Kublai Khan pondered for a long time and said, "The matter of the western expedition will be talked about after you pacify Japan and the southern countries, and it is not appropriate to start it immediately." Moreover, you have to do it as soon as possible, neither of these places is easy to subdue. Japan and Goryeo are separated by the Sea of Japan, so you can train your navy by the way. The roads of the southern countries are difficult to navigate, and the miasma is everywhere, and I suffered a loss last time. I heard that you dispensed medicine for the southern expedition and sent people to the south to build roads, probably God made you successful. When the time comes, if you don't have enough troops, I can ask Sainjode Ziddo to help you with some troops. ”

This is actually Cheng Yue's original intention, the reason why he mentioned the Western Expedition today is to be the initiator of the Western Expedition, to inject fanaticism for the Western Expedition into the minds of the Mongolian kings, and to lay out in advance for his next deployment.

Cheng Yue said: "Yes, thank you Great Khan." ”

Kublai Khan said again: "Do you think it will be okay in a few years?" ”

Cheng Yue immediately replied: "It is best that after four to five years, no matter how the minister operates in the south, the minister can send troops to follow the Great Yuan to the west." ”

Kublai Khan thought about it, but he didn't understand, so he asked, "Why do you say that it's better to be four or five years?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "Because it depends on the completion of the canal, if it can be completed earlier, the minister's navy can carry a large amount of baggage and supplies into the Mediterranean, which is extremely crucial for our westward expedition." Isn't it because of the lack of supplies that the cowardly ones will be defeated by the Mamluks? Such a mistake must never be made again! Therefore, as soon as the minister saw Aruhun, he immediately mentioned the construction of the canal, and the minister once estimated that if the Ilkhanate was to build it with all its might, it would take at least four to five years for the canal to be repaired, so he took this as the deadline. ”

The Mongolian nobles who were full of tents instantly burst into exclamations! It turned out that Cheng Yue was preparing for the Western Expedition earlier! Even before the war, careful arrangements were made for the aftermath of the war! What a forethought!

In this way, the war that has just ended. Cheng Yue strongly advocated the submission of the three khanates without extinction. so that the khanates should not be hostile to each other. Or even have to take Kutoulon with him, all of which are all the layouts made by Cheng Yue for the Western Expedition! Whether it is Kublai Khan or the three khanates, they are all pawns in the chess game of Cheng Yue!

Cheng Yue is so bold!

Eagles should have the ambition to reach the sky!

Kublai Khan's heart was surging when he heard this, and he shouted and applauded for it! Heartily gave Cheng Yue a thumbs up and praised: "Good job! You're amazing! Worthy of being my God-given colt! I wish I was twenty years younger, and I personally led troops to level Europe and Africa! ”

Aruhun hurriedly stepped forward and said loudly: "Great Khan, I will do my best to build the canal as soon as possible after I go back." If 100,000 people can't do it, 200,000, if 200,000 can't do it, 300,000, but more than 100,000 miles of land, it will definitely be built in four years! ”

Kublai Khan saw that Cheng Yue and Aruhun were very firm, and nodded heavily.

Kublai Khan said in a loud voice: "The matter of the Western Expedition has been set by the ancestor Genghis Khan, but it has been repeatedly delayed due to internal disputes in Mongolia. After this battle, the khanates lost their troops and lost their generals. It's hard to turn the conflict into a jade silk, and you should go back to recuperate first. Waiting for the next expedition to the west. Prior to this, the khanates were willing to go west on their own or join forces with others to conquer the west, and they could do as they could. Cheng Yue is right, the revenge of cowardice must be avenged! Busy brother Timur, I know that you are an Islamist, but you are first and foremost a Mongol! We must not watch the Mamluks stand tall in front of us Mongols! What do you say?! ”

Timur, a busy brother, raised his arms and said loudly: "As long as Ilkhan is not my enemy, I will never help Mamluk against my own people again!" ”

"Good!" The Mongol nobles shouted in unison.

Kublai Khan turned his head and said loudly: "Cheng Yue, I can promise you now, and you will lead the army to the west!" But I also want to make it clear that you have to share half of the troops of the western expedition, and you can also share half of the newly acquired land! What do you think? ”

Kublai Khan's calculations were very fine, and the three khanates and Hehu agreed to give him 110,000 troops as collateral, and he only needed to send tens of thousands of troops symbolically during the western expedition, he could send a total of more than 150,000 troops, which had little impact on Dayuan. However, Cheng Yue had to send 150,000 people on the ground, and Cheng Yue personally led it, and the Southern Song Dynasty would inevitably be unable to launch an attack on Dayuan.

It is difficult to say how many years the Western Expedition will take, according to Cheng Yue's temper, he will not stop without defeating the whole of Europe and Africa, so that the Yuan Dynasty will be safer and can sit back and enjoy its success, no matter how you say it, it will be a good deal.

Even if half of Europe was given to Cheng Yue, Cheng Yue would rely more on the Mongols if he wanted to rule. First, if he wanted to go to Europe, he had to pass through the places ruled by the Mongols, and second, because of the long distance, he had to support each other with the Mongols.

The conditions Kublai Khan came out, which was fair on the surface, but in fact it took advantage of it. Kublai Khan thought that Cheng Yue would definitely bargain with him, but he didn't expect Cheng Yue to hesitate at all and agreed!

Kublai Khan was so surprised that he almost thought that Cheng Yue in front of him was a fake, so he fixed his mind and looked up and down for a long time before he determined that it was really Cheng Yue himself.

Cheng Yue said: "Great Khan, the minister will not only dispatch the army, but also the navy. The minister also has one condition, the place occupied by the minister's navy is all owned by the minister! ”

Kublai Khan frowned, and said in his heart: Navy? Isn't it a water army? How many people can you send? Starting from the Southern Song Dynasty, 20,000 people can reach 5,000 people at most, which is already good, Europe is so big, how much land can your navy occupy? What I like the most is land, but what about all the islands in Europe? It turns out that you are fighting this idea, afraid that the Mongols will be worried about your land, so you want more islands, use the sea to protect your own safety, be careful!

Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you, as long as there is a place where your navy hangs the golden dragon flag on the red background, it will be your territory!" ”

Cheng Yue suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and said with a smile: "The minister will thank you!" ”

The plan for the western expedition has been decided, and all the Mongolian nobles immediately cheered. In the past four years, the soldiers have been fierce, and four years later, they have swept across Europe! Wealth, beauties, are waiting for them!

Cheng Yue suddenly took out a few agricultural booklets from his bosom and gave them two copies to each of his busy brothers, Timur, Haidu, Hehu and Aruhun.

The four of them didn't know Cheng Yue's intentions, and they were stunned on the spot with the book.

Cheng Yue said: "This book is about how to farm, one for you to read for yourself, and the other for you to accurately translate into all the languages you can find, and strive to spread this book to Europe, Arabia, and Persia." ”

Busy brother Timur was stunned and said, "What is this going to do?" Why teach Europeans how to farm? They have more food and grass, what good is it for us? ”

Cheng Yue said: "This has a threefold purpose. First, the Europeans didn't have the skills to farm, and if you teach them this, they will be grateful to you. Second, Europeans still don't know that manure can be used to fertilize crops, and they don't pay attention to hygiene, so every corner of all the cities of Central and Western Europe is full of manure and urine, smelly, filthy, rats, bed bugs everywhere, I don't want my soldiers to get sick when I fight, and I don't want to occupy a manure pit! Finally, the Europeans are so poisoned by Christianity that they don't understand any scientific truths, and I want to bring them a little different dawn and open up their people's wisdom, which is very important to us! ”

The Middle Ages in Europe were very dark, and the cities were a hundred times dirtier than they are in today's India! Because of the rampant flow of feces and urine, Europeans invented high heels to avoid stepping into the dung heap, and also enacted all kinds of ridiculous laws, such as not pouring and urine on the street during the day, lest it splash on other people's heads, and at night casually!

In medieval Europe, there were no sewers, and no peasants transported feces and urine to the fields to fatten, and it became a habit for people to defecate in the open, even in the beautiful palaces, and even in the emperor's study! For Cheng Yue, a traveler from the afterlife, it is definitely a veritable hell!

Medieval Christianity told people that they could get closer to God without bathing, so except for the areas in Europe that were influenced by Arab culture and ancient Roman culture, people in the rest of Europe did not have the concept of bathing at all, and it was customary not to take a bath for decades! The European body smell is very strong, can you still smell it if you haven't taken a bath for decades? Cheng Yue was worried that he would be unable to stand the massacre as soon as he entered Europe, so he wanted to start changing Europe by cleaning up the feces in the city.

Timur, a busy brother, did know something about this, and the Orthodox soldiers under his command made him disgusted. Hearing this, he nodded hurriedly and put the book in his arms, Haidu, Aluhun and He Hu also put the book away with a wry smile, Cheng Yue really thought long-term, it seems that he had a plan.

Aruhun asked: "Will this book anger the Holy See of Christianity and Islam?" What if they banned the book? ”

Cheng Yue said: "Don't be afraid, this book is a peasant book, there is nothing obvious about religion, you just try to spread it, they are not afraid of banning, it will just give me an excuse, I will deal with Christianity and Islam when I go west." ”

Aruhun was taken aback and said, "Do you not only want to conquer the countries of Europe, but also go to war with the Holy See?" ”

Cheng Yue didn't say it explicitly, and said: "When the time comes, it all depends on whether it is beneficial to us." Remember, it is okay to believe in religion, but no one is allowed to interfere in political affairs under the pretext of religion, let alone oppose us, otherwise they must be punished and destroyed! There is no place in the world that is higher than the Great Khan! ”

From Kublai Khan to all the Mongolian nobles, they were all shocked when they heard Cheng Yue's words!

The Mongols generally did not have much knowledge, so they were more devout about religion, from the earliest immortal heaven to the later religions, they accepted all the orders and worshipped.

Cheng Yue subverted their perception and advocated that religion must be under the control of the Great Khan! Wouldn't that be better? (To be continued......)