"Brother, brother, I'm a little worried about whether you can hold down the formation after I return to Baghdad, Urshan doesn't know anything else, but he knows how to deal with these princes. You have something to ask him. ”

"Thank you, big brother. I'm really worried that if I kill so many princes here, they will definitely go to the Great Khan to complain. The last time I went back, the prime minister reprimanded me. Referring to the last time he was reprimanded by his father, Hao Kang was a little uneasy.

"Prime Minister...... It's too Han. Tokhtar sighed: "Brother, we naturally have Mongolian rules in Mongolia. Doing things with my brother, I think I can understand the prime minister's thoughts. But my brother still has to say a word to my brother, it's the one we discussed last time...... That Mongolia is the body, what is that? ”

"Mongolia is the body, Sinology is the use." Hao Kang replied with his own summary statement.

"Yes, yes, yes. That's it! Mongolia is the body, and Sinology is the use. Tokh nodded again and again, and sighed greatly: "Why can the Yuan Kingdom be so prosperous, brother, I think that the Yuan Kingdom is based on the Han people...... The people of the Yuan country are the foundation.,It's not wrong to be fully sinicized.。 In the territory of the Great Khan, the Mongols are the foundation, and they can use the things of the Han people, but they can't make everyone change into Han people immediately. ”

Hearing this big truth, Hao Kang couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Hehe, Brother Toto, you are really a good person." You're probably the only one in the Mongolian court who can understand this. But don't ...... that."

Totoku interrupted Hao Kang with a smile, "Don't worry, what to say to whom, brother, I know very well." ”

Hao Kang knew that the means of getting rid of it were very strong, and he told him to speak carefully, which inevitably seemed a little self-conscious. changed the subject, "Big brother, brother, I will have people send horses over as soon as possible, and please prepare how to receive these horses first." After all, our horses look different from Mongolian horses. ”

"Well, I know. When the horses arrived in Damascus, my brother hastened to send me a message. Totoh replied very seriously.

After a few more words, the two men said goodbye to each other, and Tokhtar led his men and horses on the return journey to Baghdad. When he came to Damascus, most of Toto's subordinates were Mongolian horses, and before the return trip, Hao Kang gave all the mixed horses of the Yuan Kingdom on his side to Toto, and the 600 cavalry were all tall mixed horses, although there was still a problem of not being familiar with horses for the time being, but the mixed horses themselves walked fast and steady, and the marching speed was obviously much faster than before.

It took only two-thirds of the time to return to Baghdad, and Tokhtar found that his initial joy had diminished. Mixed-breed horses are really good, but they are quite picky about forage because they can eat a lot of food, and they are far less barren than Mongolian horses. These 600 horses have reached the upper limit of what they can bear, and he can't afford any more.

When he returned to Baghdad to see the Great Khan, Timur came up and asked Tokhtar what he thought of the slave dynasty. Tokhtar didn't have any feelings for the slave dynasty, but he didn't dare to say that he didn't know. Seeing that Timur's expression was actually a little angry, Tokhtar asked, "Great Khan, is the slave dynasty actually going to war with us?" ”

"A few days ago, the slave dynasty sent people to ask us to promise them to meet them somewhere in the True God Cult, and the court didn't let these people carry weapons, so they said some." Remembering the situation, Timur became angry.

After thinking for a moment, Zhengse said: "Great Khan, although the minister doesn't know what the slave dynasty wants to do, he suddenly feels uneasy in his heart. Did the Great Khan send someone to tell the Ilkhanate to be cautious? ”

Timur felt that what Tokhtar had said was exactly what he felt, so he called the clerk around him and ordered him to write an edict. After the matter was settled, Timur inquired about the situation in Damascus. After Tokhtar finished talking about the arrogance of the princes, he said with some expectation: "Great Khan, the ministers led Hao Ren to clean up the local princes, and they immediately bowed their heads and obeyed obediently. The minister thought that he could first place the flag army in Damascus to see if Hao Kang could provide food and grass to the flag army as he said. ”

"Humph!" Timur snorted, but couldn't help but smile with joy, "How many princes have you killed in Damascus, more than a dozen princes come to me every day to complain." Hao Ren's face looked wrong, and many people thought of going to him. ”

Hearing the Great Khan mention Hao Ren, Tokhtok hurriedly said, "Great Khan, the minister wants some horses from Hao Kang this time. Those horses ate a lot of food, and the minister just wanted to go to Hao Ren to ask for some grain and grass. Do you want the minister to test Hao Ren? ”

"It's fine." Timur replied with a smile.

After receiving the order of the Great Khan, Tokhtar went straight to Hao Ren's mansion. After the two met, Hao Ren came up and asked, "Toto, Hao Kang is so nonsense, why don't you stop him?" ”

Detach yourself and say, it's the prime minister, you're messing around, right? It's just that he didn't dare to say that, so he replied: "Brother Hao Kang is only facing such a situation for the first time, and it is not surprising that he has not handled it well. Why do you have to take the things that the princes said to heart? ”

Hao Ren only felt that he was angry without a name, but because he knew that it was inconvenient for him to directly reprimand Tuotuo, he could only turn his face away and not look at Tuotuo. Totoh saw that things were not quite right, so he could only change the subject, "Prime Minister, I forcibly asked for some horses from Brother Hao Kang, but I didn't know that although the horses in the Yuan Kingdom were good, they ate much more than the horses I used. This time, when he came, he asked the prime minister for some grain and grass. ”

With this opportunity to vent, Hao Ren snorted heavily. Seeing that Totoku looked aggrieved and pitiful, he almost knelt on the ground and hugged Hao Ren's thigh and shouted, "Master, enjoy some food." At this time, even Hao Ren felt that he couldn't go too far, he could only sigh, "Alas, ......, take off, Hao Kang is messing around, you are his eldest brother, you don't care about him?" ”

Tokhoff really couldn't stand Hao Ren, so he simply explained, "Prime Minister, Brother Hao Kang, like you, wants the princes to listen to what he said, such as farming and paying for grain, scientific farming, benevolence, righteousness and morality, courtesy, righteousness and shame. Everything he did was done by me, and he did it. I really took care of him, and he listened to me. So you don't have to blame him, just say it to me. It is normal for the princes to sue, but it is strange not to sue. I can't read Han books as much as the prime minister, but what have I read slanderous books, how many boxes or what? …… I can't remember what it was called. ”

"Slander." Hao Ren said in surprise. During the Warring States Period, Wei Wenhou appointed Le Yang as a general to attack Zhongshan Kingdom, and it took many years to attack it. When Le Yang returned victoriously and reported to Wei Wenhou, he was arrogant and proudly showed off his military exploits. Wei Wenhou asked people to fetch two boxes, which were full of the recitals of ministers and guests in recent years, and the books were all criticisms of the attack on Zhongshan and Le Yang. Le Yang bowed to the head again and said: "This is not the work of the minister, but the power of the lord." ”

It's not easy for this Mongolian to read a book and think of this allusion. Hao Ren's heart immediately changed his opinion of Toto, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Toto, now the court is so difficult, if you can't let the whole and bottom know......"

"Prime Minister, Mongolia really knows that it is difficult. In the past 30 years, with the rise of the Great Song Dynasty, Mongolia first lost the Han land, and now even Mongolia cannot go back. The princes had no proceeds from looting, and they all complained bitterly. This is also due to Prime Minister Boyan's strong move to Baghdad to move westward, and the prime minister has been saddle horses for several years, and the Ogedai and Chagatai Khanates, and coerced the Kipchak Khanate. Kublai Khan was able to reconvene the Kuritai Congress and was proclaimed Mongol Great Khan. But let me say something that I don't like, Prime Minister, Kublai Khan has returned to heaven, and now Timur Khan is in power, why do you want to forget Kublai Khan? ”

"What did you say?" Hao Ren seemed to have been whipped and immediately became stern.

Totok was not moved at all, he looked back at Hao Ren calmly, "I admire Prime Minister Boyan very much, and I used Prime Minister Boyan as a teacher when I was a teenager. Prime Minister Boyan once talked about the Mongolian heroes, saying that Kublai Khan's lifelong desire was to be called Khan at the Kuritai Conference, and although the Great Khan lost the Han land that he had run for 20 years, he achieved his life's wish in Baghdad and reunited Mongolia. Since then, there have been no regrets. Although the defeat to Zhao Jiaren made Kublai Khan haunted, the victory and defeat of the army were commonplace, and the Great Khan could also let go. Another Mongolian hero is Prime Minister Hao Ren, whose wish in life is to keep Mongolia from living under the Han Chinese, but he is inevitably a little fatal. When I think about it now, I think what Prime Minister Boyan said is extremely true. Mongolia is Mongolia, and Han people are Han people. This time, I was talking to Brother Hao Kang about state affairs, and I felt that Mongolia must be used as a body and Sinology as a use. The prime minister is the lord of the Yuan country, of course, you can implement the system you want in the Yuan country. What Kublai Khan wanted all his life was to be the position of the Great Khan at the pinnacle of the Mongol system, and after obtaining what he wanted, he was satisfied and asked for nothing more. What the prime minister wants to do is much higher than Kublai Khan, our Mongolia has its own Mongolian rules, just use the knowledge of the Han people, why do you have to let the Mongols become Han Chinese? ”

After saying these words, Totokh was also surprised why he had such courage, and what he just said was already a face-to-face reprimand. After the words were finished, Tokhtar wondered if he had fallen into the evil just now, where did he get such courage! Nervously lowered his head to peek at Hao Ren, but saw that Hao Ren was stunned, and the expression on his face seemed solemn but changed from time to time. I can't tell what Hao Ren's mood is.

Tokh felt that he had greatly upset Hao Ren, so he could only say: "Prime Minister, I will leave first." ”

"Hmm." Hao Ren looked absent-mindedly and responded.

Totoh got up and left, and walked out a few steps, but heard Hao Ren shouting from behind: "Toto! ”

"Yes." Tokhtar quickly stood up and turned around.

"How much forage do you want to feed those horses?"

"Six hundred horses in all......"

"Don't talk nonsense, how much grain and grass do you want!"

Tokhoff was not in the mood to calculate, so he casually replied, "Ten thousand stones of grain." ”

I saw Hao Ren pick up a brush and write something, and then ordered someone to take the seal and seal it and sign it. When the guards brought the paper, they were shocked when they took off it, it was really an official document that could receive 10,000 stone of grain from the granary managed by the Yuan State. Tokhtar was about to bow and thank you. I heard Hao Ren shouting: "Get out!" ”

Of course, Tokhtar didn't care about this, and after saluting, he walked quickly. Hao Ren watched his back disappear outside the hall, but then looked at Hao Ren motionlessly. After a long time, Hao Ren still stared blankly at the door of the hall, making the guards worried. was about to try to remind Hao Ren, but saw the candle burst, making the light in the room flicker. I saw Hao Ren stand up and leave, making the guards inexplicable.

By this time Tokhtar had returned home, and he ordered a bottle of wine to be opened and a glass to be poured himself. I felt a little intoxicated just by smelling the aroma, and I took out my handorder and looked at it carefully in the bright candlelight, and I couldn't help but grin under my ears. Six hundred horses and 10,000 stone of grain. Not to mention ordinary princes, it is the first-class prince of the only Jin family, and the output is so much in a year. Establish a friendly relationship with the best of the best of the family, and you can get so much in an instant. Even if Totok was genuinely close to Hao Kang, he had to feel that he had made a good friend and that his political allies were too valuable.

After drinking most of the bottle, I can only feel sleepy when I take it off. When I woke up, I hurried to the court. Left and right, they found that Hao Ren didn't come. At the end of the court meeting, Timur Khan called Tokhtar to inquire, and Tokhtok hurriedly replied: "The minister has clearly told Prime Minister Hao Ren yesterday that it is no longer Kublai Khan's reign. ”

Timur was stunned for a moment, and then his face was happy, "What did the prime minister say after that?" ”

"The prime minister didn't say anything, and the minister felt that the prime minister listened."

"Well done!" Timur praised.

When I got home, I felt a little inappropriate. After all, Hao Ren is the most powerful lord of the Mongol states, and if Hao Ren rises up to rebel, the entire Mongol Empire will have to kneel. Although Hao Ren is annoying in many places, he himself has the loyalty of the Han people after his sinicization, which is a trait that the Mongols do not have. If Hao Ren really became a Mongol......

It's a little hard to think about it. He began to wonder if he had done something irreparable.

At this time, on the road from Baghdad to Damascus, a team of men and horses was galloping. This team of people and horses has one person and four horses, and every time they go to a post station opened by the Yuan Kingdom, they jump down and change horses, leaving the tired horses in the post station. The gang sent Hao Ren's letter to the port as quickly as possible. When they arrived at the port, they got on the ship and went straight to Constantinople. Then the book was sent from Constantinople to the city of Rome by post station at the speed of 800 miles by express delivery.

A few days later, Hao Ren's in-law Boyan Augustus received Hao Ren's letter, and after reading the letter, Boyan closed his eyes and let out a sigh. He didn't know whether he should be happy or sad, because both emotions came to his mind at this time. Hao Ren asked Boyan in his heart what his mood was when Kublai Khan returned to heaven, and whether Boyan felt that he had fulfilled his wish after becoming the emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

A few days later, Hao Ren's in-law Boyan Augustus received Hao Ren's letter, and after reading the letter, Boyan closed his eyes and let out a sigh. He didn't know whether he should be happy or sad, because both emotions came to his mind at this time. Hao Ren asked Boyan in his heart what his mood was when Kublai Khan returned to heaven, and whether Boyan felt that he had fulfilled his wish after becoming the emperor of the Western Roman Empire.