But he was naturally unhappy to argue with Zheng Yunming, and just said: "If Xianggong wants to use this army, then give them the best artillery and the best supplies, this battle is all on them, and they can't be taken lightly." ”

Zheng Yunming shook his head and did not speak, the Mongolian army is so strong, even if it breaks the tortoiseshell ship, the Song army is still obviously at a disadvantage, and the consequences of fighting head-on with the 400,000 powerful Hu army in the field are still uncertain. And this battle can not be lost, its significance has long been beyond the survival of a country, and even the lives of tens of millions of people, in the past ten years, the Song Dynasty is feathering and transforming, although the road forward is accompanied by dirt and ugliness, but the world is changing little by little because of the changes of the Great Song Dynasty, this is undoubtedly a thing.

In the past few years, the Song Dynasty merchants have forbade the random killing and driving of slaves on the land on which the merchants of the Song Dynasty have established, and the kings of various countries have begun to follow the example of the Great Song Dynasty, establishing a system of relief for the poor and a strict bureaucratic system, and gradually opening up trade and travel to the outside world. The world is moving towards a more civilized and prosperous world, and if this process is not interrupted by war, Zheng Yunming is confident that hundreds of years from now will usher in a world that is completely different from another plane. Of course, the premise of this qiē was to keep the Great Song under the last madness of the Mongols.

When the group was about to turn to the camp of the Shenwu New Army, they got a report from the commander Zhang Shijie at the front. The Great Khan of Mongolia took Hao Jing, the deputy envoy of Xuanfu on the north and south roads of Jinghu Lake, as his envoy, and sailed south to discuss peace talks.

Bai Yijie said with a smile: "Hao Xuanfu's motive for coming here is too obvious, if he waits for the capture of Ezhou and then comes, it is most likely to persuade him to surrender, if he comes before going south, he is here to spy on the military aircraft, he impartially chose to cross the river at this time, and he knows that he knows that ten out of ten is pretending to delay the opportunity for peace talks." ”

Shenwu Left Deputy Du Tong Hu Yanyu asked puzzledly: "Hao Jing should also know that it is impossible for our army to stop rescuing Ezhou at this moment, wouldn't it be too much for him to set off here?" ”

Zheng Yunming shook his head and sighed: "If it were someone else, naturally there would be no need to go to the enemy camp in person to commit danger, only Hao Jing has the courage and self-confidence, so let's see what Hao Sage has to say." ”

Hao Jing was standing outside the yamen of Hanyang Mansion at the moment, and his heart was also fluctuating. In the past ten years, he has completely mastered the psychology of King Kublai Khan, and constantly instilled in him the ideas of Central Plains etiquette, so that Kublai Khan gradually accepted the concept that ruling the Central Plains must first adopt the Confucian way, and in academics he vigorously recruited Confucian scholars in Hedong, Hebei and Shandong, organized them to survey Confucian classics, introduced everyone's doctrines from the Southern Dynasties, and organized a complete set of Confucian teams to write classics for themselvesAfter ten years of hard work, Hao Jing not only achieved the position of Xuanfu, but also had a good reputation in the sea, and the scholars in the north respected him as the leader of the academic world, and even some ignorant people gave Hao Jing the nickname of the little saint.

But Yiqiē looked pale and powerless in front of the Southern Dynasty. Even in Hedong, Hao Jing could understand how rapid and drastic the changes in the Southern Dynasties were from the few words he came into contact with, and they had revised the doctrine that the heavens were round and the earth was round, and that the earth was a sphere, and the sun was the center of the universe, and that all things began with the light of the sun, and that everything was made up of a substance called ether, which was so small that even the best people in the world could not perceive it. Recently, it has been claimed that all things have their own laws, and this law is the interaction of forces between objects. All kinds of novel and bold theories emerge one after another, which makes people feel dizzying.

In addition to his natural aversion to new theories, Hao Jing's position was rejected by Hao Jing for all the theories that had never been expounded by the sages, and because he realized that the value of Confucianism in the north to the Mongols was that he was able to use the ritual of the sages to consolidate the Mongol Empire's rule in the Central Plains. Once the new ideas from the south poured into the Central Plains, it would definitely shake the dominance of traditional doctrines, and the people's hearts would be uncertain, and the Confucian scholars would be speechless in front of foreign rulers. In case Kublai Khan and Möngke were exposed to these new ideas

Before this southern expedition, Kublai Khan had already ordered that he no longer deliberately protect the ordinary Confucian scholars of the Southern Dynasty, but focused on collecting those neo-Confucian scholars who studied strange skills and tricks, scholars who studied Zheng Yunming's knowledge, and focused on collecting books on arithmetic, mechanics, geography and biology for the Mongols to adopt in the future. Möngke also ordered that not only were all those who studied mechanics and astronomy not killed, but that if any damage was made, the general who led the army would pay the price.

Meng Ge sent Hao Jing to the south in order to attack Ezhou to delay Zheng Yunming's time, and also to win Zheng Yunming's surrender in the possible future. For the Great Khan of Mongolia, Zheng Yunming is the Southern Dynasty, and the Southern Dynasty is Zheng Yunming, and now this vibrant, rich and strong Southern Dynasty cannot see the weak and tired posture of ten years ago, this qiē is only because of one person. The ambition of the Mongol Empire is not only in the rich and prosperous scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, nor in the Nanyang trade network that is advancing day by day, but also in the ability to turn decay into a magical person, as long as there is this person's loyalty, the Mongol Empire, which spans thousands of miles, will become a thousand times richer and a thousand times more powerful Song Dynasty, which will be a first-class empire that has never appeared in history, and no force will be the opponent of this empire.

But Hao Jing has his own considerations, he did come to explore the reality, but he is not testing the strength of the Song army, the strength of the Song army has been rising year by year over the years, with his limited military experience, even if Zheng Yunming pulls the team out to show him, he may not be able to understand the mystery. But there is one thing he can see, for Zheng Yunming's attitude towards the northern scholars, as well as the strength of the academic world after the war, he can see this, no matter what the outcome of this battle is, it will inevitably be a major event that will determine the luck of the Central Plains for hundreds of years. And how the scholars in the north and Jiangnan interacted would be a practical issue related to Hao Jing's vital interests, and he had to take the opportunity of going to Jiangnan to plan for himself.

Zheng Yunming's guard of honor sent out to greet the envoys of the Northern Dynasty was amazing, and three hundred guards of the Governor's Mansion were lined up at the entrance of the palace, all dressed in a full set of new-style plate iron armor, and their silver shining appearance was not mighty, Liu Kezhuang stood at the door with a smile on his face and waited for Hao Jing to arrive. Hao Jing knew that Liu Kezhuang was now a member of the Ministry of Rites, and he was the person in the center of Zheng Yunming's shogunate, and using him as a guest showed that Zheng Yunming did not mean to deliberately despise the Northern Dynasty.

Hao Jing entered the lobby, and now the civil and military leaders of the Song Dynasty are all here, he doesn't understand why Zheng Yunming, who has never liked to make a big splash, is so solemn, although Hao Jing is now the deputy envoy of Xuanfu, but in front of the Prime Minister Zuo and the military horses of the Governor's Roads, he can only be regarded as a bird, if he wants Zheng Gong to discharge such a grand pomp to receive, I am afraid that the Mongolian nobles at the lowest level of the prince will be successful.

Zheng Yunming's demeanor on the seat is still the same, and the tiring days of running around did not leave any traces on his face, Hao Jing knows that Zheng Yunming has always had extraordinary energy, when he was in the defense of Hezhou, it is said that he did not close his eyes for three days and three nights in order to plan the route of the reinforcements, and when he finally got the good news, he still had the strength to run more than ten miles in one breath to the Chenghuang Temple to pay tribute to the gods.

Zheng Yunming, who was on the seat, asked in a cold tone, "What is Mr. Hao doing here?" ”

Hao Jing had long expected that Zheng Yunming would not have a good attitude, and at this time, any action of the Mongols could only be regarded as time to capture Ezhou, and if they could not be frank with each other, they would lose the meaning of this southward journey.

He bowed his hand to the upper seat and said: "I haven't seen you for a few years, Zheng Gong is already a figure who covers the world, and I came today to come by the will of the Great Khan." ”

Zheng Yunming still asked coldly: "Brother Meng sent you to the end, do you want to talk about peace?" Want to surrender? Or do you want to act as your eyes and ears to spy on the reality of our army? ”

Hao Jing knew that the best way to deal with Zheng Yunming was to speak out, and he said loudly: "It's really for peace." ”

Before Zheng Yunming could speak, Bai Yijie raised his eyebrows and shouted: "If you sincerely make peace, you can order the Northern Army to withdraw from our territory and return to Xiangyang City, and the two countries will restore their old frontiers, and then they can talk about peace!" ”

Hao Jing replied unhurriedly: "The senators are also old acquaintances, let me ask if now that the Great Khan personally led a million elite soldiers and swept in, may he return Xiangyang without a war?" ”

Jiao Jin said anxiously on the side: "In this case, why did you cross the river and come, do you expect to use your three-inch tongue to move our army to withdraw to the rescue?" ”

Although Zheng Yunming is known for his simplicity, he has a reputation for being lenient to his subordinates and officers and soldiers, and his famous saying is that the army has its own laws, and strict law enforcement is enough. Therefore, his subordinates often snatch words in front of the main generals like this, and Zheng Yunming does not blame him, which is rarely seen in the rest of the commanders of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zheng Yunming raised his hand to stop everyone's words, and said: "Mr. Hao came with the will of the Great Khan of Mongolia, and he will definitely not have such a simple purpose. ”

The eyes of the hall suddenly converged on Hao Jing, and there was silence in the hall, which made Hao Jing feel a little uncomfortable, he felt strange, even in the tall tent like Lin's ears, in front of the Mongolian Great Khan, he also talked eloquently, but every time he faced Zheng Yunming, he would always panic unconsciously, but he didn't know where the panic came from.

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