Zhu Houzhao nodded and patted Zhang Cong on the shoulder:

"You have lost weight, tell me what is the current situation of Yulin County's fields, population, minerals, etc.? Let me tell you about your actual experience in building Yulin City and let Zhang Lun and others, who are also the Capital University, listen carefully!"

Zhang Cong replied, "Yes!" He glanced at Zhang Lun, the eldest grandson of the British Duke and Princess Zhang Lun from the corner of his eyes.

Although Yulin City is quite large now, the buildings in the city are still covered with straw sheds, and only the county government offices are brick and tile houses.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao and a group of court officials could only temporarily rest in the county government.

In this world without electricity, Zhu Houzhao could only sit by one, four or five candlesticks and a pile of pits burning with bonfires and listening to Zhang Chang's report.

The cabinet chief Jiao Fang, the chief minister of the Sili Supervisor Yin Liu Jin, the governor of Datong Feng Junyan and others could only stand in the room, crowded around, while the officials were close to the fire, while the officials were small, and the officials stood directly at the door to block the cold wind.

Those who have no official position can only stand in the snow and ice, with their bodies burning on the front and the wind blowing on the back.

After listening to Zhang Cong’s report, Zhu Houzhao couldn’t help but ask the Jinyiwei’s record: “Where have the tribes reached now?”

"Report to Your Majesty, the cavalry of the Yongxie tribe and the Ordos tribe have begun to set off, but the Chahar tribe has not moved yet," Chen Lu replied.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ask Zhang Cong to take out the map he had asked him to follow Ma Wensheng to the frontier in advance, and he was a little surprised when he saw it:

"The Chahar tribe is the farthest from Yulin among the Mongolian right wings. They should set out in advance. Why have the cavalry of the Tuxie tribe and the Ordos tribe set off, and the cavalry of the Tachahar tribe have not yet set off!"

"I am puzzled, and I have asked someone to ride my horse back and ask our spy, and see what he says then."

Chen Lu said at this time, and saw the sound of horses roaring outside. He heard the camp soldiers call out: "Report! Find the Jinyiwei Tongzhi Lord Shen!"

Zhu Houzhao showed Chen Lu a few words and asked him to go out and see what was going on.

Not long after, Chen Lu walked in again and reported to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty! The Chahar tribe has set out."

Jiao Fang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, couldn't help but relax. Now that the Emperor is outside the border, he is really afraid that something will happen, and the fourteenth year of Zhengtong will repeat the incident. Although the emperor did not want to conquer the little prince, he would return to Datong City tomorrow.

But Jiao Fang was still worried that if the Chahar tribe did not come, would it mean that the Chahar tribe changed its mind in the middle, was unwilling to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, and even colluded with the little prince to be detrimental to the Ming Dynasty.

Now that he heard that the cavalry of the Chahar tribe had set out as promised, he naturally felt much more relieved.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao and Jiao Fang were worried about the same thing, so when he heard that the Chahar tribe had not set off, he asked Chen Lu very carefully.

Now that Zhu Houzhao knew that the Chahar tribe had set out, he breathed a sigh of relief.

However, why the Chahar tribe set out later than the Tuxi and Ordos tribes and Zhu Houzhao still couldn't ignore it. He couldn't help but ask the civil and military officials present again.

"You guys, why do you think the cavalry of the Chahar tribe set out the latest?"

Except for Jiao Fang, Liu Jin and Zhang Cong, most of the officials present were led by soldiers from the border town. Without Zhu Houzhao's request, they were already thinking.

At this time, Qiu Yue said first: "According to me, the Chahar tribe may want to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight."

"Tiger? Who is the tiger?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

"Go back to the emperor, it is naturally my Ming Dynasty and the little prince." Liu Jingang from the Sili Supervisor said this, and Feng Jun, the governor of Datong, directly retorted:

"I don't think so. Now Datong has a guard and a border army, with a total of less than 100,000 troops. His little prince has not yet unified the Mongolian right wing, but only 30,000 households on the left wing, and only tens of thousands of cavalry. Tathagata Datong has not yet had enough strength to fight our Ming Dynasty! And now, according to Your Majesty's plan, we are just a planner."

Datong Governor Feng Junyan is worthy of being an experienced official in the border town, and he grasped the key immediately.

"According to Governor Feng's intention, this tiger fight is a battle between the left and right wings of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty. Is the Ming Dynasty just watching a show?"

Zhang Cong said with a smile.

Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while and asked Chen Lu: "Does the people who report back and forth know the direction of the Chahar cavalry?"

Chen Lu bowed to Zhu Houzhao, then withdrew from Yulin County to ask again, and then came back: "Southwest!"

"Southwest! No! The southwest is the distance from Yulin City, and it is the retreat of the Tuxie and Ordos tribes! The Chahar tribe is going to pick up the retreat of the Tuxie and Ordos tribes!"

Qiu Yue is worthy of being a famous general of the world, and immediately expressed the possible motives of the Chahar tribe.

Before Zhu Houzhao could react, Qiu Yue hurriedly bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty! Now you and the elders need to make a new decision! This little prince is not targeting our Ming Dynasty! I am afraid that he is preparing to unify the entire Mongolian Yuan from beginning to end! Trying to destroy the right wing!"

Zhu Houzhao didn't react. Seeing Qiu Yue so excited, he couldn't calm down and analyze it carefully.

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Jiao Fang and the chief supervisor of the Sili, were also confused. They knew very little about Qiu Yue, who was a hereditary commander of the commander-in-chief. They only knew why His Majesty asked the Ministry of War to transfer this person to Beijing to teach the training of a group of Jinshi and nobles from the Capital University. In a blink of an eye, they were responsible for the training of the entire Guards. Now they have become the commander of the First Division of the Guards, and have become the deputy general officer and also serve as the Left Minister of the General Staff of the Guards.

But in fact, everyone still despises this military officer to a greater or lesser extent, and just thinks that it is just His Majesty's favorite.

Now, Qiu Yue's performance naturally surprised them.

Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to wave his hand and said, "Wait, Qiu Qing, what do you mean is that the little prince's current purpose is still to eat the Mongolian right wing and unify Mongolia?"

"That is, if I expected it, the little prince has no intention of becoming an enemy with the Ming Dynasty. First of all, the Ming Dynasty is now very well prepared. Secondly, his little prince does not have enough strength yet. The little prince should now encircle the Tu Xie tribe and the Ordos tribe first. The Chahar tribe is afraid that while accepting the alliance with the Ming Dynasty, he has already defected to the little prince and will work with the little prince to eliminate the Tu Xie tribe and the Ordos tribe together to unify the entire Mongolia!"

Qiu Yue said again, "Your Majesty, the unification of Mongolia is ultimately unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty. When Emperor Taizong conferred the Mongolian lords such as Alutai as kings, and asked them to divide and control them, which made Yongle almost unbounded. Since Yesen's father Tuohuan unified Mongolia, Yesen succeeded to the throne and dared to attack our Ming Dynasty! Now the little prince also wants to unify Mongolia! What should the Ming Dynasty do? Please ask Your Majesty to judge!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but hold his forehead: "I killed his son, and it was executed by Lingchi! He even banned his salt and tea trade from each side! Shouldn't he not come to be an enemy of my Ming Dynasty?"

At this time, another horse roar came from outside.

Immediately afterwards, I heard the battalion soldiers standing guard shouting: "Report! Find the Jinyiwei Tongzhi Lord Shen!"

Chen Lu retreated again and then came back to report: "Report to Your Majesty! This is the news sent by the little prince's spy from the Jinyiwei, and there are two reports:

1. The little prince said that his son Urus Borot was killed by the right-wing Tushe tribe Yibula and Ordos Mandu Lai Agulehu, so he decided to launch all the left-wing troops to fight against the right-wing rebels! On November 18, he set out from Weininghai!

2. The little prince’s army has obtained 30,000 jin of salt! 20,000 jin of tea!

Zhu Houzhao really didn't expect the little prince to blame the death of his son Urus Borot on the Mongolian right wing.

"This is the revenge of killing your son! Don't come to take revenge on me? This little prince is really a character. He can tolerate it and be a real man!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing.

Jiao Fang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, couldn't help but nod: "I am also incredible. Now it seems that it is because Your Majesty, you are so powerful all over the world. Even the little prince dares not offend me easily!"

"Put me a little too much hat!"

Zhu Houzhao responded to Jiao Fang and looked at Qiu Yue, who was quite prescient in the battle situation: "I roughly understand what you mean. The little prince now wants to destroy the Tu Xie tribe and the Ordos tribe first, and the Chahar tribe has undoubtedly surrendered to the little prince. As long as the little prince destroys the Tu Xie tribe and the Ordos tribe, he can unify the entire Mongolia! Now the news from the Jinyiwei is consistent with what you said. This little prince blames the crime of killing his son on the Mongolian right wing, but does not mention the Chahar tribe."

Zhu Houzhao said and looked at the others again: "But I still have a question. The second news revealed by the Jinyiwei said that the little prince had 30,000 kilograms of salt! Twenty thousand kilograms of tea! The Ming Dynasty failed to blockade his salt tea?! How did he get it?!"

Zhu Houzhao did not directly say that it might be that an official from Daming Border Town was secretly colluding with the little prince, but his tone had become a little stern at this time naturally made it possible for the officials present to guess.

Jiao Fang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty! In this matter, I can only ask Ma Wensheng and Caikuan in advance, and ask him to investigate carefully first, who was secretly dealing with the little prince."

"Accurate! You can draft an order to question these two people!"

Zhu Houzhao said.

Preventing the unification and growth of Mongolia is something that the Ming Dynasty should be vigilant, and preventing the border town officials from colluding with foreign enemies to maintain the Ming Dynasty's ability to control foreign enemies economically is also something that needs to be vigilant at all times.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao was also very concerned about the second news and was even a little angry.

If I want to use the Mongolian right wing to get rid of the little prince this time, then these powerful and powerful gentry who secretly collude with the little prince and even export important materials to the little prince will be the culprit!

Zhu Houzhao was already confident in secret that these people must be severely punished as long as they were found out!

Otherwise, if the rise of Jurchens will really occur in the future, will the Shanxi merchants still be able to export strategic resources to foreign enemies without scrupulously, and will the commanders who are fighting in front still dare to do this?!

But now we can only ask Ma Wensheng and Caikuan, who are in charge of the border town.
Chapter completed!