After a while, Kublai Khan broke the silence and said in a deep voice: "The king of Zhennan wants to re-establish the province of Liaodong, what do you think?" ”

Ah Shu responded and said loudly: "The minister seconded the proposal, what the king of Zhennan said is very true, and the province of Liaodong should be reset!" ”

Boyan and An Tong stood up together and said, "The minister seconded the proposal and re-established the province of Liaodong, which is logical!" ”

Zhenjin and Ahma then said: "The minister seconded the proposal, and the king of Zhennan played this time!" ”

A large number of civil and military officers rushed out one after another, and said in unison: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

Only about 20 percent of the officials did not explicitly approve of it, but they did not speak out against it.

Kublai Khan showed a hint of a smile, exchanged a tacit understanding with Cheng Yue, and said to Cheng Yue: "This proposal is approved, and you will act at the opportunity." ”

Cheng Yue crossed his hands and said solemnly: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

A word comes out, and the wind and clouds change color!

Without waiting for the ministers to think carefully, Cheng Yue immediately continued: "The eighth thing, the minister asks the Great Khan to give the minister the power of life and death, except for the king and queen of Goryeo, the minister is allowed to kill at will on this trip, first cut and then play!" ”

Kill at will——!

Not only did the king of Zhennan not mention Naiyan and other host kings, but even the high-ranking officials sent to Goryeo by the Yuan Dynasty did not say that the king of Zhennan wanted to kill!

Zhenjin pinched a cold sweat for Cheng Yue in the palm of his hand. Cheng Yue didn't discuss it with him, and directly made conditions in the palace, and he finally understood Cheng Yue's purpose in doing this - he wanted to kill someone! And to kill a lot of people!

Kublai Khan stared at Cheng Yue's eyes, Cheng Yue's eyes were unfathomable and chilling!

After a long time, Kublai Khan spoke: "I know that you are not a murderer, and you must have a reason for doing so. I only need you to promise me one thing - try not to kill if you can. Do you understand what I mean? ”

Cheng Yue nodded and said, "Yes." Chancellor understood. ”

Kublai Khan said decisively: "Good. Then I will give you this power, and in this crusade, except for the king and queen of Goryeo, you are allowed to cut it first and then play, but you must not be killed! As he spoke, he untied the short knife he was wearing at his waist and summoned Cheng Yue to his eyes.

Cheng Kuo's hands were raised upward, Kublai Khan's hands were pressed downward, and the imperial sword symbolizing the supreme power of the Great Yuan Dynasty had been placed in Cheng Yue's hands!

Kublai Khan stared into Cheng Yue's eyes. Said solemnly: "I will hand over this knife to you, and you will hold this knife as if I were here!" You have to be cautious. ”

Cheng Yue raised the knife above the top and said, "The ministers are grateful!" He slowly retreated to the bottom of the jade steps and hung the sword on his waist.

The ministers couldn't help but take a deep breath involuntarily - with the temper of King Zhennan, with this knife, I don't know how many heads will fall to the ground!

Cheng Yue didn't take the knife to heart, and for him, there was no need to rely on Kublai Khan's might at all. All along, the only thing he can rely on is himself! Even today Kublai Khan refuses to give him this power. What should he do or the same!

Cheng Yue raised his head, looked directly into Kublai Khan's eyes, and said loudly: "The ninth and most important thing - the minister requests that Japan be made the fief of Princess Wanze and Princess Nangjiazhen!" ”

"What ——?!"

The palace was in an uproar, and Kublai Khan's eyes widened with anger!

King Zhennan is too presumptuous——! Dayuan dispatched 100,000 elite soldiers, is it just to serve you? I don't even take the sweat in my eyes!

Cheng Yue's face did not change, he was calm, and he and Kublai Khan looked at each other, their eyes were firm, and they did not mean to give in at all.

Kublai Khan suppressed his anger and said, "What do you mean by saying that you want Japan to be a fief?" As a scholar of the ruling university of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Special Administrative Region is in your hands, and you have just been made a marquis, don't you have a fief? ”

Cheng Yue said with a smile: "It's not that the Great Khan doesn't know that the fiefs and food estates of the ministers are all fictitious, and there is no actual territory. As for the special zone, it was not originally owned by the minister, and after a period of time, the minister would resubmit the special zone to the direct jurisdiction of the Southern Song Dynasty court, and it had nothing to do with the minister. The Great Khan, speaking of which, the minister is the only one among the Great Khan's concubines who does not have a fief, Princess Wanze and Princess Nangjiazhen also lack a fief, and the minister does not dare to ask the Great Khan for the land in the north, Japan, the land is narrow and sparsely populated, the people are poor, and there are frequent earthquakes, and there is no land route with the Great Yuan, so it is not easy to govern. The minister thought about it and wanted to be the least troublesome for the Great Khan, so he opened his mouth with a cheeky face and asked for a reward from the Great Khan. ”

As soon as Cheng Yue finished speaking, Kublai Khan couldn't help but speak, and the ministers also stammered that it was difficult to say anything, because what Cheng Yue said was the truth. The titles of the Southern Song Dynasty are all fictitious, unlike Mongolia, where the sub-feuds of the kings and the princes are almost all real feuds, which will really give you a piece of territory.

In addition to Cheng Yue, several of Kublai Khan's concubines were either Mongolian kings or Goryeo kings, and they themselves had considerable land and people, and some of the concubines could also get a fief added by Kublai Khan after the princess married, as the princess's food.

But Cheng Yue is different, he is not a prince in name, although he controls more people and wealth than other horses, but he really does not have a fief of his own, only a few mansions and a slave under his name, Tokhtar is still the commander of the group army under him, and cannot be used as a slave.

The problem is that everyone thinks that the special zone of the Southern Song Dynasty is Cheng Yue's from beginning to end, so when Wan Ze married him, he followed the Goryeo example and did not give Wan Ze a fief, not even Yao Ling's food estate, because he felt that Cheng Yue did not need it. However, if you think about it carefully, Cheng Yue is only a minister, and there is no land or people, Kublai Khan should indeed give Cheng Yue and Wan Ze and the Nangjiazhen fief that will soon be married, otherwise it will be too bad for them.

Finally, Cheng Yue didn't take advantage of Dayuan. He sent a total of 120,000 troops by land and water, and the soldiers were well fed, and the conquest of Japan was probably more than enough, and the 100,000 troops that Kublai Khan gave him were more to deal with Naiyan, and Cheng Yue had to lead the troops to fight. If Cheng Yue subdued Naiyan, re-established the province of Liaodong, and placed the territories of the host kings under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, what would the Great Khan reward him? In the face of such huge achievements, plus the fiefdoms that the two princesses should have, what is a small Japan?

A few days ago, Wang Pan, a 76-year-old scholar from Hanlin University, wrote a letter to Kublai Khan, saying that Japan is a small country and its people are weak, the sea route is dangerous, and if it wins, it will not be martial, and if it is defeated, it will damage the national prestige, and he advocates not to crusade.

When Kublai Khan saw the book, he was furious, pointed his nose and scolded Wang Pan for having two hearts, and his sin was unforgivable. Wang Pan's answer is also very absolute, saying that the old decay is seventy and six this year, and there are no descendants, what is the use of having two hearts?

Kublai Khan was speechless by Wang Pan, but it was always difficult to admit that he had lost his words, so he sent someone to comfort him, and gave him a jade treasure pillow, which made him quite embarrassed.

Wang Pan's view is actually not alone, it represents the traditional thinking of many people, and even Yao Shu and others, including Yao Shu and others, are also a little dismissive of Kublai Khan and Cheng Yue's enthusiasm for conquering Japan, thinking that it is a waste of labor and money.

Japan has always been a poor country, and the amount of gold and silver produced is very small (at this time, the veins of the famous three major gold mines and Iwami Silver Mountain have not yet been discovered, and only some loose ores are mined nearby) If Kublai Khan gave Japan to Cheng Yue and Wanze and Nangjiazhen, there are really not many ministers who want to stand up and oppose it.

Kublai Khan was so embarrassed that he had to secretly glance at Ahma. He has made a lot of money in this crusade, so he can't let him lose all his money, right? He originally planned to divide Japan equally with Cheng Yue, and quietly discussed it with Ahma for this. Now it seems that it may not be as he hoped. Cheng Yue's reasons are very sufficient, and he is afraid that it will not be easy to refuse him.

When Ahmad saw Kublai Khan's eyes at him, he couldn't help but have a headache. Where is the king of Zhennan who is good to get along with? Started a temper, Kublai Khan couldn't do anything about him, he just accepted Cheng Yue's love, how could he be embarrassed to speak?

Of course, he understood what Kublai Khan meant. After spending so much money and using so many troops, you can't make wedding clothes for others for nothing, right? Defeated Japan to Cheng Yue, what was left of him Kublai Khan? Is this kind of foolish thing the work of the Great Khan?

Ahma stiffened his head and coughed lightly, and said, "What the prince said is very true, but the prince must also be considerate of the Great Khan. If the lost princess of Kudu Lujian married the king of Goryeo, the Great Khan did not give any fief, if he rashly gave it to the prince, what would the king of Goryeo and the lost princess of Kudu Lujian think? Although the prince has no territory, which is different from the king of Goryeo, he is also a vassal king, and he can't favor one over the other, and it has nothing to do with whether he has a territory or not. ”

Cheng Yue glanced at Ahma, who hurriedly smiled bitterly at him, asked him to be considerate, and then continued: "Japan is arrogant and unreasonable, and is bent on offending Tianwei, and the envoys sent by the Great Khan have not been heard from so far. The Great Khan was guilty of the crime of conquering the heavens, and there was no way to conquer it, so he should occupy Japan and set up a Japanese province in order to show the great Khan's heavenly grace. ”

Cheng Yue heard what Ahma said, remembered one thing, and said to Kublai Khan: "Great Khan, the envoy sent to Japan by the minister brought back a piece of news, the Great Khan sent to Japan the year before last, Du Shizhong, the head of the Ministry of Rites, He Wenzhu, the head of the Ministry of War, and Sadu Luxi, the official of the planning department, and other five people, not long after they arrived in Japan, they were ordered by the ruling Hojo Tokimune of the Kamakura Shogunate to be beheaded in the suburb of Longkou. Before his death, Du Shizhong wrote a desperate poem and said: 'When I went out, my wife gave me winter clothes and asked me how many days I would return from my westward journey. When he came, he admired the gold seal, but he didn't see Su Qin getting off the plane. 'He Wen's desperate poem: 'The four elements have no master, and the five aggregates are all empty.' The two countries are suffering from life, and today they are cutting the autumn wind. 'The ministers were sorry when they heard this, and hereby reported to the Great Khan. ”

"What?! Rat daring! Kublai Khan was furious, his eyes were red, his right hand was clenched into a fist, and he smashed heavily on the royal table, startling Chabi!

Kublai Khan stood up, glared at Cheng Yue, and said, "Is this true? ”

Cheng Yue said calmly: "It's true. ”

Kublai Khan roared, gritted his teeth and said, "Cheng Yue, you killed the entire family of Hojo Shizong for me!" If you don't take revenge, you will become the Great Khan of Mongolia in vain! ”

Cheng Yue hugged his fists and said: "Be a big sweat and slash this fang!" ”

Kublai Khan snorted heavily and said, "How long will it take you to take Japan?" ”

Cheng Yue said categorically: "Three months is enough." ”

Kublai Khan said: "Okay, you don't have a fief, and Japan wants you to personally lead troops to capture it, so I can give it to you!" But you must pay tribute to me! (To be continued.) )