Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 351

Zhu Hou looked at Zhou Jilin and asked, "Governor Zhou, what are you going to do?"

"His Royal Highness, Shanba's son Bai Ya can succeed him." Zhou Jilin replied.

Gently nodded, Zhu Houzhao also agreed with Zhou Jilin that this is a normal situation, but after Zhu Houzhao thought about it, it was impossible for him to come here for nothing.Putting down the teacup in his hand, Zhu Houzhao ordered: "I'm going to Suzhou, Zhou Zhan, you can mobilize some cavalry under your command, and bring some infantry, prepare [-]."

After speaking, Zhu Houzhao turned his head and looked at Zhang He: "Zhang He, you send someone back to He Jian and ask him to deliver grain and grass to Zhangye."

Zhu Houzhao turned his head to Zhou Jilin and said to Zhang Ying, "Zhou Aiqing, you come and dispatch the manpower. You have to transport the grain and grass to Suzhou. In addition, you must make preparations to transport the grain and grass to Hamiwei."

Everyone was taken aback when they heard Zhu Houzhao's words. Is His Royal Highness going to fight?But isn't this too hasty?This little guy starts a war?
"Yes, Your Highness."

The one who agreed most happily was Zhang Yun. For Zhang Yun, there was nothing to consider about this matter. If His Royal Highness said to fight, he would fight, and whoever he said to fight, he would fight.

Governor Zhou Jilin of Gansu became entangled, looked up at Zhu Houzhao and asked, "His Royal Highness, is this a mobilization of troops?"

"I am planning to go to Hamiwei. The rest of the matter will be discussed by Hamiwei." Zhu Houzhao didn't say too much to Zhou Jilin. In fact, these are all his plans now. How to do it depends on his arrival in Hami. After seeing and hearing, after that, I can decide the next move.

However, the issue of Hami is still very important. First of all, Hamiwei must be occupied, and even a new city must be built.

The position of Hamiwei is too important, and it needs to be managed well. In addition, there is another very important thing that Ming occupied Hamiwei, which is to prevent the Mongols from moving into Qinghai.

The Mongols will enter Qinghai, which will happen soon. The reason is very simple. First, we must solve the reason for pasture production. Because the Mongolian tribes mainly focus on grazing, they need a lot of pasture. The local supply exceeds demand, so they go to Qinghai Find new pastures.

Secondly, because of civil strife, some people took refuge in Qinghai, and some believers went to Qinghai to preach; they robbed, plundered and enslaved the "Fan people".The Mongolian feudal lord required continuous expansion of the territory to achieve the purpose of ruling, so the Mongolian tribe invaded Qinghai.

In addition, both Eastern and Western Mongolia wanted to unify the Mongolian tribes to compete for the Khan of the whole Mongolia, and even had the idea of ​​​​invading the Central Plains, so they took control of Qinghai.

The westward Mongolian tribes conquered the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and established the feudal Mongolian Khanate.Gushri Khan guarded Tibet and divided the jurisdiction of Qinghai into left and right wings, and distributed it to his ten sons as territories, commonly known as Shitaiji.This is absolutely not allowed by Zhu Houzhao. Now he also needs the pastures in Qinghai, and he does not need the Mongols to come to Qinghai from the west.

Zhu Houzhao wanted Dayan Khan to have no way out, and let all the tribes of Mongolia surrender to Ming Dynasty. After occupying Hami, Ming Dynasty blocked the way of Mongolia's westward advance.

Of course, this is only one aspect of the reason, because Yinchuan, Baotou, and Fengzhou are currently being built in the northwest, occupying Fengzhoutan and Hetao. If they want to come over, they will first face the Ming army there.Zhu Houzhao occupied Hamiwei for the sake of trade routes and pastures.

The Hetao Plain has been seriously degraded, and the Little Ice Age will come in a few years. Animal husbandry in the north will become more and more difficult. But how could Zhu Houzhao give up such a big industry as wool textile and animal husbandry?Then transfer becomes the best choice.At this time, Qinghai is vast and sparsely populated, and it is the best pasture, and Daming needs to occupy it.

Although it can't be developed in a short time, it will definitely be a treasure land in the future. In Zhu Houzhao's view, maybe in five to ten years, Daming will be able to sell pastures in Qinghai.

Of course Zhou Jilin didn't know what Zhu Houzhao was thinking, and he didn't understand why His Royal Highness insisted on going to Suzhou and Hamiwei, and even put on a posture of going to war, but he also knew that he had no way to stop him, so he could only bow down and say : "I obey."

The reason why Zhu Houzhao put on a fighting posture is very simple, that is, if Ming wants to garrison Hami and open up trade routes, you must fight with the Eastern Chagatai Khanate. If you don’t beat them , they will not be honest.Going to negotiate, it's useless, fight first and then talk, this is the best choice, if you are convinced, then it will be easy to talk.

"Take a break and leave in two days." Zhu Houzhao said to Zhang Yun and Tang Bohu beside him, and then stood up and went out.

Guyuan City.

He Jian looked at the father-in-law who passed the decree in front of him, with a somewhat tangled expression on his face. His Majesty sent someone to summon the prince back to Beijing, but the prince had already run away!

According to the news from the people below, the crown prince has gone to Gansu, and now he is in Zhangye, He Jian can only smile bitterly and say: "Eunuch He, His Royal Highness the crown prince is not in Guyuan, he should be in Zhangye, Gansu at this time. "

The expression on He Neng's face did not change, he already knew about it, nodded and said: "Master He, please prepare some people to take our family to Zhangye!"

"It should be, it should be." He Jian quickly agreed, and there was no way he could not refuse to agree to this matter.

At this moment, a person suddenly walked in from the outside, and at first glance, he was dressed as a member of the Black Dragon Guard.He looked like he had traveled all the way, and when he saw He Jian, he clasped his fists and said, "Qi Bai, a low-ranking black dragon guard with a hundred households, will see your lord, and His Royal Highness will order your ministers to come back and tell your lord, please send a group of them." Grain to Zhangye."

He Jian was stunned when he heard this, and quickly asked: "Why does His Royal Highness allocate food and grass?"

"I don't know about this humble post!" Qi Bai shook his head, and then said: "His Royal Highness's order has been delivered to the humble post, please Mr. He get the food and grass as soon as possible, so that the humble post can go back and report to His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Okay, I understand." He Jian hastily agreed. He is now a member of His Royal Highness, so naturally he will not ignore His Royal Highness's order.

When Qi Bai went out, He Jian's expression was a bit complicated, and he turned to He Neng and said, "Eunuch He, please forgive me for not being able to accompany me any longer. His Royal Highness sent someone to collect food and grass. I'm afraid something happened in Gansu, maybe It’s about to start a war, I’m going to ask Wang Shouren for a question, and I’m going to prepare food and grass to ship as soon as possible.”

"Let's go with the adults." He Neng said quickly, he is not busy preaching the imperial decree now, the matter in front of him is more important.

There is going to be a war, not to mention that His Royal Highness is going to fight, maybe His Royal Highness is already in danger, and I can't take care of the decree. It is more important to send someone there first.

(End of this chapter)