In the second half of the banquet, after chatting with a group of old acquaintances, Li Mingxun chose to meet some important envoys. Yarkand envoy Abdulla was also in the sequence. He first learned about Li Mingxun's placement of her from Diliguli. Now that he has the opportunity to come to the imperial court, Abdulla's nervous heart settled down a little.

When Abdulla was allowed to enter the palace by the attendant, Abdulla could not hide his joy, but he met several people from the door. Two guards were wearing a man in a white robe in gold wire. While he was shouting and defending, the guard ruthlessly broke his teeth with a knife. If this man had not been dark skin and tall cheekbones, just based on his speech and clothes, Abdulla would have thought that this was a Yarkander. Obviously, if there were still Yarkanders who were received by the emperor at this time, they would have been the messengers of the traitors.

When he walked into the palace, the lights swayed, Abdulla saw Li Mingxun again. He was sitting behind the imperial case and writing. Beside him was a young officer with a sword standing, and he was also dark-skinned. When he saw Abdulla, he bowed slightly to salute. Abdulla did not dare to accept his etiquette, but instead knelt down and waited for Li Mingxun.

Obviously, this is a violation of the Hadith of the Lord. As a devout believer, Abdulla should not kneel down to anyone other than the Lord, but for the sake of future and interests, Abdulla still surrendered to worldly power, and this has been the case for thousands of years.

"Hozhuo, do you know the Sulu Sultanate?" Li Mingxun asked.

Abdulla's eyes lit up. He knew that all the sultanate countries were the same as his own. However, in the heart of the Eurasian continent, Abdulla obviously knew nothing about the countries between South China and Australia. He could only shake his head slightly. Li Mingxun pointed to the young officer around him and said, "His name is Yilam, and he is the prince of the sultanate of Sulu. This young man is facing the same dilemma as you. His father died in rebellion. His tyrannical uncle seized the authority that originally belonged to him. The idiot who was driven out just now was the messenger sent by the betrayer."

"His Majesty the Great Emperor, how will you help this Prince Iram?" Abdulla asked.

"His Majesty, Your Majesty will support me to return to Sulu, defeat the traitors, and regain everything that belongs to me. I can recruit soldiers in several provinces of the South Ocean of the Empire, hire or purchase armed merchant ships from ports, and an imperial fleet will escort me back to the capital." Eram said in a long voice.

Abdulla looked happy: "Is that so? His Majesty the Great Emperor is really a generous person, worthy of the Lord of the World and the King of All Kings."

Lee Myung-hoon shook his head slightly, handed the signed decree to Eram, patted him on the shoulder, Eram bowed and left.

"Hezhuo, I am not a generous person. I do this because it is beneficial to the empire, and the late Sultan Galid is also my friend..." said Li Mingxun.

The former king of the Sulu Sultanate, Galeid, was Prince Sulu who was rescued from Guam when Li Mingxun was expeditioning to Guam. He and the Caribbean pirates rampage in the Southeast Asia with the privateer certificate issued by Li Mingxun. First, he dealt with the Spaniards, and then against the Dutch East India Company. In this process, he accumulated a lot of wealth and strong force, and was able to invade Sulu and gained the rule of the Sulu Sultanate. However, Galeid later lived a drunken life and dreamed of destiny, enjoyed his destiny, and no longer had the ambition to make a move until he was rebelled and killed by his brothers last year.

Eram was the son of a Han woman whom Galid married when he was a pirate and went to Taipei to transport slaves. Twenty years later, he had grown up. When he was sixteen, he led a small army to join the empire's army to restore the Central Plains. After the victory, he entered Guihua Hall to study. In the letters from Li Mingxun and Galid, Eram was Galid's willing heir.

Obviously, Sulu's rebels did not know that Galeid had close private contact with the empire's emperor, and thought that they could obtain the recognition of the empire without knowing it. The envoy who was taken out was still openly saying that it was passed down to his brother before Galeid died.

"My original intention was to send the navy and some marines to escort Iram back to Sulu, inherit the throne of the Sultan, to rectify the chaos and restore order there, but Iram has all the motivation and confidence of young people, and he only needs help. His father left him a large number of plantations in various provinces of the empire, and there were huge amounts of deposits in the bank. These could be used as resources for Iram to raise the banner of righteousness and quell the rebellion. The child wanted to kill himself and avenge his father himself. I had no choice but to agree." Li Mingxun expressed his recognition of Iram without hesitation. Unlike Iram who is self-reliant and does not seek others, Abdulla's desire to offer a woman and so-called loyalty, so he reached out to the empire for soldiers, food and money.

Abdulla was not stupid. He realized when he heard this that he had met Eram by chance, nor was it because the emperor inadvertently told such an "inspirational story".

"His Majesty the Great Emperor, I..." Abdulla was a little at a loss.

Li Mingxun signaled him to get up and said casually: "At the banquet just now, my three sons had a great time talking to your Beiji, and you and Sima Yiboke also wanted her to go to Beijing to serve, but Diliguli was still young, so she was raised by the queen first and waited for her to grow up. I chose a good marriage for her among the clan ministers, and I would never treat her badly. Do you think?"

"Thank you for the grace of His Majesty the Great Emperor." Abdulla couldn't help but kneel down again. The emperor made such a statement, which means that there was still a way out.

Li Mingxun clapped his hands and slowly opened a map on one side, covering many places near the Western Regions and many nearby areas. The Yarkand Khanate was also in the center. Li Mingxun asked: "Hozhuo, now you can introduce the situation in Yarkand so we can discuss how to deal with it."

Abdulla hurriedly stepped forward and introduced that the Yarkand Khanate, as a descendant of Chagatai, had many Mongolian systems left. For example, the Yarkand Khanate was located on the Tianshan South Road, starting from Hami in the east and going to the Ferkans in the west, and ruled many places in later southern Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Uzbek, Kyrgyzstan and other places. The mountain plateaus and deserts occupy most of the places, so the basins and oasis with abundant water and grass are the places where population is concentrated. Although the territory is wide, the core area is divided into seven or eight areas by deserts and mountains.

The geographical restrictions and feudal system resulted in several governors in the Yarkand Khan. Sima Yiboke represented by Abdullah was actually just one of them. Each governor was in charge of an area and had all power. This was weakened when the former Khan Abudullah Khan was alive. However, after the Apak Hezhu rebelled, all regions were in a separate state. Among them, Apak Hezhu controlled the important Kashgar and Yarkand cities of the Khanate, and the area west of the Pamir Plateau no longer obeyed the orders. There was an important force between the Hexi Corridor of the Empire and Sima Yiboke's territory, that is, Babaiboke, the fifth brother of the former Khan.

Babai has always been a thorn. After his brother ascended the throne of Khan, he was appointed as the governor of Hami. However, Babai was ambitious and always wanted to take advantage of the change of the central dynasty to expand eastward, repeatedly invading the Hexi Corridor. Even in the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, an uprising broke out in Gansu and Shaanxi. Babai also sent troops to support him and wanted to embezzle the Hexi Corridor. Babai had the ability and strength, but he had never achieved anything because he had a good brother, the sixth brother Abrun, who was the governor of Turpan.

Unlike the warlike Babai, Ablun is a magnanimous and peaceful person. His only pleasure is to drag Babai back. The method is also very simple. Whenever Babai wants to raise an army to attack the Hexi Corridor, Ablun will gather troops to attack Babai's territory Hami. He can force Babai to return to defense every time, and he is unhappy again and again.

However, Abulun died young. After his death, Babai occupied Turpan and became the most powerful lord in the eastern part of the Yarkand Khanate. Even after the establishment of the empire, Babai had clashed with the imperial border guards, but was defeated several times. After Abudula Khan claimed to the empire as a vassal, Babai also calmed down, and the empire also named him Burke. Both sides stopped their troops and temporarily ensured peace in the northwest.

"Babai wolf's ambition. After Khan died, he intended to be independent, but he also knew that he had been guilty of the Celestial Empire and was not tolerated by the Celestial Empire, so he did not ask for a title. Babai was entrusted with tyrants in Hami and Turpan, and not only made friends with the Junggar tribe, but also colluded with the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north of the Mo. He was a person with serious crimes..."

When Abdullah told the story, the focus was completely on Babaiboke, which also exposed his plan with Sima Yiboke. According to the plan of the two, Abdullah and Zhuo had two major tasks to go to the capital. One was to make Sima Yi recognized by the empire and become Sima Yikhan to establish his status. The other was to obtain the support of the empire's troops, and the two sides attacked each other from east to west, destroy Turpan and Hami, and block Babai between the empire and Aksu. In this way, Sima Yi's territory expanded and he could directly contact the empire, with a greater chance of victory.

As a religious leader, Abdulla was obviously qualified in judging people's hearts and language. In his mouth, Babai was already an unforgivable person, a huge threat to the empire in the northwest, and also had many unforgivable crimes such as colluding with the Qing Dynasty to make its own independence. This man only had thousands of troops and was extremely unpopular, just as Li Mingxun could be wiped out with a flash of his finger.

Li Mingxun looked at the map and stood with his hands behind his back, allowing Abdulla to lobby around him until he finished speaking. Before he turned around and said, "You have explained it clearly, I understand it too, go down."

This was beyond Abdulla's expectations. He did not expect that he would come here this time and only introduce the situation and received no response. This made Abdulla's heart very different, but he did not dare to disobey and could only retreat.

"Twittering, like a sparrow." Li Mingxun shook his head and went to rest.

The palace on the second day was still lively. The birthday festival was a great ceremony for the country. After the celebration, the nobles and ministers walked privately. The one who was closest to the royal family was naturally Li Mingxun's old subordinates when he conquered the world. At this moment, they were also granted the title of Duke and Marquis, and brought their children to the palace with their destiny. The queen entertained the female relatives, while Li Mingxun had a banquet with his clan relatives.

"Okay, there is no outsider, so there is no need to be polite. Just sit down, sit down." Li Mingxun led Li Junwei into the restaurant, watched the salutes of relatives and friends, waved his hands, and said kindly.

Everyone smiled and sat together. The emperor was the one who was able to attend the event. The three princes among the clans were the disciples of the emperor. Only Li Decan was a little restrained. He did not have a close relationship with the emperor, but he was the most important official in the capital.

"Dad...Father, I don't want to eat here, I want to go to my mother's place..." Li Junwei said with a scratching head at the elders all over the table.

"Why, I have a lot of delicious food here," Li Mingxun was puzzled.

Li Junwei's eyes lit up and he said, "There are many beautiful ladies and sisters in the mother's place..."

"Then go, but if you are bullied again, don't cry." Li Mingxun knocked on his son's little head and got a shot first. He still remembered that when he ascended the throne, the palace was so lively. When the women who came to pay their respects saw Li Junwei, they kissed him on the left and then on, which made the child cry and complain, saying that the women outside were terrible and bit his face.

Li Jun ran away happily, causing a burst of laughter on the table. Li Hai smiled: "I haven't seen the third brother for more than two years and have grown a lot. In the past, I was thinking about food, but now I'm starting to think about girls. It's rare."

Li Mingxun said: "Don't joke about him, come on, eat with chopsticks, and chat while eating. Women's family affairs, we should also talk about some serious matters. You all know the civil strife in Yarkand. Sima Yiboke sent his daughter and sent a delegation to ask the empire to send troops. What do you think?"

King Rong Li Dingguo immediately said: "It is necessary to fight, but we can't take Li from the fire for Sima Yi. In recent years, the imperial court has been preparing for the Northern Expedition. If the Yarkand people really follow the will of the Yerkand people, the western expedition to the south of Tianshan Road would be a huge amount of resources."

Everyone nodded. The Western Regions and the Mongolian grasslands have always been threats from the central dynasty, and all dynasties have devoted their efforts to the national power in these two directions. Although the empire is far stronger than the feudal dynasties in history, the wars involved in the Western Regions are not small-scale. The Yarkand Khanate has only a population of one hundred thousand and tens of thousands of soldiers, and is not strong. However, when using troops from the Hexi Corridor, it is a thousand-mile desert after leaving Jiayuguan. The supply cost is very difficult, and the supply cost is even greater than the crossing of the vast sea to conquer the northern desert. At the moment when the empire accumulates strength to use troops to the northern desert, even the radical military does not want to make a big move in the direction of the Western Regions.

"What King Rong said is that at this time, it is really inappropriate to conquer the Western Regions." Li Hai said with a smile.

"Oh, Prime Minister, I didn't say I won't fight!" Li Dingguo immediately argued, saying: "I mean, can I postpone it for a few years and fight after the Mobei is tied. If I have to fight now, don't fight too much if I can fight, and control the scale and intensity of the war."

The cabinet did not want to fight, and Li Mingxun knew very well that in the eyes of the cabinet and the members of the parliament, fighting was always a business. If Li Mingxun had not been determined to recover Mobei and eliminate the remnants of the Qing Dynasty, he would have probably not even wanted to fight Mobei. For this battle, he would have maintained the army, stationed troops and reclaimed land, and strengthened his military facilities. The annual military expenditure was 10 million yuan. According to the ideas of those people, if so much money was spent overseas, it would have been a conquered India. Compared with Mobei, it is obvious which one was a watermelon and which one was a sesame seed.
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