Riding into the capital with a few guards, the hundreds of Han soldiers guarding the gate failed to recognize this dusty, bearded man who was the handsome man who came out of the city from here at the beginning of the year! Fortunately, his immediate boss was quick-eyed, and when his subordinates were about to offend the nobleman, he dragged him away, and led Boyan into the door with a smile.

In the face of the courtesy of the thousand households, Bo Yan waved his hand indifferently, his own group did not even play the flag, it is normal for a hundred households not to recognize it, there is no need to be angry. Besides, he doesn't have the energy to get angry now, and at this moment, the only thought in his heart is to enter the palace as soon as possible to meet the Great Khan!

The palace area of the capital city has been repaired for three years, and it has not yet been fully completed, and the owners of the palace do not seem to be in a hurry. Therefore, after the early dynasties, Kublai Khan came to a place where the vast ground was now full of pastures, and it may be more appropriate to call it the "Imperial Grass Garden".

Having been emperor for so long, Kublai Khan admired the Han system from a young age, and he slowly got used to that kind of court. Those courtiers quarrel for a long time about a certain issue at every turn, and they are no longer bored, but can feel the joy of controlling a qiē from it, which may be the kind of emperor that the Han people respect.

It's just that, out of the failure of the Jin people to become too deep in sinicization after entering the Central Plains, he still consciously hopes to maintain the nature of the Mongols. Who called the Mongols too few, and there are trillions of Han people in the world, this point of people thrown into it, there will not even be a splash, even in this big capital, it is the Han people who account for the majority, how not to make him frightened.

The main focus of controversy in today's court meeting is whether the two methods of salt and money are implemented in the newly conquered Jiangnan region, Zhongshu Pingzhang Ahma is a Huihui, as the highest status of the dynasty, has always won the trust of the great khans of the past dynasties, even the self-proclaimed "eloquent and strategic" Kublai Khan is no exception, no way, who called the Mongols are not good at this way.

As for Ahma's suggestion, Kublai Khan was not even interested in thinking, for the simple reason that the army in front of him was defeated, and it was defeated badly. Therefore, the so-called Jiangnan is still in the hands of those Song people, and what is the value of discussing the only few state capitals.

He learned that this news was not a military report sent back by the army, but that he had his own people, and these people could be absolutely trusted, so there was no need to doubt whether the news was correct or not. Now what he wanted to know was, how exactly did they lose? This has to be answered by Boyan, and his every move, starting from the beginning, how many miles he travels every day, where he rests, has been continuously reported to Kublai Khan, just like at this moment, Boyan has just entered the city, and he has already received the news.

"Go, stay at the gate of the palace, wait for him to come and tell him, go back to the house to meet with his family first, freshen up and then enter the palace, I am waiting for him here, don't worry." Kublai Khan called one of the guards and commanded, although he did not say who it was, apparently the guard had understood, and turned away with a salute.

Picking up a book of the Han people at random, Kublai Khan did not use it to read, these words are densely packed to make people dizzy, and every time he opens this kind of book, he will be surprised by the wisdom of the Han people. This is a people with thousands of years of history, the long-term owners of the land beneath their feet, and only by understanding them can we rule them better.

After only turning over three books, the sound of the guards sounding outside the tent, Kublai Khan couldn't help but smile slightly, he originally estimated that he would have to finish five books before he arrived, which was already very fast. Unexpectedly, Boyan was obviously more anxious than he imagined, and most of them went back to the house and changed his clothes.

Boyan wore a thin Mongolian robe and a hat with a beaded chain, and as soon as he entered the tent, he took off the hat, fell to the ground, and bowed down at the feet of Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan's eyes took off the book in his hand, and he looked at the minister on the ground, who was only in his thirties, and his temples already had gray hair.

"Boyan, do you know that you disappointed me." Kublai Khan's majestic voice sounded above Boyan's head, and he trembled when he heard it.

"Boyan knows that he has lived up to the expectations of the Great Khan, and his crime is unforgivable, so he asks the Great Khan to punish him." He shook his head, and his voice rang out.

"No, no, no, you still don't understand what I mean, get up first." Kublai Khan suddenly changed to speak in Mongolian, and Boyan was stunned when he heard this, and straightened up as he was ordered, sitting cross-legged in the tent like Kublai Khan, and looked at his Great Khan in bewilderment.

"The eagle on the grassland rushes down from the sky, not always succeeds in catching its prey, and sometimes it is injured by its prey, but as long as it does not break its wings, it will fly again and wait patiently for a flaw. But look at you, like a bird without wings, has lost hope of flying high in the sky. ”

"I asked you to go home, get together with your wife and children, and wash the dust off your body again, just to hope that you can sober up and change your low mood, but what about you." Kublai Khan shook his head, stared into Boyan's eyes and continued: "Sue me, did the confident and capable Boyan die under the city of the Song people?" ”

"Respected Great Khan, Boyan really knows that he is wrong this time, please believe that the person in your mind is still alive, he will firmly remember your words, and all the shame will be taken back from the Song people a hundred times and a thousand times." Boyan beat his chest with his hands and replied loudly and in Mongolian as well.

"Well, this is the Battelle I'm familiar with, now tell me, how did you let my warriors lose under that Jiankang City? As far as I know, they are neither as many as yours nor as brave as yours. Kublai Khan patted him lightly on the top of his head, and then asked the question in his heart.

Boyan answered, and immediately began to tell the whole process of the war, Kublai Khan listened very carefully, and when he encountered a place of interest, he would mark his own opinions on the ground, and he would always hit the key point, which made Boyan admire.

"Speaking of which, there aren't too many mistakes in your response, and the Song people really have weapons that no one knows. However, if you are more cautious and put a few more trenches and antlers when you set up camp, then even if their cannons can hit very far, you will not be broken by their night attack. ”

"It's true that just like the Great Khan said, the Song people had this kind of cannon, plus I didn't expect them to dare to go out of the city to fight at night, which led to a heavy defeat and the loss of so many warriors, even Hezhe couldn't come back." Bo Yan said with a look of shame.

"Hezhe, the tall warrior? It's a pity, I'm going to transfer him to Cowardice. When Kublai Khan said this, he suddenly remembered something, and shouted towards the door: "Go and sue Sù Bija Chichang, send that Naim Tieer to Jinghu, and serve in front of Ali's tent in The Hague, I don't want to see this person again!" ”

"It's none of your business." Seeing Boyan looking at him puzzled, Kublai Khan explained.

"Boyan, you are from Hülegü, and it has been ten years until today, right?" Kublai Khan suddenly changed the topic, so that Boyan did not keep up for a while, and thought about it for a while, the year when he came to Dadu as the envoy of Yilkhan was the second year of the Zhiyuan, and it is exactly ten years now.

"Yes, Great Khan." Boyan nodded and replied.

"Fifteen years ago, Möngke Khan died under the city of the Song people, ten years ago Hulegu died in Persia, nine years ago Ali Buge also died, and now I am the only one left. I don't know when, Immortal Heaven will summon me, but if I die like this, do you know how unwilling I will be? ”

"No, the Great Khan is not old, and the Immortal Heaven will bless the Great Khan." Boyan hurriedly said.

"The Song country is very large, and there are many Song people, it is not easy to conquer them, but I still hope to live to see you sacrifice their emperor and land to me, and complete the great Genghis Khan, Ögedei Khan, and Möngke Khan What they have not accomplished, only in this way can I become the real Great Khan of all Mongols."

The Great Khan's hopeful eyes made Boyan excited, and he was about to stand up to make a statement, but Kublai Khan grabbed his hand and stopped him.

"Not only that, Boyan, you must know that every Mongol Khan before me has sent troops to the west, and I also want to see for myself where the end of the west is. When we conquer the south, we can gather the kings' armies and give this place to Jinjin, and you and I will go to the west together, and you will be my vanguard, okay? ”

"My Great Khan, Boyan is willing to shed every drop of blood for your great cause." Hearing the Great Khan's heart to himself, Boyan moved his body in one direction and bowed down to him, this time Kublai Khan did not stop him again, he needed such a loyal dog, and this was only the best in front of him.

Not long after Boyan entered the city, from the west direction of the capital, a carriage approached the city gate from the official road, and the few people sitting on it were not only dressed strangely, but even looked very unusual, with long black hair showing a natural curl, and everyone was a beard, except for a young man.

"Haha, Marco, I didn't lie to you, look at what a majestic city this is! I heard that there were a million people living there, my God, there were not so many people in all of Venice plus Genoa. A bearded man patted the young man on the shoulder and said triumphantly.

"God, I can assure you that there is no great city in all of Europe that can match it, not even the great cities of Rome and Constantinople." Another bearded man kept scratching his chest, and the young man named "Marco" was so stunned that he couldn't say a word.

"Let's hurry into the city, that's the most powerful khan in the world, don't let him wait long." The people driving the carriage didn't look like they were coming to Dadu for the first time, and when they saw these people sighing like hillbillies, they waved their horsewhips impatiently and urged.