Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 223 Chapter 220

The Hexi Corridor has been owned by the Han family since ancient times. As long as the Central Plains dynasties were not extremely weak, they had firmly controlled the Hexi Corridor. Only those weak Central Plains dynasties and mediocre lords would not have the Hexi Corridor.

It can be said that the ability to control the Hexi Corridor is the indicator of whether a Central Plains dynasty is strong and whether a monarch is wise.Just like in the countryside, you can't even defend your own homestead, how dare you go out and brag to others?
The Ming Dynasty cannot be a weak chicken in the history books, and Emperor Jiajing cannot be a mediocre ruler.What's more, the Ming Dynasty now has a registered population of more than 6000 million. Adding in the black households who do not want to pay taxes and do corvee labor and hide themselves, the actual population of the Ming Dynasty is at least 9000 million.And after Wang Daoqiu's two years of hard work, it doesn't matter if the Ming treasury does not collect taxes for ten years.

There is money and food, and there is no shortage of people, so why not fight for it?Besides, even if we lose, the people who will die will be the civilians, and the civil servants and generals will be responsible. What does Emperor Jiajing have to do with him?

If he failed, Jiajing not only did not have to take responsibility, but he also gave an explanation to the history books of Qianqiu. At least he, Emperor Jiajing, fought for the Han family.If he wins, it goes without saying that the leader must be the first to take the lead.

What's more, Wang Daoqiu also talked about rebuilding the Protectorate of Anxi and the Protectorate of Beiting to restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties.If these are really realized, then his position in the history books of Emperor Jiajing will not be directly comparable to that of the Wutang Sect of Han Dynasty?
Thinking of this, Emperor Jiajing's dream of becoming a great emperor was burning brightly, and he basically agreed with Wang Daoqiu's suggestion.

But passion is passion, but now it is Wala who occupies the Hexi Corridor. It is the Wala who destroyed the main force of the Ming army in the Battle of Tumubao and captured the then Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen.Thinking of Wala's illustrious military exploits, Emperor Jiajing was not only passionate but also frightened.

So Emperor Jiajing asked Wang Daoqiu with a guilty conscience: "My dear, the ones occupying the Hexi Corridor now are the powerful Waci cavalry. Can our Ming army defeat them?"

The fact that Emperor Jiajing asked this question showed that Emperor Jiajing was determined but timid about regaining the Hexi Corridor.At this time, Wang Daoqiu naturally wanted to help him strengthen his confidence in victory.

So, Wang Daoqiu said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the Wala are not as strong as we thought. The Wala are actually not the same ethnic group as the Tatars. The Tatars are the people of the grassland, and the Wala are the people of the forest. The word Wala means the people of the forest. Or those nearby, their relationship with the Mongols is just like our relationship with the natives of the southwest. When the Mongols were strong, they were just subordinates of the Mongols."

"Later Taizu raised troops and drove Meng Yuan out of the Central Plains, and Meng Yuan became today's Tatars. Later, after Chengzu became the emperor, he sent envoys to inform the Ora tribes and let the Ora people and Our Ming army attacked the Tatars together. In order to get rid of the rule of the Mongol nobles and become their own masters, the Oara tribes agreed to Chengzu and sent troops to cooperate with my Ming court to suppress the Tatars and paid tribute to us."

"Later, the power of the Tatars gradually declined under the joint attack of our Ming court and the Oara, and the Oara took advantage of the momentum to go south and gradually controlled most of the Mongolian grasslands. And as their power grew, their ambitions gradually grew, and they began to plunder southward. Our Ming Dynasty even gave us the humiliation of Tumubao, and troops came to the gates of Beijing, and almost gave us the humiliation of Jingkang. This was also the time when the power of Wala was at its peak."

"But a force cannot always be strong, just like a person cannot be young forever. The law of prosperity and decline has been true since ancient times, and it is the same with Wala. Since then, the Wala army led by Grand Master Wala first fought in the battle to defend Beijing. After being defeated by us and retreating to the grassland, the power struggle between the Taishi and Tuotuo Buhua, the Khan of Oala, began. He also relied on his own strength and surrendered to the throne, but Tuotuo Buhua was unwilling to do so. Become Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. So for power, both sides began to pull out their own troops and fight on the grassland."

"Ye Xian and Tuo Tuo Bu Hua each had their own small gangs with roughly the same strength. They fought for many years without deciding the winner. Later, Tuo Tuo Bu Hua brothers had internal strife. His younger brother Agabalji led troops to betray his brother. Ye Xian surrendered. Tuo Tuo Bu Hua was defeated alone in the battle and fled with only a dozen of his cavalry to Wu Liang Ha, but was killed by his former father-in-law Wu Liang Ha Khan Shabutan. Later, Tuo Tuo Bu Hua also killed those who surrendered to him. His younger brother Agarbalji annexed various tribes in Wasac and called himself Great Khan."

"However, it was unfair to win the country in this way, which aroused the opposition of the Oara tribes and became hostile to my Ming court. It could no longer get the financial support of my Ming court. So not long after he became Khan, he was killed amid internal and external troubles." After Xian's death, the various parts of the Oara dispersed and gradually declined. While the Oara was weakening, the forces around it continued to grow stronger. After the Oara's mortal enemy, the Tatars, became stronger, they continued to eat away at the Oara's power on the Mongolian grasslands; Hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs who used to be slaves broke away from Oirat to establish the Turpan Khanate, and defeated the Oirat army steadily, losing their cities and lands."

"At the same time, the Kazakh Khanate to the west of Oara and the Oros people who had just escaped from the rule of the Mongolian Golden Horde were also advancing eastward, and the Oara people they were fighting were retreating steadily. It can be said that Oara is now in its own state. In its weakest period, it is surrounded by powerful enemies and deadly enemies, all of whom want to seize its territory and population to strengthen themselves. So Your Majesty, now that we have begun to recover the Hexi Corridor, the Oara people will not be able to spare the strength to resist. It is just a good idea. opportunity."

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Oara was indeed in its weakest period. The internal tribes refused to obey anyone. The Uyghurs, who were once the younger brothers, rose up to be independent again, broke away from the elder brother and established their own mountains, and even fought against the elder brother's territory.The monster in the west, Da Mao, has now broken away from the rule of the Golden Horde, established his own sect, and has already seized most of the land in Eastern Europe.Now they are sending troops to occupy some territory in the wealthy east, so they are the first to bear the brunt of the attack and confront Oara, who now controls North Asia.

Both Wala and Damao have bad tempers, and they are both colleagues who make a living by robbing. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the two idiots. What are you looking at? I'm looking at you. , a fight broke out.

There is no internal unity, there is no big brother that everyone recognizes as the leader, and there are strong enemies on all sides. They fight every day, with fewer and fewer people and smaller territory as they fight. This is the current situation in Wala.As for Oara's rise again in original history, it would have to wait until the early years of the Qing Dynasty, when their Junggar tribe produced a genius commander, Galdan.

Of course, now that Wang Daoqiu is a time traveler, even if Galdan comes out in the future, I am afraid he will only be a hero with no place to play.

Wang Daoqiu explained the current situation of Wala clearly. Emperor Jiajing was overjoyed after hearing this. He thought that regaining the Hexi Corridor was to defeat a powerful enemy, but he didn't expect that it turned out to be a beating of a drowned dog!Reservoir Dogs is good, I like Reservoir Dogs.

So after Wang Daoqiu explained the surrounding situation, Emperor Jiajing finally made up his mind to regain Hexi.

Emperor Jiajing said to Wang Daoqiu: "My dear! I don't believe it when you say that your boy can lead troops to fight. But you know how to make money and use money. You can use money to make soldiers die. This is true last year. Shandong, Shaanxi, Japan and Zhejiang have all been confirmed this year. So regarding Hexi, I want you to go to the northwest and return to command after the spring. What do you think?"

Are you still going to sing Xintianyou on that piece of yellow land?I won’t do it, I won’t do it, Ma De, Lao Zhi prefers the blue sea to the sterile yellow land. Lao Zhi wants to sail to Southeast Asia when spring comes!

Thinking about this, Wang Daoqiu said: "Your Majesty, before I went to Shaanxi last year, you recommended Ge Shouli and Yang Bo to me. After I arrived in Shaanxi, I had a long talk with these two people. After the exchange, I feel that Ge Shouli is a gentleman of moral character, good conduct, and has a strong ability to handle government affairs. However, this person lacks courage and is conservative. He can only handle some daily affairs, but can't do big things."

"As for Yang Bo, I think he is extremely talented and can always come up with solutions to difficult problems. His literary skills, military skills, and martial arts are all top-notch, and I can't compare with him. What's even more rare is that this person's thoughts are wild and unconstrained, and he doesn't stick to trivial matters. , dare to be the first in the world. Therefore, I dare to guarantee that as long as the court delegates power, fully trusts Yang Bo, and gives him sufficient financial and food support. In less than ten years, Yang Bo will not only conquer Hexi, but also Anxi Protectorate and Beiting The re-establishment of the Protectorate's Palace will double the territory of our Ming Dynasty."

Wang Daoqiu didn't want to go to the northwest anymore, so he recommended Yang Bo to Emperor Jiajing.At the same time, Wang Daoqiu also believed that Yang Bo was later called the three most intelligent men in the world by Yan Shifan, himself and Lu Bing, and he later became the Minister of War in the Ming Dynasty.As long as you give him enough trust and support, he will surely win Xinjiang and Central Asia.

Faced with Wang Daoqiu's absolute optimism for Yang Bo, Emperor Jiajing was also a little moved.After all, Yang Bo had already come into the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, who secretly trained him as the prime minister.

So after listening to Wang Daoqiu's words, Emperor Jiajing thought for a moment, and finally said: "To be on the safe side, let's call Yang Bo back to the capital! Regarding Hexi and the Western Regions, I will listen to his plan with the cabinet. If he can If I and the cabinet are satisfied, then I will give him arbitrary power and give him another 1000 million taels of silver every year."

(End of this chapter)