This time in the court, it is different from the last time. Cheng Yue scolded the civil and military officials in the court last time, and abolished Oroqi with the Great Khan's hunting, showing his majesty, and the officials of Zhongshu Province were all overjoyed, and they all counted on him to make persistent efforts and sulk for Zhongshu Province. Other officials were even more jealous of Cheng Yue and were reluctant to take him lightly.

Cheng Yue came to the palace gate, and the whole of Zhongshu Province stepped forward to salute, looking very affectionate, even Hao Zhen, who was squeezed by Cheng Yue and demoted. He was deeply satisfied with the newly acquired group of students of Guozijian, and there were many outstanding talents in them, and some dissatisfaction with Cheng Yue also disappeared.

The DPRK did not issue an order to allow these students to go to the Zhongshu Province, but it did not say that it could not be. Because there is no imperial examination, officials are directly awarded from the central government to all places, so although Cheng Yue has bypassed the imperial court, it is not a violation of the rules. The Guozijian had been almost forgotten, and the imperial court didn't care, only Kublai Khan and An Tong were surprised when they learned about it, but they didn't say anything.

Cheng Yue stood in the column, Zhenjin turned sideways and glanced at him, Cheng Yue smiled slightly. Ahma and Shangshu couldn't help but be nervous, and Cheng Yue had to hand them a relieved smile.

When the time of the court arrived, the holes on both sides of the palace gate were opened, and the ministers entered before and after, standing inside and outside the Daming Palace.

The officials of each ministry played in turn, still in Mongolian, and Cheng Yue still couldn't understand it. Kublai Khan wouldn't have asked his opinion anyway, and he was happy not to worry about it.

Zhang Shu, the head of the household, stepped forward and said: "Qi Yu Great Khan, the minister got the Sichuan report, in the past six months, Sichuan people have successively gone south along the Yangtze River and fled to the Southern Song Dynasty with their families. Jiang Wei, the marshal of Sichuan, sent troops to intercept him many times, but was blocked by the rebel general Xie Ruji. Jiang Wei was helpless. Ask the Great Khan to show it. How to do it. This passage is specially written in Chinese. so that Cheng Yue can hear it.

Cheng Yue couldn't be clearer about this matter, Xie Ruji was ordered by him to send a naval army to protect the Sichuan people who came to defect. Cheng Yue's naval army was powerful, and the Yuan Dynasty's naval army could not resist it, so it could only retreat.

Cheng Yue didn't know if Zhang Shu's performance at this time was done by Kublai Khan, but it didn't matter, he didn't care at all.

Kublai Khan saw that Cheng Yue's face was full of indifference, so he was angry and cleared his throat. Said: "Cheng Yue, Xie Ruji is now your subordinate general, he uses the water army without authorization, isn't he afraid of starting a war with my Dayuan?" What is the crime? ”

Cheng Yue stood up and said loudly: "The reason why Xie Ruji sent troops was all at the behest of the minister, what is his crime?" ”

Kublai Khan's face tightened, and he said: "It's not appropriate for you to hide the fugitives, and you even sent troops to help." Why? ”

Cheng Yue did not flinch, and took a step forward and said, "The Great Khan's words are wrong. The so-called people leave their hometowns. It's hard to leave the homeland, if it weren't for the fact that they couldn't survive in their hometown, how many people would run away with their families? One person is like this, two people are like this, it is not surprising, for more than half a year, it has been endless, did the minister send someone to lure? If not, then what about the officials in Sichuan, didn't the Great Khan send people to investigate? Sichuan from the consolation envoy Yang Wen'an, has anyone ever given the Great Khan a clear explanation? Also, the people fled, but they escaped. In order to save his life, he can be forgiven for doing anything. The Great Khan said that the ministers should not send troops, and the ministers asked the Great Khan, what crimes did those people commit? Jiang Wei wanted to kill them just because they defected to the Southern Song Dynasty, is there such a reason in the world? If this makes sense, then there are still many old ministers in the Great Yuan Dynasty, should they all be killed? The minister tried his best to save the lives of the innocent people who were killed, but he didn't know what was wrong! ”

Cheng Yue asked a series of questions, leaving Kublai Khan and his ministers speechless. The Yuan army hated the Sichuan people for resisting them for too long, so after occupying Sichuan, they slaughtered everywhere. (According to historical statistics, after the massacre of the Yuan army until 1279, the population of Sichuan fell from more than 13 million to only 600,000, which is completely indescribable to the appalling situation, and the madness is the true portrayal of the Mongols.) ）

When Cheng Yue withdrew the Song Dynasty from Sichuan, he made an agreement with the Yuan Dynasty not to slaughter the people, which saved the lives of millions of people. The more than 100,000 people who went to Changzhou with the Sichuan defenders were well settled, and those who farmed had land and worked well, and they were richer than when they were in Sichuan. If they are doing well, they will naturally tell the villagers in Sichuan, so there has been an endless stream of southbound people for more than half a year.

Cheng Yue also saved face for Kublai Khan, and did not directly say that the initiator of the Sichuan massacre was Kublai Khan's grandfather Tuolei. When Tuo Lei first broke through Chengdu, 1.4 million people in the entire city were slaughtered, and the corpses were piled up everywhere, so many that they could not walk, and they were burned down by a fire. The brutality and tyranny of it are too numerous to mention.

Kublai Khan was silent for a long time, he did not kill people in Sichuan, and he was speechless in the face of Cheng Yue's questioning. secretly regretted letting Zhang Shu mention this matter, but was refuted by Cheng Yue in the current court.

Seeing Kublai Khan's embarrassment, An Tong stood up to relieve the siege and said: "Great Khan, Cheng Zuocheng is reasonable. Sichuan officialdom, since the withdrawal of the Song army, has not been carefully sorted out. The Great Khan can send a powerful minister to visit in detail, and only then can it be a cure. ”

Kublai Khan nodded reluctantly and said, "It depends on the prime minister, and it will be decided after I settle the affairs in the north." ”

Chabi is compassionate, and he is very happy to listen to Cheng Yue's words. Gently tugging Kublai Khan's sleeve, he whispered: "Don't be angry, Cheng Yue's words imply Buddhism, which is very rare." ”

Kublai Khan still dared to say the word "Buddha" in front of Cheng Yue, wishing he had forgotten about the bullshit things he was thinking about, and he was struggling to investigate.

After Cheng Yue dismissed Kublai Khan's accusations, he took out a piece of music and presented it, and said in a deep voice: "The minister has this music!" ”

The ministers immediately pricked up their ears, and the officials of Zhongshu Province and Shangshu Province were particularly eager.

Cheng Yue said: "Great Khan, when the minister was in the Southern Song Dynasty, he ordered to build roads in the north and south directions of Lin'an at the same time, using the cement invented by the minister. In addition, you can pave the horse on both sides of the horse road. After the road is repaired, if it can be supplemented with a four-wheeled carriage made by the minister, the travel time can be reduced by ten times, and the transportation capacity can be increased by twenty to thirty times! The territory of the Great Yuan is vast, and the transportation between various places is inconvenient, and the information is not connected, which can be greatly improved. The most important thing is that if a road can be built to the Mongolian steppe and the land west of the river, so as to facilitate the Great Khan's transportation of troops and the transfer of grain, grass and weapons, it will be even more difficult for the kings of the north to harass him in the south! ”

Kublai Khan and his ministers were all ecstatic when they heard this! Many ministers in the back row were dancing with excitement!

Kublai Khan was so happy that he smirked on the spot, An Tong, Ah Shu, Boyan and others were very excited, and Ahma's eyes were full of rolling money!

Cheng Yue's cement and four-wheeled carriage were all things that Kublai Khan dreamed of. Not to mention the four-wheeled carriage, cement can also build cities and houses. Now the city walls of Dadu are the same as those of the Song Dynasty in the past, they are made of rammed earth, and after the heavy rain washes them, they have to pay for repairs. Now the city walls of the Great Song Dynasty have been made of cement and stone, which are strong and worry-free, and everyone in the Yuan Dynasty who has seen it is envious.

Kublai Khan has been coveting it for a long time, and he has been thinking about how to get Cheng Yue to tell him how to make cement, but he can't come up with anything decent to impress Cheng Yue. Now it's good that Cheng Yue takes the initiative to share the production method of cement with him!

Wedding!

Great joy!

What a happy event!

Kublai Khan pinched his thigh a few times, making sure that he was not dreaming, grinned, and said in a gentle tone rarely seen in his life: "Cheng Yue, there is no joke in front of you, what you just said is that you want to build your cement factory in the territory of my Dayuan?" Kublai Khan specially emphasized "your", for fear that Cheng Yue would change his mind.

Cheng Yue said: "Great Khan, the minister does have this plan, and he will build a few more." And the minister doesn't want to monopolize it, the Great Khan, do you want to participate in the shares? ”

If others said such things, Kublai Khan would have dragged him down and beaten him up a long time ago, but Cheng Yue was desperate to say this about Kublai Khan.

Kublai Khan smiled and said: "It's up to you to decide, I will pay as much as you want, I will build a few cement factories, I will allow you to build a few cement factories!" ”

Cheng Yue Zhengse said: "Great Khan, to build roads in Dayuan, the cost is huge, and it needs to be invested continuously for many years, no matter who uses what excuse to oppose it, the Great Khan cannot give up halfway." ”

Kublai Khan waved his hand and said: "You are building roads in the Southern Song Dynasty, and there are many mountains and rivers in the south, which is twice as difficult as building roads in Dayuan!" You can cultivate, what can't I cultivate? I dare to swear! ”

Cheng Yue thought that it would be difficult to convince Kublai Khan, but he didn't expect it to be surprisingly simple, and Kublai Khan was more active than himself. It is not difficult to understand when you think about it, the Yuan Dynasty is too big, if you can use the road to connect all parts of the country closely, it will be of great benefit to governance and the use of troops, he can see it, can Kublai Khan not see it?

The stakes were very high, and Ahma personally stepped forward and said, "Great Khan, please lead the road construction with Shangshu Province." Cheng Zuocheng can't stay for a long time, and the six departments are all in Shangshu Province, and the ministers are not allowed to do it! ”

Ahma absolutely refused to let Zhongshu be in charge of road construction, and deliberately reminded Kublai Khan that road construction involved a lot and could not let Cheng Yue come into contact with local secrets.

Cheng Yue said: "It should be like this, but the construction of the road should not be sloppy." In order to prevent cutting corners, officials from all over the country collude inside and outside, and Zhongshu should have the right to inspect! ”

The faces of the officials of Shangshu Province have changed greatly, and the officials of Zhongshu Province are excited!

Cheng Yue changed his words again and said: "In order to prevent fraud by the officials of Zhongshu Province, the minister will ask the Great Khan again, and when the opinions of Shangshu Zhongshu are different, send an inspector to adjudicate!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Ahma's gloomy face immediately returned to color, and the real gold's expression was cloudy, and finally smiled.

Cheng Yue did make an extraordinary move. Under such an arrangement, it is much more difficult for Shangshu Province to make money, but there are still loopholes to exploit, and there is no need to be afraid that Zhongshu Province will deliberately make things difficult. Zhongshu Province has grasped the power, and oil and water are naturally indispensable, and Shangshu Province can also be arrogant. The final power was in the hands of Kublai Khan, and it was easy for Kublai Khan to favor whomever he wanted. (To be continued......)