"What's going on up there? The Mongols can't use it! ”

"We don't want the Mongols!"

Conclusions were quickly reached at the meetings of the Office. Xie Song is completely in agreement with everyone that the Mongols represent barbarism, killing, and plundering. Coming to the conclusion, Xie Song hesitated a little before sending the report. The Office had made it clear enough in its last report that it was now asking the Office to reconvene and would probably like to see a different conclusion.

It took longer to consider the ideas of the upper echelons than the meeting, and Xie Song handed over the final draft that had been made after repeated revisions to the Communications Section, "Send out the telegram." ”

A few hours later, the telegram arrived in Athens. After reading the telegram, Yang calmly and modestly was satisfied with the speed of the telegram, and was quite helpless about the content. Shesong's telegram was brief, 'The Office is unanimous and opposes giving the Mongolian personnel any chance'. Young calmly believed that the telegram was not exaggerated, and the Athenian discussion came to the same conclusion. The more the lower classes reacted, the more simple and crisp they were, and the Song people didn't want to give the Mongols a chance at all.

There was no one to pick the head, and Yang Congrong could only go into battle by himself. Attending the meeting, including the core upper-level and Qianzhuang experts, Yang calmly got straight to the point, "Dealing with the Mongols is one choice, and fighting with the Mongols is another." Which do you choose? ”

As soon as the words fell, someone immediately replied, "Fighting." "I also choose to fight."

After all, it is the upper class, everyone has seen a lot, and some people can't help but let out a barbell-like hearty laugh, which is sympathy for Yang Congrong. Yang was unmoved, he continued to ask the person who did not express his position, "You can say whatever you want, hurry up and finish this step, and you can proceed to the next process." ”

"I choose to fight." "I also think it's better to fight." Others who didn't say anything were telling their thoughts. Those who had already expressed their stance looked at Yang Congrong with interest, hoping to see something from Yang Congrong's expression.

All were of the same opinion and would rather fight with the Mongols than deal with them. Yang Congrong continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have the same opinion as everyone else. I think that sooner or later the Mongols and the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean will fight, and the Mongols have been unable to capture the state of Tianzhu over the years, let alone make a move against the Great Song Dynasty. They couldn't defeat the Yuan Kingdom, and all that was left was to launch an attack on the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean. Rather than passively waiting for the war to break out, it is better to use the cooperation between the Eastern Roman region and the Mongols to understand the Mongolian intelligence and influence the Mongolian situation. ”

The logic in this statement is concise and concise, that is, not everyone in the core personnel understands the logic of each knowledge point. Someone thought for a while and asked, "Wouldn't it be better to send someone to inquire directly about the information?" ”

Qianzhuang experts objected to this, "The official family said that how big the pot is to cook how much, and we deeply believe it. If you want to build a cavalry of 10,000 people, you must have a production chain that can eventually produce 10,000 horses. Horses also have to eat, drink, and Lazar, pasture, and horse breeders are all indispensable. If we can know the tribes that sold horses to Mongolia and the number of horses sold, we can make a more accurate judgment without directly obtaining information from the Mongolian court. If you want to get such a large amount of information, you really have to have a lot of contact with the Mongols. ”

As soon as Yang Congrong's words were finished, someone immediately asked: "Is the Jiedu envoy preparing to start a war with Mongolia?" ”

Yang calmly shook his head, "I only have eleven months left in my term of office, and I will return to the Great Song Dynasty when the time comes." Unless there are major changes within Mongolia that we do not anticipate now, it will be impossible to fight against Mongolia during my term of office. The reason why I want to start preparing now is because I don't want to waste time. Since everyone believed that sooner or later there would be a war with the Mongols, it was better to prepare a day earlier than a day later. ”

At this time, everyone found that they were surrounded by Yang Congrong, and when they first expressed their attitude, they did not think about fighting with the Mongols, which could mean that it was better to fight than to deal with them. Many people felt that Yang Congrong was a little unauthentic, and some people asked: "What if Mongolia doesn't fight with us?" ”

Yang calmly patted the table, "Everyone votes to see what they think." ”

There was no rhetoric or trick in this vote. Only two believed that there would be no war, and the others believed that it would break out sooner or later. The two did not insist on their opinions after the votes, so Yang Congrong made arrangements to invite a senior to go to Constantinople to persuade Xie Song, the director of the office.

In the past, Athens to Constantinople was traveled by boat, but this time the upper echelons rode to Constantinople along the official road. The official road is still uneven, but there are telephone poles next to the road. Information from Athens to Constantine was carried along the wires at a speed far faster than that of horses, and the official roads were much more lively, except for those who had to travel, and patrols could be seen at regular intervals. They rode horses and slowly patrolled along the official road, which looked reassuring.

Leave the province of Europa and enter the Eastern Roman border. The patrol of the streets became the Eastern Roman legion, which made the high-level quite surprised, and even a little moved. When they arrived in Constantinople, the high-level officials saw Xie Song, and when they talked about what they saw along the way, they couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect the Eastern Roman court to use money on the blade, it's rare." ”

Xie Song was stunned, he knew that what the senior said was right, but he had never thought about it. I was about to say a few words about this, but the senior management talked about the purpose of the trip. The more Xie Song listened, the more he frowned, and in the end, his brows were almost twisted into pimples. After the high-level finished speaking, Xie Song immediately shook his head, "I can't trust the Mongols." Let them come to Eastern Rome, I am afraid that it will cause great trouble to Eastern Rome. We have a lot of business in Eastern Rome, especially this bank. This should not be compromised. ”

"I see that the Eastern Romans are so serious, and the Mongols are afraid that they will not be able to get benefits." The top brass was very concerned about what they saw.

Xie Song continued to shake his head, "You can't think like that. The Eastern Romans had only rebuilt their legions for a few years, but they were not the opponents of the Mongols. ”

"At the critical moment, we can send troops."

"It's not our business. Boyan of the Western Roman Empire may not make a move, but Yuan Guo is afraid that he will not stay out of the matter. Hao Ren went to be the prime minister of Mongolia, making it clear that he was concerned about Mongolia. If the Yuan Kingdom sends troops, let alone Eastern Rome, I am afraid that the provinces of Europa will be affected. ”

"It's because Hao Ren is the prime minister, we don't have to worry about Mongolia going too far."

"I can't trust Hao Ren." Xie Song said in his heart, "The basis of the Quadripartite Alliance is that the Yuan Kingdom is far away from Mongolia. Now the two sides are mixed together, unless Hao Ren kills the Mongol Great Khan and establishes himself as the Great Khan. Otherwise he is dangerous. ”

The upper echelons were stunned, they had also discussed the position of Yuan Guo, but they didn't expect this trick to exist.

(Tianjin)