Xiaotangshan is located just north of Beijing, on the northern extension of the central axis of the Forbidden City at Qianmen and about 60 miles from the Forbidden City. It was already late at night when Hao Ren Wanhu arrived at his house. He had already sent someone to prepare in advance, and when he heard the knock on the door, the gatekeeper came to open the door sleepily, and when he saw that it was Wanhu outside, the gatekeeper woke up with fright.

It didn't take long for the housekeeper who was woken up from his sleep to hurry to the door, and said while saluting Hao Ren Wanhu: "Wanhu, the main house hasn't been cleaned up yet." ”

Hao Ren Wanhu didn't mean to be embarrassed, he instructed the nervous housekeeper: "Just stay first." ”

The housekeeper knew each other very well, and the main house was not cleaned up, so he asked the servants to quickly give up the side room cleaned by the servants for the Wanhu family to live in. As for the servants who were called, they hurriedly lit the lights and cleaned up the main house overnight.

In the afternoon of the next day, Hao Ren Wanhu was considered to have lived in the main house, and this experience made Hao Ren Wanhu reflect on whether he was Meng Lang or not. However, looking back on the various experiences in the previous months, Hao Ren Wanhu felt that he did not regret it at all. He felt like he was going to suffocate if he continued to stay in Dadu.

For the sake of power and interests, people of various factions are fighting happily. Where is the demeanor of Mongolia when it was first unified in the hands of Genghis Khan.

At that time, Genghis Khan shouted to the tribes at the Kuritai Congress, "If I lead the people to escape in battle, you can cut off my legs; If I take the spoils of war into my pocket at the time of victory, you may cut off my fingers.

As for the future of Mongolia, Genghis Khan promised that the world would be vast and the rivers would be abundant, and that you would each expand your camp and conquer the kingdom. Let the grass-covered areas become our horses' grazing grounds.

Even when faced with the confusion of life, Genghis Khan had his opinion.

In the bright day, be as deep and attentive as a wolf! In the dark night, be like a crow, with strong endurance! Don't think that someone will protect you, and don't beg for justice for you. Only learn to survive on your own! When my strength is not enough, I have to endure, against my will!

Even emotionally, the Great Khan had his own philosophy. Marriage and wealth are like businessmen!

Even though Hao Ren Wanhu is now a disciple of Xunzi and feels that the ideas of the Mongolian Great Khan Genghis Khan are not suitable for the current Dayuan, he believes that being able to put forward a clear concept is where Genghis Khan is far superior to the Great Yuan.

Of course, Dayuan is not without ideas, for example, the third-class class system is now deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Everyone knows that the Mongols are the highest in the Great Yuan, the Hui and the Semu are the second, and the Han people are the lowest. For example, the Great Yuan was asking those conquered areas to contribute craftsmen as soon as possible, and the existing craftsmen and the various handicraft industry 'bureaus' were completely unable to meet the needs of the Great Yuan nobles.

"Alas!" Hao Ren sighed, then looked up to the sky and said, "Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, maybe that's the mood." ”

In the past, when I looked at China's history books, it was recorded that those loyal people were worried about national affairs and were in great pain. There are even characters like Qu Yuan who committed suicide. Hao Ren felt that the scholars were too hypocritical. Now he kind of understands the mood of those people.

Emotions are everywhere, Hao Ren Wanhu returned to the study and picked up the pen and wrote

The waves in Miluo Yuan are turbulent, and the clouds are flying next to the Wushan Peak.

Faint and turbid, the world is independent, and the righteous indignation burns with blood.

When I wrote this, I felt that it was a pleasure to write like this, but I couldn't find the rhyme at all. With a long sigh again, Hao Ren Wanhu put down his pen and sat at the desk in a daze.

About 60 miles south from the location of Hao Ren's Wanhu, Kublai Khan did not have such leisure, and there were a lot of various recitals and even reports about Hao Ren's trip. The so-called three years of being in charge of the house is a dog, not to mention Hao Ren, who is responsible for the establishment of the government army. Except for Hao Ren's subordinates, all the pieces have a bit of a gun and a stick in it.

If it is more subtle, it is said that Hao Ren Wanhu is quite arrogant in the local area. If it is more subtle, it will be said directly that Hao Ren Wanhu is more domineering. I don't pay attention to the attitude of the local government at all.

After reading part of the recital, the guards reported that the right prime minister, Ahma, had arrived. Kublai Khan let Ahmad in, and it was not until Ahmad entered the palace that Kublai Khan put down the recital and said to Ahma, who was kneeling on the ground: "I didn't expect that the words of the people accusing Hao Ren are somewhat the same as the accusations against you. ”

Ahmad was such a clever man, after hearing the words of Kublai Khan, Ahmad knelt straight and replied loudly: "We will serve the Great Khan, and our liver and brain will be ruined." ”

"Hmm." Kublai Khan's Great Khan was very fond of this attitude of Ahma. Although Ahma, the color eye, is a second-class person in the Great Yuan, of course, he can be condescending when facing the Han people. However, in the presence of Kublai Khan, Ahmad himself knelt on the ground like a dog. For Kublai Khan, all the subordinates were as humble as dogs.

Seeing the Great Khan's smile, Ahmad got up from the ground cautiously and said to Kublai Khan: "Great Khan, Hao Ren Wanhu has made great contributions to Da Yuan in forming government soldiers. However, the government soldiers themselves are exempt from taxes, and those who can prepare their own war horses are not poor, and a lot of my Dayuan taxes come from them......"

As soon as he heard this, the smile on Kublai Khan's face disappeared. Being on high ground, the Great Khan knew his expenses best. The salaries of those officials shall be paid out of the treasury, and the salaries of the armies shall be paid out of the treasury. According to Mongolian tradition, officials were slaves in a sense, serving the leaders of the Mongol tribes. The Mongol chieftains had to follow the Great Khan with their tribesmen, who were of their own bread. Some of the various booty obtained was to be given to the Great Khan, and some was kept for himself.

Now these people no longer eat themselves, but Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan's Great Khan had no amount of money, and he couldn't last a few years without the proceeds of the war. Since the Southern Expedition, Dayuan has not fought a profitable war for several years. Thinking of this, Kublai Khan said: "Ahma, how much savings do you think the Ögedai Khanate and the Chagatai Khanate have?" ”

Hearing the Great Khan ask about the important matters of strategy, Ahmad hurriedly said: "Great Khan. As far as we know, both countries are poor. In terms of wealth, the Ilkhanate was rich. ”

The Ilkhanate was founded by Hulegu, the son of Genghis Khan's fourth son, Tulei. The khanate originally owned Persia and part of northern Tianzhu. In 1256, the Hulegu army defeated the "Murayi Kingdom" (*** sect of the Yismain faction) entrenched in the mountain cities of Mashutar (present-day Mazandaran Province, Iran). The other *** cultists call them mulida, which means "heretics"). In 1258, he captured Baghdad, killed the last caliph (Khalifat, the title of *** leader), and destroyed the black food (Abbasid dynasty of the Arab Empire).

Today, the Ilkhanate has become a great power that has Iran, Iraq, and Azerbaijan in the 21st century, from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea. Because of its coastline and active trade, the Ilkhanate was much richer than the Ögedai and Chagatai Khanates, which were inland in the steppe.

After listening to Ahma's deception, Kublai Khan did not speak immediately. Even Ahmad could know the information, Kublai Khan naturally knew. As for Ahma's answer, it was not as Kublai Khan intended. After being silent for a while, Kublai Khan said: "This tax matter can be discussed after seeing if the government soldiers are useful." ”

"Great Khan, how should the official's fortune be dealt with?" Ahmad asked a little retortively.

"The officials' money is given by handing over money, and it is enough to print more money." Kublai Khan gave the answer.

"Yes." Ahmad replied. He was very familiar with Kublai Khan and knew that there was no other way but to obey orders at this time.

The emperors and ministers of the Great Yuan discussed the future of the Great Yuan in the capital of the Great Yuan. In Kaifeng, the old capital of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Qian, the son of Zhao Guan's family, is working hard for the future of the Great Song Dynasty with his comrades.

The meridian that passes through the Kaifeng Guantiantai of the Great Song Dynasty is the prime meridian, and the Great Song Dynasty also built a measuring point along this meridian to the south. Zhao Qian, like other soldiers, sweated like rain and carried the measuring equipment, busy on the plain.

In the evening, the day's work was over. Zhao Qian rubbed his somewhat swollen shoulders and cooked with everyone. Young people find such hard work tedious and hard. At the dinner table, everyone couldn't help but complain, "I originally thought that I could fight the Mongols as a soldier, or I could learn something." Now I didn't expect to carry things every day, and I was tired to death. ”

"I didn't expect you to want so much." Some people can't help but laugh.

"Why, haven't you thought about that?" The one who spoke replied unhappily.

"We just want the same, but I didn't expect you to want everything, everything to do."

Although the word greed was not directly spoken, everyone's words could not be clearer, and the one who complained at first felt that his face could not be hung up, and he couldn't help but raise his voice and responded: "My family is poor, I just want to live a poor life after becoming a soldier." What's wrong with that? ”

Everyone is a young person, although they like to tease on weekdays, but when they really see their comrades-in-arms, they are in a hurry, and no one has to be hard. Zhao Qian has the same performance as everyone else, but his thoughts are different from others. As the eldest son, Zhao Qian was of course pinned on by his mother. Since he was very young, he has listened to his mother's life plan countless times, that is, to study hard, and in the future, he will be admitted to the Jinshi like his grandfather and father, and glorify his ancestors.

As Zhao Qian grew up day by day, he went to the school opened by his father. At that time, Zhao Qian thought that Jinshi came out of elementary school, junior high school, and high school. It wasn't until he followed his father Zhao Jiaren into Hangzhou that Zhao Qian knew that he was going to the 'system department', and the Jinshi and the system department were not the same thing at all.

At that time, Zhao Jiaren had already become Zhao Taiwei, and Zhao Qian's education creed was added not to become an idle Yanei. When Zhao Qian graduated from high school, his father Zhao Jiaren became the 'Taiwei as the Son of Heaven' and became an official of the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Qian jumped from Zhao Yanei to become a candidate for the crown prince.

Zhao Qian was already nervously preparing to take the university entrance examination, but his father ordered, "You don't have to go to the university entrance examination, you will go to the army after graduating from high school." ”

Originally, when the dream of Jinshi was shattered, Zhao Qian didn't feel anything, and at that time, he was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old doll who had no concept of those at all. However, his father didn't let him be admitted to college, and Zhao Qian was not satisfied. He was very good in school. In the end, under his mother's words, Zhao Qian still went to take the university exam, but his father Zhao Jiaren gave a death order, and after being admitted, he had to suspend his studies and join the army. So Zhao Qian, who was admitted to Hangzhou University with excellent results, didn't even choose a department, so he came to the army to be a soldier.

After entering elementary school, Zhao Qian received patriotic education led by his father, so Zhao Qian did not hate being a soldier. His father, Zhao Jiaren, has made outstanding achievements. And after leaving the days of reading every day and being with his comrades-in-arms, Zhao Qian also felt that his eyes were opened. For example, he found that he could not say the words 'I am poor' anyway. Others laughed at this comrade-in-arms, but Zhao Qian also felt that this comrade-in-arms actually dared to tell the truth.

The young man couldn't stop talking, and after a long silence, someone basically finished eating, and he said, "Actually, I think it's not bad to cultivate like this." My home is from Huaixi, let's repair from Kaifeng to the south, and repair to my house. It's easier to go home and visit family. ”

Such a positive topic immediately sparked a lot of approval. At this time, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty were all from the south of Kaifeng, and one more step to the south would be closer to home.

However, before the topic could continue to ferment, the discipline inspector of the canteen who was patrolling came over and said to everyone: "Don't talk to each other when eating, hurry up and eat." ”

This was the discipline of the troops, and after hearing this, everyone stopped talking and hurried to continue eating.

Brush the dishes and rinse your mouth after eating. Arrive in the evening, and determine the night sentry. This kind of night duty sentry is not fixed, but each combat unit has to take turns to be on duty at night, and no one can escape. Since they can't escape, everyone resigned themselves to their fate. Zhao Qian's combat unit was on duty three days later. After the meeting, the combatants brushed their teeth, washed their faces and feet under the supervision of the commander, and then went to sleep.

At this time, the soldiers finally had a bedside meeting.

"Do you think we will really give us land in Henan after we retire?"

"Didn't the official family say in the "Great Song Army Daily" that anyone who is willing to move to Henan will be given land."

"My family has also divided the land, and my parents are waiting for me to go back to the village to become a cadre."

"Are the cadres in your village still assigned? Our side has already been elected, and only the militia is still assigned. ”

"Where are you from, starting to choose so early?"

"My family's Qingyuan Mansion."

"My family is from Huaidong, and I am still assigned."

Speaking of this, the squad leader, who had been silent, finally spoke, "You have only been here for a few days, and you are thinking about retirement." It takes three years to be a soldier, and there are more than two years to go. Stop talking nonsense, sleep. ”

The recruits listened to the squad leader's words, but they didn't dare to refute it, so they all fell asleep. Zhao Qian, who had not spoken, was thinking about his future in his heart, although he was definitely going to become the crown prince, but looking at his father's attitude, it seemed that there was a special arrangement. As for what this arrangement was, Zhao Qian couldn't figure it out at all.