The World (1)

"Of course, whoever beats down in this world belongs to whom, is there still a fool in the world who beats the world and gives it to others?" Kublai Khan sneered and slammed a newspaper on the table.

Although the Great Yuan Dynasty banned the publication of newspapers, there has always been a great deal of interest within the imperial court in this new thing from the south. Almost all of the Mongolian, Khan, and Semu ministers such as Hututmur, Ye Li, and Sangge collected newspapers, and even Kublai Khan himself, during the northern expedition, did not forget to turn over the newspapers obtained through various channels from time to time to see what new tricks the newly rising opponent in the south had played.

Wen Tianxiang's performance in recent times has left Kublai Khan puzzled. According to Kublai Khan's judgment, as a clever commander, Wen Tianxiang should seize the rare combat opportunity of the Yuan Court's operational center of gravity to move northward and counterattack Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Why is it that Wen Tianxiang doesn't know how to use such good conditions? Not only did he go north to Liangzhe, but he also played some kind of law in his own nest.

Does it make sense to do this?! This world has always been the world of the strong, and what the strong say is the law, even if he says it in the morning, it is not impossible to break his word at night.

According to Kublai Khan's life experience, it is extremely unreasonable to talk about credibility and contracts with people who are not as strong as himself. Just like when the Mongols attacked the Western Xia, they deceived the other party into surrendering while promising to ensure the safety of the Western Xia royal family, but immediately killed all the Western Xia royal families after entering the city. Although this move was hated by the party, Mongolia was completely destroyed by a formidable adversary. This world is meant to speak by strength, credibility and contract, which are only used to paralyze opponents, or as auxiliary means to force opponents to submit in addition to fighting. Wen Tianxiang has become dominant in the remnant Song Dynasty, at this time, he does not take the opportunity to abolish the Song Emperor to stand on his own, or completely set up the remnant Song Dynasty and become a powerful prime minister, but he is playing with elections and playing with the law to make trouble for himself, isn't he dizzy?

But Kublai Khan couldn't believe that Wen Tianxiang was really dizzy. In the past three years, this opponent with the reputation of a madman has grown from small to large, and almost every step he takes has surprised himself. However, it was with these incomprehensible means that the man gained a firm foothold in Fujian step by step, and gradually extended his power to Liangguang and Liangzhejiang. The seemingly crazy tricks of the past are confirmed by the current situation, and all of them show their subtlety.

Just like Wen Tianxiang's high-profile promotion of the Battle of Yong'an, at that time, the Great Yuan monarchs and ministers thought that Wen Tianxiang was just repeating the habit of the Song Dynasty who liked to brag. As a result, as soon as the results of the Battle of Yong'an came out, Naiyan and Haidu couldn't wait to raise their troops.

Out of respect for his opponent, Kublai Khan picked up the "pirated" newspaper again, and read it again from beginning to end, word for word, but the more he looked at it, the more confused he felt. The printing quality of this popular newspaper is far from being compared with those Fujian goods before the ban, and the original Fujian goods are said to be water-printed, movable typesetting, so exquisite that they can be treasured. However, the current local version was privately pirated by unscrupulous merchants at the risk of being killed. The paper is brittle, yellow, and the handwriting is unclear in many places. Kublai Khan never understood that someone bought something of this quality at a high price, and someone spread it at the risk of his life?!

The most important content in the newspaper was not the provisional law, but the spread of the plague in Fujian. According to the text above, the plague was caused by Dachun's deliberate poisoning, so although the short-term outbreak was violent, it did not spread to the entire territory of Fujian. Quanzhou, an important trading port, and Shaowu, Wen Tianxiang's old nest, have not been affected, and now the epidemic in Fuzhou, Jianpu and Zhangzhou has been controlled and will not continue to spread outward, so the caravan can rest assured that they can go to Quanzhou to trade.

In order to attract caravans, the Fujian Metropolitan Governor's Office deliberately discounted some new products during the outbreak of the plague. In the newspaper, the price range of some of the more popular trading goods was also printed, so that businessmen from all over the world could calculate for themselves whether it was worth the risk of going to Quanzhou. This kind of behavior of opening the door for business is ridiculed by Ye Li and other Hanchen as forgetting righteousness for profit, but it was greatly appreciated by Sang Ge and other ministers of color (note: Sang Ge is a Uyghur and belongs to the color family), and thought that it was another trick of Wen Tianxiang to manage the country's finances.

Corresponding attention was paid to the war in the north. The scholars in Fujian seized on the life experience of Naiyan and Haidu to make a big fuss, and "slandered" Kublai Khan's Dayuan as having no legitimacy, no matter from the perspective of the Mongols and other ethnic groups, they should belong to the goods of "stealing power by force", and called on the heroes of all ethnic groups to raise troops together and abandon this group of robbers who only knew how to extort and extort tyranny, and did not care about the life and death of the people.

It was only on the last page of the newspaper that a notice was published on the small half page that the Metropolitan Governor's Office was ready to gather the world's heroes to gather in Quanzhou to conclude the "Provisional Covenant" and expel the Northern Yuan. In the notice, it was stated that it was not limited to Fujian and Liangguang, and that heroes and heroes in the world who were interested in resisting the Yuan Dynasty could send representatives to participate.

A few additional questions were asked under the notice. Wen Tianxiang, as the governor of Fujian, asked all the heroes in the world who rose up against the Yuan, whether they were king of the mountain or thieves who went into the water. Whether it is the allies of the Broken Army, or the embers of the Red Jacket Army in the north, who have no contact with the Broken Army, what is the purpose of everyone rising up against the Yuan? What exactly do you want to get? Who does the world belong to, and should it really be the spoils of the victors?

The world was, of course, the spoils of the victors, and Kublai Khan never doubted it. "At the beginning of the Great Khan's northern season, my brother and brother decided to take the world and share the wealth." This is a historical fact that Mengyuan scholars are very familiar with, and it is also a truth that Kublai Khan has personally experienced since childhood. Successive Great Khans have adhered to this agreement, and both the initial method of distributing pastures and slaves on the steppe, and the "Great Ulus" system, in which the wealth of the army was distributed proportionally after the arrival of the Central Plains, all embodied the principle that the world was dominated by the victors.

Wen Tianxiang mentioned this article separately, what does it mean. Could it be that the Han people have a different interpretation of the norms prevailing on this steppe? Kublai Khan once took this text to ask Ye Li, as a famous scholar in the south, who became famous for risking death to impeach Jia, the former Southern Song Dynasty imperial history transferred the schoolbag for a long time, from ancient times to the Tang and Song dynasties, Kublai Khan only understood one sentence, "The Qin people lost their deer, and the world chased them."

Whether it's a deer or a pot, isn't it all who grabs it?

Kublai Khan was very dissatisfied with the answer given by Ye Li, like Ye Li and Liu Mengyan, Kublai Khan's evaluation of them in his heart has never been high. thinks that when they talk about great truths, they quote scriptures and classics, and they have the ability to explain things in confusion. When you start doing things, you have a low eye, and you can do whatever you want. As for the character, it is even more incompatible with the words of the sages they hang on their lips every day.

Kublai Khan thought that there would be no more than two Confucians like Wen Tianxiang, who had the ability to rejuvenate the country and strengthen the army, and the ability to find a lot of plausible truths for what he did. Liu Mengyan, Ye Li and others have empty names, and they are not worthy of leading horses and stirrups for others.

But he couldn't understand Wen Tianxiang's thoughts, and Kublai Khan felt unsteady in his heart. It's like playing chess, if your opponent doesn't make every move, or your opponent is an idiot, you can easily kill him all over the place. Or, your opponent's chess skills are too much higher than you, and before you know it, you will be completely ruined and have to abandon the scales halfway.

"It's a pity Dong Da! Painful Dong Da! Kublai Khan sighed inadvertently. At this time, he missed Dong Wenshan, a smart and loyal subordinate. If he is here, he will definitely be able to see what kind of mystery Wen Tianxiang is playing, and he can also find corresponding countermeasures. It's a pity that such an excellent talent was depressed to death by the hearts of the Mongols and Han people.

"Your Majesty, why don't you ask Vice Marshal Zhang, he has been dealing with Wen Tianxiang in the south for so long, he must be able to have some experience!" Hearing Kublai Khan's sigh, Zuo Prime Minister Hututmur felt a little stuffy in his heart, and stepped forward to speak.

"You said Hongfan!" Kublai Khan put down the newspaper, turned his head, glanced at Khuttemur, and asked with some surprise.

"It is Jiubadu, the minister remembers that when Dong Xiang was alive, he repeatedly praised his talent!" Hututmur lowered his head and replied in a low voice.

As a generation of heroes, Kublai Khan quickly discerned a sour smell from Khuttmur's words, and a little guilt slowly welled up in his heart. Since Hututmur became the prime minister, he has integrated the ministers and turned his efforts outward, although he has not made much achievements in politics, but the relationship between the ministers of various departments seems to be much more harmonious on the surface. sighed in front of the new appearance, although he seemed to be affectionate and righteous, but he also swept Hututmur's face too much.

But the guilt of Hututmur was soon replaced by the guilt of Zhang Hongfan. Shaking his head, Kublai Khan said helplessly: "I gave him the golden sword of Jiubadu back then, and allowed him to defend the battle before the battle. Promise to give him a stable rear and not teach others to elbow. As a result, I went back on my word and recruited him back with a small defeat. At present, Da Chun and Lu Shikui not only broke his younger brother in the south, but also lost all the Guangnan roads he had worked so hard to fight. Now that I have encountered something unrelated to the march and battle, I have recruited him again, even if Hongfan has no resentment in his heart, what face do I have to ask him! ”

"Your Majesty, how can Jiubadu be a person who doesn't care about the overall situation! He ...... "Seeing that Kublai Khan was worried, Hutut Mur loudly defended Zhang Hongfan. As soon as the words came out, he suddenly realized that Kublai Khan's refusal to summon Zhang Hongfan to ask for advice might be more than just verbal, and swallowed back the second half of the words of advice.

Kublai Khan smiled and sighed softly. Hututmur was slow to react, and even if he could occasionally figure out the emperor's thoughts, he was not as fast as others. Therefore, in his mouth, you can often hear some words of loyalty. This is also one of the reasons why Kublai Khan let Dong Wenzhi be the left minister.

But Zhang Hongfan's words can't be listened to at this moment. To tell the truth, Kublai Khan is now a little afraid of seeing Zhang Hongfan, lest this loyal Jiubadu will bring up the old topic of measuring the acres of land in order to win over the displaced people as soon as they meet.

Since Zhang Hongfan returned from the south, he summed up the reason why Wen Tianxiang was able to quickly gain a foothold in Fujian and did not repeat the mistakes of the remnants of the Song Dynasty. So that the hearts of the people of Fujian are used for their purposes, and every step of the imperial army is reported to Tianxiang by the people! In Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places, Li Min regarded the army as a brother and a brother, and a father as a son. Therefore, with the mountains and rivers across the mountains, the people also voted for Fujian. As a result, the Broken Army has an endless supply of soldiers......"

And Wen Tianxiang's means of winning over the hearts of the people are nothing more than cutting checkpoints, reducing taxes, and distributing ownerless land to displaced people. These techniques were more convenient for the Great Yuan Dynasty to do. Especially north of the Yellow River, after the change of the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties, barren fields are everywhere, and the number of displaced people is like weeds in spring, falling one stubble after another. Zhang Hongfan believes that if the Great Yuan wants to stabilize the Central Plains and compete with opponents in the north and south, it is a necessary strategy and a long-term means to try out some benevolent government. Therefore, as soon as he returned to the north, he was eager to make a proposal, asking Kublai Khan to set aside a part of the wild land that had been barren for more than ten years or even decades under the names of the kings, nobles, and ministers, and recruit displaced people to go to the tuntian, and the state to lend agricultural tools and seeds. In this way, in a few years, local law and order will become more and more stable, and the imperial court's dependence on grain and taxes in the south will not be as serious as it is now.

Kublai Khan had no doubts about Zhang Hongfan's loyalty. Among the families of the great Yuan generals, the Zhang family's loyalty to Kublai Khan is probably stronger than that of some Mongolian generals. Zhang Hongfan's father, Zhang Rou, was the general of Zhaoyi of the Jin State, and after being captured and surrendered, he made a lot of peerless contributions to the Great Yuan, and he had a single army of more than 30 cities in Jin, and the old bosses of the Jin State did not dare to fight with him. Yuan attacked Bianjing, the capital of the Jin Dynasty, and Zhang Rouju made great contributions. When Kublai Khan and Ali Buge competed for the throne, he did not dare to rely too much on the Mongolian generals, but he only transferred Zhang Rou to lead the army into the defense of the capital.

And Zhang Hongfan's teacher, Hao Jing, is a generation of Confucians who are famous for their "loyalty". He was detained by the Southern Song Dynasty for decades, and still did not forget the miracle of the old master, and the people of the time called him and Su Wu who shepherded the Beihai. (Note to the alcoholic: The above two people are both passed down in the Yuan History.) Confucian loyalty, hehe)

With such a father and such a teacher teaching by word and deed, Zhang Hongfan will naturally not be a traitor who has a grudge after being wronged. But his suggestion, Kublai Khan did not dare to take it. Even knowing that these recommendations are aimed at the long-term stability of the country. In Kublai Khan's eyes, whether it is the emperor or the Great Khan, it is only by relying on the support of elites of all ethnic groups that they can be stable. Rashly cutting down the land in the hands of the aristocracy in the face of the external invasion of the north, and offending the elite for the sake of some displaced people, obviously outweighed the losses. Once the princes of Guannai were provoked and rebelled like the kings of Saiwai, he, the emperor, did it.

"If Your Majesty can't bear to work for the country when he lost his brother in Jiubadu, why don't you ask the other Hanchen to see what they think of the approach of the Wen madman! After all, they all knew Wen Tianxiang and knew his temperament! After thinking for a while, he figured out whether Kublai Khan was unwilling to listen to Zhang Hongfan's suggestions to persuade Dayuan to follow Fujian's new policy, and Hututmur tactfully gave Kublai Khan advice.

"Liumengyan, Ye Li, and a few of them, don't ask. If they could see what Wen Tianxiang was doing, the Southern Song Dynasty would not have been destroyed by me so soon! Kublai Khan shook his head and commented disdainfully. Speaking of people who knew Wen Tianxiang, Kublai Khan really had a candidate in his heart, muttered for a while, and ordered: "You send someone to announce that Li and Li Gui'er, I am about to ask him about making and manipulating artillery." For the Fujian side, I'm afraid no one is more familiar with him than him! ”

"Minister, Honor!" Hututmur bowed in agreement and ran out in small steps. After a while, with the sound of footsteps, the guards hugged Li Guida over.

"Your Majesty, General Li is here!" Hututmur approached Kublai Khan and prayed.

"Let him come in, Hutu, you go get a few bowls of broth, and let's warm up our bodies together!" Kublai Khan commanded. Although it was already the beginning of summer, the weather outside the city had just warmed up, and the evening breeze was still a little cool. There were many people coming in and out of the tent, and Kublai Khan felt a little cold on his body.

He remembered the days when he led the Han army to fight for the throne with Ali Buge, many years had passed, and at that time he was still as young as the descendant under his feet, with a strong body and bones, and he was not afraid of the cold wind of the night outside. And now, the ambition is still the same, but the body is more and more nostalgic for the warmth of the capital, and as soon as Yanshan passes, he has no strength.

"Slave Li Guida, knock to see Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live long, long live, long live!" According to the understanding taught by Ye Li and others in private, Li Guida called himself a slave and maid, and gave three deductions and nine bows to Kublai Khan. It had only grown long since his hair could not comb the scholar's knot, and he could not fix the soft leather hat, so after a few knocks, the hat rolled under the table with a grunt.

"Poof!" Several guards were so amused by Li Guida's humble appearance that their bellies trembled, and they couldn't help it, and laughed out loud despite the rudeness of the king.

Kublai Khan's gaze was slightly cold, and he glanced around for half a circle, suppressing the smiles of several guards back into his stomach. When Li Guida's head was almost kowtowed, he said slowly, "Flatten, you are a military general, don't call yourself a slave." ”

"Minister, slave maid don't dare!" Li Guida's head hit the ground a few more times before he stopped and replied slowly. In Fujian for a few years, he did not bow down, so that his knees and waist rods were stiff, several heads were very unaccustomed, his neck was purple and red, and a few green tendons came out.

"Calm down, drink a bowl of broth with me, I have something to ask you!" Kublai Khan bent down and picked up Li Guida's sheepskin hat, put it on for him with his own hands, and ordered kindly.

"Slave Honor!" Li Guida slowly stood up. After only a few meetings, he was given soup by His Majesty the Emperor and wore a hat with his own hands, and this grace touched him very much. However, some of the influences he received in the Broken Army made him feel very awkward about the etiquette of the Yuan Court.

It's not like the Fujian Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, where bosses and subordinates meet and salute each other or clasp their fists. There are more rules here than in the Great Song Dynasty, and they are more complicated. In front of Kublai Khan, the Mongol military generals wanted to call themselves eagle dogs. Hanchen and Nanchen all call themselves slaves and maids. Although I heard Ye Li and other comers say that the word slave is extremely noble here, it is not enough to show the closeness between a person and His Majesty the Emperor. But in Li Guida's heart, there was still a feeling of being insulted.

Even if Wen Tianxiang refused to reuse his talent back then, he was a person there, dignified and famous. And now, there seems to be room for talent to be displayed, and when the guards came to announce the Great Khan's edict just now, Li Guida could see a trace of envy on the faces of several colleagues in the Southern Dynasty.

But is this envy worth it at the cost of a person becoming a slave? Li Guida didn't dare to think about it, deep in his heart, it seemed that there was a knife, and his heart hurt when he stabbed it.

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