"Great Khan. The government soldiers are the people of the country. Soldiers and civilians are one. "What's the matter? Hao Ren concisely first described the model of the government and military system, and then described its content in more detail.

The children of wealthy families in the local area joined the army, and the horses, armor, and equipment were all provided by the family, and the government soldiers did not bear the rent and transfer. Because the soldiers come from wealthy families, the basic quality of the army members is good, and they are not easy to rebel, which is the advantage of the government soldiers. The downside is that if the military service is too long, or if the military continues to suffer heavy casualties, it is easy for these families to be reluctant to take on military service.

In the middle of the pound? When Hao Ren was 'telling the story', Kublai Khan kept nodding slightly. After Hao Ren finished speaking, Kublai Khan asked, "What is the difference between this and the Han army marquis?" ”

Hao Ren replied calmly: "The marquis of the Han army is the marquis who recruits troops locally. The government soldier system is that the imperial court has a roster of government soldiers from all over the country, and the Zhichong government also has a roster, which is regularly inspected, and the government soldiers must assemble and train every year. The Han army prince himself was in the locality, and the generals of the government were in the capital. Once the war is over, the soldiers will return to their hometowns. There is no subordinate between the generals and the soldiers. ”

"Hao Ren. Jing Zhaoyin's errand will be handed over to Lian Xixian, and you will implement the government military system in Yandi. Kublai Khan gave the order.

Is it only a pound? Hao Ren didn't expect the Great Khan to be so decisive, and hurriedly asked, "Great Khan, do you want to negotiate peace with the Song State before?" ”

Kublai Khan did not answer this question, but said, "Do your errand." ”

So the court meeting began to enter into the discussion of tax issues. Right Prime Minister Ahmad began to speak on the recent tax issue. Hao Ren originally didn't have a good impression of Ahma, but after learning Xunzi, he found that Ahma was very annoying, but he didn't necessarily do things unreasonably. Looking at the heartfelt hostility of everyone towards Ahma, Hao Ren couldn't help but feel a trace of sympathy.

After the court meeting, Kublai Khan left Hao Jing and Boyan behind. The two discussed the matter of making peace with Song Guo. Hao Jing's attitude was firm, "Your Majesty, my Great Yuan and the Song State are already fighting between Chu and Han, and there is no room for it. It is to negotiate peace, and it should also be perfunctory to the Song Kingdom. ”

"This is natural." Kublai Khan laughed. He has no sense of peace, and he is just negotiating peace or anything for the sake of war, "Zhao Jiaren thinks the same as us." If he thinks the same as us, then I'm afraid I'll have to fight him again. ”

"It doesn't have to be that much trouble." Hao Jingcheng replied in his chest: "As long as we let some people go back to the Song Kingdom, and at the same time inform Zhao Jiaren that we want to let the little emperor of the Song Kingdom and the Empress Dowager of the Song Kingdom return to the country." ”

"Mr. Hao. I actually don't understand this kind of thing, those people are taken to the north by us, and then we put them back in the south, and they don't have much power to speak of. Why is it so important to think about such things? Kublai Khan asked the question. Although he considered himself a master of Confucianism, he still had no way of understanding the power of the captives. In Mongolian culture, there is also this kind of loser trying to turn the tables, but there are two conditions for this kind of reversal, the loser can still maintain considerable strength, and the winner himself has made big mistakes and big failures in a row. In terms of the current situation, Kublai Khan could not see that the captive nobles of the Song State still had any power to call them.

Hao Jing regretted in his heart, but he did not dare to publicly accuse the Great Khan's views of 'deviant'. In Mongolian culture, the strong man is king, the sword is in hand, follow me. Hao Jing began with Han culture, a courtier is a courtier, and an emperor is an emperor. The little emperor and the empress dowager who surrendered to Lin'an did have a big problem, but the courtiers had no right to judge the emperor.

Kublai Khan nodded slightly, this is the big reason why he loves Confucianism the most, and absolute monarchical power is indeed very likable. Then Kublai Khan listened to Hao Jing Zhengse say: "Your Majesty, we don't really need to send the little emperor and the empress dowager back, as long as we release such words, the Song Kingdom itself will be in chaos." Zhao Jiaren's Northern Expedition always had a reason, and his reason was naturally to welcome back the emperor and the queen mother. There must be people who are unwilling to let the little emperor and the queen mother return to the country, and they will do their best to stop Zhao Jiaren's northern expedition. ”

First smiled, Kublai Khan liked the surprise brought by Hao Jing very much. After putting away his smile, Kublai Khan said in deep thought: "...... Do you think you can ensure that Zhao Jiaren will not go north for three years? ”

"Your Majesty, whether you can or can't you have to talk about it to know." Hao Jing hurriedly replied according to the truth. However, his heart was also quite shaken, in the past, Mongolia had fought against the enemy. Unexpectedly, the Great Khan Kublai Khan was hesitant about the war now, which shows that the Song army did make the Mongol army feel very tricky.

"Find a suitable person to send an envoy." After speaking, Kublai Khan asked Hao Jing to go down first. When Hao Jing came out of the door of the main hall, Kublai Khan asked Boyan, who had been silent, "Do you think you can fight?" ”

"Of course you can fight. It depends on how many people our army is willing to die in battle. Boyan coldly recounted the statement that made Kublai Khan feel a little trembling.

The interest in the military system that we are talking about today is not something that suddenly appeared today, and Kublai Khan has long been interested in it. Kublai Khan himself remained in Han China when he established the state capital in Dadu, and he even announced the establishment of the 'Yuan' dynasty. All this is to implement a model of governance in Han land that is in line with Han traditions. For example, the Ilkhanate regarded the Cult of the True God as the state religion of that khanate, and no longer had immortality as the core religion.

No matter how the Han system was implemented in the Han region, the main force of the Mongol army never entered the customs. Although Kublai Khan was dissatisfied with the Song military campaign to retake the old land, Kublai Khan still believed that what he wanted to do was to unify the Mongol khanates.

"At that time, all the troops should be gathered in Xiangyang." Kublai Khan sighed.

"Our army of 110,000 fought against the 30,000 Song army on the plain and could not be defeated. The area around Hanshui is also not suitable for our army to fight, and it is useless to stay in Xiangyang. Boyan also did not unconditionally agree with Kublai Khan's strategy, "Great Khan, now the Firearms Bureau can imitate more than 100 muskets a month, and the Song army now has at least 20,000 muskets, at this speed, our army does not know when it will be able to catch up with the Song army." ”

"Those Nanban are really crazy about firearms." When it comes to firearms, Kublai Khan uses a rare lyrical expression. At the time of the surrender of Lin'an, Mongolia seized the technical documents for the casting of a pound of cannons. Coupled with the captured craftsmen in Lin'an and other places, it is not easy to have the ability to cast more reliable artillery. However, the musket is a new technology, that is, there are master craftsmen who can imitate the musket, and the output still cannot go up.

Boyan continued to say coldly: "Great Khan. Xiangyang is the gateway to the Song State with the river as the boundary, if we are not prepared to take the river as the boundary, defending Xiangyang is just trying to consume troops. ”

Knowing the answers given by a few people who were very trusted, Kublai Khan asked Boyan to go down first. Sitting alone on a chair in the main hall, Kublai Khan was in a very bad mood. It is not a bad thing to decisively shrink forces at this time. But he has been fighting all his life and knows the offensive and defensive trend very well. Since the Song army was able to withstand the weakest stage, the next thing for Mongolia to face was the increasingly powerful Song army. No matter what kind of thoughts he has in his heart, once he loses Xiangyang, Kublai Khan will probably never have the opportunity to see the Yangtze River again in his life. Of course, the meat that was eaten refused to be spit out, and no matter how Kublai Khan tried to convince himself, it would take a long time for this depression to be resolved.

In the middle of the pound? When Kublai Khan's Great Khan relied on self-cultivation to relieve his mood, he was only a catty? Hao Ren was amused by the monk who sold the cross on the road. He did not go home immediately after the next dynasty, but waited until the next Jingzhao Yin Lian Xixian. After the two discussed, they decided to go to Hao Ren's house to eat and talk about the next official business, and met a cross seller on the way.

Hao Ren bought a Song domestic cross from this person, so he still vaguely remembers him. Compared with the previous paragraph, the goods in his hands now are even more bejeweled and shining.

The Crucifixion monk shouted at the top of his voice, "Freshly baked cloisonné enamel crosses, hot, Rinpoche has cut the light." Let's look at this cross, the eight hearts and eight arrows ruby is transparent, self-grinding and polishing, with three eagle dog whistles on the mouth, you press the gem and pop out the switchblade, the five through the Zhongtong ingots are not expensive. ”

"Wuguan, he really dares to ask for a price!" Lian Xixian looked at the shiny handful of shiny guys in the hands of the Crucidian monk, and said with some disdain. Zhongtong Yuanbao is a Mongolian banknote, with silk and silver as a reserve, as long as you hold the banknote, you can go to the designated official treasury to exchange for one or two silver.

In addition to having reserve silver, Zhongtong Yuanbao can also pay taxes in full, which is not the same as the kind of banknotes that can only pay half of the tax amount in the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, Zhongtong Yuanbao is very strong.

Hao Ren was amused by the Crucifixian monk who was hawking on the street, and he also knew that Lian Xixian was quite incorruptible, and he loved to read, so his family was quite poor. When it comes to money, Lian Xixian is sometimes a little more prone to gaffes.

Fortunately, Lian Xixian continued to urge the horse to go, and at the same time said hatefully: "As long as trade with the Song State is resumed, this kind of messy thing will be all over the streets." It's really time for a complete ban. ”

Hao Ren knew that the trade between the Song Kingdom and Mongolia had been quietly restored, and even when the so-called interruption was made, many smugglers took risks. Since they are all profit-making, naturally what can make money, people will sell what they want.

"And Ahmana's traitor. Today is talking nonsense in the court again! "Lian Xixian's malice towards Ahma is far greater than that of small traders.

“…… Alas......" Hao Ren couldn't help but want to justify Ahma a little, but he sighed first. In the end, Hao Ren sighed: "Ahmad implemented the Yulu system, and I think everyone is very unhappy. ”

As soon as he heard this, Lian Xixian said indignantly: "It's okay to have a good system. This traitor fills his own pocket every day, and collects the money of the state into his pocket. It's really hateful! ”

This is why Hao Ren did not dare to defend Ahma. This right-hand minister was in charge of finances, implemented the system of stipunship, and did not allow officials to arbitrarily collect taxes on their own territory, which greatly offended the local civil and military generals. Kublai Khan's Great Khan did it as long as he had an idea, and Ahmad had to be ready to come up with money all the time. Of course, Ahmad has a lot of things to enrich himself, but from the root of it, he can't put all the blame on Ahma.

"Let's hurry up. There is still a lot to talk about today. Hao Ren diverted the topic.