Chapter 311 Grandeur

Tuo Lei has always been wise, and he is also quite humble to Hanchen, this kind of anger, from the point of view of character, the Hanchen is worthless, it is the first time that it has happened.

After relieving themselves, several old people in the Hanchen cried, some said that "the minister's loyalty can be seen every day", and some said that "the minister swears not to eat Zhou Su will live and die with Dayuan", and immediately retorted that "my Dayuan is thriving in the Song Kingdom, but the clown who jumps the beam and does not eat Zhou Su is really cursing me Dayuan", and then the two old men fought together in the court, and after tearing for a while, both of them fainted and were dragged out.

The rest of the people continued to look at each other, just to learn from the two old men to pretend to be dizzy, at this time they are also picking up people's teeth, if they provoke the tow mine, I am afraid that they will now open the board and whip the whip, wouldn't it be Sven sweeping the floor!

After figuring out this joint, there was a buzz in the court.

Li Rui looked at these people coldly, it was obvious that Fang Cai's words did not touch them, these people were used to thick skin, and they didn't think that Tuo Lei's words were a humiliation, on the contrary, Tuo Lei just revealed some kind of rules hidden in the dark.

Why is this the case when the Han and Wei dynasties and the Wei and Jin dynasties were replaced, it was the Tang and the Five Dynasties, the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, and even the Liao, Jin, and Song dynasties. Whether the Son of Heaven sitting on the court is surnamed Zhao or Wanyan, whether he is Han or the rest of the tribes, it is not important for these people, what matters is whether their protégés and disciples can enter the imperial examination, and whether they themselves can rank above the court.

"Rui'er, what are you thinking?"

Since everyone pretended to be in a hurry to discuss countermeasures, Li Quan was no exception, but these Han officials were not happy with him, a military general who had betrayed Song and lost his military power, and Li Quan also looked down on these guys who were full of nonsense. Therefore, the only person he can discuss with is Li Rui. The uncle and nephew leaned against a large wooden pillar, and Li Quan asked in a low voice.

"Hmm...... I'm thinking about His Majesty's words. Li Rui's eyes flickered.

"Huh!" Li Quan responded with one word.

The two of them had only said a few words, and one of Han Chen noticed that their uncle and nephew were whispering, and Han Chen also quietly walked over and respectfully saluted Li Quan: "Li Wanhu is in charge." ”

Li Quan glanced at him, because of the absence of several Han generals, their uncle and nephew had a transcendent status among all Han ministers, and it was not arrogant to receive this gift from him. Even if it was arrogant, that Hanchen didn't have time to think about these now, and he suppressed his voice almost inaudiblely: "The two of you are the soldiers, is the front still salvageable?" ”

Before Li Quan could answer, a cowardly Xue broke in from the side door of the main hall, and the hall immediately fell silent, and the cowardly Xue glanced at everyone, and then walked straight to Li Quan's uncle and nephew, and saluted slightly: "Manager Li Wanhu, Your Majesty asked your uncle and nephew to go to the apse." ”

Li Quan glanced at the Han official who had just asked the question, the Han official's face was pale, his body was trembling slightly, Li Quan smiled coldly, and then walked out with his head held high.

In the past few years, Tuo Lei has also worked hard, and the cost on the construction of the palace is not very large, but most of the surplus money he has accumulated is used to fill the desires of those noble relatives. Therefore, his apse is far less luxurious than the front hall, relatively simple, and in terms of furnishings, there is a large number of Mongolian styles.

When Li Rui came in, he smelled a smell of mare's milk, although Tuo Lei became the son of Dayuan, he had not changed his habit of drinking mare's milk, which meant that he did not forget his roots, and secondly, he reminded himself to pay attention to hardship. A faint sympathy floated in Li Rui's heart, but soon, he put this sympathy aside.

"Two Li Qing, I can only rely on you now."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he sat there, there was not much anger on his face, some were just tired, and after a pause, he raised his head and said, "I want to do it myself." ”

These four words made Li Quan and Li Rui stunned.

"No matter what, I'm going to give it a go." Tuo Lei said: "If I can rescue Yanjing's 200,000 troops, my Dayuan can still confront Song, otherwise...... You have all seen the text of the Song Kingdom, the little emperor of the Song Kingdom has a great appetite, and he even wants Liaodong! ”

"He is only Liaodong, Rui'er once heard a sentence when he was begging, wherever he can see, it is the interests of the Great Song Dynasty." Li Quan said with a wry smile.

Tuo Lei was slightly stunned, and then laughed: "This son of heaven in the Southern Dynasty is really an interesting person, and he is somewhat similar to the first emperor......

As soon as he mentioned the first emperor, Tuo Lei remembered that his father Tiemu really died at the hands of Zhao Youju. His laughter was immediate, and a powerful and ambitious enemy was not something to be happy about. He stood up irritably and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back for a few steps: "This time, I am ready to raise the strength of the whole country and fight to the death against the Song people. I want to integrate all Ding Zhuang into the army, and if the Great Yuan is destroyed, I will not let the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty please him! ”

Listening to him talk more and more, Li Quan became more and more silent.

"Your uncle and nephew are different from those goods in the main hall, you are like me, you can't go back, those goods, voted for the Southern Dynasty, and there is always no shortage of a state and county." Tuo Lei Qiang smiled: "If I win, not to mention your glory and wealth, if I am defeated...... You can only go north with me, if it is good, you can survive in the bitter cold land of the far north, and if it is bad, it will be the fate of the Quartet......"

When he said this, Tuo Lei's voice was very desolate, and after a while, he sneered again: "I am dead, and I will not be like Wanyan Shouxu, who was trapped in Lin'an City by the Song people, and brought out of the world every time it is time to worship my ancestors." ”

This is really a heroic short-tempered, even a hard-hearted character like Li Quan, and he can't help but be soft-hearted. He sighed slightly: "Your Majesty, why is this...... The world is so big, no matter how strong the Great Song is, can it still make us have no way to live? ”

Although it was a comforting word, Li Quan also indirectly said that he was really not very optimistic about what Tuo Lei said about the royal conquest.

"Li Qing, you can talk to me from the bottom of your heart, what should I do?" Towley asked again.

Li Quan gritted his teeth lightly, and said after a while: "Your Majesty, if you can break your wrist and open up another territory, or ......"

"Where are you going to carve out another territory?"

Tuo Lei interrupted him, smiled wryly and pointed to the top of his head, and then to the ground: "Heaven and earth, where is there another territory for us?" To the north, that is, we fled to the north of Xiaohai in Lingbei, would the Great Song Emperor not chase here? To the west, how do we convince my two short-sighted brothers to let us pass through his territory? To the east, it is to occupy Goryeo, is Anzhi not the forerunner of the Song Kingdom? ”

Li Quan squirmed his lips, then shook his head, as Tuo Lei said, where can they escape?

He had no choice but to look at his nephew Li Rui, who was also at a loss.

"You don't have to follow those useless people to check the people, I drive the expedition in person, you stay for me, if I am defeated, I will escort the crown prince Meng Ge and Kublai Khan to the north...... Möngke, Kublai Khan! ”

As he greeted, two teenagers walked in from outside the apse, the two sons born to Tuolei's wife, Meng Ge was now twenty-five years old, and Kublai Khan was sixteen years old, both of them were full of heroism and indignation. On the side of the two, there was still a monk, who was only about twenty years old, and saluted Li Quan and Li Ruiheshi.

"Haiyun, tell me what you learned from the Song people's book." Tow Mine Road.

"Yes." The monk saluted again and glanced up at Li Rui: "In fact, Li Qianhu should know about this matter, but he didn't think of it for a while. ”

Li Rui raised his eyebrows slightly, and then he said to himself, they have nowhere to go, but now they want to entrust Meng Ge and Kublai Khan's brothers to their uncles and nephews, and also summon this monk, what is the intention?

"The little monk saw the book "Journey to the East" written by Qiu Shuang of the Song Dynasty and learned that there was still a place in the east of the sea, which the Song people called Dongshengzhou."

Li Rui was taken aback and interjected: "The Song people's shipbuilding skills, crossing the sea to the east, it will take more than six months, and the sea is dangerous and dangerous, it is really not ...... It's really beyond my power! ”

"Let him finish." Tuo Lei snorted.

Haiyun continued: "After the little monk learned of this, he inquired in many ways, and Meng Ge and Prince Kublai Khan were very concerned about this, and sent people to Lin'an, Huating and other places, and finally met a group of daredevils who wanted to go to Dongshengzhou to find gold in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and got a map from them. ”

The monk said as he looked at Tuo Lei, who nodded, and he carefully took out the picture from the monk's robe. Because it was tossed and turned, the picture was already crumpled, Haiyun pointed to the map and said: "Although this map is simple, it is from the Song Dynasty people on the globe that first went to Dongshengzhou, two, in the extreme north of my Great Yuan, and Dongshengzhou is just a water separation, this water surface is extremely narrow. The little monk once accompanied the king of Polu on his northern expedition, and knew that in the cold season in Lingbei, even the sea would form thick ice. If I can carry enough cotton clothes, food, and dry firewood, I Dayuan can cross this strait through the ice in winter and arrive at Dongshengzhou. ”

"This Dongshengzhou region, than my Yuan plus the Song Kingdom is ten times larger, and there are tens of millions of native people, the Song people are inconvenient to come and go, as long as my Dayuan occupies this place, ten years of life and gathering, ten years of expansion, twenty years later, you can build a big country here that is not inferior to the Great Song Dynasty. At that time, even if the Song people crossed the sea on an expedition, I used tens of millions of households to deal with tens of thousands of enemies, so why be afraid? ”

Li Rui's eyes widened in shock, this little monk said that it was an expedition of tens of thousands of miles, it was really a bold plan!

"Minister...... The minister ...... "Moreover, he begged for it on his own, and he should have been more familiar with that Dong Shengzhou than this little monk, but it turned out that the little monk made this suggestion, and he was a little uneasy, so he wanted to ask for a self-defense, so he waved his hand and said: "Either Qing was negligent, or I am me, it is not a dead end, and I will not think of this trick...... Lingbei is bitterly cold, and in winter, wearing a leather jacket can also freeze people to death, whether it can pass smoothly, you have to try your luck......"

"Therefore, a year ago, I ordered you to buy a large number of cotton clothes and leather jackets from the Song people, and to tell me a joke, the Song people took the skins from us, made them into leather jackets, and then sold them to us." Tuo Lei said: "Although the harvest is not much, but there are more than 200,000 pieces, you will collect from the people, and all the people's will be collected by me, and you must ensure that the 200,000 men ask for it." ”

"Yes." This is giving orders to the two of them, Li Quan and Li Rui responded. Both of them understood that this kind of expedition would not be supported by young and strong men, and when the time came, they were afraid that the Mongols would leave all the old and weak women and children behind.

"When I drive the expedition in person, I will leave you 10,000 cowardly Xue, who will be personally supervised by Wu'er Mengge, and I will take all the Ma Chi army away, and you will select those who are loyal to my Dayuan state affairs from among the Han people, plus the remaining young and strong people of all ethnic groups, make up for 200,000 people, and only support me at any time, in fact, they are ready to go north. In the past year, I have ordered the king of Polu to sweep the north of the mountain and survey the road, and I think the Song people will not be able to catch up with you. ”

Li Quan and Li Rui were both in their hearts, they all thought that in addition to fighting a war with no chance of winning, there would be no way to retreat, but they didn't know that since a few years ago, he began to think about this matter, sending Polu to sweep the mountains and forests in the north, and then buy a large number of leather jackets and cotton clothes, as well as dry food for the two to prepare for the east.

"Your Majesty, if there is such a way out, why not ...... Your Majesty's personal expedition to Dongshengzhou? After a little hesitation, Li Quan asked.

"If I don't die, that little son of heaven in the Song Kingdom will be unwilling to eat and sleep." Tuo Lei shook his head: "He will definitely chase and fight, at that time, my Dayuan will not only lose the country, but I am afraid that there will be a disaster of annihilation." ”

"You two are different from those Hanchens, you are practical, although you can't write some flowery articles, after arriving in Dongshengzhou, whether it is governing the country or marching, you can't do without you." Tuo Lei sighed: "Brother Meng, Kublai Khan, after the two of you are in the expedition, you will have to pay tribute to the two Lord Li, when you arrive in Dongshengzhou, the first person to be rewarded is the two Lord Li, do you understand?" ”

"Father Khan, you and Brother Kublai Khan go to Dongshengzhou, and the son is willing to go on the expedition for his father!" Möngke said loudly.

"Can you fight more than you are a father?" Tuo Lei shook his head: "And for my father, the son of Song is not immortal, how can I let you live?" You remember, if this son of heaven of the Song Kingdom does not die, you don't have to expect to avenge me, so that you can live in Dongshengzhou, and don't let my heirs of the Erjin clan be cut off! ”

This is almost an explanation of the aftermath, Meng Ge and Kublai Khan were in tears, Li Quan also squeezed out a few tears, knelt down and said: "The minister will not fail in his mission, please rest assured, Your Majesty!" ”

Out of the apse, the two did not go to the front hall to see the Han officials who were still detained, but went back to the house directly. Li Rui originally wanted to go back to his house directly, but was stopped by Li Quan: "Rui'er, you come and sit with me." ”

Li Rui was curious, and he needed to be busy with many things that he had to do, and his uncle called him to sit, so he had something important to discuss with him.

"What do you think of Your Majesty's words today?" After the two of them retreated left and right, and after making their henchmen guard the door, Li Quan asked.

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and you and my uncle and nephew are entrusted with great responsibilities......"

didn't know his uncle's true intentions, Li Rui could only answer like this, but before he could say a word, he was blocked by Li Quan's gaze.

"Hugh played this trick in front of me, and planted the land for a few years for the tow mine, do you think I really became a farmer?" Li Quan stood up straight, his beard and hair were all open: "Rui'er, our uncle and nephew's chance has come!" ”

"You are going to be bluffed by the appearance of Tuolei, if he really entrusts you and me with great responsibility, he should hand over the command team of that cowardly Xue to his uncle, why do you want to leave 10,000 cowardly Xue? It's here to crush me! Seeing that his nephew was silent, Li Quan said amazingly: "If the king is suspicious, the minister will rebel against the king, he suspects that you and I are not a day or two, since he is unkind, why should I be righteous to him?" ”

Note 1: Lingbei Xiaohai is now Lake Baikal