My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 985 Changes in the Grassland
The reasons for Yu Qian's objections are almost the same as those of Dahan. They all believe that a country's territory is too large, which is not a good thing. Instead, it will make the country bloated and unable to withstand any storms.

After listening to the opinions of Yu Qian and others, Zhu Zhanhe thought calmly for a few days, and finally decided to give up the idea of ​​​​merging Ming and Han. After all, although the merger of the two countries has advantages, there are more disadvantages, especially from In the long run, you may be laying a landmine for your children and grandchildren that could explode at any time.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanhe could only give up this idea and maintain the current status of the Ming and Han Dynasties. This is actually a good thing, because the two countries can conduct their own affairs, and the Han Dynasty can focus on Africa and Europe and develop all the way west.

The Ming Dynasty can focus its main energy on the Southeast Asia and the Pacific and develop all the way east. As for the Americas, the Ming Dynasty and the Han Dynasty can jointly develop it. In addition, Zhu Zhanqi and others have arrived in the Americas long ago. Although they have many forces, the two Americas The area is enough for people like them to toss around.

That afternoon, Zhu Zhanhe was handling government affairs in the Wuying Palace. Suddenly, Liu Ke, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, there are changes in the grassland!"

"What happened?"

Zhu Zhanhe raised his head and asked in surprise.

Recently, there are three pillars on the grassland, Ye Xian, A She Zhi Yuan and Tuo Tuo Bu Hua. Among the three, Ye Xian is the strongest. A She Zhi Yuan and Tuo Tuo Bu Hua can only join forces to fight against him. This is similar to Wei, Shu and Wu. The Three Kingdoms stand together, and although there are constant battles, the overall situation is very stable, and there should not be any big changes in a short period of time.

"Die first too!"

Liu Ke replied solemnly.

"What a great A-She-Zhiyuan, he actually quietly used his old ministry, and rebelled and took over Wala first. In this way, he will definitely attack Totuo Buhua next!"

Zhu Zhanhe was also shocked. He did not expect that the strongest Ye Xian would be the first to die. Now the situation on the grassland was broken, and Ming had to take action.

Zhu Zhanhe whispered to himself.

"Half a month ago, three of Ye Xian's subordinates, Bu La Tu, Tuge Tie'er, and A Ma Huo Zhe, suddenly broke into Ye Xian's tent and killed Ye Xian and his followers with swords. These people were originally They were all subordinates of Ashe Zhiyuan. They killed Ye Xian one after another and immediately led Ashe Zhiyuan's army to take over Ye Xian's power. Now A She Zhiyuan has become the dominant family and succeeded Ye Xian as the grand master of Wala!"

Liu Ke reported the report with a serious expression.

Regardless of the fact that Ashe Zhiyuan and Totuo Fuhua were allies before, the two just stayed together to keep warm. They fought together first, and now they have to die first. Ashe Zhiyuan's strength has greatly increased, and he will definitely be the first to take down Totuo. No effort required.

"What? How could he die suddenly? Who killed him?"

"What your Majesty said is absolutely true. The first thing that the Amnesty Court did when it took over Oara was to summon Tuotuo Buhua in the name of discussion. Tuotuo Buhua is not stupid, so naturally he did not dare to go and instead retreated to the eastern part of the grassland. , and the defense force was completely reduced, probably because he was afraid that the Ashe Magistrate would take action on him. "

Liu Ke said again that since Zhu Zhanhe became emperor in the Ming Dynasty, he handed over the royal guards to Liu Ke. He also spent a lot of effort and focused his energy on the grassland. In the past few years, every move on the grassland has failed. Escape from their eyes.

"You should pay close attention to every move of Ashe Zhiyuan. If there is any abnormality, report it to me immediately!" Zhu Zhanhe immediately ordered.

"Your Majesty, the situation on the grassland has changed from the original three-legged confrontation to the current two strong ones fighting each other. Moreover, Tuo Tuo Bu Hua is relatively weak. How about we secretly provide some support to the other side so that they can fight longer? ?”

Liu Ke suddenly suggested.

They were also strong before, and they were secretly supporting Ashe Zhiyuan and Tuotuo Fuhua, so they were very comfortable doing this kind of thing.

"No need, I'll die first. The balance of power on the grassland will be broken. Then the grassland will fall into a chaotic world. Although Ashe Zhiyuan is the most powerful now, it is still unknown whether he will have the last laugh. Now we Just sit back and watch the fight, wait until they are almost done, and then come out to clean up the mess!"

Zhu Zhanhe smiled and shook his head.

The overall strength of the current grassland is constantly declining. There are two main reasons. First, the advent of the Little Ice Age has led to constant natural disasters. The grassland has been even more affected, such as snow disasters in winter, droughts and locust plagues in summer, etc. .

The ecology on the grassland is already very fragile. Coupled with these natural disasters, the tribes on the grassland are suffering even more. The population of many tribes is shrinking. In the past, they could go south to plunder the Ming Dynasty, but now Zhu Zhanhe has strengthened his armaments and the borders of the Ming Dynasty. They could even fight back, so the grassland people did not dare to go south and could only bear the natural disaster.

The second reason is the preaching of lamas. The mine that Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanhe planted on the grassland has finally exploded. With the preaching of lamas, seven out of ten herdsmen on the grasslands have converted to Lamaism, and He also abided by the teachings and sent the boys in the family to the temple to become monks. Only one boy in the family was left to pass on the incense.

In this case, a large number of young laborers on the grassland were absorbed by the temples, resulting in a continuous decline in productivity and a natural decrease in the population. In addition, various sexually transmitted diseases were spread, which led to the death of many grassland people. Even if they survived, , fertility is also greatly affected.

Maybe even the top officials of the grassland, such as Ashe Zhiyuan and Totuo Buhua, were not aware that the overall strength of the grassland was constantly declining. Some small and medium-sized tribes even disappeared directly. Even some powerful tribes began to decline.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanhe is not worried about the grassland at all now. According to his estimation, in ten years at most, he will be confident that all the grassland people will become good at singing and dancing, and by then the entire grassland will be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Facts have also proved that Zhu Zhanhe's vision was accurate. In the second year after Ye Xian's death, the Ashe Academy indeed sent troops to conquer the forces of Totuo Buhua. The two sides met in the middle and lower reaches of the Zabuhan River and launched a series of of fighting.

In the end, Ah Amnesty Academy relied on its superiority in military strength and defeated Toto Buhua's army at the cost of a lot of casualties. After Toto Buhua was defeated, he fled eastward, preparing to ask for help from his ex-wife, but was killed by his ex-wife. His father, Shah Bhutan, was killed.

Ashe Zhiyuan defeated the powerful enemy Totuo Buhua. He thought he could dominate the grassland, and even prepared to fall out with the Ming Dynasty and wanted to raise his troops south again.

But at this critical moment, the Harashen tribe of Eastern Mongolia suddenly sent troops to sneak attack Ashe Zhiyuan, and actually killed Ashe Zhiyuan in one fell swoop. Wala, who had a large number of people, unexpectedly died after Ashe Zhiyuan died. The trees fell and the hozens scattered, coupled with the siege of Oara by other tribes, the Oara, which was once strong for a while, completely declined, and the grassland fell into chaos again.

(End of this chapter)