The seventh month of the Song calendar is probably the middle of August in the Western calendar. In the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, the date of the great heat is basically the same every year, probably appearing around July 23 every year, which is still the hottest day of the year at this time.

It had just rained the day before, and the ground had become muddy and slippery. However, it was only a morning of exposure, and the ground was dry again. Hao Ren Wanhu sat on the military platform and looked condescendingly. I saw a group of people gathering on this circled parade ground.

Each phalanx consisted of a hundred cavalry, led by the Eagle Yang Captains of the Soldier Talisman. Every time a phalanx comes in, there are statistics. Last year, the whole of Hebei was 10,000 soldiers. Although there is an increase this year, it is still in the approval period. Those who came to gather were all government soldiers who participated in the school parade last year.

After the last phalanx entered, the thousand households in charge of checking immediately came to report, "Ten thousand households, a total of two thousand one hundred and seventy-eight people. It's all here. ”

There was no joy on Hao Ren's face, his gaze swept over the soldiers who had been ordered to gather, and his eyes became a little colder. This is a ten-by-ten phalanx that is easy to count. The soldiers were all leading their horses, so they stood more neatly. There are a total of 22 phalanxes, and one phalanx is slightly insufficient. The number should be sufficient.

It is not easy to do it when all the staff are gathered, but Hao Renwanhu's mood is not happy because of this. In fact, after arriving in the south of Hebei, Hao Ren Wanhu was in a very bad mood. He could still clearly recall the meeting that had made him feel particularly bad.

"Hao Ren Wanhu, you can eat indiscriminately, and you can't talk nonsense. My officials of the Great Song Dynasty have never been to the territory of the Great Yuan, so naturally it is impossible for me to talk about fleeing the famine south of the Yellow River. Since you question us, think about what evidence you have? Please show us the time. ”

Listening to the envoy of the Song State talking eloquently, Hao Ren felt a burst of annoyance in his heart. This kind of thing is like talking about the release of the Song nobles captured by the Great Yuan, since it is impossible for both sides to do anything practical in this matter, naturally there will be no result in the negotiation. If the Song State really wanted Da Yuan to hand over the captured Song nobles, he would beat Da Yuan to the ground, and then Da Yuan would really consider exchanging nobles.

In the same way, if Da Yuan wanted Da Song to implement a decision that was beneficial to Da Yuan, he had to kill Da Song to the sea of corpses and blood. There is no point in such a head-to-head confrontation now.

"Then please take a look at the letter." Hao Ren took out the evidence and threw it in front of the envoy of the Song State. There are a lot of things that have to be done, even if they are meaningless, and that's what negotiations are all about. When there is such a channel, both sides can at least do meaningless things. Once there is no longer even this channel, all that remains is war.

The two Great Song envoys were aware of the orders of the imperial court. The imperial court informed the people south of the Yellow River that because of the disaster north of the Yellow River, as long as they were willing to vouch, they could write letters to their relatives north of the Yellow River and ask them to come over and spend the disaster year on the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

When I picked up the letter, I saw that the content was like this, and there was no part beyond the facts. Su Yong put down the letter and asked Hao Ren confidently, "What does this have to do with the Great Song Dynasty going to the Great Yuan Realm to pull people?" ”

"It's just the people of the Song Kingdom who pulled us Dayuan." Hao Ren insisted on the nature of what had happened.

This is a request from the people of the Great Song Dynasty to the government, and the government does things with compassion. Is it difficult for us to see the people starving to death? ”

"Whether the people will starve to death or not is a matter for our Dayuan. Don't worry about Song Guo! Hao Ren felt that after looking at the meaningless negotiations, he finally talked about some meaningful issues.

"It is their relatives who worry about the life and death of the people of Hebei, not our official government of the Great Song Dynasty." Su Yong corrected Hao Ren's rhetoric.

Such a little trick had no effect on Hao Ren Wanhu, he didn't even refute it, but continued: "As long as we see people from the Song Kingdom in Hebei, we will all act as spies. ”

Such a tough attitude could not affect the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty at all, Su Yong sneered: "But I don't know what the people of Hebei will think of your Mongolian court when they see you killing their relatives." ”

The meeting ended unhappily. Then Hao Ren ordered all the government soldiers in southern Hebei to assemble. Before coming out of Dadu this time, Hao Ren had already told Kublai Khan about his arrangements, one of which was to obtain the power to assemble the imperial army. Kublai Khan also agreed to Hao Ren's request, if he could not gather the government soldiers, how could he know the current situation of the government soldiers. Although some people must have doubted whether Hao Ren would use the government soldiers to rebel, Kublai Khan was not worried.

In the days that followed, Hao Ren Wanhu found that the anger in his heart was stronger than he had originally imagined, and Hao Ren was recognized as a moderate in the Mongol court. For the common people, he is also considered to be a representative figure who loves the people and supports the people. In the mouths of Song officials, Hao Ren became a villain who didn't care about the lives of the people at all.

Now all the government soldiers are assembled, and there are quite a few of them. Hao Ren Wanhu spoke to the government soldiers.

"Ladies and gentlemen. This year's locust plague in Hebei flew from Henan. In the Song Kingdom of Henan, when he saw our side suffering, he was very happy in his heart. If you think about it, you can know that we have fought so many battles with them, and we have suffered, and of course they are happy. Because he was full of emotions, Hao Renwanhu's voice was very infectious. However, it is Hebei, and the local accent gap is also very large, so the reaction of a considerable number of government soldiers is not strong.

"I summoned everyone here this time to let everyone know that the imperial court will not let everyone suffer. This time, the imperial court has a charter, and anyone in the local government who feels that there is a shortage of food can apply to the imperial court for relief. The imperial court will help with this matter. Therefore, after everyone goes back, they will tell the villagers the news, and when the people sent by the imperial court go, they can find someone to talk about it. ”

Hao Ren told the news, and the atmosphere in the temporary school review venue became a little lively. Looking at the changes in the expressions of the people below, Hao Ren continued: "As for you, you are all members of the imperial court, so don't fight with these poor people. ”

This time the matter is so simple, Hao Ren finished talking about this, and did not immediately let the government soldiers disband. He did a review of the government soldiers, and the subjects of the government soldiers included marching on horseback and chopping and assassination while riding. In terms of pure performance, the performance of the government soldiers is much better than half a year ago. This made Hao Ren's mood much better. He had always been worried that the government soldiers were only gathering an army and had not been able to train very good soldiers. Mere numbers do not matter, how many times have Mongolia proven that a well-trained army can defeat a rabble several times its size. When the Mongol army faced the Song army, which was equal in number to itself, it was defeated by the better-trained Song army. Facts have proved that when the government military system, which is very famous in Chinese history, was operating normally, these soldiers did receive very good military training.

After sending off the government soldiers, Hao Ren went to meet the officials in Texas with a good mood. The name of the governor here is Ensimma, and when you hear it, you know that it is not Han. Nsimma was a Mongol, and according to Kublai Khan's Da Yuan system, all local governors had to be Mongols. Originally, when Kublai Khan conquered the city, there was a problem of insufficient number of Mongol commanders. At this time, only Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi were left in the Han region. This contradiction has also been fundamentally resolved.

The members of the Golden Family were extremely noble among the Mongols, and Nsimma had great respect for Hao Ren Wanhu. After listening to Hao Renwanhu's request for him to prepare manpower to the countryside, Ensima did not ask questions, but replied very cooperatively: "But I don't know how many manpower is needed." ”

"A thousand, can you get it?" Hao Ren asked. He also thinks that this amount is actually not small. Unexpectedly, Nsimma immediately replied: "As long as it is not used for war, of course a thousand people can." ”

"Fifteen hundred?" Hao Ren said the numbers that he personally agreed with.

"Yes." Nsimma replied immediately.

"Then step up and do it. I can use it. Hao Ren Wanhu gave the order.

"Besides this, is there anything else I want to serve?"

"As long as these 1,500 people can do things, it's fine." Hao Ren replied decisively.

After Nsimma left, Hao Ren Wanhu couldn't help but take two deep breaths. This operation was very important to him, as Marshal Boyan said, this time it must be able to completely thwart the Song State's infiltration of the Great Yuan.

Hao Renwanhu's actions were quickly transmitted from Dezhou to Jinan through the intelligence network of the Great Song Dynasty. Jinan's side only knew that Hao Ren's thousands of households wanted local people who were short of food to apply for food. This request surprised the intelligence department on the side of the Great Song Dynasty. The Great Song Dynasty has not been able to achieve such a level of management, and with the Mongolian management system, it can achieve the level of providing grain according to the application.

At the meeting, everyone was very puzzled. While everyone was discussing, the correspondent sent the news provided by Section Chief Liu Pet in Dongying, and the content was the same as that from Texas. The intelligence was corroborated, indicating that what the Texas side said was correct. The director didn't say anything, and Section Chief Song couldn't help but say: "If we give relief here, we will also let the village submit it to the township, and the county will have to instruct the township to review it." Mongolia directly collects from the villages, and no matter how you look at it, you can't do it. ”

"We haven't heard any news of food being sent south so far. I'm afraid that the Mongols are just playing some tricks that pay lip service but don't actually come. Such a view has been made. Most of them agreed, and the few who disagreed just felt that the Mongols would not do such an ineffective thing.

In the end, the director came out to make a judgment, "Let's write, when the Mongols can't do it, they want the local people to apply for rations." ”

This proposal was very appropriate and was unanimously agreed by the members of the Intelligence Service. Section Chief Song said: "In the news we got this time, the Mongols are very mindful of the official family allowing the northern relatives of the Great Song people to flee to the south of the Yellow River. Is it true that so many Han Chinese are inclined to us? ”

The commissioner was unimpressed by this question, and said, "Didn't you investigate it before?" If we fight over, I'm afraid that more than 30% of the Han people will fight against us. The number of Han Chinese who help us will never exceed 5%. ”

If so, why do the Mongols mind so much? Are we going to mention it in the report? Section Chief Song, who was in charge of publicity, said.

Many people have heard the meaning of it, and this is a good opportunity to pat on the back. At first, everyone did not expect that the actions of the officials would trigger such a violent reaction from the Mongolian side. In a sense, it can also prove the wisdom of the official family.

The Commissioner shook his head, "The matter is inconclusive. Everyone thinks that the official family may be happy to read this news, but you think about it. If someone thinks that we have fought the Yellow River according to this line of thought, a large number of people will welcome the king. As a result, after the fight, I saw the Han people in Hebei resisting desperately. What will happen to those who provide such information at that time? ”

After listening to the future described by the commissioner, the impulse to gain benefits in the hearts of these people was extinguished a lot. The purpose of overnodding is to rejoice the superiors, and then to gain benefits. So this little trick must be free of negative consequences. The Director made it clear that such statements entailed accountability. So everyone wilted. Although there is no malice in this kind of statement, there is also a very clear untruth in it.

Seeing that no one was doing such a trick again, the director ordered: "Don't let people think that we have hints in this regard when writing the text. Of course, there's no need to deliberately say that there is nothing to do here, and that's not right. ”

With the backbone, a very simple and simple report was sent to the General Intelligence Bureau of the Great Song Dynasty. At the same time, Wen Tianxiang, the prefect of Kaifeng, also wrote a brilliant report, in which the prefect wrote the tragic situation of the victims of Hebei very vividly. When the Congo was green and yellow, their grain was eaten up by locusts. The grain that is now harvested, the people eat with the bran. The animals in the wild have run out, and farmers are now only able to catch snakes, insects, rats and ants for food.

The Zhao official family ordered that the relatives of the people of the Great Song Dynasty could take refuge in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, but before the news could take effect, Mongolia had already ordered a ban. Although Wen Tianxiang felt that the people of Hebei were pitiful, he also felt a little relieved, because Henan had also suffered a disaster, and now the food in Bianliang was not enough to accept the huge number of victims.

In case the victims make trouble, it will trigger a chain effect, but I am afraid that Henan will not be able to bear such a risk.

In the article, the prefect of Wen did not mention the great influence of Zhao's orders. The Jinan Intelligence Department is because of the director's rustic style, and the Wen Governor's Mansion is because of his arrogance. Wen Zhizhou was already more proud, and it was much less difficult for him to criticize Zhao Guan's family than it was for him to blow the conch for Zhao Guan's family.

However, the attitude of the Bianliang Intelligence Department is different, because the Intelligence Department is not subordinate to Kaifeng Prefecture, and there is no question of whose arguments are based between the reports on both sides. It was written directly in Kaifeng Mansion, and the order of the Zhao official family made Dayuan feel great pressure, and he also made a decisive response.

Different descriptions of the same thing were written into the reports of different units with different views. These reports were sent to Hangzhou.