After Li Fen's Rebellion, Kublai Khan began to reduce the power of the Han princes, and at the same time ordered the construction of a large capital north of Yanjing City to show his intention to rule the Central Plains with Han law.
This is the same as the "Da'an Pavilion" in Kaiping City, which is a psychological comfort to the Han officials. It can also be used as an excuse to transfer Zhang Rou and Zhang Honglue away from Baozhou.
It can be seen that in the face of Li Xia's sudden rise in those years, Kublai Khan made efforts to stabilize people's hearts by practicing Han law.
Several years have passed, and a new city has begun to take shape.
Its most distinctive feature is that the layout of the city is determined with water as the center based on the Mongolian living habits of living by water and grass. Now the Tonghui River has been dug through, making Jishuitan a dock from Dadu City to Tongzhou.
In addition, the Jinshui River, the capital city wall, the imperial city wall, and official offices such as the Zhongshu Province and the Privy Council have been completed one after another.
There is still a lot of work to be done before the entire city is completed, but the foundation has been laid.
Yuanda was a new city, not constrained by the old pattern. The streets were neatly planned, with clear latitude and longitude, and were divided into fifty squares.
Among them, Zhang Rou's new residence is in Lingchunfang, located to the north of the General Manager's Mansion on Dadu Road.
But the post house where brothers Dong Wenyi and Dong Wenzhi lived was in the old city of Jinzhongdu. If they wanted to see the Zhang family, they needed to go to the new metropolis.
So, on the second day of September, the two brothers took a carriage and headed to Tongxuan Gate in the north.
While queuing up in front of the city gate, Dong Wenyi opened the curtain and took a look outside, and happened to see two sea arrest documents posted on the wall.
He narrowed his eyes and said to the coachman, "Stop."
Dong Wenzhi also saw the sea arrest document, glanced at the soldiers following them on horseback, and said, "We want to go over and have a look."
These soldiers were actually responsible for monitoring them. One of them got off his horse, went to the wall, peeled off the two sea fishing documents, brought them over and handed them to them.
"Thank you."
Dong Wenzhi took it with a smile, closed the car curtain, and then looked at the document with the portrait of the old man on it. Sure enough, the person being arrested was Bai Hua.
Looking at the other picture, the person being arrested is a middle-aged man named Zhang Xiongfei, who has a handsome appearance and a rather heroic air.
Handing the document in his hand to Dong Wenyi, the two brothers looked at each other again without saying a word. The carriage continued to move forward, leaving the old city of Jinzhongdu, entering the new city of Yuandadu, and headed towards Wanshou Xingguo Temple.
When they came out this time, of course they didn't explicitly say they wanted to meet the Zhang family, but they went to the temple as an excuse to burn incense.
This place was originally an ancient temple outside Youzhou City in the Tang Dynasty. It was expanded into a temple in the Liao Dynasty. Now it was included in the new city of Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty and was renamed Wanshou Xingguo Temple.
The carriage drove slowly into the main gate of Li, went north along East Street, passed through the Qianbu Corridor, and stopped in front of the Wanshou Xingguo Temple.
Dong Wen got out of the car, looked around, and sighed again: "What a majestic city!"
In fact, the new city of Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty has not yet begun to move in residents. Nowadays, most of the people in the city are officials, craftsmen and troops responsible for construction. It looks empty, but the layout is indeed neat and the momentum is indeed majestic.
It is a capital suitable for a vast unified dynasty.
Dong Wenyi also got off the carriage, looked north for a while, and asked, "Is the palace city over there?" "Yes, if you look to the west, that's the Taiye Pond."
Dong Wenyi was a little surprised. He raised his hand and pointed at the ancient temple in front of him and said, "Isn't the Wanshou Xingguo Temple just at the south gate of the palace?"
While talking, I saw a large group of people coming out of the temple in front of me. The leader was a tall and burly official, and he was talking to the attendants who were holding drawings next to them.
It's Zhang Rou.
The soldiers responsible for monitoring the Dong brothers became nervous instantly and subconsciously moved forward, as if they wanted to block the Dong brothers and separate the two groups.
Dong Wenzhi had pulled Dong Wenyi aside.
"Is that Mr. Zhang? It seems that this ancient temple is going to be renovated?"
Some of the soldiers asked, and it turned out that the Wanshou Xingguo Temple was indeed too close to the palace. As the layout of the imperial city was initially decided, Zhang Rou proposed to transform this place into a community.
Ji Tan, and then build an Ancestral Temple opposite. In this way, the layout of the entire palace will be more appropriate.
The Dong brothers repeatedly said that they would enter the temple to pray after Zhang Rou and his party left.
They understood Buddhism, had a detailed chat with the abbot of the temple, and then sat in the side hall to meditate. The entourage could rest outside the monastery, and their backs could always be seen.
For a long time, the Dong brothers didn't get up from meditating. If their bodies hadn't moved from time to time, people would have thought they were asleep.
In a Zen courtyard in the temple, a young monk led the Dong brothers in and saw Zhang Hongji sitting there.
Zhang Hongji and Dong Wenzhi are quite familiar with each other. In the past few years, they have been secretly cooperating in smuggling from the Central Plains to Guanzhong, and they already have a tacit understanding with each other.
"There is no need to be polite and time is tight, so I will keep the story short." Zhang Hongji got straight to the point and said: "You should all know the current situation in the world? The Yuan Dynasty has reached a time when people are distracted and every inch of it is lost."
"I know. What advice can you give me?"
The word "uncle" made Zhang Hongji laugh dumbly, and then he became serious in a moment.
"I don't want to take the advice seriously. The Yuan Dynasty moved me from Baozhou to Yanjing. He was only afraid that I would bring the soldiers and people of Baozhou to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. But we may not be able to raise troops and take action in Yanjing."
"How to do?"
Zhang Hongji thought for a while, but did not say it directly, but said: "You have all heard of a poem, Yu Yangji incites the earth to come."
Dong Wenyi was stunned for a moment, with a look of surprise in his eyes.
Yuyang is a place name. Now this place name has been abolished and merged into Miyun County in the north. Sometimes Kublai Khan passed through Miyun when he returned to Yanjing from Kaiping City.
It is not difficult to guess the plan expressed by Zhang Hongji by borrowing this poem. It is not difficult to guess that he plans to ambush Kublai Khan in the Miyun area?
Even Dong Wenzhi was surprised and asked, "Is this Mr. Zhang's idea, or Erlang's yours?" Zhang Hongji shook his head, mocking himself slightly, and said, "This was Mr. Liu's idea."
"I see." Dong Wenzhi, who had been calm before, now became a little uneasy and asked again, "Do you really want to do this?"
"When a man is in this world, why should he be timid? Now that he has made his choice, he should make the greatest contribution and pacify the world as quickly as possible so that the people of the Central Plains will no longer have to suffer the scourge of war for many years."
Dong Wenzhi was still hesitant and asked: "Can Erlang trust us when he tells us these things?" Zhang Hongji leaned forward and said: "Do you think I trust you more, or Kublai Khan trusts you more?"
He actually started calling Kublai Khan by his first name.
Listening to this, Dong Wenyi turned his head and glanced outside the meditation room from time to time, looking very uneasy.
Dong Wenzhi kept adjusting his emotions, and then finally asked: "How many people can the Zhang family arrange in this Yanjing territory?"
"It doesn't need to be more. Three thousand elite men are enough to catch them by surprise. Where is the Dong family?" "Not sure yet, I need to contact you."
Several people discussed for a while, and then the Dong brothers hurriedly left the meditation room.
Zhang Hongji sat there alone, with a calm expression on his face, but when he opened his palms, he saw that his palms were already covered in sweat.
How could you not be nervous? It was Kublai Khan who was plotting.
If Dong Wenzhi and Dong Wenyi leak the secret, or their behavior is discovered, the entire Zhang family will be implicated.
Zhang Hongji let out a sigh of relief and wiped his hands on his clothes a few times, then thought of what Zhang Honglue said.
"My second brother actually brought his family from Baozhou to Yanjing. How unwise. Are you afraid that my father and I will be killed in Yanjing? Or are you afraid that the Yuan Dynasty will send troops to attack Baozhou? At this time, as long as the Zhang family guards Baozhou,
It's because the Yuan Dynasty is afraid that we will act rashly and will never dare to take action first. On the contrary, now, the whole family, old and young, are trapped in this situation. Everyone is a slave and I am a fish. The situation is passive, so it is better to give it a try."
~~A few days later.
Zhang Hongji held the blueprint in his hand and walked into a palace in the capital city of the Yuan Dynasty that was still under construction.
Several shirtless men were squatting on the ground laying tiles. When they raised their heads, they saw Zhang
When Hong Ji came, they all put down what they were doing and gathered together.
"Is there any news?" It was Zhang Hongji who asked.
Although he has an extraordinary status, the Zhang family is under surveillance most of the time, and many situations need to be inquired by others.
"Yes, but not many, and I don't know whether they are true or false."
The person who answered was a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance.
But if you take a closer look, you will see that this person is Zhang Xiongfei, the former general manager of Yanjing Road, Eagle Guard, who is wanted by Dayuan.
"It's hard to find out the information. All the people who control the Eagle Guard have been replaced by Kublai Khan. I'm also wanted and I don't dare to show up. I can only contact some old troops." Zhang Xiongfei said: "It is said that Kublai Khan will be there next time.
I will return to Yanjing next month, but the information may not be accurate, I am still confirming it."
In fact, Kublai Khan just passed through Yanjing and returned to Kaiping a few months ago.
At that time, Kublai Khan's trip was quite secretive, and Zhang Xiongfei did not know about it in advance. As a result, after contacting Bai Hua and Zhang Yi once, he was convicted of a major crime and fled incognito.
This time it was different. This time he had a plan and purpose to kill Kublai Khan.~~
However, just outside the new city of Dadu in Yuan Dynasty, groups of soldiers and horses came from the north like flowing water. "Great Khan, we have found out."
Some cavalrymen arrived in front of Kublai Khan and reported: "The Zhang family and Dong family of Han people are secretly mobilizing troops to attack the Great Khan in the Baima Pass area."