The palace was built during the Jin Dynasty. After the war that destroyed the Jin Dynasty, it was completely destroyed.
Yelu Zhu passed through Yingtian Gate and saw An Tong.
An Tong is only fourteen years old this year, but he became the Chief of Qin Xue when he was thirteen.
In other words, the world-famous Qie Xue Army and Kublai Khan's Su Wei army were commanded by this little boy.
Because the commander-in-chief of Qie Xue's army was hereditary descendants of the four great heroes of the founding of Mongolia: Borhu, Bormu, Muhuali, and Chikaowen.
An Tong is the great-grandson of Mu Huali, and his mother is the sister of Queen Chabi. He is the most beloved by Kublai Khan among Mu Huali's countless descendants.
To command an army at the age of thirteen was unthinkable in the Song Dynasty, but in the Great Mongolia, all it took was one word from Kublai Khan.
Forty-one-year-old Yelvzhu was very polite to fourteen-year-old An Tong.
"Chief Xue, I'm here to see your majesty."
"I will lead the Prime Minister in, and the Great Khan will be here soon." An Tong said: "The Great Khan asked me to participate in the discussion. The news of quelling Li Fen's rebellion has come back."
Although he is young, he speaks in a precise manner.
Yelu Zhu did not dare to treat him as a child. He looked solemnly and said: "Li Fen's rebellion is like a stone thrown into a lake, causing ripples."
Both of them spoke Mongolian and chatted all the way. When they entered the Da'an Hall, they saw that Kublai Khan had not yet arrived, and there were several important ministers standing in the hall.
Tachaer, Hulu Buhua, Huduchaer, Xianzhen...
Yelu Zhusui found that he was the only person present who admired Sinology.
He is the son of Yelu Chucai, and his mother Su is a descendant of Su Shi.
But although he admired Sinology, his loyalty to Kublai Khan cannot be questioned.
Yelv Chucai supported Genghis Khan, Ogedai and his son. Therefore, Yelvuzhu had served Ogedai's grandson Shiliemen since he was a child.
When Meng Ge succeeded to the throne, Yelu Zhu was involved in the Shiliemen rebellion case and was almost executed. Kublai Khan saved him.
Although Yelu Zhu is a Khitan, standing here today is actually equivalent to being a Mongolian.
There was a map placed on the main hall, and these Mongolian ministers stood beside the map.
When An Tong saw that everyone had arrived, he pointed at the map and introduced the current situation.
This is to let the important ministers understand all the information they need to know before Kublai Khan arrives, so as not to have to tell it again then.
The reason why An Tong was introduced was because Kublai Khan really planned to appoint him as prime minister in two years.
Although An Tong was only fourteen years old, he had no stage fright and always started presiding over the discussion according to the information.
"After Shi Tianze cut off Li Fen's head, Li Yanjian who was guarding Yidu City committed suicide, and the others opened the city gate and surrendered..."
When Tachaer heard this, he stopped An Tong and asked, "Where are my sister and her son?"
Li Fen had many sons, but he only had one with Tachaer's sister, named Li Fengshan.
An Tong looked at the battle report and said: "Shi Tianze took them all out from Yidu."
"Okay, kill all the others."
"Killed, only one Li Qishan escaped. He was born to the Wang family..."
"Then chase him and kill him."
"He escaped from Old Sea City..."
Tachar was furious.
He was the one who showed the most desire to kill Li Fen among all the people present.
The reason why he married his sister to Li Fen was because his status was very low back then.
Tacha'er's grandfather was Genghis Khan's youngest brother, Temuge Orchijin, who was once executed for rebelling against the Khan. At that time, the first generation of households in Shandong were enfeoffed to Temuge Orchijin. Tachaer
In order to ensure this benefit, he chose to marry Li Fen.
After Mongke Khan succeeded to the throne, he became prosperous and regretted it long ago.
To this day, I wish I could just pretend it didn't happen.
"Where to escape? The Song Dynasty? Go south and kill..."
Hu Lubuhua had already shouted: "Stop talking about these trivial matters, Hebichi, Shi Tianze will handle it. The matters that the Great Khan summoned us to discuss today are more important."
"Is it to take back military power from the Han people?"
An Tong finally got rid of Tachaer's entanglement and said: "Yes, but the Great Khan called you here today because A Shu was completely wiped out by Li Xia in Guanlong."
The palace was quiet for a moment, then screams of surprise erupted.
"impossible!"
"How could Ashu, a descendant of the Wuliangha tribe and a descendant of Subotai, be killed by a Han..."
suddenly.
"Wuliang Hetai also died at the hands of this Han! Tachaer, please put away your arrogance that is overflowing like a river and face this enemy squarely!"
With this loud shout, their sweat finally arrived at the main hall.
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The previous generations of great Khans of the Great Mongol Kingdom, such as Wokuotai and Guiyou, were all violent and greedy people. Whenever they sat down to discuss matters, they would drink wine and drink hard, wishing that they would be drunk to death before the discussion was over.
Kublai Khan was different. He was calm and resolute. After entering the palace, he did not sit at the top, but walked directly to everyone.
Everyone unconsciously lowered their heads due to the majesty of the Khan.
Kublai Khan was forty-seven years old at the time, in the prime of life, and his every move seemed so powerful.
He pointed to the locations of Jinan and Yidu on the map, and started talking directly about political affairs.
"Li Fen's rebellion had a great influence and implicated many Han nobles..."
With this sentence, my fingertips swept across Dongping, Haozhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Nanyang, Taiyuan, Baozhou...
This sentence made the people in the palace understand the seriousness of the situation.
Kublai Khan did not let his most loyal ministers guess. Soon, he clearly stated what he wanted.
"Brother Ali has not been completely solved yet, and Li Xia is causing trouble in the southwest again. If these Han people are pursued too much, they may be forced to rebel. There is a saying among the Han people that dogs will jump over walls when they are anxious, and rabbits will bite when they are anxious.
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This is to express his position to his Mongolian forces.
Get a head start and set the tone, lest these Mongolian ministers keep clamoring to suppress the Han people.
Sure enough, Khulu Buhua immediately shouted: "My great Khan, you are too tolerant to these Han people!"
"The Great Khan has wise considerations." Yelvzhu responded, "The Immortal God has given the Great Khan incomparable wisdom, and you don't need to question it."
He actually believed in Taoism, but he always used the Immortal Heaven to block Hulu Buhua's mouth.
Khulu Buhua shut up, and then Kublai Khan said: "You say I am too tolerant, but I tell you, governing a country should be like dividing beef, one knife at a time and slowly."
"Khan, I was too impatient." Hulu Buhua said.
Although Kublai Khan already had an idea in his mind, he still looked around at everyone and said, "What should you do?"
Tacha'er said: "The Great Khan will attack Ali Buge again, but what if the kings ask the Great Khan how to ensure their interests? The Han people must be suppressed."
He was originally sent by Meng Ge to take over the military power in Monan instead of Kublai Khan, but after Meng Ge died, he was the first clan king to support Kublai Khan, so he was very confident.
Lu Yezhu said: "The kings' fiefdoms and five household silks will not change. Their homes and properties can be preserved. The Khan's promise is as precious as gold. There is nothing that cannot be believed."
"I'm just afraid that they will see the Great Khan take action."
"Yes, Li Fen dared to launch such a rebellion. If the Great Khan did not deal with the Han people, how could he convince the kings?"
"Brother Alibaba will then accuse our Great Khan of being a traitor to Mongolia..."
"The Han people have gone too far in recent years..."
"enough!"
An Tong actually stepped out of the queue with his sword in hand and shouted: "The Great Khan has called you here to let you come up with ideas instead of arguing all the time!"
He was timid as Commander Xue, so he was able to enter the palace with a sword. At this time, his face was serious and he looked very majestic.
Tachaer lowered his head and stopped talking.
He was very loud when he was shouting, but when it came time to come up with an idea, he was silent.
Kublai Khan turned his head and glanced at An Tong, a slight smile flashed in his eyes, he was very satisfied with the child.
In fact, whether it is Mongolian, Huihui, Khitan, Jurchen or Han people, what he values more is loyalty.
As for the Han system or the old system, what does it mean compared to the loyalty of the ministers?
In other words, only he, Kublai Khan, is the most important.
This is also his kindness to various tribes.
It was Yelu Zhu who stood up and said: "Great Khan, I think we should not continue to pursue the princes, but should continue to treat them preferentially. But we should also take advantage of their current self-consciousness to weaken their strength little by little..."
It is very difficult to say these things in Mongolian. Although Yelvzhu's Mongolian is excellent, he still feels that many vocabulary are lacking.
"We can separate the civil affairs and military affairs under the rule of the princes; change the territory where the princes are located; promote them to high officials... This matter should be done slowly rather than urgently."
This was Kublai Khan's idea in his heart. After Yelvzhu said it, he looked around at everyone in the palace and saw that no one objected, so he asked: "What do you think a prince like Yan Zhongji should do?"
"You can recruit him back to the court to serve as prime minister."
"What if he thinks I want to take away his military power?"
"Their descendants can continue to hold military power." Yelvzhu replied: "Continue to use their descendants, and the Great Khan can select the most loyal group among them."
Kublai Khan was deeply convinced and asked someone to take out several letters and send them to Yelu Zhu.
"Do you think Zhang Hongliu colluded with Li Fen?"
Yelvzhu looked at it for a while, and what he saw was that the correspondence between Zhang Honglue and Li Fen was to persuade Li Fen not to rebel.
On the surface, Zhang Honglue appears to be very loyal.
But when compared with Li Heng, Zhang Honglue's behavior of not reporting the knowledge but pretending to be loyal... can be said to be destructive.
Thinking again about Zhang Hongdao's surrender to Li Xia, too many people in the Zhang family are no longer worthy of trust.
Yelu Zhu then said: "The Zhang family is a typical example of Han nobles who secretly watch the current situation. I think the Great Khan should give Zhang Rou the title of Duke, remove Zhang Honglue from military power, transfer him back to his seat in the capital, and give him a crown and uniform."
Let’s enjoy the banquet and select the most loyal ones from the Zhang family to take over the posts and appoint them to Shuntian’s tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians..."
"Who do you think is the most loyal?"
"Zhang Hongfan."
Yelvzhu didn't hesitate much. Zhang Jiulang's loyalty can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.
This is an explanation of his method. By assigning the titles and official positions of the nobles to the world, moving them back to the court, and selecting their children to take over the posts, they can better control these young people.
Kublai Khan was generally satisfied with this method. He took a few steps, turned around and said, "Don't forget that there is Li Xia in the southwest. What if the dog is forced to jump over the wall and throw himself at Li Xia?"