"A country cannot live without a king for a day, and the Han court in Luoyang refuses to let the prince come back. Now only King Moton can inherit the throne in the country."
Hu Hanxie stood up and defended, saying that he was a die-hard hawk and a die-hard loyalist of Mo Dun, so he naturally hoped that Mo Dun would succeed as Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
Murong Ke and others, Tuo Lei's confidants, had long regarded Kublai Khan as the future Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, and Hu Hanxie's statement obviously could not convince them.
"This time, that time."
Boyan stood up and retorted: "The Han court detained the prince before in order to use the prince as a threat to prevent our army from sending troops.
Now that the late emperor has passed away, and the Qin army is the most suspicious, our country is in urgent need of the prince returning to the country to succeed him. If the Han court does not release the prince, it will be tantamount to admitting that the assassin was sent by them.
When that time comes, it will not be too late for us to select a new army, and then we will use all our national strength to avenge the late emperor and wash away the national humiliation."
Boyan is worthy of being one of the rare people in Yuan and Meng who is both civilized and military. His mind is clear and his words are clear, leaving both hawks and doves speechless.
After Boyan saw this scene, he was relieved in his heart. At the same time, he winked at Murong Ke and signaled him to stand up and say something. After all, now that he could scare the people in Maodun, Murong Ke was the only one left in Yuanmeng.
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Murong Ke understood what Boyan meant, and immediately stood up and walked to Modu's side, reprimanding the hawk ministers: "King Modu is so loyal and courageous, how could he seize the throne of his nephew while the prince is still here?"
?Are you trying to accuse King Dun of being disloyal and unjust?"
After saying that, Murong Ke looked at Modun and asked: "King Modun, do you think it is true or not?"
Maodun, who was lowering his head, heard these words, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent. Then he raised his head and said calmly: "What the general said is that the bones of the late emperor are not cold yet, and the prince is still there. The emperor of the Yuan Dynasty should be replaced by the real emperor."
The crown prince will do it."
Hearing this, Murong Ke secretly sighed in his heart. He was really afraid that he would ignore the situation and rely on the support of everyone to forcefully proclaim himself emperor. In this case, Yuanmeng would surely fall into internal fighting and blood would flow like a river.
"Since King Maodun also thinks so, from my perspective, it is better to arrange it like this first. King Maodun and King Ogedai will jointly take charge of the government and stabilize the government. At the same time, Yelu Chucai will be sent as an envoy to welcome the Han Dynasty again.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Murong Ke looked at Mao Dun and Wo Kuotai and asked, "What do the two kings think?"
Wokuotai naturally had no objections. Anyway, the throne would not be passed on to him, so it would be beneficial to him to become the two auxiliary kings together with Moton.
After Mo Dun thought for a moment, he nodded and agreed.
Since then, after Tuo Lei was assassinated, Yuanmeng's biggest internal crisis has been temporarily suppressed under the consideration of many parties, and a bigger crisis is also brewing.
Why didn't Mao Dun act immediately? Didn't he want to be Emperor Yuan? Of course he wanted to be, but the time now was really not right.
The bones of Tuo Lei are not yet cold, and Kublai Khan, the prince, is still alive. If Mao Dun is so anxious to proclaim himself emperor, it will be too difficult to win the title. What will the people of the country think of him?
After Temujin's reform, Yuanmeng still has the spark of civilization. It is no longer the barbaric country it once was. It is impossible to seize the throne just by killing one's father and one's brother. Therefore, if Maodun wants to succeed, he must occupy morality, otherwise
Even the hawkish ministers will not support him.
The civilization process of Yuan and Meng became the biggest constraint on Mao Dun, while Kublai Khan became the biggest obstacle to Mao Dun's succession.
If Mao Dun wanted to successfully ascend to the throne of Yuan Emperor, he had to destroy these two, but it was simply impossible to destroy Yuan Meng's civilization, so he could only prevent Kublai Khan from returning to his country.
"Touman, you did a good job in this matter."
With that said, Modu filled the wine glass, handed it to Touman, and said with a slight smile: "This is a reward for you."
When Touman saw this, he was so frightened that his face turned pale and his whole body started to tremble involuntarily.
Of course Touman was also involved in the assassination of Tuo Lei. After all, without his cooperation as a guard general, how could those dead soldiers enter the hunting ground?
Touman also considered that Mao Dun might kill him to silence him in order not to leave any hidden dangers, but he did not expect that this day would come so quickly.
Since Mao Dun had murderous intentions, Tou Man would definitely not be able to escape. If he resisted, it would harm his wife and children. It would be better to risk his life to keep the whole family safe.
As soon as he thought of this, Touman's heart trembled, he took the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
Touman originally thought it was poisonous wine, but after drinking it for a long time, the poison did not appear, and he couldn't help but be confused.
"Haha, Touman, do you think the wine I gave you to drink was poisonous wine? It was just ordinary Central Plains spirits."
Modun patted Touman on the shoulder and said with a faint smile: "Touman, you are my confidant. How can I not believe in your loyalty? I will never do such a thing as killing people and silencing them."
Touman narrowly escaped death and was immediately overjoyed. He kept kowtowing and said, "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. Touman is not guaranteed to die."
"okay."
Mao Dun waved his hand indifferently and said calmly: "There is still something for you to do. I don't want Kublai Khan to come back alive. Do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand, I will make arrangements now."
Touman left in relief, but he didn't know that the moment he turned around, Modun looked at him with murderous intent, but he was restrained by him in the end. After all, killing his own people at this time would definitely not be beneficial.
Unity within the hawks.
On the other side, Murong Ke, Zhebie, Boyan, Meng Ge, Ali Buge and others gathered together, and everyone's face was full of solemnity.
"The death of the late emperor must have nothing to do with King Moton. It is very possible that he put the blame on the Qin army." Boyan said with great certainty.
Meng Ge frowned and shouted: "Bo Yan, pay attention to your identity, slandering the royal family is a capital crime."
Boyan was not afraid at all and said calmly: "What I say is well-founded. Qin Hao has a great master. If he really wanted to assassinate His Majesty, why would he send ordinary soldiers and use Qin Nu?
?This is totally unreasonable.
Think about it carefully, if your majesty dies and the prince is held hostage in Luoyang, who will benefit the most?"
"Modun?" Everyone exclaimed in surprise.
"That's right."
A glint flashed in Boyan's eyes, and he said unhurriedly: "Maodun was determined to attack Qin and take revenge, but his majesty denied it and gave him fifty lashes. Only a few days later, his majesty was assassinated and died.
Don’t you think this is too coincidental?”
"hiss……"
Everyone took a breath of cold air. According to what Boyan said, it was Mao Dun who killed the late emperor but put the blame on the Qin army. The date of civil strife in Yuan and Mongolia is really not far away.
"alright."
Murong Ke shouted to stop everyone and said in a deep voice: "The top priority now is to bring back the prince. After the prince comes back and takes the throne, the new emperor will make a decision on everything."
"General, I suspect that Mao Dun is extremely motivated and may prevent the crown prince from returning to the country. The top priority is not only to send envoys to coordinate, but also to send people to protect the crown prince. The Han people may not be able to protect the crown prince," Boyan said.
Murong Ke nodded in agreement. His previous words had completely offended Mao Dun. If Mao Dun really became the Yuan Emperor, he would definitely kill him in the future due to his big heart.
Therefore, Murong Ke and Kublai Khan were each other's saviors, even if it was to protect themselves, Murong Ke had to protect Kublai Khan to his death.
"Murong Hua, you will lead people into the Han Dynasty to secretly protect His Highness the Crown Prince." Murong Ke said in a deep voice.
Murong Hua, who once went by the pseudonym Guan Yutian, clasped his fists and said, "No."