Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 242 Easily pass the beauty test?
In the evening, many bonfires were lit in the tribe of Arutai.

I saw the women and children in the tribe singing and dancing. It was completely different from the conflict that had just occurred during the day, and even the more than 5000 Ming troops participated in it. It was very lively.

There is only one reason, Zhu Zhen did what he said.

Although Zhu Chu later made public Alutai's surrender, and for the time being still regards Alutai as the tribal leader.

However, Zhu Chu also said in front of everyone that Arutai would become the commander of the Arutai tribe and temporarily exercise the privilege of military and political control. However, all the previous powers as the tribal leader were abolished.

In other words, Arutai was no longer the slave owner of his own tribe, but was unilaterally given the official title of the Ming Dynasty system by Zhu Zhen.

It stands to reason that this is not only treason, but also a disregard for the court and the emperor.

Good guy, a commander, was it something you promised and set up casually?

But Zhu Zhen had no choice but to act cheaply. Anyway, Zhu Yuanzhang had given him the Shangfang Sword, and he would have something to say when he returned.

Besides, Arutai is brave after all, and his tribe is quite large, with more than a dozen.

We can't let him be a county magistrate, right?

What's more, men on the grassland are warriors when they mount their horses, so they can only be used as commanders.

And in the afternoon, Zhu Zhen had already asked his soldiers to count how many families there were in the tribe and how many people each family had.

At the same time, he also distributed the cattle, sheep and horses of the entire tribe uniformly as promised, and divided them equally among each family according to their population.

Zhu Ming also made it clear that these properties will be yours from now on. If Arutai dares to take it by force, he will personally punish him.

Are you worried that Zhu will be out of reach?

It doesn't matter, you can go to Ningxia Town to file a complaint.

This was the reason why everyone was singing and dancing. They never expected that the arrival of the Ming army not only did not harm them, but actually liberated them.

Now they finally understand what Zhu Chu means by liberation.

Zhu Zhen also slaughtered some of the extra cattle and sheep so that all his soldiers and everyone in the tribe could have enough to eat and drink.

In normal times, only Arutai can enjoy these delicious meats.

But today, not only can everyone eat and drink to their heart's content, but they don't have to be careful lest they incur Arutai's dissatisfaction.

This is the taste of freedom.

At the same time, Zhu Chu was also surprised that the Arutai tribe was not small in size, even though he had bartered with Shen Rong before and allocated a lot of cattle and sheep to each family.

But there were still too many cattle and sheep.

So Zhu Chu took the initiative and informed everyone in the tribe that he planned to transport the extra cattle and sheep to Ningxia Town, and then exchange them for a large amount of grain to be sent here.

After all, these people have become the people of Zhu Zhen and Daming. He also knows that the winter on the grassland is very difficult, and it is impossible to let them starve to death.

Although the meat of cattle and sheep is more delicious than that of cattle and sheep, it can be exchanged for a large amount of food to feed more people and survive this winter.

This also made everyone even more excited and grateful to Zhu Zhen.

Although those cattle and sheep originally belonged to the tribe, strictly speaking they did not belong to them, but were Arutai's private property.

So no one felt dissatisfied, but instead thought that Zhu Zhen had conquered them. Originally, they were all his spoils and private property.

But Zhu Chu planned to use his own things to exchange important food for everyone to survive the winter.

This makes everyone feel lucky that they made the right choice.

I am also glad that it was Zhu Zhen and the Ming army, otherwise if it were other tribes on the grassland, they would just plunder them.

People from other tribes don't care whether they live or die.

The lively party lasted until nearly midnight.

Zhu Chu also participated, but he was not good at dancing, so accompanied by the newly surrendered generals Arutai and Wang Fu, he just sat in a distinguished place and watched the excitement, and ate a lot of barbecue. I also drank a lot of milk wine unique to the grassland.

Milk wine has a long history, and it is also the highest etiquette for distinguished guests.

Since Arutai has surrendered to Zhu Chu, he naturally has to offer a toast in person.

Even the roasted whole lamb was cooked by Arutai himself and he frequently cut the meat for Zhu Chu.

To put it bluntly, Arutai still maintained the slavery system and regarded himself as Zhu Chu's domestic slave.

But he was a big man after all, and Zhu Chu soon got tired of it.

In addition, the alcohol content of the milk wine was not high, so Zhu Zhen drank a little too much.

"Minminte, why don't you help the prince to rest quickly?" Arutai greeted.

And what he was calling was his sister, who was both his only sister and his half-sister.

Zhu Zhen was stunned: "Minmin Temuer?"

Isn't that the Mongolian name of Zhao Min, who is based on Guanyin Nu?
"No, this is my sister Min Min Te. Haven't you seen her during the day?" Arutai explained. She is only called Min Min Te, not Min Min Te Mu.

In fact, Mongolian names are quite complicated, because except for the golden family of Genghis Khan, most ordinary Mongolians do not have surnames, only first names.

For example, Arutai.

At most, some people will use their tribal name as their surname.

So Arutai's sister is only called Minminte, which may be a relatively common name on the grassland?
Zhu Ming also overreacted, because he almost met that 'Zhao Min' not long ago.

Then Zhu Chu was supported by Arutai's sister and walked towards a yurt yurt.

Originally this yurt belonged to Arutai, but now it is empty.

Arutai has several wives, and each wife has her own yurt, so he naturally has a place to spend the night, so he doesn't have to worry.

But after entering the yurt, Na Minmin had no intention of going out, but stayed to serve Zhu Ming.

Zhu Ming narrowed his eyes slightly. He was just tipsy, but not drunk. After all, with his current physical condition and the low concentration of milk wine, he would not be unconscious.

Zhu Ming was secretly on guard, wanting to see what Min Minte wanted to do. Could it be that he wanted to assassinate him?
There is also the possibility of pretending to surrender and then secretly plotting against oneself.

But if something happens to them tonight, aren't they afraid that their troops will raze the entire tribe to the ground?

'Clatter'.

There was a sound of water, and it turned out that Min Minte had wetted a handkerchief, turned around and came to Zhu Chu, stretched out a pair of soft hands, bit her lips, and went to untie Zhu Chu's clothes.

It turned out that when he was attending a lively party, although Zhu Xi did not go out to dance, he had to eat and drink by the bonfire. Later, he felt too hot and took off his armor.

Now he only had a piece of cloth on his body, which was easily untied by Min Minte.

When Min Minte saw Zhu Ming's strong and muscular chest, she couldn't help but breathe quickly.

"That's enough," Zhu Ming finally couldn't pretend anymore, sat up, and reached out to close his clothes.

Why is this girl so brave?
He finally saw that Min Minte didn't intend to stab himself to death, but he wanted to do something wrong to him.

"Brother You asked you to come?" Zhu Ming frowned, with a displeased expression, and said, "I have already said that you are no longer anyone's slaves, and I am not your master, even if you have to say so. Your Majesty. Arutai is my subordinate, not a domestic slave."

Zhu Chu wanted a strong warrior, and it was precisely because he valued Arutai's integrity and loyalty that he would rather die than surrender that he became interested in talents.

But what is this?
Zhu Chu had heard before that Mongolians treated guests with their wives and daughters, but that was not the case.

Because the grassland implements a slavery system, the so-called distinguished guest is actually the master.

Especially after one tribe was defeated and conquered by another tribe, its wives and daughters became prisoners of the other tribe.

Even Genghis Khan's wife was taken away.

This is a force majeure factor.

But Zhu Chu did not need to exercise the so-called slave owner's privileges in this way.

"No," Min Minte quickly explained: "Actually, this was also my and grandma's idea."

"Marriage?" Zhu Ming revealed Min Minte's plan in one word.

Min Min nodded and admitted generously.

The Arutai family had just surrendered, and Zhu Chu was planning to emancipate the slaves, which made the Arutai family panic.

What's more, they have become accustomed to privileges and have never thought of marrying Zhu Ji. As long as they dedicate their Min Minte to Zhu Ji, they will have a special identity and status.

Moreover, Mongolia has a polygamous system. In addition to the eldest wife, other wives also have their own yurts, which means that the status of the concubines is not low.

So even if Min Minte can't be his wife, it's not a loss to dedicate her to Zhu Ming.

Zhu Ming suddenly felt dumbfounded. He recalled that there was Xu Miaojin in Yingtian City who had yet to deal with the matter. Unexpectedly, Min Minte came here again. He immediately waved his hands impatiently and said: "No, I don't need to suspect anyone." Don't be suspicious of people, just let your brother serve me wholeheartedly, it's more reliable than any marriage." He will not be fooled by the beauty relationship.

Na Minmin stood aside aggrievedly.

She is only fourteen or fifteen years old, which is almost the same as Zhu Zhen's actual age.

What's even more commendable is that although she is a grassland woman, Minminte's skin is fair and flawless, her hands are like catkins and her skin is like gelatin.

She is very beautiful, but it is a pity that Zhu Zhen cares about his ambition and dominance rather than the small love between a man and a woman.

Otherwise, during these days when Zhu Chu was in Yingtian, even if he didn't go to see the flower boats on the Qinhuai River, he would have hundreds of beautiful maids in his own house. If he wanted to visit anyone, it wouldn't be a matter of words. thing.

Even if Mu Qiu finds out in the future, it is normal and she will not say anything.

But Zhu Chu is really not obsessed with it, except for Mu Qiu, who is his wife.

So Zhu Chu ignored Min Minte's aggrieved look and drove her out with a cold heart.

Naturally, this little incident was nothing. Zhu Chu lay down and rested, because he still had business to do tomorrow.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning came.

Zhu Zhu had a good sleep comfortably. He was not worried at all about the possibility of a night attack by the Mongols he had conquered yesterday, because he had absolute confidence that even if he didn't take out the big pineapple, he would have enough ability to protect himself.

But when Zhu Chu came out of the yurt, he happened to meet Wang Fu coming over and looking sideways inside.

"What are you looking at? Do you think I stole someone?" Zhu Zhen cursed inwardly, "Damn", is this king so unbearable?

Wang Fu laughed sarcastically and asked: "Your Highness, will you continue to conquer other tribes in Arutai today?"

"Ah," Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "And there is no need to go one by one. Since Arutai has surrendered, let him send people to inform other tribes today. Then we will divide the troops and send people to receive them and make changes. Earth returns to flow.”

Although the people on the grassland had no land to divide, Zhu Zhu treated the tribe's cattle and sheep as property, which also had the effect of redistributing property.

"Although the people's hearts are not yet stable now, as long as we go back and buy a large amount of food and distribute it to them, we can further stabilize their loyalty."

As Zhu Ming spoke, his heart moved, and he secretly called out the system interface.

With systematic help, he can observe the loyalty issues of the people under his rule at any time.

Even after Arutai surrendered, his loyalty was obvious.

Because they are newcomers, their loyalty is generally not very high, and naturally they cannot be compared with the people of Yunnan.

But it’s not too low, at least it won’t be thinking about rebellion anytime and anywhere.

Therefore, Zhu Zhen has a lot of confidence that he can quickly win over their sincerity.

"But you didn't tell me before that 3 of the 2 people were killed, and only 8000 were still alive," Wang Fu reminded Zhu Zhu in a low voice.

Your Highness, please don’t forget that you have killed many of my family members.

Of course Zhu Zhen didn't forget it, but they were on the battlefield at that time, and the two sides were in a hostile relationship. What's more, it was Alutai who led the people to attack Ningxia Town in Qiufeng.

If Zhu Chu hadn't rushed to help in time, it would have been a different situation. By then, the Ningxia garrison would have been slaughtered, and even the ancient city of Ningxia would have been burned to the ground.

So Zhu Ming said with an indifferent expression: "You can say whatever you want to say. Whatever is going on is what is going on. I will ask the prisoners after I go back. If they want to die, I will help them, otherwise they will just If you can surrender obediently. Besides, Mongolians are polygamists, so it shouldn’t be a big problem.”

Wang Fu had a strange expression on his face, remembering His Highness's dirty tricks in Yingjiang after he eliminated Dao Ganmeng.

Dao Ganmeng's tens of thousands of troops at that time were already the strongest men in the city. Once they died, only widows, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled were left in the city.

As a result, His Highness actually asked the [-] warriors of Otao to find ways to fill the vacancies and seize the bamboo shoots.

You killed someone else's man, and you let someone else do it seamlessly?Is it okay?

Now it's this kind of saucy operation again, right?
Thank you for thinking about it.

"You seem to be thinking of something very rude?" Zhu Zhen glanced at Wang Fu.

Wang Fu quickly said: "I'll call Arutai."

Zhu Zhen snorted in a funny and angry tone and let him run away.

Arutai heard Zhu Chu's call and quickly rushed over with Wang Fu.

Zhu Chu explained his plan, and Alutai naturally had no choice but to follow it.

So Zhu Chu led the army to continue to be stationed at the headquarters of Arutai, and Arutai personally selected some people from the tribe to convey the news to other surrounding tribes.

After these people came back and confirmed that the tribes accepted the status quo, Zhu Ming could easily subdue these tribes by sending troops separately.

According to the final statistics, there are a total of twelve tribes in Arutai. Except for the main tribe, which is the largest, the other tribes are also not small.

Among them, the current population of the main tribe is more than 300, and the population of other tribes is between 5000 and [-].

As all the tribes in Arutai surrendered and fell under Zhu Chu's sphere of influence, he also had his own territory and people in the Mobei grassland, with a total population of 6.

If you include the 10 cavalry that Arutai led before, he is actually a small noble from a tribe of [-] people.

In addition to population, according to Zhu Chu's arrangement, the Ming army sent later went to those tribes to carry out Zhu Chu's political and ideological work, that is, to tell the people of those tribes the disadvantages of the slavery system and the benefits of liberating them. .

Of course, the most practical thing is to distribute cattle, sheep and other livestock to each household, and promise that they will be their personal private property. Even Arutai will no longer be able to plunder them in the future.

As these practical benefits were distributed, Zhu Zheng gained the surrender of the herdsmen.

And in addition, when the troops sent to various tribes returned to the Arutai headquarters to gather, they even brought back a large number of cattle, sheep and important horses.

Counting the excess livestock in Arutai headquarters, there are a total of [-] cattle, [-] sheep, and [-] horses.

Just this, after allocating it to each herdsman household, it is considered 'surplus'.

It can be seen that the Arutai tribe is not poor, but these livestock used to be the private property of Arutai. The herdsmen could only work hard to take care of and herd them, but they could not eat them. They could only watch the Arutai master enjoy the hot food. of.

With such wealth, even if it is not overwhelming, there is no problem if you want to survive this winter.

"Arutai, you obviously have so many cattle and sheep, but you still want to fight against the autumn wind?" Zhu Zhen couldn't help but asked Arutai.

Arutai said coquettishly: "Your Highness, I was not your subordinate before, so I can't settle the scores later."

Zhu Ming rolled his eyes: "I don't want to settle accounts with you, I'm just curious."

"Actually, I want to raise a large amount of food and grass for Guilichi. Once a full-scale war begins with the four tribes of Wala, these will not be enough," Arutai explained.

Zhu Xi nodded, but he had forgotten about it.

There will soon be chaos on the grassland. First, there will be a conflict between the grassland people themselves and their big men, and then there will be a conflict between the two major tribal forces, the Oara and the Tatar. The most important thing is the struggle for power, commonly known as the land grab.

Zhu Xinxin said that maybe he could do something.

But before that, Zhu Zhen asked his Ming army to gather the livestock first, preparing to drive them to Ningxia Town and then send them into the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Of course, these are not meant to be taken away for nothing. Although theoretically speaking, these are considered Zhu Chen's personal trophies, that is, his private property. Even if he really takes them all, no one will say anything.

But if he wanted to win the loyalty and popular support of the herdsmen, Zhu Ming had to bring a large amount of food from the pass to these tribes before winter, as he promised.

Because these tribes are already his territory and people.

"I plan to go back today," Zhu Chu told Arutai: "At the same time, I will convert these animals into food and send them to you as soon as possible. You don't have to worry, this winter will only be better."

Arutai was about to look happy.

But I heard Zhu Chu continue to say: "But if I hear that after I leave, you Arutai will become a slave master again. Let's see if I don't skin you then."

Arutai quickly swore and made a promise: "Arutai will never forget His Highness's instructions, and will never dare to betray His Highness. The sun and the moon can serve as a guide, and I can swear to the sacred mountain on the grassland."

Speaking of the sacred mountains on the grassland, one of them is Langjuxu Mountain, right?

Zhu Zhen showed a thoughtful expression.

Then, Zhu Zhen was ready to return in triumph.

Speaking of which, it has been more than half a month since he left Ningxia Town, right?I don’t know how anxious those conductors were.

It's time to go back too.

But on the way back, before reaching Helan Mountain, Zhu Zhen encountered a female general in white on the way.

"Is it her? Why is she here?"

(PS: Let me report the situation to the readers. I woke up the day before yesterday on the 28th and started to have trouble with my eyes. My right eye was completely red and swollen, with conjunctivitis. The whites of my eyes were very red and bloodshot. It was the same thing yesterday. I couldn’t open my eyes and couldn’t see. Light, very photophobic.

It had happened once before, so I just put some eye drops and rested for two days and it was fine.This time, I didn’t expect that it was already the third day and it was still like this.I went out today to buy new eye drops and prescribed a box of anti-inflammatory drugs.It's like saying that I didn't write a word for three days, and all I did was save manuscripts.Fortunately, I have some manuscripts.But it has also bottomed out.

If it doesn't get better tomorrow, you have to go to the hospital.However, updates may be interrupted for a day or two at that time, so I would like to say hello to everyone in advance.It's really not intentional.I hope things will go well tomorrow. I’m afraid I’ll forget a lot of plots if I don’t write them down. )
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