At night, next to the butterfly fountain, the bonfire crackles.

More than 200 people were stationed at the key points of the pass, and cattle, sheep and horses surrounded the outside, blocking the road to death, and one of them was naturally Bao Yuanqian's caravan.

The other part is the tribute team of the Balhu tribe led by Beifeng and Yangtian, and they left the clansmen who guarded the team in the rear during the day, and pursued them, but Bao Yuanqian didn't think that their troops were also quite numerous.

After a few conversations, they learned that they were all going to Hara and Lin, Bao Yuanqian turned around and discussed with Zhang Shanduan, and felt that the identity of this group of people was undoubted, so he went to Helin with them from the butterfly trail and took care of each other.

"Come, Brother Bao taste the Araki wine of my Balhu Division!" Outside one of the camp tents, several people sat around, and Beifeng threw a wine bag to Bao Yuanqian.

Bao Yuanqian took the wine and smelled it, there was a strong pungent smell, it was distilled liquor, this era after the conquest and exchange of the Mongol Empire, has mastered the Arabs' distillation technology, and the brewed liquor is also quite spicy, faintly has a bit of the intensity of the liquor of later generations.

He took a big sip, the smell of wine running down his nose to his head, "Good wine!" ”

"Come, Brother Bao, I will respect you for this bowl of wine, if you don't make a move during the day, we may not be able to catch those two thieves." Yang Tian lifted the wine jug and drank it all.

The two brothers fought with the Asut Department in the Tatar Department, they led five warriors to chase the rout of these Asut Divisions, and happened to meet the Ming army caravan that turned over the pass, Bao Yuanqian and others unintentionally intervened in the willows, but accidentally helped them, and also searched out the tokens of the Asut Department on the chests of the two leaders.

The Balhu people have always been bold, and after the two sides met, they called Bao Yuanqian a brother.

"Two brothers, what is your real name?" Bao Yuanqian asked.

Bao Yuanqian felt the boldness of the grassland people, but he was quite curious about their names, Yangtian, North Wind, no matter which one of them did not look like the names of the Mongols, but like the masters of Han novels.

Beifeng Lang smiled: "We have a Mongolian name since we were children, but we have been influenced by the culture of the Great Yuan Han since we were children, and we have given ourselves this Chinese name, so.... The original Mongolian name will not be mentioned. ”

Bao Yuanqian nodded, his heart turned out to be like this, but the people in the forest were familiar with Dayuan's Han culture.

He pondered in his heart, but he was also relieved, too.

In his opinion, in fact, many people in later generations had a mean and prejudiced view of the Yuan Dynasty, thinking that the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty were not highly educated and did not understand Chinese, which was a kind of destruction for Han culture.

In fact, although there are emperors in the Yuan Dynasty who do not understand Chinese, there is a reason for it, since the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, Kublai Khan, there are enough five emperors who are devoted to Han culture.

Among them, Yuan Wenzong has the highest level of Han culture.

Of the remaining six, two died young, and the remaining four were either stationed in Mobei for a long time or wandered in the Western Domain, so they did not receive Han culture.

It can be said that all the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty who succeeded to the throne and ruled for a little longer were proficient in the Chinese language and admired such a high civilization as Han culture from the bottom of their hearts.

The imperial examination system since the Sui and Tang dynasties did not die out in the Yuan Dynasty, but relaxed the clamp on Confucianism and allowed it to flourish.

What is even more commendable is that the Yuan Dynasty broke the shackles of many Confucianism, so that the country's trade was developed, and various ideas and religions were widely disseminated, making the ideas accepted by the common people more diverse.

The Yuan opera created by Guan Hanqing and others is proof that the Tang and Song poems and Yuan songs, the three swan songs, have laid an absolute foundation for the development of opera culture for future generations.

The most ironic thing is that the events that really persecuted Han culture, such as the Baguwen, the literary prison, the sea ban, and the closure of the country, all of them had a great impact on our culture, and these all occurred in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Therefore, we should not look at historical books narrowly, we must look at any dynasty impartially with a correct attitude, objectivity is the first element in governing history, the dynasty established by the Han people may not promote Han culture, and the dynasty established by ethnic minorities may not persecute Han culture.

In ancient feudal dynasties, no matter what the nationality of any dynasty was, the first element was that the class contradiction was always greater than the national contradiction, and all the rulers displayed their abilities in order to maintain their own rule.

As for national righteousness? The people at the bottom are uneducated and don't understand, they only care about whether they can eat enough, and the high-level rulers will only choose their advantageous side, and the nation is conducive to their own rule, so they will unite the nation, and vice versa.

The so-called national righteousness has become the reason for the demagogy of rioters with ulterior motives.

Bao Yuanqian took a sip of wine and continued to ask: "Brother Beifeng, as far as I know, your Balhu tribe is different from other forest people, but it is under the jurisdiction of the Mongolian headquarters (Tatar), why don't you get along with this Asut tribe?" But he is familiar with the Mahammu of Warat? ”

Because of the daytime conversation, Bao Yuanqian learned that this wave of outlaws was the Asut tribe led by Arutai, and Beifeng said that his Balhu tribe had a grudge against the Tatar Asut tribe, and the Balhu was supposed to be under the control of the Tatars, but he didn't expect to be inseparable from the Tatar Arutai.

After hearing this, Beifeng smiled bitterly, looked at the wine jug and said: "Since my Balhu tribe returned to Shuntianjiao Genghis Khan, I have been loyal to the rule of successive Great Khans, and I have never had two hearts. ”

"It's just that since Na Arutai took advantage of the chaos to take power in Tatar, our life has become difficult, he is an era that advocates the restoration of the Mongol headquarters ruled only by the Golden Family, and he is still hostile to the Mongols, and he is even more disgusted with the people of the forest like us."

Yang Tian nodded, "Exactly, that Arutai has dealt a brutal blow to the forest tribes under his rule, so we have suffered many great disasters and have to switch to Warat Taishi Mahamu. ”

After hearing this, Bao Yuanqian was worried about the situation in the steppe, and after the death of Timur, the Tatar Taishi Arutai took the opportunity to break with Warat, and divided two courts to fight against each other.

Varatulgut and Varathut were inextricably linked, and although the Tatars were more peaceful, the Tatars were far inferior to the Varat after decades of blows by the Ming army.

In addition, Arutai is a very traditional Mongolian aristocracy, insisting on restoring the order of Genghis Khan's era that only respects the Mongolian headquarters, and for the Balhu tribe, the mongrel tribe in his eyes will naturally not be polite.

These first-hand news cannot be obtained from the history books of later generations, and inquiring more about these news will do no harm to what you think and do in the future.

Yang Tian didn't know what Bao Yuanqian was thinking, so he saluted him again and said with a smile: "Brother Bao's ability to bow and horse is amazing, is there a master to guide him?" ”

Bao Yuanqian said embarrassedly: "It's false, some of the bow and horse skills that I learned by luck are not worth mentioning." It's Brother Yangtian, not to mention that you are skilled in bows and horses, and your martial arts are even more outstanding, and Bao is extremely envious. ”

Yang Tian waved his hand, "It's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning, come and drink!" ”

The three of them gathered around the bonfire, and when they opened the drinking room, they saw a burst of fragrant wind, and Sarenya, who had finished bathing in the holy spring, came over.

"Okay, don't take me with you when you come out for a drink, give me a sip!"

Sa Renya snatched the wine from Bao Yuanqian's hand, and did not shy away from Bao Yuanqian's drinking, and poured it directly between her red lips.

Seeing this bold Mongolian woman, the two of them looked at Bao Yuanqian with a strange expression.

Bao Yuanqian scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, "Oh... Hehe... This is.. This is in the lower inner people. ”

"yes, I'm his... Wife. ”

Sa Renya smiled generously, stretched out her hand to pinch his waist, and Bao Yuanqian, who was in pain, grinned his teeth, but smiled politely at the two brothers.

"Oh!" After hearing this, the two of them suddenly understood, nodded dumbfounded, and looked at these two strange "couples".