I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 355

The matter of Yang Shiqi's son Yang Dao privately opening the tea horse exchange actually fell on Li Tian's table a month ago.

At that time, Li Tian didn't delve into the matter because of Yang Shiqi's loyalty.

In order to cover him, Li Tian even sent Meng Xianying, Marquis of Baoding, who was going to use this incident to attack Yang Shiqi, to Fengyang to guard the imperial tomb.

If you just use the tea horse trade to make some money, it seems harmless to Li Tian.

Yang Dao managed the trade fair by himself, and it was not much worse than the trade fairs organized by the three imperial courts. It can be seen that he is also a rare talent.

But if it is mixed with collusion with the enemy and treason, then the matter must be dealt with seriously.

In fact, in the original history, Yang Shiqi resigned because his son Yang Dao was accused of manipulating the tea horse trade, and because of this incident, he resigned every two years and died of illness.

Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu, who is still just a bachelor and has not joined the cabinet, are called Sanyang, and they are very outstanding ministers in the early Ming Dynasty.

All three experienced the four dynasties of Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, and Zhengtong. They were very important ministers in the early Ming Dynasty, and even became a model for cabinet ministers to assist the government.

Yang Shiqi, in particular, is not only outstanding in literary talent, but also one of the creators, practitioners, and promoters of Taige style poetry.

He was one of the leading figures in the Ming Dynasty literary world at that time.

Such a politician, writer and poet devoted almost all of his life to the Ming court, assisted four generations of emperors, and made great contributions to the continuation of the old Zhu family's dynasty for more than 200 years.

But it was such a hero who finally fell to his son's manipulation of the tea-horse trade.

If success or failure is judged by merit, Yang Shiqi's life can be considered successful and lucky.

However, if one were to judge a hero by virtue of his fame, he was a failure and a miserable one.

The reputation of hard work and hard work all his life was ruined by his son's momentary greed.

Although Li Tian didn't know the final achievements of San Yang, he didn't know the ending of Yang Shiqi in the original history.

But he admired Yang Shiqi's ability and enlightened vision very much, and he also trusted him as the chief assistant.

It can be said that he can be so relaxed as an emperor, and he can have a lot of time every day to study things and deal with other things.

The assistance of Yang Shiqi and others is crucial.

If Yang Dao manipulated the tea-horse trade just to earn a little money and enjoy himself, he would just turn a blind eye and pretend that he didn't know, and forget it.

But if he was really making money while also helping people from other races sneak into the Central Plains to steal information, it would be impossible for Li Tian to spare him.

That's why he interrupted Liu Gang before he could tell the story.

Liu Gang was not surprised when Li Tian interrupted his words suddenly, but what puzzled him was.

Generally, the emperor would be shocked and angry when he heard that his subjects had colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, but Li Tian didn't have such an expression.

All he showed was confusion and regret.

Liu Gang's brain turned very quickly, and he guessed the reason in less than a moment. There are many stories in history that the emperor valued a certain minister, even though he knew that he was corrupt and indulgent.

For example, Heshen in the age of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty.

Didn't Qianlong know that He Shen was greedy for money? With Qianlong being so smart and writing more than 4 poems in his life, how could he not know.

It is because He Shen is a capable minister and a person who can help him solve his problems, that's why Qianlong indulged him all the time, and did not do anything to him when he was dying.

Liu Gang also quickly understood Li Tian's mood at this time, but he was not far from death at this time, and there was nothing to be afraid of at all.

After a weird chuckle, he continued,

"Your Majesty, don't you really want to know why Agula and others entered the Central Plains, and who assigned them?"

In Li Tian's opinion, the matter of the grassland is nothing more than a disease of ringworm and scabies, which is not a cause for concern. After the new army is completed, the whole world will have no rivals from Ming Dynasty. Even if there is a change in the grassland at this time, as long as the Central Plains is stable, the overall situation will be stable will shake.

Seeing that Liu Gang was still talking nonstop, Li Tiangang wanted someone to pull him down.

But he suddenly thought of a new possibility, and suddenly had a new idea.

With eyes half closed, he said calmly,

"Well, I suddenly became interested, you might as well tell me!"

Li Tian's sudden change caught Liu Gang a little off guard. He kept thinking about Li Tian's plan in his heart, but he said truthfully,
"Your Majesty should know what the main purpose of the late emperor's five Northern Expeditions was!"

"Of course I know, but it's just to clean the border and wipe out the remaining forces of Beiyuan."

"Hehe, since Your Majesty is aware of this, do you know that although the late emperor's five Northern Expeditions can almost be called complete victories, he killed many remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty each time.

But Daming's real enemy was not killed, and even now he is still alive and well. "

Hearing what he said, Li Tian suddenly became interested, straightened up and said bluntly,
"You mean, this guy Alutai"

Liu Gang nodded and said,
"That's right, it's him! Your Majesty may know that Alutai is originally from the Asut tribe.

But does your Majesty know that the Asut tribe is not actually a native Mongol, but a Mongol with Persian ancestry! "

Hearing this, Li Tian became even more interested. He had also known about Arutai when he was learning about the tribes of Mongolia.

But I only learned a little bit from the side of what Alutai did, and I didn't know much about his personality and background.

This is not surprising, the records of the Ming Dynasty are incomplete, but this is the limitation of this era.

But Liu Gang was different. Jin Yiwei could be regarded as an intelligence agency. As the commander of Jin Yiwei, he could also be regarded as an ancestor-level figure engaged in intelligence.

When he understands a person, he is not limited to what this person has done and what he is about to do, but he has to check all eight generations of his ancestors.

When he was wanted by the imperial court, it was not unexpected for him to go to Mobei to join Alutai.

Since he has mastered the Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty for so many years, he has collected the secrets of countless important officials of the Ming Dynasty. If he uses these to help Mongolia, he will definitely be reused by Alutai.

It's just that he's used to the rich clothes and fine food in the Central Plains, and it's impossible for him to endure the daily life of eating and sleeping in the open, so this matter has faded away.

But when he was collecting information before, he still collected a lot of information about Alutai.

"Hehe, this news is new. A descendant of Persia has become Beiyuan's Grand Master and has led Beiyuan for so many years. These Mongols are really simple!"

(End of this chapter)