Chapter 213: Baghdad Demon Wind (1)
"......, after listening to the words of the second emperor's grandson, the Great Khan ordered the prince to go to Baghdad in person and tell about the farm."
"I ......" Hao Ren couldn't say a word, and his heart was full of MMP emotions at this time. The last thing Hao Ren wanted to be noticed by the Mongol court, whether it was the New Deal or the name of the 'Yuan Kingdom' that he decided. Kublai Khan decided that although no one mentions the name of the Great Yuan State, the title of the Yuan State will always make the Great Khan feel something. In case this feeling gives rise to the killing intent of sweating, it is that Hao Ren cannot live because of his own sin.
"Lord, the Great Khan has ordered that the prince must go to Baghdad in person to tell the story."
"Okay. I'll get ready and go. Hao Ren expressed obedience.
After settling the envoys, Hao Ren first explained the affairs in the Yuan court to the ministers, and then Hao Ren told the guys, "All ministries do things according to the system. When I went to Baghdad, I was regent by the queen. ”
"Yes." The courtiers agreed.
After that, Hao Ren returned to the palace and told Bao Xiweak about going out. Bao Xiwan heard that Hao Ren wanted her to be regent temporarily, and was ready to refuse at first, and then nodded, "Please also ask the prince to come back as soon as possible." ”
"Well, I'll be back as soon as I can." Hao Ren said this, but he was very worried in his heart. He suddenly felt that he understood what it meant to be with the light. Hao Ren himself has never looked down on the Mongolian princes, and feels that the group of local buns are completely worthless, and Hao Ren, who considers himself a Han Chinese, has no dealings with those princes on weekdays, and no prince is willing to deal with him.
Now the problem is apparent. If Hao Ren has a lot of dealings with the princes, at this time, he only needs to tell the princes that he is going to Baghdad, in case Kublai Khan's Great Khan is not good for Hao Ren, those princes will say something for Hao Ren. With Hao Ren's arrogance, those princes are only afraid that they are still happy to see Hao Ren's other death.
No matter how worried Hao Ren was, it was not his turn to think much at this time. If it drags on, Kublai Khan didn't think much about it, but he was afraid that he would think more about it in the future. Hao Ren simply packed up, brought a lot of gifts, and set off by boat with the messenger. Hao Ren didn't have any special products here except food, so he could only take some fur and soap and set off.
The ships first went down the river from Kiev to Odessa, where they exchanged for the Song ship and headed south. Out of the Black Sea into the Mediterranean, landed in Damascus in the Mediterranean, and rode a camel caravan to Baghdad. More than 20 camels walked on the trade routes for hundreds of years, and the heavy supplies made the camels walk slowly.
Seeing that it was close to the river, the second day of the second month of the Great Song Dynasty raised its head, and the winter wheat in the farmland on this side of Iraq had begun to grow. Just looking at the lush greenery made people feel happy, and it wasn't until Hao Ren saw that the Mongols were driving horses to nibble on the wheat seedlings, and his mood plummeted.
"Isn't there anyone here?" Hao Ren asked the messenger.
The envoy didn't expect Hao Ren Wanhu to ask like this, he looked at the people of the True God Sect in the field who were only negotiating with the Mongolian herdsmen who were herding the horses, and said in embarrassment: "Lord Wang, we can't control this matter. ”
Hao Ren was furious, and he shouted: "What good is it for everyone to destroy the wheat field." No one cares, I'll take care of it. ”
After speaking, Hao Ren jumped down and fell, and rushed up with his personal guards. When he arrived next to the Mongols, Hao Ren shouted angrily: "Who told you to let the horses eat wheat seedlings!" ”
Those Mongols looked at Hao Ren's banner and were a little afraid. However, after listening to Hao Ren's non-authentic Mongolian dialect, the Mongols immediately showed a disapproving expression, and they asked with a grin: "Who are you from and where are you from?" ”
In response to this, Hao Ren knew that it was useless to speak. He picked up his whip and swung it down like lightning. In the angry shouts of the Mongolian herdsmen, Hao Ren's personal guards also went up and began to move. The guards are the guards, although the number is smaller than the herdsmen, they still win more with less, and the herdsmen are beaten to the ground.
After beating these people away, Hao Ren did not leave, he asked everyone to wait here. Sure enough, as Hao Ren expected, it didn't take long for a group of people and horses to come back with the herdsmen who had been beaten away. The men were armed with weapons, as if they were going to take revenge. Hao Ren suddenly wondered if the current Mongols didn't even pay attention to the envoy of the Mongol Great Khan, at least in the Yuan Kingdom, everyone was in awe of the government.
Things did not appear in the situation that Hao Ren was worried about, and those people saw that the Mongol envoy came forward to stop them, and listened to the envoy's words, so they wanted to leave in a huff. Hao Ren shouted to the envoy: "You tell these people that if they come here again in the future to eat wheat seedlings, I will not let them go." ”
The messenger persuaded: "Lord, why be so serious. You've beaten these people, and they shouldn't dare to come again. ”
"How can they not dare to come again, they are only afraid that they will dare to kill people when they come again!" Hao Ren said angrily. The Mongols were very arrogant in herding horses, and there was no difference between wheat seedlings and grass in their eyes. Whatever the horses like to eat, they graze the horses wherever they like. The herdsmen felt that they were refreshed, but the farmers could not bear it at all, and the result of conniving with the Mongolian herdsmen was that the herdsmen and the farmers became mortal enemies.
In the Yuan Kingdom, there were many herdsmen who initially did this, and after being punished, they ran back to kill people and fled. This is the case in the Mongolian steppe, if you don't agree with each other, you can draw a knife and face each other, and whoever is fast can act recklessly. After killing someone, run away, who knows who killed it. For such a person, Hao Ren killed him. In order to pursue the murderers, Hao Ren once sent troops to chase into the territory of the Kipchak Khanate, and chased them to the border of the Ilkhanate before killing the entire tribe that had fled. When the herdsmen were organized to look at the heads of sinners and listen to stories about how to kill them, they finally did not dare to graze their cattle wantonly.
Seeing Hao Ren's unrelenting appearance, the envoy persuaded: "Lord Wang, the Great Khan is still waiting for you in Baghdad. Let's not delay our efforts on the road. ”
Hao Ren also knew that there was no way to really solve the problems in the Great Khan's direct territory, and he did it because he couldn't bear it. But if you can't bear it, you have to endure it, after all, in the territory of the Great Khan, if the messenger says that Hao Ren is reckless, the Great Khan will be affected. In the end, Hao Ren continued to set off.
Resting at the roadside post station at night, Hao Ren, who was asleep, suddenly felt that someone was shaking his shoulders, and woke up in a daze, and heard someone shouting beside Hao Ren: "Lord, lord, someone is calling!" ”
"Huh?" Hao Ren stared in confusion and didn't understand what was going on.
"Bandits are coming. Lord, you should avoid it. The guard shouted. After shouting, no matter what Hao Ren thought, he picked up Hao Ren from the bed and left.
Hao Ren finally came to his senses, he pushed away the guards, and fell to the door himself. But I saw that the houses outside the post station had been burned, and there were people outside riding horses and rockets coming in. The inns were all fodder, and the haystacks had been lit and began to burn. The horses and camels were frightened and began to run.
After the guards counterattacked, the robbers who had come to attack ran away, with no intention of attacking at all. When the fire was extinguished, the sky lit up slightly. Checking the situation, the gifts given to the Great Khan by Hao Ren were fine, but some camels and horses had run away. Hao Ren didn't say much, he felt that the guys who launched the attack were the herdsmen who had been beaten by him before. This is the case here in Mongolia, everyone will also have the memory that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and there is also the ruthlessness of a villain's revenge from morning to night.
With this resentment in mind, Hao Ren ordered to hurry up and continue to Baghdad. In any case, Hao Ren felt that he was not fit to go on a killing spree in the territory of Kublai Khan.
This was Hao Ren's first time seeing the city of Baghdad, and Hao Ren was a little surprised by the grandeur of the city. It can be seen that the Great Khan spent great effort and manpower on the city of Baghdad. As an outsider, Hao Ren first rested at the special post station in the outer city to entertain the Kulitai Conference. It was built in a palatial place, and in addition to accommodating the missions of the various khanates, there were also various women to provide services.
Kublai Khan summoned Hao Ren the next day, and Hao Ren immediately sent a gift list. As one of the many official Mongol forces assigned to the pastures, Hao Ren had a vote in the election of the Great Khan at the Kuritai Assembly. In addition to this, he was also obliged to pay tribute to the Great Khan of the Mongols. Seventy percent of the gifts this time are products of the Yuan Kingdom, beautiful furs, and 3,000 catties of honey. Among the Hebei people who followed Hao Ren to Kyiv were beekeepers, they could naturally provide a large amount of honey. And honey is easy to store and is not easy to spoil. It can also be regarded as a gift.
In addition, there are 1,000 catties of soap produced by Da Song. These soaps were produced by the factories of the Great Song Dynasty in Eastern Rome, and the current name of the soap is 'Apollo brand'. After more than ten years of operation, Da Song has determined its own soap formula. The raw materials are high-temperature palm oil, Erdao olive oil, laurel oil, sesame oil, and peanut oil. In addition to this, no other vegetable oils are allowed.
The local formula ratio of Da Song is 60% high-temperature palm oil, 30% second-course olive oil, and the remaining 10% ingredients, from laurel oil, sesame oil, peanut oil, any one. Da Song demanded that the recipe must be clearly stated, and if it was fraudulent, once it was discovered, it would be punished.
Although no one came to review the soap produced in Eastern Rome, the manufacturers were able to maintain the standards of the Great Song Dynasty, at least the ingredients were labeled. It is also possible that the Great Song Dynasty manufacturers were too lazy to cheat, because as early as 300 BC, the famous alchemist Sosimos in the Roman period elaborated on the production process and efficacy of olive laurel soap in the region of Beroea (the old name of Aleppo) in his many alchemical works.
In addition to some rare goods, Haoren's population brought some large white geese from Hebei to Kyiv, and the chest hair of the big white goose was washed to make goose feather quilts without any peculiar smell. This quilt is light and warm, and with the finely sewn silk back, it is a great sleeping product. With these gifts, Hao Ren felt that he had done his best.
Arriving in front of Kublai Khan with a gift list, Hao Ren suddenly felt that the gift was not important. He hadn't seen Kublai Khan for several years, and the Khan he saw at this time was a completely bloated old man, with the same heroic and sharp appearance as he had twenty years ago. Hao Ren was excited, immediately knelt down, choked up, and said, "Great Khan, see you Hao Ren." ”
Before meeting Hao Ren, Kublai Khan was originally very dissatisfied with Hao Ren. The other khans came at least once a year or two apart, and Hao Ren, a descendant of the younger generation, never came to Baghdad after he went to the Yuan Kingdom, although Hao Ren also recounted his hardships on the side of Kievan Rus. They want to open up the wasteland, they want to manage, they want to fight the blue-eyed barbarians in the west. However, after receiving such a great favor from Kublai Khan, Hao Ren did not return the favor, and Kublai Khan felt very unhappy.
Hearing Hao Ren's choking at this time, Kublai Khan's heart softened, and he felt that Hao Ren would not be ignorant. Then the Great Khan snorted, "Do you still know how to go back to Baghdad?" ”
"The minister knows that he is wrong." Hao Ren replied crying. For example, 70 years ago, in 1223 in the Western calendar, Genghis Khan summoned Jochi to meet him, Jochi was unable to travel far due to illness, and some people framed him that he was not sick, and he could hunt, Genghis Khan was furious when he heard the news, and suspected that Jochi did not obey his orders and decided to go west. Before cleaning up the Western Semu people, they had to pass through the Kipchak Khanate of Jochi, and they just took Jochi out and cleaned up. Or even kill it. However, when Genghis Khan learned of Jochi's death due to illness before the expedition, Genghis Khan was very sad and did not go west again. is also tolerant of the children of the Jochi family.
The other thing is the current Great Khan Kublai Khan. It was 1251, Kublai Khan's eldest brother Meng Ke ascended the throne as the Great Mongol Emperor, that is, the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, for Yuan Xianzong, because Kublai Khan was the "longest and virtuous" among Meng Ge's half-brothers, and soon after Meng Ke ascended the throne, he appointed Kublai Khan to be in charge of the affairs of the Han land in Monan.
During this period, Kublai Khan appointed a large number of Han aides and Confucian scholars, such as Liu Bingzhong, Xu Heng, Yao Shu, Hao Jing, Zhang Wenqian, Dou Mo, Zhao Bi, etc., and put forward the idea of "practicing Han law". Confucian Shiyuan Haowen and Zhang Dehui also asked Kublai Khan to accept the title of "Great Master of Confucianism", and Kublai Khan accepted it with pleasure. Kublai Khan revered Confucianism, "the degree of holiness is magnificent, the white is open, the good Confucianism, the joy of dress, and the worship of courtesy." ”
Policies favorable to Hanchen touched the interests of the Mongol ministers. In the seventh year of the reign of Emperor Xianzong of Mongolia (the fifth year of Baoyou of the Southern Song Dynasty, 1257), Meng Ge ordered Alan Daer and others to set up a hook examination bureau in Guanzhong to check the wealth of Jingzhao and Henan. Alan Daer and others fabricated more than 100 charges from the officials of the Henan Economic Strategy Division and the Jingzhao Xuanfu Division, aiming to eliminate the officials trusted by Kublai Khan and weaken his power. In December, he went to see Meng Ge in person. When Meng Ge saw Kublai Khan coming, he cried relatively and asked him not to confess again.
has a history of having a young family, and Hao Ren, who likes to read history, chose to enter Beijing decisively. He thought that any confession was not as good as such an action, and at this time he was so excited that he couldn't hold back his tears. simply let go of his mood, wept and admitted his mistake, and continued: "Great Khan, the minister knows that the Great Khan is hanging on the minister...... The minister saw the Great Khan...... I also know that the minister actually misses the Great Khan very much...... Woowoo woo ......"
Kublai Khan had also relented at this time. He thinks back to his past, and there were days when he did his best when he got power. At that time, Kublai Khan did not deliberately ignore his eldest brother Meng Ge, but was really so busy that he didn't want to think about anything. Hao Renxian did the same thing as Kublai Khan back then, Kublai Khan sighed, "Alas...... Hao Ren, get up. ”
"Xie Da Khan!" Hao Ren wiped his tears and stood up. Then he took out the gift list, "Great Khan, the minister has specially prepared a gift." ”
The attendant took the order. Kublai Khan took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but smile: "This honey is not bad." ”
Kublai Khan smiled, and the atmosphere in the court relaxed.
After that, Kublai Khan asked, "Hao Ren, I heard that you were attacked by gangsters?" ”
"Back to the Great Khan. In the 100 days of that day, the minister taught some Mongolian herdsmen who were riding horses and eating wheat seedlings, and at night the post station where the minister lived was attacked. The attackers did not seek to hurt anyone, nor did they seek to loot, but simply burned the inn and ran. The minister felt that there was something strange in it. ”
"Hmph, I've heard, if you go up, you'll hit someone. It's very majestic. Kublai Khan laughed.
Hao Ren replied without hesitation: "Great Khan, there are Han and Mongols in the minister's subordinates. The Han Chinese are good at farming, and the Mongols are good at herding. Farming requires cattle and horses to plough the land, so Mongolian herders are responsible for grazing on weekdays, and drive their animals to work in the fields every year when they need to use them. As a result of their labor, the peasants were rewarded with grain. In this way, everyone has their own place, there is more grain in the fields, and the herders get more food from the horses. The minister thought that it was not appropriate to condone the herdsmen's wanton behavior. ”
Attaching importance to agriculture and restraining agriculture was something Kublai Khan did in the past. After solving the rebellion of Li Pu, they began to be strict with the Mongols to let the horses eat wheat seedlings and cut down mulberry trees. It's just that later Kublai Khan gave up the policy of sinicization and was driven away. It's as if it didn't happen. So when he heard this, Kublai Khan looked impatient, and he ordered: "Go and tell Tarama Bara, he wants to hear these stories the most." ”
Hao Ren is not a courtier, but a prince outside. After seeing Kublai Khan, he went down to the court. According to Kublai Khan's order, Hao Ren went to see Ta Ma Ba Ra. Arama Bara is the second son of Prince Zhenjin, and according to Mongolian rules, there is no saying that the eldest son inherits the family business. Instead, the youngest son inherited the family business, and the other brothers led the tribes and cattle to other places.
Since Genghis Khan, this Mongolian tradition has changed. After Kublai Khan made some changes, he became the Mongol Khan who directly nominated his successor, and as long as the princes in the Khan's domain did not object, the Kuritai Assembly would accept this result. Therefore, the three sons of Jinjin became candidates for succession, and Arama Bara is said to be the more favored one.
As a recognized Sinicized Mongol, Hao Ren knew that any pretense of washing would not make the Mongolian upper class feel that Hao Ren had changed back into a Mongol. Therefore, when Hao Ren faced his nephew and nephew, he only talked about his own ideas.
To Hao Ren's surprise, after hearing the full cooperation between the farmers and herdsmen, he nodded again and again, looking deeply approving, "Hao Ren, this is a good point. I think that's how it should be. ”
"Huh?" Hao Ren didn't care about the situation of the Mongol Great Khan's direct territory at all, he just hoped that he would never be valued by the people in the Mongol court, and Hao Ren could do his job freely. I didn't expect Kublai Khan's grandson to support a plan for sinicization.
"I've heard about what you've encountered in the court, and I've seen a lot of these things, and I want to stop them but can't stop them. Many of those Mongolian herdsmen had people behind them, and I punished them when I encountered such things, but when the Great Khan ordered severe punishment, the Great Khan refused to agree. If the Great Khan does not give an order, what can I do alone. The tone of his voice was full of frustration.
Hao Ren didn't know what to say, crops were the meat of farmers' hearts, and livestock were the meat of herdsmen's hearts. Hao Ren relied on the force of the Yuan court to kill those herdsmen who were high up and could not look at anything, so that the herdsmen knew that they were not the ones who made the rules. However, in the direct territory of the Great Khan, if what he said was true, the Great Khan maintained the policy that the Mongols were first-class. Probably the people of the color eyes are still second-class people, and the guys of the True God Sect are third-class people. First-class people can kill and bully third-class people at will.
"Hao Ren, how are you in charge of the herdsmen in Kievan Rus' so obedient." Answering the curious question.
"This, the state has a decree. The decree must be enforced. Instead of talking about his iron fist, Hao Ren chose the gentlest way to describe it.
After listening to it, he couldn't understand it at all, if what Hao Ren said was true, then the herdsmen under Hao Ren were simply too surprising. Although Hao Ren did not directly say that the herdsmen who were whipped by Hao Ren were the ones who attacked the post station, he just did not directly explain it. As long as you listen to Hao Ren's words, you know that those people are afraid that they will not be able to escape the involvement. This is the status quo of Mongolia, as long as you have the courage and you are not caught. A lot of people do whatever they want.
So he asked, "Hao Ren, I heard the teacher talk about the soldiers you made, and it sounds very powerful." I don't think our Mongolian cavalry has been as good as it used to be over the years. If it is changed to a government soldier, it will be better. ”
"This ...... The government soldiers were used by those who cultivated the land. Our Mongolian cavalry was gathered from the tribes, and those people gathered to become the elite of Mongolia. The army was not suitable for the Mongols. Hao Ren replied.
"Really?" Answer: Ma Ba Ra stared at Hao Ren and asked.
"Really." Hao Ren replied neatly. He was telling the truth, if he was younger, Hao Ren would definitely think that the government soldiers were the best, and now that he is older and has seen more, he feels the relationship between the government soldiers system and the farming system. There is nothing in common between animal husbandry and farming, and naturally it cannot be copied.
“…… Now the situation is different. Seeing that Hao Ren was not perfunctory, he replied decisively: "You are not in Baghdad, but you don't know how corrupted the Mongol army has been. Our army in the south fought against the Tianzhu army, and as long as the Tianzhu army went out in formation, the Mongol army would not rush into battle. In fact, if you rush forward and fight fiercely, you may have taken the Tianzhu army, but the Mongolian army just had to go around and wanted to go around behind the Tianzhu army. Where is there so much good now. ”
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