Chapter 454
: The rhyme of the Yingying
On the second day, Agudam of Taining Guard led three thousand iron cavalry to Duoyan Guard.
The three guards of Duoyan have always been advancing and retreating together. The leader of Duoyan Guard had orders, and the other guards all obeyed. However, it is not until Nadamu is about to be convened that Agudamu has arrived late, and everyone can see that he and Bai Yin have not yet let go of his past grudges. However, Fuyu Guard is about to form an alliance with Duoyan Guard, and he is unable to support himself, so he is afraid that he has to surrender to the general trend.
Although Queen Yin Qi is young, her etiquette is not bad at all. From a public perspective, she is a prince conferred by the Ming Dynasty court and has a status far higher than Agudamum. But from a private perspective, she is Agudamum's son and nephew, so she personally welcomes her out of the city with private ceremony.
Bai Yin was about to hold power, and she was very happy. She didn't care about the past disputes. She accompanied Yin Qi out to welcome Agudam to the city. On the surface, the three of them were chatting and laughing, but it seemed very harmonious.
At this time, in Cheng Qiyun's camp, a young man named Chang Jin was reporting the results of the investigation of the merchant.
"It is very difficult to investigate the identity of that person. The grassland is too vast and there are too many people who don't know each other. Even if I heard about his public identity, I couldn't verify it for a while. Yesterday, my subordinates asked people and found out that the person was named Aishen. He was originally a big merchant walking outside the pass, but he was mainly engaged in the business of trafficking slaves in North Korea and Japan. Now there are too many people robbed in the two countries, and the court of the other country has strengthened its defense and the business is not easy to do, so I want to switch to the fur business and come here to meet some Mongolian powers for convenience in the future."
Cheng Qiyun smiled and said, "Although they are all business, they are like crossing mountains. He rashly switched to fur business. If he is in the northwest, he should go to the wharf of Mr. Han, and in this northeast. He should come to pay homage to me, Cheng Er. OK, go straight to find the Mongolian powerful people. He bought fur goods and had a way to enter the pass? He did such a long-distance trafficking business and did not take one way. What way did he have to export various goods from the pass?"
Chang Jin said respectfully: "What the second tier said is that this identity cannot be verified clearly, so we had to use the strategy of waiting for the rabbit to secretly monitor his behavior. Last night, we found several men in black in black who were very skilled in martial arts flashing into his tent. Since the guards were hidden near his tent, we could not get too close, but we didn't look like a businessman who wanted to do business peacefully.
This morning, Agudam from Tainingwei arrived. Aishen took people to watch. One of our subordinates saw his appearance. He actually recognized Aishen's true identity. His subordinate ordered him to take people to continue monitoring, and then rushed over."
Cheng Qiyun was excited and asked quickly: "Let me tell me, who is this Aishen?"
Chang Jin reported: "The brother who recognized him was a Han slave saved by the White Army who first arrived outside the Great Wall when he robbed Boyan Mengke's tribe of the tribe. After reselling it to us, Master Cheng saw that he was familiar with Mongolian language, understood the situation outside the barrier, was alert and had some kung fu foundation, so he recruited him into our peripheral organization..."
When the Hongniang just arrived outside the frontier, she robbed everywhere. She had handed over many rescued slaves to Cheng Qiyun, some of whom were familiar with grassland life and Mongolian language, which was very beneficial to Cheng Qiyun's organization, so she chose to hire some. Cheng Qiyun nodded to show that she knew about this and said, "Speak!"
Chang Jin said: "The name Aishen did not change, but there are not many people here who recognize him. He is a large leader of the Bansheng territory in Boyan, and he is harboring under Boyan. He has a great power. When Huadang captured Boyan's territory, he was attacking the east and west, and pretended to rob the nine sides. In order to avoid disturbing him, Huadang did not develop in the direction of the border town, and Aishen's territory was closer to the border town, so he was spared.
The white-clothed army went out of the frontier, plundered and captured one of his cities along the way, and took away a large number of slaves. Our brother was a Han slave from Bansheng City. Aishen was the leader of Bansheng and often inspected the city walls, so this brother recognized him."
Yang Ling kept listening to the side. He had heard about Bansheng City at the same time. He immediately became angry when he heard it. The Lord of Bansheng City, to put it bluntly, he was a traitor!
In some later biographies, the existence of Bansheng was positively evaluated, such as strengthening ethnic integration, promoting the acceptance of farming civilization by nomadic tribes outside the pass, and promoting exchanges among people of all ethnic groups in the border areas, etc. What is the actual situation?
Bansheng is the name of the Han people outside the pass. At first, it was indeed a farming tribe formed by some Han people living outside the pass, but it was not a poetic and painting tribe that opened up land and reclaimed mountains, but was organized by some powerful forces. Surviving outside the pass, one had to be harbored under the power of the Mongols. They willingly surrendered to the Tatars and enslaved their tribesmen as slaves, and their status was much lower than that of ordinary Mongolians.
Every time the Tatars captured the border, these people either collected intelligence, were guided by the army, or responded to the border. They treated the Han people more cruelly than the Meng people. The most hateful thing is that in order to capture a large number of serfs to cultivate land for them and to capture Han women to provide them with lust, when the Meng people had a good year and did not need to take the risk of siege to attack cities and plunder land, they would also take the initiative to create friction for both sides and provide convenient conditions so that a large number of manpower could be used in the war.
These Bansheng City Lords had tens of thousands of Han slaves under their power, and the few were thousands. The Ming Dynasty court, regardless of the officials and the people, hated these traitors to the core. When they heard that it was such a beast, Yang Ling's face turned slightly red. Cheng Qiyun was relatively calm. What was the purpose of this person appearing here?
There is no doubt that when the internal strife of the Oirat, Tatar, Huo Sieve, and Duoyan guards were so fierce, the appearance of Mongolian people from different tribes was more likely to arouse Duoyan guards' alertness. On the contrary, a Han merchant was not easily associated with Boyan. If the Duoyan guards were integrated, it would be the most unfavorable for Boyan, and he certainly did not want to see such a situation. If Aishen, the dog traitor, was sent by Boyan, what was their purpose?
Destroy the alliance!
There is no doubt that this is their purpose.
Cheng Qiyun figured this out and suddenly showed a strange look of smile on her face.
This grand event outside the pass was really undercurrent, with heroes coveting it, and everyone was planning to be the mantis catching cicadas.
Yesterday, the conditions for the cooperation between Hongniang and Yin Qi were closely discussed in her mind. Cheng Qiyun smiled confidently. Since Boyan had such a goal, she seemed to be able to take a step back. Leave the role of this mantis to Boyan Mengke to play, and she might as well play the role of an oriole!
Cheng Qiyun was so proud that she looked around and looked around, and her smart eyes really had the charm of a geese...
Adni had to leave first. According to the discussion between Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun, she had to immediately go to meet the mercenary team trained by her. Command them to start a secret operation. Yang Ling personally sent her out of the camp, and then they got together again and again. The two must have a lot of intimate words to say, but Cheng Qiyun and Hongniang were very obedient and did not follow.
As soon as Adni left, Hongnie also put on her clothes in the room.
According to the agreement with Yin Qi, the Dinadam Conference will start tomorrow. She and her people will cooperate and support Yin Qi to eliminate the traitors and integrate three parts. Her black hair was tied on her head and put on her tight short clothes. She wore a Mongolian robe on the outside, tied her sweat towel and belt tightly, and then tweaked her face slightly to make her charming aura weaker.
"Are you ready to leave?" Cheng Qiyun walked in with a stern look. Her steps were similar to modern cat steps, paying special attention to the rhythm of waist and hips, body and posture, and her gait was really charming.
Unfortunately, the handsome man in front of me who made women jealous is Hong Niangzi, who is completely immune to her charm. Cui Ying'er just glanced at her in the mirror, watched her slowly walk over, and still carefully lashed her eyebrows as if nothing had happened.
Cheng Qiyun didn't mind at all. She sat down on the side with a smile. After a moment, she suddenly said: "Yin Qi is still a little girl, but she is worthy of being the daughter of Huadang, and she is quite bold. She has already made up her mind to get rid of Bai Yin and forcefully integrate the three measurements. It can be said that if you had not appeared, she would have had less than 30% chance of success. She dared to take such a risk. It was exactly what I expected.
If you form an alliance with her, her confidence in success will greatly increase. But our goal is not just to form an alliance. Once the three guards are united and even defeated Boyan, Huosie and Ola, then the three guards of Duoyan will become the greatest force on the grassland. Even if Yin Qi does not have such great ambitions, the generals under her will be ready to move, and the court may not be able to control them."
He glanced at her faintly and said, "Isn't this plan designed by Sister Cheng? Now he is afraid of raising a tiger, so what are you planning?"
Cheng Qiyun smiled and said, "That's not the case. In my original plan, I didn't plan to eat them completely. If the Ola left to check and balance Yinqi, the people in her country would not dare to betray the court, because in that case, she would have to be attacked on both sides. And if the court gave the court a few years, the court's army would have the strength to go out to expedition outside the border.
Now, the adults mean... to do everything possible to clear the entire grassland as soon as possible, because his eyes are already farther away. In this way, we have to find a way to control Yin Qi firmly.
Yin Qi's Nadam Conference was a battle to publicly eliminate traitors. When the success was made, the three guards were united, and when the defeat was defeated, they were completely divided, and even the body and head were different. In the end, the only thing that came was a bloody battle, so she didn't have to consider choosing a son-in-law.
Now, with our help, she can clear the strange things quietly and complete the unification without breaking with Fuyuwei. Then when the Nadam Conference ends, she must face the words she made in person: Marry the Nadamu three-art winner.
Cui Ying'er raised her eyebrows and said, "That person won't appear. Feng Lei and Jing Fo'er will come to participate in the competition in person. With me and the three of us joining forces, I don't believe anyone can win from us."
Cheng Qiyun shook her head helplessly. Cui Ying'er was very alert. She had an almost instinctive intuition in the battle of the grassland, but her personality was too rough for human hearts and human nature.
Cheng Qiyun said patiently: "The crux of the matter is here. Haven't you ever thought that in order to strengthen the solidarity of the alliance, Yinqi proposed to marry you, an alliance with her, to help her eliminate the traitor, and to win the championship publicly on Nadamu, which is consistent with her promise?"
Cui Ying'er hesitated for a moment and stopped her hand: "No way..., right?"
She thought about it and then showed a relaxed smile on her face: "That's okay. Feng Lei and Jing Fo'er are all famous men, and each one is worthy of her. It is a good thing for our local alliance."
Cheng Qiyun shook her head: "Miss Cui, once her power is united, she will be stronger than you. She is the Queen Shunming conferred by the imperial court, and her status is extremely respectful. Let me ask, compared with the two, both strength and status are above you. Will this queen marry a general under your command, or will she choose you, a young and handsome man who has been granted the title of Deputy Khan of the Mongolian Khan, and Major General Yang, the King of Northern Ying?"
Cui Ying'er was stunned and laughed and said, "I am a woman..."
Cheng Qiyun smiled and said slightly: "But only we know this secret."
Cui Ying'er said disapprovingly: "That's okay. Since I have formed an alliance, I will tell her identity privately, haha, can she want women too?"
When Cui Ying'er said this, her face suddenly turned red, and she remembered the fight with Yang Ling last night and mocked him, "Men want it too?", and Cui Ying'er's face became shy and shy.
That bad guy... coaxed and begged her, which made her soft-hearted, and he really made him feel embarrassed. He shyly and timidly did what Rabbit husband could do. Now that he thought about it, he felt uncomfortable and twisted his buttocks unconsciously.
Cheng Qiyun immediately said firmly: "That won't work! There can be an alliance between men and men in this world, and there can be an alliance between men and women. But I don't believe that two women who each hold military power can share the same joys and sorrows!"
Cui Ying'er thought about the situation where she and Cheng Qiyun were both collaborating and intrigue. She sighed unconsciously and had to accept her words.
Cheng Qiyun said again: "You cannot be used by the court, and you are a Han Chinese. This is the basis for her to be at ease to form an alliance with you without worrying about being annexed by you. I want to make you her husband..."
Cheng Qiyun looked at her a few times and smiled and said, "In addition to the conditions that make her moved, this is also the main reason. Only when a person like you becomes her husband can she cooperate with your development with confidence without worrying that one day your power will grow stronger. In turn, she will annex her in one bite. We must make full use of this."
"Also. We have to plan for the adults!"
Cheng Qiyun's expression became serious. Throughout history, the emperors were ruthless and had been told from her bloody stories about the land of burning bridges across the river. Cui Ying'er was so scared that she heard it.
Cheng Qiyun said: "I'm going to hide it from you, I support you in building a city, support you in developing your own power as soon as possible, and let Adni form a mercenary. They are all for the purpose of having a force in this place far away from the emperor. In this way, even if the emperor's family has a strange intention and is afraid to attack the enemy, they will not dare to touch the lord easily.
For safety, I even wanted to raise bandits to respect themselves, keep the power of the Ola tribe, and leave a small enemy to the court. But the adults are devoted to the country and have never thought about these things for their own wealth and life. The adults are too confident and too trusting."
Cheng Qiyun sighed quietly and said, "Those civil officials and military generals who have made countless achievements have not been the smart and capable dragon among the people? Which one is not a veteran who has experienced many hardships on the court and has experienced many hardships? They are all very talented. If they can consider the possibility of losing their holy favors in a glorious way and leave a way out for themselves, how could they end up in different places and confiscate their families and destroy their clans?"
"The great man jumped up quickly, and the Ming Dynasty was unprecedented. There was no such person who had a smooth career and ascended like fireworks and rockets from ancient times to the present. No one who had a good ending, no matter how glorious he was in his lifetime, was listed countless charges after his death and was denounced as treacherous ministers, slanderous ministers, and powerful ministers.
The great master has made unprecedented achievements, and there is no way to be promoted in terms of titles; the great master has been shocked; the reward has been rewarded with two princesses. In the court, he has reached the end, and he is in his prime, so what should he do in the future?
Even if the emperor now regards the great master as his own, there is a reputation in the court, and authority can even threaten the emperor. As the emperor gradually takes power, he will gradually feel the unparalleled influence of the great master in the court and the public. No emperor who is unwilling to lose power will tolerate such a thing."
"But... although I have been against the court before, and now I am far away from the frontier, the emperor's reliance and closeness to the emperor is something that the whole world sees, so is there a falsehood?" Cui Ying'er said hesitantly.
Cheng Qiyun said solemnly: "There is no false, it is definitely true. But how much do you know about human nature? Maybe one day, the emperor will think that Yang Ling is just a big influence, so great that it shakes the emperor's authority. He may just strip away his real power and make some efforts to establish his own authority.
However, the court is not only the emperor and the adults. Some ministers who are now intimidated by the prestige of the adults and are forced to hide down. Some ambitious people who are valued by the emperor in the future, but some are in the forefront and block their future will keenly discover this and immediately use it.
First, he made some slander and deepened the emperor's suspicion, and then began to fabricate evidence of crime, making the emperor's suspicion deeper and deeper. Even if the emperor did not think about harming him at first, he would inevitably go to a complete breaking step in the end."
Cheng Qiyun smiled coldly and said, "The famous officials and generals in history who were able to make achievements at the beginning have all gained enough trust and full strength from the emperor. No emperor was suspicious of the people he used to value at the beginning, and planned to use them and kill him afterwards. Most of the monarchs and ministers who were once brothers and sisters went to the end of life and death."
Cui Ying'er was silent, and her heart felt cold, but when she thought about it carefully, she had to admit that although Cheng Qiyun's words were cruel, they made sense. If she told Yang Ling now, he would definitely not believe them; if she said these words to the emperor now, he would definitely be very compromised, but will it be this point in the future? Who will make a clear statement?
After a while of silence, she asked, "So, what do you think about for the future of your adults? What does this matter have to do with Yin Qi?"
"If we succeed, Yin Qi will become the first female Khan on the prairie. He will do whatever he wants to take her into our hands and take the opportunity to strengthen your strength. When the outside of the pass is pacified, it will be the day for the adults to leave the court. At that time, your powerful force will be the guarantee of the adults' safety. Our specific plan is..."
"This...this..." Cui Ying'er finished hearing Cheng Qiyun's words and said juicyly: "Is this okay?"
"What's wrong? This is political marriage! So, what you have to do now is to firmly hold Yin Qi's little girl in your hands. It's best that she has something to do with you. If she doesn't have this mind, you have to find a way to make her fall in love with you."
Cui Ying'er became more and more absurd as she thought about it. She couldn't help but laugh and said, "I want me...I'll seduce a little girl?"
"That's fine. Just treat it as a wife who is married to the adults. If you really make trouble, you don't have to be afraid of him at that time. King Ying of Bei is against King Shunming, I dare to bet that you can't suffer any loss."
"Okay! Although it's a little despicable, I'll go!" Cui Ying'er thrust her chest, then collapsed her shoulders, and said embarrassedly: "I...but what should I do? I won't..."
Cheng Qiyun gave her a blank look and said, "I knew you didn't know how to do it. Look at your temperament. You have known to fight and kill all day long. I guess you are just going straight on the bed? I'm so happy that I don't have any mood in the boudoir!"
Sister Cui blushed like snow and was about to go wild...
Cheng Qiyun suddenly smiled and said, "Come on, I'll teach you a few tricks."
"Teaten me? Can you teach this?"
"Well... no, no, anyway, the adults are still early, and they are idle. Sister... Let's talk about it and let it go..." The more Cui Ying'er said, the smaller the voice, the less her face, but her eyes were full of unconcealed curiosity and a strong desire to study.
Chapter completed!