Li Yu looked at Sibeile's cold face, and said carefully: He can't let others feed him, he has the strength, it's no problem to support himself, and the people in the house give him more and more ugly faces, so he plans to go out to find work to earn rations, he has already asked, the new Khan Palace is being built in the Great Yamen, and he is still looking for manpower, and he will give two liters of miscellaneous grain a day, enough for him to eat, and he can also learn the craft .......

"That's enough, you think that my Baylor Mansion can't afford to support you" Sibeile couldn't hold back any longer, and sharply interrupted Li Yu's plan for himself, he pointed at Li Yu angrily and said: "You can think of going to the New Palace to earn food, it is for the Eight Banners and Nikan who have no food, you are so useless and thinking about eating together, if you really want to live like this, you don't need to go out, my house has rough work for you to do." I left you in the house because I wanted you to learn more things, and to be my Dajin hero in the future, not to let you mess around. ”

Sibeile's belly was full of fire on Li Yu, and he kicked Li Yu when he raised his foot, Li Yu was kicked twice, and said with a look of grievance: "I don't understand anything, I can work, I can't be a hero, I can't be a Huerhan." ”

When it was over, the kid was hopeless, and Sibel shouted: "Get out, think about it outside the door, and come in when you have figured it out." Then he pointed to Hauge, who was probing his brain at the door: "You get out of here too." "After kicking these two guys out, they went on to work at the desk.

After coming over for a while, Sibeile called these two people in, and asked with a pleasant face, "Erlu, have you thought about what to do?" ”

Li Yu nodded: "I think about it, I shouldn't go to the Khan Palace to work." ”

Four Baylor was overjoyed: "Then what should you do?" ”

Li Yu said seriously: "I have thought about it, I can only earn two liters of miscellaneous grains by going to Jianxin Palace to do hard work for a day, I can hunt in the mountains around Shenyang City, I have learned the ability to find wild beasts in winter, I will definitely be able to hit the prey, if I am lucky, I can hit a leopard ......"

Sibeile was angry, waved his hand to interrupt Li Yu's words, thought for a while and said: "A few days ago, the first-class guard Sonny who helped in the Great Yamen Wenguan wanted to find a literate guard, Saharan said that you know a lot of words, and people are also honest and diligent, I want to recommend you to go to the errand, I didn't promise him, I was going to let you practice more time in my house, but you kid don't grow into a full head of work to earn food, then you go to the Wenguan to be a miscellaneous guard, as a guard has no pay but to take care of food, and also sends two buckets of rice every month, enough for your kid to eat." ”

Li Yu heard that there was still food in charge of the rice, and he agreed with joy, and Sibeile reluctantly told him: Wenguan is the official office of the Dajin Kingdom to revise the national letter, translate the classics, draw up the edict, and communicate the documents between the country and the Ming State, Korea and Mongolia.

There are two palaces in Shenyang, the old Khan's dormitory is in the northern urn city - the old Khan stubbornly thinks that it is safe, there is a great palace in the city - everyone likes to call it the big yamen or the octagonal hall, this big palace is the political center of the Jin country, the Jin country holds a ceremony, convenes the meeting of ministers of Zhubeile, and issues major decrees here, and the big bailer on duty also handles official business here, and the literary hall in charge of government affairs documents is located next to the main hall. The Nikans around the Great Palace had long been driven away, their houses had been demolished, and a new Khan Palace was being built in this area, although it was the end of the cold year, there were still many people busy in the wind and snow - the Jin country was in a famine, and the work given by the Khan King was hard, but it was a reward for the poor to eat.

As soon as Li Yu arrived at the museum, he was warmly welcomed by that Sony - Zhu Shen can read a few words is a talent, who wants to go to the most powerless library to do chores? Seeing that someone finally responded to the errand, Sonny was overjoyed, and repeatedly told Li Yu that this errand was very promising - don't look at just serving tea and water, spreading paper and ink, sweeping the floor and rubbing the table, and sometimes standing guard, running errands and delivering letters, but it depends on who is with him, the people in the Wenguan are all close ministers of the Khan King, and if they serve well, they will have the opportunity to be promoted, for example, he has mixed with the Khan King and Baylor. Sony also specially arranged a good place for Li Yu to live - a small grass house outside the door of the Wenguan, he was full of praise for this house, there are bedding, braziers, and not much air leakage, it is most suitable for a good guy like Li Yu to live, and in the future, the errand of holding the night will also be handed over to Li Yu, anyway, Li Yu is a single, and he can trust the people sent by Sibeile.

Since then, Li Yu has been working as an errand in the literary hall, Sony finally caught a person who can be called by him, and he called Li Yu around day and night, and even the other guards have learned, and when he encounters troublesome things that he doesn't want to do, he directly pushes them to Li Yu. And Li Yu is very satisfied, as long as he is on duty in the big yamen, he will have food to eat, and he can earn two buckets of rice for nothing in a month, and there are often people in Shenyang who starve to death on the side of the road, he saw it on the way to the Great Khan's dormitory to deliver letters, and it was not only Nikan who starved to death, but also Zhushen and Mongolians, he felt that he must not lose this good errand, and he worked harder to do things. Li Yu's hard work and resentment soon attracted the eyes of the Bakshi, they could not tolerate Sony's domination of Li Yu, and they also wanted to call this diligent person, so a series of voices calling Li Yu could often be heard in the museum:

"Erlu, come and make me tea."

"Erlu, stir up my brazier."

"Erlu, here's a document to send out immediately."

"Erlu ,......"

When Li Yu was summoned, someone finally said a fair word: "Do you treat people like you as cattle and horses?" This kid will be sent by me in the future, and I will talk about your business when I have no errands here. Eru, clean my boots, and copy ten copies of each of the manuscripts on my case. ”

The person who spoke was Baksh Kurtang of the Library, the grandson of the old Khan, who was smart and studious since he was a child, and was named Niu Lu Ezhen early, and when the flag system was set into the red flag, he was called into the library to participate in the secret in the first year of the Mandate of Heaven, he was raised by the old Khan since he was a child, and he was favored by the old Khan, and he was a character who said nothing in the museum.

Kuer sat on the hot kang, took a few puffs of snuff, looked at Li Yu who was copying documents, and said: "Erlu, Sakhalian praised you to me, and I look at you and pleasing you, you will serve me in the future, if you want to learn Manchu, Mongolian and Chinese, just look for me, it won't take a few years for you to be Bakshi, don't mix with Sony, this kid has learned to be literary and military and martial arts until now, he has not said that he is a literati in front of the soldiers, and he also calls himself a military attache in front of us." Seeing Li Yu's sweating profusely, he said: "You just copy it, don't think your words are too ugly, the people outside are not as good as you, anyway, they sent it down, and no one cares, it's good if they know the words." ”

Kurtang not only lazy himself, but also handed over a few good Baksh manuscripts to Li Yu to copy, Zhushen, Mongolia, Nikan have documents, Li Yu had to learn while doing, and he could be regarded as having a good job, Kur Tang saw that Li Yu was studious, and even instructed Li Yu to write some simple documents, they drank tea and chatted when they were free, and it was also called teaching young people to learn skills, he thought that Li Yu copied and sent unimportant documents to various flags and places, and someone could understand it, but Dahai Bakshi was careful, He had to review the manuscript copied by Li Yu and pick out the mistakes in it for Li Yu to correct.

Kuertang and Dahai have Li Yu to work for them, and there is more time for small talk, Dahai is proficient in Chinese, and there are many mistakes in picking Li Yu, so he feels that he has come out of the doorway, pointing to Li Yu who is working hard, and said to Kurtang: "Elu's Chinese characters are a little interesting, not like Zhushen script, Mongolian characters are inadvertently written wrong, but like deliberately simplified Chinese characters, although there is a lot less charm, it is also a series of its own, but this kid is stupid, how can he not see that he has the ability to create his own school?" ”

Kuhl wrapped the list in Dahai's hand, which was full of typos written by Li Yu, he was surprised after reading it for a while, and immediately asked Li Yu to come over. Kur picked up a copy of the Analects and said to Li Yu: "Erlu, I am reading this book now, and you can write whatever I read, and you will write it in your own way." Then, Kurtang read it in the official dialect of the Ming Kingdom: "Zi said, learn and learn from time to time, and don't say it!" There are friends from afar, don't you say! People don't know and are not ashamed, and they are not gentlemen! ……”。

After Li Yu finished dictating and handing in the papers, Kurtang, Dahai and others were amazed when they saw it, attracting everyone else to come to see, and even a few Han people sitting in the corner came to watch - Li Yu couldn't write it except for some things that he didn't understand, and most of the other written words were typos, but they were all organized and well-structured, and several Han people said that they were simplified Ming Chinese characters, and they also talked to Li Yu in Ming Chinese, Li Yu felt that most of their words could be understood, and they responded to them with Chinese that they could afford. A tall and sturdy Han man with thick eyebrows and big eyes immediately concluded that Li Yu was a Han man of the Ming Kingdom, and as soon as his words came out, he was scolded by Kuer: "Nonsense, Elu is obviously our Zhushen people, Sakhalian Belle told me, Elu must be a child of my Zhushen noble family, so I had the opportunity to learn the Chinese dialect and Chinese of the Ming Kingdom, but I met the Nikan Hujiao who cheated money, so I learned some nondescript things, and I became like this when I encountered a disaster at home and forgot my illness." He pointed to the guy who said that Li Yu was Han and shouted: "Fan Wencheng, you tell me that you Han people have the ability to live outside Zhenbei Pass?" Do you Han people dare to go to the place of Wula Mountain to live by hunting and farming? ”

Dahai also sneered and sarcastic: "Old Fan, don't you see that our Erlu may steal your job, so you want to say that Erlu is Nikan and then drive him away, right?" People like you just can't see others have a good time, and you have to pull others into the water if you are unlucky. You're in good shape! Why don't you go and be a soldier? I have to say that I am a showman who came to our literary hall to eat, look at your bullshit article, and I am embarrassed to say that I am a descendant of Fan Wenzhenggong, a famous minister of the Song Dynasty, you are not ashamed! ”

A group of Bakshi pointed at Fan Wencheng and scolded the Han people who were on the errand, Sony heard the noise and ran to watch, and when he heard the reason for the incident, his face turned purple: "Old Fan, do you want to harm me, I will also explain that the Mandarin will write the national character, then I am also a Ming person, so I recruited Erlu, a Ming person, into the literary hall, you want to sue us for a good meritorious service, right?" ”

Fan Wencheng was frightened, and vigorously explained to everyone that he was just guessing randomly, Sony didn't care about this, pointed to Fan Wencheng's table and chair in the corner, and shouted angrily: "Go back to work, talk nonsense again, be careful I tell King Khan to cut off your rations and starve you to death, a minion." ”

When everyone scolded together, Li Yu said that he couldn't figure out where he was, there were people outside Zhenbei Pass in addition to the Yehe people, the Ula people and the Mongols, maybe there were Han people, and Zhu Shen, Mongolian and Han he could also understand it, who was his mother clan It was really hard to say, Sonny insisted that Li Yu was Zhushen, because he had never seen a Han person who could shoot a bow with more than 20 forces, and Sony's uncle Xifu Bakeshi came back from outside, saying that he had seen the Ebony Sat Sulji Lama, who was a very learned person on the grassland, You can ask him for advice.

The old lama was knowledgeable, and after listening carefully to Li Yu's Zhushen, Mongolian, and Chinese, he carefully read the manuscripts written by Li Yu in various languages, and spoke unhurriedly, he said that Li Yu's words were messy, Mongolian had a Korqin accent, a Khalkha accent, and even a bit of a Uliangha accent, and he couldn't understand that he was from that tribe, and the Zhushen dialect was the same, with a Yehe accent and a Ula accent, and now he had a Guannei accent that was all out of order, and he made it clear that Li Yu's Chinese is not exactly the same as Ming dialect, the pronunciation of many words Ming people must not understand, and the Chinese characters written by Li Yu are not the Chinese characters used by the Ming Kingdom, it may be created by a fanatic, in short, he can't tell where Li Yu is.

Everyone was disappointed, Li Yu was even more sad, his eyes were red, maybe he would never find his mother, and he would never find his own Ama and Eniang. The old lama comforted the young man sympathetically, although he couldn't determine where Li Yu was from, but someone might be able to do it, there is a beautiful city called Kuku and Tun on the border of Datong Town in the Ming Kingdom, which was built by Altan Khan of Tumutwanhu a few decades ago, Kuku and Tun have a highly respected Urji Lama in the Mongolian steppe, he once went to Tibet to learn from the fourth ** Lama Buddha, and together with the Living Buddha of Maidari preached Buddhist scriptures and promoted Buddhism in various grasslands, He also had a deep relationship with the great lamas of Wutai Mountain in the Ming Kingdom, and was proficient in Chinese, and he was the most learned person after the Living Buddha of Maidari left for Outer Khalkha, and he may be able to find out Li Yu's life experience. ”

Li Yu's eyes lit up: "Grandpa Lama, Kuku and Tunyuan?" Can I find the Lama Zerji? ”

The old lama shook his head: "Kuku and Tun are far away from here, from the inside to cross the Liao River to the west, through the Khalkha people, the Karaqin people and the Yongshaobu people's grassland, about more than 4,000 miles, and the road is difficult, there are large deserts, bitter waters, Haizi and many horse thieves infested, and the Erji Lama is running around, it is difficult to find him. ”

Li Yu was depressed again, Sony was very curious, and kept asking the old lama: "Is that Kuku and Tun as big as Shenyang City?" Which tribe occupies it and has a large population? Are the people there rich? Do they have to fight more often? Will Ming Guo bully them? ”

The old lama scratched his head a little embarrassed: "I haven't been there either, I only know that the leader of Tumut, Altan Khan, is the grandson of Dayan Khan, the Great Khan of all Mongolia, who brought the territory of the Mot people into the area of Fengzhou Beach, which is rich in water and grass, beautiful and rich, and has since become more and more powerful, dominating the steppe, controlling 30,000 households on the right wing of Mongolia - Tumut, Yongshaobu and Ordos, he defeated the Uliangha people in the north and the Warat people in the west, and conquered the West Sea to make it his pasture, His strength forced the Mongol Khan to move east with his Chahar tribe to the area of Chahanhot. Altan Khan also repeatedly fought with the strong enemy Ming, and even crossed the Great Wall to fight under the Jingshi city of Ming, he finally forced the Ming court to put aside their arrogance and agree to peace, Altan Khan was canonized by the Ming State as the 'Shunyi King', the Ming State agreed to trade with each other, and the right-wing Mongolian tribes and the Ming State also turned hostility into jade silk, and the Mongolian and Han people inside and outside the Great Wall lived a peaceful life. Altan Khan in his later years efforts to maintain the peace between the Mongolian tribes, between Mongolia and the Ming State, built Kuku and Tuncheng on the Fengzhou Beach, the Ming Emperor gave the name 'Naturalization City', the city seems to be not big, but the merchants gathered very prosperous, Altan also recruited tens of thousands of Han people in the Guannei to open up fertile fields in the Fengzhou Beach to plant grain and vegetables, improving the life of the Mongols. After the death of Altan Khan, his Chungjin Hatun (wife) and successive generations of Shunyi kings continued the practice of Altan Khan, and there was no war for decades, and the common people lived a peaceful life with abundant food and clothing. ”

Li Yu's face was full of envy and yearning, he didn't fight, he still had food and clothing, what a beautiful life it was.

The old lama suddenly became excited: "Altan Khan's greatest merit is to introduce Tibetan Lamaism into the Mongolian tribes, abolish the outdated shamanic 'immortal heaven' worship, remove the bad habits of Mongolian martyrdom, indiscriminate killing, and torture, and bring quiet, peace, and kindness to the Mongolians. Not only did he not appreciate us, but he also forced the Living Buddha to leave Chahanhot and go to Khalkha in the north, and he used those red lamas who blasphemed the Dharma to attack us in every possible way, depriving us of our population, pastures and livestock, robbing us of our money and driving us away from the grasslands. He is ambitious and wants to pinch all the Mongolian tribes into his own hands, arbitrarily oppress the Taiji and Nuoyan people on the steppe, he doesn't trust anyone, he only has power and property in his eyes, and what he does makes everyone oppose him, he must be evil, he is not worthy of being the Great Khan of our Mongols, and his evil deeds will definitely be retributed. ”

The more the old lama spoke, the more angry he became, his chest rose and fell violently, Xifu hurriedly poured him a glass of water, and everyone comforted him, after a while the old lama calmed down, Kurtang hurriedly led everyone to send him out of the museum, and watched him get into the car before they dispersed.

Li Yu really couldn't understand why Lama Umu Sat hated Chahar Khan so much, as if he wanted to kill him. Kul wrapped his hand around his shoulder and said, Altan Khan introduced Mongolia into Mongolia the Yellow Religion of Lamaism, which has been accepted by the Mongolian tribes, and Chahar Khan later believed in the Red Religion of Lamaism, and also named the Red Sect of Shahrba Hutuketu Lama as the national teacher, and then suppressed the Yellow Lama, Umu Sat is the Yellow Lama, and he was forced to flee to us, of course he hated Chahar Khan.

Seeing Li Yu's confused face, Kurtang hurriedly said: "Don't ask me why, the Red Sect and the Yellow Sect are mortal enemies in Tibet, and I don't know what their differences are." But I'll tell you, at the level of Chahar Khan, the doctrine is not important at all, what matters is authority and interests, the Yellow Sect is linked with the Mongolian tribes, advocating that the Mongolian tribes maintain independence and divide their own rule, and if Chahar Khan wants to integrate the Mongolian tribes and expand his power, he will inevitably suppress the Yellow Sect and the Mongolian tribes, this is the reason, without the Red Sect, he will find out the other sects. However, this is very beneficial to us, because when he drives out the Yellow Lama, we welcome the Yellow Lama, and when he provokes the anger of the heavens, we will take the opportunity to destroy him. ”

Li Yu understood a little, and he asked about Altan Khan and Kuku and Tun, Kul shook his head: "We are too far away from there, and many things are not clear, but the affairs of Altan Khan are recorded a lot in the documents and files of the Ming Kingdom, this person is very remarkable, better than his grandfather, the Mongolian Great Khan Dayan Khan, who can negotiate and exchange markets with the powerful Ming State, so that the people under his rule can live a peaceful and good life, such merits are incomparable." ”

Li Yu is getting more and more energetic in the museum, this is a place to learn skills, the most talented literati in the Houjin Kingdom are here, and it is worth it no matter how hard and tiring the work is. When Sakhalian arrived at the literary hall, he also praised him, saying that his handwriting was getting better and better, and there were many fewer typos, and Shuoto was definitely incomparable to him now. Sakhalian has now been promoted to Baylor and can participate in national politics, with a proud look on his face.

When Hao Ge came to see Li Yu in the literary hall, he also brought a large piece of meat and told Li Yu that Ama had always been thinking about him in his heart, and told Li Yu not only to think about reading and writing, but also to practice riding and archery often, and to eat more meat to grow strength. Haoge also brought a new cotton robe to Li Yu, which was about to celebrate the New Year, so that Li Yu could dress a little more joyfully. While asking Li Yu to put on new clothes, Haoge said: "This is what Ama personally ordered to buy green cloth and cotton, and E-Niang personally made it for you, and I didn't pay much attention to it." ”

Qi Chongge, who followed behind Hauge's buttocks, brought Li Yu the news of Kuru and them, Kulu and his men were assigned to a village called Beitunzi near Fengjibao, and each Ding was divided into six plots of land, and the place to live was also solved, so they lived with the local Nikan, but the rations were a little tight, Nikan gave them four liters of grain per person every month, which was not enough to eat, but Uncle Kulu asked the big yamen to bring a message to Li Yu, telling him not to worry, how much food will not starve to death, they also exchanged their property for some food, It's easy to get through until the beginning of spring is warm.

After listening to Qi Chongge's speech, Li Yu took out a small cloth bag from his arms and handed it to Qi Chongge: "I have silver, Brother Qi Chongge, can you help me hand it over to Uncle Kulu?" "This is still the piece of silver that Mang Gurtai forced into him. Hao Ge took it first and stuffed it back into Li Yu's hand, shook his head and said, "It's useless, you should keep the three taels of silver for yourself, do you know the price of grain in Shenyang?" Five taels of silver can't buy a stone of miscellaneous grains, and the price of rice is even more expensive. Then he sighed: "We have to go to war in the spring, or we won't be able to live." ”