Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 137 The Dogs of the Ming Dynasty, the Grassland Divided!
Hand over all the traitors in Bansheng.

They submitted to the Ming Dynasty and paid tribute every year.

A hundred years later, the position of Khan was handed over to his grandson Bahananji, who was close to the Ming Dynasty.

Altan Khan made three promises, each one more important than the last, which made Shen Weijing a little confused.

A normal negotiation is a two-way process. You ask for a sky-high price and I pay you back on the spot. In short, when we are both red in the face and neck and close to each other's bottom line, the negotiation is suddenly concluded.

This was Shen Weijing's experience when managing the family business, fighting over a penny.

Shen Weijing never thought that the peace talks between the Ming Dynasty and Tatar, which concerned the fate of the country and the nation, could be so hasty.

In comparison, Shen Weijing couldn't help but sigh that this world is just a huge makeshift team.

Although he felt emotional, Shen Weijing also keenly noticed the true meaning of Altan Khan's words.

The Tatars had only one request to the Ming court, which was to reopen trade.

The main figure of the Ming Dynasty delegation's mission, Bahanaji, was not returned immediately as requested by Altan Khan.

Shen Weijing thought about the Tatar herdsmen he met after entering the northern border, and found that most of them were pale and thin, and even the cattle and sheep they were grazing did not look fat, so he came to a guess.

The food crisis in Tatar has become very serious.

No wonder after the Shanxi merchants were destroyed by the Ming Dynasty and their food supply routes to the grasslands were cut off, Altan Khan did not even launch a basic exploratory attack to the south, but directly chose to stop fighting and make peace.

It seems that the Tatars are starving to death.

Altan Khan, who was nominally the Khan of Tatar, had to give up his face and serve the Ming Dynasty as a dog in order to save the lives of his people.

Of course, Shen Weijing also knew that foreign races were fickle. There were many tribes and countries that paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Among the fifteen countries designated by Emperor Taizu Gao as non-conquerable, which one did not pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty?

But the result is that they just want to tear a piece of meat from the Ming Dynasty, fearing power but not morality, this is what these foreign races are like.

There was a food shortage on the grassland, so the Tatars and Altan Khan could pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty in exchange for food to help them get through the cold and hungry winter.

When spring comes and flowers bloom, when the weather is warm and the grasslands are no longer short of food, the Tatars and Altan Khan will surely go south again to invade and plunder.

This is the nature of nomadic tribes, to respect the strong and bully the "weak".

Shen Weijing smiled and said directly: "I understand the Khan's intention, and I can also tell the Khan clearly that the three promises made by the Khan in exchange for the reopening of the trade will definitely not be rejected by the Ming court."

Even though they knew the evil ambitions of the Tatars and Altan Khan, the emperor and cabinet of the Ming Dynasty would not refuse these promises.

Although it was known that the Tatars and Altan Khan's submission and tribute were only temporary and that they would eventually invade the border towns of the Ming Dynasty again, it was true that the border towns could enjoy peace for several years or even decades before the retrial.

But if we refuse to reopen the trade, it means that when people are starving, they will do anything, and when a large group of people are starving, the consequences will surely be earth-shattering.

If Altan Khan led tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry to fight a life-and-death battle with the Ming Dynasty, it would be hard to say who would win or lose.

But the Ming Dynasty would not gamble its national destiny with the Tatars, not because it was afraid, but because there was no need.

The Tatars today are like a hungry man, while the Ming Dynasty is like a wealthy family with countless farms.

Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. If the Tatars lose the bet, they will only accelerate their demise. If they win the bet, they will become rich overnight.

As for the Ming Dynasty, if it won the bet, it would have lost a large number of soldiers for nothing. If it lost the bet, the Battle of Tumu would probably have happened again.

The fact that Altan Khan could speak so frankly about the current situation of the Tatars meant that the Ming court would not dare to take the risk.

Shen Weijing also thought so, so after he spoke frankly about the truth about the peace talks, Altan Khan's expression did not even change.

If Shen Weijing had no ulterior motives and the talks had ended here, all he had to do was pass on Altan Khan's promise and conditions back to the Ming Dynasty and the matter would have been basically completed.

When the time comes, I will return to the Ming court and serve as the deputy envoy of the Ming Dynasty delegation. I will be promoted and rewarded as I deserve.

However, Shen Weijing's pursuit goes far beyond this. He continued, "To be willing to be a subordinate to others and pay tribute to the old enemy, I know that this is not the Khan's original intention. I also hope that the Khan can act according to his heart as soon as possible."

At this point, Altan Khan was somewhat dazed, as if he saw the shadows of Zhao Quan and Qiu Fu in Shen Weijing. This also explains why Shen Weijing deliberately behaved strangely after entering the Khan's tent and stayed alone in the Khan's tent. It turned out that this man was also a traitor.

Altan Khan found it absurd that a traitor had become the deputy envoy of the Ming Dynasty's diplomatic mission.

But this is a good thing for Tatars!
Altan Khan laughed.

It's not that he doesn't like traitors. Even though he was very angry when he saw Zhao Quan and Qiu Fu wanted to rebel back to the Ming Dynasty, he knew that it was precisely because of the existence of Zhao Quan and Qiu Fu that the Tatars had benefited a lot in the past forty years.

What is poison to others may be honey to me, it is nothing more than this.

Altan Khan readily accepted Shen Weijing's expression of admiration, and then signaled Shen Weijing to demonstrate his value.

"Khan, do you know that almost all regimes in the Central Plains will become more and more powerful after their establishment, but will quickly decline after sealing the Wolf's Lair, engraving the Stone of Yanran, and proclaiming themselves the Heavenly Khan? Why could the powerful Xiongnu and Turks only survive under the heyday of the Han and Tang armies?" Shen Weijing said with emotion.

The limited knowledge may not be able to scare the learned people of the Ming Dynasty, but it is enough to scare the barbarians, even the largest one.

Altan Khan was immediately attracted by this question and said, "Yes, why?"

"Because the Han and Tang dynasties avoided all things that were disadvantageous to the emperor. Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang did whatever they wanted. They had enough troops and money.

The emperor on high is always wise, while the common people are always stupid. When the emperor can hold power alone and all the people have to submit to him even if they are reluctant, the Central Plains dynasty can always burst out with infinite power.

In contrast, in the scattered grasslands, tribes were not submissive to each other, and there were few times when they were unified. This gave the Central Plains regime the opportunity to eat away at the grasslands bit by bit. "

Shen Weijing explained slowly, "This is exactly the reason why the grasslands became increasingly decadent after Emperor Taizu Gao of the Ming Dynasty established the Ming Dynasty. Although the Oirat was prosperous for a while, it fell into the abyss. The Khan's grandfather, Dayan Khan, a descendant of Genghis Khan's Golden Family, also unified the grassland tribes for a short time, but after his death, how could the fragmented grasslands resist the Ming Dynasty?

The Khan was powerful. In the 29th year of Jiajing, the Gengxu Rebellion broke out and reached the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was so frightened that he fled madly, forcing the Ming Dynasty court to reopen the trade.

Altan Khan smiled brightly.

Shen Weijing changed the subject and Altan Khan's smile disappeared again, "But after that, the divisions among the grasslands intensified. Khan, besides being able to completely control the Altan tribe and the right wing of the grassland, how much control do you have over the left wing?
The division of the left wing of the grassland was the main reason why the Khan could no longer force his way into the territory of the Ming Dynasty and attack the capital of the Ming Dynasty as he did in the 29th year of Jiajing.

The division of the left wing of the grassland was also the main reason why the Khan had no choice but to submit to the Ming court in humiliation and pay tribute.

In today's grasslands, the cattle and sheep belong to the left and right wings of the grassland, not the Khan. The bows and arrows in the hands of the Tatar warriors do not belong to the Khan either.

If the Ming Dynasty goes back on its word and deliberately controls the transportation of food into the grasslands, starving the Tatar warriors to death, how will the Khan fight against the Ming Dynasty then? "

"That's right!"

When Altan Khan thought of the left wing of the grassland and the little prince's tribe, Bodi, who was the nominal leader of the Tatars, he was filled with hatred. If Bodi had not been unwilling to give up the position of leader, why would the grassland be torn apart today and bow down to the Ming Dynasty? However, there has been no solution to Bodi, the little prince's tribe, and the left wing of the grassland for so many years. Seeing that Shen Weijing seemed to be confident, he could not help but ask: "Then what do you think should be done?"

"It's actually very simple. As long as we establish the Khan's authority, strengthen his position, and ensure that he has enough money and food, and the grassland people are good at riding and shooting, the Ming Dynasty will not be a threat."

Shen Weijing gave the answer, and said eloquently: "Food is a problem that the grassland cannot solve. Peace talks are necessary. The Khan must be a little bit wronged and pay tribute to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. However, after the border trade between Tatar and the Ming Dynasty is opened, the Khan must control the goods entering and leaving the two sides, especially food, which is the key for the Khan to solve the left wing of the grassland.

The Khan could buy one portion of food with two sheepskins, and then sell four, five, six, or even more sheepskins to the tribes on the left wing of the grassland.

As time goes by, the Khan's left-wing tribe will be far more prosperous than the right-wing tribe. The Khan will unify the grassland and restore the splendor of the grassland that his ancestor Dayan Khan saw is just around the corner!

Once the Khan gains control of the entire grassland and command of all the cavalry on the grassland, he can march south in large numbers and wash away today's shame.

It is not impossible to seize the Central Plains and surpass our ancestor Dayan Khan in achievements and catch up with our ancestor Genghis Khan!"

"it is good!"

Altan Khan stood up, his face flushed with excitement, and paced back and forth, saying, "Just do as you say!"

Hear the words.

Shen Weijing looked at Altan Khan and hummed softly. He didn't expect that such a huge pancake as big as the sky could be stuffed into Altan Khan's mouth.

It is for this reason that Shen Weijing strengthened his determination to stay in Tatar. He wanted to do something big in Tatar!

There was a power outage at home last night. The third chapter will be updated in the evening.

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