"Long live my emperor, long live my life, long live my life!" After the future people welcomed into his study and sent the servants away, Tang Feng quickly knelt down and bowed. As he expected, the visitor was Zhu Youjian, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Seeing him looking so nervous and terrified, Chongzhen waved his hand with a smile: "Get up, you are the master today, I am a guest, and you are not an official in the court. If these common etiquettes can be avoided."

"Yes." Tang Feng agreed, and after asking the emperor to sit down, he honestly and unceremoniously. Although he knew what kind of etiquette should be paid attention to in this era, it would not be possible to be as careful as an ordinary subject. Since the emperor said that, he no longer felt wronged himself and naturally sat down.

"Do you know what I'm coming to your mansion for today?" Chongzhen asked after a glance.

"It should be for the Mongolians' business. Today, the Mongolian envoy came to the palace to meet the saint. I guess the emperor could not reach a consensus, so the emperor was worried. I wonder if what the grass people said was right?" Tang Feng thought for a moment and said truthfully. He knew that to be honest was the wisest choice in front of Chongzhen.

"Hey, it seems that although you have been dismissed from the official position, the news is still very well-informed." Chongzhen laughed and said, "Yes, I am indeed worried about this matter. The Mongolian envoy said something that he is also right. Although my Ming Dynasty and Mongolia have been fighting for more than a hundred years, that is a thing of the past. If they are willing to surrender to my Ming Dynasty now, it is not something we can't do without reopening the border. It's just..."

Seeing the emperor stopping with a slight hesitation, Tang Feng said, "Your Majesty is suspicious because he is afraid that someone will not accept it, and because those Mongolians will turn against each other after they are separated from their own difficulties?"

"Yes, you must be careful. After all, these Mongolians are foreign tribes. Even if we help them now, once they are strong, how can they still be under my Ming Dynasty? Then maybe they will cultivate a more powerful enemy for my descendants. Then how will their descendants judge me as their ancestor?"

"Your Majesty, although your concerns make some sense, they only focus on the conflicts we had with Mongolia in the past. In fact, in the opinion of Caomin, as long as the two sides can really form an alliance this time and communicate with each other on the border, all this will never happen again." Tang Feng said, paying attention to Chongzhen's expression.

"How do you say this?" The emperor did not feel any anger at all because of Tang Feng's words, but just asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, who do you think is stronger than the Mongols and the army of our Ming Dynasty?"

"This... if we talk about personal courage, those men should be stronger, but if we talk about the combat ability of the entire team, our elite soldiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty would not be afraid of them."

"The emperor is wise! This is true. Otherwise, our Ming Dynasty would not have been able to defend the enemy outside the Great Wall for more than a hundred years. The Ming Dynasty had hundreds of thousands of troops stationed on the border. Every time when the Mongols attacked, there was a war. Although they plundered, they would also pay the price of the lives of hundreds of warriors.

"If I, the Ming Dynasty, are willing to open this market and barter with them, will they still risk being killed and looted? The grass-roots think that this is probably impossible. Whoever spares his life? When there is a safer and more convenient way, who will take risks? So your Majesty, you don't have to worry that after this time, the Meng people will go back on their word and then launch troops against the Ming Dynasty."

After listening to Tang Feng's words, Chongzhen smiled and said, "Yizhi, it seems that you have a deep relationship with the Mongolian envoy. When someone reported this to me, I had not yet taken it to my heart."

"Why did the emperor say this?" Tang Feng was shocked. Although he did not deliberately conceal the matter between him and Da Yu'er, it was impossible for everyone to know with so many people and so many things in the capital. Moreover, the emperor who knew about this matter was still a busy emperor, which surprised him.

Seeing Tang Feng's surprised look, the smile on Chongzhen's face disappeared: "What you said now is exactly the same as the Mongolian envoy's comments in the hall. It seems that these are all the remarks you have discussed."

"Your Majesty, I am loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and I will never do anything to harm myself and others. All this is just a coincidence." Seeing Chongzhen's face darkened, Tang Feng immediately thought of the old saying of patronizing the king and accompanying the tiger, and immediately explained: "I do have some relationship with the Mongolian envoy, but I will never deceive the emperor for her."

Chongzhen stared at Tang Feng for a while before saying, "I want to believe what you said, but what you said just now is really similar to what the Mongolian envoy said. I must treat it with caution."

Tang Feng said to himself: "I am not an official in the court anymore. Even if I really want to help the Mongolians, I am afraid I am powerless. Why do you have to be cautious if you are worried about?" But he still looked unfair.

"Since you have your own opinions, let me tell you all and let me see how you think about me." Chongzhen said solemnly after looking at Tang Feng again.

"Yes, then please listen carefully to me." Tang Feng was shocked and said, "Your Majesty, now the real enemy and threat of my Ming Dynasty is not the Mongolian in the north, but the Jin people in the northeast. A few years ago, after seeing the ineffective attack on my Ming Dynasty, the Jin people sent troops to Mongolia and burned and killed many people on the grasslands, which led to the inability of the Mongolian winter this time. But my Ming took this opportunity to regain a large area of ​​cities and land in Liaodong that were once occupied by the Jin people. Your Majesty should still remember this?"

"I naturally remember this, is this related to this incident?"

"Of course. The Jin people's troops were burned and killed, which caused the Meng people to suffer great losses. In this way, the Meng people and the Jin people naturally became enemies. The Jin people and our Ming Dynasty also fought for many years and formed deep enemies. In this case, why can't we start with the Meng people to fight the Jin people? Now the Jin people's power is greater than the Meng people, and our Ming troops can only hold on to the city to fight the enemy, but they cannot fight head-on with the enemy on the plain. If we can get the help of the Meng people, will we still be afraid of the Jin people's cavalry? Emperor, then the Meng people swept the entire earth with tens of thousands of cavalry back then."

"You mean to use the Mongol cavalry to deal with the Golden Man for me? Are these Mongols willing to help us?"

"They came to the Ming Dynasty this time, and they regarded themselves as ministers. Now my Ming Dynasty is the country. I ordered them to send troops to help us attack the Jin people. Do they dare to refuse? This winter, they still have to rely on our Ming Dynasty to provide relief."

"This..." The emperor was a little moved by him. If he could really use the power of the Mongols to deal with the Jin people, the Ming Dynasty and the Jin people would naturally have the upper hand in the battle. Seeing that the emperor had been moved by himself, Tang Feng said while the iron was hot: "And we don't have to give. After opening the court, we can also get the horses that the Ming Dynasty needs most from them. With war horses and elite soldiers, I will no longer be afraid of those barbarian cavalry."

"Your idea is indeed very good, but have you ever thought about how the Mongols could be so controlled by us? Perhaps when they helped me, Daming, deal with the Jin people, their strength would be strengthened, and then we would just change an enemy..."

"Your Majesty, I have a way to deal with this." Tang Feng unconsciously used the previous title again, and the emperor didn't care at all: "I, Ming Dynasty and the Mongolians, can only give them food, cloth, salt, tea and other essential things in life, but we can also give them better things, such as gold and silver equipment, porcelain, and things made of silk."

"What do they do with these? Can the people there afford to use them?"

"Just just as ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty cannot afford these luxurious things, the ordinary herders of Mongolians naturally cannot afford these things, but their nobles are different. They have most of their wealth, some of them are cattle and sheep, and they can use these objects to exchange for the luxurious things they like in the Ming Dynasty. By that time, it will be more difficult for them to leave the Ming Dynasty, and we can control the nobles on the Mongolian grassland through the supply of these objects. Although they are strong by nature, under the erosion of these gorgeous objects, it will be impossible for several generations to return to their bravery."

After hearing what Tang Feng said, a light flashed in Chongzhen's eyes. He knew this too well. This is what the saying goes, "The Land of Gentleness is a hero's tomb."

Tang Feng did not finish his words, and he said, "And, have you ever thought about the fact that those men do not have any thoughts of superiority and inferiority. Once ordinary herders see their own patriarchs and elders own these things, but they only have difficulty in living a life of hardships, will they be willing to do so? Maybe this will also cause turmoil and uneasiness within the men, and then it will be even more difficult for them to threaten the Ming Dynasty."
Chapter completed!