Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 358 Surrender
Hearing this, Ma Qi's face suddenly showed surprise, his eyes were shining brightly, and he quickly bowed and said: "Thank you, His Royal Highness, for your support."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said: "Do things well, I will know. I also know what you did before, and you did a good job. You didn't bully the people of Ming Dynasty, and you took care of your soldiers. This is a good job. In a few days, the imperial court will further open up business routes, so if you work hard and work hard, you will naturally have a bright future."

The meaning of this is very simple, that is, I know what you did before, but I don't blame you.

You can continue to work, but you must not forget your original intention, remember not to oppress the people of Ming Dynasty, and love your soldiers.As for those who are not common people of Ming Dynasty, that's up to you.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao also gave Ma Qi a promise, that is, if you do a good job, you will be reused. Of course, this promise also made Ma Qi move.

It is impossible for Zhu Houzhao to allow Ma Qi to operate here for decades. How did the Li family in Liaodong take shape?Raising bandits is self-respecting, and the tail is too big to lose.

Zhu Houzhao would never allow this to happen.

"Your Majesty understands, don't worry, Your Highness." Ma Qi promised quickly, and he also understood Zhu Houzhao's meaning in his heart.

"That's good, work hard, don't embarrass me." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

Ma Qi left with high morale.

Zhu Houzhao was lost in thought. He knew that he had opened another Pandora's box, and this Pandora's box contained the slave trade.

The Liaodong side has already started, and it has not been a year yet, and the Liaodong side is already preparing to go to war to plunder the shepherds and pastures.

Will it be okay in the Northwest?
The answer is no, once the capital sees blood, they will go up and bite directly, and they will not let it go until they bite the opponent to pieces.

Zhu Houzhao also knows the result and end of doing so, but he also knows that he has no choice, this is such a fucking era.

"Liu Jin, clean up and get ready to go back to Beijing!" Zhu Houzhao turned his head and glanced at Liu Jin standing behind him, and then ordered lightly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liu Jin agreed, and then retreated respectfully.

He could see that His Highness the Crown Prince was not in a good mood, so he had better go back and prepare obediently.

In the next two days, Zhu Houzhao and Wang Shouren discussed the westward strategy in detail, and at the same time discussed with Tang Hu how to govern.

On the morning of the third day, Zhu Houzhao set off with his cavalry, and he was going back to Beijing.

This trip to the northwest seemed to be anticlimactic, but Zhu Houzhao knew that he had almost done what he was going to do.

While Zhu Houzhao was preparing to return to Beijing, the war sentiment in the capital was once again on the rise, and more people began to join the ranks of advocating war.

The reason is simple, because of competition.

The news of the opening of the woolen mill in the northwest has already spread back to the capital, including that His Royal Highness is going to reopen the Silk Road.

This makes the nobles and gentry who are involved in Liaodong a little anxious. They need to quickly expand their scale and occupy the market, but the shortage of manpower is a big contradiction.To resolve this contradiction, the only way is to go to war to catch slaves.

Merchants are also recruiting refugees, but it is too expensive, and there are not enough refugees!
Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youtang put down these memorials a little irritatedly, he was very upset, he was never an emperor who took the initiative to start a war.

Although my son had fought a few times before, they were all counterattacks.But this time is different, this time it is Daming who wants to take the initiative.This made Zhu Youtang a little bit unable to change his mind.

The most important thing is that Zhu Youtang can't believe his ministers anymore.In the words of his son, these people advocated war in order to capture slaves and make money.

This subverts Zhu Youtang's three views. Aren't these people all reading sage books?Didn't they all say that they want to educate the barbarians?Why did he suddenly show his fangs now, as if he wanted to swallow the barbarian in one bite?

This always made Zhu Youtang a little at a loss, even a little scared.

"Where is the prince?" Zhu Youtang glanced at Yang Peng who was standing beside him, and asked directly.

"Return to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness has already set off, and he will return to Beijing soon." Yang Peng said with a smile.

In fact, Yang Peng has already answered this question several times, but when His Majesty asked, he had to say it.

Zhu Youtang also knew that he had asked, he sighed helplessly, found a place to sit down, Zhu Youtang said with a blank face: "Okay, you step back, let me be alone for a while. "

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Peng hurriedly agreed, then bowed and retreated.

After a short time, Yang Peng came back again. After seeing Yang Peng, Zhu Youtang was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the memorial from the Secretary of General Administration, the secret memorial from Yang Yiqing, Governor of Liaodong." Yang Peng quickly handed over a memorial and said in a respectful tone.

Zhu Youtang was taken aback, another memorial from Liaodong?Is it a war again?

If Yang Yiqing also came to invite the fight, Zhu Youtang would really be dissatisfied with Yang Yiqing.

Although this Yang Yiqing belongs to the prince, but this Yang Yiqing is a civil servant, the governor of Liaodong, is he going to make trouble?

"Bring it here!" Zhu Youtang said in a deep voice.

Yang Peng didn't dare to neglect, he hurried forward a few steps, and presented the memorial with respectful hands.

Taking the memorial over and flipping through it, Zhu Youtang showed a look of surprise on his face. It really wasn't a memorial to invite a battle, but a memorial to talk about things.

The content is also very simple, that is, the Horqin tribe of Mongolia sent people to Liaodong. What did they come for?
The answer is simple, they are here to ask for surrender.

Yes, please surrender, please ask Daming to accept their surrender, they are willing to surrender to Daming, pay tribute every year, profess ministers every year, and at the same time ask for canonization from Daming.

Zhu Youtang didn't know what to say when he saw this memorial. Now the situation is even more chaotic. Once this memorial is thrown out, what will the whole court think?
Now whether it is in the court or outside the court, everyone wants to beat Horqin and swallow their pasture and population, but if they accept Horqin's surrender, it is obviously inappropriate to do so.

But if they don't accept their surrender, then the tribes on the grassland will fight against Da Ming. No matter what reason Da Ming finds, it will be the same for the tribes on the grassland.

The reason is not important, the result is the most important, that is, Daming does not accept our surrender, let's fight!

This was not what Zhu Youtang wanted to see, this memorial completely put Zhu Youtang in a dilemma.

what can we do about it?

Why hasn't my son come back yet?

It's all his fault!

(End of this chapter)