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

Chapter 458 Adding fuel to the flames
The whole city of Guihua was filled with Mongolians celebrating, and all kinds of liquor in the shops were sold out.
Zhu Houzhao and his entourage were on a building in Guihua City, watching the Mongols celebrating in the street below.

"Yes, this time we have won the hearts of 300,000 Mongolians. Prince Jing's method is really effective. I never thought that it would be so easy to win the hearts of the Mongolian people," Zhu Houzhao exclaimed.

"Yes, if the news of the public trial in Guihua City spreads to the north, I am afraid that more Tatars will go south to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. If this continues, I estimate that the Tatars in the north will not be able to hold on for much longer," said Jiang Jiangong.

"Yes," Zhu Houzhao nodded repeatedly, "So next year we can't relax. We must go north to attack the Tatar tribes with all our strength. We won't give them a chance to breathe, nor will we give them time to win the hearts of the people."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. The General Staff is already formulating a corresponding combat plan based on your Majesty's ideas and the existing intelligence," Jiang Jiangong said quickly.

(The above picture shows the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the 14th year of Zhengde, as well as a map of surrounding forces. The red line is the approximate battle line between the Ming and Mongolia in the plot of this book)
"I'm at ease with you doing the job!" Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the praise!" Jiang Jiangong bowed in thanks.

Zhu Houzhao just waved his hand gently, and then sighed: "From the eleventh year of Zhengde to the fourteenth year of Zhengde, we have achieved such great results in just four years of fighting against Mongolia. I never expected this."

"As long as we stick to the land reform and naturalization policies, the Tatars will not be a threat. Once we control enough naturalized Mongols and have enough naturalized soldiers, the territory of the Ming Dynasty will be pushed back to the North Sea (Lake Baikal) line." Zhu Houzhao said proudly.

Jiang Jiangong did not speak, but nodded silently.
"Therefore, the General Staff can no longer focus all its energy on the Tatars, but must also start to focus its energy on other directions." Zhu Houzhao suddenly turned around and said to Jiang Jiangong meaningfully.

"Other directions?" Jiang Jiangong was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Western Region?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Jiang Jiangong with admiration and said loudly: "Yes, it is the Western Regions. After all, the Western Regions are the homeland of the Han and Tang dynasties and must be recovered. Therefore, the General Staff must also take time to study how to recover the Western Regions."

"Yes, sir!" Jiang Jiangong said immediately.

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction
At this moment, someone outside the door suddenly announced, "Your Majesty, Sun Gong, the Minister of Culture and Publicity of the Royal Group, wishes to see Your Majesty."

"Sun Gong?" Zhu Houzhao looked puzzled, because he had not had much contact with Sun Gong and was not very familiar with him. He couldn't understand why Sun Gong came to see him.

"That's right, Minister Sun said he came to see Your Majesty on the orders of His Royal Highness Prince Jing?" the informant said hurriedly. "In that case, let him in!" Zhu Houzhao thought for a moment and said.

Sun Gong walked in quickly and saluted Zhu Houzhao very carefully, "Sun Gong greets your majesty!"

"Get up, what orders did my brother give you to come here?" Zhu Houzhao looked curious.

Sun Gong stood up and his eyes met Jiang Jiangong's for a moment. They knew each other.

Sun Gong was the ninth-rank musician of the Jingwang Palace Music Institute back then. It was he who rehearsed "Journey to the West: The Women Kingdom" with Zhu Houxuan. Now, of course, he has been promoted to the position of Minister of Culture and Propaganda.

Jiang Jiangong was an orphan adopted by the Prince of Jing's Mansion, so he naturally knew Sun Gong. However, he also knew that he shouldn't be too enthusiastic with the old people in the Prince of Jing's Mansion. After all, he was now a close minister of Zhu Houzhao, so he had to strike a good balance.
"His Royal Highness the Prince of Jing recently formulated a new plan and sent me to Guihua City to implement it. This plan is divided into two steps. My Cultural Propaganda Department has made preparations for the first step and it will be launched soon. The second step is related to Your Majesty, so His Royal Highness the Prince of Jing asked me to ask Your Majesty's opinion before executing it. If Your Majesty agrees, I will execute the second step of the plan. If Your Majesty disagrees, then I will not execute the second step of the plan." Sun Gong said quickly.

Zhu Houzhao was confused. "What's the first step and the second step? Why don't I understand?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Your Highness's plan is also to better win the hearts of the Mongols." Sun Gong was still keeping the secret.

"As for the first step of the plan, Your Majesty will know it soon. The Propaganda Department has been planning it for several days, and it will be launched soon." Sun Gong continued

"Oh? Is this true?" Zhu Houzhao became even more curious.
"Your Majesty, please move to the window," said Sun Gong.

Zhu Houzhao obediently walked to the window and saw a group of people dressed in Mongolian clothes coming around the corner, all of them holding or holding something in their hands.
After they appeared, they quickly attracted the attention of many Mongolians on the street. They gathered together curiously.
The leader of this team turned out to be Niu Zhongxia. Seeing that quite a few people had gathered around him, he shouted loudly: "Fellow countrymen, the recent public trial has exposed the hypocrisy of the nobles, but we should also realize the root cause of our suffering. The root cause of our suffering is the murderous devil Temujin. It was he who created the cannibalistic rule in the past, and made us suffer from the exploitation of the nobles."

Niu Zhongxia's words drew applause from the surrounding Mongolians.
Since the Borjigin surname was repeatedly accused by naturalized Mongolians at the public trial, the naturalized Mongolians have largely lost their respect for the Borjigin surname, which has allowed the trend of denying Temujin brought back by the Mongolians who have been remodeled to become popular among the naturalized Mongolians.
After all, there were relatively few Mongols who had undergone ideological transformation before. Although the idea of ​​denying Temujin had spread among naturalized Mongols, it had not been recognized by the majority of naturalized Mongols. The disenchantment of the public trial promoted the spread of this idea.
But Zhu Houxuan felt that this was not enough, so he formulated this plan to add fuel to the flames.
"Sinners and evil people like Temujin Borjigin do not deserve to stay in our yurts and do not deserve our respect, so we must let these things go back to where they belong!" Niu Zhongxia shouted, raising the things in his hand.

The people in the team behind him also raised what they were holding.
A burning brazier was brought over, and Niu Zhongxia threw the things in his hand into it without hesitation, and the people in the team behind him also threw the things in their hands into it one by one.
The flames in the brazier shot higher and higher. The surrounding Mongols were hesitant at first, but gradually they all cheered.
Burning in the brazier were pictures of Genghis Khan.
(End of this chapter)