When Timur's envoys arrived in Tatar, they were treated differently than those who went to Warat.
Because the Tatar Khan Benjasuri was also a Muslim.
His elder brother Kun Timur was killed by the ghost, and Benjamin went to Central Asia to join the Timurid Empire, where he converted to Islam.
After the death of the Ghost Li Chi Khan, the Taishi Arutai welcomed him back and made him a khan, so in his bones, his resistance to the Timurid Empire was far less than that of Warat.
At the same time, due to the fact that the situation of the Tatars has been not good in the past two years, under the difficulties of internal and external affairs, Arutai was forced to choose to move closer to the Ming in order to resist the invasion of Warat, this kind of weakness to the Ming caused a strong dissatisfaction among the Tatar chiefs, and now this dissatisfaction reached its peak after the arrival of the envoys of the Timurid Empire, and the leaders of the various tribes put pressure on Arutai and suggested that they take a tough attitude towards the Ming.
Although Arutai Taishi controlled the whole of Tatar, he was deeply disturbed by the dissatisfaction of so many tribal leaders, and after some discussion with his henchmen, he decided to execute the Ming envoys and refuse the Ming gifts, so as to appease the growing dissatisfaction of the chiefs.
If it was placed in the past, he would not dare, but Timur has already gone east, I believe that the Ming Emperor will soon receive the news, and at that time, as long as the Ming Emperor is wise enough to kill the envoy, he will definitely choose to calm the matter, then the Tatars in internal and external difficulties can take advantage of this to regain momentum, and take advantage of the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Timurid Empire to accumulate strength and rise again.
The decision was made, and Arutai immediately informed his puppet Khan, Benjamli, of this opinion, and convened a congress of the Tatar princes and taiji to announce the decision.
In early winter, a thin layer of snow covers the grassland, and when the wind blows, the snow moves, revealing a black and yellow ground, which is intertwined with the snow, like a scribbled canvas.
In the place where the Tatar Khan Benyashri was stationed, a wave of tribal leaders came one after another, and people shouted and neighed, which seemed to be very lively.
In the big tent of Benjamin, the chiefs of the various tribes gathered together, the felt was spread on the floor, and the long table was laid out, on which were placed large pieces of roast mutton and salt plates, in addition to milk wine, milk tofu, milk skins and other food, and the leaders of the various tribes who arrived in a hurry sat cross-legged, cut the mutton with their pocket knives, and dipped them in salt and ate them in large gulps.
The chieftain, who had a good relationship, took the bowl, found his friend, and drank happily, and the whole tent was full of excitement.
Soon, there were a pile of wine jars on the ground, and the seats of the head of the Great Khan, Benyasuri, and the side head of the Taishi, Arutai, were still empty, and the two leaders had not yet appeared.
The unruly chiefs were already drinking and drinking.
"The Great Khan to the Taishi" After two shouts in succession, there was a sudden silence in the tent, and the leaders of the various tribes who were drinking happily put down their knives and wine bowls, wiped their oil-stained hands on the towels, and then stood up.
"See the Great Khan, see the Grand Master" When the two of them arrived at the case, they stood still, and all the leaders and nobles of the Tatar tribes gave them a salute and shouted in unison.
"It's just snowing, everyone has run so far, it's hard work, come, let's do a bowl first" The maid next to her poured a full bottle of wine, and Benjamin picked up the wine bowl and tilted his neck, and drank a bowl of spirits.
"Sweaty and drinking" A few of the leaders patted their asses, and then everyone also picked up the wine bowls and drank the spirits in the bowls one by one.
Only Master Arutai didn't drink it all, he took a sip of wine very gently, and looked at everyone with a smile.
When Benjamin finished drinking, he put down the bowl and said in a loud voice, "Sit down, big guy."
His hands pressed down, and the heads of the departments sat down in a hurry.
"Everyone, there is a very important matter that needs to be discussed with the big guys."
As soon as Benjamin was down to business, there was a sudden silence in the tent, and the chiefs of the tribes pricked up their ears to listen to him.
Benjamin said: "That's the case, the Ming State sent an envoy to appease the Khan, as long as we admit that it is a Ming vassal and is subject to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty pays some tribute every year, in order to show the way of the monarch and the minister, you can trade with each other and not invade each other, and now the envoys of the Ming Kingdom have rushed to us, and we have summoned you to ask the opinions of the big guys, and we will not agree."
As soon as Benya's words fell, the big tent immediately exploded, and someone raised his arms and shouted: "Why don't you promise to be pressed step by step, more ruthless than the people of the Ming Dynasty, now Liaodong has fallen steadily into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and the slaves and the Ministries have also fucking voted for the Ming Dynasty, don't you just take a soft child, and it's not really a person who is under the control of the Ming Dynasty, why don't you agree to the thin donkey to pull hard shit, and who to show it?"
"If you don't agree, you don't agree that the Great Khan is a descendant of Genghis Khan, how can you bow to the Han people, who are we afraid of the men on the grassland, it doesn't trade with us, can't we rob the Ming people, what's so great about the Great Khan, the Great Khan and I, Hasiullah, will go all the way to the capital immediately" "It's up to you to have this ability, I don't think we would have been driven back to the grassland in the first place."
"You dare to grow the enemy's ambition and weaken your own prestige, I see that you are at odds with the Han people in Liaodong, do you also want to surrender to the Ming people?"
"You fart" "Dare to scold Lao Tzu for coming and coming, and competing with Lao Tzu" This man said that he was up, threw the wine bowl, jumped to the center of the felt carpet, spread his hands, shook his arms, and wanted to wrestle with the man, similar arguments came and went, but the voice of hatred of the Ming Dynasty obviously prevailed, and soon, the tribal leaders who called for friendship with the Ming Dynasty and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty fell behind.
Master Arutai kept smiling, watching them quarrel and scold, but never said a word, Benjamin watched coldly for a long time, suddenly slapped the table, and shouted: "Shut up" There was a sudden silence in the tent, and Benjamin stood up proudly and said in a deep voice: "What Haswula said to us is the descendants of Genghis Khan, how can we bow our heads to the enemy, whether it is the group of traitors in Warat or the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how difficult our situation is, we will never bow to anyone."
"The Great Khan is right" "The Great Khan is Wise" Many stubborn Qiu Ming elements shouted frantically, Benjamin's eyes narrowed, and he said in a cold voice: "Come on, bring me Guo Ji, the messenger of the Ming Dynasty, and divide the corpse with a blade."
"Wait" Arutai said with a smile: "Great Khan, this envoy of the Ming Kingdom is bold and vainly trying to appease the Great Khan, of course, he deserves to die, he is also a great official in the Ming Court, and the Great Khan will give him a merciful death."
"Well, it's okay to follow what the Taishi said, come and punish Guo Ji, the messenger of the Ming Dynasty, on the horse."
The Mongols believed that death without the sword allowed the soul to remain in the body, which was the most merciful way to die, but it was also the death by hanging without the sword, and Benjamin preferred to use the punishment of stomping on the horse, clearly to assert his authority in front of the chiefs of the tribes, and at the same time to vent his anger on the tribal leaders who had been dissatisfied with his long-standing policy of showing weakness to the Great Ming.
Poor Na Guo Ji and a group of envoys and entourage were immediately tied up, wrapped in a layer of felt, one by one placed horizontally in front of the tent, the excited Mongolian warriors shouted, and soon, it was a team of 1,000 people, flying wildly in front of the Khan's tent, thousands of horses' hooves trampled on several Ming envoys, and a scream that was not like a human voice immediately came out of the felt blanket.
The leaders of the Mongol tribes watching in the tent laughed loudly, and raised their wine bowls to invite each other to drink, and they gulped meat and drank wine, and a Mongolian iron horseman in front of the tent was a thousand-man team, and the people who galloped past immediately circled back, forming a continuous circle, and the trampling of horses' hooves was endless.
Under the horse's hooves, the felt carpet gradually changed from cylindrical to flat, and pools of blood seeped out of the felt carpet, but the horse team still did not stop.
The elated Mongol horsemen continued to trample by, and there was no sound under the carpet, but they still did not stop.
This punishment is not until the bones are scattered and the flesh is turned into mud, and the depression in the temple of the body is over.
The cabinet, the officials of the six ministries and the five military governors gathered together, and the personnel were almost equivalent to a small court meeting.
Xie Jin's frowns tightened, and suggested to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, whether the matter of sending an envoy to the sea should be let go first, and the war in Annam, when there is a small gain and the purpose of punishment is achieved, should we also collect troops, so as to concentrate all our efforts to deal with the enemy of the Timurid Empire."
Zhu Di sneered: "Isn't there a cripple, I'm afraid" Xie Jin smiled bitterly, and said in his heart: "This is not a contest of personal martial arts, that Timur is indeed a cripple, but such a cripple, in the whole world, throughout the ages, can no longer find a second one, maybe comparable to it, only Genghis Khan, such a character, can be despised by it." ” Zhu Di raised his eyebrows, and said eagerly: "Timur, I have admired his name for a long time, I heard that he dominates the West, invincible, invincible, I want to fight with him for a long time, he is willing to come, no matter how good the big ship that goes to sea continues to prepare for the continuation of the war in Annam, there is no need to stop for a Timur, he wants to fight, I will fight, it's a big deal, I will drive the expedition in person, and I will compete with him."
Xia Yuanji, who had just been promoted to the head of the household, almost cried when he heard it: "Your Majesty, it costs money to fight, and it costs money to build a big ship and sail to the South Seas; It costs money to repair books and build a large Bao'en Temple; It costs money to pass through Liaodong; The expansion of Yanjing City costs money; It costs money to build the Grand Canal; It was more expensive to levy Annan, but the tax rate set by Emperor Taizu Gao was particularly low, and it was stipulated that it would never be increased.
Now the emperor is going to war on the Western Front again, where do you ask the ministers to get you so much money?"
At this time, he didn't know that something had happened to the Tatar side, otherwise Xia Shangshu would have to go straight away.
To be continued: