Several generals of the government soldiers were in a row to the west, led by Jiang Guangtou, the deputy general who had gradually established his position. The civil officials who had been selected through the imperial examination were in the eastern row. These people have the feeling of literati, which makes Hao Ren, who is sitting on the main seat with his face south and back to the north, feel that he can bear it but can't bear it.

"I'm going west." Hao Ren said.

Westward expansion was not a strategy that was now determined, and the generals did not react to this. Hao Ren continued: "Prepare, the first batch will leave in five days. ”

"My lord, where will I go west?" Jiang Guangtou asked a little funny.

Ordering someone to hang up the map, Hao Ren pointed to the northwest direction, "Here it is." ”

All eyes fell on the map, which was in the upper reaches of the great river next to the city of Batu Sarai, and there were no obvious tribes. Hao Ren said decisively: "It's about a thousand miles away from us. It takes about a month to get there. If you go faster, you will probably be able to catch up with spring ploughing. ”

Hao Ren's voice fell, and everyone's expressions changed a lot. A thousand miles is no longer a great distance for Hao Ren's subordinates, and the exclamations that everyone made after Hao Ren spoke were completely aimed at the word 'spring ploughing'. The military generals of the Han people have not been exposed to spring ploughing for five or six years, and the civil officials have generally not done farm work for two years.

Looking at those subordinates who were quite moved, Hao Ren encouraged: "Si Nong did a good job last year, and spring wheat has been planted. That sunflower is a special delight. ”

The Han people have a talent for farming, such as sunflower seeds, which are very delicious to eat, and the Song traitors fled to Mongolia and did not forget to bring some seeds. What I didn't expect was that sunflowers could be grown in colder areas. Fills the vacancy of rapeseed oil extraction.

"If I have no other doubts, I'll leave as soon as possible." Hao Ren didn't want to talk too much.

No one discussed, let alone asked, whether this was the will of the Mongol Great Khan Kublai Khan. When Hao Ren returned to his tent and asked Bao Xiweak to pack up his things, Bao Xiweak had no intention of objecting. This made Hao Ren's heart much better. According to the information provided by the priests, one of the major events identified at the Kuritai Congress was to order the Golden Horde, the White Horde, the Blue Horde, and other scattered forces to form a Kipchak Khanate. The sons and grandsons of Jochi were no longer divided. In this case, Hao Ren had to hurry westward to create an established fact.

The Kipchak Khanate has not yet been able to reunify, and once it is unified, they may not be Hao Ren's opponents, and they will not be able to stop Hao Ren's westward advance. But they could complain to Kublai Khan, who was in Baghdad. The new Kuritai Assembly has been established in Baghdad, the seat of the Great Khan's Golden Horde, and many major events have been quickly reached. Hao Ren didn't want to be the target of public criticism, so it was right to run away before the resolution of the Kuritai Conference.

The so-called following the local customs, the Song people naturally had to follow the lifestyle of the grassland on the grassland, and if they didn't follow it, they would not survive. Three days later, the first batch of carts slowly set off for their destination. Five days later, the last group of about 600,000 Han Chinese had also set out.

Looking at the huge procession, the priest's eyes were full of sighs. He said to Hao Ren, who was in charge of the rear team: "It is really admirable that His Highness can command so many people. ”

Hao Ren wanted to respond, this is nothing at all. but he swallowed it back into his stomach. When Wang Jian invaded Chu, he took away 600,000 troops of the Qin State, and Hao Ren was not enough compared to his predecessors. As a person who often reads history books, Hao Ren found that every time he told the Mongols and Semu people and the Han people, it was easy to cause a kind of estrangement. Those people will think that the history books of the Han people have nothing to do with me.

Seeing that Hao Ren had no intention of speaking at all, the priest saluted and replied, "Since Your Highness is going north, I will take my leave." ”

"Do you think that Ögedai Khan and Chagatai Khan will definitely speak ill of me in front of the Great Khan?" Hao Ren made sure again.

"The newly appointed Kipchak Khan will also make irresponsible remarks about His Highness in front of the Great Khan. They definitely want to be able to experiment with how much of a say they have at this point. ”

"What will the Great Khan think of them?"

"Although the Great Khan wanted to maintain the system of the four khanates, he would not allow these people to do whatever they wanted. The more these people attacked His Highness, the less the Great Khan would do anything to His Highness. ”

"Humph!" Hao Ren sneered, this truth has been told countless times in the history books of the Han people, if the lord is forced to submit to the threat of his courtiers, there will be one and two. Therefore, the more Hao Ren was attacked, Kublai Khan could not attack Hao Ren. Although the reason is simple, Hao Ren thought that he had been loyal to Dayuan for so many years, and finally ended up like this. I felt very desolate in my heart.

The priest looked at Hao Ren's expression and felt that he couldn't talk nonsense anymore. He saluted Hao Ren and said respectfully, "Your Highness, may the Lord bless you." Polo took his leave. ”

Looking at this elusive but comfortable priest, Hao Ren asked, "Polo, where are you from?" ”

"I'm a Venetian."

"How could you Italian come to play for Ogedei?"

"Your Highness, what do you think is a high-income errand in this world? At least Ögedei Khan would have paid me well, and it would be nice that a man of civilian origin like me would not starve to death in Venice. And I have a son in Venice, and if a man named Marco comes to you in the future, it may be my son. ”

As he spoke, Priest Polo and Hao Ren Wanhu had already mounted their horses. The two men pushed their mounts and circled around the same place twice before parting ways towards their respective goals.

On the prairie, the actions of hundreds of thousands of people are not much visible. The operation in the eastern regions of the Kipchak Khanate was even more so. In the entire Kipchak Khanate, there were only a few tens of thousands of real Mongols. The rest of the population were Kipchaks, Rus, Vikings. There were no obstacles along the way. Those small tribes of more than 1,000 people at most did not want to clash head-on with such a large team. For their own safety, the small tribe even chose to run away on their own initiative.

Compared with Hao Renwanhu's team, the number of migratory teams further south did not seem large, but the movement was even greater. As the Pola priests traveled south to Baghdad, they saw a huge procession coming from the east. It was all under the banner of Kublai Khan, the Great Khan of Mongolia.

Since last year, the Khan's direct subordinates have begun to move to Baghdad, and 300,000 of them have already arrived. This time, the number of people looks like 50,000 or 60,000. Looking at the long procession of migration, Priest Polo sighed in his heart. He came from the Venetian plebeian class and tried to blend in with the clergy, but he was unable to do so. As soon as he turned his heart on it, he made himself a priest and ran eastward. The Great Khan of the Ögedai Khanate recruited all kinds of talents in those years, and did not limit the origin of the other party.

This is simply unheard of enlightenment for the Europa, and in Europe, if it is not for the nobility, if it is not for the clergy family, there is no way to climb to a high position. At that time, the young Baltic priest sincerely defected to the Khan of Haidu and served the Great Khan. With his credit, he even had the money to return to his hometown Venice and marry a wife. Polo's clergy only worked in the East, and in Venice, Polo was still just an ordinary city commoner. Naturally, it is not restricted by the prohibition of marriage by clergy.

So many years have passed in the blink of an eye, Haidu Khan of the Ögedai Khanate has died, Polo has children of his own, and he has his own house in Venice. He was even thinking about whether to simply go back to Venice to retire. After all, the errand he was engaged in was too risky, and if Hao Ren Wanhu hadn't been so magnanimous, probably the Polo priest would have died.

Either way, the trip has already come to fruition. With the identification given by Ögedei Khan on his body, the Polo priests did not encounter any particular difficulties on their way to Baghdad. Seeing the new Ögedei Khan, Polo told his employer what had happened.

"Where the hell did Hao Ren go?" The incumbent Ögedei Khan cares a lot.

The minister couldn't be sure where Hao Ren had gone. It can only be determined that he has left the territory of the Ögedai Khanate. ”

He ...... Will you be back? "Ögedei Khan is very concerned about this.

It was Kublai Khan the Great Khan who ordered Hao Ren to settle Haidu, but it was Hao Ren himself who personally solved the Haidu of the previous Ogedai Khan. This Mongol 10,000 households, who led 20,000 Han cavalry, created a huge psychological shadow for both the Ögedai Khanate and the Chagatai Khanate.

"I don't think Hao Ren has any intention of returning." Priest Polo replied. After saying this, the priest felt that he couldn't dwell on this issue, after all, he couldn't be sure what Hao Ren Wanhu thought. So the priest changed the subject, "but I don't know what the Great Khan has been up to lately." ”

"The Great Khan has marched west." Ögedei Khan spoke about the latest changes.

"The Great Khan's pro-conquest?" Priest Polo's eyes widened. Kublai Khan was 70 years old, and he actually led his troops on an expedition. Isn't he afraid of any mistakes? After a moment of thinking, the Polo priest asked, "Then who will stay in Baghdad?" ”

"The prince is really golden."

At the time of Kublai Khan's departure, the most powerful person in Baghdad was naturally the crown prince Zhenjin. In the new Mongol system at the Kuritai Conference, the crown prince Zhenjin naturally became the next Mongol Great Khan. At this time, the crown prince was receiving a blessing ceremony from the national teacher Basba.

There are many ritual utensils on the incense table, the most conspicuous of which is of course the Gabala bowl. This is a magic weapon that is quite famous in the upper class of Mongolia, and the demon monk Yang Lian Sangha made a magic weapon made from the skull of Song Lizong. This ritual vessel consists of three parts: the lid, the body and the holder. The lid button is in the shape of a flame inlaid with jewels, and the bowl lid is engraved with four entwined lotuses, which surround the lid button. The lid is also engraved with auspicious eight treasure patterns: wheel, snail, umbrella, cover, flower, jar, fish, long, meaning auspicious wishes. The upper part of the bowl holder is a circular pedestal, the girdle is gilt and inlaid with a circle of turquoise, the three sides are decorated with human heads, and the surface of the bowl holder and the base of the bowl holder are decorated with entwined branches and lotus patterns, and the lotus is gilded. It's very exquisite.

In this exquisite ritual vessel is the blood of a human, the blood of a pure maiden. In addition to providing blood, the girl's whole person is also fully utilized, human skin, human eyes, human brains, and human bones are all fully utilized. At this prayer ceremony held by the national teacher of Bathba, there are also drums made of human skins of young girls, human skin scriptures and other objects.

Tibetan Theravada Buddhism is different from Han Mahayana Buddhism. Mahayana Buddhism is about the idea of universal sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism believes that this kind of slogan is too high-minded, and it can easily become nonsense. Therefore, Theravada Buddhism has very strict requirements for specific implementation. If you can't go through a rigorous process, where can you prove the piety of a believer?

Religious belief is an individual act, but a religious organization is certainly a commercial act. The Rinpoches, who had endured hardships and gone through many trials, felt that they had suffered too much in this life, so there was a talk of reincarnation. This reincarnation means that in the next life, you can go straight to the last wonderful life without going through many trials. It's all business logic. It is contrary to the kind of detachment that Shakyamuni founded.

Since it's a commercial action, it has to be a gimmick. There's nothing more resonant with people than using a human-crafting artifact. Just like Zhao Jiaren, he suddenly understood Theravada Buddhism after listening to the song "Sister Drum". When everything within reach contains a human component, human beings have a sense of identity with their nature.

Prince Zhenjin didn't have the heart to consider this recognition, his mood at this time was mainly to seek peace of mind. The previous excitement has passed, after all, Zhenjin is a person who has studied Confucianism, and those teachers have told him to be modest and cautious. Now the real gold clearly felt his own expansion. Because he is only one step away from the highest position. When his father, Kublai Khan, ascended to heaven, the power of Mongolia would fall into the hands of real gold. Mongolia, which spans tens of thousands of miles, has a population of tens of millions, and a powerful Mongolian iron horse, all of which are owned by Zhenjin. Obey the orders of the real gold and realize the idea of the real gold.

In order to be able to free himself from this expansion as soon as possible, Zhenjin began to participate in many rituals, hoping to allow himself to accept the reality that his fate was ordained by heaven as soon as possible.

Guru Baspa's mouth was reciting the scriptures, and the Rinpoches were also chanting with the instruments of the Dharma. Jin didn't know what the verses meant, he just soaked up the somewhat dazed atmosphere. In the field of metaphysics, you can feel these things that seem to be out of the world. And Zhenjin believes that there must be something in the dark that determines the fate of Zhenjin.

After reciting the scriptures, the national teacher began to make mudras and cast spells with the things contained in various ritual vessels to complete the ritual.

While watching the superstitious activities of the gods and gods go on, Kublai Khan, the great Khan of Mongolia, was marching through the rain. He hoped that his son could have a stable country, and as a father, it was imperative to sweep the entire Arabian Peninsula and solve the Mamluk in Egypt.

Kublai Khan knew he was 70 years old, and his time was running out. We must prepare our children and grandchildren as soon as possible so that they can have a wider space to develop.

"Great Khan, Jerusalem ahead"