Storm seven down
For several days, Kublai Khan was in a gloomy mood. It's not that he regrets that he killed Naiyan, there has never been a word of tolerance in the laws of survival in the grassland. Naiyan was defeated, and Kublai Khan was able to put him in a horseskin bag and let him die without bloodshed, just as Genghis Khan did when he executed Zamuhe, which was already very merciful, and no one, whether he sympathized with Naiyan or not, could find any fault in the way this matter was handled.
What made Kublai Khan depressed was the words that Nai Yan said before he died, what "the hilt of the knife is in the hands of His Majesty", as if he Kublai Khan took the lead in provoking this fratricidal war between the golden families. And the sentence "Before God, you and I are equal" is even more bullshit! The Han people paid attention to "the sky has no two days, and the country has no two masters", the Mongols believed that "the wolf with two heads does not live long", and Kublai Khan, who was well versed in the essence of the power and strategy of the two nations, firmly believed that any nation must be led by its elite in order to go further. As for the elites, it is necessary to eat more, occupy more, and blatantly grab a little bit from home, after all, their role is far greater than that of ordinary people.
But the word "equality" is like poisonous honey, attracting so many people to die one after another. In the northern steppes, there are also Shiduer, Nahar, Hadan Xiulugan and others who would rather die in battle than bow to Kublai Khan. In the south, thousands of Han Chinese, Jurchens, Khitans and Dangxiang people gathered under Wen Tianxiang's banner.
Thinking of these flames of rebellion that were burning everywhere, Kublai Khan could no longer hold back his anger, and slapped his palm on the table in front of him, "It's all a fallacy, I am the Great Khan chosen by Immortal Heaven, one day, I will trample you all under my feet and let you know who is right!" ”
"Ping!" The Nanmu table fell in response, and the folds, official documents, teacups, and brushes fell all over the ground.
Ye Li, Hututmur, Itchatmur, Sange and several other ministers who were waiting for Kublai Khan to handle official affairs hurriedly ran forward, and while helping the slave girls clean up the paper and pen on the ground, they asked in a low voice: "Which one of the people who doesn't have long eyes provoked Your Majesty to be so angry, Your Majesty is not angry, and hand it over to the old slaves and maids to clean him up!" ”
Kublai Khan stood up and walked by the crowd anxiously. Ye Li's appearance of being a slave and a maiden knees made him very uncomfortable, compared to Naiyan that day, Ye Li and the others were indeed like dogs who had lost their fur. But people like Naiyan refuse to use it for themselves! Is it so difficult to find a helper who is both smart and virtuous?
"Alas!" Kublai Khan let out a long sigh and turned his back to the crowd and asked, "You say, did I do something wrong?" ”
"What's the matter?" Hututmur was asked like a second monk, and he couldn't find his head. Straightened up from the carpet and asked blankly.
"Your Majesty is the lord of a country, how can you make a mistake when you export it into a constitution!" Shi Tianmu was the most clever, and replied prostrate on the ground.
The emperor is not wrong, even if he is wrong, he is right. Kublai Khan had long expected that he would not be able to answer from Hanchen's mouth, so he smiled bitterly a few times and ordered: "Doctor Shi and Ye Zhongcheng should go back to the tent to rest, Temur, you go out for a walk with me." It's been a long time since I've seen the night sky over the steppe since the Northern Expedition! ”
"Yes, ministers, slaves and maids!" The ministers of Mongolia, Han, and Semu agreed and retreated.
Kublai Khan walked out of the Golden Horde with Khuttu Mur, surrounded by several personal soldiers. The cowardly Xue who was on duty outside the tent saw it, and quickly transferred two hundred-man teams to follow behind Kublai Khan and others. A group of mermaids ran out of the camp gate, beat horses and galloped eastward for more than ten miles, and came to a nameless pasture. The grassland is vast and sparsely populated, and it has just experienced war, and there are almost no traces of life in all directions. I could only hear the sound of waves and wind in the distance, and when I looked up, the dark blue sky was as clean as a wash, and the stars of all sizes dotted the night sky, like diamonds set in jade.
"Hutu, do you say that the dispute between me and Naiyan is my fault?" Kublai Khan took the horse's head and asked in a low voice.
"Nayan has rebelled, and His Majesty must fight. Otherwise, Your Majesty and I will both be in different places, how can it be said that it is Your Majesty's fault? Hututmur quickly gave his answer.
"You say, I used Dong Da's strategy to drive the Han people to kill the Mongols, did I kill the wrong one?" Kublai Khan continued to ask, this is what the Western Khans are most dissatisfied with him, and it is also the excuse for the khanates to refuse to continue to be vassals to the Great Yuan. Every time he was brought up, Kublai Khan felt extremely aggrieved.
"If you ask who is the least likely to betray the Great Khan in the whole world, Dong Da is probably the only choice!" It was rare for Hututmur to wake up once, and he reacted very quickly.
"I know Dong Dazhi's loyalty, and he wants me to be the master of the whole world. As for you, your tribe seems to be in Liaodong! What do you think about this? Kublai Khan turned his head, stared into Khuttmur's eyes, and asked faintly.
At that moment, he didn't look like an emperor with thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, but more like a lost child.
"Soldiers are fierce and powerful, especially in the same room, there is almost no difference between victory and defeat!" Hututmur thought for a moment and replied cautiously: "Your Majesty, the minister's tribe is near Xianping, but the minister's tribe did not participate in the rebellion. In recent years, the war has been continuous, and the grassland is very poor. The mares lay off their calves during their migration, and the two-year-old ewes had to be disposed of with the old, weak, sick and disabled in late autumn. If Your Majesty does not end the war on the steppe as soon as possible, I don't know how many Mongols will die! ”
His clever wording did not say that Kublai Khan was right to allow the Han army to exterminate the rebels, but also affirmed the justice of the counterinsurgency war. (Please go to 17k to support genuine guidebook)
"Hmm!" Kublai Khan let out a sigh from his nostrils and looked Khuttmur up and down until he looked at his prime minister to the point that he was covered in hair, then he smiled and said, "Hutu, you are becoming more and more like Hanchen now!" ”
"No matter how the minister changes, his loyalty to His Majesty will never change!" Hututmur replied quickly, was silent for a moment, and continued to add: "The minister has been pondering while doing things in the past few years, and found that the Han people's methods of governing the country are indeed much more effective than ours, and the Great Song Dynasty has been in the country for three hundred years, and there are almost no large-scale rebellions inside!" And on the steppe......"
"But they also castrated a nation, the entire Great Song Dynasty, and there were not a few bloody men. When I heard that Ye Li dared to refute Jia Rudao directly, I thought he was a courageous person. As a result, he is just a sycophant, only a little clever, and no pus-filled eggs with great insight! Kublai Khan interjected with a sneer.
After Dong Wenshan's death, although the Han ministers led by Ye Li, Zhao Mengfu (the eleventh grandson of Zhao Kuangyin), and Kong Zhu (a descendant of Kong Sage) gave the court many good ideas, on the whole, Kublai Khan was still very disappointed in the Han ministers. Although at present, in order to quell the rebellion, he has to rely on the strength of the Han army, but once the war on the steppe is over, Kublai Khan definitely does not want to reuse Ye Li and others.
"There are also real heroes among the Han people, but they just refuse to be used by His Majesty!" Hututmur's voice was barely audible. He didn't know if Kublai Khan would be angry when he heard this, but he felt that what he said was absolutely true.
"Therefore, it is not surprising that Ye Li and the others are pus-filled soft eggs!" Kublai Khan laughed, pointed at the bright night sky with his horsewhip and said, "Foolish, I really don't know if you are smart or stupid sometimes. Should I whip you a few lashes or reward you? You don't have to beat around the bush to remind me that although I used the Han army to quell the rebellion, every inch of this immortal world is still our Mongols! ”
Kublai Khan suddenly saw through his thoughts, and Khuttmur's face was slightly red. Fortunately, the starlight had not yet brightened to the extent that his face was clearly illuminated, so he smiled wryly and argued for himself: "Actually, in fact, the ministers are not all slandering Ye Li and a few of them. Compared with Dong Da, compared to Wen Tianxiang, Ye Li and others are indeed inferior to pigs and dogs! ”
"True heroes are not used by me, so what?" Kublai Khan sighed. Nai Yan's calm image before his death appeared in front of him again, as a fellow race, Nai Yan was still unwilling to bow his head like himself, not to mention Wen Tianxiang, Chen Longfu, etc., who were of a different race.
"Your Majesty is invincible in the sea. Keeping a few heroes as opponents is also a great fun thing in life! Hututmur unraveled Kublai Khan's knot without a trace. (Please go to 17k to support genuine guidebook)
"Keep a few heroes as opponents, wonderful, that's a wonderful thing!" Kublai Khan instantly felt a lightness on his body, and praised repeatedly. The legs clamped the horse's belly sharply, and the war horse neighed with a long sigh, and flew out like an arrow.
Seeing this, Hututmur hurried to follow. The surrounding soldiers and guards galloped wildly, forming a tight semicircle around Kublai Khan's left and right.
More than 100 riders swept across the grassland like the wind, and the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, which sounded particularly majestic in the quiet night.
"Hutu, if I let you and Li Ting lead the troops north to conquer the remnants of the bandits, how many men and horses do you need?" Kublai Khan whipped his horse and asked as he ran.
"The tribes of Nahar, Hadan Xiulugan and others are not close to the sea, and they cannot get the support of literary thieves. 100,000 soldiers, enough to wipe them out in a year! Hututmur was aroused by the sound of wind and thunder in his ears, and raised his voice in reply.
"What about the khanates of the Western Regions, if I send you an envoy, can I make them submit?"
"If you want to make the Khan your majesty's minions as before, your ministers can't reach it. If Your Majesty wants to make the Khans a vassal, you can try your best! Hututmur replied loudly. Although he is the prime minister, he has never been alone like Boyan and Dong Wenshan. Hearing that Kublai Khan wanted to give him an important task, he couldn't help but feel eager to try.
"The strength of the thief is getting bigger and bigger, I can't continue to raise tigers!" Kublai Khan said as he took his horse's head on the shore and looked at the reflection of the starry sky on the water. (Please go to 17k to support genuine guidebook)
"I am willing to share my Majesty's worries!"
More than 100 cavalry were stationed at the same time, and the Mongols had rarely seen the sea, and they were all stunned at the first sight of such a wide water. Compared with the vast sea, they usually think that the vast pastures and huge company camps are as small as a flat boat. Even they themselves are like a speck of dust in the vast galaxy.
Kublai Khan was also struck by the vastness of the ocean, a kind of vastness and majesty that he did not usually understand. The surging waves set off the reflection of the starry sky, and the trajectory of each meteor was as clear as white paper ink.
A person's life is like a meteor crossing the sky. The brilliance of the moment is also eternal.
Kublai Khan realized something, groaned, and said: "I want to lead the troops south, join forces with Boyan, and sweep away the remnants of the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop." The Liaodong rebels are no longer in the limelight, and I have left you 100,000 soldiers and horses, and you and Li Ting have swept it down together. As for the Khans of the Western Regions, I don't want the steppes to shed more blood, so let them become vassals as you wish. This is a method invented by the Han people, but it is also simple and practical. It's just an envoy to choose ......"
Convincing the Khans of the Western Regions to pay tribute, and the relationship between the two sides from the current hostility to vassalage, was a difficult task that required a man of great wisdom to complete. Ye Li and the others are certainly smart, but they are not Mongols, and going to them will only make the Western Regions Khans feel insulted by Dayuan. Itchatmoor's status is high enough, but he is full of resentment towards the battle of Liaodong, and sending him there is afraid that it will backfire. Kublai Khan once again found that his talents were withering, and at a critical moment, only a few people were up to the task. And they are all over or close to half a hundred years old. Once someone is summoned by the Immortal Heaven, I am afraid that there will be no more materials available around them.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's henchmen are not overlooked, and they are talented!" Khuttemur knew Kublai Khan's thoughts and stepped forward to speak.
"Don't ignore the wood? He's a good choice. It's just too upright, recently, he wrote three letters to me in succession impeaching Lu Shirong, saying that I set the tiger for evil. Here, I also have a big basket of excerpts to impeach him. Kublai Khan replied with a smile, his words full of appreciation for Bukumu. Fortunately, I had planned to let him assist the crown prince. Now that I have decided to return to my teacher, the prince doesn't need so many people around him. You draw up a will for me, promote Buhumu to Zuo Cheng of Zhongshu Province, and let him go to the Western Regions on behalf of me to rebuild the old friendship with the Khan kings!"
"Minister, Honor!" Hututmur happily agreed. For the first time since he became prime minister, he recommended talents to Kublai Khan, but he didn't expect Kublai Khan to accept it without hesitation and grant the other party such a high position. For courtiers, this symbolizes great grace. If the other ministers found out about it tomorrow morning, they would definitely look up to themselves. Continuing to maintain this momentum, the situation of the carriage gathering in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion is just around the corner. (Please go to 17k to support genuine guidebook)
"I want to go to meet Wen Tianxiang in person to see what kind of ability he has to kill so many eagle dogs." Kublai Khan looked at the wide sea and muttered to himself. "I want to meet him in person and see what strength he has to make my arm Boyan stand still in Ezhou. I also want to personally set foot on the land south of the Yangtze River and tell the Han people there that the so-called equality is just an empty word. I am the choice of the Immortal Heaven, all the subjects of the Immortal Heaven are mine, I came, I saw, I conquered! ”
"I'm coming, I've seen it, I've conquered it!" Kublai Khan raised his horsewhip and shouted at the sea. This is a famous quote from Marco Polo's story about the kings of the West. That king killed countless people, but for thousands of years, instead of being blamed, he was worshiped by countless heroes.
is also a conqueror, a greater achievement, what is this little blood of Liaodong? What is that little bit of blood flowing in Jiangnan? Kublai Khan listened to his words and echoed with the sound of the waves on the sea, his blood boiled, and all the depression in his heart was swept away.
"I'm coming, I've seen it, I've conquered it!" The hoarse roar with a madness spread farther and farther away, until it reached the other side of the sea.
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