First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 229
Zhu Biao thought for a while and said: "Chang Shuai happens to be in Shuntian Mansion at this time, so let him personally lead the troops to reprimand the King of Shunyi, and Chang Shuai's prestige is enough to deter his troops."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Chang Yuchun has a bad temper, even if nothing happens, he can make trouble, let him reprimand King Shunyi, do you want to fight Mongolia again?"

Zhu Biao shook his head and said: "The softer you are, the more likely it will fuel the arrogance of the various Mongolian ministries. As long as you are tough enough, you will not hesitate to force King Shunyi back."

Zhu Yuanzhang was not in a hurry to say anything, but just listened silently. Zhu Biao went on to say: "My Ming Dynasty can still afford a small-scale battle. The various Mongolian ministries launched King Shunyi to test him out. He didn't support him as king. He rebelled." The other ministries will never join, but will help us suppress King Shunyi together."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in satisfaction. Quan Xu spent so long on the grasslands wasting no time. Zhu Yuanzhang has already grasped the details of the various Mongolian ministries. Now they have the courage to take advantage of Ming Dynasty, but they have not yet the courage to start a war. .

If the King of Shunyi really dared to rebel, they would be more panicked than Daming, because they knew that once Daming was forced to attack the grassland, it would not mean that he would be able to go back after killing King Shunyi's troops. To weaken their strength.

In fact, the two sides have always been compromising with each other, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang would not have canonized them as kings, but now that Mongolia made the first move to test, then Daming must also reciprocate and remind the other party not to forget their own situation.

Chang Yuchun is not a candidate for peace talks, but he is definitely a good candidate for provoking troubles. How King Shunyi responds to Daming's temptation will be able to understand what the Mongolian ministries are thinking.

If the king of Shunyi could not bear the humiliation and rebelled, instead of responding, the Mongolian ministries would help Daming suppress it, then the rift between them would be even wider, and it would be difficult to talk about rebellion in the future.

If you endure it, you will be fine. Mongolia can’t take advantage of it and can only support itself. Winter is coming soon. Everything on the grassland is exhausted. There are hungry and crazy herdsmen in each of their tribes. It is inevitable to consume each other. of.

Mongolia urgently needs to fight a war now. There is less food and more people, so the extra people can only be consumed. The question is whether to fight with Daming or fight with your own people, otherwise the conflict will not be transferred. Mongolia does not have a prince to take his own money and food The habit of giving relief to herdsmen.

This is the case with nomadic peoples throughout the ages. Raising cattle and sheep is very risky. A disease may take them away. Without cattle and sheep, only wives and children are left waiting to be fed. What should we do?

Of course it is to rob. If there is no unified king, then the tribes will rob each other, and the people who kill you will take all the supplies. If there is a unified tribe, then organize a large army to invade the Central Plains Dynasty.

It’s good to grab the food, and go back happily with the food. It’s okay if you can’t get it. A lot of herdsmen are consumed, and the rest of the food is enough. Anyway, the herdsmen in the grassland are like this, just like grass, spring wind blows and grows again .

I'm afraid some people can't wait for the King of Shunyi to rebel. Maybe the King of Shunyi is the meat they selected, and now it's waiting to be served on the table. After all, the resources of the King of Shunyi's department are extremely rich, and if one person falls down, everyone will be full.

Zhu Yuanzhang and his son walked in front of the familiar tree, and Zhu Yuanzhang said: "If there is a vassal state asking to marry the princess in the future, will you agree?"

Zhu Biao was taken aback for a moment. Daming did not make marriages, pay compensation, cede land, or pay tribute. This was all too familiar in later generations, so he never thought about it.

However, Zhu Biao didn't have any extreme views on the marriage. The reason why Daming did this was because the Song Dynasty was too humiliated.

First of all, getting married is definitely not as simple as sending a woman in exchange for a few years of peace. If sending a woman to a foreign tribe can prevent the foreign tribe from coming south to plunder, then what kind of sacrifice is this? It's a fucking miracle.

Marriage is essentially a political method, and it is not as simple as a political marriage. It is the process of accepting younger brothers in the Central Empire. It is not so much about marrying a princess as it is about accepting a son-in-law. Of course, the Song Dynasty was an exception.

Whether the Han and Tang Dynasties are strong enough, they still choose to make peace, even if they don’t include the few times when they were forced to make peace, they will still choose to make peace at their peak.

That's because marriage is a high-level political method that is low-cost and high-yield to install agents for foreign cores, and weak countries are not qualified to play this trick.

The Song Dynasty did very badly because they did not subdue the Liao Kingdom by force. Qualified to propose a kiss
The best in this regard is the Yuan Dynasty. There was a period of time in the history of Koryo called the Yuan Intervention Period. The princesses of the Yuan Dynasty enjoyed a high status and power in Koryo, and they were even anti-clients.

The princesses arbitrarily installed courtiers who came over as dowry, controlled the political situation in Goryeo, and beat up the Goryeo king at every turn. King Zhongxuan and King Zhonghui were also arrested and exiled by the Yuan Dynasty. The Mongolian princess successfully domesticated the King of Korea.

Does Gao Li dare to say no?They dare not, what are they afraid of?Afraid of a woman?No, what they are afraid of is the huge country behind the woman.

From then on, Goryeo has a long memory, even if North Korea was established. In history, Zhu Di mentioned twice that he wanted to get married, and he wanted to marry the princess to the prince of North Korea, but he was politely rejected.

In the end, King Li Fangyuan of North Korea was forced to say that his heir son was married, and he refused to accept Princess Daming for fear that he would end up in the same fate as Goryeo.

Since then, Zhu Di has lost face and never mentioned the matter of marrying the princess. In the Ming Dynasty, the princesses all married into their own country. In fact, there is not much difference. It is not the princess's turn to choose a husband. .

Zhu Biao thought for a while and said: "I don't have this plan. Sending the princess to marry him is a lower class. Besides, if you don't marry the princess, the princes will work harder. Just marry some princesses from the vassal state."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Then let's talk about it. The third princess of the King of Korea is about to marry, and we are worried about how to arrange it."

The corner of Zhu Biao's mouth twitched, it was a waste of his thinking, isn't it just a matter of marrying a woman, Zhu Biao suddenly felt like dedicating himself to the country.

But he didn't want to marry Princess Goryeo either. After all, he didn't understand the language, so he pulled Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Father, you have only one son and one prince. Isn't the third child not engaged yet?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with his hands behind his back: "You can't do it, the third one. Either you accept this princess or we accept it. If you want to implement your plan perfectly, you can only show sincerity."

Zhu Biao sighed, Yao Guangxiao and the others had already arrived in Koryo, it seemed that things were going well, otherwise Koryo wouldn't be in a hurry to send the princess over for a marriage, presumably he didn't want to spit out the land of Liaodong.

Zhu Biao could only nod his head in agreement, and the two walked back to the Kunning Palace. Zhu Biao led Chang Luohua to leave, and the couple walked to the East Palace. !

Zhu Biao now suspects that King Shunyi really asked the court to marry the princess?
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(End of this chapter)