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

Chapter 477 Tian Khan

Zhu Houzhao captured the last 400,000 Tatars in the battle of Mobei. These people were already familiar with the Ming Dynasty's naturalization policy, so after the defeat, none of them fled, but stayed where they were with a look of relief. After all, the natural environment was even worse if they fled north, and it was not realistic to go west to join the Wala tribes. The place where the Wala tribes were was also a wasteland, and life there was not easy.
Some of the tribesmen even took out portraits of Zhu Houzhao and held them above their heads. No one knew how these portraits got here.
However, not everyone surrendered to the Ming army obediently. Those Mongolian nobles understood their fate, and either fought to the death or tried to escape with their men. However, these people were destined to be stray dogs and would not be able to make any waves.

At this point, the Ming Dynasty controlled the population of all Tatar Mongolian tribes, and the number of naturalized Mongolians reached more than 1.3 million.

However, Zhu Houzhao still planned to place these 400,000 naturalized Mongols in Mobei. After all, Mobei had already been incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the ecological resources in Mobei were sufficient to feed these naturalized Mongols. As long as the merchants of the Ming Dynasty opened up the trade routes here, the living conditions of these naturalized Mongols would be greatly improved.
However, Zhu Houzhao still selected these 400,000 Mongolian nobles and their minions according to the rules. A total of more than 4,000 people were selected, including many Borjigin. These people will be escorted back to the Ming Dynasty to live out their lives where they should go.
After these people were selected, the various levels of structure that the Mongolian nobles used to rule these Mongols disappeared, and this group of naturalized Mongols became a group of scattered sand, which provided a perfect opportunity for the naturalized Mongols who were more loyal to the Ming Dynasty and had received brainwashing education to establish a new ruling structure.

Zhu Houzhao stayed in Langjuxu Mountain for five days, and then led 20,000 cavalrymen to escort the more than 4,000 Mongolian nobles south, accompanied by 1,000 naturalized cavalrymen.

In March of the sixteenth year of Zhengde, the smile on Zhu Houzhao's face never disappeared. In this month, he realized those unrealistic wishes he had when he was a child. Those feats that made him excited when he was a child, now those seemingly unrealistic wishes have come true, which makes him often wake up with a smile in his dreams recently.
The Northern Expedition Army soon returned to the outskirts of Guihua City. At this time, thousands of people had gathered outside Guihua City. They gathered on both sides of the road, holding large and small portraits of Zhu Houzhao and holding flowers to welcome the return of the Northern Expedition Army.
The most eye-catching piece was a huge portrait of Zhu Houzhao, which was more than two people tall and was carried by more than 20 people.
Zhu Houzhao saw this scene from afar and sent people to check the situation.

"Your Majesty, these are representatives of the naturalized Mongolian tribes. When they learned that Your Majesty had returned triumphantly from the northern expedition, they spontaneously came here to welcome Your Majesty," the person who went to inquire came back to report.

"Oh? Is this true?" Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up with interest. "Let's go and take a look."

Under Zhu Houzhao's order, the army marched towards Guihua City.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao's banner appeared, the Han and Mongolian people on the roadside knelt on the ground to welcome Zhu Houzhao's return.

Looking at the crowd of people kneeling on the roadside, Zhu Houzhao felt extremely comfortable. His former enemies were conquered by him and knelt under his horse's hooves. Although he had experienced this pleasure of conquest many times, he still couldn't stop.

The road leading into the city had long been paved with loess and covered with flowers thrown by people on both sides. Zhu Houzhao rode his war horse on the road, constantly waving to the people around him. The people around him also responded enthusiastically to Zhu Houzhao, and everyone was very enthusiastic.

The earlier the Mongols naturalized, the more enthusiastic they were about Zhu Houzhao's performance. When they first naturalized, they were all burdened with various insults. It was Zhu Houzhao's repeated victories that silenced those who insulted them at the time, and the comprehensive victory and conquest of the Tatars proved that their original naturalization was extremely correct.
At this moment, there was a sudden chaos ahead and the army stopped. Before Zhu Houzhao could say anything, a staff officer beside him ran to the front to check the situation.

After a while, the staff officer came back and reported: "Your Majesty, the representatives of various tribes are requesting to see Your Majesty."

"Audience? Here?" Zhu Houzhao said puzzledly.

"Yes, they said they had something important to ask Your Majesty," the staff officer continued.

"Important request?" Zhu Houzhao was even more confused. However, this still aroused his curiosity, and he was in a good mood, so he said, "In that case, let them come over!"

After a while, more than twenty people dressed in Mongolian costumes came to Zhu Houzhao. The moment they saw Zhu Houzhao, they knelt on the ground with great respect to pay homage to him.

"Why are you stopping the army?" asked a eunuch beside Zhu Houzhao.

The twenty or so people exchanged glances with each other, and then said in unison: "I wish to be the slave of the Supreme Lord and wait for the Khan of Heaven. My descendants will always be the slaves of the Supreme Lord, and I will have no regrets when I die."

Everyone who heard this changed their expression. After Zhu Houzhao understood what they said, he was actually in a trance for a moment. He did not expect that these people came to the emperor to talk about this matter. He was really not prepared at all.
The meaning of those people's words was very simple: We wish that the Supreme Lord would be the Khan of us, and that our descendants would be his slaves for generations to come, and we would not regret it even if we died.

These people are begging me to be their Heavenly Khan. Zhu Houzhao thought silently in his heart.

After recovering from the initial shock, Zhu Houzhao was overwhelmed by a surge of excitement.
The title of "Tian Khan" is so special that it should be one of the ultimate pursuits of all emperors of the Central Plains dynasties who want to make a difference.

All that is covered by the heavens is subject to it.
All the counties and prefectures in China and abroad,
Therefore, the emperor was honored as Tian Khan.

Since the Three Kings, there has been no one who has surpassed it.

This passage comes from "New Book of Tang Dynasty: Biography of Northern Di".

This statement was not made up by the Tang people themselves.
Even the New Book of Tang, written by people in the Song Dynasty, which has always liked to use sarcastic words, wrote in this way.

And it's written in an extremely domineering way
"Everything under the heavens is under its control, and all the lands within and without are under its jurisdiction."

This sentence is as powerful as the one written by Emperor Xuan of Han on the Dinghu Stele: "Everywhere the sun and moon shine, wherever the rivers flow, all is Han territory."

Zhu Houzhao was very familiar with these stories, which were one of his favorite clips when he was a child. However, he never expected that his dream would come true today. Representatives from various tribes really asked him to become their Khan.
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