Hao Jing is old. His hair was thinning and his skin was dry, like an old tree about to die.

Hao Ren sat next to the teacher, and saw that the teacher's eyes were still bright, as if all the remaining vitality was gathered in these eyes. Maybe it was because the vitality was too concentrated, but Hao Ren didn't pay attention to those lifeless parts.

"Your Majesty was here yesterday. He told me that in the future, he would still have to follow the Mongolian rules. Hao Jing directly spoke about the core part, and the grief in his words was indescribable.

On the way back to Dadu, there was plenty of time to think, and Hao Ren had already thought of this possibility. He didn't evaluate Kublai Khan's actions, but took out the things that he had never been able to figure out in the past few days, "Teacher. The current situation is so far, is it the uselessness of science, or is the sinicization of Dayuan not enough? ”

"What do you mean by that?" Hao Jing asked with some difficulty.

"It has been 320 years since the Song Dynasty was in power, and in these 320 years, it has never won against the northern countries. First, he gave the Liao State a year's coin, and during the Jingkang period, he was defeated by the Jin State, and a few years ago, he was almost destroyed by my Great Yuan. However, the Great Song Dynasty has been able to hold on to the present, and when it encounters a male lord like Zhao Jiaren in power, it will immediately be majestic. At the time of Genghis Khan, my Great Yuan destroyed dozens of countries and expeditioned tens of thousands of miles. However, after using science, the Battle of Ezhou was first defeated by Zhao Jiaren with more than 10,000 casualties. After the surrender of Lin'an, Zhao Jiaren took power. My Dayuan will lose every battle. If it weren't for Marshal Boyan's decisive retreat from Jiangnan to Jiangbei, I am afraid that Zhao Jiaren would cut off the Yangtze River again, and the tens of thousands of elite troops in Jiangnan would be wiped out. After that, it was lost to Defu, Kaifeng, Luoyang, and the Yellow River were defeated. The Song army can make the Yellow River return to the north under the nose of our Yuan army......"

Speaking of this, Hao Ren couldn't speak for a while, and he unbuttoned his collar, as if this would relieve the depression in his chest. For decades, as long as Dayuan met Zhao Jiaren, he couldn't get the slightest bargain. When Zhao Jiaren came to power in full power, Dayuan suffered unprecedented losses.

"Teacher, this is the end of the situation. I want to ask,Is it the uselessness of science.,Or is the sinicization of Dayuan not enough.。 If Da Yuan can be sinicized to the level of the Song Kingdom, will he be able to compete with the current Song Kingdom? ”

Hao Jing did not answer the disciple's question for the time being. When Kublai Khan came yesterday, the basic reasons he said were similar to those mentioned by Hao Ren, and they all questioned whether the system that Hao Jing had worked hard to implement really worked. Unlike Hao Ren, Kublai Khan did not consider the question of the degree of sinicization of the Great Yuan at all. In Kublai Khan's view, if the existing system did not make Kublai Khan invincible, he would have to return to the old Mongol system. At least it turns out that Mongolia at that time was once invincible.

Everyone in the world is utilitarian and practical, and this is especially true of emperors. Hao Jing actually didn't blame Kublai Khan for making such a choice. However, all his life, he hoped to use what he had learned all his life to assist Kublai Khan in achieving great things, and to use Kublai Khan's success to raise science in the northern Han region. Now, however, as Hao Ren said, such a purpose has failed.

Hao Ren didn't feel the teacher's mood, at this time he only felt as if there was a flame burning in his heart, making it difficult for him to breathe. Taking a deep breath, Hao Ren said anxiously: "Teacher! At this time, the Song Kingdom had reached a terrifying point in just a few years. This shows that there is nothing wrong with sinicization. I just want to ask whether the current situation of Dayuan is just the path of the decline of the Song Kingdom, and this road is bound to go. As long as you get through it, you can move forward again. Or maybe we're on the wrong track. It's not really sinicized! ”

Listening to the disciple's fierce question, Hao Jing still did not answer. However, his eyes were moist, and after a moment he burst into tears. Seeing that his disciple Hao Ren showed a look of self-blame, Hao Jing grabbed Hao Ren's hand with all his strength, choked and said, "Hao Ren." Among my disciples, you are the only one who is truly sinicized. It's the current situation.,But I only think that science may be useless.,I never think there's anything wrong with sinicization.。 Whether science is useless or not, I dare not comment on it now. Everything I have learned in my life is actually a system. If the system can be implemented, it will naturally be able to respond to all kinds of changes. However, the current system is not at all the same as what I first told His Majesty. ”

Hao Ren nodded again and again after hearing this. What Hao Jing hoped to establish was a very efficient centralized system, which was also decent when it was first implemented, and as soon as this system touched the traditional Mongolian system, the people in power in the Mongolian system began to obstruct it with all their might. By now, the only thing left of the entire system is probably the official name, and the system itself has been mentioned in the Hao Jing, which is completely different from the original idea.

"Hao Ren, the moment...... Moment......" Hao Jing's breathing became rapid, he stopped and slowed down, finally took a breath, and immediately said quickly: "The current Song Kingdom may still be sinicized, but it is definitely not a science. If science had been used, there would have been no Han Chinese left in the conquered land. What is the difference between this method and that of Mongolia? Therefore, the words of His Majesty reproaching me, I have no excuse. As for the sinicization,You have to think about it yourself.。 I don't have the strength to think about it anymore. ”

After saying so many words, Hao Jing suddenly coughed violently. Hao Jing's family, who was waiting next to him, hurriedly came up to take care of him, but Hao Jing's body couldn't withstand such a fierce toss. As his cough decreased, he also breathed more and took in less air. With a strong flick, Hao Jing let out a long 'uh' sound. When the sound stopped, he was no longer breathing.

Hao Jing's family had already prepared in their hearts, and when they saw Hao Jing returning to the west, they immediately knelt down in front of the bed and cried loudly. Hao Ren stood up in despair, knelt down and kowtowed to the teacher three times. Then he stood up in despair and staggered out the door. When he came to see the teacher for the last time, Hao Ren hoped to get an answer from the teacher, but he didn't expect that the answer he got not only failed to solve the doubt, but instead made him fall into deeper confusion. Hao Ren has always associated science with sinicization, but Hao Jing has denied the relationship between the two in his final conversation.

Without the bridge of science, Hao Ren found that the distance between himself and the Sinicization of the Song State was actually much farther than he imagined.

After Hao Jing's death, Kublai Khan gave the family of this important minister a lot of rewards. also posthumously sealed many posthumous names. However, Hao Ren didn't feel that there was anything to envy about these honors. When Kublai Khan reused Hao Jing back then, it was because Hao Jing proposed a large number of Han systems, and Kublai Khan opened the road to the sinicization of Mongolia. Until the establishment of the Great Yuan.

Hao Jing's death meant that the system had come to an end, and from then on the Great Yuan was once again on the path of returning to Mongolia. So these honors seem to be really ridiculous, and the death of people will only make people feel embarrassed.

Just when Hao Ren fell into such a lost state of mind, Kublai Khan called him to the palace, and Boyan appeared with him. Kublai Khan said straight to the point: "Hao Ren." The Ögedai Khanate and the Chagatai Khanate have always been rebellious and have repeatedly attacked Horin. I command you to lead your soldiers against them. ”

"Expedition to the West?" Hao Ren couldn't help but ask.

Kublai Khan did not answer, and continued: "You gather the army as soon as possible. ”

"Yes." Hao Ren replied crisply.

Seeing Hao Ren's Mongolian performance, Kublai Khan was surprised, he stared at Hao Ren for a moment, and asked a little hesitantly: "You...... Is there anything else to say? ”

"Is it possible for the Great Khan to learn the old methods of Genghis Khan? If you go outside, you must first settle inside. Hao Ren asked the question bluntly.

Hearing this question, the old Kublai Khan's eyes lit up, and he said in a firm tone: "After the destruction of the kings of Zamuhe, Naiman and Kereh, Genghis Khan unified the steppe. Without the unification of the steppes, the Mongols would have no strength. ”

Zamuhe was Genghis Khan's sworn brother, and Wang Khan's father and son also cooperated with Genghis Khan many times in those years. None of this allowed Genghis Khan to let them go. Kublai Khan now felt that he was too tolerant of the other three khanates, who were also descendants of Genghis Khan. If after the Battle of Ezhou, he did not organize a southward expedition to the Song Dynasty, but a westward expedition. It would have been a long time since the other khanates had come to the Kuritai Congress to jointly recognize Kublai Khan's position as the Great Khan of the Mongols. The emperor of Dayuan was only the supreme monarch of Kublai Khan's domain, and according to the rules of the Mongols, the Mongol monarch was only the Great Khan elected by the Kuritai Assembly.

"Yes." Hao Ren replied decisively. He was in a mood at this time and was reluctant to discuss anything, since the sinicization of Dayuan had ended, there was nothing worth discussing in this world.

The appointment and dismissal went so smoothly. After Hao Ren went down, Kublai Khan was a little uneasy. He asked Boyan next to him, "Could Hao Ren be perfunctory to me?" ”

"No, it won't." Boyan replied indifferently.

"Why?"

"Hao Jing is dead. It seems that Hao Ren has died of the heart of Sinicization. ”

"Can you still trust him?" Kublai Khan hesitated.

"Hao Ren is a Mongolian, why can't he be trusted?" Boyan asked rhetorically.

This is a question that even Kublai Khan found unanswerable. From the perspective of a monarch like him, Hao Ren, as a descendant of Torre, was already a potential danger. But Boyan seemed to see something deeper. Kublai Khan felt that Hao Ren, who was probably disillusioned by his political ideals, was left with only the will to fight in the bones of the family.

However, Kublai Khan didn't ask much, and sending Hao Ren to the west was no choice. Looking at Kublai Khan's subordinates who can be used, those with high enough status and strong enough ability are probably the only ones left. Although the children and grandchildren of the other Golden Families don't seem to have made any major mistakes so far, they haven't done anything serious. Hao Ren's performance in handling major events was completely within the acceptable range of Kublai Khan.

So Kublai Khan asked: "Boyan, how long will it take for you to clean up the situation in Hebei." ”

"Four months." Boyan still replied coldly.