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Chapter 79 The First Peace Conference between Mongolia and the Song Dynasty

"The Khan. The military soldiers in the palace are the military. The military and civilians are one." Borjijin Hao Ren first talked about the model of the military system in a concise manner, and then explained the content in more detail.

The rich and wealthy families in the local area come to join the army. The horses, armor and equipment are all provided by the families, and the soldiers in the government do not bear the rent and mediocre service. Because the soldiers come from wealthy families, the basic qualities of the military members are good and they are not easy to rebel. These are the benefits of the soldiers in the government. The disadvantage is that if the military service is too long, or the army continues to suffer a large number of casualties, it is easy for these families to be unwilling to undertake military service again.

When Borjijin and Hao Ren were 'story', Kublai Khan kept nodding slightly. After Hao Ren finished speaking, Kublai Khan asked after listening: "What is the difference between this and the Marquis of the Han Army?"

Hao Ren calmly replied: "The Marquis of the Han army is the Marquis of Shihou recruiting soldiers in the local area. The system of the government is that the court has a list of government soldiers in various places, and the Zhechong government also has a list of government soldiers, which are regularly inspected, and the soldiers of the government gather and train every year. The Marquis of the Han army is in the local area, while the generals of the government soldiers are in the capital. Once the war is over, the soldiers of the government will return to their hometowns. There is no subordinate between the generals and the soldiers."

"Hao Ren. Jingzhao Yin's errand is handed over to Lian Xixian, and you will implement the military system in Yandi." Kublai Khan gave the order.

Borjijin? Hao Ren didn't expect that the Khan was so decisive and asked quickly: "Khan, should you negotiate peace with the Song State before?"

Kublai Khan did not answer this question, but said, "Just do your errands."

So the court meeting began to discuss tax issues. Right Prime Minister Ahema began to speak on the recent tax issues. Hao Ren had no good impression of Ahema. Since learning from Xunzi, he found that Ahema hated him very much, but his work might not be unreasonable. Looking at everyone's heartfelt hostility towards Ahema, Hao Ren couldn't help but feel a little sympathy.

After the court meeting, Kublai Khan left Hao Jing and Boyan. The two discussed the matter of peace talks with the State of Song. Hao Jing was firm, "Your Majesty, my Dayuan and the State of Song are already in a dispute between Chu and Han, and there is no room for anything. Even if we discuss peace talks, we should treat the State of Song perfunctory."

"This is natural." Kublai Khan smiled. He had no feelings about peace, and he only discussed peace for war. "Zhao Jiaren is the same as we think. If he thinks the same as us, then I am afraid that we will still have another battle with him."

"It doesn't have to be so troublesome." Hao Jingchengzhu replied in his heart: "Just let some people go back to Song State and inform Zhao Jiaren at the same time, we want to let the little emperor of Song State and the Empress Dowager of Song State return to the country."

"Mr. Hao. I actually don't understand this kind of thing. Those people were brought to the north by us and put them back to the south. They had no power to speak of. Why do they take this matter so important?" Kublai Khan asked the question. Although he considered himself a master of Confucianism, he still couldn't understand what power the captives had. In Mongolian culture, there are also such behaviors of losers trying to turn the tables. However, there are two conditions for this turn. The losers can still maintain considerable power. The winner himself made great mistakes and great failures in succession. In the current situation, Kublai Khan could not see that the captive nobles of Song State could be called power.

Hao Jing felt regretful, but he did not dare to publicly accuse the Khan of his view of being "rebellious". In Mongolian culture, the strong are kings, and the sword is in his hand, and follow me. Hao Jing began with the Han culture. The ministers are ministers and the emperor are emperors. The young emperor and the empress dowager who surrendered to Lin'an did have big problems, but the ministers had no right to judge the emperor.

Kublai Khan nodded slightly. This was the major reason why he loved Confucianism the most. The absolute monarchy power was indeed very likeable. Then Kublai Khan heard Hao Jing say seriously: "Your Majesty, we don't have to send the little emperor and the queen mother back. As long as we release this, the Song Dynasty will be in chaos. Zhao Jiaren must have a reason for the Northern Expedition, and his reason is naturally to welcome the emperor and the queen mother back. Some people are definitely unwilling to let the little emperor and the queen mother return to the country, and they will do their best to stop Zhao Jiaren from the Northern Expedition."

First, he smiled. Kublai Khan liked the surprise brought by Hao Jing very much. After putting away his smile, Kublai Khan said in contemplation: "...Do you think you can ensure that Zhao Jiaren will not go north for three years?"

"Your Majesty, whether you can or not, you have to talk to know after talking." Hao Jing quickly answered the truth. However, he was also quite shocked. In the past, Mongolia would fight against the enemy before. Unexpectedly, Khan Kublai Khan was hesitant about the war now, which shows that the Song army did make the Mongolian army feel very difficult.

"Let's find someone suitable for missions." After saying that, Kublai Khan asked Hao Jing to go down first. When Hao Jing left the gate of the hall, Kublai Khan asked Bo Yan, who had been silent, "Do you think you can fight?"

"Of course we can fight. It depends on how many people our army is willing to die in battle." Boyan said coldly that Kublai Khan felt a little trembling.

The interest in the military system in the government today was not that it suddenly appeared today, and Kublai Khan had long been interested in it. In the establishment of the capital in the capital, Kublai Khan himself stayed in the Han area, and he even announced the establishment of the "Yuan" dynasty. All this was to implement a ruling model in the Han area that conforms to the traditional Han area. For example, the Ili Khanate regarded the True God Cult as the national religion of the Khanate, and no longer took immortality as the core religion.

No matter how the Han system was implemented in the Han area, the main force of the Mongolian army had never entered the pass. Although the military action of the Song Dynasty to regain the old land made Kublai Khan very dissatisfied, Kublai Khan still believed that what he wanted to do was to unify the various Khanate states in Mongolia.

"At that time, we should have gathered all our troops in Xiangyang." Kublai Khan sighed.

"Our army 110,000 battles with 30,000 Song troops on the plains and cannot be defeated. The Han River area is not suitable for our army to fight, and it is useless to stay in Xiangyang." Boyan did not unconditionally agree with Kublai Khan's strategy. "Khan, now the Firearms Bureau can imitate more than 100 muskets a month, and the Song army now has at least 20,000 muskets. At this speed, our army does not know when it will catch up with the Song army."

"Those Southern Barbarians are really crazy about firearms." When talking about firearms, Kublai Khan rarely used a lyrical statement. When Lin'an General surrendered, Mongolia seized a technical document for casting a pound of cannons. In addition, the captured craftsmen from Lin'an and other places finally had the ability to cast more reliable cannons. However, muskets are a brand new technology, even if master craftsmen can imitate muskets, the output is still not enough.

Boyan continued to say coldly: "Khan. Xiangyang is the gateway between the Song Dynasty and the Jiang Kingdom. If we are not prepared to use the Jiang Kingdom as the boundary, defending Xiangyang is just a waste of troops."

After learning the answer given by a few very trusted people, Kublai Khan asked Boyan to go down first. Sitting alone on the chair in the hall, Kublai Khan was in a very bad mood. It was not a bad thing to decisively shrink his troops at this time. But he was very clear about the offensive and defensive momentum throughout his life. Since the Song army could withstand the weakest stage, Mongolia would face the increasingly powerful Song army. No matter what thoughts he had in his heart, once he lost Xiangyang, Kublai Khan probably wouldn't have the chance to see the Yangtze River again in his life. Of course, he would not be willing to spit out the meat he had eaten. No matter how Kublai Khan convinced himself, this depression would take a long time to resolve.

When Borjijin and Kublai Khan relied on cultivation to relieve his mood, Borjijin and Hao Ren was amused by the monks who sold crosses on the road. He did not go home immediately after the court, but waited for the next Jingzhao Yin Lianxixian. After discussing, the two decided to go to Hao Ren's house to eat and talk about their next official duties. On the way, they met a cross seller.

Hao Ren bought a cross made by Song Guo from this person, so he still vaguely remembers him. Compared with the previous part, the goods in his hand now look even more jewel-like and shining.

The monk of the Cross Cult shouted at the top of his voice: "The freshly baked cloisonné enamel cross is hot, and Rinpoches have been cut through. Look at this cross. The eight-hearted and eight-arrow ruby ​​is transparent, self-grinding, and three-tone hawks and dog whistles are on the top. If you press the gem, you will also pop up the switchblade. The five-single Zhongtong Yuanbao is not expensive to pay for money."

"Five stakes, he really dares to ask for a price!" Lian Xixian looked at the hand of the shiny guy in the Cross Cult monk's hand and said with some disdain. The Zhongtong Yuanbao money exchange is Mongolian money, which is made of silk and silver. As long as you take the money exchange money, you can go to the designated official treasury to exchange money for one or two silver.

In addition to having reserve silver, Zhongtong Yuanbao can also pay full taxes, which is different from the Song Dynasty that can only pay half of the tax quota. Therefore, Zhongtong Yuanbao is very strong.

Hao Ren was amused by the cross monk who was sold along the street. In addition, he also knew that Lian Xixian was quite honest. In addition, he loved studying, so his family was quite poor. When it comes to money, Lian Xixian sometimes became a little more likely to lose his composure.

Fortunately, Lian Xixian continued to urge the horse to go, and said hatefully: "As long as trade with Song State resumes, such messy things will be everywhere on the streets. It is really time to ban them completely."

Hao Ren knew that the trade between Song and Mongolia had been restored silently. Even during the so-called interruption, many smuggling merchants took risks. Since they were all profitable, they naturally sold whatever they could make money.

"And there is the traitor of Ahma. I'm talking nonsense in the court again today!" Lian Xixian's malice towards Ahma is far better than that of a small vendor.

"...ah..." Hao Ren couldn't help but want to defend Ahema a few words, but sighed first. Finally, Hao Ren sighed: "Ahema implements the salary system, and I think everyone is very unhappy."

When he heard this, Lian Xixian said angrily: "It's okay to have a salary system. This traitor has his own pockets every day and collects the country's money into his pocket. It's really hateful!"

This is why Hao Ren dared not defend Ahma. The right prime minister was in charge of finance, implemented a salary system, and did not allow officials to collect taxes on his territory, which greatly offended local civil and military officials. Kublai Khan did it as long as he had ideas, and Ahma had to prepare to pay money at all times. Of course, Ahma had to make a living, but from the root, he could not attribute all the responsibilities to Ahma.
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