Chapter 14: The Opponents Who Begin to Assemble (5)
Wang Tan, the king of Goryeo, put down the holy decree, and the muscles of his face spasmed unconsciously. Finally waiting for the spasms to stop, Wang Yu said to the Great Yuan envoy in despair: "The vassal country is poor and sparsely populated. Where can 30,000 people be sent to the court! β
"That is, you don't send it?" The messenger went straight to the point.
Hearing the question of the Mongolian envoy going straight to the point, Wang Yu, the king of Goryeo, hurriedly replied: "Envoy." Please also ask the envoy to give a few days of grace and let the minister prepare. β
"Two days, two days at most." The messenger gave the deadline.
"Two days is enough for such a big event. Please also give a month. Wang Yu hurriedly begged.
"Only for three days. Give me an answer in three days. The messenger replied in a very strong tone. It's not that the envoy is deliberately trying to bully the king of Goryeo here. The messenger is only a messenger, and his job is to clearly determine that the other party's reaction is the central goal. As for pity, sympathy, or anger, it has nothing to do with the Messenger's own authority.
Finally managed to win three days, Wang Tan immediately began to convene his subordinates to discuss. No matter what the pretended expression was, Wang Yu was not really as scared as he looked. He had been to Dayuan nearly ten times, and Kublai Khan was his father-in-law, and Wang Yu felt that this threat was just a test given to him by his father-in-law.
After three days, Wang Tan first agreed in embarrassment, and then said that he would send it at the beginning of spring on the grounds that the weather was cold and the ground was freezing. Finally sent the envoy away, and Wang Yu immediately sent the Goryeo envoy to Dayuan to ask Wang Tan's father-in-law Kublai Khan for peace.
The messenger knew that things were in a hurry, so he stayed overnight, not daring to stop at all along the way. After finally arriving in Dadu, he hurriedly asked to see the Great Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan. Goryeo is just an equestrian country, so let's wait after the table. At this time, the Goryeo envoy was very anxious, and went everywhere to ask for a meeting with the minister of Daewon, who could help him speak. However, Goryeo is a small country, and no one takes it seriously. Many of the high-ranking officials who can speak are not even seen.
The envoy walked down the street a little dejected, and saw a group of Dayuan cavalry escorting a delicate carriage through the street, so he hid to the side with interest. Looking at the transparent glass windows on the carriage, the Goryeo envoy was eager to see through the glass to see who was inside. If it's someone you know, maybe you can say hello. Now the Goryeo envoys need to be able to speak.
But he was disappointed. Because the inside of the car was dark, the Goryeo envoy couldn't see the people inside clearly. However, the cavalry saw the appearance of the Goryeo envoy probing his head, and raised his eyebrows at him. The Goryeo envoy hurriedly lowered his gaze, and finally was not beaten.
On the car was Hao Ren Wanhu. Since he made a speech at the court, Hao Renwanhu's policy was at least supported by the Hanchen in the court. The Mongols were founded militarily and were not militarily corrupt and degenerate at this time, so Hao Ren's part of the deduction about the possibility of losing the war did not cause any unpleasantness. Emperor Kublai Khan ordered Hao Ren Wanhu to continue to implement this government policy.
At this time, Hao Ren Wanhu was going south to check the generals of the Yingyang Mansion set up in Yandi and Shandong. The generals of the Yingyang Mansion were directly dispatched by the Dadu Imperial Court. The soldiers of the prefectures in various places are not concentrated in Dadu on weekdays, but are inspected and trained by the generals of the Yingyang Prefecture in various places, and come to Dadu every winter to conduct general exercises. According to the results of the exercise, evaluate how well the generals of the Eagle Yang Mansion in each state capital are doing.
If the troops who accept the drill perform well, they will commend and reward the local Yingyang military generals. If the performance is not good, then it will be punished or even replaced. This organizational structure allowed the Yingyang army to become a courtier of the Great Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan, rather than a separate army leader with a vote of self-respect.
Maybe it was because he was going to go far away, Hao Ren Wanhu's subordinates didn't do anything to the guy who probed his brain, and this move was to delay time. Moreover, the Great Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan recently issued a new decree that if the Mongols 'quarreled or killed the Han Chinese while drunk, they should pay for burning and burying the silver'.
In the past, because the Mongols were forced to buy and sell, some Han merchants beat the Mongols. Kublai Khan, who learned of this, ordered the Han Chinese to be arrested and killed. The reason why such an order is being given now is because the size of the country has shrunk after the defeat. We had to do more to ensure the survival rate of the Han people. Even if this buried silver was just donkey money, it could prevent the Mongols from wantonly killing Han Chinese to a certain extent. So before the group arrived at the south gate, Hao Ren Wanhu's subordinates forgot about the guy who probed his brain.
Hao Ren Wanhu in the car didn't even face anyone in the accident, he was looking at the roster in his hand at this time. In his design, these Yingyang army generals were all sent by Kublai Khan, and Hao Ren Wanhu only had to inspect whether these people had arrived at the place of inauguration in accordance with the regulations of the government military system, and whether they had ordered the officials of the state government to recruit those government soldiers in accordance with the regulations and rosters.
The recruitment of government soldiers is not the job of these Yingyang government generals, but is carried out by local officials. At such times, it is necessary for Hao Ren and other supervisors to inspect and promptly correct all kinds of illegal acts when the system was established.
When the carriage went out of the south gate, the ground was uneven. Hao Ren couldn't stand the roster, and leaned back in the carriage to close his eyes and recuperate. The vehicle shook slightly, and Hao Ren fell asleep after a while. I don't know how long I walked, a gust of cold wind blew into the car, and then someone began to call Hao Ren, "Ten thousand households, ten thousand households." β
"What?" Hao Ren asked with a daze.
"Wanhu, it's snowing heavily." The attendant who called Hao Ren said.
"Oh?" Hao Ren came down to his senses. He walked out of the warm carriage, the cold wind was swishing outside, and large snowflakes slapped Hao Ren's face, and the snowflakes stuck to his face instantly turned into water droplets, making Hao Ren completely sober. When I looked around, I saw that there was a white expanse everywhere.
"How long has it been snowing?" Hao Ren asked in surprise, there was no snow on the ground when he set off.
"Half an hour smaller." The guard replied.
Hao Ren understood what the guards had not been able to say. The snow continued to fall like this, and the carriage must have had a hard time on the road. However, Hao Ren was a strong character, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Keep walking." β
Ten thousand households of the Son's family went to the place in person, but they still came in the snow, and the magistrates were all alarmed. Hao Ren asked three questions, 1. Do you know the military system? 2. Is the Yingyang Mansion army coming? 3. Can the local families who are government soldiers be informed?
According to the complaint seal of the magistrate later, if the government did not do what they should have done seriously, Hao Renwanhu would reprimand them and force the magistrate to hurry up.
Half a month had passed when Hao Ren Wanhu arrived in Zhigu Village, and it had snowed several times during that time. The magistrate was very puzzled that Wanhu actually came in a carriage. Then he asked, "Why don't you come by boat?" The carriage ride was too hard. β
"I'm still not used to the boat." Hao Ren replied. And then he started his set of questions. As the port city of the Great Yuan and the Great Song Dynasty, there are many rich people, and Hao Ren Wanhu regards this place as one of the areas where the government soldiers are collected.
Of course, the local officials knew the news of the recruitment of government soldiers, and they did not dare to offend Wanhu, so they hurriedly ordered to do it. Then he feasted Hao Ren. The opening remarks are not about the military system, but about the weather. The official said: "Since last year, there has been more and more rain and snow in Yandi. β
If it was a meteorologist on the side of the Great Song Dynasty, they would probably analyze that the return of the Yellow River to the north can bring more water vapor to Hebei, and this water vapor will cause an increase in rain and snow in Hebei. However, the officials of the Great Yuan did not have this basic scientific literacy, and Hao Ren was the only one among them who was considered to be naΓ―ve materialism, halfwise between believing in ghosts and gods and atheism. Therefore, Hao Ren could feel the subtle embarrassment of the atmosphere, so he smiled and said, "Ruixue Zhaofeng year." This year's snow is heavy, and autumn is sure to be a good harvest. β
Hearing this, the officials hurriedly responded. Hao Ren felt a little unhappy in his heart, and suddenly remembered something. Last year, the Yellow River returned to the north, and the religion of the big vote took the opportunity to make money. Hao Ren contacted the Confucian ministers to fight the doomsday traffickers. Of course, it was not appropriate to kill them, so Hao Ren forced the group of fiercest guys to tell 'If you don't use these people's blessing items, when will the end of the world come'. Some smart people immediately said that they were just talking nonsense, but Hao Ren didn't embarrass them. After beating the board, it was released.
There are also very hard ones, and they even gave a date. It's basically a prophecy of the end of the world this year. Hao Ren sent all these people to prison. Seeing that it was already the end of the year, Hao Ren finished the banquet, and after he went back, he wrote a letter to Lian Xixian and told Lian Xixian. Hao Ren could not go back until after the beginning of spring, so he asked Lian Xixian to get the gang of swindlers to the street for a public trial after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Let the people of the capital take a good look at how these people pretend to be gods and deceive the public.
When Lian Xixian read this letter, it was already the first month, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud when he read it. Hao Ren emphasized that they should not kill these people, because if they do, it seems that what they say may be reasonable. The point is to publicly and thoroughly humiliate this group of people, so that they lose face, and there is no way to deceive in front of people.
Putting down the letter, Lian Xixian felt that it was really terrifying. Hao Ren is only 30 years old this year, and he has already shown extraordinary ability to do things. A few days ago, the envoy sent by Goryeo was not yet 40 years old, and after meeting Kublai Khan, he persuaded Kublai Khan. Originally, in order to replenish the 100,000 Southern Song captives lost due to the exchange of prisoners, Kublai Khan asked Goryeo to send 30,000 strong men to Dadu for use. The messenger will be able to send 3,000 laborers by persuasion, which will be changed every two years.
Although there was certainly no connection between the Goryeo envoys and Hao Ren, the Goryeo envoys were able to convince Kublai Khan that the truth was similar to that of the military system. In the past, Dayuan was heavy on quantity, and the requirements for quality were relatively low. After the Battle of the Yellow River, Da Yuan saw what kind of combat effectiveness the Song army, which had only been in the army for a year or two, could show. Only in this way can the government military system be truly implemented.
The suggestion of the Goryeo envoy was that the 30,000 people didn't know what to do when they arrived in Dadu, and when they learned it, it might not be what they were good at, nor might it be what Dayuan needed. If it can be rotated every three years, Goryeo knows what Dayuan needs, and he can select talents. And the rotation of personnel can also make the Korean people not afraid. What if the number of people increases after a few rounds have passed? Kublai Khan's sympathy for his son-in-law, the king of Goryeo, may have been the reason, but it was also convincing.
Thinking about these, Lian Xixian felt that Dayuan was changing because of the defeat.