Chapter 793 892 The court is in chaos
"Such a move may cause harm. Thirty years ago, there were no Han people, and I had nothing to lose. Now there are Han people, and there are many losses. The soldiers and masters have also died. It is the Han people who are causing my trouble. If we compare the Han people with the Han people, It is easy to put the Han family in peace."
This is what Yike Hatun said to him last night, and it came to Ada Khan's mind at this time.
Many of Anda Khan's relatives were dissatisfied with Bansheng City Zhao Quan and others for sending Mongolian troops to attack the Ming Dynasty from time to time.
There are many reasons for dissatisfaction, the most important of which is that seeing Zhao Quan and others gathering a large number of Han people in Bansheng City and becoming powerful, they did not attack the Ming Dynasty, but only asked Mongolia to send troops.
When Mongolia sent troops, they were all warriors of their tribe who were killed or killed.
Look at Bansheng City now. Tens of thousands of Han people already live in it. In the long run, whether the grassland is the grassland of the Mongols or the grassland of the Bansheng Han people.
I don't understand these truths, but sometimes he has to be silent.
But now, the conditions Bao Chongde just mentioned made him a little excited.
Of course he is willing to exchange Bansheng for those Han traitors for his grandson.
As for the captured Han slaves from various tribes, he actually doesn't care if they are not returned. There are not only Han slaves in the tribes, but also people from other tribes in the Western Regions.
So exchanging so many people to bring Han Naji back seemed like a loss, but Anda Khan really didn't care. Who knows that Han Naji has the blood of the Golden Family flowing in his body, which is countless times nobler than these people.
But paying tribute to the Ming Emperor means asking him to bow his head to the Ming Emperor in exchange for mutual trade. Is this exchange worth it?
He is not worried about Mingren going back on his word. To be honest, even if Mingren refuses to exchange tribute after he asks for tribute, he will naturally not admit the request for tribute, and his grandson is back.
Those who lost were actually the Han people.
But you can let them go today and catch them again tomorrow.
However, Anda Khan still wants to fight for it again and cannot give in so easily.
Thinking of this, Anda Khan said: "I am the Great Khan of Mongolia, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, we should be equals, so why should I ask for a title?
I can consider all other conditions, as long as you send Han Naji back and open the market to each other. "
"Great Khan, if you don't ask for a title, it will be difficult for His Majesty the Emperor to agree to your request for mutual trade. Only when the Great Khan recognizes the status of His Majesty the Ming Emperor as the Lord of the World will Your Majesty agree to mutual trade and provide you with the supplies you need for survival.
To put it bluntly, if the Great Khan does not ask for a title from His Majesty, what does the life and death of the Mongolians on the grassland have to do with my Majesty?
Absolutely not.
Only if you ask for the title, the Mongols will be considered the subjects of my great emperor. They live on the grasslands and need salt, tea and other materials to survive, and your majesty will agree to provide them. "
Bao Chongde was thinking quickly at this moment.
As an indigenous person who has lived here for many years, of course I know how urgent the Mongolians are for Ming supplies.
I didn’t see countless caravans. In order to make money, they gave a lot of money to the border guards just to let them enter the prairie to do business.
The business was highly profitable because the Mongols were willing to pay high prices for these items.
The reason for mutual trade is actually so that Mongolia can obtain supplies from the Ming Dynasty in large quantities.
There, the price may not be cheaper than the price sent by the caravan to the grassland, but the quantity is certainly not comparable to the caravan.
Knowing the needs of the Mongols, Bao Chongde naturally wanted to infinitely magnify the importance of these supplies and make Anda Khan tempted.
In fact, it didn't matter whether Anda Khan agreed or not. He already felt that his trip should be safe. He would not be detained by the Mongols in exchange for Hannaji. That was enough.
If he can successfully implement Governor Wang's plan, he will probably receive even more rewards after returning to the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Bao Chongde is not worried about his own safety at the moment, but wants more.
"Rong Benhan thinks about it."
An Dahan said.
As Bao Chongde said before, what does the life and death of the Mongols have to do with the Ming emperor?
And now the initiative is not in the hands of his Ada Khan, but in the hands of Ming Ren.
It can be said that all his weaknesses are controlled by the people of the Ming Dynasty. If he does not agree to the request made by Bao Chongde just now, the two sides will just continue to maintain the status quo and continue to be hostile.
But grandson, the mutual market he has been looking forward to will come to nothing.
In fact, he had asked Emperor Jiajing for a title in exchange for mutual trade, but that was before the Gengxu Revolution.
After being deceived by the Ming Emperor, he completely gave up.
Moreover, his victory on the battlefield also made him despise the people of the Ming Dynasty.
If he hadn't grown older over the years and felt powerless many times, he would still feel that the Mongols were more powerful than the Ming Dynasty.
But back to reality, the strength of the Ming Dynasty's border army has indeed improved in recent years. It has been difficult for him to find opportunities to break through the border wall and plunder at will.
Moreover, Ming general Ma Fang also made sneak attacks into the hinterland of the grassland from time to time, causing trouble for him.
Bao Chongde was taken down and a separate tent was found for them to live in.
Bao Chongde returned to his men. Everyone was on tenterhooks before, fearing that they would be arrested or killed by the Mongols if they disagreed.
"Sir, when can we leave here?"
"Yes, I can't let go when I'm on Mongolian territory."
When he came to the tent, Bao Chongde was surrounded by his men, talking all over the place.
In fact, there is only one purpose. They want to go back as soon as possible. Only by returning to the Great Wall can they feel safe.
"Okay, don't worry."
Bao Chongde glanced at his men and spoke to calm their uneasy mood.
"We should be able to go back safely this time. Don't forget, the Governor controls Altan Khan's grandson.
If he really wants to harm us, won't he worry about his grandson suffering in Datong? "
Bao Chongde paused for a moment when he said this, and thought for a while before continuing: "You also know the purpose of coming here this time. The Governor wants to make peace with Altan Khan, and let them use Bansheng's White Lotus cultists and those who were The Han people they captured were exchanged for Han Naji.
At the same time, Altan Khan was asked to pay tribute to the emperor in exchange for mutual trade.
You should all know that the Tatars came to grab things and arrest people because the court refused to trade with them and could not buy what they needed, so they came to rob them.
As long as the imperial court agrees to trade with each other, the possibility of another major war between the two sides will become smaller. "
"Sir, although we can't express these truths out loud, our hearts are like mirrors. It's useless for you to tell us this. You have to explain it to the officials and make them agree.
When I was still at home, I heard my father say that if the Tatars want to sue for peace, we will kill them directly without giving them a chance. "
"Yes, my uncle also told me about this."
Seeing everyone talking again and again, Bao Chongde felt a little irritable.
Would he not know this?
And what's the use of talking about it now? What he needs to consider is what answer Anda Khan will give him after thinking about it.
If he accepts those conditions, he seems to have made a great contribution.
But if you don't accept it and continue to negotiate terms, labor and management can successfully escape from the Mongolian camp.
At the very least, judging from what I saw today with Ada Khan, it seems that this master is not a bloodthirsty man, and he still has a chance to go back and report to Governor Wang.
"Stop talking, everyone should stay here for two days with peace of mind. Altan said that we must consider Governor Wang's conditions. Now we are not worried about our safety, but if Altan agrees to Governor Wang's words, we will go back You can get promoted and make a fortune."
Bao Chongde said.
"But what if he doesn't agree?"
Someone else said inappropriately.
"If you don't agree, then just tell him his conditions. We are messengers. Just bring the news back and that's it, you idiot."
The person next to him slapped the man on the back of the head and lectured him.
"Yes, we are safe. We are messengers. Regardless of whether they accept it or not, we should be able to go back."
"Haha, it's safe, haha"
Suddenly, several people on one side became happy and laughed.
"Keep your voices down, there are Mongolian Tatar guards outside."
Bao Chongde stopped a few of his subordinates who were a little out of control, and then continued: "Everyone, please be more honest these two days and don't make these guards unhappy.
At that time, if anyone commits trouble on Mongolian territory, life or death will have nothing to do with all of us.
Do you understand? "
"clear."
"I understand, it's actually pretty good here. There's kumiss and mutton every day. It's more comfortable than in the camp."
“There are really many cattle and sheep on this grassland, but I just can’t get enough of them, haha.”
Several of his subordinates immediately agreed.
In the past few days, apart from worrying that An Dahan would vent his anger on them, they were still in a state of anxiety, but their lives were still pretty good. They had food and wine every day, although they didn't have enough food.
How could they live like this in Guan Nei? They couldn't even get enough food in the military camp, let alone cook meat for them.
Bao Chongde stayed in the Mongolian camp with peace of mind, waiting for Anda Khan to give the results, and then they could happily go back to the meeting. However, in the capital, the cabinet was troubled by the one after another backlash from the courtiers.
The first is the nobles. After all, Xu Wenbi, the Duke of Dingguo, is still young and his influence among the nobles is far less than that of the British Duke Zhang Rong. Many nobles in the capital, especially those who are powerful on the border, are unanimously opposed to the war with the Mongols. Peace talks.
Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo who had stronger appeal, was completely aloof from the affairs of Datong because he was hinted by the emperor and refused to reveal any thoughts.
In such an environment, the entire Xungui Group split into two factions, Duke Dingguo and Duke Yingying, attacking and blaming each other.
Dingguo Gong and his family accused the people on the British side of being selfish and seeking to maintain the war situation for their own selfish desires. The purpose was to earn millions of taels of military pay for the imperial court every year.
The British public line accused Ding Guo Gong of forgetting his ancestors and forgetting the feud with the Mongols.
Not only did they accuse those nobles, but in their mouths, Wang Chonggu, the governor of Xuanda, was already the biggest traitor in the world, a scum among scholars, and even implicated his nephew Zhang Siwei for this.
These days, outside the residence of Zhang Siwei, the Minister of Civil Service, from time to time there are young masters from the Xungui family causing trouble, making Zhang's residence restless.
In the imperial court, the strongest backlash was from the Sixth Section. Ge Shouli of the Metropolitan Procuratorate also held similar views, so he did not impose any restrictions on the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and allowed them to collude.
Although the imperial censor could be present and speak during court discussions, he did not have the right to vote and was not of sufficient rank, but it also created momentum for opposition.
Some officials who were originally wavering and wanted to agree after being persuaded by several cabinet ministers did not dare to express their stance when they saw this battle.
The previous opposition, due to lack of support from senior officials, could mostly remain silent and only secretly asked Ke Dao Yanguan to come out to disrupt the situation. However, as Guo Qian arrived in Beijing from Nanjing and officially took over the Ministry of War, Guo Qian took the lead and other officials also Unable to bear it any longer, they all expressed their opposition to the peace proposal.
With Guo Qian taking the lead in opposing the peace negotiation, Zhang Shouzhi, the Minister of Household Affairs, also expressed his opposition. As for Ge Shouli, the left censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there is no need to express his position anymore. Just look at the Metropolitan Procuratorate under his management. Know what it means.
But the biggest headache for Wei Guangde was Zhu Heng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry who he thought he could persuade. This old boy was like a stone in a pit, smelly and hard, and was determined not to agree to Wei Guangde's lobbying.
Although Zhu Heng was not completely opposed to Wang Chonggu's suggestion, he only accepted the exchange of Han Naji for Zhao Quan and other White Lotus bandit leaders and the captured Han people. He could also accept the tribute of Anda Khan, but he was firmly opposed to the mutual trade.
Well, this alone is actually enough to sentence Wang Chonggu to death.
Anda Khan doesn't have the mentality of being humble. If it worked, he would have knelt before Emperor Jiajing.
Wei Guangde discussed the pros and cons of the peace negotiation with him, but Zhu Heng, like Zhang Shouzhi, was determined not to agree to peace talks with the Mongols.
In the past few days, several members of the cabinet went to Li Chunfang's room to discuss the development of the situation and count the votes in their hands. Even if it was known that the cabinet was forming cliques, they no longer cared about it.
"The mere act of forgetting one's ancestors will prevent many people from choosing to support us."
Gao Gong analyzed, but there was nothing he could do at the moment.
From the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, it has never negotiated peace with the Mongols. Even when Emperor Yingzong was welcomed back, the Ming Dynasty actually did not agree to any of Oara's conditions. It was entirely through the words of Yang Shan, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, that he persuaded Also first.
Well, at that time, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu actually didn't want his brother Zhu Qizhen to return to the country at all.
When Yang Shan was sent to the grassland to negotiate peace, he did not mention anything about welcoming back the Yingzong. This was also the main reason why Yang Shan encountered difficulties when he brought Zhu Qi Town back and entered the Great Wall.
As for some of the preferential treatment given to the Mongols by Yingzong after he regained power through the Seizing the Gate Incident, it was actually not considered a peace negotiation between the Ming Dynasty and Oara, but purely a personal relationship between Emperor Zhu Qizhen and Boyan Timur.
During those years when he was living in the grasslands, Boyan Timur, as the leader of the Mongolian Wara Tribe and the brother of Yexian, treated Zhu Qi Zhen kindly, so the relationship between the two was very good. It is said that when Zhu Qi Zhen left the grassland and returned to China, the two still had a good relationship. It's hard to say goodbye, and it's hard to part with each other.
Even a strong man like Gao Gong found it difficult to deal with Ke Dao.
We had already taken away a few of the happy ones, but others appeared again.
You can't just replace all the subjects, it would be too ugly.
It's not that he can't deal with these people, it's mainly because of the timing.
They can only take revenge slowly. Now that they are together, they are thinking about who they can win over and how to persuade them. (End of chapter)