Chapter 298: An Opportunity to Move the Capital
As soon as the army led by Zhang Rou left Kaiping City, the Mongol court began to prepare for the relocation of the capital. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
This was an edict personally issued by the Mongol Great Khan Kublai Khan.
The earliest capital of the Mongolian court was in the steppe of Helincheng, and then because of Abuligo's rebellion, Kublai Khan set up the capital in Kaiping City, Kaiping City is not far from Yanjing, on the edge of the grassland, it can be said that the grassland is located, it can also be said that the Central Plains is located, and the capital is set up here, whether it is from the geographical location, or from the population and trade, it is not a good place.
Kublai Khan also understood this, when he set up Kaiping City as the capital, it was a helpless move, Abuligo occupied the city of Helin, that is, he thought that Kublai Khan would return to the Mobei grassland, and then detain Kublai Khan, succeed to the throne of the Great Khan, Kublai Khan also saw through this layer, so he insisted on not going to the capital of Helin, but set up a camp in Kaiping City, and later made it clear that Kaiping City was the capital.
Abuligo had surrendered and been imprisoned, and the city of Helin had also been relegated to the seat of the Marshal's Palace.
At this moment, Kublai Khan needed to move the capital.
The place to move the capital has long been determined, in Yanjing, Liu Bingzhong, who was the first to put forward this proposal, Kublai Khan agreed to this suggestion, and ordered Habichi to supervise the construction of the capital on Yanjing Road, which was completed last year.
The new capital city has been repaired, and it is definitely going to be moved.
The Mongol court has always been vigorous and resolute, once Kublai Khan issued an edict, the implementation was very fast, if there was the slightest delay, Kublai Khan would definitely lose his temper.
At the beginning of September, all preparations were made for the relocation of the capital.
With the gradual strengthening of the Mongolian kingdom, more and more tribes and people are attached, the Mongolian court is not the scene of more than 100 years ago, this move of the capital, there are a lot of things that need to be done, just the relocation of the palace, it will take a long time.
Fortunately, Kaiping City is not very far from Zhongdu, and it is a plain with a flat river, which is conducive to relocation.
On the fifth day of the ninth month, the Kingdom of Mongolia began to move its capital.
The 5,000 soldiers led by Zhang Rou only marched to Hebei at this moment, and there are 5,000 soldiers waiting in Baoji, where Fengxiangfu Road belongs, led by Zhang Tingrui.
Zhang Rou's march was very slow, and it was not too much to describe it as a tour, after all, this expedition was not something he was willing to make, but a forced leader.
It wasn't until before departure that Zhang Rou got the news from Zhang Wenqian and others that the reason why Zhang Tingrui, the senator of the Qingju Marshal Mansion, went on a twist and asked to lead the army to conquer the West Road of Lizhou was also because the West Road of Lizhou and the East Road of Lizhou were completely occupied by the Song army, and the Qingju Marshal Mansion, which was originally set up in Pu'an County, which belonged to Longqing Mansion on East Lizhou Road, was forced to retreat for nearly a thousand miles and relocate to Baoji, where Fengxiangfu Road belongs.
Zhang Tingrui, who was evacuated to Baoji, has always paid attention to the situation of Lizhou West Road and Lizhou East Road, and the information he got from all sides showed that the defense of Lizhou West Road was not very strong, and there should be an opportunity to attack, so he went on a setback.
While Zhang Rou scolded Zhang Tingrui, he also lamented his own fate, as for Zhang Tingrui's so-called intelligence that the defense force of Lizhou West Road is very weak, he absolutely does not believe it.
After the news of the relocation of the capital came, Zhang Rou's heart moved, and he felt that an opportunity had come.
Moving the capital is not a trivial matter, the Great Khan and the imperial court are very important, and it is also very busy, involving the relocation of the imperial court, but also involving the civil and military ministers of the court to relocate to the past, in this process, is it possible to find an opportunity to let the family temporarily stay in Kaiping City, and then take advantage of the busy opportunity of the imperial court to move the capital, find a way to leave Kaiping City, go to the south, at least to get rid of the control of the imperial court.
The march did not stop, but the pace was slower, and the march was almost thirty miles a day, and it would set out after midday, and then set up camp just after noon.
After thinking about it for two days, Zhang Rou sent her most trusted confidant and personal guards to Kaiping City in the starry night, telling her family that she must find a way to find an opportunity not to leave Kaiping City for the time being, and when the imperial court began to move the capital on a large scale, quickly break away and find a place to hide.
This determination is not easy to make, but Zhang Rou, who is already desperate, feels that this is the best choice.
In fact, when leaving, Zhang Rou had secretly arranged nearly twenty personal guards to stay at home.
On the 10th day of September, a large-scale relocation of the capital began.
The first to be relocated was the Imperial Palace, also known as Ouchi.
Although Kublai Khan has not officially called himself emperor, he has always called himself the Great Khan of Mongolia, but in the imperial court, he has been regarded as the emperor, Kublai Khan is reluctant to call the emperor, it is estimated that the actual situation of the steppe is also taken into account, but this time Kublai Khan decided to move the capital, which means that the day of his emperor is approaching.
The overall responsibility for the relocation was the Mongolian prince Moge.
The specific matters of relocation are the specific responsibilities of Prime Minister Zuo Ahma and Hanchen Liu Bingzhong.
Kaiping City is already unusually prosperous, including Persia and Europe and many other places of the kingdom, have set up offices here, indicating that they are subject to the Mongolian kingdom, the city of merchants is even more gathered, once the palace began to move, they also have to follow the relocation, among which the relocation speed of the merchants is the fastest.
According to Brother Mo's plan, the relocation of the palace will be completed in one month, and the relocation of the rest of the officials will be completed before the end of the year, including the envoys of various countries, and they will also follow the relocation.
However, Ahma still has to consider, his most important duty as the left prime minister is to collect enough taxes for the Mongolian court, you must know that the Mongolian army has been conquering for many years, spending a lot of money and grain, if he can't step up the collection of money and grain, and delay the expedition of the army, his position will not be stable.
Therefore, in terms of being responsible for specific matters, Ahma rarely entrusted Liu Bingzhong with the relocation of the palace, and he paid attention to the relocation of merchants in Kaiping City.
The status of the Han ministers in the court has plummeted, and even many confidential things studied by the imperial court are not known, and the relocation of the capital, the specific time and specific arrangements, even Liu Bingzhong, who put forward the proposal for the relocation of the capital, does not know, and now he is suddenly in charge of the relocation of the palace, and his excitement is difficult to suppress.
Does this mean that Kublai Khan began to pay attention to the Hanchen in the court again?
Ahma and Liu Bingzhong, who are in charge of the specific relocation matters, spent more than 20 days in a row, almost day and night, arranging all aspects of the arrangement, and it was difficult to sleep.
However, Liu Bingzhong's enthusiasm soon suffered a devastating blow.
At the beginning of October, the relocation of the palace was almost carried out, and there were still five to ten days at most, and the Great Khan Kublai Khan was about to enter the new palace to act as government affairs.
The last brother talked with the two for half an hour and asked a lot of things.
All of Brother Mo's inquiries were directly aimed at Ahma, as if Liu Bingzhong did not exist, and at this moment, Ahma was also unceremonious, flaunting his own merits, and talked in detail about many matters in the relocation.
Liu Bingzhong has become a foil, and it is a useless foil.
At this moment, Liu Bingzhong understood that he was used by Ahma, and all the credit for nearly a month's hard work was Ahma's, and he, a Hanchen, was reduced to Ahma's follower.
At this moment, Liu Bingzhong also suddenly woke up, he felt that many of the words Zhang Wenqian said before seemed to be untenable, I remember that when he was in charge of the relocation of the palace, Zhang Wenqian asked him to seize the opportunity and perform well, and said that the development of the Mongolian Kingdom is inseparable from the Han people, and in the end it is necessary to rely on the Han people to manage the world.
Zhang Wenqian hoped that after Liu Bingzhong behaved well, he would strive for a good situation for the Han people in the DPRK and China.
Looking at the last brother who was not looking at him squarely, and Ahma, who was full of ambition, Liu Bingzhong tried his best to suppress his temper, and he felt the desolation under the eaves of people for the first time.
In fact, he Liu Bingzhong is also a leader among the Han Confucian scholars, with his ability and ability, he worked hard for the Mongolian court, but in the end he got such an ending.
On October 15, Kublai Khan, the Great Khan of Mongolia, officially set off for Zhongdu.
Liu Bingzhong was not even qualified to accompany Kublai Khan to Zhongdu.
The prince of the last brother sat in the central capital, greeted the Great Khan Kublai Khan, many Mongolian princes such as Hedan, and Zuo Prime Minister Ahma and others, accompanied Kublai Khan to the central capital, as for Liu Bingzhong, he was left to deal with the aftermath.
The so-called aftermath is also under the authorization of Ahma, what can be done and what cannot be done are all stipulated, and cannot be exceeded by half a step.
Liu Bingzhong's heart was completely cold.
It was at this time that Liu Bingzhong discovered the abnormality.
Zhang Rou's family, in the process of moving the capital, several people left Kaiping City one after another, but did not return.
It is impossible for Zhang Rou's family to go to Zhongdu, where there is no mansion for them.
After a few days of observation, Liu Bingzhong noticed something, but he didn't open his mouth and didn't report it.
The whole court is concerned about the matter of moving the capital, you must know that the relocation of the capital has an impact on everyone, who can follow the Great Khan Kublai Khan to the central capital earlier, and get the reward of the mansion, whose identity is not ordinary, as for other small things, almost no one pays attention, and when they really pay attention, it has long been a fait accompli.
Liu Bingzhong did not actively deal with the aftermath according to Ahma's request, but did not go out of his mansion.
In fact, Liu Bingzhong also began to think, which can be regarded as a choice, what to do in the future, or to swear allegiance to the Mongolian court and the Great Khan Kublai Khan.
The shaking of confidence is a very short thing, when thinking about these things, Liu Bingzhong has actually been shaken, he thought of a terrible consequence, that is, if Zhang Rou also surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, what kind of fluctuations will there be, he, the Hanchen who recommended Zhang Rou, will not be the same as Wang Wentong, will be completely liquidated.
Liu Bingzhong would not do anything about reporting Zhang Rou, because he and Zhang Wenqian and others fell into the ground, which led to Wang Wentong being beheaded, which led to a sharp decline in the status of Hanchen in the court. (To be continued.) )