Chapter 92: The Follow-up of the Huaxian Peace Conference (2)
On May 17, 320, the tenth day after the National Day in the Song Dynasty in 320, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty did not enter the plum rain season like Hangzhou. At this time, the weather in the capital was already hot, with large gaps in linen clothes, breathable, and cooler to wear. Some people who were not heat-resistant have already worn linen clothes.
Hao Renwanhu was wearing a cotton garment and was sitting next to Kublai Khan, listening to his aunt Hongjila Chabi telling Kublai about Quanjiu's cuteness.
"This woman's conversation is so cute. I really don't know that her mind is so delicate."
"I think she is very likable when you say this." Kublai Khan replied casually.
"But she seemed to be unable to stand the water and soil in the north and she would get sick at any time. Looking at her haggard appearance, it was so heartbreaking. It would be better to let her go back to the south than to sweat." Queen Chabi advised.
Quan Jiu is the queen of Duzong. After the Lin'an General surrendered, he was sent to Dadu. Hao Ren was not familiar with this person and was not interested in dealing with the trash who presided over the Lin'an General surrender. He had so many interactions with Zhao Jiaren, and Hao Ren's only curiosity about the Song Dynasty royal family was left, that is, why Zhao Jiaren failed to become emperor early. As for Empress Dowager Quan, it was completely out of Hao Ren's consideration.
Kublai Khan took on this conversation and he smiled and said, "You like Quanjiu so much. If she went back to the south, wouldn't you miss her?"
Queen Chabi was a little stunned when she heard this. Quanjiu was so loving that Queen Chabi was willing to tell her about her in front of Kublai. If such a cute person returned to the south, who could relieve Empress Chabi's boredom?
"I think this might be the case," Kublai Khan suggested, "You also think this woman is so wise, so let the national master of Baspa dig out her heart and make a magic weapon. Waiting for the woman to return south, you can leave a miss."
"Can this be the case?" Queen Chabi asked in surprise.
"Don't you believe the skills of the National Master Baspa? He made the Gabala bowl with the skull of Song Lizong. Isn't this awesome? Tantra is good at making magical instruments with living people, which is a ancestral craft."
"Is it really so effective?" Queen Chabi was very suspicious.
Hao Ren was stunned when he heard this. Wouldn't he die if he took out his heart? No matter how reliable the skills of the National Master Baspa were, no matter how the Tantric Buddhism used the means of living people to pass on the ancestors. The former queen Quan Jiu was taken out of her heart, she would definitely die. Queen Chabi didn't notice this. I really don't know whether she was religious or Kublai Khan's tone was too relaxed, so that his attitude was not understood.
"There are many secret techniques in Tantric Buddhism. Various mantras can really take human life thousands of miles away." Kublai Khan said enthusiastically.
"Really? God blessed, sinful," Queen Chabi prayed in a low voice.
Hao Ren was even more puzzled. Queen Chabi's behavior was more like a smart woman, but why was she like the sarcasm of Kublai Khan not understood?
"Khan. Monks should have compassion. It is better not to use this method of cursing people to kill them." Queen Chabi continued.
Kublai Khan nodded in agreement, "Yeah. It should be useful when it should be useful. If it is useless, it is better not to use it."
"Can the Khan agree to send Quanjiu back to the south?"
"Hao Ren, tell the Queen about your response to Song State after you renewed the Treaty of Huaxian."
Hao Ren didn't expect that he would be taken out like this. He could only say with a grudge, "Empress, Song State is determined to fight us to the end. I renewed the Huaxian Treaty with Song State last year. After that, we hope to sign a permanent peace treaty with Song State, but Song State refused. In addition to refusing, the Song State officials also publicly stated during the National Day that the purpose of Song State was to be a part of China. What he called China includes the land that the Han people had visited, whether it was the Han Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, as long as the Han people had visited, it was China. It also includes our grassland."
"Then why don't you question the Song State's officials on this matter?" asked Queen Chabi.
"Ah?" Hao Ren was very puzzled. He felt that this statement was too feminine. Perhaps it was because he was addicted to Song Dynasty comics recently and scratched his forehead. Diplomacy scenes appeared in Hao Ren's mind.
The Mongolian envoy dressed in Mongolian clothes and asked frankly: Why did the Song State officials make remarks that were hostile to the Yuan Dynasty?
The official of the Song State answered disdainfully: It's all your business.
Mongolian officials said angrily: The officials of Song State have all the grasslands and are placed into the map of Song State!
Officials from the State of Song: If you don’t like listening, just hide in the corner and draw circles.
Mongolian officials: Are you going to fight?
Officials of the State of Song: Just fight! Whoever is afraid of whom!
...
Shaking his head vigorously, Hao Renwanhu tried his best to expel these unscrupulous imaginations from his mind. Then he heard the queen continue to ask, "Why shake his head?"
"Empress, if you ask directly, you won't be able to attack Song." Hao Ren replied.
"You men's minds are really strange. If you think the Song government is inappropriate, you will directly send someone to ask why the Song government kept fighting. Even if you want to fight, it will also let Song government know that it is the Song government's official, not our Dayuan. There must be many people fighting in the Song government, and there must be many people not wanting to fight. If we oppose war, why not let Song people understand that our Dayuan government stick to peace."
Hao Ren felt that there were shadows and three vertical lines on his forehead as if there were those comics. The Mongolians insisted on peace, which was what the queen could say. The key was that no one believed it if you said this!
"If you say it, maybe someone believes it, maybe no one believes it. But if you don't say it, no one will believe it. Can I say this now?"
"... The queen taught me a lesson." Hao Ren expressed his rejection in perfunctory words. The Dayuan that Hao Ren knew was a Dayuan who was very eager to conquer the Song State. Now he was unwilling to take action just because he was not sure of winning. As for seeking peace with the Song State, there was nothing at all in the upper class of the Yuan Dynasty. So what the queen wanted to say, let the queen say that the decision was the task of Kublai Khan next to him.
"Shank you, why not just send Quanjiu back to the south?" Queen Chabi turned around and continued to persuade Kublai.
"No!" Kublai Khan readily rejected the queen's request, "Song State will definitely gain a better position."
"If you don't give it to me, will the State of Song not be able to make a big splash?"
Seeing his wife's insistence, Kublai Khan stood up and said, "Quanjiu can be sent back, but he has to keep his heart in my Dayuan. Hao Ren, let's go out for a walk."
Hao Ren Wanhu followed Dahan out of the Golden Palace. He had never had much contact with the queen before, but he heard that the queen was very virtuous. After seeing this, he personally admired the queen. However, in the conversation just now, he felt something was wrong. So Hao Ren asked: "Your Majesty, what's going on? Tantra says that it can curse Zhao Jiaren to death?"
"Hmph!" Kublai Khan replied hatred, "If those tantras cannot do it, it would be better to say it earlier. Is it going to make them wear talismans into the fire?"
After hearing this, Hao Ren burst into laughter. As the national master of Tibetan Buddhism began to be ordered to create Mongolian characters, Tibetan Buddhism had an overwhelming advantage. Buddhism took advantage of the situation to ask the court to pursue the Taoist false scriptures that were once forbidden by Mengge, but were still popular in the world. Kublai Khan ordered the monks of the Buddhist sect, the Hanlin Academy's civil servants and the Zhengyi master Zhang Zongyan, Quanzhen's master Qi Zhicheng, and the Dadao master Li Dehe and others to gather together to verify the authenticity of the Daozang's scriptures. The debate on the Tao for dozens of days, and as a result, except for the "Tao Te Ching", the other Taoist classics were judged as false scriptures.
Buddhism urged the court to order the burning of scriptures again. Kublai Khan said: "The Taoist scriptures have been broken for a long time. If you burn it quickly, your disciples may not be convinced. He said that water and fire cannot burn it, so he can try it out. Wait until it is not too late to burn it."
In response to Taoism's boasting about talismans, Kublai Khan ordered each Taoist sect to recommend one person to "wear the talisman into the fire and try his own skills." Zhang Zongyan and others panicked and admitted that "this is all a blatant saying. If you enter the fire, you will definitely be ashes. If you don't dare to try it, you just want to burn it to the Taoist sect."
Now, as the war is unfavorable, Kublai Khan has begun to demand the help of the strange powers and gods. It is obvious that Tantric Buddhism has not learned from the previous Taoist sects. However, Kublai Khan, who was sick and seeking medical treatment, regarded Tantric tricks as spiritual comfort. The result is that Tantric Buddhism has not been able to satisfy Khan's wishes.
"Khan...those words of strange powers and turmoil are not trustworthy." Hao Ren couldn't help but persuade.
"I ordered people to question the royal family of the Song Dynasty. Why did those people say that Zhao Jiaren understood secret techniques?"
"Khan, if they really knew this, why didn't they go to join Zhao Jiaren before Lin'an surrender?" Hao Ren replied with a wry smile.
"Maybe it's too late?" Kublai hesitated.
"They themselves would say it was because it was too late. In fact, there was no time! They made up lies to be less punished. When the officials of the Song State were unable to save the Lin'an court, they all dispersed. If the royal families in Lin'an City wanted to escape, they would definitely run away."
"Well..." Kublai pondered.
Looking at Kublai Khan who was trapped in a feudal sect, Hao Ren couldn't help but persuade: "Your Majesty. Although we in Mongolia have shamanic practices in wars, Genghis Khan and...Torre, when they fought, they followed the shaman's command. They investigated the enemy's situation and investigated the battlefield. They lured the enemy to a place where they could not do their best, and used ten percent of our strength to attack the enemy with only one percent of our strength. So they could win. Even if our army was not able to fight the Song army, it was far from the point where we could not fight with the Song army. As long as..."
"Enough!" Kublai Khan shouted in an angry voice.
Hao Ren felt a chill in his heart. He didn't expect that Kublai Khan was still so upset about the Battle of the Yellow River. At the end of the battle, Kublai Khan and General Boyan both released Mongolian heavy cavalry in armor at the critical moment. Then the thousands of heavy cavalry were wiped out, causing the most painful losses in the Mongolian war in decades.
Chapter completed!