I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 547: Northern Frontier is Stable

At the Xiyuan Swimming Pool, Zhu Yijun stroked breaststroke, freestyle, scuba diving and butterfly stroke. All of these were just pretense. Zhu Yijun's best move was the doggy paddle.

In order to facilitate cleaning, the swimming pool was built according to "high standards" with palm-sized rectangular white ceramic tiles on the bottom and walls. In the clear water, Zhu Yijun was swimming in the pool wearing a pair of elastic shorts and a silk high-elastic swimming cap.

Fang Liang and four Jing soldiers who were good at swimming floated beside him, ready to act as lifeguards at any time.

Half of the swimming pool is a "crystal canopy" made of glass. The sunlight shines in, making the water ripple like a dream bubble.

After swimming ten times in the fifty-meter pool, a total of one thousand meters, Zhu Yijun felt a little tired, so he swam to the side of the pool and sat down on the steps.

Qi Yan quickly handed over a glass of juice.

Watermelon juice, freshly squeezed from watermelons grown in Changping. Watermelons from Ningxia are still the best, but it's a pity that they can't be shipped here.

After one cup, I felt much better.

After resting for a while, Zhu Yijun jumped into the water again and swam ten times back and forth in one breath, another one thousand meters. Today's swimming exercise was complete.

Zhu Yijun held the handrail with both hands and walked up the steps to the shore. Qi Yan quickly put a long cotton towel on him, wiped the pool water off his body, put on a cotton short-sleeved "bathrobe", and walked to the grass outside the swimming pool.

Under a parasol was a rattan "beach lounge chair", and next to it was a table with seasonal fruits on it, including watermelons, apples, and melons, all carefully cut into pieces, with small bamboo forks next to them.

Zhu Yijun lay down on the recliner, and Chen Ju and Li Chun, who were standing next to him, walked over.

"This slave has met the emperor."

"Well, let's talk about things one by one." Zhu Yijun stuffed a piece of apple into his mouth.

"Yes."

"Chen Ju, you speak first."

"As ordered. Your Majesty, the Third Lady will change her son's surname to Tie, and name him Tieli, with the courtesy name Shouye."

"Tie Li? Changing your surname to Tie? Taking the name from the Borjigin ancestor Genghis Khan Temujin?"

"Reporting to the Emperor, it should be so."

"Leave her alone. Go on."

"Your Majesty, Bosihaer changed his surname to Ha and named himself Hasizhong. Tokto changed his surname to Ma and named himself Masuni. Darhanlab changed his surname to Ding and named himself Ding Shouzhong. Wusili changed his surname to Wu and named himself Wu Jinzhong."

Zhu Yijun nodded without saying anything, and Chen Ju continued.

"The Council of Advisors agreed to confer Tieli the title of Marquis of Suiyuan, with a fief extending from Hetao and Ningxia in the north to Heihe in Daqingshan.

Hasizhong and Ninghou were given fiefs of the old White Tatar territory north of Daqing Mountain. Masunide Ningbo was given fiefs of the territory from Heihe to Jiujiuquan.

Ding Shouzhong was granted the title of Weining Earl, with a fief extending from Jiujiuquan to Sanbulachuan. Wu Jinzhong was granted the title of Yingchang Earl, with a fief extending from Sanbulachuan to the old city of Kaiping.

The five tribes of the Mongolian right wing were Suiyuan, Hening, Dening, Weining and Yingchang, and were under the jurisdiction of Xuanhuiyuan. The five wing guards were under the command of the Front Army Command, and the rest followed the example of the left wing.

The right wing of Mongolia was cut off from Xihetao, Qinghai and Ordos, and its territory was reduced by half. It was divided into five parts, which was indeed a bit compact, roughly including the three cities of Baotou, Hohhot and Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia, the western part of Xilinguole League, the northern part of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, and part of southern Outer Mongolia.

The six left wing tribes roughly included most of the Xilinguole League in Inner Mongolia, Hulunbuir City, Tongliao and the northern part of Chifeng City, Baicheng and the western part of Songyuan City in Jilin, and the eastern part of Outer Mongolia.

Once you have occupied the territory, you must manage it carefully.

Zhu Yijun said: "Altan Khan converted to Buddhism during his lifetime, which I think is a good move. The Mongolians are too violent, and Buddhism should be used to resolve it. There are many eminent monks in Buddhism, so why bother to go all the way to Qinghai to invite them?"

Altan Khan believed in the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

At the beginning, Axing Lama of the Gelug sect went to the right wing of Mongolia to preach the Buddhist doctrine of life and death and reincarnation. He respectfully called Altan "the Great Khan" and said that the reason he became the most respected Khan in the world was the result of his practice in life after life and that he was the reincarnation of the previous Khan (Kublai Khan).

As long as you promote Buddhism in this life, save all living beings and accumulate merits, you can conquer the world like the "Wheel-Turning King" and become famous throughout the world.

Altan Khan liked this, so he converted to Buddhism.

At this time, Tibet was ruled by the Tsangpa Khanate, which promoted the Kagyu sect as the state religion and the mainstream.

In the early summer of the sixth year of the Wanli reign (1578), Altan Khan and Sonam Gyatso met formally at the Yanghua Temple in Qinghai and held a grand Dharma assembly.

At the grand Fa conference, both sides praised each other's business.

Sonam Gyatso presented Altan Khan with the title of "Zankela Valdi Chechen Khan, the One Who Turns the Thousand-Gold Dharma Wheel", and Altan Khan awarded Sonam Gyatso with the title of "The Holy Vazir Living Buddha Lama Who Knows Everything".

From then on, the head of the Gelug sect was called a living Buddha lama, and Sonam Gyatso became the third living Buddha (Gendun Zhuba and Gendun Gyatso were posthumously recognized as the first and second living Buddhas), and the Gelug sect spread rapidly throughout Mongolia.

Now that Aldan Khan died early, all this did not have time to happen.

I will not allow the Gelugpa sect to spread beyond Qinghai. You’d better stay in Tibet and continue to fight with the Kagyu sect.

Later, I will send troops to control Qinghai and Tibet, and will never allow any one family to dominate.

"Qi Jiguang once submitted a memorial saying that there is a branch of the True Meaning Sect in the Luanhe River area, also known as the Buddhist Guizheng Society. They observe the precepts and practice asceticism, and sincerely practice Buddhism. I think that is very good.

An imperial decree was issued to send people from the Taichang Temple and the Ministry of Rites to go to the southern desert to take a thorough tour and make plans to build eleven Buddhist temples in the eleven divisions on the left and right wings. "

"As you wish." Chen Ju replied.

Li Chun said, "Your Majesty, the Liaoxi General Xiao Wenkui reported that he had subdued 17 Mongolian tribes in the Wuliangha and Khalkha deserts.

We captured 21,600 households, 124,700 men and women, and countless cattle and sheep. Some of them fled westward and northward.

Zhu Yijun shook his head. "The birthplace of Mongolia has such a small population, only one-tenth of the eleven tribes in the south of the desert. I never thought that the weather has turned cold in recent years, and the snowstorms and droughts in the north of the desert have had such a tragic impact.

The Mongols in the northern desert will be changed into the four tribes of the rear wing, and four leaders who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty will be selected and canonized as earls. The Advisory Bureau will draft an imperial edict, grant them names and titles, and follow the precedent to be under the jurisdiction of the Xuanhuiyuan and the Front Army Military Governor's Office. As for the front wing, it is prepared for the Mongols in Qinghai, Jinshan, and Tianshan. "

"According to the order."

Zhu Yijun let out a long sigh of relief. "The southern part of the desert is finally ready. The northern part of the desert is also a side job. Now we need to spend some time and effort on the left, right and rear wings. The Han and Mongolians are one family."

He thought about the map of the north and south of the desert in his mind, and then said, "Isn't Altan Khan building Guihua City?"

"In reply to Your Majesty, we have just built three city walls and the foundations of some palaces and pavilions. We still have a long way to go," Chen Ju replied.

"Let's continue repairing." "Your Majesty, the Suiyuan Marquis's camp is not far away. Maybe he wants to ask for the return of Guihua City?"

"Requesting for it to be returned? He's so shameless.

Suiyuan Hou was only four or five years old, and it was hard to say whether he could live to adulthood. When he reached adulthood, the situation in the south and north of the desert would definitely change.

We'll see what happens when the time comes, but since Guihua City was built by me and the court, we naturally have the right to station troops and send officials to collect taxes."

"According to the order."

Li Chun reported, "Your Majesty, there is a report from Joseon that Zhou Guotai, the Earl of Kaiyuan, Wei Jianping, the Man of Qingyang, and Gao Ce, the Man of Huining, led the Sushen Army to defeat the rebel Cui Zheng'an's army in Mizhou, Gyeongsang Province, beheaded 2,100 people, and captured 11,600 people. The vanguard reached Busan Town in Dongnae Duhufu, and there is the sea in front of them."

"It was the sea. They brought the Sushen Army and attacked Korea from north to south?"

"Reporting to His Majesty, the Beihai Xuanwei Envoy Office has submitted a memorial stating that the Korean rebel army has been completely wiped out. Please withdraw and merge the Beihai Xuanwei Envoy Office."

"Then let's withdraw and merge. Appoint Wu Dui as the Joseon Observer of State Affairs, and Ye Mengxiong as the Chief Clerk of the Joseon Observer of State Affairs. We will do our utmost to assist Joseon in rebuilding its government and restoring people's livelihood.

Gao Ce, a man from Huining, was appointed as the military governor of Korea and was under the control of Wu Dui.

All the troops that Ming had previously organized for Korea, such as the Haidong Camp, were changed to the new Korean army, led by Gao Ce.

Donglaiduhufu Busan Town is a good place, where the Ming Dynasty can station a navy and a marine battalion. Japan, I had overestimated their humanity before, and the result was a half-cooked rice.

It's really an ungrateful wolf that can never be tamed. In that case, let's add more fuel to the fire and boil it until it's rotten, until its bones are melted, and then we can send troops to deal with it.

I understand. They are still cheap after all. If we don’t punish them severely and make them feel deeply hurt, they will never learn their lesson. "

"Yes, sir." Li Chun quickly wrote it down.

"By the way, where is Hai Gong now?"

"Your Majesty, the Embroidered Uniform Guard reports that Lord Hai has infiltrated a Buddhist Lahu sect at the Linqing City dock." Qi Yan briefly explained the situation.

"The Buddhist Lahu Society? The monk Xiu De that the Royal Guards found?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. The Imperial Guard informed Lord Hai of the situation. Lord Hai happened to meet these people in Linqing City, so he sneaked in."

"Mr. Hai has become corrupt and started to play the art of war, trying to outwit and outmaneuver those people from Jiangsu and the southeast. What is the origin of this Lahu Society?"

Qi Yan quickly replied, "Replying to the emperor's words. Monk Xiu De, his real name is Huangfu Tan, his courtesy name is Hao Ju, and his pseudonym is Can Hu. He is from Changzhou, Suzhou. His father is Huangfu Chong, and the four brothers are known as the Four Huangfu Heroes of the Southeast.

Huangfu Chong was the only one among the four brothers who failed to pass the imperial examination.

He was good at riding and shooting, and liked to talk about military affairs. He wrote several hundred thousand words of articles on politics and military affairs, such as "Ji Ce", "Bing Liu" and "Zhen Ge Za Yan". He was also good at music and chess.

Huangfu Tan was the youngest son of Huangfu Chong. He was educated by his father and followed him to study. In the 37th year of Jiajing, when Huangfu Tan was 12 years old, Huangfu Chong died of illness.

Later, Huangfu Tan passed the imperial examination at the age of sixteen and became famous for his literary talent in the southeast, and was known as one of the ten talented people in the southeast.

In the first year of the Longqing reign, he took part in the Southern Examination. His fellow examiner, Ruan Rendao, suggested that he should pay tribute to his parents, but he refused to accept the offer and was therefore rejected. Huangfu Chong was dissatisfied and wrote a letter to complain, but the case was left unresolved.

Zhu Yijun was puzzled. "Doesn't the Huangfu family have four Jinshi scholars? How could Huangfu Tan be bullied like this when he is so prominent?"

"Your Majesty, Ruan Rendao is a member of the Chu Party." Qi Yan said softly, and when he saw Zhu Yijun nodded silently, he continued, "Huangfu Chong, Huangfu Qi, and Huangfu Lian died young. They were honest and arrogant during their lifetime, and they did not have a good relationship with the Southeast Scholars.

Huangfu Tan's third uncle, Huangfu Xi, was still alive. However, he was fond of music, women, and entertainment, and had many friends. He was unintentionally involved in the case of Marquis Wu Ding, and was embarrassed by the inspector, and his family was almost ruined. "

Zhu Yijun chuckled, "Ruan Rendao really put in a lot of effort to be a co-examiner in the Southern Examination. He has done a good job in judging the dish and serving it accordingly."

Qi Yan and the other two lowered their heads and dared not answer.

"continue."

"Reporting to the Emperor, later on, Huangfu Chong's brother-in-law Ren Bo'an organized this Lahu Society. Knowing that he was knowledgeable and eloquent, he paid a large sum of money to invite him out of seclusion. He first bought a certificate of ordination and let him become a monk, with the name Xiu De.

Then I used my connections to get him to stay at Tianjie Temple for ten months. Then I organized this Buddhist Lahu Association and started this fraud trip, which was very fruitful. "

After listening to Qi Yan's detailed account, Zhu Yijun couldn't help laughing.

Lahuhui, what a group of talented people.

Especially Ren Boan, the leader of the Lahu Society, who has strong organizational skills, a thorough understanding of people's hearts, and superb deception skills. Even if he were to live in the future, he would at least be a hero on par with Next Week Returning to the Country and Brother Belt.

"This Ren Boan is a local boss in the southeast, and he is very useful. Who is in charge of the Nanjing branch of the Pacification Bureau?"

"In reply to the emperor, it was Su Feng." Qi Yan asked someone to check and then reported.

"Su Feng?"

"He was the hero who once lurked among the pirates and was the third in command. He solved the case of a salt merchant hiring someone to ambush and kill the imperial envoy."

"Write a secret order to him and make good use of Ren Boan. There are some things that are not suitable for Hai Gong to do, and only he can do them. Southeast, it's time to change the weather."

"According to the order!"

While eating fruit, Zhu Yijun listened to Chen Ju and the other two taking turns reporting on important military and political matters.

After listening for more than twenty minutes, it was almost time to take a break.

"Okay, it's almost time. The four gentlemen should be here soon."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the appointment is in ten minutes."

Zhu Yijun stood up and said, "I'm going to change my clothes."

Walking towards the locker room, I saw the swimming pool sparkling in the sun, and suddenly remembered something, "Do you think Dinghai Earl Li Chao has led my Qinglong navy to Genzhou?"

Chen Ju and the other two looked at each other. We really don’t know anything about this.

Zhu Yijun also knew that they didn't know, so he raised his head and looked to the east.

(End of this chapter)