The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

The land of the Northland is very cold. Although it is not the extreme north, it still makes people tighten their necks.

In fact, the discussions during the day had no actual results, and the two sides only said some official words.Huang Taiji knew that he was not enough, but he didn't care.In the evening, in a yurt prepared by Meng Gendulak for Zhang Fan and his envoys.

"Have you looked around?" Zhang Fan asked Wang Meng who came in.

"Reporting to my lord, I have checked the surroundings myself, and there is no suspicious person. I sent a few brothers to patrol around, absolutely no one can come near here." Wang Meng said.

Zhang Fan felt relieved after hearing this, but Wang Xilie who was sitting across from him was a little confused, wondering why Zhang Fan called him here in the middle of the night.Zhang Fan didn't whet his appetite, and told him the news he got during the day.As soon as Wang Xilie finished listening, he guessed the cause of the matter in his heart, and said in a low voice: "No wonder I Da is so eager to discuss the mutual market with us."

"What can my lord talk to them about today?" Zhang Fan asked.

"It's all official talk, but there is no real substance." Wang Xilie said, "Firstly, it's useless to talk too much if I don't answer myself; secondly, although Huang Taiji is my first successor, but The weight is still a bit lighter, and he can't make decisions about many things."

"I guess he's already here," Zhang Fan said.

"This..." Wang Xilie was very surprised when he heard his words!

"Your Excellency is a civil servant of the Ministry of Rites after all, but we Jinyiwei will not pay attention to it." Zhang Fan said, "I wonder if Your Excellency has noticed the old guard behind Huang Taiji?"

"Master Zhang means..." Wang Xilie recalled the appearance of the old guard in his mind, slapped his thigh, and said, "This old fox actually played this trick, thanks to Master Zhang's insight, otherwise we Still kept in the dark!"

Zhang Fan smiled casually, thinking: "Of course you can't think of it, I have seen too many bloody TV dramas like this in my previous life."

"In this way, we can discuss with Huang Taiji tomorrow to get something substantial, and I have to make plans early." Wang Xilie said, "Now that he has something to ask from us, Daming, we must not waste this opportunity and squeeze him out. A few catties of oil and water, I am a servant of the Ministry of Rites for nothing!" His eyebrows danced brightly as he spoke.

Zhang Fan looked at him like this, a little funny, and then said seriously: "My lord just got it wrong, you should take care of him."

"Why?" Wang Xilie had some doubts, and then understood Zhang Fan's meaning, and said a little embarrassedly, "Thanks to Mr. Zhang reminding, the old man is a little bit Meng Lang."

"My lord, don't underestimate yourself. This news is really exciting. It's inevitable that you don't think carefully when you are in a hurry." Zhang Fan said.

Both of them understood somewhat that since Wang Chonggu passed the news, he didn't want them to bargain with I Da, but to ask them to support me.Wang Chonggu wanted to destroy the Tatars from a psychological point of view. Since this method has not been implemented in the entire Ming Dynasty for more than a century, then another method will greatly weaken its power.Wang Chonggu must have already petitioned the court to ask Long Qingdu to summon Han Naji to surrender.As a result, Alda's prestige in Tatars plummeted, and those nobles in Tatars who were already dissatisfied with Alda would definitely oppose him openly.Tartar is bound to fall into civil strife again.In this way, the Tatars had no time to look south. Even if the Tatars were stronger and stronger, Wang Chonggu would be able to wipe out most of them under the surprise attack. In this way, the frontier of the Ming Dynasty would be more stable, wouldn't it be great.Moreover, Zhang Fan believes that his teacher Zhang Juzheng will support this move even more.As Zhang Juzheng's deputy, Wang Xilie couldn't understand what his boss was doing!

Zhang Fan said to him again: "Your Majesty needs to go back and discuss with his colleagues. This is not the case for being an official."

"Master Zhang is polite." Wang Xilie said with a smile.After speaking, he went out of the tent to discuss with his subordinates.

Zhang Fan watched him leave without saying anything.

In the early morning of the second day, more herdsmen came to Yiji Nai to go to the market. The herdsmen who were nearby all received the news that there was a caravan from the Ming Dynasty, and they heard that those who were farther away would also come here.

Yiji Nai City was very lively, Zhang Fan and Wang Meng were also strolling around the street.He didn't listen to Wang Xilie and other people from the Ministry of Rites arguing with Huang Taiji and his father who pretended to be a guard, but sent Zhao Mingqian to watch, and then he started shopping.

There are no shops here, and the herdsmen who want to get what they need are mostly waiting on the street with the items they want to exchange. Such a primitive and backward way of bartering is the main theme here.Zhang Fan saw many herdsmen exchanging their unique goods, such as fur, ginseng, deer antler, etc., which are relatively rare in the Central Plains, with Ming merchants.Seeing the velvet antler, Zhang Fan remembered the aphrodisiac that Long Qing asked him to find. This time, in order to purchase this thing, Zhang Fan bought all the 10 taels of silver that Long Qing allocated to him from his internal treasury to buy tea bricks, cloth, etc. , shipped together.

When Zhang Fan was about to ask a herdsman who was carrying a lot of medicinal herbs, Wang Meng stopped him.Zhang Fan followed his gaze and saw that someone was arguing with the caravan ahead.Zhang Fan walked over and found that there were four people on the other side, one old, two young and a child.

"Why do you want me two catties of ginseng for this piece of calico cloth!" One of the older men spoke fluent Chinese, "This is not an ordinary product here, I picked it from Mount Baitou. "

Mount Baitou is Changbai Mountain. Zhang Fan listened to his words and looked at the four people. They all had their foreheads shaved and long whips on their backs. "Jurchen!" Zhang Fan was not surprised, but was a little surprised to see Jurchens here at the time.

"Just blow it up. Mount Paektu is far away from here. Even if the four of you dress up like Jurchens, I don't believe it." The Ming merchant actually recognized that he was holding the best ginseng from Changban Mountain, but I just said that because I wanted to make more money.

The man was blushing, as if he had been greatly wronged, but he couldn't speak because he was not good at words, but the child opened his mouth: "You businessman is so rude, we Jurchen people are upright, how could you come here to deceive you , but your cloth is beautiful, but it is not worth it." Although the childish voice was childish, his words were sharp.

Zhang Fan immediately became interested in these people, and gave instructions in Wang Meng's ear.Wang Meng understood, and said a few words to the businessman. After hearing this, the businessman bowed to Zhang Fan very flatteringly, and stopped embarrassing these people. some.

Seeing this scene, the four people knew that Zhang Fan must be a big shot, and they all came over to thank him after they had taken their things.

"My lord, the old man Jue Changan, a member of the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou, a descendant of Timur." The old man spoke first, and when he said about Timur, he was proud, "This time with two young My son and grandson come here to let them see the world."

"Timur is my Ming alliance, he has sent troops to repel the remnants of Yuanmeng, he is really a hero." Zhang Fan said, but he never mentioned that Timur detained and abused the envoys of the Ming Dynasty.

Jue Changan was also very happy to hear Zhang Fan's praise, pointing to the middle-aged man who had just quarreled with Ming Shang and introduced: "This is my fourth son Tu Keshi."

Tu Keshi saluted Zhang Fan, and Zhang Fan returned the salute.

Jue Chang'an pointed to the younger man and said, "This is old man Wuzi Tachapiangu."

Tacha Pianguye and Zhang Fan greeted each other.

Jue Changan was about to introduce his grandson, but the child came to Zhang Fan himself and said, "Master of the Ming Dynasty, my name is Aixinjueluo Nurhachi, and I am the eldest son of my Ama Aixinjueluo Takeshi. It will be ten years old in one month!"

Zhang Fan didn't blame the child's straightforwardness, Fan'er admired him very much, and was about to greet him, but suddenly froze. "Aixinjueluo... Nurhachi! This name is so familiar, isn't this... Isn't it the Qing Taizu!" Zhang Fan's heart surged with a huge wave!

Looking at the child who was less than ten years old, Zhang Fan really didn't know what to do.It's been a while since I returned to the Ming Dynasty, and I saw many historical celebrities, but this was the first time I saw the founding emperor.For a moment, many thoughts came to Zhang Fan's mind. He didn't think that Nurhachi was lying. After all, although Nurhachi showed a mind different from ordinary people at this time, he was still a child, so he didn't want to hide himself.Zhang Fan even wanted to order Wang Meng to kill him right away. In that case... "No, history will not change because of this. Killing him would be more troublesome if Nurhahei or something pops up!" Zhang Fan thought to himself, that's why he didn't do anything.

Nurhachi didn't know what Zhang Fan was thinking, seeing that he didn't respond to him, thinking that he underestimated his age, his gratitude to Zhang Fan suddenly turned into disappointment.Zhang Fan came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I just heard your name and didn't understand what it meant. I neglected my little brother and apologize to you."

After hearing what he said, Nurhachi was relieved and smiled again.

Zhang Fan went on to say: "I am an official who came here with the envoys of the Ming Dynasty to discuss the mutual market. My name is Zhang Fan."

After hearing this, several people respectfully called Zhang Fan an adult.Wang Meng was very puzzled, wondering why Zhang Fan had such an expression on a child.

Through the conversation, Zhang Fan knew that Jue Chang'an had a certain status in the ministry.Now the other tribes of Jurchen in Jianzhou are dissatisfied with the rule of Ming Dynasty and want to rebel. Zhang Fan guessed that Jue Chang'an didn't want to get into this troubled water, nor could he let go of tribal feelings to inform Daming, so he came out with a few young sons and grandsons take refuge.But Zhang Fan didn't intend to point out this matter, everyone has their own difficulties, not to mention that there is a famous general Li Chengliang stationed in the northeast, Jianzhou Jurchen can't make any big waves with the current power.

"The old man has a long way to go, Nuer Gandusi is probably thousands of miles away from here!" Zhang Fan said casually.

Jue Chang'an said rather helplessly: "The four of us, grandparents and grandchildren, have been traveling for more than a year. This is the last stop, and we will go back tomorrow."

"The old man should be more careful along the way, the Tatar is not safe now." Zhang Fan kindly reminded.

"Thank you for your concern," Jue Changan said.

Zhang Fan smiled at Nurhachi again and said, "If you have any troubles in the future, as long as you don't set up a big banner to rebel, feel free to come to the capital to find me. I am quite famous in the capital, so you can find me by saying my name." His expression resembled that of a human trafficker in later generations.

Nurhachi didn't know why Zhang Fan said this to him, but he still said kindly: "Thank you, sir, Nurhachi will definitely remember what you said."

"By the way, does the old man know a kind of medicinal material called Cistanche?" Zhang Fan thought that they often walked outside, and asked.

"What is your lord talking about?" Obviously these people have never heard of it.

"Or it's called Dayun, Cunyun." Zhang Fan didn't bring it with him, so he had to describe the appearance of Cistanche.

The four of them still shook their heads, but Jue Changan said, "Sir, many of the things you mentioned are similar here, but some are poisonous. I know this place well, but I don't know what your lord wants. What. May I ask my lord, what is this cistanche used for?"

Zhang Fan was a little embarrassed to say it, so he had to call Jue Changan, and whispered in his ear: "This thing has a miraculous effect on aphrodisiac."

Jue Chang'an understood it as soon as he heard it, and said, "So it's what my lord said. You call it Cistanche?"

Zhang Fan nodded somewhat, and Jue Changan said with a smile: "Here, this thing is called Chagan Koya. Although it is a little expensive, it is not difficult to find. As long as adults say this name, these herdsmen will definitely find a lot of them. "

It was only then that Zhang Fan understood that there was still a name for the Ganqing thing, but it was no wonder that the hapless imperial physician didn't tell him, how did he know that Zhang Fan was coming to Tatar to look for it!

After bidding farewell to these four people, especially Nurhachi, Jue Changan also wondered why Zhang Fan cared so much about his grandson.Zhang Fan was about to ask the herdsmen about Cistanche, when Wang Meng, who was usually silent, spoke up.

"My lord, why do you care so much about that Nurhachi, who is only a nine-year-old child..." Wang Meng expressed his doubts.

"Hehe, the secret must not be leaked, you just need to remember that he will be a fierce man in the future." Zhang Fan said rather mysteriously, turned and left.

"Brute man, why didn't I see that this child is a fierce man! Could it be that adults can tell fortunes!" Wang Meng had great doubts in his heart. Seeing that Zhang Fan didn't say anything clearly, he had to put this matter behind him and followed Zhang Fan. Continue to walk around the street with him.