Song Yichang said with a smile: "The Mongols respect the Immortal Heaven, and the Han people respect the Heavens, but no matter what the day, they can't be the home of the Great Khan." ”

He took another step closer to Kublai Khan and said, "If the Great Khan really regards you or King Meng Ge as his heir, why did he not let you be the commander of the Southern Dynasty, but let his three sons be the commander?" It stands to reason that as the heir, how can a person who is not an heir have enough military merit to be able to deter the crowd? This is clearly to allow his own son to succeed him. According to the current situation, once the Great Khan was recruited by the Immortal Heaven. Even if he succeeds King Mengke, can he have enough prestige to command these battle-hardened generals? On the other hand, King Qu and King Kuduan have both become front-level coaches, and they will succeed them, which is humane and reasonable, isn't this a clear thing on the table? ”

Kublai Khan's face became even more ugly, and he argued: "Even if the Great Khan really has this plan, there is still Kuritai on the steppe, and how many generations of old methods have been passed down from generation to generation, and the Great Khan said that if it doesn't count, it won't count?" ”

The method of electing the leader in the steppe is to convene a general meeting of tribal leaders, called the Kuritai, and each ministry will put forward an heir who is qualified in blood and ability to serve as the head of the tribes. Temujin, the son of the Jin clan, held the Kuritai Assembly when he was the Khan of Qiyan and when he was elected as Genghis Khan, but once he ascended the throne, he immediately set about abolishing the undesirable old policy, and when he appointed his third son Ogedei as the Great Khan, he did not convene the Kuritai Assembly, but acted independently. Before and after Liwo Kotai as the prince, Genghis Khan first let Wo Kotai handle government affairs, and during the western expedition, he let him lead an army to conquer the city and conquer the land, and sent many elite soldiers and fierce generals to be dispatched by him.

Everything he did was the same as what Wokotai was doing to the curved and wide ends.

"There is a precedent for the old Khan, how can the Great Khan of Ogedai have scruples? What's more, everyone used to be on the grassland and take care of each other, and it took a lot of courage to betray their companions and ancestors. Song Yichang analyzed slowly: "Now the four sons of the old Khan's cadres (Mongolian palace tents, the Mongols live in water and grass, and the chief's palace tent is where the capital of the country is located) are distributed on the territory of thousands of miles. There were mountains and rivers in between, and when Temujin Khan was there, Jochi Khan had already openly disobeyed his orders and hid in the west and did not return. Today, with the momentum of the Great Khan of Ogedai, the hearts of the major khanates are unpredictable, and when the time comes, the heirs of Tulei Khan really want to launch Kuritai, how many leaders can respond? ”

Kublai Khan knew that what this boy from the Southern Dynasty was saying was true, and the year before last, he and Meng Ge led his subordinates to the territory of the Great Khan of Chagatai to hunt, but his uncle Chagatai asked not to enter the country under the pretext that horse plague was now prevalent in the Western Regions. He also sent the corpse of a horse that had died of illness and loaded it in a Lele cart and gave it to the two brothers, who thought that Chagatai was telling the truth, so they returned the army. Later, a horse breeder named Chiwutai under Chagatai committed a crime and fled to Meng Ge's territory, telling Meng Ge that in fact, it was the Great Khan's Wo Kotai who ordered Chagatai to not let the two brothers enter the Western Regions, and he was worried that the two brothers would take advantage of the opportunity to hunt in Chagatai to lure Chagatai's subordinates and increase their power. Chagatai was also worried about the strength of the two soldiers, so he sent a warlock from the Western Regions to kill a horse, and lied that the horse plague tricked the two into leaving.

The competition for the big position has not stopped for a moment, but the two brothers were too young at that time to understand some things.

Song Yichang looked at the increasingly grim expression on Kublai Khan's face, and knew that he had just said Kublai Khan's deepest concern, the knife had been inserted, and now was the time to use medicine.

He took out the paper fan from the sleeve of his robe, unfolded it and fanned it gently, and said with a smile: "Even if this is the case, I think that the position of the Great Khan in the future will still return to the hands of the Tuolei family." ”

Kublai Khan's eyes suddenly brightened, and he shouted: "Why do you say that? What the hell do you have to do to put my brother in power, say it quickly! ”

"So I was able to come to this conclusion because there is one thing that the other three branches of the Golden Family (Genghis Khan's family) are inferior to the Tuolei family." Song Yichang said: "At that time, the Great Khan of Temujin divided the elite Mongol soldiers in his headquarters into ninety-five thousand households, and who did most of them go to? ”

Not only more than half, but the most combat-effective part of it is under the towing tent. This is the Mongolian tradition of "young sons guarding the stove" practiced by their ancestors, and most of the family's property belongs to the elders, and the brothers need to find another place to live with bows, arrows and horsewhips. The problem was that Temujin's family business was larger, and the subordinates who left it to Tulei were the most favorable support for determining the future power of the Mongol Empire.

"Now it is claimed to belong to the accounts of your brothers, I heard that there are 108,000 elite iron horsemen in the headquarters, not counting the subordinate armies of other nationalities, King Meng Ge and your strength can completely deter the kings of several other families and inherit the throne of the Great Khan." Song Yichang said coldly: "The king wants to know that the decision to belong to the Khan is neither the bloodline of the Golden Family, nor the Kuritai Assembly, or even the personal instruction of the Great Khan of Ogedai himself. There is only one thing that determines the ownership of the Khan, that is, the strength of each person's subordinates, and the number of bows and arrows you have, which determines how many chances you have of winning in the future battle for the Khan. ”

"You taught me" Kublai Khan quickly shook his head: "The Mongols can't kill each other, Genghis Khan said, if the Mongols are united, no one in the world is our opponent, but if the Mongols fight themselves, a woman can easily defeat us with a small branch." ”

"These words, please ascend to the throne of the Khan." Song Yichang was a little anxious, he thought that the Mongols were all cunning and fierce characters with not high IQs, and as long as they did what they liked and talked about them along their personalities, most of them could gain their trust. But Kublai Khan didn't, he was different from other Mongolian nobles since he was a child, and he was a little more thoughtful in addition to straightforwardness, although he has been staying in the shadow of his brother Möngke and is still inconspicuous, but he has gradually shown a different side.

Song Yi's long film couldn't be said, so he could only continue to attack: "Now is not the time to show warmth, you have a heart to the king of Quchu and the king of Kuduan, but you can't stop them from plotting against your subordinates and property." I heard that your subordinates who accompanied the team on the southern expedition this time, in addition to the normal plunder, were especially rewarded with a generous gift of Qu Chu and Kuduan. Qu Tou even made it clear to them that as long as they can betray you and Meng Ge, they will definitely be high-ranking officials in the future khanate. If they don't, they may be sent to a place in the cold and snow, which is like exile. In doing so, they are like putting a knife on the neck of the king, and you are still thinking about how to unite your heart, and it is no longer the benevolence of the king, but the benevolence of the woman. ”

Kublai Khan was silent for a long time, and then suddenly asked, "What should I do with my husband?" ”

Song Yichang said: "I also only have eight words: 'If you go out, it will be easy to be safe, and the code will be in trouble'." ”

He asked Kublai Khan, "What has the Great Khan been doing lately?" ”

Kublai Khan shook his head and sighed: "What else can I do, every day on the grassland, either indulge in drinking, or hang out with the beautiful singers captured in the Western Regions, Baturu, who did not change his color under the Jade Dragon Chijie City, is no longer there." ”

Yelu Chucai also admonished him several times, pointing to the trough where the wine was filled and said to him, "Even such a hard trough has been eroded by the wine, and how much more is the human body?" But after a period of time, the sweat was subdued and he drank again. ”

"The longevity technique of the Central Plains says that wine color is the two things that destroy life the most." Song Yichang said: "The Great Khan doesn't take care of his body like this, I'm afraid that his time is running out." ”

"The more times like these, the more complicated the situation of the struggle becomes. Now that you and King Meng Ge have heavy troops, although Ogedai and his sons do not dare to harm easily, the precedent of the first king dragging mines is to be guarded against. ”

The Mongols were accustomed to using poisoned arrows and rotting corpses as offensive weapons, and they were also very proficient in poisoning. At that time, Tuo Lei was willing to give his life for the Great Khan, and died less than a moment after drinking the poisonous wine of the wizard. If Wokotai really poisoned the two brothers, it would be very simple to take their lives.

"The first step is to protect yourself. The most important thing for the king now is to choose a distant enemy and ask the Great Khan Chen to go on a crusade. Pull out all his own people, and stay out in the army. In this way, the Assassins will not dare to attack, and you can also observe the movement on the grassland from the outside, and you will not be controlled by people. ”

Song Yichang said: "At present, the king of Batu is about to lead a large army to the west to fight, and you can ask the Great Khan to send troops in the name of attacking together."

Kublai Khan grinned and said, "You don't know the way, this trip is an expedition of the eldest son. The eldest sons of the families who went with Batu were all the eldest sons of the Great Khan, Guiyou and Möngke Anda, all went out with the army. If I casually begged the Great Khan to let me go, wouldn't it make people laugh at Möngkeanda? ”

In fact, it was already last year that the Mongol Empire held a military conference, at which a great plan was made, headed by Batu Khan, the eldest son of Jochi, and the eldest sons of the kings of all clans led troops to the battle. The target was the Extreme West Poland, Kyiv and other principalities that did not surrender. This proposal came from Chagatai Khan, who was firmly in the Western Regions, and his purpose was naturally to turn the attention of the Jochi people to the west and not to covet their land. But this time, the expedition of the eldest son broke through the famous cities one after another, and shocked the continent, until it was almost under the city of Vienna.

Song Yichang frowned and said, "Since you can't go west, how about going east?" Puxian Wannu has just been captured and killed by our army, so it is better to take the opportunity to smash North Korea and destroy the Wang family. ”