Chapter 72 Escort (3)
The Huli National Taiwan Congress is the highest theoretical meeting in Mongolia. Temujin Khan, Ogedei Khan, and Mongolian Ge Khan were all selected by the Huli National Taiwan Congress. Compared with such a great reputation, the Huli National Taiwan Congress itself seems much simpler.
Set up a gold tent on a beautiful grass, lay a red carpet from the table inside the tent, and lay it from the inside to the outside. On both sides of the red carpet outside the tent are rows of tables, and behind each table is a Mongolian sect king. The closer to the red carpet, the more noble the ancestry of the sect king is.
Kublai Khan walked on the soft red carpet with his hands behind his back. At this time, the meeting had not been held, and the table was empty. Kublai Khan looked at the tables condescendingly, feeling very proud. After Mongke Khan returned to heaven more than 20 years ago, Kublai Khan tried to convene the Hulitai General Assembly. Only the Il Khanate sent people to come. Time flies, and now Totto Mongke of the Golden Horde has sent envoys to the road. Although various forces in the Golden Horde exist in large numbers, Kublai Khan did not really want to have an election. All he wanted was to make these people surrender at his feet. There was no difference between coming more and coming fewer sect kings. The key was to convene the Hulitai General Assembly as soon as possible.
Strolling in the venue, someone next to him reported the latest news from the court to Kublai Khan.
"Khan, the sixth group of people will be able to arrive in Baghdad in half a month."
"Well. Let them speed up."
"It's just that the Irkhanate feels that the food consumes too much along the way."
"Give them more rewards to pay for the ingots of the Central Government." Kublai Khan replied calmly.
"Da Khan, we don't have much ingots to pay for money, and there is not enough paper for printing."
"Let those Han officials report the countermeasures quickly."
"Khan, Hao Ren has reached the border of the Golden Horde. He wrote a memorial and asked the Khan to order him to go to war."
Kublai Khan stopped and said with interest: "I didn't expect Hao Ren to leave quite quickly."
Hao Ren did go very quickly. This guy has accomplished thousands of miles of achievements in the past few years. If he had been in the Mongolian Western Expedition in the early years, he would have been among the famous Mongolian generals. Now Kublai Khan feels a little uncomfortable when he mentions Hao Ren. He did not expect Hao Ren to grow into such a field.
"Khan, you have also conferred Hao Ren as the prince. Should you let him attend the Hulitai Conference?"
"No." Kublai Khan replied firmly, "Let him stay where he is, maybe there will be any abnormal movements in the Deposit Horde. He will need to send troops at that time."
"Affect the order."
After reporting the matter, Kublai Khan casually found a table and sat down. The servant next to him immediately handed a cigar. He took a sip and spit out the fragrant smoke. Kublai Khan felt a little more comfortable. The Hulitai Conference in front of him was the success of the past years to promote the sinicization. Kublai Khan made up his mind to turn the Hulitai Conference into a system where all princes come to pay homage to the New Mongolian Khan, rather than the system of electing the Mongolian Khan. The only one who decided to choose the next Khan was the current Khan, not the Mongolian Kings.
Compared with the few successful sinicizations, more sinicization systems failed. For example, Kublai Khan once hoped to establish a system of rights that the Great Khan had in his own words and commanded the world to refuse to obey. In reality, this system completely conflicted with the Mongolian system and eventually failed.
Success can be retained, and failures need to be abandoned. Kublai Khan has always solved the problem in this way. Hao Ren has become a strange fruit produced by the failed system. Apart from a Mongolian surname Borjijin, Kublai Khan couldn't feel that Hao Ren had any Mongolian characteristics left. Because he felt that Hao Ren was annoying, Kublai Khan even wondered whether his surname was "Hao" rather than Borjijin.
Forget it, let Hao Ren stay so quietly. Kublai Khan thought to himself. He didn't know how to treat Hao Ren now, so he decided to make a decision after the Huli National Taiwan Conference was over.
After letting go of the unpleasant Hao Ren, Kublai Khan couldn't help but think of the happy Bayan. From the news, Princess Mary of the Il Khanate said goodbye to the cross church members of the Il Khanate and left the Il Khan under the escort of Beyan a few days ago. Kublai Khan had no personal good or dislike for Princess Mary, but once Princess Mary left, the old upper-level structure of the Il Khanate changed drastically, and Kublai Khan himself could do many things in it. Dahan was not prepared to do anything to the current Il Khan Aluhun, but Kublai Khan did not object to his greater say in the Il Khan State, which was close to him.
I hope that Boyan can come back soon. Kublai Khan is looking forward to it. Since the Golden Horde has already sent people to attend the Hulitai Conference, it means that these guys will bow their heads and surrender. In that case, the only role of Eastern Rome is to go south to attack Mamuliuk.
It is not necessary for Kublai Khan to say personally that Marshal Bayan knew what Khan thought. But Marshal didn't care at all. He performed his errands seriously and escorted Princess Mary to Constantinople, and accompanied Princess Mary to do some love-doing things. In addition to doing things that he loves, he would also accompany the princess to see the scenery and tell stories. Princess Mary especially hoped to hear Hao Ren tell everything he had experienced in the days after the separation.
"The State of Song is very beautiful. The walls of the royal capital are twice as high as those of the city of Daburis. They also have very powerful troops, especially their commander. The current Emperor of Song Zhao Jiaren is a great commander." Boyan's Greek level began to recover. Although he did not return to the level twenty years ago, he could already make Maria understand Boyan's meaning.
"You have defeated such a powerful country before!" As Princess Maria spoke, little stars flashed in her eyes.
Marshal Boyan shook his head slightly, "I defeated the Song State before, and the emperor of the Song State surrendered. After that, Zhao Jiaren inherited the throne and then launched a counterattack."
Princess Maria nodded slightly, she could understand this completely. A dynasty in the Eastern Roman Empire was also destroyed in a short period of time. Princess Maria's father, Michael VIII, was the son of a Byzantine Empire official (megas domesticstikos), and his mother was the granddaughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexe III. Michael VIII had at least 11 emperors among the ancestors of Michael VIII, so he was born with noble origins. In the practice of the brief destruction of the Eastern Roman Empire, Michael VIII was famous for his magical diplomatic means and was known as the omnipotent spider. Finally restored the Eastern Roman Empire.
According to the introduction of Marshal Boyan, this Emperor Zhao Jiaren of the Song Dynasty was like this. He restored the Song Dynasty when the country was destroyed. He should be a very amazing hero.
Speaking of this, Boyan reached out to touch Princess Maria's skin, and asked, "What kind of person is your younger brother? I have no impression of him."
Feeling itchy, Princess Maria burst out laughing, and she smiled and held Madman Boyan's savage hand, "I only remember how old he looked, and I don't know what kind of person he is now. Why, are you worried that he will not be able to deal with?"
"I didn't see it, I don't know either." Boyan said calmly. Since experiencing the battle of the timid Buhua defeat, Boyan has known how terrible lies and false words are. Panic is harmful, while nonsense is harmful. The experience of traveling through life and death has created Boyan's praiseworthy character, but Boyan did not become such a person to make people admire him. In his daily prayers, Boyan would warn himself that he did not want to repeat the same mistakes, and he did not want to see such a tragic situation of annihilation again.
"You... will not stay in Constantinople." Princess Maria said.
"yes."
"Then...will you come to see me? At least I will write to me."
"Since I've returned here, I'll probably go to a certain estate in Jerusalem to retire in the end."
"...Do you want me to wait for you?" Princess Maria's voice was expectant and worried.
"Yes. I want you to wait for me." Marshal Boyan replied decisively. Even if there will be a negative result in the end, Marshal Boyan will not lie. 23 years ago, when Boyan was 27, he was a general under Hulagu's command. Hulagu, who destroyed the Arab Empire and killed Syria, was preparing to take advantage of the victory and pursue Mamuliuk, who was entrenched in Egypt with the Western Knights. When he learned that Mongko Khan had passed away, Hulagu had to return to the east to participate in the struggle between his mother and brother Kublai Khan and Alibuge to seize the throne.
As soon as Hulagu left, the Western Cross Knights saw that the timid Buhua had only more than 10,000 people, so they did not want to continue fighting with Mamuliks. At that time, Boyan was responsible for contacting the Western Knights. Every time he thought of his luck at that time, Boyan would feel ashamed. If he could tell the truth earlier at that time, perhaps General Buhua would not have continued to fight with Mamuliks so recklessly. Instead, he chose to retreat to Syria to repair.
Marshal Bayan knew that he could not leave Kublai Khan for the time being, and Marshal Bayan also hoped to have Princess Maria, so he frankly expressed his thoughts, "You stay in Constantinople first, and when you take back Syria, I will buy a manor in Syria. Later, someone will be sent to pick you up."
Princess Maria was temporarily silent. Of course, she hoped to be with Boyan, but what Maria couldn't say now was that she hoped to be with Boyan as a husband and wife, and hoped to be married in the Orthodox model of the divine blessing.
However, in such a fiercely changing era, this seemingly plain desire is the most difficult to get. When the princess was sent to the Il Khanate, she wanted to marry Hulagu, who was older than her father Michael VIII. When she arrived in the Il Khanate, Hulagu had already passed away, and the princess married Hulagu's son Abaha. At that time, Abaha had already had several wives.
Chapter completed!