First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 378 Divide and Conquer

Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "Do you think it's better to divide them as much as possible? That's not true. If there are more powers, their own ideas will become chaotic. If there are more tribes swinging left and right, it's not for the court to appease them. It's easy to feed a mouth." , it will be difficult to feed many mouths."

"Our idea is to split Mongolia into three tribes, Tatar Wala plus a tribe close to Yanyun. Among these three tribes, our Ming Dynasty controls Yanyun, wins over Tatar, and suppresses Wala. In this way, the three tribes maintain one balance."

Zhu Biao followed his father's thoughts and said: "The Wala Tatars in front of Yanyun have my Ming Dynasty's northern defense garrison behind them. As long as I can control the leader of his department, he will be my natural barrier."

"The reason for attracting the Tatars is that they are mainly former Yuan princes and nobles who fled north from the Central Plains. They were deeply influenced by Sinicization. As long as the Ming Dynasty can allow them to enjoy the familiar wealth and honor, they will not be dissatisfied. It is very conscious, which is not conducive to communication, and it has the ambition to reunify Mongolia and go south to herd horses, so it is only suitable for suppression."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "This is basically the case, but it is not easy to achieve this goal. Mongolia also has smart people. If their internal conflicts are not irreconcilable, it will be difficult to divide them."

"Now we have to see if Li Wenzhong can successfully integrate the Tatar tribe. After all, Sudieer is the Mongolian Khan in name. Dier, a descendant of Brother Ali's family, bows his head, Mongolia can be said to be integrated again, and next spring, I, Ming, will be forced to launch another northern expedition, and I can't just watch Mongolia grow again."

Zhu Biao also felt quite a headache when he heard the words, but when he thought about it, how could the factional disputes be so easy to reconcile? It was not about the Tatar kings bowing their heads and saying a few soft words, but pushing out the real benefits. Amniotic grass pasture woman and so on.

There is nothing completely certain in this world, but Zhu Biao estimated that the probability of Li Wenzhong achieving his goal in this trip should be [-]% to [-]%, which is already too high and cannot be higher.

After all, the right time, place and people are all on Daming's side, and Mongolia's side depends on whether they want to break the jar. If they really want to drop it, then Daming can only take his own jade to fight against the broken jar head-on.

The father and son looked at each other and stopped discussing this matter. If the news from Li Wenzhong's side did not come, any plans now would be useless. Fortunately, Li Wenzhong is not Lan Yu.

Zhu Biao's ability and character can still make Zhu Biao feel at ease. If Lan Yu went, Zhu Biao would not have the time to go for a stroll in Shaanxi and Gansu.

In the evening, Liu Ying came again and reported that Liu Chun had been buried, and the place was chosen by the elders of the Liu family. Zhu Yuanzhang said a few words of relief in a soft voice, and decreed that he should be promoted to five hundred stones.

When Liu Ying went out with gratitude, this matter was considered to be over, and no one else could fault it. Liu Chun was just a county magistrate, and the tossing emperor came to see him off, so no one could fault him, after all It was indeed Liu Chun who committed the crime first.

Neither Liu An nor Zhao Huai'an came back before going to bed at night. After all, they only set off in the afternoon. It would take a long time to ride their horses to Fucheng, not to mention finding the right person, so they had been ordered not to rush back at night.

Of course, even without the two of them, how could there be no waiters around the prince, and there were quite a few eunuchs and maids accompanying him, so just call a few to serve him.

The next morning, Zhu Yuanzhang went to deal with the corruption of officials in Huaiqing, while Zhu Biao was waiting for Liu An and the others to come back. Sure enough, two young eunuchs led a middle-aged merchant in sweat profusely after a while. The three knelt down on the ground, and Liu An reported: "Your Highness, this person is the shopkeeper of the Jiangnan Chen family's grain shop in Huaiqing Mansion."

The man hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Chen Rongyan, the grass-roots man, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness, Your Highness is safe forever."

Zhu Biao nodded and said, "People from the Chen family, what is your relationship with Chen Youzong?"

"Returning to His Highness, according to seniority, the grassroots are considered as the uncle of the general governor, but after all, it is just a side branch of foreign blood that is a little far away, and now he is in charge of several grain shops in Huaiqing Mansion for the clan."

"Then do you know why I called you here?"

Chen Rongyan shook his head and said: "The two father-in-laws didn't say it clearly, but Your Highness has ordered my Chen family to be willing to die, so please speak directly."

Zhu Biao was a little interested when he heard this: "This is a bit big. Didn't Chen Youzong tell the clan to do his best to serve me when he meets me?"

Chen Rongyan replied: "Not really, but Your Highness is the Crown Prince and Crown Prince. My Chen family is His Highness's subjects, and it is only natural to serve the King. Why do you need an envoy to order you?"

Zhu Biao laughed when he heard the words, but the people of the Chen family spoke very nicely, Chen Youzong was like this, and so was this Chen Rongyan, Zhu Biao looked at Liu An with satisfaction and said: "You two have done a good job, go down and clean up the dust. Bar."

Liu An readily agreed, and then led Zhao Huai'an away in the afternoon. There are many large and small grain shops in Huaiqing Mansion, but Liu An first aimed at the Chen family because he knew that Chen Youzong, the envoy of the General Administration, was a direct descendant of the Eastern Palace. Naturally, his family is more trusted by the prince.

Moreover, after returning to Beijing, Chen Youzong will also have to accept his affection. The Tongzheng envoy is a high-ranking third-rank official, and he doesn't mean to do anything. It is enough to be decent. He believes that even if his godfather does it, he will definitely do it. Choose the Chen family.

After the two of them went down, Zhu Biao said: "You should also know about the drought in Shaanxi and Gansu. I intend to use the name of Chenjialiang Shop to go there to have a look, but the guards around me are not good at this. In case people see the clues, I want to ask you to be the leader of the shopkeeper."

When Chen Rongyan first heard about it, he thought that the crown prince was going to ask him to prepare some food and grass for disaster relief, but thinking about it, it would be easy to do, it would just be a loss of money, and not only would the master's family not be dissatisfied, they would probably even set off firecrackers to celebrate.

But after hearing this, I couldn't kneel anymore. It's not a trivial matter for the prince to go to the disaster area in person. If something happens, how could he run away from the Chen family? I guess the firecrackers can't be let go, but the suona can be blown.

Chen Rongyan's face turned bitter: "Your Highness, it's fine for the grassroots to lead people to such trivial matters. I will definitely record what I saw and heard and convey it to Your Highness. Your Highness, please think twice about how your golden body could be in danger."

Zhu Biaoxu gave a support and said: "Come and sit down here. Shopkeeper Chen doesn't have to worry too much. I know the geometry of my body very well. There will be many guards along the way."

"You should also know that this palace allocates grain from the south of the Yangtze River for disaster relief. Such a large amount of grain has not even achieved any results in the disaster area. How can I not go and see for myself?"

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(End of this chapter)