Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 353 Jiayuguan

Seeing that He Jian agreed, Wang Shouren also showed a smile on his face, turned around and said to He Neng beside him, "Eunuch He, go with the lower official?"

"Of course it couldn't be better." He Neng said with a quick smile, "Our family thanked Mr. Xiao Wang."

He Neng, as the eunuch passing the decree, naturally wanted to meet the prince Zhu Houzhao, otherwise he would not be able to do business when he went back.As for whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will go back, that is beyond his control.

However, in He Neng's view, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince probably won't go back with him. There is going to be a war here, so it's strange that His Highness the Crown Prince can go back.

Prepare food and grass here, and then escort it out. Zhu Houzhao from Zhangye has already left, and his destination is Jiayuguan.

In Suzhou, Zhu Houzhao just paused for a while, and then went straight to Jiayuguan. Zhu Houzhao is still looking forward to Jiayuguan, which is known as the first pass in the world.

Although I have been there in the previous life, the meaning is different. Jiayuguan in the previous life has long lost its role in war.

Later generations of Jiayuguan merchants entered the court, and the flow of people was like weaving, but now it is different. The current Jiayuguan is definitely a real grand pass.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao didn’t want to go to Jiayuguan, he was going to Hamiwei, where he went to see the son of Shanba, Bai Ya.

In history, Bai Ya was ignorant, fatuous and promiscuous, and he was often worried that his subordinates would harm him.Mansuer Khan in Turpan kept sending people to lobby him, threatening and luring him to betray the Ming Dynasty.

In the eighth year of Zhengde, Baiya finally ignored Hamiwei, abandoned the city and rebelled into Turpan.Ji Ding, who sent fire at full speed, according to Hamiwei.Baiya surrendered to Turpan, and Hamiwei belonged to Turpan.

From this, we can see how stupid Bai Ya is, but Man Suer Khan still kept his promise and did not kill Bai Ya, but it seems that it is useless to keep Bai Ya.

At the end of Zhengde Dynasty, although the Ming Dynasty successively sent personnel and troops to revive Hami, they failed.

In the early years of Jiajing, Turpan repeatedly raised troops to attack Suzhou and other places.

Due to the dispute over the great rituals within the Ming Dynasty, the "border closure" prison was set off for the recovery of Hamiwei. After disposing of more than [-] people including Gansu Governor Chen Jiuchou, the Ming Dynasty finally lost direct control over Hamiwei.

In the tenth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial envoy Peng Ze raised funds for satin, silk, cloth, etc., sent Ma Ji and others to Hamiwei, and asked Man Su'er for worshiping the tooth, which is the king's seal.

Ji Ding returned the king's seal of Hami, but Bai Yaji hid in Aksu and refused to return.

Since then, Turpan often used Hamiwei as a springboard to repeatedly invade Hexi counties and plunder wantonly, and the people outside Jiayuguan suffered greatly from it.

While Man Su'er harassed Hexi, he sent envoys to pay tribute; while the Ming court resisted the invasion, he ordered him to return to King Zhongshun.

However, the invasion continued, the tribute envoys continued, and the loyal king refused to return, Hamiwei became more and more turbulent in this complicated environment.

Since then, the power of the Ming Dynasty has been weakening day by day, and because of Hami Weide's failure, the ministers were held accountable, and large prisons were established repeatedly. Many ministers were involved in it, and many were arrested and killed.In the end, he had no choice but to disregard Hamiwei under the pretext of disarming the soldiers and the people and pursuing self-government.

In this life, Zhu Houzhao will never let such a thing happen, Hamiwei cannot be lost, the position is too important.

If you want to open up a business route, you must hold Hami, and at the same time, you must kill Man Su'er, or simply kill him, and support a good Khan who is friendly to the Ming Dynasty, or simply take him as a slave.

How to do it depends on the specific situation.

Zhu Houzhao doesn't know the specific situation of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, so he has to go to the place to see it.

To put it bluntly, you still have to rely on your fists to speak.

When your fist is big, everyone will listen to you; if your fist is not big enough, no one will listen to you.

Zhu Houzhao led the people to Jiayuguan soon.

The guard here is Ma Qi, the chief soldier. Ma Qi never dreamed that he would meet Zhu Houzhao, the prince of Ming Dynasty, one day.

He was so excited that he wavered, and made up his mind in his heart that he must perform well so that he could be valued by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Ma Qi's purpose is also very simple, that is to transfer away from this place, who wants to stay here for so long?It would be perfect to be able to enter the Black Dragon Army.

Zhu Houzhao was noncommittal about Ma Qi's flattery.Look at your ability, if you are useful, use it; if not, replace it.

Zhu Houzhao's plan is very simple. He wants to set up a military town in Jiayuguan to rule over Hamiwei and Dunhuang. Zhangye in Gansu is already a little far away.

A governor can be established here, and a military town can be established at the same time. This will be the starting point for trade to the west in the future. The geographical location here is self-evident, and at the same time, it can control the entire Qinghai.

This kind of strategic position naturally requires capable people. If Ma Qi wants to leave, Zhu Houzhao will definitely let him leave here!
After entering Jiayuguan, Ma Qi took people to pay homage, the procedure was basically the same, and Zhu Houzhao took people into the customs.

Zhu Houzhao sat on a chair and looked Ma Qi up and down.

This is a general in his 40s, and he has some heroic spirit, at least he looks like a general.

Averting his gaze, Zhu Houzhao asked Ma Qi: "Ma Qi, I'm here this time for Hami's affairs, and Shanba is dead?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, Shanba is indeed dead." Ma Qi bowed quickly.

Zhu Houzhao nodded and continued to ask, "How is the son of Shanba, Bai Ya?"

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's question, Ma Qi was taken aback for a moment, and then became hesitant, obviously a little worried.

"Why? It's hard to answer?" Zhu Hou looked at Ma Qi and asked with a smile.

"Going back to His Royal Highness, it's not true. It's just that he worships Ya, and he is far inferior to his father Shanba. He is not good at bowing horses, riding and shooting. He spends all day looking for fun, and even beats people to death many times." Ma Qi cautiously said. Raising his head, he said in a deep voice, "I think Bai Ya is not suitable to succeed Hamiwei."

Ma Qi didn't know whether he was betting right or not. In fact, he was betting.

In Ma Qi's opinion, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would definitely not come to Jiayuguan for no reason.As for what His Royal Highness said about Shanba's death, Ma Qi didn't believe it.

Who is His Highness the Crown Prince?His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, the heir of the future empire.At the same time, he is the founder of the Ming Dynasty Black Dragon Army, the current God of War, he will come to Jiayuguan for a small Shanba?
Since His Royal Highness came here with a purpose and asked about Bai Ya's personality, it is obvious that His Royal Highness wanted to target Bai Ya.

At this time, don't care about Bai Ya's personality, put the eye drops on him first, besides, you didn't lie, did you?
If I made a wrong bet, it's no big deal. Could it be that His Highness the Crown Prince punished himself for a tooth worship?

demoted?never mind.But if he made the right bet, he would immediately make a good impression in front of His Highness the Crown Prince.

(End of this chapter)