Red House Shoufu

Chapter 242 War and Peace

From ancient times to the present, the grassland peoples in the north have always been the confidants of the Central Plains dynasty. From the Huns to the Tatar Oirats today, countless beacons were made by them who were greedy for the colorful world of the Central Plains and went south.

Great Chu has been constantly fighting against the grasslands since the founding of the country. In the past hundred years, the offensive and defensive positions have been different several times, and the important towns on the nine borders have often been breached.

However, the Da Chu family has a great cause, and since the founding of the country, the Taizu has promoted martial arts among the people. Although this makes the government a bit of a headache to manage the people, it also provides the court with a steady stream of brave soldiers.

In the 22nd year of Longsheng, the Supreme Emperor was on the throne. After nearly ten years of several northern expeditions, he finally beat the Tatars and Oirats so that they dare not show their faces.The emperor of the Central Plains once again became the Heavenly Khan of the Grassland. The Oala Tatars paid a tribute every two years.

It's a pity that as the Supreme Emperor gradually aged, the generals of the older generation passed away one after another, the generals were ineffective, and corruption was rampant in the army.

But the grassland was silently growing itself while licking its wounds. By the 40th year of Longsheng, Datongwei was once again broken by the Oala army, and tens of thousands of people were captured.

If it weren't for the Taiyuan defenders who were brave enough to block the wolf-like captives with their flesh and blood, the prosperous Gyeonggi would become a purgatory on earth.

In less than 20 years, the crippled grassland once again became a serious problem for the imperial court, and the old and frail emperor was no longer wise and powerful.

Alchemy and Taoism, suspicion of the crown prince, and finally in a palace change, the Great Chu Dynasty lost nearly half of its strength by its own people.

The alternation of the old and new emperors has brought turmoil in the capital and even the local area.Taking advantage of the internal strife of the Central Plains Dynasty, the grassland continuously sucked the blood from the great Chu's internal strife, and continuously strengthened its own strength.

Now that the imperial court is getting more and more peaceful, what are the Tatars and Wala, who have become stronger again, planning to come to the capital to do?

Lin Shu followed Fang Huai along the palace wall to the hall of the Ministry of Rites, and while dealing with Fang Huai's problems, he wondered what the plans of Oara, Tatar, and the Raksha Kingdom far to the northwest were up to.

"Student pays homage to teacher!"

Walking into the lobby of the Ministry of Rites, there is only Qian Qianli, the Minister of Rites sitting inside.Fang Huai, who was leading the way, had already left. Lin Shu bowed and greeted Qian Qianli.

Qian Qianli had a lot of gray hair on his temples, his body was thin and his bird's nest was sunken.He waved his hand casually to let Lin Shu sit down, and then directly put the three credentials in front of Lin Shu.

"This is the credential of Tatar, Wala, and Raksha. You should read it first."

Lin Shu opened it according to his words, and the first one was the Tatar national book. Although it still called the emperor Tian Khan, there was no respect in the words. Hetao area.

But Wala went too far, even asking His Majesty Tian Khan to uphold justice in the name of the king of Xining County arbitrarily launching a frontier quarrel and killing the herdsmen of Wala, and asking His Majesty Tian Khan to compensate Wala 500,000 for the murder of the herdsmen and the seizure of the flock. Taels of silver and salt and iron are not equal.

The last one is the letter of credence of the Raksha Kingdom. Judging from the handwriting, the letter of credence of the Raksha Kingdom should be written by the Wala people. The style of the words and sentences is very similar. Great Chu trade.

Lin Shu calmly read the three credentials and looked up at Qian Qianli.I only heard Qian Qianli ask: "What do you think is the real purpose of the Three Kingdoms coming to the capital?"

"Tatar's request is to cede land, and Oara's request is to pay compensation. Whoever agrees to these two will become a sinner of Da Chu. Of course, there may not be no one in the court who is willing to fornicate. It must be a big forest. What kind of people Both. But there is one thing, as long as there are people who are willing to negotiate peace talks, those who are not willing to negotiate peace talks will be labeled as warlike and dangerous."

Lin Shu sneered, and continued: "The most interesting credential of the Raksha Kingdom is not so much the credential of the Raksha Kingdom, but rather the second credential of Wala. Even the person who wrote the credential is not willing to change it. One, it can be seen that they also know that the first one will not be successful."

In the letter of credence of the Raksha Kingdom, it wants to establish diplomatic relations with Great Chu on an equal footing, and open trading ports in Hami, Suzhou, Liangzhou, and Ningxia Siwei, the important towns in Hexi, to open up the road to mutual markets between the two countries.

But these military guards are all adjacent to Oala and Dachu. The Luocha Kingdom is thousands of miles away in the northwest of Dachu, separated by Oara.

According to calculations from Lin Shu's previous life's memory and information from Ma Fanteng, the Raksha Kingdom at this time is the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which defeated the Great Horde several decades ago and became the hegemony in Eastern Europe.

Today's Grand Duke of Moscow is Vasily III, and his desire for land is much stronger than his father Ivan III.Lin Shu wouldn't be surprised if Wala made a promise to him to exchange a certain piece of land for the cooperation of the two families.

However, the distance between the Raksha Kingdom and the Great Chu is so far, what kind of benefits did Wala promise to make the Raksha Kingdom, which is thousands of miles away, so interested.

Lin Shu smacked his lips, and raised his own doubts: "Look, teacher, the location of the exchange market proposed by the Raksha Kingdom is all on the border with Oala in our dynasty. Good thing, this is obviously for Wala."

While talking, Lin Shu picked up a pen and drew a simple map on paper, explaining the geographical location of the four countries to Qian Qianli.

Although Qian Qianli didn't understand geographical location very well, Lin Shu's explanation was still very simple and easy to understand.After listening to Lin Shu's explanation, Qian Qianli frowned even more.

"How could the Oirats use such a crude and flawed scheme?"

"Master, their purpose is definitely not the mutual market!"

Lin Shu clasped his fists and said: "Of course, their purpose is not to take back the land of Hetao or compensate the herdsmen as stated in the letter of credence. The students feel that the Three Kingdoms are just acting, deliberately provoking the court's wrath..."

Qian Qianli nodded: "What you said makes sense, but these are just speculations. Although the power of Guochao is not as strong as it was more than 20 years ago, it can still be forcibly suppressed compared to Tatars and Oirats."

It is impossible to wipe out the Wala Tatars. No matter how rich Chu's family is, he can't stand the war with the Wala Tatars at the same time.

However, the diplomatic strategy of pulling one and fighting one, the large, medium and small foxes in the Ministry of Rites who are responsible for tributary and diplomatic relations are more powerful than one.

In the first year of Zhide, the emperor's canonization split the Tatar into two tribes.For eight full years, Tatars were busy dealing with civil strife, winning eight precious years for Da Chu.

Now the Forbidden Army and Frontier Army have fully developed. If Jiubai really changes, as long as the whole world does not attack Chu, Lin Shu believes that Da Chu will be able to beat the opponent back severely.

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The two masters and apprentices discussed for a long time in the study room, but they were still unable to guess the intention of the Three Kingdoms.Just as he was about to go to the Sifang Pavilion to meet these envoys, Wei Qinghe, the chief assistant, sent a secret letter.

Because it was personally opened by Lin Shu, Lin Shu opened it first.After skimming through it hastily, Lin Shu handed the letter to Qian Qianli in shock.

I only heard Lin Shu say: "If there is a change in the army under the command of the King of Xining, then it is not surprising that the three kingdoms suddenly made such a fantasy request. They are not provoking us, nor are they delaying time. This is a threat. A naked threat!"

　Let's update a chapter first, I can't bear it anymore, I will go to rest, and I will update it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)