I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 278 Bei Yuan is scared!The price of peace!

Autumn.

It has been seven days since we left Lao Zhu and headed north.

During this period of time, Zhu Yunzhen felt that he had grown a lot. He found that he was still too dependent on Lao Zhu.

Although everything will be planned in advance, thinking of the worst outcome.

But Zhu Yunxi has always had a hidden thought in his heart, that is, Lao Zhu will help him clean up the mess, so no matter what he does, he is not afraid of accidents.

But it was the seven days after Old Zhu went to the north.

Only then did Zhu Yunxi realize that sometimes his thoughts were not cautious enough, not careful enough.

Especially after the death of Zhu Yunxuan and Zhu Yunxie, and Zhu Yunxie's grandson's position became more stable, his thoughts changed a little.

No longer walking on eggshells like before, thinking step by step.

Relaxed a lot.

This time, Lao Zhu's departure may not be a bad thing for him, but it will make Zhu Yunxi more aware of his own shortcomings.

After all, old Zhu is not very old, Zhu Yunxi has always wanted to control Daming alone!

Wenhua Hall.

Zhu Yunzhen was dealing with many things as always, including land reform, national highways, factories... Zhu Yunzhen had too many things to do.

Especially after Lao Zhu left, Zhu Yunxi always felt a sense of crisis in his heart.

He was afraid that he would make a wrong step, especially in the current situation of soaring prices, he wanted to run the factory as soon as possible.

Alleviate price pressure.

But at this moment, a hurried footstep came.

If you haven't seen him, hear his voice first.

"Good news! Good news!"

"His Royal Highness, good news!"

Zhu Yunwen followed the sound and saw a white-haired official wearing a crimson court robe, with patches on the chest and back, and birds engraved on it, walking quickly.

With just one glance, Zhu Yunxi recognized the other party.

Zhan Wei, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites!

It's just that what is the other party doing in Wenhua Palace at this time?good news?
A glimmer of hope arose in Zhu Yunxi's heart, could it be that Zheng He's news came back?

If that is the case, that would be great!
Zhu Yunxi got up quickly and asked, "What good news? Tell me quickly!"

The Minister of Rites was quite old, and he came in a hurry, already a little tired.

But no time to rest.

Congratulations: "Congratulations to grandson! Congratulations to grandson!"

"Your Majesty led the army to the north, and when Bei Yuan learned that my soldiers would arrive in seven days, he was frightened out of his wits!"

"Look out for the wind!"

"Now an envoy has been sent to ask our Daming for peace!"

"The envoy from Beiyuan is staying at Honglu Temple now!"

Bei Yuan seeks peace?

Zhu Yunxi was stunned for a moment, it wasn't Zheng He's news that made him a little disappointed, if Zheng He lost, then even if Bei Yuan sued for peace, what's the point!

Bei Yuan is far less important to him than to other people in Daming.

It is not like Lao Zhu who has obsessions.

In fact, after the state treasury was full, Zhu Yunxi didn't have much thought about Bei Yuan's use of troops at all.

Just an endless grassland.

After the Ming Dynasty develops, it can be easily included in the territory. Why bother to forcefully take Beiyuan now and waste more effort?

In Zhu Yunxi's plan, the use of troops against the Northern Yuan Dynasty was relatively low in order.

It still focuses on the development within Daming and overseas development.

Unexpectedly, Lao Zhu's trip to the north would have unexpected joys!That Bei Yuan was frightened by Daming's rapid dispatch of troops!

They sent envoys to ask for peace in such a hurry!

But after thinking about it, this is indeed very likely to happen, because Beiyuan is still a mainly nomadic country after all.

The grassland is vast, and the tribes are scattered.

Even the Royal Court of Beiyuan cannot gather too many soldiers and horses, it takes time to gather.

But it was at this time that something went wrong!
Logically speaking, the capital of the Ming Dynasty is in Yingtianfu, which is located in the southerly area.

According to the usual situation, it will take a long time just to gather troops and prepare food and grass, let alone marching the army northward.

It will take at least a month!
In this way, Beiyuan was given time to react and gather his troops.

And Bei Yuan often reacted at this time, summoned the tribes, and joined forces.

All of them had horses, and because they were used to nomadic life and were extremely mobile, the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty often did not achieve much results.

But this time is different!

How many days has it been since Lao Zhu went north?It has already reached Peiping!
It directly threatened the Beiyuan tribe who were still grazing at this time!
Although Zhu Yunxi knew that Lao Zhu was just going north for inspection and had no real plans to use troops, Bei Yuan didn't know!

In this way, the Beiyuan people were in a panic.

Send people directly to ask for peace.

I want to use this to delay time and give them a chance to gather troops and minimize losses as much as possible.

Otherwise, Beiyuan would be defenseless in front of this [-]-strong army.

Lao Zhu can lead his army into Beiyuan's hinterland at any time, even if he can't destroy Beiyuan, he can still hurt Beiyuan!

So this time, Bei Yuan was scared!

Especially after Lao Zhu's innumerable times of Northern Expeditions, the Northern Yuan Dynasty was no longer a climate, with serious internal fighting and many military leaders, and no one wanted to fight against Ming Dynasty.

Especially in this unprepared battle now!

What made Bei Yuan even more uncomfortable was that it would only take seven days to travel from the capital of the Ming Dynasty to Beiping.

Doesn't this mean that Daming can hoard millions of troops at the border at any time!
Instead of worrying about lack of food and grass, or changes in the central government?
In this way, the territory actually controlled by Beiyuan will retreat indefinitely and lose a large area of ​​fertile grassland with rich water and grass!
This is simply unacceptable to Bei Yuan!
That's why they sent people to sue for peace, hoping to see if they could delay Ming's dispatch of troops, or to see if they could sign a peace treaty with Ming at a very low price.

They are really scared!

If you can not fight, it is best not to fight!

"What a blessing! His Highness was able to make Beiyuan sue for peace without losing any blood. This is precisely because of His Highness's decree to build national roads!"

"If His Royal Highness Taisun hadn't reformed Ming Dynasty, how could Bei Yuan come to seek peace so easily?"

"This is all the result of His Highness!"

In the Wenhua Hall, each of the counselors began to flatter him.

But Zhu Yunxi didn't get lost in it, because he knew that compared to Beiyuan, the affairs of the Wa Kingdom were more important!

It's just useless to worry about Wa country now.

Moreover, Beiyuan's request for peace was also a happy event, and Zhu Yunzhen had an idea in his mind.

Perhaps Beiyuan could temporarily replace the role of Japan.

Help Zhu Yunxi to restore prices.

After all, summing...how can it be free of cost? !
"Don't worry, let's hang him for a few days first. In these few days, no one should bother with this Beiyuan envoy."

"Let him stay at Honglu Temple."

"If anyone dares to come close and reveal the secrets of my Ming Dynasty, he will be punished with treason!"

"Kill Unforgiven! Execute the Nine Clans!"

Zhu Yunzhen said decisively.

Everyone in Wenhua Hall bowed their heads and said yes.

Until what Zhu Yunxi said was true!In the previous case in Zhejiang, many people were killed, and there are still bloodstains, but it is not false!

This His Highness the Grandson, like His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, can kill people with ruthless hands!

"After a few days, we will meet this Beiyuan envoy again."

Zhu Yunxi has a plan in mind.

This time, we must knock something out of Bei Yuan!
……

Another few days passed, and the autumn wind gradually picked up.

The sultry air was swept away by last night's rain and gradually became cooler.

Zhu Yunxi's mood also improved like this weather.

According to what Jiang Yu said, the envoys of the Bei Yuan Dynasty had traveled almost all over the capital in the past few days, but no one dared to invite him in as a guest.

Not even the slightest touch.

They avoided suspicion.

This made the Beiyuan envoy so anxious that he couldn't sleep well, and in just a few days, he became much haggard.

Zhu Yunxi felt that the time had come.

Without further delay, he ordered: "Go to the court this morning and ask the envoy from the Northern Yuan Dynasty to come with him."

"It's about time."

...Fengtian Temple.

early morning.

Zhu Yunxuan sat high above, overlooking the ministers below.

Today, all officials are wearing bright red court uniforms, neatly dressed, and even their spirits are high.

Everyone appears to be in a lean state.

"Xuan, the envoys of Beiyuan have an audience!"

Soon, a Mongolian with a foreign appearance, about medium height, but obviously overweight, and a fat and strong Mongolian walked in.

The Beiyuan envoy walked into Fengtian Hall, and first glanced at the officials of Ming Dynasty in surprise.

It seems to be wondering why all the officials of the Ming Dynasty show a positive outlook.

It was completely different from the lifeless court in Beiyuan.

And when he saw Zhu Yunxi, his jaw almost dropped in surprise.

How did the emperor of Ming Dynasty become a child? !
"This..." The Beiyuan envoy was stunned for a moment, then blurted out: "Are you the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Shouldn't the Emperor of Ming Dynasty be..."

But before he finished speaking, Lan Yu scolded him: "Presumptuous!"

"This is my Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, His Highness the Grand Sun!"

"Quickly kneel down!"

Sapphire is a mighty general, who has gone to the Northern Expedition countless times, so naturally she won't be used to the Beiyuan people.

He took the first step and directly pushed the Beiyuan envoy to the ground.

He tried his best to resist, but his seemingly huge body was unable to resist!

"Let me go!" Beiyuan envoy looked at Zhu Yunxi: "His Royal Highness, is this how you treat the envoy?"

"This is unreasonable!"

"Aren't you afraid of provoking a war between Bei Yuan and Ming?"

But Zhu Yunxi didn't even care about him.

He glanced at him with disdain, as if the whole North New Year could be destroyed overnight.

He snorted coldly and said, "Is Bei Yuan also qualified to declare war on Da Ming? In the past few decades, has there ever been a time when it wasn't me, Da Ming, who declared war on you Bei Yuan?"

"It's just that you can't see the situation clearly and are stubbornly resisting!"

"I advise you, it would be better to surrender as soon as possible and submit to my rule, the Ming Dynasty!"

The envoy from the Northern Yuan Dynasty was suddenly at a loss for words.

In the past few decades, at the beginning, Beiyuan was able to fight several rounds with the Ming Dynasty. Both sides mobilized millions of troops, and the total battlefield strength exceeded 200 million!

But the further back... Bei Yuan's combat power became worse.

Now, with only hundreds of thousands of troops, naturally they are no longer Ming's opponents.

Can only be hit on the head.

But even so, Bei Yuan still has some ability to fight back, but he is not aggressive enough and more than self-preserving.

"Um..." The envoy from Beiyuan was able to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty. After all, he still had some eloquence.

Soon he said again: "Your Highness Taisun, I am here for peace."

"Although there are old grievances between Beiyuan and Ming Dynasty, there is no actual conflict of interest. Why should they fight for their lives?"

"It's better to be safe and not to invade each other. Wouldn't this be a good thing for the people of Beiyuan and Daming?"

"I hope Your Highness will consider the common people and stop this war."

The Beiyuan envoy wanted to kidnap Zhu Yunxi morally again.

But Zhu Yunxi didn't accept his tricks, and said directly: "You Beiyuan wolf is ambitious, resting and resting is just to accumulate strength and invade the Central Plains again."

"I'll let you go at this time, and I'll make a comeback decades later."

"Wouldn't it be more harmful to the people in the border and the Central Plains?"

"It's better to just beat you to death right now!"

Now the Beiyuan envoy was completely speechless, no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't think of an excuse.

He never expected that Zhu Yunxi, who thought he was a child, would be so difficult to deal with!
But just when he was desperate.

But Zhu Yunxuan suddenly said: "However, what you said doesn't make sense."

"In a sword fight, it is the common people who suffer and the innocent soldiers who die."

Zhu Yunxi looked "unbearable" and seemed to be moved by compassion.

Seeing that there was something going on, the envoy from Beiyuan hurriedly took advantage of the victory and pursued it.

Said: "Your Highness is merciful! I am here to bring peace to both parties!"

"Bei Yuan is willing to ask Daming for peace at the price of [-] cattle and sheep!"

At this moment, Zhu Yunxi seemed to have a trace of 'heartbeat' on his face.

But just when the Beiyuan envoy was happy.

Sapphire jumped out again.

Said: "Your Highness! Absolutely not! The Northern Yuan is not destroyed, it is a hidden danger to Daming after all!"

"Send another million troops to the north, with one hundred thousand troops as the vanguard, and put down Beiyuan in one fell swoop!"

"Even if Bei Yuan can't be destroyed, Bei Yuan must be beaten to a half!"

When he heard about the army of millions, the eyelids of the Bei Yuan envoy twitched wildly.

I broke out in a cold sweat.

It seems that he has seen the impending disaster in Beiyuan!

With the speed of Ming's current army, mobilizing millions of troops in a short period of time may not be a joke!

"Moreover, these ten thousand cattle and sheep are nothing like nothing!"

"Back then, I captured more than [-] cattle and sheep from Beiyuan alone!"

Sapphire said contemptuously: "If you want peace, you have to be sincere!"

"Take out at least one million cattle and sheep!"

Millions of cattle and sheep?
Beiyuan envoy's pupils shrank, it was his own life!
Where did the millions of cattle and sheep in Beiyuan come from now?Even if there were, most of the military leaders would have to be involved. The royal court alone would not be able to gather so many!
"This..." the messenger from Beiyuan cried out: "Your Highness, Beiyuan is poor and there are not so many cattle and sheep..."

Zhu Yunxi seemed to agree.

nodded.

Said: "That's right, where did Bei Yuan come from such cattle and sheep, Lan Yu, don't mess around."

After Sapphire was 'rebuked', she seemed to retreat unwillingly.

He even glanced at the Beiyuan envoy hatefully.

The envoy of Beiyuan breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that His Royal Highness also has the idea of ​​seeking peace in his heart.

I am not without a chance!
"However..." Zhu Yunxi suddenly changed his voice, and Tu Qiong saw: "These millions of cattle and sheep should be paid separately."

"Let's take ten years for you."

"Provide one million head of cattle and sheep to Daming in installments, and provide [-] head of cattle and sheep as capital every year."

"Another [-] cattle and sheep will be given as interest."

"Besides, my Ming court gave you ten years, so you, Bei Yuan, have to express it?"

"For the first phase, we sent 32 cattle and sheep to show our sincerity. How about it?"

Zhu Yunxi immediately reduced the number to 32 cattle and sheep.

But the envoy of Bei Yuan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat!

Because His Royal Highness was even more ruthless, directly asking for 140 million cattle and sheep as the price for peace!
But the difference is that Zhu Yunxi gave them the choice of installment supply.

In the first year, Beiyuan only needed to afford 32 head of cattle and sheep.

Calculating it this way... the burden is much easier than sending millions of cattle and sheep directly, and the agreement between the two countries has no chance of defaulting in the future...

The Beiyuan envoy made some calculations and found that 32 cattle and sheep were exactly the limit of what he could call the shots!

Rather than...

The Beiyuan envoy hesitated for a long time.

Still can't make up my mind.

But at this time, Xu Huizu jumped out again and encouraged Zhu Yunxi to send troops to attack Beiyuan.

The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue even bluntly said that there is simply no end to the money in the treasury!
It's totally fine to fight!
Completely broke through the Beiyuan envoy's heart defense!

"Your Highness...I agree on behalf of Bei Yuan, and I hope His Highness can withdraw his troops and return to Beijing."

The envoy of Beiyuan was sweating profusely, and his whole body became weak.

It's like fighting a losing battle.

Zhu Yunxuan smiled nonchalantly and said, "After Beiyuan delivers 32 cattle and sheep."

"My Ming Dynasty will withdraw the troops."

(End of this chapter)