I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 439 Peaceful Evolution
Therefore, after their lives became stable, many naturalized Mongols began to think of various ways to bring their relatives and friends to the Ming Dynasty to enjoy the good life. Some even sneaked into their former tribes.
Zhu Houxuan also took this into account. He strongly encouraged this behavior because he believed that the key to the Ming-Mongol War lay in population. If the Ming wanted to truly control the Mongolian grasslands, it needed to control a sufficient number of Mongolian population. The series of policies he implemented were also aimed at winning over more Mongolian population.

In order to encourage these actions of naturalizing Mongolians, Zhu Houxuan also set up rewards. As long as one Mongolian could be brought to surrender, he would be rewarded with 3 acres of grassland, pieces of cloth, and kilograms of salt.

At the same time, the Mongolian Fugitive Order was upgraded, the discriminatory term "fugitive" was removed, and it was replaced with the Mongolian Immigration Order. This order clearly stated that every Mongolian who surrendered would be treated as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty and would be given at least 10 acres of grassland, 100 pieces of cloth, kilograms of salt, and an iron pot.

The reason why livestock were not rewarded was that livestock could only reproduce slowly, and Zhu Houxuan could not provide more at the moment, so he had to use other things as substitutes.

As for grassland, the more people there are, the more grassland they control, and Zhu Houxuan will not worry about having no grassland to share.
It was under the encouragement of these policies that the naturalized Mongols sneaked back to their original tribes more and more.
After they returned to their original tribes, stimulated by the rewards, they called their friends and encouraged them with the personal stories of naturalized Mongolians, who described the wonderful life under the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Houxuan's policies were also very attractive to the lower-class Mongolians. Many Mongolians put aside their doubts and vigilance towards the Ming Dynasty and went south with their families to surrender.

Therefore, these actions to naturalize the Mongols were extremely effective.

Although some actions to naturalize the Mongols failed, more were successful because many Tatar tribes were completely unprepared. The Ming Dynasty's policies changed too quickly and they had no time to react.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty had low requirements for the Mongols who surrendered. As long as they came, it was fine. There was no requirement for any token of surrender or for them to bring any livestock.

Most of the newly surrendered Mongols were herdsmen from the lower classes. It was easy for them to get a few horses and a few days' worth of food. They didn't have much property, so they simply rode south to surrender to the Ming. Their tribes often discovered that their people had fled several days later.
This series of policies achieved fruitful results, and more than 7 Mongols surrendered in half a year.

When the Tatar leaders who were still engaged in internal struggles realized the problem in this regard, they were completely paralyzed!

The speed of population loss is too fast. So many people have fled in just half a year. How many Mongolians are there in the entire Mongolian grassland?
If we continue to let this go, it won't be long before all the Mongols on the grasslands go south to join the Ming.
Therefore, the disputes that were about to arise among the Tatar tribes were forcibly suppressed, because the main contradiction at this time was not who would be the Khan, but that the Ming Dynasty was digging out the roots of the Mongols. If the tribes fought again at this time, the Mongolian Khan would probably be left alone after the war.
In this way, facing the pressure brought by the Ming Dynasty's policy of peaceful evolution, the Tatar tribes began to unite and took the initiative to launch a war to stop the process of peaceful evolution of the Ming Dynasty.

This is the background of the appearance of a large number of Mongolian cavalry in Yunzhong Province.

However, the Mongols also knew that they had no chance of winning a large-scale battle with the Ming army. The lesson of Dayan Khan was there for them. If he had not made a misjudgment and fought several head-on battles with the Ming army, he would not have ended up dead.

So the Mongols changed their tactics and began to harass the settlements on the Mongolian grasslands ahead of the Ming Dynasty, and to capture the Mongols who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty from each settlement.
This is also the problem that the Ming cavalry is facing now. The quality of the Ming cavalry's war horses has no obvious advantage over the Mongols. The weapons and equipment they carry are heavier than those of the Mongols, and their riding skills are relatively poor, so they are not as maneuverable as the Mongols.

Therefore, the Ming cavalry was under great pressure. They were trying to shrink the Mongolian settlements while tracking down the traces of the Mongolian cavalry.
"The situation is indeed tricky." He Song said while looking at the map, "Let's strengthen the patrols around Yinshan! As long as they don't provoke us, we won't take the initiative to attack them. Let's wait until we have dealt with the Mongols from the direction of Yunzhongzhou. It would be best to attack the Yinshan tribe next spring." He Song finally made a decision.

Daiqin Taiji walked into a huge yurt with a gloomy face. This was the Khan's tent of Barsborot. There were already seven or eight people dressed as Mongolian nobles sitting inside. They were the Taijis under Barsborot.

"Great Khan, please punish me!" Daiqin Taiji knelt down.

The tent fell into silence, and everyone was waiting for Barsborot's decision. More than 1,500 people surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, which was a heavy blow to their tribe of about 20,000 people.
"Daiqin, the Ming people are too cunning in this matter! Even I didn't see through the Ming people's evil scheme!" Barsbrot said.

"I didn't expect that they could have bewitched so many Mongols to work for them. It was those shameful Mongols who caused all this. Your brother also died in the battle to stop those rebels, so I, the Khan, don't blame you for this matter!" Barsbrot continued.

"Thank you, Khan!" Daiqin Taiji said gratefully.

Barsborough nodded and looked at the other taijis, "There are still many people recruited from the old home scattered in your tribe. You must keep a close eye on them and kill them on the spot if you find any unusual movements!"

"Yes!" The other Taijis also stood up.
"According to the intelligence I received, my brothers have finally done something serious. They have finally started to move south. Now the Ming army's attention is all on them. They probably won't attack us, but we can't sit idle. We must take the initiative to weaken the Ming army's strength and get some more things for the winter," Barsbrot continued.

"The Khan is wise!" the taijis said in unison.

"Khan! I am willing to redeem myself from my crimes. Please allow me to lead the troops there," said Daiqin Taiji.

"Okay! I'm quite relieved to let you go, Daiqin. I'll leave it to you." Barsbrot was very satisfied with Daiqin's attitude and nodded.

"Thank you, Khan!" There was a fierce light in Daiqin Taiji's eyes.

He couldn't wait to lead his troops to take revenge. This series of events had a great change in his views. Now, in his opinion, those Mongolian traitors were more hateful than the Ming people!
(End of this chapter)