Chapter 243 The heroes are young

Zhi Xuyang probed his brain in the crowd, looking at these guests who came to the school, he was very curious.

In Xuzhou, the primary school was a much more well-guarded place than the Huaibei Tuntian Envoy and the Xuzhou Governor's Office, and all students, whether parental or parentless, were ordered to live on campus, and the school provided them with dormitories that were no inferior to those of their homes, and provided them with free meals—including large duck eggs that had made Zhixuyang so hungry, and provided them with clothes. But at the same time, they are completely deprived of their freedom, and they are not allowed to go out, return home, or leave the school campus without the organization of the school. Even if the parents come to visit, they are only allowed to visit once a week. There are strict rules on their schedules, when to get up and when to go to bed, they must follow it, and at the same time, all vices such as robbery, fraud, neglect, laziness, gambling, etc., will be severely punished, Zhi Xuyang was beaten a little time ago because of petty theft.

No one could escape from here, and the Guards were stationed on the left side of the primary school, and the Loyal Guards were stationed on the right, and although the two armies had different names, they were now subject to a system, and their routines and drills were the same. Zhi Xuyang didn't want to escape from here, it was not easy for him to come here.

"This is a boys' school, the boys are here, and across the two walls is the girls' school, and the girls are over there."

Zhao Zi said that he was not polite to Zhen Dexiu, but he was not disrespectful, he was deep and silent, his eyes were sharp, when Zhen Dexiu first saw him, he found that he was only slightly older than Li Shimin, but he seemed steady and calm, and even a little not angry and arrogant, and sighed secretly in his heart.

How did Your Majesty raise this group of people......

Seeing the children of Xuzhou Primary School going to school, Zhen Dexiu gradually understood. This kind of education is like a factory, and it can train qualified people in a short period of time according to strict specifications.

"Zhixu Yang."

Hearing the great man in his heart call his name, Zhixu Yang stood up straight and responded loudly: "Here!" ”

"Come and greet Mr. Zhen."

Zhi Xuyang didn't know what kind of character this true gentleman was, but after listening to Zhao Ziyue's order, he obediently stepped forward, threw himself to the ground, and then stood up straight.

"This boy fled in April, just over three months later, and he still has some bad problems on his body, but now he can read more than 300 words." Zhao Ziyue smiled faintly and said: "If you know three hundred words, you can calculate the addition and subtraction within a hundred, this young man is quite smart." ”

Hearing that he had been praised, Zhi Xuyang stood up straighter, his chin was raised, he glanced at his classmates from the corner of his eye, and felt a little sorry in his heart, but it was a pity that Liuniang was in the girls' school and couldn't see his majestic appearance now.

"Can you write a few words and read them to me?" Zhen Dexiu didn't say anything, and Li Shimin said first.

Seeing Zhao Ziyue nodding to him, Zhixu Yang immediately jumped over and took a wooden plate, and then wrote eight words on the wooden plate with a branch: Loyal to the monarch and serve the country, dedicated to the people.

I saw that although his writing was a little crooked, he wrote the eight characters very smoothly, and he was obviously very familiar. Li Shimin asked again: "How do you recognize these eight words, what do they mean, you may explain?" ”

"Sir looks down on me!" Zhi Xuyang sneered, and was about to laugh at him, but when he saw Zhao Ziyue's face sank, he immediately stood up straight again, and explained honestly: "Loyal to the monarch to serve the country, dedicated to the people." Jun is the symbol of my Great Song Dynasty, and loyalty to you is loyal to the Great Song Dynasty; Cathay can only be safe, so it must be reported to the country to protect the family; The people are the cornerstone of the king, the foundation of the country, and if you love the people, you will be extremely loyal to the monarch and serve the country. ”

Listening to what he said, he didn't even interrupt it, and it was obvious that he had memorized it well. Zhen Deok-so was silent, only feeling that the things he had learned for half his life seemed to be collapsing and reorganizing.

"Let's go to the girls' school too?" Zhao Ziyue asked.

"No need, that's enough, that's enough." Zhen Dexiu arched his hand and said, "Thank you Deputy Envoy Zhao." ”

"The real father didn't go to see it, but the younger generation wanted to see it, I heard that Zi said that he had received a daughter over there, and I prepared a gift for her, just waiting for her to call my uncle and take it out."

Meng Xisheng's words made Zhen Dexiu stunned, and Zhixu stared at Meng Xisheng intently, not knowing why he dared to call Liu Niang's uncle. Zhao Ziyue waved his hand to signal him to return to the team, but he didn't dare to stay, so he left quickly.

"Uncle? You can only be a brother, right? Zhao Ziyue laughed and teased.

"Hmph, naturally it's uncle." Meng Xisheng didn't give an inch on this issue: "If it's a brother, you Zhao Zi will have to give me a gift, bring a gift, it can impress me, and I will do this deal!" ”

"This daughter of mine is very proud and kind-hearted, and you must not frighten her." Speaking of his daughter, Zhao Ziyue's face was slightly soft: "I'll let her come to see you after dinner, you can't behave in this school, so it's better to be exempt." ”

The news of Zhen Dexiu's arrival in Xuzhou reached Zhao Youju on the day he arrived in Xuzhou, and Zhao Youju did not care about this report, because there were more important matters waiting for him to deal with.

It was still a matter of Goryeo, as he expected, after Menghu broke through the Yalu River on June 20, he went all the way east, because this eastward movement was not for the purpose of plundering, but for the purpose of seizing the people, so the speed was not as fast as Menghu always has. On June 30, they sent an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty to ask for help, and this time the envoy agreed to almost all the demands of the Great Song Dynasty, including the restoration of Baekje and Silla north of the Han River.

"Ordered Lin Xi to go north from Tamna Island, intercept Menghu in the Han River, and only bombard it with ship artillery, so as not to let Menghu cross the river. In addition, you can also go around the Yalu River, bombard Menghu for supplies, and you can't go ashore. Zhao Youju ordered.

"Yes." Li Yunrui wrote down all the orders.

"Order Peng Yibin to bluff in Hebei, don't really fight with Menghu, just make a big move and assemble."

"Yes."

"Has the secret spy sent to Menghu sent back the news?"

Since Shi Mo Guangyan was driven back, it is difficult for Zhao and Ju to contact him with the secret spy network set up in Menghu, and these networks are concentrated in the land of Yanyun in Hebei, Menghu and Liaodong are almost blank, and he has sent secret spies to infiltrate Menghu many times in the past year, but because trade has been cut off, it is difficult for these secret spies to infiltrate, and it was not until March of the second year of Yanhuang that there were a few secret spies in Liaodong.

"No, but there is two news from the Jin State, one is that the monk Wanyan Chen has recovered Datong, and Menghu has withdrawn from the Jin land, and the other is that the Jin State has failed to recruit Yan Shi."

"This is a bit of a meaning......"

Zhao and Ju were very surprised in their hearts, Yan Shi was originally a Han hero, and like Shi Tianze's father and brother, they all took advantage of the opportunity of the collapse of the Jin Kingdom after the defeat of Menghu in Hebei to stand on their own, and they all took refuge in Menghu. At that time, Menghu was powerful, and he had a fate to take refuge in Menghu, but after the battle of Taizhuang, Menghu suffered a heavy setback and almost withdrew from the south of the Great Wall. But whether it was in the face of the persuasion envoys of the Song State or the Jin State, he would not kill him, as if he was loyal to Menghu.

This kind of traitor naturally doesn't really have any loyalty, he just thinks that Menghu still has hope, so he just wants to befriend this master. But why do they think that there is still hope for Menghu, is it true that Tuo Lei is so charming?

There are only interests that can impress such people, and they are tangible benefits.

Just when Zhao and Ju were speculating about Menghu's movements, in the land of Liaodong, several people stood on top of the high hill, looking at the endless plains, and they were greatly moved.

It wasn't the first time they had come here, they had been here once in the first half of the year, when this large stretch of land was full of woods, weeds and wilderness, and when they came back after half a year, they saw a series of fields.

"It's not easy to farm, fortunately there is a person like Li Qing, if it weren't for Li Qing, how could there be so much fertile land?" One of the young men said.

"This year's autumn grain harvest, although this Liaodong is bitter cold, the land is extremely fertile, if there is sufficient labor, why are we afraid of no grain?"

It was Li Quan who took over the topic, and his current position is the governor of Liaodong and the envoy of Tuntian, which is an official title learned from Huaibei. After two huge setbacks, Li Quan no longer has the slightest recklessness on his face, on the contrary, he is now deep and steady, and the beard on his face is no longer as majestic as before, but has three locks of beard as a civil official.

His current position also made him more like a civil official, responsible for cultivating the fields in Liaodong and supplying Menghu grain.

The person who listened to him was known as the pro-conquest of Goryeo, who was only in his twenties and wore Song costumes, looking a little like a Confucian scholar, he looked very heroic, and he listened to the Han Confucian scholars to tell him about the policy of governing the country and the gains and losses of the rise and fall of the past dynasties, which added a bit of elegance. He studied very diligently, and now he can speak Song dialect well and know more than 1,000 Chinese characters. After hearing Li Quan's words, he nodded and praised: "Mr. Li is good at reclamation, and he has made great contributions to my Dayuan, and I will not hesitate to be rich in the future!" ”

Just half a month ago, Tuo Lei in Shangjing Huanglong Mansion that is, the throne, according to Shi Tianze's suggestion, take the "Book of Changes" in the "Dazai Qianyuan" words, the founding name "Yuan", he and his brothers fought for the throne of the Khan, plus with Temujin invaded the south to see the prosperity of the Han land, so he first called the emperor, good name justifiably ruled Liaodong, Yanyun and Hebei.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister doesn't want the rest of the rewards, after Your Majesty sweeps away the countries of the Southern Dynasties, you can make the ministers slash the emperor of the Song Kingdom, and the ministers will be grateful to Dade!"

Li Quan's hatred for Zhao and Ju is from the heart, not only because his good foundation in Jingdong was taken away by Zhao and Ju's subtle tricks, but also because after the Battle of Taizhuang, because of Temujin's death, Li Quan and others who instigated the southern invasion were all held accountable. At this time, he didn't think about whether he was wrong or not, and only felt that his glory and wealth were all destroyed in the hands of the Emperor of the Song Kingdom, so he hated it to the bone.

Tuo Lei bowed slightly: "I have a grudge against that Zhao Yun to kill my father, so naturally I will not let him go." ”

"This autumn's grain income is 500,000 stones, plus more than 1 million stone grains taken from Goryeo, and the army is sufficient." Li Quan pursed his lips: "Your Majesty, the Goryeo people are too cowardly to be soldiers, if they can't get much property in order to drive them out, it is better to turn them into slaves, Your Majesty has food in his hands, and it is only a matter of time before he gathers all the departments......"

When he was talking, a team of men and horses galloped from a distance, Li Quan was silent, staring at the team of people and horses, and Tuo Lei smiled slightly: "It's strict...... When he came, he must have done it. ”

"If the matter is done, the minister hereby congratulates Your Majesty, and God has granted Your Majesty!" Li Quan said in a trembling voice.

Not long after, Yan Shi came to Tuo Lei with a solemn face, turned over and bowed to the ground: "Long live the minister's strict visit to my emperor." ”

The most important reason why Shi Tianze, Yan Shi and others were still loyal to Tuolei at this time was that the 40,000 elite cavalry and 60,000 Tanma Huachi Army in the hands of Tuolei were the most valuable legacy left by Temujin to Tuolei, 40,000 elite cavalry were the defeated stragglers who were gathered and the Menghu cavalry who stayed in Yanyun, and the 60,000 Tanma Huachi were Polu's subordinates, and Polu firmly stood on the side of Tuolei in the struggle for power among the sons of Temujin, because he had the same idea as Tuolei, if Menghu wanted to really seize the world, he would not be able to implement the Han system, and he always relied on plundering. The end result was that, like Temujin, one defeat could not be recovered.

"Yan Qing, hurry up." Although he was in favor of Sinicization, he did not like the cumbersome etiquette of the Han people, which he was very similar to Temujin, and loved the warrior who could gallop across the country, or the wise man who strategized, rather than the servile minion.

In this respect, Menghu was much more imposing than a tribe in later generations who only needed to be a slave. Although Tuo Lei is young, he is far more generous than most kings, and he treats his courtiers with grace and power, which is the second reason why Shi Tianze, Yan Shi and others resolutely surrender to him.

The third reason is that he dragged his own wrists, whether it was cleaning up the Hebei mess to stabilize the defense line after Temujin's defeat, or returning to the prairie to fight for power with his three brothers, he showed maturity that was not commensurate with his age. Li Quan sometimes thinks about it, Zhao Yun, the son of the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Shouxu, the son of the Jin Kingdom, and the son of Mengyuan who are now competing in this vast land, are all figures who are just in their twenties, and they are really heroic and promising. This makes a person like him in the prime of life feel old.

"Yan Qing has worked hard all the way." Tuo Lei smiled: "But it brought me good news? ”

"The minister is insulting to the mission." Yan Shi was ashamed: "Although His Majesty's benevolent forgiveness has been transferred to the Jin State, the envoy sent by the Jin State is only a vain to recruit the ministers, but he does not talk about what His Majesty said. ”

This news made Tuo Lei a little disappointed, and showed goodwill to the Jin State, and devoted his main energy to integrating and digesting the territory and population currently under his control, and listed the Great Song Dynasty as the number one enemy that needed to be guarded against and weakened, which was the strategy he proposed after the founding of the country, but the first article of reconciliation with the Jin State was frustrated. Tuo Lei squinted his eyes, and after a long while, he smiled: "It's okay, he didn't refuse directly, that's interesting." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The person who spoke was Yelu Bald, after the death of Temujin, in the disputes between the sons, Tuolei was the most inclined to Sinicization, so the Khitan, Jurchen and Han people were mostly attached to Tuolei, and most of the steppe tribes were divided by the other three sons. Yelu Bald Flower even after Tuo Lei ascended the throne, he was even named the right prime minister to Pingzhang the world, and all internal and external strategies, Tuo Lei inquired more about it.

He has been in the Jin Kingdom for many years, and he is familiar with the political affairs of the Jin Kingdom. Tuo Lei asked Yan Shi to send someone to bring the message to Wanyan Shouxu, since it was not directly refused, then there was room for discussion, or the top and bottom of the Jin Kingdom were still hesitating.

He pondered for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, the Great Khan is unfortunately taken by the Song Man, although the Jin State is the enemy of my world, but the Song State has a grudge against His Majesty to kill his father, and now the Song State is on the rise, the Jin State will be destroyed sooner or later, the Jin State is now the lord of the country is quite wise, and he wants to know about it, His Majesty sent an envoy to show his sincerity, and it is expected that the Jin State will agree." ”

"I know ......" Tuo Lei bowed slightly: "If I can get back the remains of my father Khan, I can use this merit to call on the grassland tribes, reorganize the army, and fight to the death with the Emperor of the Song State!" ”

"I have to clean up Goryeo first, so as not to hinder my back." Li Quan reminded: "Your Majesty must not be anxious, the defeat of Taizhuang is really caused by the eagerness of the ministers, Your Majesty does not investigate the minister's condition, but the ministers are not at ease in their hearts. ”

Note 1: The establishment of the Yuan was actually a matter of Kublai Khan's time, and it was Liu Bingzhong who proposed the name "Yuan", which was advanced here.