The big group of people headed north and walked to a river intersection, leaving the Wo River and marched along a canal. The canal had just passed through recently, with some new soil and silt piled up on the shore, and the saplings on the shore were also planted.

Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse away from the brigade, and Yao Ji and Muzhen and other imperial concubines also changed into corset dresses and ran around with him. There were no cities around, and the horse team passed by several villages and headed back towards the river bank along the dirt road.

This place already belongs to the territory of the Henan Provincial Administration and the terrain is very flat. However, the surrounding vegetation is rich, blocking the forests, crop fields and ridges, so people's sight is not wide. There are harvested wheat piles and yellowed rice fields on the land.

It is the clear and cool autumn weather and the cool breeze is blowing.

When people arrived at the main road on the canal, they saw several official boats coming. The canal was not wide, so soon the soldiers on the boat saw Zhu Gaoxu's robe clearly. Many people stood on the side of the boat and shouted to the shore, "Long Live" sounds one after another. After a while, military music was played on the boat, and officers and soldiers lined up on the boat to hold military salutes.

Zhu Gaoxu also held his mount and clasped his fists in front of the official boat. The soldiers raised their muskets and cherry guns and cheered on the water. There was a hustle and bustle on the canal.

As the official ship gradually drifted away, the shouting still did not stop. Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and looked at Yao Ji next to him. Seeing her happy face and looking very well. Yao Ji withdrew her gaze and said, "The Lord is deeply loved by the army and the people."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I just tried my best to do something I should do."

While they were talking, they continued to walk slowly along the river. At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from behind, and a piece of yellow dust rose.

After a while, the horseman caught up with the cavalry, and the cavalry behind him seemed not to stop him. Zhu Gaoxu turned around and saw the face of the visitor clearly. It turned out to be Hou Hai, the commander of the left guard.

"Wow!" Zhu Gaoxu shouted at the sitting brown horse and raised his hand to let the horse team stop gradually.

Hou Hai stepped forward, turned over and dismounted, took out a dismantled envelope, and bowed, "I pay homage to the emperor. The officials who guarded the Northern Department of the Ministry of Justice have received some news in Peiping. This time I have to report to the emperor as soon as possible."

His words mentioned "this time" probably implying that he was negligent and delayed the matter last time.

Zhu Gaoxu sat on the horse's back and leaned over to take the thing.

There is a document in it, written by Guo Ang, an official stationed in Peking, and a letter from the eunuch Huang Yan. Huang Yan is a criminal, and he was involved in the case of rebellion by King Dai. It is a serious crime. He has been fleeing to the Tatars for several years. What is strange is that no one has decided on Huang Yan's crimes yet. Zhu Gaoxu speculated that the matter might involve King Zhao, and it is difficult to deal with the criminals. The criminals were not caught and no one urged them, so the matter was delayed.

Huang Yanyang wrote a few pieces of paper, most of which were self-defense and injustice, and his words were almost begging, and Zhu Gaoxu was not very interested. After reading it twice, Zhu Gaoxu finally found a useful paragraph in it.

According to Huang Yan, he received reliable information from the powerful and powerful people of the Korchin tribe. Alutai, the Tatars's magistrate, was interested in contacting the ministers of Mongolia and supporting the leader of the Korchin tribe as the Korchin Khan. The leader's name was Borjijin Ade.

When Zhu Gaoxu saw his surname, he knew that the leader of the Korchin tribe was a descendant of Genghis Khan.

"I understand." Zhu Gaoxu responded after roughly reading it. He returned the official documents Guo Ang to the North Bureau to Hou Hai, but put Huang Yan's letter into his sleeve bag.

Hou Hai bowed and of course he didn't dare to ask for the letter.

Zhu Gaoxu and his group rode their horses and continued to wander around the river. After enjoying their lives, they turned around and looked for the escort brigade.

Along the way, he felt something was strange in his heart. According to everyone's previous speculation, the reason why Alutai took the initiative to surrender the Tatar remnants of Hamiwei was that there were important figures in the Tatar remnants, most likely the son of Benyari's Khan. Now Alutai wants to support the people of Zhikorqin, so wouldn't it be in vain for his efforts to rescue the remnants?

Or maybe, the previous inference between Zhu Gaoxu and a group of people from the Ming Dynasty was completely wrong?

When the sun sets west, the army camps set up camps. The headquarters of the central army is still a village that was requisitioned, but the guards have more than 10,000 people, and the village cannot accommodate them. Most of the troops choose camps nearby to set up tents.

Zhu Gaoxu asked someone to invite the important civil and military personnel who were accompanying him to come to the yard where he lived for dinner. Among them were Hou Hai, Gao Xianning, and the nobles Qiu Fu, Wei Da, Wang Bin and others. After giving the order, Zhu Gaoxu specially called Cao Fu and invited the prince-in-law He Kui Si together.

Everyone came one after another when they got the news. There was naturally no place like a throne in the yard of this house. So after the civil and military officials gave the big gift, Zhu Gaoxu asked them to sit around a square table. The guards took some dried snacks and put a few pots of wine.

Zhu Gaoxu reached into his sleeve bag, took out Huang Yan's letter, first handed it to Qiu Fu next to him, and then asked everyone to circulate it. After reading it, Qiu Fu did not say a word, and handed it to Wang Bin directly, and then reached out to get the wine pot to pour the wine.

The generals were not very clear about the inside story of this matter, but Gao Xianning and Hou Hai knew that even the son-in-law He Kuisi had talked to Zhu Gaoxu.

Sure enough, He Kuisi was the first to speak: "It turns out that we were wrong. The people from Benyali's Thunder Khan's family are not in Hamiwei?"

Gao Xianning said calmly: "Arutai took the initiative to submit to the vassal, what are you doing for?"

He Kuisi looked thoughtful and couldn't answer. At this time, Wang Bin's voice said, "I shouldn't have let that Tatar prime minister go, find an excuse to arrest him and beat him up, wouldn't I know everything?"

"Pu!" Qiu Fugang choked out a sip of wine and said hurriedly: "The emperor forgives the crime, and the old minister loses his etiquette, it's not intentional."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I still have some tribute wine in my palace. If Duke Qi likes to drink it, he will ask someone to send it to the mansion when he goes back."

Qiu Fu clasped his fists and said, "I thank the emperor for his kindness and reward."

Wang Bin looked at Qiu Fu seriously and said, "Did I say something wrong?"

Qiu Fu smiled and said, "Let's just listen. This matter is not subject to the general." After he said that, he glanced at He Fu's son, and the prince-in-law, also belonged to the general.

He Kuisi's voice said again: "Many things in the world are unreasonable, but there should be reasons for what Alutai does. This Alutai is not an ordinary person. He has held the power of Mongolia for many years and supported several Khans. He is still the top figure in the Tatar tribes."

Zhu Gaoxu agreed: "You are right. Most of these people have long-term plans. After the demise of the Yuan Dynasty, the Tatars suffered heavy losses from the Ming Dynasty's official army during the Hongwu period and the Wude period. However, many Tatars still had not changed their mindset and retained the illusion of the Great Yuan martial arts of that year. Therefore, if Alutai did not have any intention, there was no need to take the initiative to surrender, and other Tatars would also dissuade him."

After a while, He Kuisi clasped his fists and said, "I have some speculations, but it seems to be irrelevant, and I don't know whether to speak or not."

"If the prince consort feels it is not right to say it, you won't ask this." Zhu Gaoxu said casually.

Qiu Fu and several other generals couldn't help but smile.

He Kuisi said, "I think that at this time, the first thing Alutai wants to deal with was the Wasat people, so he is willing to surrender to the Ming court for the time being. The first emperor of Wude went to the northern expedition, which caused a lot of losses to the Tatar elites. Alutai can no longer compete with the Wasat people head-on. Therefore, Alutai's best strategy is to rely on the power of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Speak."

He Kuisi nodded and said, "Arutai still cannot truly join forces with the Ming Dynasty. The court has always been wary of the Tatars, and Arutai should also understand. The most practical way at this time is to provoke a war between the Ming Dynasty and the Washu tribes. When the Washu people are weakened, Arutai takes the opportunity to add insults. This is the best way to defeat or even eliminate the Washu."

Zhu Gaoxu became more and more interested in hearing it, and said, "I think the words of the prince-consort are very marginal."

He Kuisi's expression was a little awkward, "The reason behind me is a bit like a speculation. I boldly guessed that everything Alutai did recently was to challenge the Ming Dynasty and the thorns.

There may not be any descendants of Benyali Seikhan in the remnants of the Hami Guard. Arutai deliberately released news, making the Wassar people mistakenly believe that Benyali Seikhan's son fled to Hami Guard; therefore, the incident of the Wassar army attacking Hami Guard a while ago, which happened.

Arutai deliberately sent people to Peiping, Zhangde and other places to find Han people to meet the remnants of the west. Then he sent envoys to surrender and made the only request, which was to use the passage. All of this implies that the Tatars had very important people in Hamiwei. This person is easy for us and the Wassites to guess, only Benjali's son who had a khan had enough weight."

He Kuisi changed his tone and continued, "Mahamu, the leader of Wasai, has supported a man named Dabali, who is the Great Khan of the Mongolian Republic, and is called Benyari's younger brother. However, since he took office, many people have questioned him, and the Tatar tribes do not recognize Dabali's identity.

At this time, if the Wastu people learned that Benyali Shikhan had a son in Hamigu, they would be very likely to send troops to block the attack.

By paying tribute to the title, Alutai has received a promise from the Ming Dynasty to protect the remnants of Tatars. When the remnants of Tatars were passed by, including the Ming Dynasty's guards, they may be attacked and killed by the Wass. In addition, the Wasss tribes continue to grow, Mahamu's ambitions are expanding, and the court is becoming more and more afraid. The battle between the Ming Dynasty and Wasss may break out."

The room was quiet for a long time, and after hearing this, everyone seemed to be thinking about what He Kuisi said.

Gao Xianning broke the silence: "It makes sense in theory, but some of the specific things are difficult to do with Alutai."

"At least it's very imaginative." Zhu Gaoxu said, "Prince He is a very spiritual person."
Chapter completed!