"If you don't fight for three days, you will go to the house and uncover the tiles; One meal a day, no end! Well said, well said! Putting down the letter of the Great Yuan ambassador to the Song State, Wu Li Buhuachi, the Great Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan, said loudly with strong malice.

The ministers in the court had already read the ambassador's short letter, and they basically had a grasp of the whole thing. Ever since Hao Jing understood Zhao Jiaren's academic philosophy and had an understanding of the trends in the latest culture of the Song Dynasty, he became a hardliner against the Song Dynasty. Seeing the situation like this, Hao Jing said: "Your Majesty, can you punish Song Guo?" ”

Kublai Khan did not answer immediately, but said: "The Song State is now earning more than 100,000 taels of silver from us every year, and if it continues like this, the treasury will have to be emptied by the Song State!" ”

The right prime minister, Ahma, saw that Emperor Kublai Khan's gaze was looking at him, and he couldn't care so much, so he returned the list, "Your Majesty, if we are willing to reduce the price of alkali blocks, there should not be so many losses." ”

As soon as these words came out, Ahma's political enemy Lian Xixian immediately came out and said angrily: "How much the alkali block sells is determined by us." Why is it so cheap? ”

Even though Ahmad knew about the conflict between the gang and himself, he couldn't help but express his opinion on such a ridiculous statement, "When you do business, the price is always negotiable. If Song Guo refuses to pay that price, they won't buy ......"

Lian Xixian immediately replied: "Since they don't buy it, we won't buy their things either." What's wrong with that? Since the Song Kingdom makes so much money from us every year, it is natural for them to suffer a big loss by interrupting trade! ”

Ahmad didn't want to answer anymore. He looked up at Kublai Khan, and he was a little glad in his heart. At present, the trade between the Great Yuan and the Song State was not that merchants on both sides sent merchants to do business, but that the Song State transported the goods that the Great Yuan wanted to buy to Zhigu Village, and the Mongols took those goods away and sold them monopolly. It was not Ahmad who was in charge of this monopoly, but someone else appointed by Kublai Khan.

Because of this, Ahmad was able to gain greater trust from Kublai Khan. As for the shortfalls, they are all because Dayuan has a great demand for a certain part of the Song Kingdom's goods. For example, the Fujian tea that is shipped every year by the Song Kingdom, the taste of those teas is very ordinary, but fortunately, it is cheap, and the spices are even more so. These things are almost indispensable in the steppe, at least in the capital, these Mongols are indispensable every day. If utensils and the like could still be made by craftsmen in the capital, there would be no way to do the native products of the south.

Kublai Khan was certainly well aware of this. In fact, he was a little hesitant in his heart, whether to simply reduce the price of the most profitable trading alkali block to the previous level. In the past, when Kublai Khan bought Zhao Jiaren's one-pound cannon, he exported alkali blocks to Zhao Jiaren at a very low price. Later, Kublai Khan raised the price of alkali blocks by five times, and Zhao Jiaren said that he would accept the price increase by 50% at most. The two sides will break up. If this transaction continues, the excess of more than 100,000 taels can easily be reduced to 20,000 or 30,000 taels.

knew that this was just a dispute of will, but the Great Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan felt as uncomfortable as inserting a needle in his heart. As Uri Buhuachi said, Mongolia was a military blow to the enemy, and it won numerous victories through military strikes. The Great Song Dynasty has persisted in front of Mongolia for 50 years, and now it is showing a posture of 'not fighting for three days, going to the house and revealing the tiles'.

According to Mongolian cultural traditions, this is not the time to negotiate at all, and now is the time to fight. Whether it's the Great Song Dynasty or the Mongols, they all know what to do after this war!

Lian Xixian looked at Kublai Khan's expression and immediately said loudly: "Your Majesty." If the Song Kingdom is allowed to gain such an inch, they will only think that I have no one in Dayuan. What's more, the reason why Da Song made a three-year agreement was that he wanted to start after three years. Since you still have to fight when the time comes, why not fight now. Your Majesty can clearly tell the Song State that they are treacherous to kill our officials of the Great Yuan. We will fight against them! It's not about turning your back on peace, it's about upholding it! ”

The Hanchens' use of the written word was not Kublai Khan's strong point, and Lian Xixian's explanation of the war pleased Kublai Khan. Indeed, if the war can be limited to a period of clear significance, it is to accuse the Song State of being the first to renegade on the scope of the Covenant. Hao Jing felt this feeling deeply, and Zhao Jiaren in his eyes was a main battle faction. The only thing that can stop Zhao Jiaren from fighting is defeat or death. So Hao Jing said: "Your Majesty, this matter should be punished by Song Guo. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is impossible!" Ahmad hurriedly said.

The next morning, Hao Ren, who was recuperating in the Xiaotangshan Hot Spring in Changping, met the people sent by Ahma. The man rode on horseback, and the whole person was overwhelmed. He sent Ahma's letter, and then told him what had happened in Dadu.

Hao Ren didn't know what to say for a while. He also didn't like Ahma before, but after learning from Xunzi and Han Feizi and other pre-Qin princes, Hao Ren began to gradually snub science. Then he found that his judgment of 'loyalty' had also changed a lot. For example, Ahmad may be a bastard, but he is a loyal servant of the Great Yuan.

Some people say that Ahmad appoints private individuals and fills his pockets. But as far as Hao Ren saw with his own eyes, after Bath became the national teacher, the big vote officials were all under Bathba's disciples, or they defected to Bath Basbah's national teacher to seek officials. In order to be able to gain the favor of the Basba national teacher, of course, they had to offer a lot of money. It is said that there are also people who offer their wives and concubines to double cultivate with the national teacher, and become an official after being favored by the national teacher.

As for this Basba national teacher, Hao Ren knew that the demon monk Yang Lian Zhenjia used the 'Shadow Song Lizong Gabala Bowl' to pretend to be the 'True Song Lizong Gabala Bowl' to coax the Basba National Teacher, and he was killed by the national teacher. Not only was Yang Lian Zhenjia executed, but even Yang Lian Zhenjia's subordinates were also executed. According to Hao Ren's friends, the executed demon monks were skinned alive, cramped, gouged out their eyes and bled out, and were unloaded and made into fresh magic weapons for the use of the national teacher of Basba. Compared with the chubby national teacher who always showed a mysterious and quiet smile, Hao Ren felt that Ahma was more straightforward and cute, harmless to humans and animals.

"Wanhu, the right prime minister wants to ask you to go back and persuade the Great Khan not to go to war. Regardless of whether this battle is won or lost, can it be said that it will be stopped? Ahma's messenger said wearily.

"Got it." Hao Ren replied. He originally thought that only people like his teacher Hao Jing could have such loyalty, but he didn't expect that Ahma was no less loyal than Hao Jing.

Let the messenger rest first, and Hao Ren thought about what he should do. If he hurried back, Kublai Khan would have known that someone had sent a message to Hao Ren. After reading Han Feizi's book, Hao Ren paid more and more attention to the means of doing things. What would Kublai Khan think of Hao Ren's approach? Monarchs have reverse scales, and Hao Ren doesn't want to touch the reverse scales of Kublai Khan.

Thinking about it, Hao Ren felt very irritable. He couldn't do any business, so he simply returned to the hot spring residence. As soon as his son Hao Kang could speak, he shouted "Daddy, Daddy" in a Jiangnan accent. His wife, Bao Xiweak, was holding her seven- or eight-month-old daughter and was about to breastfeed. Seeing Hao Ren's sad face, she couldn't help but ask, "Why do you look so unhappy?" ”

Hao Ren needed to find someone to talk to, so he told Bao Xiqiao about the predicament he encountered. Bao Xiwan didn't speak after hearing this, but just lowered his head to breastfeed his daughter. Hao Ren also felt that it was too much to involve his wife in this matter, and Bao Xiweak never talked about government politics. Sighing and touching his son's little head, Hao Ren left. When he came out this time, he wanted his family to relax outside and see the beautiful scenery of the hot spring water. If you really worry about the government, there will always be unfinished official business when you are in the capital.

After standing outside for a long time, Hao Ren still felt that he couldn't sit idly by and ignore this matter. If he doesn't know, it's fine, and since he knows, he should react. So Hao Ren didn't go back to his residence, but just asked the attendant to inform his wife that he was going out in the next few days. Then Hao Ren ordered people to prepare horses, and he rushed back to Dadu with a few guards.

Hao Rennai is a member of the ten thousand households of the children's family, and the important minister of most of the capital. Of course, the people at the gate of the palace did not dare to stop him from going to the palace. When Hao Ren hurriedly arrived at the court, he heard Song Gongming, the envoy of the Song State in Dayuan, say in a tone that was not heavy: "If what the Great Khan said is not a joke, I, as an ambassador, can also inform the Great Khan." If you want to fight, I will fight. ”

He opened his mouth to stop the matter from going on immediately, but Hao Ren found that he couldn't stop it. He was also thinking about it along the way, and then found out that the Great Khan had actually wanted to fight for a long time. Hao Ren said that nothing could change what happened.

"Very well, I'll just assume you're right." Kublai Khan was not really angry because of Song Gongming's words, he even felt very happy. Finally there was a war to be fought, and the blood of Mongolia boiled in his veins.

Based on the contents of the Bianliang Agreement, Mongolia immediately sent an envoy to give an ultimatum to the Great Song Dynasty. Before the envoy arrived in the Great Song Dynasty, the pigeon sent the news to Lin'an more than ten days in advance. Captain Zhao immediately began to dispatch troops. At this time, the fifteen divisions of the Great Song Dynasty had been formed.

Zhao Jiaren ordered four divisions to assemble in Henan. And Zhao Taiwei himself summoned the cadres of the head office of the society to assemble. When everyone gathered, Zhao Jiaren first informed everyone of the latest situation. Without waiting for them to speak excitedly, Zhao Jiaren said: "I don't care what the Mongols think about this battle, I want to take Bianliang." ”

As soon as the word Bianliang came out, the whole room was quiet, as if a needle could be heard clearly when it fell on the ground. But Zhao Jiaren would never feel that there was no one in the room, and the indescribable atmosphere was silently boiling in the room, looking at the eyes of the members of the society, Zhao Jiaren felt a little numb on his back.