Chapter 428 Can Be Grand Master
When Borjigin Barsborot was brought up, Emperor Zhengde was sitting on the main seat, eating roasted lamb legs and drinking kumis. He suddenly understood why Emperor Taizong liked to march north.

The roasted whole lamb and kumis on the grassland are more delicious than those in the palace!
He looked up at Jinong, the Mongolian, and said with a smile: "When I was in the capital, I heard about your bravery. After seeing you today, I found that you are worthy of your reputation and can fight Qiu Qing for dozens of rounds."

The so-called Jinong means prince in Mongolian.

In the eighth year of Xuande, after Toghtobukha was established as the Khan of Daizong, he appointed his younger brother Agabarji as the regent of Jinong. Since then, this position has been generally held by the brother or son of the Khan.

Borjigin Barsbrot knelt on one knee and asked with some confusion: "Your Majesty, the grassland and the Central Plains have been getting along well recently, but I don't know why you would lead the army to fight here?"

"Harmony?"

Emperor Zhengde wiped his hands and said in a cold voice: "In the eighth year of Hongzhi, Batu Mengke and Huoshai invaded Liaodong three times, killing and looting everywhere. In the second year, they harassed Xuanfu, Datong, and Yansui. In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, you thought the reward was too little, so you attacked Xuanfu, Miyun, Ningyuan and other places."

"This is just a small part. Duoyan Weihua Dang just took a stroll around the border this year. And Yibula has been harassing my northwest until now."

"Now you're talking to me about harmony? Where is harmony? All I see is your shameless demands and robbery!"

Borjigin Barsbrot lowered his head and said slowly: "If it is because I failed to control my people and disturbed the border of the Celestial Empire, I am willing to go to the capital to apologize to Your Majesty. I will pay you cattle and sheep or gold and silver. I only ask Your Majesty to withdraw the troops and stop the war, and reconcile the two families."

"Can you represent your father? You can't, so what you say doesn't count!"

Emperor Zhengde smiled and shook his head: "My secretary once said that if you feel pain, think about pain, accept pain, and understand pain, you cannot understand true peace. Therefore, I will personally teach Batu Mengke how to achieve reconciliation between the two families."

Borjigin Barsbrot's heart trembled. This emperor was different from the previous emperors of the Central Plains. Why was he so...rebellious? !
Thinking of this, he looked up at Emperor Zhengde, his words adding a bit of indignation and panic that he himself did not realize: "Your Majesty the Emperor attacked Tumochuan, probably because he knew that my father was leading his army south. If my father came back to help, with your Majesty's military strength, I'm afraid he would not be able to resist my father's army of 100,000!"

"I am looking forward to him coming back with an army of 100,000."

At this time, a personal guard entered the big tent, half-knelt on the ground and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, the eldest son of Mongolian Jinong Borjigin Barsborot, the leader of the Ordos tribe, Borjigin Gunbilik, the second son, the leader of the Tumed tribe, Borjigin Altan, and the youngest son, Wushen Darhan Lab Taiji, have all been captured!"

Barsbrot's face suddenly changed, and Emperor Zhengde waved his hand and said, "Take care of it first!"

"Yes!"

In the evening of the Kharchin tribe, Ou Zanghua came to the wounded camp wearing armor. There were several large tents here. Painful wails could be heard from some of the tents, while some tents were very quiet.

Ou Zanghua entered a quiet tent filled with the smell of alcohol. The wounded were lying on the beds, too weak to even groan.

He walked to a centurion with a sackcloth tied on his head. The man saw who was coming and said excitedly, "Oh, Lord Ou."

"Xu Dacong, lie down."

Ou Zanghua gently held down the captain who wanted to stand up, and said sternly: "You should take good care of your injuries. I will take you out and also take you home."

This person was a middle-level military officer from Jiangxi. He was one of the people who had attended Ou Zanghua's courses. He could read and understand the principles, so he was selected to join the Beijing camp.

"Thank you, Lord Ou. It's rare that you still remember me. We believe you!" Xu Dacong nodded with tears in his eyes after hearing what Ou Zanghua said. "How could I not remember? I made you run laps too!"

Ou Zanghua smiled, looked at his broken leg, then looked at the other seriously injured people, and said in a gentle tone: "Don't worry about your future life, I will make arrangements for you."

When the seriously injured people heard Ou Zanghua's promise, they were all moved to tears.

Ou Zanghua comforted them a few more words, looked at their food, and then left with peace of mind and headed to the next tent.

After this round, everyone knew Lord Ou's promise. These men believed in him very much and their morale gradually recovered.

At dawn the next day, when the first rays of sunlight illuminated the sky, the Mongolian army launched another fierce offensive. However, what they did not expect was that the Ming army showed an unimaginable morale. Although they were far fewer in number than the Mongolian army, they still stubbornly resisted their fierce attacks one after another.

This time, Dayan Khan and Ordo Guhai went to the front line in person and observed Huoshai's command at close range.

Dayan Khan's fifth son, the young Ozir Bolot, stepped forward and made an impassioned speech: "Father Khan, I am willing to personally lead 3,000 elite soldiers and swear to conquer this place!"

Dayan Khan shook his head slightly, looked at the battle ahead and said slowly: "Kid, it's hard for you to succeed. It's not that you lack courage and ability, but Huoshai's command is impeccable, and the opponent's defense is even better, it can be called impregnable."

"He is like a rock in the middle of the Ikturgen River, indestructible, and even the raging flood cannot shake it at all."

When Ordo Guhai heard this, he knew that his brother's old habit had come back again, that is, he liked the talents of his opponents, and if there was a chance to win them over, he was willing to give everything the talents wanted.

"Send a messenger to talk to him!" Dayan Khan looked ahead and said slowly, "If Ou Zhanshi is willing, I will give him the position of Mongolian Grand Master."

"Khan, this is too generous, isn't it?" Ordo Guhai subconsciously reminded him when he heard it.

You should know that Dayan Khan had gone to great lengths to abolish the positions of Grand Tutor, Prime Minister, Director of the Court and Censorate, and restored the traditional Mongolian agricultural system.

Do we have to restore it now just for the sake of a Han Chinese?
Dayan Khan smiled and said nonchalantly: "It was because of Secretary Xuechan that the Yuan Dynasty was established. If Secretary Ou can help me restore the Yuan Dynasty, what does the position of Grand Master mean to me?"

Xuechan Khan was Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, and Congshu was Liu Bingzhong, the only Han Chinese in the Yuan Dynasty who was granted the title of one of the Three Dukes, the Supreme Pillar of the State, the King of Changshan, and the posthumous title of "Wenzheng".

This person was active in the political arena in the early Yuan Dynasty and played a major role in the establishment of the political system and laws and regulations of the Yuan Dynasty. In particular, his planning and design of Yuan Dadu laid the foundation for the initial urban prototype of the capital.

However, Ordo Guhai was somewhat disdainful. Although Ou Zanghua's marching and deployment in recent days were very brilliant, he did not show the level of Liu Wenzheng who was proficient in Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, and in astronomy, divination, and arithmetic.

Dayan Khan did not say anything more. This was just a test. If Ou Zanghua really chose to surrender, he would have no regrets and would definitely offer him the position of Grand Master as promised.

But for a Han Chinese without any foundation, even if he was lucky enough to be promoted to the position of Grand Master, it would be difficult for him to become a powerful official who could influence the overall situation...

(End of this chapter)