Chapter 252 Who is the Son of Heaven in the South?

Li Rui rode a horse, followed by sixteen personal soldiers, and the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, rolling across the road.

He was now in high spirits, not at all the embarrassed appearance when he first came to his uncle, and he always had a smile on his face, and when he rode wildly on his horse, the wind blew his hair, making him look heroic.

"Childe, Childe!"

Because of the heavy snow just a few days ago, the surroundings are white, and although the road has been cleared, the mountains and forests on both sides are still covered in silver.

The horse quickly left the road and rushed into the snowfield, although the horse's speed slowed down significantly, Li Rui laughed, looking extremely happy and excited. The soldiers who followed him shouted, "Deer, deer! ”

"Look at me!"

Li Rui bent his bow and opened his arrows, and the inverted frieze fell in response, and his own soldiers happily went up to pick it up, and at this moment he suddenly heard a roar in the forest.

Li Rui quickly set up the second arrow, and the pro-soldier who picked up the deer had already turned his horse's head, and his face became as white as the snow around him: "Tiger! ”

A frightened tiger rushed out of the forest, Li Rui was also shocked in his heart, and the horse under his crotch was so frightened that people stood up and almost threw him off. Li Rui threw off his horse, took off the gun from the horse hook, inserted it into the snow, and was not afraid in the face of the fierce tiger.

The tiger's tail rushed over with the pro-soldiers who were picking up the deer, and Li Rui bent his bow and set up an arrow, and the arrow was like lightning, piercing one of the tiger's eyes. The tiger roared, and rolled twice on the ground in pain, sweeping up the snow like dust.

Li Rui threw down his bow, drew his gun and shouted, and rushed towards the tiger, his own soldiers did not dare to have a department, and immediately drove forward, but the horse was afraid of the tiger, and they retreated, and for a while, Li Rui was the only one facing the tiger.

Li Rui was not afraid, and stabbed with a spear, and the tiger was rolling all over the ground in pain, and when he saw the enemy who shot him coming, he immediately pounced in pain. Li Rui's eyes were quick, and the spear poked out violently, but he heard a "horn" sound, and the good wooden pole and spear broke in response!

Before he could come to his senses, the tiger had already pounced on him, and if it weren't for the fact that he wore a lot of winter clothes and covered with chain mail over his cotton clothes, this claw would have been enough to break his muscles and bones. Li Rui was also anxious in his heart, half of the gun rod in his hand hit indiscriminately, the tiger pressed him, spewing out a fishy smell, he hurriedly saw that although the tiger opened its mouth, but did not bite down, and then looked closely, the upper half of his spear was actually inserted in the tiger's throat, and it was jamming the tiger's mouth, so that it could not close.

If it weren't for that, even ten Li Rui would have had their throats cut by this tiger.

The soldiers couldn't help but be afraid at this time, if Li Rui was bitten to death by the tiger, they would inevitably be executed, and immediately shouted and pounced, and when they were about to force the tiger away with swords and guns, they heard the tiger roar again and jumped up.

It turned out that Li Rui took advantage of the opportunity of the tiger wanting to bite but couldn't, and pushed the half-cut arrow inserted in the tiger's eye hard, and the tiger was in pain and jumped up wildly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Rui rolled away on the spot, got up with a wheez, and snatched a spear from his own soldier and pointed it at the tiger.

The tiger flew in all directions, and after a while it fell to its knees.

"Qing's nephew is also a hero." Tuo Lei looked at Li Quan and said with a smile: "Quite a gentleman's demeanor." ”

Li Quan was also frightened, they watched these people hunting from a high place, but they didn't expect to drive out a tiger, that tiger looked like an elderly tiger with decayed bones, but after all, it was still the king of the mountain, and the tiger was still there. Hearing the praise of Tuo Lei, Li Quan was a little embarrassed, Li Rui's stabbing tiger shot was clearly the true inheritance of Yang Miaozhen's pear flower gun, but it had nothing to do with his uncle.

"I don't dare to be praised by His Majesty, my inferior nephew is reckless, so I am surprised." After settling down, he replied.

"It doesn't matter, heroes are all sharpened in this thrilling situation, and this is the case with the first emperor." Tuo Lei casually made an analogy, but Li Quan almost sweated, but then remembered that although this Menghu Dayuan Tianzi was called the emperor, he did not have as many suspicions as the Han emperor, so he made an inappropriate analogy.

"I intend to let Qing's nephew lead the army, what do you think?" Tuo Lei said again.

"I think it...... Not long after the inferior nephew returned from the Song people, he suddenly got a high position, which is really inappropriate. Li Quan groaned slightly, and then gritted his teeth and told the truth: "Besides, although Li Rui is a nephew, he has been separated from the minister for ten years. ”

"Qing's strength is ......" Tuo Lei smiled slightly: "When the first emperor rescued my mother, the eldest brother Jochi already had it, and the first emperor did not regard it as his own son, but gave him military power and raised it, and the eldest brother also lived up to the hopes of the first emperor, and expanded the territory and made many military exploits. ”

Hearing Tuo Lei criticize himself for his narrow-mindedness, and even his nephews were suspicious, Li Quan could only smile helplessly. Temujin could naturally trust Jochi, because everything was his, even if the trust was wrong, no one would come to him to hold him accountable, but he couldn't, if the trust was wrong, don't say anything else, and it would be impossible for Tuo Lei to let himself go.

At this moment, I saw Li Rui commanding his own soldiers, lifting the tiger corpse, coming to them, and said with a smile: "Nephew Qing has come to offer treasures, and the hunt at the beginning of the year was also dedicated to the first emperor...... Go ahead, bring him here. ”

When he said this, Tuo Lei choked up slightly, Li Quan pretended not to notice it, and greeted Li Rui after giving a salute.

"Uncle, my nephew hunted a tiger, this tiger skin is just to make a jacket for my uncle, my uncle is a little afraid of dampness and cold, it must be better to have this jacket." Li Rui said to him with a smile.

"Well, it's my nephew!" Li Quan was also very happy in his heart, although he didn't dare to fully trust Li Rui, but in the case of the death of his parents and sons, this nephew came to vote, and it was no different from his own son, he was the only descendant of their Li family, and his nephew was heroic and martial, and he was even praised by Tuolei, and he was also very happy in his heart.

"The Son of Heaven has called you over, remember to be cautious in your words." Although he was happy in his heart, he was like all strict fathers, he never showed this joy, but only patted Li Rui on the shoulder.

Li Rui came to Tuo Lei with great interest, bowed down, and Tuo Lei motioned him to get up, and then said with a smile: "Qing's bravery is better than the tiger, then the Son of Heaven in the south doesn't know how to use it, but makes Qing go north to me, if he knows about it, he will regret it!" ”

Li Rui didn't make a sound, just smiled.

"How long has Qing been with the Son of Heaven of the Southern Kingdom?" Tuo Lei asked again, "I want to know...... What kind of character is this son of heaven in the south, and why...... Why did the first emperor lose at his hands! ”

At first, he spoke calmly, but when he mentioned Temujin, he could no longer hide his gritted hatred. Of course, his hatred was not for Li Rui, but for Zhao Heju, the son of heaven in the south of the country, Li Rui secretly glanced at him, and then lowered his head and said: "The minister has only met the son of heaven in the south twice, and each time he has not been together for a long time, so he doesn't know about him." ”

"I think about it, if I have too much contact with you, with his eyesight, how can I not discover Qing's talents." Tuo Lei's eyes flashed: "Fortunately, I have Qing, Li Qing, Uncle Qing is my minister of the Great Yuan Pillar Kingdom, Qing has a future in the future, not under Uncle Qing, so I can do things for me!" ”

"Work hard, don't dare to slack off!" Li Rui replied loudly with a straight chest.

Tuo Lei looked at him and smiled slightly. After Li Rui came to Dayuan, because even Li Quan was a little wary of him, he did not have any contact with Dayuan's high-level secrets, let alone the military power, but was sent to accompany Li Quan to Tuntian. He also lived up to expectations, and used some of Liuqiu's farming experience in Liaoyang, such as horse farming, nailing horseshoes, especially organizing large-scale pastures, artificial insemination to make female animals pregnant, etc., all of which were very professional. On the one hand, Tuo Lei loves his bravery, and on the other hand, he appreciates his ability to handle government affairs, but his heart has always wavered, and he does not know where to put him in the most suitable position.

"Characters like Qing, how many are there in the south, can Qing pull them over, I will not hesitate to reward high-ranking officials!" Tuo Lei said again.

"This ......" Li Rui hesitated slightly, and his face seemed to be very embarrassed.

Tuo Lei encouraged, and Li Rui said: "The ministers don't dare to bully each other, what the ministers learn is just taught in the Liuqiu Primary School, and there are thousands of people like the Chens every year." ”

Although there is no exaggeration in his words, there are still some discrepancies in reality, although there are thousands of graduates in the elementary school every year, and now there are tens of thousands of graduates, but there are not many people like him who can serve as vice presidents of the autonomous government, and there are not many people like him who can enter the customs and hold important positions. After hearing the thousands, Tuo Lei's face immediately changed, if there are really thousands of Li Rui who are working for the Son of Heaven in the south, then do you still need to fight against them, just admit defeat and surrender.

Li Quan secretly complained, he just asked Li Rui to speak cautiously, but he didn't think that Li Rui was wrong.

"Thousands of them every year...... How is this possible, how can there be thousands of talents like Xiangqing, that is too ...... It's ......"

"Your Majesty, although the minister abandoned the south and ran north, but he still admired the Son of Heaven of the Great Song Dynasty, and without it, it was for the sake of this elementary school." Li Rui sighed: "In the primary school, the minister saw the textbooks compiled by the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and he said that the reason why Confucius was holy was because he opened private learning, so that the children of ordinary people also had the opportunity to be educated. The primary school is not only to give the children of the common people the opportunity to be educated, but also to force them to be educated, the wisdom of the people is strong, the country is strong, the court is rich, and the rich court can use more money to open the wisdom of the people, so the cycle is round, the cornerstone of hundreds of generations! ”

At the beginning, Tuolei's complexion changed and changed, and then he stared at Li Rui with blazing eyes, and Li Rui was not afraid, just standing, but he never admitted his mistake. Li Quan felt panicked in his heart, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this nephew has been begging for a long time, and it is inevitable that he will be contaminated with some bad habits of the southern country and say some nonsense, Your Majesty must not take it to heart......"

"Li Tun, this is your mistake, you are not as far away as Ling's nephew!" Towley turned to him and smiled.

Li Quan was shocked in his heart, shut up, and saw Tuo Lei turn to Li Rui again: "Qing told me about this, but he was admonishing me?" ”

"The minister thinks that if Your Majesty only takes the Jin State as an enemy, it is enough to rely on the current strength, and if it is an enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, then it is indispensable to teach the children of herdsmen in this Guangkai Hall, and to teach the study of the Han people, you must first teach the Han Chinese language ......"

Speaking of this, Li Rui smiled slightly and looked at Tuo Lei: "In the past, Emperor Xiaowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty changed his surname to the Han system, so he unified the Central Plains, if Your Majesty can do this, the unity of the world is just around the corner!" ”

Li Quan pursed his lips quietly, and was impressed by his nephew in his heart, when he left, he was just a naughty child who wanted to follow him to fight on horseback all day long, and after he came to vote for himself, he just showed his talent as an official on the tuntian, and the act of killing the tiger shows his bravery as a general, but just now, it was the talent of the prime minister of the son of heaven Sasuke. He was both happy and frightened in his heart, the number of children who went to beg with Li Rui at the beginning was so large that he couldn't remember it clearly, if all of these people learned Li Rui's skills, then it would be worth it!

Tuo Lei pondered for a long time, and finally said with a wry smile: "Although Li Qing's strategy is a long-term plan, but now...... Still can't do it. ”

He said this for his own reason, Menghu was able to establish a country in the northeast, relying on the 40,000 Menghu elites and 60,000 Tanma Red Army in his hands, these people were the most loyal and elite to him, and what maintained their loyalty and elite was the old system that Li Rui said needed to change. As for the Han army and the soldiers of the Khitan and Jurchen tribes led by Yan Shi, Liu Heima, Shi Tianze, Chongxi, Li Quan and others, if they did not have the 100,000 elite soldiers in his hands, they were afraid that they would immediately rebel and rebel, at least they would not be as obedient and hardworking as they are now.

Therefore, before he really got these Han people to take refuge, he could not make major changes to the old system.

"Your Majesty's worries, the minister's urgency, the minister has already thought about it for His Majesty, the matter of restructuring is not feasible overnight, but Your Majesty may wish to learn from the Son of Heaven in the south and implement the two-line system, the Mongolian pasture will be Mongolian, and the Han land will be Han. When the time comes, the two will be merged into one. Li Rui said again.

"Han land uses Han system?"

In fact, this is not the first time that Li Rui put forward, whether it is Liu Heima, Shi Tianze, or Yan Shi, these Han generals, have made this suggestion to Tuo Lei more than once, and Li Quan is also practicing this suggestion in Tuntian, Liaoyang. So Tuo Lei was not very surprised, and after asking a question, he groaned slightly, and then said: "How to use the Chinese method?" ”

"Open the imperial examination." Li Rui said without hesitation.

"Let's talk about it carefully." Tuo Lei took a breath and urged.

"Although Your Majesty is wise and capable, you must not do everything yourself, you need to have a hundred officials to shepherd the place for Your Majesty, Your Majesty can rely on the Mongol warriors to drive away the enemy, but rely on them to manage the place but not necessarily for its strengths, therefore, it is necessary to select officials from all ethnic groups, and the opening of the imperial examination is the magic method of selecting officials." Li Rui glanced at Li Quan, and saw that Li Quan did not stop him from continuing to speak, but was also listening attentively, he smiled, and said: "Your Majesty opened the imperial examination, not only to select officials, but also to win the hearts of scholars, and there is another wonder, that is, you can use this imperial examination to select people to teach Mongolian children and Han Chinese written language." ”

If it was placed at the beginning, the Mongols looked down on the Han people, and always felt that they beat the Jin people, and the Jin people beat the Han people's Song Guo, so the Han people were far inferior to the Mongols. But the battle of Taizhuang made them realize that the Han people were not only not as weak as they imagined, but also strong as they were almost demonic, which forced them to formalize the culture of the Han people. In the past, if the Mongolians learned the Han language, they would not have to be ridiculed by their peers, saying that they had abandoned the heroic spirit of the steppe boys and learned the cowardly behavior of the Han people in the south, but now no one says so. If they immediately switched to the Han system, which would infringe on the interests of the Menghu warriors, they would definitely resist, but if they only taught their children the Han Chinese language, the resistance would not be so great. Therefore, after hearing Li Rui talk about the various benefits of opening a science and technology, Tuo Lei only felt overjoyed, and praised again and again: "Good, good, well said!" ”

Shi Tianze and others did not say to him that they wanted to use the Han system, but they all said it in a very general way and did not have much operability, while what Li Rui said was very specific and very operational. Tuo Lei inherited Temujin's resolute temperament, and since he had decided, he did not hesitate: "Okay, then open a department to take a scholar, Li Qing, although you are young, but this matter must be yours, I will hand over this matter to you!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Rui was overjoyed and bowed down again.