Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 318 Changes in Wala
a few days later.

Hall of Martial Arts.

"Not only did King Shunning Tuhuan kill Xianyi King Taiping, but he also held a Hongmen Banquet and killed King Anle and Bald Polo. This shows that his wolfish ambitions are clearly exposed!"

Zhu Gaoxu stood with his hands behind his hands, standing in front of the huge "Map of the 20th Year of Emperor Yongle", looking at the location of the desert on the map, and said with emotion.

Prince Zhu Zhanyu, respectful uncle Wu Kezhong, and Minister of War Qi Tai stood aside.

Just now, Zhu Gaoxu was discussing the reform of the military system with the respectful uncle Wu Kezhong and the prince Zhu Zhanyu. Then Qitai, the Minister of War, came to see him and brought news of the uprising in Oara.

In the early years of Yongle, Zhu Di sent envoys to Oara many times to read out edicts to Oara aristocratic leaders Mahamu, Taiping, Batu Polo and others, and bestowed upon Mahamu and others cultural treasures and other gifts.

In the winter of the [-]th year of Yongle, Mahamu and others sent Nuan Dashi and others to Sui Yilasi to pay tribute to the horses in the Ming Dynasty, and still requested the Ming court to be canonized.

In the summer of the 11th year of Yongle, Zhu Di issued an edict and consecrated Mahamu as the King of Shunning, Taiping as the King of Xianyi, and Batu Polo as the King of Anle. They were also given seals respectively. Nuan Dashi and others were given banquets and rewards as usual.

In the 18th year of Yongle, Mahamu led the soldiers of the Oara tribe to fight against the Alutai tribe. Mahamu was defeated and died of illness soon after.

After Mahamu's death, Tuohuan inherited his father's throne and was canonized by Zhu Di as King Shunning in the 20th year of Yongle.

At that time, the entire Oara tribe was at a disadvantage in the struggle for hegemony with the Tatar tribe Arutai.

In fact, the real beneficiary of Zhu Di's third northern expedition was Wala Tuohuan.

At the turn of the 21st to 23rd years of Yongle, Wala was defeated by Arutai twice, but Tuohuan knew that Zhu Di would not tolerate Arutai dominating the desert, so he wholeheartedly expressed friendship to the Ming Dynasty.

In the summer of the 25th year of Yongle, Tuohuan took advantage of the power of the Ming Dynasty to send troops to Modong, defeated Arutai, and plundered all the people, horses, camels and sheep. Since then, his prestige has greatly increased.

In the first year of Qianxi, Tuohuan, together with the Xianyi King Taiping, Anle King Batu Polo and others, submitted their vassals to the Ming Dynasty for the first time and selected envoys to station in Beijing.

However, Tuohuan was afraid that Taiping and the Torgut tribe under his jurisdiction would truly surrender to the Ming Dynasty, so he killed King Xianyi Taiping in April of the second year of Qianxi. The Torgut tribe led by Xianyi King Taiping immediately collapsed.

The original plan of the father and son Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu was to maintain a tripartite confrontation between King Walashunning, King Xianyi, and King Anle, in order to avoid the situation of a dominant family.

However, with the death of King Xianyi Taiping, the balance was broken. King Shunning Tuohuan set up a Hongmen Banquet and trapped and killed King Anle's commander Tupolo.

From then on, Wala became the only one in the Churo family.

"Prince, do you know how old Tuohuan is this year?"

Zhu Gaoxu turned around and looked at Zhu Zhanyu and asked.

"Three out of forty."

Zhu Zhanyu replied without thinking.

Zhu Gaoxu continued: "How old is Arutai?"

"Sixty to five."

Zhu Zhanyu continued to answer quickly.

Zhu Gaoxu asked again: "How old is Tuohuan's eldest son?"

Zhu Zhanyu said: "Nineteen."

"very good!"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded with satisfaction.

Qi Tai, who was standing next to him, was slightly surprised. He was quite surprised by Prince Zhu Zhanyu's answer.

During the Yongle period, he and Zhu Di went out to the fortress twice. At that time, he saw Zhu Zhanyu's horsemanship and knew that the prince was also a brave and ruthless person.

But he didn't expect that Zhu Zhanyu had such a deep understanding of the actual rulers of Oara and Tatar.

However, the respectful uncle Wu Kezhong on the side stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word. He obviously knew where the prince Zhu Zhanyu's "ambition" was.

"My son, I have always kept in mind the teachings of the emperor. I would rather forget my own age than the age of my enemy. As the saying goes, only if you know yourself and the enemy, you can win every battle."

Zhu Zhanyu said respectfully.

Zhu Gaoxu said "hmm" first, and then asked: "What do you think of this person?"

"My son, I met him once last year."

Zhu Zhanyu thought: "This man is mighty and strong, about the same height as his ministers, his eyes are deep, and he is very powerful. He doesn't seem to be easy to deal with."

In the first year of Qianxi's reign, the tribes of the Wala came to pay tribute. He was ordered to entertain Tuohuan and other three kings of the Wala at a banquet. At that time, he was also part of the entourage and attended the banquet.

Zhu Gaoxu asked: "What are this person's hobbies and temperament?"

"Hobby temperament?"

Zhu Zhanyu was slightly surprised.

Zhu Gaoxu joked: "You keep saying 'know yourself and know the enemy', don't you know what your hobbies are first?"

"My son is stupid and has never known this person's hobbies and habits."

Zhu Zhanyu quickly bowed and said, "Father, please punish me."

"Shortly after I succeeded to the throne, I transferred a group of experts from Jin Yiwei to spy on intelligence and put them under your charge." Zhu Gaoxu frowned slightly and said: "This capital is not far from the desert. In addition to using these people to find Marquis Gao Yang, you Apart from the descendants, you have never thought of sending them to check out my Ming Dynasty’s enemies in the north?”

"The prince is busy with the six ministries' secular affairs and takes care of His Majesty's worries. It is inevitable that he cannot take care of overseas affairs occasionally."

The respectful uncle Wu Kezhong quickly opened his mouth to smooth things over for his son-in-law.

"Are the affairs of the six ministries secular affairs?"

Zhu Gaoxu glared at Wu Kezhong and asked, "Besides, is Wala outside the country?"

"Oh, I am really confused. I made a mistake and deserve to be punished."

The respectful uncle Wu Kezhong hurriedly bowed and saluted to apologize.

Zhu Gaoxu ignored Wu Kezhong's "performance", stared at him and asked: "Uncle Gongshun, is the Black Water Guard (Yijinai) very close to Moxiwala?"

"Yes."

Wu Kezhong said respectfully.

"I have appointed you as the Military Admiral of the First Army of Shaanxi and Puzhou. You will command the troops to garrison the Blackwater Guards. You will be in charge of reorganizing the surrounding guards of the Blackwater Guards. After the guards are converted into militia, they will need to plow the fields and graze the animals."

Zhu Gaoxu ordered: "Find for me a farmland from Heishuiwei that is closest to Wala. I will give this farmland to the prince, so that the prince will send someone to Heishuiwei to change the name."

"The minister leads the order."

Wu Kezhong bowed and said: "I will start handling this matter after I return."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Zhanyu and asked, "Prince, do you know my intentions?"

"My father hopes that my son can make great achievements in the military."

Zhu Zhanyu said with a serious expression.

"I have another will for you."

Zhu Gaoxu turned around, walked to the armchair next to him, sat down, put his arms on the armrests of the chair, and ordered: "From now on, until the twelfth lunar month, you will inspect the three armies of the Beijing Camp for me."

"My son obeys the order."

Zhu Zhanyu immediately bowed and accepted the order.

"According to tradition, I should be in charge of this autumn's royal hunt. However, reforming the military system is a major matter and there is no room for carelessness, so this year's hunt will be left to you."

Zhu Gaoxu ordered again: "You need to inform your cousins, cousins, and nephews who are studying in the Royal Academy in advance about this matter, so as not to cause trouble later."

"My son leads the order."

Zhu Zhanyu saluted again.

Zhu Gaoxu paused, glanced at the faces of Zhu Zhanyu, Qi Tai, and Wu Kezhong, and asked: "Tuohuan successively killed King Taiping of Xianyi and King Anle of Tuboluo. The next step must be to merge all the ministries and unify them." Wala. How do you think the court should respond to the changes that have taken place in Wala’s senior leadership?"

"My ministers think that the son of Taiping, Nielie, can be appointed as the virtuous and righteous king, and he can continue to use the Turgut tribe to suppress the disgraced Choros tribe."

Zhu Zhanyu has always been obsessed with conquering the Oara and Tatars. He has deduced various changes in the desert very early, including how to deal with the situation where a certain tribe is dominated by one family, so he answered very simply.

"The strategy proposed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in line with the Emperor's method of controlling Oala and balancing the desert. I second my opinion."

Wu Kezhong bowed and echoed.

Zhu Gaoxu remembered that Ming Xuanzong did this in history.

However, King Tuohuan of Shunning was very dissatisfied with Ming Xuanzong's actions, and immediately sent troops to conquer the Turhut tribe, and made the Turhut tribe his subordinate tribe to follow the Choros tribe in their expeditions east and west.

Because "since Renzong was not diligent and far-sighted, Xuanzong inherited it", Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty had no intention of sending troops and allowed King Shunning Tuohuan to annex the Turgut tribe.

So Tuo Huan seized the opportunity and set out to unify the desert.

In the sixth year of Xuande, he severely wounded Arutai of the Tatar tribe. He welcomed Tuituo Buhua as a Khan, established himself as prime minister, and took control of the real power. He killed Arutai three years later, and destroyed Atai Khan four years later, thus unifying the country. Desert.

"What do you think, Qi Qing?"

Zhu Gaoxu turned his attention to Qitai, Minister of War, and asked slowly.

"Your Majesty, Tuohuan is the king of Fanman who was canonized by the imperial court. Taiping and Batu Polo are also the king of Fanman who were canonized by the imperial court. They are both subjects of the Ming Dynasty."

Qi Tai saluted and said, "I feel that the imperial court can send troops to attack Tuo Huan's Choros tribe on the grounds that Tuo Huan was good at killing the two kings as punishment."

"What Qi Qing said is true. If you kill the two kings if you take off the joy, where will the majesty of the court be lost? The barbarians fear power but not virtue, so the court should send troops to attack them!"

Zhu Gaoxu said solemnly.

"My father is wise, and my sons and ministers have no objections."

Zhu Zhanyu was overjoyed, but his face was as calm as usual.

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu glanced over, the respectful uncle Wu Kezhong said quickly: "I second my proposal."

(End of this chapter)