The westernmost part of the European part of the Mongol Empire was an administrative district known as the Western Frontier Province, which was dominated by Han Chinese from northern China, who were in Kiev to discuss the future system of the Western Frontier Province. The theoretical basis for the discussion was the serialization of "A Study on the System of the First Empire of the Qin and Han Dynasties" published in the newspaper by the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty. In April 1287, the discussion of this five-way dealer looked ridiculous, but it decided the tragic fate of the Russian nation.

– Joseph Vissarionovich Iron Man

Hao Ren didn't know what people would think of him in a few hundred years, and in the discussion of deciding the future of the 700,000 people in the West Side Road, Hao Ren just wanted everyone to accept his current ideas. Hao Ren agrees that Zhao Jiaren's philosophy is correct.

The so-called "well field" is a square field with a certain plan, mu volume and boundary. A square field of 100 steps in length and width is called a "field", and the acre of a field is 100 acres, as a "husband", that is, the land cultivated by a laborer. The well field planning is inconsistent in different regions. Some places use the decimal system, and some places call a "well" with nine square fields. Because the nine square fields are placed together, it happens to be a "well" shape, and this is how the name of the well field came about. The area of a well is a square "li"; One hundred wells is ten miles square, called one "Cheng", which can accommodate 900 laborers; 10,000 wells are 100 miles square, called one "same", which can accommodate 90,000 laborers.

In the well field, between the field and the field, the inside and the li, the into and the cheng, the same and the same, there are irrigation channels of different sizes, called Sui, ditch, Xun, Hu; Parallel to the channel, there are also vertical and horizontal passages, called paths, paths, roads, and roads. The size, depth and width of the various channels have certain specifications.

According to the Zhao family, when the well-field system was established, the people's productivity level was relatively low, and a large number of laborers cultivating on the plains opened up was the most efficient means. With the improvement of agricultural technology and agricultural tools, the labor efficiency of each person has increased, and the land that can be cultivated by ten people can now be done by one person. This led to the disintegration of the Ida system.

In the first empire of the Qin and Han dynasties, the state controlled a large area of fields, and the 'measuring reference pillars' to determine the positioning were erected, and the state provided cultivation technology. The state of Qin even provided iron farming tools free of charge by the state, and farmers could use damaged iron farming tools to go to the local government to exchange the old for free and new.

"The key is the taxation of this land. Every acre of land is under the control of the state, and only death and taxes are inevitable. Jiang Guangtou, the secretary of the military department, was firm when he spoke.

Hao Ren felt that Jiang Guangtou was a very loyal guy, but this was too fierce, and he took over the conversation, "All land is owned by the state, and the state can grant land to the people." Han Feizi said that his grandfather gave birth to five children, and each of the five children had five children. The population has increased dramatically, but the land has not increased. What to do at this time? Land is privately owned, and it is difficult for the people to cope. It must be state-owned. ”

If these officials in the Western Province had not traveled thousands of miles, they would probably have taken a firm attitude against Hao Ren. After traveling thousands of miles, they knew that there was far less land suitable for cultivation than they had imagined. At this stage, if there is no central court to preside over the division of land, these people themselves will have their own brains beaten out of dog brains.

"Now people are divided into two parts, one is responsible for reclamation. Part is responsible for farming. According to the Song State's model of a 10,000-person hydraulic battle, everyone had to participate in the ditch. It is the public family who manages the reclamation, and the land that is reclaimed implements the equalization system for the common people. Each of our government soldiers has to bear the burden. ”

After talking about these paths that had long been more agreed, Hao Ren followed and said: "I need to send an envoy to the Song Kingdom now, and I must get the textbooks of their science school no matter what." Although Zhao Jiaren's methods are vicious, he will never harm the people of the Song Kingdom. Learn from them, and we can be as strong as the Song Kingdom! ”

After discussion, the policy of comprehensive Songization was adopted in the Imperial Court of the Western Side Province. When it comes to personal interests, these guys in the West Side Road may not understand the effect of the policy, but these people can understand that this policy has not brought direct benefits to Hao Ren. At least the people, including the upper echelons, did not suffer from this system.

Hao Ren immediately sent an envoy to Constantinople, the capital of Eastern Rome, which was the easiest point to obtain cooperation. The messenger carried paperwork and letters along the post station to the south. As soon as the emissaries from Kyiv's side left, emissaries from Western Krakow arrived in Kyiv. "King! The local landlords of Krakow colluded with the barbarians from the west to launch an attack on our army. General Osan decided to retreat with the captives to the population. ”

"Good. I'll send troops to meet them. Hao Ren's reaction was crisp.

"Lord Wang...... King, is the war in the west coming to an end? Jiang Guangxian, the secretary of the military department, corrected his incorrect title, Wang Ye is the Mongolian name for princes and nobles. Dawang is the title given to the prince by the Song Kingdom. After correcting the salutation, he continued to ask questions about the war.

Hao Ren was the first to send government soldiers to Kievan Rus to set up camps, and many of the government soldiers were Mongols. According to the custom of the Mongols, they fought first and then said. Seeing that Kievan Rus' did not have any real Mongol princes, the gang immediately gathered the local Mongol families and the Marza people and divided their troops into two ways to attack. Seize the Crimea to the south and set off along the road to the west.

The one that went south conquered Crimea, the one that went west to capture Lviv, and then continued westward, reaching Krakow, the capital of Lesser Poland, nearly two thousand miles away. Jiang Guangtou listened to Hao Ren's intentions, and began to retreat on this way to the west.

"In another fifteen years, let's let those barbarians know that they are powerful." Hao Ren replied calmly.

Hao Ren naturally felt that when he was unhappy, the barbarians in the west would be happy. In fact, the barbarians in the west were not happy at all, and the Mongol army, which was constantly breaking through the stockades of the small Polish nobles, saw that Poland and the combined forces of the HRE did not fight, and turned around and ran. The Mongols were joined by five or six thousand young women and young children.

The Polish aristocracy was indignant, and many of the captives were their distant relatives. The chief general of the HRE coalition army, Adolf of the Nassau family, had a very ugly face. The king of Krakow did not allow the allied army to enter the city, and it seemed that even half of his troops were guarding against the HRE army.

Adolf was in a very unhappy mood. After the HRE coalition army entered the city, they did their best to take away all the property that could be taken away, and all the property that could not be taken away was burned. To the limit, that is, down to the age of seven or eight, up to fifty or sixty years old women are not spared. Is it worthy of such a tight battle! Poland is also a Catholic country, and seeing the reinforcements coming from afar camping in the open outside the city, don't the Poles have the slightest friendship with Catholics!

There was anger in his heart, and Adolf of the Nassau family did not have the slightest politeness. Faced with the nobles who proclaimed themselves the kings of Poland, and there were now a large number of such people in Poland, Adolf said: "Your Excellency can redeem your women from the Mongols with ransom. ”

"Can the coalition pursue?" The king asked.

"Chase? Where is the grain. The Mongols can gnaw grass on horseback, what do we eat? ”

"If we pursue, we can provide food."

Hearing that there was food, Adolf looked even more unhappy. Let the HRE coalition army have food when they are sent to death, and now there is no food!

While he was talking, there was some movement outside. Soon an attendant ran in and reported, "The noble king, Mary of Bogdanets, has returned, and she says that she knows where the Mongols are holding the women, and that she has fled from there!" ”

"Let her in." The king was finally happy.

It was the wife of a lord, at least in the eyes of the nobility she was beautiful. It's just that this beautiful lady now has straw in her hair and her clothes are in tatters. But it doesn't make people feel that her clothes were torn when she was humiliated, but the kind of thing that has been in the wilderness, so it is torn.

"Where are those women!" The king hurriedly asked.

Mary of Bogdanets said with a pale face: "My daughter was taken away by the Mongols!" I just know where their backs keep the women. That's where I got out. ”

"Where!" The king became impatient.

"Please send troops to rescue my daughter, please!" Maria of Bogdanets pleaded, and could not hold back her tears.

"Ma'am." Adolf said with a pleasant face: "Please tell us where the rear of the Mongol army is, if we don't solve their rear team, how can we catch up with their Chinese army?" Just as you can't go through the king's gates, you can't see the king himself. ”

Perhaps it was the analogy that was easy to understand, or perhaps Adolf's gentle language that Maria of Bogdanets understood the request and hurriedly told where the rear of the Mongol army was. It was a place near seventy miles east of Krakow. Listening to the location, the Poles knew why the lady looked so embarrassed, and that it was not easy for a man to walk such a long way.

The king had no intention of sending troops at once, and according to Maria of Bogdanets, the Mongol army behind his palace numbered several hundred, and it would take three or four thousand men to annihilate them. If Krakow had sent so many troops to attack, the city would have to sing empty plans. There is a coalition of the HRE army eyeing it next to it, and the king does not want to stage a scene where the Crusaders loot Constantinople.

"Give us food, and we'll go and attack that side." Adolf was the first to make the suggestion.

Although the suggestion was beyond the king's imagination, he gladly agreed. To be able to get rid of these guys, that little bit of food is easy to accept.

At this time, at the place where Maria in Bogdanets narrated, the battalion commander of Major Zhao Xin was preparing with Captain Ulan Buhua to command the army. Although he did not master the technology of the Song army, Hao Ren firmly formed an army according to the establishment of the Song army. After arranging official business, Ulan Buhua spoke very bad northern Chinese, and asked with some suspicion: "Brother Zhao Xin, do you think those Western barbarians will pursue because of that woman's words?" ”

"They don't pursue, we withdraw on time. They pursued, and we did exactly what we had planned. That woman should be a noblewoman in dress and demeanor, if the Western barbarians really don't listen, we can't help it. Major Zhao Xin rubbed his spear and said calmly. It was an ash pole, which belonged to Zhao Xin's uncle who had been a Red Turban soldier, and his uncle knew that Zhao Xin had come to the west this time, so he gave Zhao Xin all his equipment.

Looking at Wulan Buhua's expression, Zhao Xin smiled and said, "Even if we can't beat it, we will take the Western barbarians in circles." ”

"But there's no loot." Ulan Buhua sighed.

Zhao Xin originally thought that the Mongols were all murderous guys, and he really came into contact with these Mongols for a few years, and he found that the middle and lower classes in this gang were actually quite stunned and simple, so Zhao Xin smiled: "I said that I don't spend brothers, if you can go back alive, what are you afraid of." This time, as I said, if there is no wife in the army, priority will be given. Didn't your father just say that you don't have a daughter-in-law! ”

Thinking of his father, Ulan couldn't help but lament: "He didn't just say this about me, but also said that I didn't make any money when I was so old." At that time, he followed the Great Khan to send troops and robbed a lot of things in the Song Kingdom. ”

After Zhao Xin heard this, he didn't know how to comfort Wulan Buhua. It was true that many Mongol soldiers had made a lot of money when they went south to attack the Song Kingdom, but most of these Mongol troops died in the subsequent war. If their family hadn't been able to escape from Hebei, they would have been killed by the Song army long ago. Although Ulan Buhua's father often complains that Ulan Buhua, who is already a captain, he is actually very poor.

The agreed time for the troops of the queen to hold on was five days, and the release of the woman was a matter of April 14, and it was noon on April 18. The reconnaissance team finally discovered that some Western barbarian cavalry appeared nearby, presumably to seek information.

"Let's go." Zhao Xin said. His duty had arrived, and for five days there was no enemy pursuit of the passage on the road they were tasked with monitoring. Even if the captives walked slowly, five days would be enough to shake off their pursuers.

"Loot!" Ulan Buhua lamented, but he had no intention of staying and continuing the battle. The Mongol army liked to draw the enemy and make the enemy tired. Foolishly going head-to-head with the enemy was never something the Mongols would do. At that time, Kublai Khan was dragged by the Song army using the Yellow River and was forced to come to a hard-fought battle, which resulted in heavy losses.

After Hao Ren's department calmly left, it was evening. Adolf of the Nassau family led his troops to the former stronghold of the Mongol army, and the knights below checked it themselves and made sure that there were no more Mongol troops here. Adolf said unhappily: "Chase!" ”

Although the king of Poland said that he was giving food, he was struggling. The grain that could have been taken out in two days was dragged out for four days, and if the food had been given earlier, the Mongol army would not have escaped so easily. Now that he had food in his hands, Adolf wanted to see what the Mongol army, which was said to be extremely combative, was capable of.

The knights of the HRE had similar thoughts. Now that the Holy Roman Empire has finally settled down, it is time to once again prove its strength to the Catholic nations. Poland was officially placed under the Holy See in 990 by the then King Mieszko I. Since then, they have been loyal servants of the Holy See, and it is a good choice to use them as an example.

Seeing that the other knights agreed, Adolf immediately ordered to set up camp in preparation for the pursuit that would begin tomorrow. Lying on the bunk, this new generation from one of Germany's richest families longed for military exploits.

In 1254, all the heirs to the throne of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, the third dynasty in German history, died. After a bitter quarrel, in 1257 the German princes elected Charles of Cornwall, England, and Alfonso X, King of Castile of Spain, as Holy Roman Emperors. Although these two outsiders bear the title of Holy Roman Emperor, they do not care about the affairs of the empire. An emperor was crowned and then returned to England. The second emperor never set foot on German soil, and the German throne was virtually fictitious. The period from 1254 to 1273 is known as the "period of the virtual suspension of the throne". During this period, Germany was divided into a number of independent feudal principalities. The feudal lords fought among themselves to claim the land that belonged to the empire for themselves.

In the autumn of 1273, after the death of Richard of Cornwall, Rudolf of Habsburg was chosen Emperor of the HRE. At the time, many people thought that the 55-year-old was weak, and that his Habsburgs were not the strongest and richest. Such a soft egg as a puppet emperor is good for everyone.

Unexpectedly, Rudolf I took action immediately after his accession to the throne, and he not only defeated the nobles who opposed him, but also truly restored the order of the empire. The Nassau family was the richest family in the HRE, and they couldn't help but regret that they didn't make a quick start. Rudolf I of Habsburg is now 69 years old, and it is even rarer in Europe to live to be 70 years old. The Nassau family has united many princes, hoping to overthrow the Habsburg heir when this old fellow dies, and make the Nassau family the new emperor of the HRE.

With the dream of becoming the next emperor, Adolf of the Nassau family entered the dream.

In the following days of pursuit, at first the Mongols could not even be touched, and only by asking passers-by did they know that the Mongols had passed by a few days earlier. I chased it for five days, and the news I got was pretty much the same. The Mongol brigade always passed five or six days ahead of them. Only the Mongol army behind the palace had passed a day or two earlier.

"Your Highness, don't chase it anymore." Turan of Bohemia, who was traveling with him, advised: "We don't have much food left." ”

Adolf was indignant that the damned Polish king had not given much food to Adolf's coalition troops, which was only enough for them to pursue for ten days. If they continued to chase them, they would have to go hungry and rush forward to the surrounding peasants.

"Two more days is a week. If you haven't caught up yet, retreat. I can already imagine the face of the Polish king when he saw them return empty-handed. Adolf said indignantly.

Bohemian Turan smiled bitterly, he could imagine it. No one wants to be ridiculed if they can.

In the evening, Adolf knelt in prayer inside the tent, and on the table was a statue of the Virgin of his home. At this moment, a gloomy wind blew, and the candles in the room were flickering on and off, and Adolf only felt a chill behind him, and a strong sense of danger abruptly appeared. At this time, Adolf hurriedly prayed, and when he looked up at the statue of the Virgin, he felt as if the statue was crying.

For a moment, Adolf only felt inexplicably frightened, waiting for him to stand up. But the wind stopped, and the candles returned to normal. Everything around is back to calm. Looking at the statue of the Virgin again, it is almost the same as before. It's just that there is an impression that Adolf feels that no matter how you look at it, it is wrong. Could this be the apparition of the Virgin? Adolf crossed his mind with the idea that if the Inquisition knew about it, he would probably be condemned a heretic.

But the more Adolf thought about it, the more wrong it became, so he simply came out and gave the order. "Start preparing now, and we'll be back early tomorrow morning!"

The next day, Zhao Xin, as the vanguard of the Mongol army, approached the camp that was supposed to be the barbarian army in the west with a reconnaissance unit, but found that the barbarian camp was empty. There is no need to probe, just look at the traces on the ground, and the Ulan Buhua who came with him is sure that these guys have returned the same way.

"Who leaked the news?" Zhao Xin was a little puzzled. Originally, looking at the behavior of those Western barbarians, they had the strength to catch up and fight with the Mongol army.

"My loot, just flew away!" Ulan Buhua couldn't help but lament.

Zhao Xin could only persuade him, "When we stabilize, we can fight here next time." Besides, Brother Red Bull, aren't you Mongolians good at raising cattle? There are dozens of cattle at home, is it difficult to have more than the booty? ”

Ulan means 'red' in Mongolian and Buhua means 'cow'. Ulan Buhua is 'Red Bull' in Chinese. And the surname of Ulan Buhua can probably be said in Chinese with 'Gou'. Gou Hongniu listened to Zhao Xin's persuasion, and couldn't help but laugh mockingly: "Battalion commander, do you think that I haven't been in the grassland, so I don't know about the grassland!" If my father really had dozens of cows, how could he go to war! ”

The two ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and then did not talk about the breeding industry, but began to speculate about why the Western barbarians suddenly ran away. This strange gesture seems to prove that they are not incompetent. If they dare to chase even one more day, they will fall into the encirclement of the counterattack. At that time, 6,000 soldiers and horses will carry out a powerful attack on them, and everyone is very confident in the victory of the Mongol army.

The troops returned to Kiev with women and children as trophies, and the emissaries from Kiev also arrived in Constantinople. The ambassador of the Great Song Dynasty was silent when he listened to the envoy's story. He didn't expect such a situation at all, Hao Ren actually succeeded in becoming a prince of the Mongol Empire.

Hao Ren's envoy's name was Shang Kele, and looking at the expression of the Great Song Ambassador, he spoke again: "The king of my family also told you that in the future, if you call our Western Dao, you will be called Yuan." ”

"Yuan?" Ambassador Da Song didn't know what to say. The familiar 'Great King' already made him feel that something was not quite right, and the title of this Yuan was even stranger. Now Kublai Khan has renounced the honorific title of Emperor Dayuan and has once again reinstated the title of Great Khan of Mongolia. At the moment when Mongolia has fully restored its original appearance, Hao Ren is moving against the tide and straightforwardly inheriting the banner of Mongolian sinicization......

"Can you really help us get back to the Great Song Dynasty?" The ambassador asked.