to ask for some important things.
"Miss Nalsa, you are satisfied with the arrangement of the mourning family." The Empress Dowager Zhang then looked at Narsa, who was kneeling there, and asked with a smile.
"Narsa has thanked the Empress Dowager for her grace, Niangniang Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose." Narsha was surprised and happy at this time, she didn't expect the Empress Dowager Zhang to attach so much importance to her marriage to Li Yuntian, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank her.
"That's the end of today's court discussion, retreat!" The Empress Dowager Zhang smiled when she heard this, and then nodded to Song Dashan, who was standing aside, and Song Dashan walked to the front of the high platform and shouted loudly.
"Congratulations to the emperor and the queen mother!" Hearing this, the Manchu civil and military forces in the hall knelt down one after another and said in unison.
The Empress Dowager of the Zhang family then led the orthodox emperor, surrounded by Song Dashan and other chamberlains, palace maids and guards, and left from the side door of the Taihe Palace, before leaving, the orthodox emperor also turned his head to look at Li Yuntian who was kneeling there with a depressed face, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, to be honest, it was the first time he saw Li Yuntian as helpless as today.
"King Zhongwu, congratulations, congratulations!"
"King Zhongwu, this time the Empress Dowager gave her marriage, and our capital will be lively again."
"Congratulations to King Zhongwu for holding the beauty."
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When the orthodox emperor and the empress dowager left, the ministers in the hall stepped forward to congratulate Li Yuntian, it was a rare honor to let the empress dowager give marriage, and the woman was a mouth-watering beauty in the Western Regions, so everyone naturally secretly envied Li Yuntian's good luck.
"Your Excellency will definitely come and cheer you on." Although he felt quite embarrassed in his heart, Li Yuntian still smiled and returned the salute to the people around him, and warmly extended an invitation to them.
Not only Li Yuntian, but also a lot of officials who congratulated him around him, as for the envoy of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Dorul was directly ignored, those officials took a fancy to the identity of Narsha's concubine of the Zhongwu Palace, he was just a small envoy, how could the civil and military officials in the main hall surrender their identities to deal with him.
Due to the marriage of the Empress Dowager, coupled with the gift of the county lord to let Narsa marry, there is a chance that Narsa will become the side concubine of the Zhongwu Palace, which is enough to show that the Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.
Although he was snubbed in the main hall, Dorul's heart was very excited, and now not only was the Ming ready to send troops to aid the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, but also married the Ming Dynasty, which meant that the Eastern Chagatai Khanate would be protected by the Ming Dynasty in the future, so that the Eastern Chagatai Khanate would be far away from the threat of the Timurid Empire.
Soon after, Wenyuan Pavilion.
Cabinet members, military cabinet members, the left and right governors of the five military governors' offices, as well as the six Shangshu, the imperial envoys of the left and right of the Imperial Procuratorate, the Dali Temple Temple, the general political envoy, the general political envoy, and the powerful figures of the upper class of the Ming Dynasty in the six departments gathered together to convene the court to discuss the matter of rearmament.
Because Li Yuntian "powered" the affairs of the cabinet and the military cabinet, he was the only king with a different surname who was awarded the title when he was alive in the Ming Dynasty, and he was also the only king with a different surname in the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally attended the court meeting.
Zhang Fu was the imperial master of the dynasty, and he could be said to be the highest-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally presided over this court meeting, which mainly involved the scale of troops sent to the Western Regions, logistics and supplies, and the three major issues of the generals of the unified army.
After all, the battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Coalition Army was a contest of comprehensive national strength, which was bound to be protracted, and the Ming army was a labor expedition this time, so logistics supply was as important as killing the enemy on the battlefield.
According to the information at hand of the Ming court, the Timurid Empire mobilized 500,000 troops this time, 200,000 horses in the Northern Yuan, and a total of 700,000 people.
The Eastern Chagatai Khanate suffered heavy losses in several battles with the Timurid Empire, and there were separatist forces within it, so it was already very good to be able to gather 100,000 troops to help the Ming army at that time.
In this dispatch to the Western Regions, the soldiers of the Ming army mainly came from two major parts, one part was the guard army of Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, Shaanxi Xingdu Division, Henan Metropolitan Division, Shanxi Metropolitan Division, and Sichuan Metropolitan Division, and the other part was the Garrison Army of the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Governor's Office, Shanbei Military Region, and Liaodong Military Region.
As for the Xiaowu Army, it is already regarded as the royal Praetorian Guard, and the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family will definitely not use it unless it is a critical moment, and she will rely on the Xiaowu Army from all over the country to defend the Beijing Division.
In fact, according to Li Yuntian's intentions, the Mongol soldiers in the Hala and Lin regions, the Hetao region and the Uliangha region, as well as the Jurchen soldiers in Liaodong could be mobilized to participate in the battle, so that the Ming army would not have a disadvantage in cavalry when facing the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Northern Yuan coalition army.
However, it is a pity that Li Yuntian's suggestion was not adopted in the court meeting, the reason is very simple, the civil and military officials who participated in the court meeting could not trust the Mongolian soldiers who belonged to the Ming Dynasty and the Jurchen soldiers in Liaodong, especially the Mongolian soldiers made the ministers on the scene quite jealous.
After all, both the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty had the blood of the Mongol Empire, and if those Mongol soldiers defected, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Li Yuntian knew the worries in the hearts of the ministers, so he didn't insist anymore, he knew very well that the commander of the Western Regions this time would not be himself, so if he forcibly let the Mongol soldiers and Jurchen soldiers go out with the army, there would really be some chaos.
Moreover, Li Yuntian was also worried that if the Mongol soldiers and Jurchen soldiers really went to the Western Regions, they would be used as cannon fodder by the commanders of the Ming army, in which case the Ming would lose a lot.
In Li Yuntian's view, the Mongol soldiers and the Jurchen soldiers were an important force in killing the enemy on the battlefield, especially the Mongol cavalry and the Jurchen cavalry on the battlefield against the opposing cavalry, which was very likely to affect the trend of the battle.