Hunting (2)

Zhao Mengfu was not the only one who felt depressed, Prime Minister Hututmur was also very dissatisfied with Kublai Khan's decision to kill in a hurry at the instigation of Ye Li, and pursued and persuaded him from the battlefield to the river, and chased Kublai Khan's horse head from the river to the Chinese army tent, until Kublai Khan was so annoyed that he ordered the guards to take him out, Hututmur was still unwilling, standing straight outside Kublai Khan's golden tent, and refused to leave.

In the weather, even if the military generals in the army stand in the snow for half an hour, they will shiver with cold. To everyone's surprise, Hututmur, who had always been soft-tempered, lost his temper and stood outside Kublai Khan's tent for two full hours, until his eyebrows and beard were covered with frost, and he still insisted on leaving.

"Prime Minister, go back and rest. The Great Khan is on the fire, and when the Great Sweat is gone, it will be fine! Kublai Khan's chief of guard, Geri Letu, couldn't stand it anymore, so he walked up to Khuttmur and whispered to persuade him, and with his hand, he stuffed a fox skin handpiece into Khuttmur's arms.

"Thank you, thank you, well, Brother Griletu!" Hututmur snorted as he sniffled as he put his stiff fingers into the leather hand. "Annoying, well, Brother Geriletu went in again to inform the Great Khan, and said that the left minister Hu Tu Mur asked to see him!"

"Zuo Xiang, you, aren't you embarrassed for me?" Gřiletu scratched his neck armor in embarrassment, and his fingers made a harsh grinding sound on the steel plate, "You don't know, when the sweat is angry, ......"

"Ge Ri Letu, do you remember the responsibility of cowardice?" Hututmur asked.

"Of course, swear to protect the Great Khan!" Gřiletu straightened his chest and replied proudly.

"What if the Great Khan is deceived by a traitor?"

"If the Great Khan is deceived by a traitor, there is one side, and the other side .......," said Ge Riletu. As a close confidant of the Great Khan, it was his duty to remind the Great Khan to distinguish between right and wrong, which was a tradition left over from the time of Genghis Khan. But now it is Kublai Khan who is in power, and he is not only the Great Khan of the Mongols, but also the emperor of the people of the world. Twenty years ago, no matter how outspoken and daring you were, Kublai Khan would not have been angry. But in recent years, as he has grown older, His Majesty's temper has become worse and worse. When he is angry, he provokes right and wrong, and he has to shed his skin if he doesn't die.

"Zuo Xiang, it's not that our brothers are timid, when we Mongolia was fighting in the east and west, who didn't have blood on their hands. Why should the left minister go to provoke sweating for irrelevant people! The guard Enhe, who was on duty at the same time as Ge Ri Letu, saw that his boss was embarrassed and came over to help.

As soon as Hututmur heard this, he immediately broke through the top gate in anger, grabbed Enhe's stumbling armor with his hand, and shouted angrily: "We Mongols killed people and slaughtered cities to establish power, and all the great khans of all dynasties have done it. But have we Mongols ever killed Mongols? ”

"No, no. Don't be angry, my lord, aren't our brothers in a low position and short in knowledge? Enhe felt short of breath under Hututmur's forced gaze and explained in a low voice. But Hututmur's question, Enhe thinks it is purely a rhetoric. The Mongols originated from a branch of Murwe, a loose tribal alliance formed by the strong integration of various tribes in the steppe, and Genghis Khan shoveled the unyielding tribes into white ground in order to unite the Mongols together. Compared to Genghis Khan's killing methods, His Majesty Kublai Khan is too far behind.

Seeing that he had been so kind and in great trouble, Ge Ri Le Tu secretly regretted in his heart that he should not have shown any mercy and sent some handset to Hututmur. Just as he was thinking about what words to use to confuse the difficulties in front of him, he suddenly heard someone in the golden tent shouting: "Who is making noise outside!" ”

"Yes, yes, Prime Minister!" A few guards whispered through the curtains.

"Haha, that foolish guy, hasn't he frozen to death yet?" Kublai Khan's voice came through the Golden Horde, and it was impossible to tell whether he was laughing or angry.

The guards didn't dare to answer, the question was beyond what they could answer. Inside the tent is the Emperor Dayuan, and outside the tent is the Dayuan Zuoxiang, and no one can afford to offend.

When Hututmur heard Kublai Khan's insulting words, his anger subsided, and he replied with his head held high: "Prime Minister Dayuanzuo, Hututmur, who is responsible for assisting His Majesty Kublai Khan's northern expedition, has not frozen to death, and is waiting outside the tent for His Majesty to summon him!" ”

"I'm not dead, so let me in. Come on, cook a few bowls of mutton soup to warm up the worms! Kublai Khan commanded with a smile in the big tent.

Several guards secretly wiped a cold sweat. From the laughter, they judged that Kublai Khan had lost his temper. Someone hurriedly ran to arrange for the imperial chef to make the soup. Someone stepped forward quickly and flatteringly lifted the curtain for Hututmur.

The Golden Horde was lit with a furnace smuggled from Fujian at a high price. The fine white charcoal glows blue in the finely crafted copper-plated stove, which bakes the whole tent as warm as spring. The iron armor on Hututmul's body was too cold, and when he entered the tent, he immediately hung a layer of frost. Lined with his white frost eyebrows and white ice beard, he is like a snowman.

Seeing that Hututmur was so frozen, Kublai Khan was also a little soft-hearted. Ordered the men to quickly bring a set of mink coats and exchange them for the armor on Hututmur. When everything was done, he asked Hututmur to move a soft stool wrapped in sheepskin by the stove, and said with a smile: "Sit down, Lord Zuo Xiang." I didn't expect Hututemur to be so kind, and the ice and snow had to force me to be soft! ”

"Weichen doesn't dare!" Hututmur quickly jumped up from the soft stool, bowed down and said. He was slightly taller than Kublai Khan, and the mink coats brought by the chamberlains were a little smaller, which looked very restrained on him.

"Go, get a suitable set of leather clothes for the prime minister!" Kublai Khan turned his head to the chamberlain and gave instructions, then walked up to Khuttmur, took his hands that were already purple from the cold, and said, "I know that you are loyal, but do you know why I killed today?" ”

Hututmur felt a warmth in the palm of his hand, raised his head, and saw that there was no cruelty in Kublai Khan's eyes, only deep worry.

"Minister, minister is short-sighted!" The admonition that had rushed to his mouth was swallowed by Hututmur. His gaze met Kublai Khan's, and he replied sincerely: "But the minister is entrusted by Boyan and Dong Da, and he does not dare to forget his duties!" ”

"Hutu, this is what I admire about you. Now in my Dayuan court, there are still a few courtiers who remember the responsibility on their shoulders! Kublai Khan let out a long sigh and said. Let go of Hututmur, walked to the bookcase, grabbed a stack of newspapers, pointed to the words on it and shook his head and smiled bitterly.

It was a stack of pirated newspapers from Fujian, and a text on the front page was a debate among scholars about the role of the government, that is, the imperial court. The reason was precisely for the Great Song Dynasty sailors to go to Ge Lang. One faction believes that declaring war on a country for a few businessmen is an act of madness. More people pointed out according to the law that it was the responsibility of the imperial court to protect the people under their rule from being bullied.

There are also many of these newspapers in the tents of Hututmur. Nowadays, there are hydraulic printing machines in Fujian, and the cost of newspaper printing has been greatly reduced. In addition, Wen Tianxiang does not scold people for his words, and with the support of behind-the-scenes people with various purposes, many non-governmental newspapers have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. The content above ranges from national events, Confucianism, business information to who lost a dog, all kinds of things.

The so-called connoisseurs look at the doorway, and the layman looks at the liveliness. When ordinary people read the newspapers in Fujian, at most they risked being killed to make a novelty, but big figures such as Kublai Khan and Khuttmur were able to analyze the changes in Fujian's political situation from the clues in the newspapers.

"It's only been three months since the birth of the covenant, and countless people have already cited it as a classic. Hutu, have you thought about it, when Wen Tianxiang will suddenly come out of Fujian in a big way! Kublai Khan asked in a low voice, tapping through the newspaper.

"The slowest is the turn of spring and summer next year, if it is fast, as soon as the weather becomes warmer, it is possible to leave Jiangxi!" Hututmur has always been able to deal with non-improvisable questions.

In the newspapers from the south, he has clearly analyzed the trajectory of Wen Tianxiang's work in the past six months after Dachun's evacuation.

The thief first announced in a high-profile manner that he was going to promote the election, so as to arouse the attention of various forces to the new deal. Then, Wen Tianxiang retreated into advance, gave up the election, and turned to the law. Under the pressure of the absurd way of governing everything by election, the remnants of the Song Dynasty accepted the convention. Unconsciously, he fell into the trap carefully prepared by Wen Tianxiang.

Kublai Khan's ministers did not know that many of the things that happened in Fujian and Liangguang were beyond Wen Tianxiang's control. Many of the current decisions have deviated from Wen Tianxiang's original intention. In many cases, it was the result of the Metropolitan Governor's Office having to compromise with various forces. From the perspective of bystanders such as Kublai Khan's ministers and ministers, every step of the Metropolitan Governor's Office seems to have been carefully calculated, pressing forward step by step, and reintegrating the forces of the remnants of the Song Dynasty into one without bloodshed.

If Wen Tianxiang turned his attention to Liaodong in the Northern Yuan, he immediately recklessly went on a northern expedition and restored Hangzhou. Kublai Khan, on the contrary, did not feel nervous. Because the internal contradictions of the remnant Song Dynasty were still there at that time, even if Wen Tianxiang won two Zhejiang, or even half of Jiangnan, it was just a flash in the pan. When Dayuan frees up his hands from the north, he can take advantage of the internal contradictions of the remnants of the Song Dynasty to break the Song army and save the entire Jiangnan war.

However, Wen Tianxiang methodically, first balanced the internal contradictions through the covenant, and held the military and political power in his hands. Then, through the means of parallel imperial examination and promotion, the greatest commitment won the support of the people. Then, by changing the official system, the problem of redundant officials left over from the Great Song Dynasty for many years was solved in one fell swoop. Then the army was reorganized, and the field soldiers and horses were separated from the local soldiers and horses, each with different responsibilities. Through these dazzling steps, the Fujian Metropolitan Governor's Office has made a qualitative leap, pushing the current remnant Song Dynasty to slowly recover from the heavy blows of the Great Yuan. Seeing that the rear of the Broken Army was stable, Wen Tianxiang was growing his wings, and Dayuan was trapped in Liaodong for a long time, Kublai Khan's ministers deeply felt what it meant to raise tigers.

"This is exactly what I have been worried about, compared to the tiger Wen Tianxiang, Fan Wenhu is just a dog, and Dachun is a stubborn donkey. The two of them can't hold Jiangnan! Kublai Khan sighed and sat down in his chair, holding another page of the newspaper and reading: "The Xing Song Army has been renamed the Garrison Army, and the military salary is the same as that of the Broken Army." Ping Su was responsible for maintaining local law and order, eradicating bandits, and training new soldiers. Retired or disabled officers and soldiers of the Broken Army may serve in the garrison army, and the garrison must provide more than 10,000 qualified recruits every year to supplement the various departments of the Broken Army......"

Hututmur's face slowly became solemn, he had also read this passage, and at first he just thought that this was a means for Wen Tianxiang to gather the Xing Song army and heroes from all over the country. Now, listening to Kublai Khan's re-reading, I suddenly feel that the meaning is not so simple.

Dayuan can sweep the world, relying on tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Officers were trained through the cowardly Xue army, and qualified soldiers were trained through the private soldiers of the tribal generals. The combination of officers and private soldiers is an invincible division.

Wen Tianxiang set up a command academy in Shaowu, recruiting people with excellent performance among the soldiers and people who were physically strong and literate among the people to train in it, which was undoubtedly equivalent to the Great Khan's cowardice, and even more efficient than the cowardly Xue training system. The garrison army is equivalent to the private soldiers of the princes and the training center of the elite soldiers. Through two-way communication between the garrison army and the captive army, the army of the remnants of the Song Dynasty will become stronger and more experienced......

This is a new system, a new system for the training of officers and soldiers. Hututmur felt sweat seeping from his forehead, if the Great Khan had carried out the massacre in order to end the war in Liaodong as soon as possible, his own advice today was indeed very discerning. lost the hearts of the people of Liaodong, but lost a province. Trapped here and let Wen Tianxiang grow day by day, but he will lose the entire Great Yuan country!

"Your Majesty..."Thinking about the Great Yuan Jiangshan, and then thinking about the Mongolian compatriots who were about to die under Ye Li's butcher's knife, Hututmur suddenly felt that he was really not suitable to sit in the position of Prime Minister Zuo.

"Hutu, do you really think that after listening to a few slanderous words from Ye Li, I killed my own people? Do you really think that when I made this decision, my heart didn't hurt? Kublai Khan let out a long sigh and asked.

"Don't dare!" Hututmur wiped the frost and sweat from his face, and replied with his head down. He couldn't save the nearby Mongolian tribes, and he felt very sad in his heart.

"You are originally from Liaodong, I know, give an order, your people will inevitably be implicated. Then Nayan is not a golden family, and I am still close to him by flesh and blood. Don't hurt the killer, how long will we fight in Liaodong? Ahmad wrote to me every day, saying that the rear could not get more money and food. The rebel forces in various places also restrained the soldiers and horses in Hebei and other places, leaving them with no time to look south. I thought about it for months before I made up my mind. Back then, Dong Da gave me the last policy, do you remember? Do you really think that Dong Da's last words to me are just how to dispatch soldiers and horses? ”

"Minister, minister......" Hututmur stammered and replied, Dong Da's last strategy was only a few words. Could it be that Dong Da had already foreseen this killing? Inside, he asked himself over and over again.

The Han army went north, and the Mongol army went south. Nine words, like blood, appeared in front of his eyes.

Drinker's note: There is something in the evening, and it was updated in advance today, I wish you all a happy Spring Festival.

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