Chapter 63: Pacifying the Sage in front of the Pavilion

The deputy chief of the palace is a toothless old eunuch, singing and drinking, like a paper roll trumpet, although the words are not clear, but high-pitched and loud, there are echoes for more than ten miles, and the earth also has a sense of trembling. Singing and drinking is the basic skill of the court and palace people, that is, the eunuchs, and they rely on this hand to eat all their lives. There was no one in the court except the emperor who was not afraid of this voice.

The palace singing and drinking has the palace wall seal sound does not show a strange taste, and the voice from the wild is particularly harsh, especially the long drag sound, like the whistle of the Mongolian horse grazing and rising, causing the Mongolians to laugh loudly. The one who laughed the most was the third princess, leaning forward and back, and couldn't stop saying: "It's fun, I'm laughing to death." ”

The Mongols didn't bow and laughed, and King Wei Wanyan Yongji jumped up from the seat of Luan, and was about to get angry, Mu Huali smashed Huo'erchi's back and said, "Etiquette still has to be there." ”

Huo'er Chi looked at Genghis Khan, Genghis Khan nodded, Huo'er got up and saluted with both hands: "The Great Mongolian Minister of Tribute, Huo'er Chi, see His Royal Highness King Wei." ”

King Wei was about to get angry, but when he saw that the other party still worshipped, it was just not in accordance with the etiquette system. You should worship the emperor first, shout long live the mountain, and then worship Qincha, it seems that this Mongolian is a grass people, ignorant, rude, and unreasonable. Shaking his head angrily, he pointed at Huo'er Equator and said: "What are you, why didn't Genghis Khan come to pay tribute?" ”

Huo'er Chi fights without taking action, and no one can compare, which is why Genghis Khan asked him to come. If it reaches the ears of Emperor Zhangzong, the Mongolian minister does not worship the emperor, but only worships King Wei, or the Mongolians only have King Wei in their hearts, and the suspicious Zhangzong has already killed two uncles, and he is not worse than him.

Huo'er Chi bowed faster than King Wei sat down, and said tepidly: "Each other, each other, I am the same as you are the ministers of the Qincha, what do you say?" If your emperor does not come, neither will our Great Khan. If our Great Khan comes, you will have to prostrate, won't you? ”

King Wei was humiliated by Huo'er Chilian, his face turned purple with anger, and he said angrily: "Someone came to bring this thing that does not know the height of the sky and the earth back to Dadu for trial. ”

"Wait!" Ming An saw that the guards were about to arrest people, stepped forward to stop them, and whispered to King Wei: "Your Highness think twice, our task is to accept tribute, they are not angry, how to explain to the emperor, this is still a trivial matter; If you fall out with the Mongols at this time, it will be bad for Jin Guo and His Highness. This time, they were all fools, and they didn't give them general knowledge, so they brought the tribute back and told the emperor truthfully. ”

The Guardian let out a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and the guards all retreated to their positions. The shrewd Ming An also wanted to save face for King Wei, and deliberately said loudly: "The kingdom is the king, and the subject country is the minister, and it cannot be disordered." Wei Wang Nian, you don't understand the rules, it is also a first offense, and the court will no longer pursue it, and this matter will be left to you Great Khan to investigate and deal with by yourself. ”

Ming An's eyes were basically staring at Genghis Khan from the beginning to the time he spoke, and finally his eyes turned to the third princess. He had participated in the marriage ceremony of the prince of Wang Gubu as an envoy of the Jin Kingdom, and had a one-sided friendship with the third princess, at this time he saw that the prince and concubine of Wang Gubu were in the team of Mongolian Nasui Gong, he was really a little surprised, but he looked at the majestic figure and extraordinary aura beside her, especially the man with a natural domineering spirit between his eyebrows, and suddenly said: "The third princess is polite here in Xia Ming'an." You are both the princess of Mongolia and the prince of Wanggubu, and being able to participate in this New Year tribute handover shows that the Mongolian Great Khan still attaches great importance to this New Year tribute. ”

King Wei got up and looked at the third princess with excellent appearance, his heart was really much more comfortable, the anger on his face suddenly disappeared, and he said: "Oh, this beautiful woman turned out to be the third princess of Mongolia?" ”

The third princess was appreciating Ming'an's shrewdness and sincerity, and when King Wei said it, she said politely: "On behalf of the father of Mongolia, Khan Genghis Khan, the father of the Wanggu tribe, and the prince of Zhen, I salute His Royal Highness King Wei. ”

"Ah, it's easy to say, it's easy to say, I've long heard that the prince and concubine of Wang Gubu have a manicure in the world, and she is very smart, and now she is worthy of her fame, and the princess can be a guest in Dadu when she is free." As soon as King Wei heard that Wang Gu's prince and concubine were courteous on behalf of the two tribal khans and princes, he gave enough face, and his anger disappeared without leaving ten.

The third princess punned on the words: "Go!" Would definitely go. ”

Ming An skillfully shifted King Wei's attention to the third princess, and the tense atmosphere immediately eased a lot, Ming An said: "The Mongolian envoy still hasn't submitted the list of annual tributes?" ”

A saber-rattling incident was lightly resolved by Ming An, and each got its place. Genghis Khan looked at this young man for a long time, and he couldn't imagine that there was such a wise person in the Jin Kingdom, but unfortunately he couldn't be used by me.

For many years, the shadow of Ming'an lingered deeply in Genghis Khan's mind. Unexpectedly, when Ming'an was escorted in by the guards, Genghis Khan looked at it for a moment, and was pleasantly surprised, it was really good that it was the wise and shrewd Ming'an when he was a tribute. stepped forward to personally untie Ming An, and laughed: "Hehe, it's really you?" ”

Ming An also exclaimed: "It turns out that the entourage back then was really a great khan. ”

Genghis Khan patted Ming An's shoulder and said, "I still haven't escaped your eyes, thank you for not breaking it at the time, otherwise I don't know how much trouble there will be." ”

Ming An said: "That kind of occasion is very delicate, I can only use the third princess to cover it up, it is good for everyone, not only for the Great Khan, but also for His Royal Highness Yongji." ”

Genghis Khan pulled Ming An to sit down beside him and said, "You are a smart man, since you are the deputy marshal of Yehuling, why did you come to send him to death?" ”

"Yes, someone wants to borrow a knife to kill people, and if the Great Khan borrows a knife, he will not be the pride of the sky." Ming An said with a smile.

"Haha, that's not necessarily, didn't you almost cut it?" Genghis Khan laughed.

"Ming'an is still a little bit worse. That's why my head is still on my neck. Ming An smiled.

"Your price was set when you appeased the pavilion Sui Gong, not a little!" Genghis Khan said.

"How much?" Ming An asked.

"Priceless!" Genghis Khan solemnly said.

"Haha......" The two laughed. Genghis Khan shouted to the guards: "Summoning Mu Huali and several generals to come over and set up a banquet for General Ming'an." ”

"Don't be in a hurry to drink, it's not too late to drink when you break through Yehuling!" Ming'an Road.

While speaking, Mu Huali and the generals had already come to Genghis Khan's big tent, looked at Ming'an, and the generals were puzzled, only Mu Huali took Ming'an's hand and said: "When General Ming'an arrived, Yehuling was broken. You have to love the general, break the enemy formation, and drink the celebration wine together! ”

"Or, the military situation is urgent, quickly set up a formation to attack the mountain, I'm afraid that the night will be long and dreamy, and the fighter will be delayed!" Ming An said anxiously.

"Haha, Ming'an don't be impatient, drink first!" Genghis Khan said.

Originally, the camp was full of wine and meat every day, and the wine and meat on the table were divided into minutes, and the generals gathered in a group and began to drink. Genghis Khan walked up to Ming'an and said, "Your outfit is going to be changed." ”

The guards brought up the clothes they had prepared and helped Ming An change them. Genghis Khan shouted: "Pull Ming'an out, fall up and fight!" ”

The guards took out Ming'an's clothes and put them on a soldier's body, and fell on the tail pole, and more than a dozen people picked up their horsewhips and whipped them violently, and the screams resounded through the valley.

In the tent, Genghis Khan raised his glass and said, "Come, this king toasts you!" ”

Ming An looked out of the tent window and said, "High! The Great Khan is wise! ”

Genghis Khan put down his glass and said, "What do you say?" ”

At this time, the generals came around, and Ming An drew the terrain and troop layout on the mountain as he spoke.

Genghis Khan pondered for a while, looked up, and saw Mu Huali nodded, and there was no need to say it explicitly to communicate with the masters. In fact, the two of them have studied together many times and preset a variety of plans, and the surrender of the enemy general is one of them. So Genghis Khan decisively gave the order:

"Subutai and Jebe led your soldiers and horses to obey Ming An's command, interspersed with detours from the trail to the back mountain of Yehuling, and when the Jin army descended the mountain, you quickly occupied the main peak of Yehuling. Bo'er Shu and Zheli led your soldiers and horses to lie in ambush thirty miles away from the left flank; Chi Lao Wen and Lu Wu will take you to set up an ambush twenty miles away from the right flank; Jochi and Wokotai led the soldiers and horses to retreat ten miles and stand by; The rest of the generals drank with me in the camp. All walks of life take advantage of the night darkness to act, there must be no mistakes, and those who violate the order will be killed! ”

Genghis Khan confidently deployed the first regular large-scale corps in combat since the beginning of the day, and it was perfect and impressive. Finally, Genghis Khan asked Ming'an in a heavy tone: "Ming'an, how is this?" ”

Ming An saw that Genghis Khan's deployment of troops was so accurate and impeccable with a snap of his fingers, and said convincingly: "The Great Khan God of War is also!" ”

The commander of Yehuling, Wanyan Jiaojian, sent Ming'an to the Mongolian camp, eating two birds with one meal, and killing people with a knife to kill Ming'an's life and get rid of the trouble in his heart; He also probed the reality of the Mongols, paralyzed Genghis Khan's nerves, and made him relax his vigilance, so that he could enter the Mongol camp in one go.

Sure enough, the spies sent to keep an eye on Ming'an reported that Ming'an was dropped on the mast by Genghis Khan, and more than a dozen Mongolian soldiers were whipped, and it seemed that he would not survive. The Mongolian barracks are still bombarding, drinking and playing with women. The Mongol generals were drunk in the camp of Genghis Khan, and they were not prepared to take precautions at all.

Good! That's what I want. Wanyan Jiejian said to the generals: "Send down the wine, meat and food brought today, let the soldiers have a good meal, rest for another night, recuperate their spirits, and tomorrow they will go down the mountain, attack the Mongolian barracks, and kill the Mongols.

On Yehuling, the Jin army took out all the remaining meat, and also set up a feast, eating and drinking, until the sun went down, and they were still carnival and drinking, and the soldiers were drunk and drunk.

Genghis Khan received the reward and said to Ming An: "Your outfit has made a great contribution." ”

Ming'an took a drink from the wine glass, and said: "I didn't expect the Great Khan to be so proficient in the book of war, and the two strategies of planning and planning and soldiers not getting tired of deceit are superb. ”

"Haha, this is all taught by Mrs. Yesui, and it can't be elegant." Genghis Khan laughed.

Ming An looked at Mu Huali and hesitated a little, Mu Huali said: "The Great Khan also has a great empress who is proficient in the Han land." ”

"More than that! Three miles. And the lady also dries quickly! Genghis Khan said.

When Mu Huali rescued Mrs. Yesui from Wang Han's son Sang Kun, and when he rode the same horse, he also used his sister to test Mu Huali with love, and the love was long, and a passion scene was staged. When he returned to the camp, he met Genghis Khan and Wang Han's daughter Wang Jier Wushan making rain, so he was angry, and pulled Mu Huali to the front of Ye Sugan and said: "Sister, I said that I would fulfill you, and I brought someone back for you today, you say something, whether you want it or not, otherwise he will be mine." ”

He also pulled Mu Huali and said: "My sister's situation is like the sky, why do you rob someone with me, this person has long been mine." ”

"Oh, no wonder you...... No, I'd ...... a long time ago" and glanced at Mu Huali Dao, "Don't lose her!" ”

also left to fasten the door of the yurt that also dried, and dragged Mu Huali to the inner tent quickly......

Mu Huali thought of this, and faintly didn't know whether to avoid or a little longing, and inexplicably covered up: "Great Khan, ah...... The Great Khan has its own way of heaven, the way of soldiers is self-contained, the sages and sages have both, and the great is one, and the gods and men are also! ”

"Hehe, Zhixing, who never slaps on the back, how did he become vulgar." Genghis Khan pointed at Muhuali and said, "Speaking of sages, don't forget that you still owe me a single person. ”

Mu Huali finally flashed out of the phantom that was also quick-drying, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Don't worry, when you arrive at the end of the Jin Capital, you will definitely invite Yelu Chucai to the Great Khan." ”

"Yelu Chucai? That Confucian sage Yelu Chucai in Zhongdu? Ming An said in surprise.

"Yes, it's this person, is Ming An familiar with this person?" Genghis Khan said.

"Of course, it's familiar, but it's still a good friend." Ming'an Road.

"Oh," Genghis Khan leaned into Ming'an, "Tell me about this person?" ”

Ming An was an official in the Jin Dynasty, different from other eunuchs, known for his wisdom and high spirits, and was also a well-known virtuous person. Often with Confucianism to get acquainted with celebrities, like Yelu Chu Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism of the sages in one, indispensable contacts, of course, the Central Plains young great Confucian Yelu Chu material is well understood, Genghis Khan asked, then like an old friend to tell the story:

"Chu Cai is a descendant of the Khitan nobles and the eighth great-great-grandson of the Dongdan King of the Great Liao Kingdom. His father's official to Jin Zhangzong Shangshu Zuocheng, the old man of the sixtieth year, is this Yelu Chucai. His father used a Sinology allusion, although Chu is talented, Jin is practical, named Chu Cai, the word Jin Qing, implying that it will be used by other countries in the future. This person has read a lot of books since he was a child, especially the scriptures and history, and is next to astronomy, geography, calendar, arithmetic, Buddhism, Lao Zhuang, medicine, divination, ......"

Speaking of this, Ming An paused and said: "However, this person is extraordinary, although he is full of wealth and low desire, the court has invited him to join the court as an official many times, and promised him the position of prime minister, but he has been rejected." He is not interested in his career, he travels all over the world, has no fixed place, and freedom is what he wants. I'm afraid he won't ......"

Genghis Khan didn't wait for Ming An to finish speaking, grabbed Ming An's hand and said hurriedly: "Where is this person now?" ”

"In recent years, he has rarely interacted with people, and it is said that he hid in the Ju'an Temple more than 100 miles southwest of the central capital, and the dragon was nowhere to be seen." Ming An stared at Genghis Khan's wrist and said.

Genghis Khan withdrew his hand and said: "Ju'an Temple, Ju'an Temple in Zhongdu, Mu Huali has seen you." ”

"It's better to have a whereabout, even if you don't have a whereabout, dig three feet into the ground and dig it out for you, don't worry, sweat!" Mu Huali looked at the sky and said, "The time has come, it's time to do it." ”

Genghis Khan said: "Yes! Hurry, we must hit the middle capital as soon as possible. ”

Ming An had already looked at the extraordinary entourage behind the Mongolian Suigong envoy Huo'er in the pacification pavilion, if this person was Genghis Khan, he was hidden in the ranks of Nasui Gong, and his purpose was only one, he had his eyes on the Jin country, at least his eyes had shifted to the Mongolian steppe. This was an extremely undesirable situation for the Jin Kingdom at that time. However, Wei Wang Yongji couldn't see the situation in front of him clearly, and put up a spectrum to intimidate Genghis Khan, wouldn't it be a salary increase for the flames of Mongolian revenge. Therefore, Ming An judged the situation and calmed down the flames that were about to burn.

Now that this flame has finally ignited, and he himself is holding a torch to help, he will turn the 400,000 troops of Yehuling and even Jin into ashes. Ming An felt a little painful in his heart, after all, he had put a lot of effort into the Jin Kingdom and left the trajectory of his life. However, these are all in the past, the current Jin Ting is rotten, the country is full of holes, the people are not living, the mourning is all over the wilderness, and there are reckless maniacs who put themselves to death. Good birds can still choose trees and perch, I have a full stomach of useless Ming'an, the choice of the Lord is a righteous move, not to mention the long-term admiration and know the New Year's friend.

Therefore, Ming'an did not defect to Genghis Khan on the spur of the moment or desperately, but willingly came to Genghis Khan's side with great ambitions, and of course he had to do his best for the Mongol war.

The sky was dark, torches were lit up and down the mountain, and the hour had come for Ming'an to get up and take his leave: "Rest assured, we will wait for the horn of the Great Khan behind the mountain on time." ”