It is said that Li Luo, the lord of the Tang Dynasty, commanded an army of 100,000 to conquer Dongying Province in person, so how can he hide it from the eyes and ears of Jiangbei? As soon as the Tang army moved, there was already a post station galloping through the capital, and it was reported to Kublai Khan, the lord of the northern country.

At this time, the capital was covered with heavy snow. Although the New Year is approaching at the end of the year, Mongolian nobles have become more and more impatient with the Han family's New Year's Day (Spring Festival) in recent years, so that most of them have no festive atmosphere.

Even, the Tartar lord did not prepare for the New Year at this time, as in previous years. Even the order of the official seal of the festival in previous years was not issued by the Zhongshu Province.

Because, Kublai Khan and the imperial court have already celebrated the New Year on the sixteenth day of the lunar month, using the Mongolian calendar, which is half a month earlier than the Han New Year!

In other words, although it has not yet been the New Year, according to the Mongolian calendar, it is already the twenty-fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty.

Kublai Khan and the Yuan court have abandoned the Han calendar.

Is this still a trifle?

The so-called one leaf knows autumn. This move couldn't help but make the Han officials sad and bleak, all of them were unhappy, and there was no New Year's atmosphere at all.

Isn't this obvious? The Great Khan became more and more repulsive to sinicization.

Even the crown prince, who had always supported Hanfa, began to be cold to Hanfa and Hanchen, and became closer and closer to the Mongolian ministers.

In the entire northern country, the old Mongolian customs completely overpowered the Han law.

Especially after the Great Khan's victory in the west, many Mongolian nobles and nobles came to the west, important positions in the court, and there was a shortage of places, almost all of which were occupied by these newcomers. This led to the Han officials losing more and more power.

However, although the imperial court was indifferent to the Han officials, it still attached importance to the Han army. After the Great Khan returned to Dadu, he inspected the Han army many times and rewarded them richly, and many Han generals also rewarded pastures in the west.

What made the Han officials even more shocked was that the Great Khan had ordered all Han soldiers to wear braided hair, reward Han generals with the name of the country (Mongolian name), and give them the origin of ten, hundred, and even thousand households.

Before, although many Han officials braided their hair and used the name of the country, after all, it was only half. Most of the soldiers of the Han army still use Chinese names to tie their hair.

But this time, the Great Khan actually rewarded the people on a large scale and forced them to keep braids.

In the middle of the month, the 300,000 Han troops all shaved their hair and kept braids, not to mention the generals, even if they were hundreds of years old, they all had the "name of the country".

Although there has always been a Mongolian color eye Daru Huachi in the Han army, there were only a few people in the past. But recently, many Mongolian generals have been stationed in the Han army, and they are in charge of military power at all levels with the Han generals? It has reached the level of 100 households!

However, the treatment of the Han army is also much better? The soldiers who followed the Western Expedition also distributed gold, silver, cattle and sheep? This has never been done before.

And that's not all, just two days ago? Even the name of the Han army has become what "Jelimu Army" and "Karkin Army".

That's right? The Great Khan divided the 300,000 Han army in two? Changed its name to "Jerim Army" and "Kelchin Army"!

Jerim? The Mongolian word means loyalty, and the Jerim Army means the army of loyalty.

Kirchin, which means sharp and archer, is also the meaning of elite division.

Truly? The Krchin army to Hebei? The Han army in the northwest is the mainstay, and it is indeed more powerful, and it is not much worse than the Mongolian colored soldiers and horses.

In contrast, although the Jelimu army was stronger than the southern Han army? But it was not as good as the Kirkin army.

This is no small feat!

This shows that nominally the Han army does not exist.

How could the Han officials not be frightened? But they can't stop the losing momentum? I can only watch some of the achievements of sinicization that have been hard to get over the years.,All of them were lost.。

"Knock-knock-"

In the heavy snow, the bells of the capital city rang slowly, and hundreds of officials flocked to the stars like a tide to participate in the pilgrimage.

Interestingly, the Han officials were clearly left out in the cold.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Liumengyan's feet slipped and almost fell into the snow, but Ye Li, who was a political officer in Zhongshu Province on the side, helped him, "Zhongzhai Gong, be careful." ”

Liu Mengyan smiled bitterly, "What's the use of being careful?" If you fall in the snow, you can still get up, but if you fall in the middle of the court, there is no place for you. The situation is like this, what should we do? ”

Ye Li raised his head, looked at the tall and majestic city gate facing the heavy snow, and sighed: "The saint is always sage, let's take one step at a time." ”

Xie Changyuan, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, walked two steps quickly and whispered: "Zhong Zhai Gong, Jin Ri is in the court, I will only be a mud puppet in the temple, and there can be no more playing, so as not to look sideways at the center." ”

Liu Mengyan is the oldest Han official in Rujin, and he has been the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, so he is now the head of the Han officials.

Liu Mengyan shook his head and said with a gloomy expression: "Old man, what do you say?" If the golden people are soft-spoken, they are out of love and court, and a thousand words are better than silence. ”

He pointed to the side of the guide, "The pseudo-Tang Li Luo has hurt the heart of the saint and also hurt us." ”

Provincial Senator Wang Jiweng also leaned over, and while he hadn't entered the palace yet, he hurriedly said to Liu Mengyan: "Zhongzhai Gong, is Jin Rizhen silent?" ”

Liu Mengyan didn't answer, shook his head and said nothing.

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept in, blowing off the hat of a Han general Wang Ho in front of him, revealing a shaved head and thin pigtails on both sides.

However, this king pickaxe is no longer called Wang Ho, he has been given the name of Ela Ullan. Ira, big meaning. Woodlands, which means red. Because Wang Ho had a big red face, he was given the name Ila Ulan.

Wang Hao, no, it's Ila Ullan, after his hat was blown off, he picked it up and put it on in a hurry, and glanced at Liumengyan and other civil officials with a little contempt, and seemed to touch his pigtails a little proudly.

I don't think the hair is in the way of the view at all.

"Hmph, it's just a martial artist, I went to the Western Regions to make some contributions, shaved my head, changed my name, and dared to see no one." Wang Jiweng snorted coldly.

But he was afraid that Ila Ullan would hear it, so he didn't dare to raise his voice, and his voice was very low.

But this scene, coupled with Wang Jiweng's words, suddenly flashed through his brain like a bolt of lightning, making Liu Mengyan suddenly think of a brilliant idea to improve the situation.

But the idea scared him away.

Because it's too bold.

Liu Mengyan struggled in his heart, not knowing whether to do it or not, even if he did, it would have no effect.

But at the very least, it is the most important thing to be able to perceive the meaning of the Great Khan and restore the Great Khan's trust in himself and the Han officials.

Liumengyan was in a trance, seven up and eight down, stepping on the snow like stepping on cotton. It wasn't until he entered Daming Palace with the flow of people that he gritted his teeth and made a decision.

Done!

"The Great Khan has arrived!" With the singing and shouting of the cowardly Xue guards, hundreds of ministers just stood in their positions, and Kublai Khan stepped onto the throne.

"Servants (ministers) meet the Great Khan (Holy One)! Turbulence Na Latuga (Hooray, Hooray)! ”

"Flatten down!" Kublai Khan opened his arms like a hug, and his characteristic deep voice sounded.

Kublai Khan's spirit is very good, although his beard is white, but he still looks like a dragon and a tiger, you know, he can still be an emperor for seven or eight years in history, and the day of his death is very early.

Because of the great victory of the Western Expedition, he unified the Great Mongolia again in less than a year, so even if he learned the news of Li Luo's expedition, he did not have much anger.

Even if Li Luo grabbed the Japanese country, he didn't particularly care about it now.

"Great Khan, the traitor Li Luo personally went to fight Dongying, and the slave thought that Dongying could not be saved. But Da Yuan couldn't do nothing, making this jackal think that Da Yuan had no choice. "Zhongshu Province Zuo Prime Minister Sang Ge came out and played.

He hated Li Luo deeply. Because his own brother died at the hands of Li Luo.

Kublai Khan said lightly: "Then tell me, how should Da Yuan deal with this jackal?" ”

Right now, he doesn't have a good way to take Li Luo.

Li Luo's domination of the south was expected by him, and he was not surprised. But Li Luo did something in the south to equalize the land, spread the land into the mu, and change the land to the stream, which made him feel that the situation was difficult to control.

This traitor wants to mobilize slaves to demand the life of his master.

This is something that only those who have been cursed by Mao Wu Sipo will do.

But he had to admit that Li Luo's trick was very powerful, this person was a great general in battle, and this ruler was also a ghost talent.

Kublai Khan hated Li Luo, but at the same time admired Li Luo's methods.

In his heart, Li Luo had become a powerful enemy worthy of his full effort. The pseudo-Tang was a more powerful opponent than the Jin and Song states.

Last time, he sent guards to the south with marmots, and carefully planned a move to spread the epidemic, originally planning to have a "Bianjing epidemic" in Lin'an to destroy the luck and popular hearts of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty.

Who knows, a few guards who are proficient in this way were captured soon after arriving in Lin'an, and they were executed by Ling Chi a few days later.

It's a pity, this move has not been used yet, and it has been scrapped.

Could it be that Sang Ge also has any good ideas?

The ministers of the full palace looked at Sang Ge together, not knowing how to deal with Li Luo when Li Luo occupied Dali and blocked the rivers and seas.

The main force of the Great Yuan still exists, such as the Jin Great Mongolian State has been unified, and the military power is stronger than that of the south. With hundreds of thousands of Mengse iron horses, the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is by no means the opponent of the Great Yuan. If the puppet Tang crossed the river and went on an expedition to the north, even if they doubled their firearms, they would definitely be defeated on the plains.

But the question is, Li Luoshui is strong, and he can't do more than Jiang, what can he do?

The Dayuan Iron Cavalry was already too disadvantaged in the south, and it was impossible to cross the river, so it was difficult to go south, how to fight?

But I heard Sang Ge continue: "Great Khan, the slave is invited, first negotiate peace with Li Luo and the pseudo-Tang Dynasty......

The ministers roared, and they all looked at Brother Sang in disbelief.

Crazy? Dayuan is like the sky, and he is making peace with the traitor Li Luo?

There were only a few ministers who showed appreciative smiles, including ministers such as Boyan and Detachment.

Most people looked at Kublai Khan and saw that the Great Khan did not look angry, on the contrary, the Great Khan was still there... Nod!

“… There are two people who bother Dayuan with gold. First, it was difficult for the army to move south to quell the rebellion. Second, it is difficult to get news from the south in time, because the north and the south are like fire and water, and merchant ships cannot come and go. If peace is negotiated with the thieves temporarily, at least the merchant ships can come and go, and they can transport news, facilitate and calmly arrange, and divide and disintegrate. ”

"Third, the negotiation of peace can confuse the pseudo-Tang and think that Dayuan will recognize them. Fourth, negotiating peace can greatly dampen the fighting spirit of the puppet Tang people. Just like dealing with Zhao Song. ”

However, the key to this peace negotiation is how much the puppet Tang is willing to pay tribute. Of course, this title is necessary, but it is not possible to pay less tribute. ”

When everyone heard this, they realized that peace was the case, and that it was indeed time to negotiate peace.

Isn't it just a temporary recognition of the pseudo-Tang? As long as the puppet Tang Dynasty called the ministers to pay tribute, then not only would the morale of the army be greatly defeated, but also give the imperial court a chance to divide and disintegrate, at least the imperial court could not only receive the tribute, but also get the news from the south in time.

As soon as the opportunity comes, it will be easier to counterinsurgency.

It's a wonderful move, no wonder the Great Khan is not angry at all.

Who knows, Kublai Khan shook his head and said: "Temporarily negotiating peace with the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is also a good way." But Li Luo won't call him a tribute. He will not give a penarius or a peniard, nor will he be a vassal. Brother Sang, you think of this person simply. ”

What the?

The ministers were puzzled. Li Luo pseudo-Tang still doesn't want to pay tribute? Didn't he want to be recognized by Da Yuan for this?

Boyan came out and said: "The Great Khan sees thousands of miles, Li Luo is ambitious, arrogant, and arrogant, and he will not pay tribute to Dayuan until he becomes a beast under the hunter's arrow." But not so at the moment. ”

Kublai Khan nodded, his wolf-like slender eyes showing a meaningful smile, "Are you saying that Li Luo has already set out on an expedition, and the puppet Tang is the regent of the puppet queen, and the puppet queen may meet and pay tribute to the Great Yuan?" ”

He didn't know much about Cui Xiuning.

Boyan said: "The Great Khan is wise, that's exactly the case. After all, the pseudo-queen is not Li Luo, she is a woman, as long as the envoy of the Great Yuan arrives in the south, maybe she will be willing to be called a minister. When Li Luo came back, it was too late. ”

"As long as the matter of calling the ministers and paying tribute is finalized, even if Li Luo does not admit it at that time, the hearts of the pseudo-Tang army and the people will also be greatly hit."

Kublai Khan said "um", "Then send an envoy and tell the woman that as long as they pay tribute to the Great Yuan, the two countries will follow the example of the Mongol and Song dynasties and negotiate peace with the monarch and the courtiers." At this time, well, I'll leave it to Adali, the Hanlin Scholar. ”

A Mongolian minister came out and said: "The minions obey the order, and the Great Khan can rest assured that the minions have gone to the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, even if they can't be called ministers and pay tribute, at least they must find out their truth." ”

Although Adali was a Mongolian official, he knew Chinese and was a fine person, so he was a suitable candidate.

But Han officials are cold in their hearts.

The matter of the envoy has always been an errand of the Ministry of Rites, and it is generally done by Han officials. But Rujin has nothing to do with the Ministry of Rites!

Liumengyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly felt dizzy, and the Great Khan didn't trust him at all, and he didn't trust the Han officials.

Sang Ge continued: "Great Khan, peace negotiation is a step, it is a chess game. But martial chess also has to be played. The minions thought, did they attack Xiangyang from Nanyang? ”

Boyan immediately objected: "No! Xiangyang is surrounded by water on three sides, the east is hundreds of miles of hills, the north is a mountain, plus the city is strong, the moat is as wide as the Han River, the Song army was weak that year, I had a water division in Dayuan, and after six years of fighting, Lu Wenhuan surrendered before taking it. ”

"At the moment, the strength of the rebels is not comparable to that of the Song army, and the water division is stronger, but my Dayuan has no water division. If this is to fight Xiangyang, how many years will it take? Decade? Eight years? Xiangyang is too difficult to fight, not worth it. ”

Kublai Khan also said: "Don't fight Xiangyang, that's a loss-making deal." ”

Xiangyang is known as the world's first strong city. Such a place is too unfriendly to the Mongol army. Not to mention fighting, even if you drive the soldiers and horses over, it is difficult. Back then, Shi Tianze went down to Xiangyang from Nanyang, but he suffered enough on the way. If you go from east to west, just crossing the rolling hills, you can make the war horse unbearable.

He would rather fight Dali from Tubo than Xiangyang.

"Holy Lord, the slave has a book to play!" Liumengyan, who had enough courage, finally gritted his teeth and stood up.

What the? Minion?

The civil and military officials looked at Liumengyan together, puzzled. Isn't he Hanchen? Why do you call yourself a minion? Hanchen calls himself a minister.

The so-called custom of calling themselves slaves and Hanchen calling themselves ministers comes from the Khitan Liao State. The Liao State implemented a dual system of Han officials and Khitan officials in the north and south courts, with Khitan officials calling themselves slaves and Han officials calling themselves ministers. This was the beginning of the distinction between the inside and the outside by calling slaves and vassals.

When it came to "My Great Yuan", the Mongol Semu officials called themselves slaves. But the problem is that this slave is not what you want to call yourself, but a kind of identity, and the ministers who call themselves slaves have "roots". Those with old qualifications can call themselves "old slaves".

Therefore, letting Han officials call themselves ministers is definitely not out of respect, but to distinguish between internal and external relatives. The Liao, Yuan, and later Manchu dynasties were all like this (the Jin Dynasty was not), which can be said to have a long history and was not original to the Manchu Dynasty.

At this time, when everyone heard that Liu Mengyan suddenly claimed to be a slave, they all looked sideways, even Han officials such as Wang Jiweng and Kong Zhu, and they were also stunned.

Is Liumengyan crazy?

But I heard Liumengyan say loudly: "Great Khan, my country's country name is Yuan, Yuan, Yiye, Shiye, and Tongye." And the beauty of my Dayuan national customs is enough to be called Yuan. But like Jin, the Han people in the north still have more hair tied on the right side, which is very different from the national customs, and the clothes are different, so the heart is estranged and estranged, which is not conducive to the heart of the four seas under the sun of my Dayuan. ”

"The slave implores the Great Khan to issue an edict, unify the clothes and crowns, and glorify the customs of the country, then the Han people in the north will have their hearts to the Great Yuan, almost the nation, and they are all the sons of the Great Yuan."

Wang Jiwen, Kong Zhu, Ye Li and other Han officials' jaws were about to drop. Liu Mengyan actually played the emperor to make it easy for all Han people to shave their hair!

Although it is true that many Han people take the initiative to shave their hair and take it easy to take a name, after all, not the majority. Liu Mengyan did this, that is to make all the Han people in the north shave their hair and make it easy to wear, and they will be fully bearded, is this still necessary?

"Great Khan, no!" Xie Changyuan glanced at Liumengyan fiercely, and said boldly: "Dayuan is based on the national foundation, and the Han people are willing to assist, and the priority is different, and the severity is different. If the Han people are all national customs, how can the dignity of the nation be revealed? ”

The reason for his objection is very ingenious, that is, the Mongols are noble, and of course they want to use "nonsense" to show the difference. If the Han people all shave their hair and change their names to Hu, then there is no distinction between Mongolia and Han, everyone is the same, how can it reflect the noble difference of the Mongolian nation?

Xie Changyuan thought that his reasons could refute Liu Mengyan, but who knew that when he saw the Great Khan shooting a sharp gaze at him, he was suddenly horrified.

The Great Khan agrees with the meaning of Liumengyan!

Maybe the Great Khan has been waiting for a Han official to take the initiative to do this!

Thinking back to the previous Great Khan's renaming of the Han army as the "Jelimu Army" and the "Kelchin Army", as well as the fact that all the Han soldiers had their hair braided, where did he not understand the Great Khan's thoughts?

Liumengyan dared to do this at the risk of the world's disapproval, because he figured out the holy will and took the initiative to cater to the emperor!

As soon as he thought of this, Xie Changyuan immediately broke out in a cold sweat, but he still stubbornly said: "Great Khan, Liumengyan's words are absurd, please punish the Great Khan!" ”

Before the Great Dynasty, he also regarded Liumengyan as the head of the Han officials, and his horse head was the first to look forward. But like gold, he couldn't wait to kill Liumengyan.

Stupid, stupid! Why did he and others believe in Liumengyan? He was the prime minister of the Song Dynasty before, but he took the initiative to surrender the city, what kind of discipline can such an incorruptible and shameless person have?

Kublai Khan's murderous gaze swept over Xie Yuanchang, and he sneered in his heart: "You think I don't know?" What kind of national dignity, you just want to keep the clothes of the Han people. ”

That's right, he has already made up his mind to force the Han people to shave their hair and make it easy to wear, unify the clothes of Dayuan, and forcibly snuff out the dissent of the Han people. When Ying Zhengshu and Wenwen were done, he could too.

Only in this way will the Han people be more obedient and obedient after many years. He didn't understand this truth before, but for the sake of the Son of Heaven's bearing and face, he didn't want to do this, and he didn't think it was necessary.

But like gold, more and more Han people in the north are looking towards the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, which is an indisputable fact. After all, they are not of the same mind as Da Yuan. The Han people say it well, but if they are not of my race, their hearts will be different.

In that case, what else is he afraid of? Even if the Han resists, they will do so.

Of course, there are disadvantages to doing this, and the Han people will definitely resist. But the benefits are even greater. He repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, and felt that the benefits of doing it were greater and more long-term.

The first thing to do on the Han army is to test it. He was satisfied. The Han army was changed to the "Jelimu Army" and the "Karkin Army", and the 300,000 soldiers all wore braided hair, but not many dared to resist.

And it is obvious that after the Han army changed its name to dreadlocks, its morale seems to be more vigorous. Of course, he also improved the treatment of the Han army.

The Han army is fine, but what is the use of the Han people resisting? Those who dare to rebel are killed, and the rest are honest. Among them, there will be many people who are desperately loyal to Dayuan, so that he can get more reliable soldiers and horses.

"Great Khan, what Liu Mengyan said is good, he is a good man." The Privy Council made Boyan the first to come out in favour. He was a confidant of Kublai Khan, and of course he knew the Khan's intentions.

Sang Ge, An Tong and other confidant ministers also understood, and they came out to praise Liumengyan, saying that Liumengyan was a good official and had a good idea.

did not pursue the matter of Liu Mengyan claiming to be a minion.

And Xie Yuanchang, who was opposed, poked there with a pale face. He looked at Wang Jiweng and the others for help, hoping that they would speak out against it.

Wang Jiweng, Ye Li and other ministers were bitter in their hearts, but now that they all knew the emperor's thoughts, how could they dare to speak out against it?

Besides, is it useful to oppose it?

Kublai Khan pretended to think about it, and said lightly: "Do you think that what Liumengyan played is really feasible?" ”

Boyan said: "Great Khan, Liumengyan This is the words of Lao Cheng to seek the country, and he is saying such reasonable words as the old shepherd." The minions thought that the Great Khan had allowed him. ”

Kublai Khan looked at the crown prince Zhenjin with a smile, "Prince, what do you think?" ”

Prince Zhenjin was influenced by his father Khan, and in order not to annoy his father Khan, he began to alienate Han and Han officials. He came out and said: "Father Khan, son and minister think that the Han people are not transformed and have different clothes, how can they show the unification of the Great Yuan?" Erchen thinks that what Liu Mengyan said makes sense. ”

Kublai Khan smiled slightly, and then looked at the Guozi priest wine, the former Yan Shenggong Kong Zhu, "Mr. Kong, what do you say?" He stared at Kong Su with blazing eyes, making Kong Zhu feel like Mount Tai was on top.

"Holy Lord, Minister... The minister thought..."Kong Su Ai Ai showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, "The minister thought that Liumengyan... Words... Old Cheng seeks the country, good! ”

Kublai Khan nodded, "Since this is the case, then issue an edict to order the Han people in the north to follow the national customs as one, mutate their clothes and surnames, just like the national family, regardless of each other, they are all Dayuan children!" ”

"Liumengyan, you have a good strategy, so you will enter Zhongshu Province, serve as Zhongshu Zuocheng, and counsellor for political affairs."

Liu Mengyan knew that he had made the right bet, and he bowed down excitedly and said: "The Great Khan is wise, the slave Xie Da Khan, and the sudden Na Latuga (Long live long live long live)"

The next day, an edict that shocked the north was promulgated, which immediately stirred up a bloody storm.

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