Just when Haidu on the Mongolian steppe pretended to believe in Heavenly Taoism and was about to send his precious daughter Hu Ballun to Yanjing to learn Taoism. Liu Xiaoyuan is on the felt, the city at the entrance to the Ferghana Basin, which is now the capital of the Great Mongolian State of "Kublai Khan".

It is a famous ancient city in Central Asia, founded in the period of the Persian Empire, is the northern important town of the Persian Empire, and is also a famous city on the Silk Road. Even after the devastation of the Mongols, the city of Kufelt and the nearby Ferghana basin are still the richest and most agriculturally developed areas in the two river basins.

The city of Kuyu is a relic of the Arab Empire, the spirit is magnificent, the area is not inferior to Yanjing City, and the population is not below Yanjing, the residents of the city, as many as 100,000. The buildings in the city are all in the Arabic style, with many tall and magnificent Tianfang Temples, as well as beautifully decorated palaces and mansions.

However, compared to the heyday of the felt, the city still seems a little empty, and there are large abandoned residential areas in the city, which seems to be vast and sparsely populated. Most of the people on the road are people with very obvious white characteristics. It is very different from the Central Asian race in later generations! Because the Mongols had ruled the area for only 40 years, and there were not many Mongols stationed in Central Asia, despite unremitting efforts to implement the "Genghis Khan Ethnic Integration Law", it was still not enough to achieve racial replacement.

When Mongol or Han Chinese soldiers are seen walking on the streets, the felt-eyed people will immediately dodge to the side and bow deeply. It can be seen that the Celestial Cultists here are very afraid of the Mongols - this is not the Central Plains, and the Celestial Sect is not a second-class person, but a pariahs who have been slaughtered by the Mongols and are still oppressed and exploited by the Mongols.

Liu Xiaoyuan's method of using "second-class Han rule the Western Regions" seems to be very correct, and the color of the Western Regions is not the color of the Central Plains. They had no common interests with the Mongols. There is only national hatred and family hatred! Kublai Khan could not "share the world" with them, and the only people he could rely on besides the Mongols were the Han people who followed him from the Central Plains.

"Smack! Syllable! Smack......"

The sound of a loud leather whip slapping the ground resounded in the main streets of Felt City. The ragged and bright-eyed men of the brigade were walking towards the construction site in Xicheng under the escort of the Han soldiers. They were on site and city walls for the Great Khan, and at the suggestion of Liu Xiaoyuan, the ruler and commander of the Yellow Banner of the Han Army, Kublai Khan aimed to establish "Khan Cities" in all the major cities he ruled.

The so-called "Khan City" is equivalent to the "Manchu City" during the Manchu Qing Dynasty, that is, the major cities were divided in half by city walls. Half of them live in Semu, and half belong to the Mongols and Han Chinese. In the big cities, the Monhams and the Semu people will have a policy of segregation. The basic color is man-made, and the Menghan garrison only needs to close the Khan City, so that they can protect their families, and they can also calmly hold on or transfer troops to suppress it.

Watch as the hordes of people of color build up the walls that separate the city little by little. On the construction site, Liu Bingzhong, who served as the secretary of the household department of the Great Mongolian Khan's Bali Mansion (including Kuyu City and Fergana Basin), was still frowning.

A wall of walls didn't give him much security, because the hostility of the Lusters was so strong that he could almost touch it with his hands.

"Ming Jing. Isn't it too much for us to do this? Liu Bingzhong stroked his beard, a little worried, and a little unbearable. Do unto others as you would have them do to you...... What we are doing to the people of color now, if it falls on us, we may endure it? ”

Liu Xiaoyuan sneered and said, "Where is this?" It's just to kill a few Semu princes who occupy the big city. Drove away some of the nobles, and then built a wall in the city. ”

Before, the Mongols were wandering the steppe. No direct rule was established, and although some garrisons were stationed in several large cities, and Daru Huachi was also dispatched, the original rulers were not abolished. Still let them run the city, just pay the Mongols taxes regularly.

But now, under the auspices of Baturu and Liu Xiaoyuan. The Mongols established direct rule in the large cities of the two river valleys, and the former rulers of Semu were naturally suppressed. Moreover, every city has a "Khan City", and naturally some residents will be evicted from their homes - most of them are nobles, because the location of the "Khan City" is mostly in the noble area with many mansions. Their house is good! Of course, the Mongolian nobles and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty had to rob their houses to live.

"That's not enough?" Liu Bingzhong was taken aback, he and Yao Shu, Yang Guo, Shang Ting, Song Zizhen, Zhao Liangbi, Li Dehui, Zhao Bi, Zhang Wenqian, Wang Pan, Wang Yi and other old Confucian ministers are now mostly reused and alienated. I didn't really participate in Kublai Khan's core decision-making, so I didn't know what Kublai Khan was thinking in his stomach.

Reuse and distancing now are the opposite of being close but not reusing in the past. In the past, when Kublai Khan was in the Central Plains, all the Confucian ministers were the advisers of his shogunate and gave him advice. But Kublai Khan never gave these Han Confucian ministers any real power. On the contrary, those who can't come up with any ideas can get real and powerful official positions.

But now, the Han Confucian ministers around Kublai Khan have all been sent to be good and bad, either as local officials, or in charge of money, craftsmen, or all the banners of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty are involved in the management of the army. However, most of them are far away from the decision-making level, and only Liu Xiaoyuan is the only one who holds great power and participates in the scheme, which is really hot.

On the contrary, a group of Semu people who originally held real power, such as Lian Xixian, Ali Hague, Yehedier, Zamaruddin, Ahma and others, have now become Kublai Khan's advisers, giving advice to Kublai Khan and rectifying the Semu people in the two river valleys.

And these Semu strategists are also very loyal and good, and they have a lot of good ideas for Kublai Khan.

"When the sweat cities of several big cities are completed, the next step is to stake the land." Liu Xiaoyuan did not hide his uncle, and whispered, "The land of Khan Bali Mansion will be circled!" And the land of Samargan, and the Jade Dragon Jiechi, and the land of Buhuara, and the black sand shall be enclosed and divided among the Mongols, along with the land of Khan Bali. ”

"Oh." Liu Bingzhong's brows twisted into a ball.

"The other is the ...... of ** power," Liu Xiaoyuan said, "All the wives and daughters in the Semu tenant family managed by the Mongols must let the Mongolian master sleep first." If the tenant is unwilling, he has to pay money to buy back the ** right. ”

"It's really immoral!" Liu Bingzhong said. The Mongolian sleeping with the little daughter-in-law of the yellow flower girl also exists in the Han region. However, the Mongols did not directly rule the Han land, let alone distribute all the land of the Han people to the Mongolian nobles. So this kind of thing exists, but it's not universal. The land of the two rivers is different......

"And then there's the Scouting."

"Scouts?"

Liu Xiaoyuan explained: "It is to recruit and buy some boys about ten years old into the army, find an oasis to encircle them and train them strictly, and train them into soldiers. This was the idea of the Hedier, and it is said that this is how the Mamluk soldiers from the west came. Many of them were sold by the Mamluks from the Land of the Two Rivers. The Great Khan felt that he could follow suit, train 35,000 scouts, and let them take the lead in future battles. ”

Liu Bingzhong thought to himself: "It's another idea of lack of virtue and smoke, how can Hei Die'er be like this......"

"There is also the great revival of Confucianism, Buddhism governs the heart, Confucianism governs the country, and Buddhism and Confucianism are also carried out, just like Dali ......"

Liu Bingzhong nodded, only this is like words! Educating people's hearts is where the road lies! It's just that there are still too many harsh policies, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to calm the people's minds by relying on education alone, and I am afraid that the officials will force the people to rebel.

Liu Xiaoyuan seemed to know what Liu Bingzhong was thinking, and laughed: "People with colored eyes can't turn the sky...... It's hard to say in another 100 years, but it's impossible now. They have already made the Mongols scared, just like the Han people in the Central Plains back then. Want to ...... Unless there is a color Chen Dexing! ”

"It's ......," Liu Bingzhong sighed, "Although the Mongols are harsh, the effect is not bad. ”

When the uncle and nephew were chatting, a cowardly Xue suddenly walked quickly, and when he arrived at Liu Xiaoyuan, he gave a salute.

"Judge, summoned by the Great Khan."

……

When Liu Xiaoyuan felt that Kublai Khan's palace was in the palace, he saw that the Mongol generals who stayed in Han Bali were all gathered together, and everyone had a complex expression of sadness and joy on their faces. Only Hülegü's son, Yaomu Hu'er, was crying loudly, as if his father had died.

Kublai Khan sat on a Tianfang-style Hu bed, holding a letter in his hand and a few tears on his face, as if he was very sad. However, Liu Xiaoyuan seems that this sadness is a bit fake.

"Liu Qing, my brother Hülegü has returned to the embrace of Immortal Heaven." Kublai Khan's tone was sad.

No wonder Yaomu Hu'er cried like this, it turned out that her father had died. Liu Xiaoyuan glanced at the Mongol king with some sympathy—he was on the wrong side in the struggle between Kublai Khan and Ali Buge. can have today's status, it is completely thanks to the blessing of Hülegü's father. Now that Dad is dead, his good days are coming to an end.

"Hulegu's heir is his eldest son, Abha," Kublai Khan continued, "and Abha wants to be canonized by me!" ”

As soon as Hulegu died, the Ilkhanate would definitely need time for a transition of power, although Ahaba was Hulegu's long-scheduled successor. But if he wants to sit firmly, he still can't do without Kublai Khan's support. In this way, in the next few years, the Ilkhanate will stand with Kublai Khan and recognize him as the Great Khan of all Mongolia.

'Kublai Khan was really lucky! Liu Xiaoyuanxin said, "In this way, he can confidently and boldly concentrate his forces to teach the Golden Horde in the north." ’

Kublai Khan paused, and then said: "Liu Qing, you and Yaomu Hu'er will go together to go to the Baba Wu to send a decree to canonize Abaha as Khan." (To be continued......)