Chapter 425 Double Reed
Under the gaze of everyone, Abatu replied: "I think I deserve it when I go back to your highness." Although I cherish my words like gold, my meaning is already very concise.
Some Mongolian generals were instantly surprised. They seemed to be a little uncomfortable with the sudden change of position in everyone's minds.
This was the effect Ulutus wanted! He said to the Mongolian generals with obvious differences in expression: "What do others think?"
The situation at this moment was obviously not conducive to the continued opposition between the Mongolian generals. Therefore, the three-thirds and three-way conjunction sounded, and soon the voice became a whole.
Seeing that almost everyone no longer opposed Zhou Shao's title of county duke, Ulutus smiled happily and said, "It's so great! All the ministers and officials work together to help each other. This is the blessing of our Ming Dynasty."
No matter what everyone thought about this, they said in their faces: "Abide by Your Highness's teachings."
In this way, the matter of Zhou Shao's title of title was finalized.
Although the whole thing, on the surface, was only derived from the competition between civil officials and military generals, Han officials and Mongolian factions, the actual influence was related to the balance of political power and national destiny of the Ming Dynasty.
Because although Ulutus has always respected martial arts and respected martial arts, he was also afraid and cautious in using military personnel and generals. When the Ming Dynasty was still a local force in Eastern Mongolia, Ulutus relied on the army. The army was centered on the original tribe, and was almost completely controlled by the Mongolian generals.
Ulutus was worried about this situation.
After all, there is a Khan Court above Eastern Mongolia. Everything in Eastern Mongolia has the taste of the Khan Court in terms of law. Since it is a gift, there is the right to take it back. Therefore, the army of Eastern Mongolia must obey the Khan Court's orders.
With that cheap uncle who existed for a day, Ulutus felt that his army had natural hidden dangers. Because in the hearts of ordinary Mongolians, the Khan who built the Mongolian Empire was as daunting as the mountain.
If one day, due to interests, the Ming Dynasty and the Khanate embarked on the road of force confrontation. The prestige of his uncle will inevitably have an impact in the army. This impact may be suppressed when the war is going smoothly. If it is not going well, the consequences will be unpredictable.
Although Ulutus thought he was not bad to the military generals below, no one dared to wishfully believe in the loyalty and ethics of the military generals. Moreover, the military generals surrendered to the Khanate, which is reasonable in principle.
So after experiencing the initial stage of creation, Ulutus focused on supporting the forces of non-Mongolian generals in the army. This factor exists when Quan Xu was able to serve as the governor of the first army.
By the time the Ming Dynasty was established, thanks to the increase in territory, the sources of soldiers became more diverse. The Mongolian soldiers who used to rely on as the main source of troops were no longer the basis of the Ming army. Instead, they were a larger number of new immigrants.
Due to its base advantage, more and more non-Mongolian military generals are more likely to make a comeback. Among the middle and lower-level military generals, the number of non-Mongolian military generals is increasing.
In this case, many Mongolian generals who controlled the key positions did not think there was anything wrong with it. Because among the upper-level generals, almost all the Mongolian generals were the generals. Moreover, in the Khan Court, in addition to the Qiexue army, most of the ordinary soldiers were composed of herd slaves captured on the grassland.
Therefore, this situation is not an isolated case in the Ming Dynasty.
But because a few senior generals like Abatu stood higher and looked further, they knew that although the Mongolian generals led by themselves still had an important position in the army, there were few opportunities to make great contributions in the future. Because the court would give more opportunities to go to the battlefield to those non-Mongolian generals and a few Mongolian generals who were not very powerful.
This can be seen from the number of times the only few governors led their troops to fight alone since the establishment of the Five Army Governors' Office. For example, the governors of the Western Army and the governors of the Southern Army were mostly promoted after the war was completed, or they immediately led their troops to fight as soon as they were promoted. The troops led were also new corps that could not be renewed.
So, Abatu was actually unwilling to stand out for the title this time because he could see that Ulutus was afraid of the Mongolian military general group!
But in his position, he had to do his own politics. The interest group he represented decided that he had to stand up and express the position of the Mongolian general, so even if he knew that he could not do it, he had to do it. Sometimes, as a minister, he should not only consider the above meaning, but also care about the following feelings.
Otherwise, in the future, my great commander-in-chief of the Five Armies might lose all my prestige within the army. It would not be so smooth to mobilize troops and generals.
Fortunately, Ulutus seems to have maintained enough tacit understanding with him.
"Pressure" in front of so many people gave Abatu the opportunity to "supplicate" and also maintained his prestige and status within the Governor's Office. After all, compared with Ulutus's intention, he, the governor who obeyed orders, dared not resist.
After showing his face like this, Ulutus did not stay any longer. Instead, he drank a few glasses of wine with several important officials, including Abatu, and said some encouragement words. Then, in front of everyone, he brought a pair of mutton fat jade from Gaochang, twelve Dongzhus, and two famous sweat-blooded BMWs in Hezhong Prefecture to express his congratulations.
Later, Ulutus, who returned to the palace, asked Sariyan to go to Abatu's Grand Governor's residence to summon a generous reward.
This move made the Mongolian generals who were a little uneasy to satisfy their wishes. At the same time, he felt that Ulutus still valued them very much the heroes who started their career. Although it is difficult for them to understand that vigorously promote those Han officials now, after all, their Mongolian generals are His Highness's own people!
Abatu understood Ulutus's meaning, but did not refuse, and accepted it properly, and said that he would go to the palace to thank him in person.
Unexpectedly, Sariyan was incompatible but brought Ulutus' oral decree: "The king said, you, I have been in charge of our king and minister for many years, and it is no problem to know each other. Now the main force of the Khanate is about to return, so please take care of the affairs of the military. If there are any unrighteous people who want to make any trouble, the Grand Governor doesn't have to attack immediately. Let's watch first, and wait until the time is ripe and then be completely destroyed."
This was said after the screen left and right, and he said it against Abatu's ear.
"Please report to Your Highness that with this governor here, no slut in the army can make a big wave." Abatu assured confidently.
Chapter completed!