marquis of jingan

Chapter 1532: The Four Barbarians Submit
After the Tatar envoy Amuto paid homage to Emperor Hongde, the war in Datong continued.

By this time, the two sides had been fighting for more than half a year.

In half a year, Zhong Ming relied on his bravery and led his subordinates, the Black Armor Guards, to win many battles against the Tatars. When the Tatars were finally unable to sustain their attack, the Tatar envoy Amuto came to Datong again and met General Xue in the military tent.

He half-knelt on the ground, bowed his head slightly and said, "General, I am here on my father's orders to negotiate peace with your country."

Xue Wei smiled and said, "See, after fighting for several months, didn't it end up on the table? If I had known this earlier, my prime minister would have personally come to your Tatar tribe to negotiate a few months ago. Why didn't you agree?"

Amuto took a deep breath and bowed his head and said, "General, some of your country's previous conditions..."

"My tribe cannot accept this."

Xue Wei said calmly: "So you can accept it now?"

Amuto was silent for a moment, then said, "Now that so many people have died, the people in the tribe have no way to object."

Xue Wei smiled confidently, narrowed his eyes, and whispered, "How do we talk about this? Will your Tatar Khan come to talk to me, or will he send you to Yanjing to talk to our court?"

Amuto bowed his head and said, "My father's intention is to temporarily cease the war and send envoys to your capital to negotiate peace."

Xue Wei said "hmm" calmly, and then said: "Then let's do this, you send people to Yanjing, and I won't stop you."

Amuto bowed his head and thanked him.

Xue Wei looked at him and asked with a smile: "You speak Chinese quite well, who did you learn from?"

"There are some... some Han Chinese in the tribe. I learned Chinese from them."

Hearing this, Xue Wei felt a little unhappy.

Because he knew that all the Han people in the Tatar tribe were abducted by the Tatars. Although most of them were not abducted during his tenure, they were indeed Han people abducted by the Tatars.

Seeing Xue Wei's unhappy expression, Amuto leaned forward and said, "General, the Han people in my army are living much better now than before."

Xue Wei didn't even look at him, but turned to look at Xue Bei beside him, and said lightly: "When the Tatar envoys arrive, you take them to Yanjing and report the situation to the court."

Xue Bei bowed his head deeply in response.

Amuto stood up and looked at Zhong Ming who was standing beside him. He looked at Zhong Ming tremblingly, then said, "Excuse me, is this General Zhong?"

Zhong Ming raised his eyes and glanced at him.

"Is something wrong?"

Amuto swallowed his saliva, performed the Tatar etiquette to Zhong Ming, and said: "General Zhong, we Tatars respect the strong the most. You are the only strong man Amuto has ever seen in his lifetime. Please accept my greeting."

Zhong Ming frowned and helped him up. He was introverted by nature and didn't know what to say at the moment.

After Amuto left, Zhong Ming looked at Xue Wei and shook his head, saying, "I have killed so many Tatars, but this Tatar saluted me. It's really weird."

Xue Wei said calmly: "This is the terrifying thing about the Tatars. They naturally respect the strong, and there will be no lack of warriors in the tribe."

Zhong Ming seemed to be thinking about something.

Xue Wei looked at him and said with a smile: "Brother Zhong, you have made great contributions in this battle. I have already written a letter to ask for your contribution. Would you like to take a look?"

Zhong Ming shook his head and said, "The general is the boss. I have only made some small contributions under the general's leadership."

Xue Wei looked at him and said, "After this battle, Brother Zhong will definitely be promoted to a third-rank general. Otherwise, you can just stay in Datong or Taiyuan and work with me."

Zhong Ming hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head slightly and said, "General, Lord Ling treats me very well, and I will go back to report to him."

Xue Wei stroked his chin and pondered for a while, then nodded and smiled, "That's right. When I met General Ling a few years ago, he mentioned that Brother Zhong would take over his position. You should go back to him."

"Don't dare."

Zhong Ming lowered his head and said: "How can I be so worthy..."

"We are brothers in the Huai'an Army."

General Xue waved his hand and said casually, "Let's not talk about these empty words. When it comes to military achievements, you are no worse than anyone else. When it comes to virtue, I was just a lousy soldier back then, but now I am a general guarding the border, right?"

"Unfortunately…"

General Xue sighed: "Without another Zhuli Master to fight us, we have not had a very happy life in the past ten years."

Zhong Ming couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

"The general is still the same general as before."

After the two talked for a while, Zhong Ming stood up and left the general's tent. General Xue turned his head to look at his son, raised his head and took a sip of wine, then spoke.

"After arriving in Yanjing, remember to pay respects to the new emperor first, and then go to see Lord Shen. Don't be stupid."

Xue Bei lowered his head and said, "My son is not stupid, he naturally knows."

General Xue said "hmm" and said casually: "When the time comes, don't forget to ask Mr. Shen to find you a marriage. When you return to Taiyuan, bring a daughter-in-law back for your father."

The young general was still an innocent boy at this moment. He blushed when he heard this and lowered his head and said, "Dad, what nonsense are you talking about..."

"Where did I say that?"

General Xue snorted, "Ling Su was able to pick up a granddaughter of a duke as his daughter-in-law. How is your father worse than him?"

Having said that, General Xue looked up outside the tent and chuckled.

"At this juncture, your marriage may be better than that of Ling Su's son."

Now that the new emperor has just ascended the throne, it is time to win over the hearts of the people, especially those generals on the border.

General Xue Wei saw this very clearly.

At this moment, if Shen Yi was present, he would most likely laugh and scold Xue Da, saying that you have become a shrewd person.

It’s a pity that the two of them haven’t seen each other for a long time.

………………

Half a month later, Xue Bei arrived in Yanjing with the envoys of the Tatar tribe, paid homage to the emperor and stated their purpose. Emperor Jianlong was very happy.

After all, for the emperor, there are not many political achievements worth showing off. Apart from expanding territory, the most prominent one is "making the four barbarians submit to him."

Now, the arrogant Tatar tribe took the initiative to seek peace, which was regarded as a political achievement for the new emperor. Naturally, he was very happy.

This would help consolidate his now unstable throne.

Therefore, after consulting several prime ministers, Emperor Jianlong highly commended the generals and soldiers under Zhong Ming, as well as the defenders of Datong.

In particular, Xue Bei, who brought the Tatars into Beijing this time, was personally received by Emperor Jianlong and was given a fifth-rank military official title.

After completing all the procedures, Xue Bei was finally able to escape from the court. On the morning of the second day after arriving in Yanjing, he came to the Shen Hou Mansion and asked to see Shen Yi.

Shen Yi naturally would not stop the son of an old friend at the door. Not long after, Tian Chong brought him to Shen Yi's study. After entering the study, Xue Bei knelt on his knees without saying a word and kowtowed.

"Xue Bei pays respect to Mr. Shen."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Shen frowned and asked, "Why did you change your name?"

Xue Bei then quickly changed his words.

"Meet uncle."

Master Shen then smiled and raised his hand and said, "Get up, sit down and talk."

After Xue Bei sat down, Shen Yi handed him some tea and asked with a smile, "Are your parents okay?"

"all good."

Shen Yi looked at him and said "tsk".

"He's so tall, and looks like your father."

"Has your stepmother not bullied you and your son over the years?"

Xue Bei quickly shook his head: "No, no, our great mother treats us very well."

Mr. Shen smiled and said, "Come to think of it, you have me to thank for your birth."

Xue Bei scratched his head, confused.

"Back when your father was still in the coastal military commandery, he insisted on going to the north with me to fight. I told him that war was dangerous and I would not take him unless there was a man or a woman left to carry on the family line."

Shen Yi smiled and said, "At that time, he was the commander of Guangzhou Guards, so he found your mother and had you."

Xue Bei suddenly realized and said, "No wonder, my mother is from Guangdong, but I grew up in Taiyuan..."

Mr. Shen looked at him and asked with a smile, "Now that you are old enough, do you want to marry a wife?"

Xue Bei blushed and lowered his head and said, "Uncle, please understand. This was arranged by my father. Nephew...nephew, I don't have any other thoughts."

Shen Yi smiled and said, "Then I won't arrange it for you?"

Xue Bei looked up at Shen Yi, somewhat stunned.

Master Shen laughed and said, "Just kidding. Your father has already spoken. I will help you look for someone in the next few days. When you arrive in Yanjing..."

"Just stay at my house."

Xue Bei stood up and bowed respectfully.

"My nephew obeys."

　The subsequent chapters are mainly to finish and fill in the gaps ~ Some friends say it’s too boring, haha… Actually, when I conquered Yanjing, I planned to finish the book, so that Shen Hou and Brother Bing could be well, and it would leave a lot of room for imagination, but the brothers in the group said that if I finished the book at that time, it would be considered a bad ending, so I have been writing it until now.

　　Now, I can only say that I will try my best to give each character a complete life...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)