In the Ganqing Palace, the Imperial Study Room, Yongqing held the secret letter written by Yang Cong in his hand, and his expression was a little excited.

The Tartars finally surrendered, and the troubles in the northwest are about to be solved!

This time, the Tartars were not a fake surrender, because Yang Cong asked them to compensate the war horses, and they all agreed.

For many years, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the northwest has never been peaceful. After the Tumu Fort Incident, the Ming Dynasty was beaten to the point of being unable to raise its head. Over the past hundred years, the Ming Dynasty has been exhausted and humiliated.

This time, the Tartars finally surrendered. What the last emperors of all generations had not done was finally completed in his hands. How could he not be excited?

However, Yang Cong's letter was not all good news. The Tartars agreed to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, but it was not without conditions.

As for being a king or something, that's nothing. The title of king granted to the Tartars by the Ming Dynasty was purely a title and had no substantial meaning. The key problem is that the Tartars requested the opening of the Horse Market, which was a bit troublesome.

According to Yang Cong, opening the Horse Market is more conducive to controlling the Tartars and making the Tartars rely on the Ming Dynasty. However, many court officials certainly would not think so.

Officials in the Ming Dynasty had a big characteristic, that is, they like to express their opinions, and they also like to force others to accept their opinions. Sometimes even emperors would force them.

In their own words, it is worrying about the country and the people or the country and the people. In fact, they are just arguing.

For example, if someone asks to clean up the problem of the Tartars, there are probably few people who dare to clean up, and no one can clean up. However, after others go, they have something to say, and their voices are not small.

It was as if the generals and commanders on the border were all puppets and they had to be merciless.

This problem is really disgusting, but there have never been many powerful people in the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Cong even suggested in a secret letter that any court officials who have something to hide and talk nonsense will secretly record them. If such a person makes a mistake, he will kill him with one stick and never tolerate him.

This method is indeed good. At least, most of the people who emerge will be cleaned up, and the Ming Dynasty can be quieter. However, these are all later stories. Yongqing cannot take action to deal with others when they are being criticized. If he does this, it will be exactly what those people think.

Because whether it is a court stick, a dismissal, or even a prison sentence, many "bad bones" are flocking to it. In their opinion, these are shortcuts to gain fame. They can use this to boast about becoming a "loyal" who is not afraid of life and death for the country and the people!

To be honest, Emperor Yongqing was really afraid of such court officials, because any such court officials were stubborn and had no oil and salt in their hands. It was useless to say anything, and it was useless to even kill them!

Fortunately, Yang Cong gave a reminder at the end of the secret letter. If there is any problem, he could summon Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng to discuss.

After reading the secret letter, Yongqing immediately sent oral orders to Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng to come and meet.

Both of them have been promoted to Grand Secretary of the Cabinet by Yang Cong, and they are on duty in the cabinet room in the palace, so it is very convenient to summon them.

After a moment, the two of them came together. After the lord and ministers, Yongqing said with a little excitement: "I have sent a letter from my mentor, and the Tartars finally can't stand it anymore and are about to surrender."

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he was also a little excited: "It's great, the northwest side has finally been solved."

When Xu Jie heard this, he pondered silently, and there was no expression on his face.

This is why Yang Cong asked Yongqing to discuss with the two. These two people, one is enterprising and the other is very powerful, just complementing each other.

Yongqing then explained: "However, the Tartars are not without conditions. Altan Khan wants me to give him a title of king. At the same time, he also wants the Ming Dynasty to open a horse market. There are examples of this title of king and something is nothing at all. It is a bit troublesome to open a horse market. The teacher means that opening a horse market is beneficial to controlling the Tartars. What do you think are the pros and cons?"

Zhang Juzheng agreed without hesitation: "What his mentor said makes sense. The Tartars probably thought that after opening the Horse Market, they would be able to obtain survival supplies from the Ming Dynasty, which would be beneficial to their reproduction and reproduction. They must not know that today is different from the past. In the face of muskets and artillery, no matter how many people they multiply and how many cavalry they train, it is all fake. As long as we always maintain the advantage of firearms, they will never turn over. The biggest advantage of opening the Horse Market is that the Tartars will unknowingly rely on the Ming Dynasty, and this dependence will increase more and more severely over time. You must know that most of the population they reproduced is raised by the Ming Dynasty's food. Once the Ming Dynasty cuts off their food, the more they are, the more unbearable they are."

It turned out that this is what it means. Yongqing didn't understand at first why opening the Horse Market was conducive to controlling the Tartars.

This is indeed a good thing. The court officials may not think so. Yongqing was worried and said, "What if someone objected?"

At this moment, Zhang Juzheng stopped talking.

He is indeed extremely intelligent, but most of his intelligence is used to make progress. As for how people agree with his views or methods, he usually uses his power to force him!

This method is the most offensive to others, so his ending in history can be said to be quite miserable. After he was exhausted, his family was completely gone. Not to mention that Wanli almost dug him out and whipped him.

Xu Jie was different. He thought quietly for a while before he said lightly: "Someone objected, this is inevitable, but it doesn't matter much. If the emperor can do this, they will be honest."

When Yongqing heard this, his eyes lit up. Xu Jie really has a way!

The next day, the morning court, just as the memorial was about to begin, Yongqing spoke in person and said loudly: "Before this memorial, I want to tell you a good news, after the disdainful efforts of the northwest border troops, the Tatars were finally surrendered. However, the Tatars put forward two conditions: the first is to be named the king, and the second is to be required to open the horse market. There are precedents for the request to be named the king, so I won't say this. There are actually precedents to follow in this opening of the horse market. I think that for the long-term stability of the northwest border, you can also consider it. What do you think?"

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, a bunch of so-called "right ministers" and "advising ministers" jumped out to object.

These people have no specific reasons, most of them are clichés.

When the Tartars were strong, they forced the Ming Dynasty to open the Ma Market and the Ming Dynasty never surrendered. Now the Ming Dynasty is in a strong position, why did they open the Ma Market?

What is the opening of the Horse Market is to invest in the enemy, and that is to send food to the Tartars and feed them so that they can come and beat us!

These words were long as Yongqing expected. He pretended to listen carefully to the opinions of these court officials, and then pretended to think for a while, then he said calmly: "Well, what you said makes sense, but if I don't agree to the opening of the Ma City, the Tatars will not surrender. Otherwise, I will send you to the Northwest Pass to talk to the Tatars and ask them to give up the idea of ​​opening the Ma City and surrender to the Ming Dynasty. How about it? However, I can say that the ugly words are ahead. The Northwest troubles have bothered me for so many years. Now it is about to be solved. If you ruin this matter for me, I will not spare me."

As soon as he said this, the courtier who ran out to advise him was stunned.

If you want to talk about the Tartars when you go to the Northwest Pass, most of them are not afraid of it because they are so slutty, and they dare to give advice in front of the emperor. What do they dare not go there? Even if they are killed by the Tartars, they will sacrifice their lives for the country and be remembered forever!

However, Yongqing cut off their hope of being famous for a lifetime. "If things are done, you will never give up easily." Everyone understands what the emperor means, if the Tartars do not surrender, they will bear the blame.

If this guy really bears this crime, it will not be remembered forever, but will be infamous for thousands of years!

The Tartars were a big trouble in the Ming Dynasty. The northwest border troops fought bloody battles, and finally they were about to surrender. After you were fooled by this, they would not surrender again. How unpleasant this was said.
Chapter completed!