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Jiangdu, Yangzhou Old City, Zhaoming Palace, Qinzheng Palace.

In the dimly lit hall, a few cups of tea wafted with the ever-changing fragrance of Yuanna. Chen Dexing was dressed in the court clothes of the Son of Heaven, sitting leisurely in front of the throne, and there was a cup of tea on the table in front of him, which was not a popular tea in the Song Dynasty, but a tea brewed with fried dried tea leaves.

On both sides of the main hall, there are two rows of desks, and there is a chair behind each desk -- Chen Dexing's Ming court does not hold any big court meetings, and does not engage in any imperial doors to listen to politics. There are two places to discuss politics, one is the Imperial Council of the Diligent Palace. Sometimes, the Prime Minister, the ministers, the heads of the four armed forces, the leaders of the Parliament, and the big guys will sit down to make a cup of tea and discuss state affairs calmly. Of course, most of the time there will not be so many people, except for the prime minister, who is the relevant cabinet minister or senior military official.

The second is the meeting of the Advisory Council. The Advisory Council does not meet all year round, but has an intersessional period. Provincial legislators can return to their constituencies. However, when the parliament is in session, it is usually the general assembly. The Ming Empire now has two Huai, two rivers, two Zhejiang, two lakes, two Guangzhou, Sichuan (southeast and northwest Sichuan), Fujian, Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Wuliao provinces, as well as two capitals in the north and south, a total of 27 provincial-level administrative regions. Each province (Beijing) has at least one councillor, and the number of additional councillors in each province (Beijing) is also determined according to the number of registered gentry and gentry. In principle, there was one councillor for every thousand gentry and gentry. Now there are a total of 338 members of the Ming Advisory Council, which means that the number of nobles (including ordinary nobles without fiefdoms) and gentry in the Ming Empire has reached 311,000. However, the meeting of the Advisory Council does not require all 338 people to be present, as long as two-thirds of them are present. Meetings can be held. Each term of the Council (for members of the Council, for a term of office, is held every five years). It must be announced by the emperor or regent himself. Of course, not all councillors are elected by the gentry and gentry. Rather, one-third was appointed by the Ming Emperor, and two-thirds were elected by the gentry and gentry.

As for the broadest masses of toiling people in the Ming Empire, of course, there is no councillor who will speak for them!

In addition, the emperor and the regent could come to the council at any time to listen to opinions and make speeches. Basically, it is the same as that of the imperialist countries of later generations.

At this time, it was held in the Qinzheng Palace, and it was naturally a pre-imperial meeting. Present at the meeting were Prime Minister Huang Zhishen, Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of the Ministry of Finance Ren Yijiang (he has now been converted to a civilian position), Liang Chongru, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhao Fu, Speaker of the Consultative Council, Land Rover, Secretary of the Ministry of the Army, and Gao Dada, Secretary of the Ministry of the Navy. They are all the most powerful officials and politicians in the entire Ming Empire, and what they want to discuss is naturally important military affairs.

"Sage, the situation in the Western Regions is now unpredictable, more than the military department expected earlier. After the death of Hülegü. His heir, Abha Khan, had already surrendered to Kublai Khan, sending hostages and tribute. It is reported that Abaha will also send troops to participate in the conquest of the Golden Horde. In addition, according to reliable information, the Golden Horde Beerge had become seriously ill this summer. The Golden Horde was looking for famous doctors to go to Sarai for treatment. If the Golden Horde's brother died, Kublai Khan's conquest of the Golden Horde would likely be a great success......"

It was the War Department Shangshu Land Rover who was speaking. With the arrival of Baoyin and Sophia, the Ming Empire and Haidu Khan's Mongols have become allies, and Chen Dexing and Haidu will also meet in Kaiping City in the summer of the third year of Tiandao. Meanwhile. There are also many updates from within the Great Mongolian Kingdom in the Western Regions and Central Asia, which have also been transmitted to Jiangdu through Haidu.

The news is very bad!

It seems that the strategy of letting Kublai Khan go west was a mistake! Hulegu and Be'erge, who had expected to unify Mongolia after Kublai Khan's demise, both of whom really had such strength and ability, fell on their own.

Two promising Khan kings to replace Kublai Khan, one has already died of illness, and the other is dying. If both the Ilkhanate and the Golden Horde were the kind of countries with a more complete system. Dying a boss may not be a big deal. However, these two countries have no system, and they are all maintained by the personal ability and prestige of their leaders.

Every change of power in such a country is a hurdle. Therefore, Abaha must confront Kublai Khan, and the death of Brother Be'er will definitely give Kublai Khan a chance.

Land Rover's voice suddenly became solemn. "In the worst-case scenario, Kublai Khan's men could annex the Golden Horde!" He gritted his teeth. "If we knew that Hülegü and Brother Bei'er were short-lived Tartars, we should have left Kublai Khan's life in the Central Plains!"

'I really didn't think it through at the beginning,...... ' Chen Dexing gently turned the teacup in his hand. There was no expression on his face, and he regretted it a little in his heart.

It's no wonder that others don't know that Kublai Khan is the "son of the plane" of another time and space! The "Son of the Plane" must have had great luck - that is, it was very lucky, Kublai Khan had obviously been lucky since he went to the Western Regions!

First of all, he easily leveled Aruhu and easily took the land of the three rivers in Central Asia. Then he encountered the good thing that Hülegü died of illness and Brother Bei'er was seriously ill. Now wait for Brother Bei'er to breathe, and he, Kublai Khan, will pounce on the Golden Horde!

With the support of the Ilkhanate, as well as the H medicine and firearms brought by Kublai Khan from the Central Plains, the Golden Horde was probably unable to defeat him. It may be difficult to annex something, but it is still possible to turn the Golden Horde into a vassal...... If Brother Bel does not die, there will be a Khan king in the Golden Horde, and he will definitely be able to delay it with a protracted war. The Golden Horde is big, and losing a little territory is nothing.

However, if Brother Bei'er died, and the new Golden Horde could not be elected for a while, then Kublai Khan's opportunity would come—the Golden Horde was also elected by a meeting, and it was chosen by the king of the Jochi lineage.

According to the information provided by Baoyin, there are two major forces in the current Golden Horde, the Batu and non-Batu factions, and the Bon'er brother is the Khan of the non-Batu lineage, and the busy brother Timur, who is most likely to succeed the Golden Horde, is the grandson of Batu, because he has already received the support of the entire Batu lineage, and has also converted to the Heavenly Sect - Brother Be'er relied on the support of the Celestial Sect to become the Khan King, and now the Celestial Sect forces of the Golden Horde will be neutral in the selection of the new Khan's successor. So the Batu system has already taken the advantage. But there is also a bull in the Philistine Batu lineage, which is the sea that rules Western Rus.

As long as Kublai Khan pulls over the sea and clamps it on both sides, Timur will be finished. As soon as Timur was finished, except for the Mongolian headquarters, the entire Great Mongolia was unified by Kublai Khan.

Now, the northwest of the Ming Empire is going to be troublesome.

Everyone's eyes are focused on Chen Dexing, there is something in the northwest, so send troops to fight! Anyway, sending troops to the west is a matter that has been decided a long time ago. Now wait for Chen Dexing's order.

Chen Dexing also met everyone's eyes, smiled slightly, and said word by word: "What can Kublai Khan do even if he unifies Mongolia?" I can defeat him in the Central Plains, and I can defeat him in the Western Regions! Even if he escapes to the ends of the earth, I can catch him! ”

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With a whoosh, the sound of breaking through the air was loud, and I saw a feather arrow coming out of the string. Castration is extremely fast, and it pounces straight on a fox that is moving in the snow. Before the praise of Liu Xiaoyuan, the favorite of the Great Khan, came out, he saw the feathered arrow slam into the right eye of the fox with beautiful fur. The fox flipped over on the spot, twitched a few times, and then ran out of breath.

Naturally, it was Kublai Khan who sent the arrow, and a cowardly Xue rushed over, carrying a fox to Kublai Khan, and shouted violently: "The Great Khan shot a divine shot and shot it in the eye!" ”

"Hooray!"

The cowardly Xue and the ministers who followed out to hunt all cheered. Everyone was sincerely happy for Kublai Khan's good fortune - shooting a fox from a few dozen paces away was a matter of archery, and shooting a fox in the eye was a matter of luck.

And this Great Khan, who was very unlucky in the Central Plains, seemed to be transferred after running to the Western Regions. These two years have been just thinking about what there is. First the younger brother (Hülegü) died, and then the cousin Brother Be'er was also dying.

Originally, everyone was worried that Ilkhan and the Golden Horde would come to fight with Kublai Khan for the Mongol Great Khan, but they both called Changshengtian to summon them.

Without Hulegu, the Ilkhanate immediately relented, offering a lot of gold and silver treasures looted from the city of Baghdad, and also sent hostages, saying that they would obey the leadership of Kublai Khan, the Great Khan of Xue Chan.

And in the Golden Horde, before Brother Bei'er died, there was already a lot of internal quarrel. The kings of the Jochi clan all supported Timur, and the non-Jochi kings supported Nahai. In addition, Timur, the busy brother, sent people to Horin to ask for help from Haidu, who was a self-proclaimed prisoner. And Nahai sent his son Hu'er to come to Ku'er, and now the prince of Hu'er Da is also hunting with Kublai Khan.

The prince also clapped his hands and applauded, "The Great Khan's divine shot is not much worse than the old Jebe, right?" With such a divine shot, why can't Great Mongolia return to the Central Plains and set foot on the cities and countryside of the Han people? ”

Kublai Khan dropped his bow and said with a wry smile: "If you want to return to the Central Plains, you can't rely on archery, even if all my warriors are like Jebe, it is impossible to break the steel armor of the Ming army!" But I have another way! ”

He waved his hand violently, Liu Xiaoyuan understood what he meant, and immediately shouted loudly: "Lift the gun, come two people!" Lift the arquebus up! ”

Then I saw two Han soldiers rushing over with a hammer on their shoulders. One man was half-crouching, and the other put the barrel of the gun on the shoulder of the half-crouched man, and then aimed at a large tree 100 paces away in the distance.

It was an improved version, with a wooden handle that could be held in one hand - a design copied from Chan Tak Hing's crossbow - and a simple trigger and fire rope firing system! This is actually an arquebus! (To be continued......)