In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 364: The whole country celebrates and has fun with the people

Anyone who is familiar with Meng Ge knows that he is usually taciturn and rarely speaks.

Unexpectedly, it was rare for him to speak for the first time, which shocked everyone around him.

Wokuotai looked at Brother Meng in disbelief.

Brother Meng has been raised by his wife for many years. Like his adopted son, Wo Kuotai understands Brother Meng relatively well. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for Brother Meng to say such things.

Moreover, Meng Ge had stated in front of him that he would support Wo Kuotai.

But when Meng Ge saw that most people were opposed to Ogodei, he actually took the opportunity to add insult to injury and went against his mother's wishes and voted for Batu with all three votes.

Batu proposed that the eldest son march to the west, and Meng Ge is the eldest son. Of course Meng Ge must seize such a good opportunity. If Batu lags behind in voting, Meng Ge may be cautious and will not easily support Batu to offend Ogedai, but now It is obvious that Wokuotai can no longer get the support of most people in Mongolia.

Since he ascended the throne as Khan, Wokuotai has not achieved anything. First, the Tuo Lei army was defeated at Fangcheng Mountain, and then he destroyed the Jin and turned it into Lian Jin. It was a joke.

Now even the Song army has invaded Xixia. The Mongol Empire, which was once victorious and invincible, now seems to have become a little sheep that can be bullied.

This was something that had never happened during the reign of Genghis Khan.

The nobles of Great Mongolia really couldn't bear it. Such opportunities did not come every time.

Of course Meng Ge must seize this opportunity.

But the position of the Great Khan cannot be abolished at the drop of a hat. Now everyone fully supports Batu and is clearly expressing their dissatisfaction to Ogedai.

After Meng Ge finished speaking, the scene became quiet, and everyone had incredible expressions on their faces.

When Batu and the others joined forces with Brother Meng, Brother Meng also stated that he would support Wokuotai. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, Brother Meng changed his mind.

A moment later, Sun Tasi, the eldest son of Muhuali, took the lead and said in a deep voice: "The Song army betrayed their trust and jointly attacked Yeke Nayan in the Central Plains first."

"Then they invaded the territory of the King of Xiliang (referring to Xixia) on a large scale."

"The Song army is aggressive and has no faith. Do we still want to negotiate peace with them?"

"If the Great Khan (referring to Genghis Khan) were alive, he would never compromise."

Tasi was very angry. His personality was similar to his grandfather, and he also preferred the Central Plains.

No way, Mu Huali arrived in Hebei very early and has been responsible for Mongolia's war against the Central Plains. After Mu Huali's death, his son Polo succeeded to the throne and was still responsible for the war between Hebei and the Central Plains. Therefore, Tasi grew up in Hebei. He doesn't like the grassland, and of course he doesn't want to march westward.

Tasi is right when he says that Genghis Khan will not compromise when he is reincarnated.

Genghis Khan was reincarnated, and he had already gone all out to conquer the Song Dynasty, and he would wait until now.

But the problem is that Genghis Khan cannot be reincarnated.

Oda'er even thought that if Genghis Khan was reincarnated, Tuo Lei would not die. You are not talking nonsense.

He immediately said: "The situation is different now. The Song Dynasty is rising, and it has just destroyed the Jin Kingdom. It dares to send a large army into Zhongxing Mansion——"

"The Song army has stabilized the Yellow River defense line. If we attack the Jin Kingdom, we need to borrow a road from Song Dynasty. How can we attack Song Dynasty with all our strength now?"

Oda'er's rhetorical question directly stopped Tasi.

When the Jin Kingdom was here, we had to borrow a way from Song Dynasty to destroy the Jin Dynasty.

Now that the Song Dynasty occupies the Central Plains, how can you attack the Central Plains?
Tasi thought for a moment: "We can go down from the south of Shandong and go straight to the south of the Yangtze River."

This was also the original strategic line of his father and son, but now the situation has changed drastically. His father did not force Li Quan to surrender, and Shandong was all in the hands of the Song Dynasty.

Orda'er said: "The two Huaihe waterways in the south of the Yangtze River are crisscrossed. Without a naval force, it would be more difficult to fight than the Yellow River defense line. Our cavalry is completely useless."

What else did Tasi want to say.

"Okay, okay." Wo Kuotai waved his hand slightly angrily, signaling the two of them to stop arguing.

There is no point in arguing at this point because the results of the vote are already out.

There were three more votes supporting the eldest son's Western expedition than supporting an all-out attack on the Song Dynasty.

He is not Genghis Khan and cannot decide such a major event on his own.

Moreover, there were so many people who opposed him. Even if he wanted to attack the Song Dynasty with all his strength, many people would be willing to do anything but work in vain. Instead of doing this, it would be better to help them. When they see the cruel deeds of the Song people in the future, they will definitely regret it.

Moreover, he could use his eldest son to march westward to make it more difficult for Batu and the others.

Wo Kuotai took a deep breath and said slowly: "Since I succeeded to the throne, I have been unsuccessful in attacking the Kingdom of Jin successively and failed to fulfill my father Khan's last wish."

"I feel sorry for my father, and I feel sorry for everyone."

The only elder at the scene, Temu Ge Or Chijin, quickly comforted him and said that when Mongolia was founded, it was not always victorious and had suffered heavy defeats, so don't be discouraged.

Brother Temu, O Chijin, was afraid that Wo Kuotai would say something like "I don't want to sweat anymore" in a fit of anger.

But he thought too much. Ogedai had finally ascended to the position of Khan, so how could he give up so easily.

I saw Wo Kuotai saying earnestly: "Everyone wants to march westward. As the Great Khan, I must abide by everyone's wishes, but this is not something we can do willingly."

"The Song Dynasty demands to take back Xixia. How can we cede Xixia to the Song people? This kind of thing is something I cannot do."

The last letter from Zhao Yurui was asking to take back Xixia. Now the Song army is also attacking Xixia, so Wokuotai said, even if I am willing to negotiate peace, can I cede Xixia?
If we don't cut it, the Song army will keep attacking. How can we negotiate a peace and march to the west?

The Great Mongol Empire must not be able to cede any land, not even an inch.

O'Da'er was happy when he heard that Wokuotai wanted to give in, and said quickly: "We were able to get the Zhongxing Mansion from the Xixia people back then, and we can get it back from the Song people in the future. The top priority is to start the Western Expedition first, and start from the West. Loot more people and materials to increase the number of troops for our Mongolia."

"The Han people cannot be trusted." Oda'er looked at Tasi. Tasi had been in Hebei and had many Han troops under his command.

He did this on purpose: "The Han people regard themselves as Song people. Once the war goes unfavorably, many people will surrender."

"We still have to capture more Turks, cannibals, etc., build a larger army, and then gather an army of millions to attack the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop."

What Er said represents the intention of Batu and others. Don't waste time with the Song people now. First, march westward, plunder the population and materials, expand the army, and then gather an army of 100 million to come back and destroy the Song Dynasty.

And try to use as little Han troops as possible.

Of course, Batu will not come back by then, which is another matter.

Historically, Mongolia mainly relied on the Han army to defeat the Song Dynasty. However, this was still in the early Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, and the power of the Han army had not yet been demonstrated, and there were not a large number of Han troops to surrender to them, so the Mongolian nobles were not interested in the Han army.

That day Ogedai was forced to agree to his eldest son's expedition to the west, but his plan conflicted with most people's.

Wokuotai's intention was almost the same as before. He planned to make Batu the commander-in-chief and Meng Ge and other eldest sons to participate in the Western Expedition with 12 troops and 50 horses.

The rest of the troops continued to fight the Song Dynasty, mainly defending the Xixia and Shanxi front lines, and attacking the Shandong and Liaodong front lines.

That is to say, defend in the northwest and attack in Shandong and northeast to suppress the rise of the Song Army.

Batu's intention was to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty, trade with the Song Dynasty, go all out to conquer the west, strengthen Mongolia, and then settle accounts with the Song people in the future.

Because once the war with Song Dynasty continues, if Xixia cannot be defended, the Song army can attack Chagatai, Wokuotai, and even Batu's territory from the west and north directions. This is something Batu is unwilling to face.

Wokuotai assured them that they could defend Xixia and claimed that they could send [-] troops from the northwest, bypassing Shanxi and entering Xixia.

Orda'er said that the Song people had already captured Xixia and stopped fighting. They only needed a place to raise horses, so why not let it go.

Wo Kuotai said that the Song people could not follow through on their words at any time. If they gave in now, if they turned against them in the future, they could still attack the Batu territory.

And the Song people cannot be allowed to have more war horses.

O'Daer claimed that the Song people have now occupied Tubo and have the source of war horses. The Xixia people will have little impact on the Song people. It will be beneficial to us to delay it now. When we come back from the Western Expedition, we will deal with the Song people. It will be no more two-faced than it is now. Is it better to start a war?
The two sides argued hard, and finally had to vote.

Ogedei was very angry. When Genghis Khan was there, the Great Khan had the final say. Now his prestige is getting worse day by day, and he is always voted out.

So what's the point of being sweaty?
On the fourth day of July, after several days of quarreling, the Mongolian nobles finally reached an agreement through the coordination of Yelu Chucai.

He divided his eldest son into an expedition to the west, and at the same time sent an army of [-] to Xixia to force the Song army into battle.

That is to say, we must achieve a great victory in Xixia and repel the Song army before we can have the confidence to make peace.

If you can't win a big victory in Xixia, you should settle for the second best and protect Heishui City in Xixia.

Heishui City in Xixia is the only way to guard Mobei and enter the Hexi Corridor. The Mongols have prepared for the worst. They can lose Zhongxing Mansion and the other places where horses are raised in Xixia, but they cannot lose Heishui City.

Once the Song Army is allowed to occupy Heishui City, the Song Army can enter Mobei from Heishui City at any time. At the same time, the fiefdoms of various Mongolian kings will open the door to the Song Army.

The Guanshan Conference decided the next strategy of Mongolia. The decision of the conference was agreed by both parties. Batu got his eldest son to be the commander of the Western Expedition, and Wokuotai could continue to mobilize troops to Xixia.

But the result was not acceptable to Ogedai, and his prestige as the Great Khan was once again challenged.

Once Batu returned from the Western Expedition with a great victory, and he was unable to take advantage of the Song people here, he believed that his position as the Great Khan would become increasingly precarious.

This eldest son's Western Expedition is similar to the original history, but in the original history, Subotai was the commander-in-chief and Batu was the deputy.

This time, Batu was the commander-in-chief and Subutai was the deputy. Each of them led two thousand households.

Among the clan kings were Chagatai's son Baida'er, Wokuotai's son Guiyu, and Tolei's son Mengge, each leading a household of ten thousand.

In addition, Nayan at ten thousand households and below also sent his eldest son to lead the army on an expedition, mainly to conquer Kipchak, Orosi and other countries, that is, in the direction of Europe.

The army consisted of 12 households, more than 4000 people, and 50 war horses, exactly the same as in the original history.

The biggest difference between this Western Expedition and history is the improvement of strategic goals.

Originally, the Mongolian army was rushing to kill people.

In order to fight against the Song Dynasty this time, Wo Kuotai requested not to massacre the city as much as possible, but to focus on plunder and conquest.

He deliberately gave Batu a target mission.

You can lead the Western Expedition, but when you come back, you must bring me at least 40 troops and millions of horses.Batu assured Ogedai and the nobles that when I come back, I will bring at least 50 troops.

As long as the Mongolian army does not massacre the city casually and does its best to collect and surrender the sergeants, it is fine to bring 50 million, not to mention 100.

After all, their eldest son's Western Expedition lasted seven years in history and killed countless thousands of people.

Zhao Yurui certainly could not have imagined that because of his aggressiveness, he forced the eldest son of the Mongolian army to go to the west to change the strategy of massacre in the past, focusing on conquest and surrender. He indirectly saved hundreds or even tens of millions of Europeans.

After Wokuotai arranged for his eldest son to march to the west, he immediately decided to send [-] troops to support Xixia. At the same time, he sent an envoy, Han Chen Liu Run, to the Song court to negotiate peace.

He planned to negotiate peace while fighting, forcing the Song army to defeat them on the battlefield, and it would be best to save Xixia.

The coach who supports Xixia is Kuan Wenbuhua, and the deputy coach is Tasi. Originally, Tasi also wanted to participate in the eldest son's Western expedition, but this guy was unwilling.

So on the tenth day of the seventh month, Tasi began to gather troops and horses, preparing to circle from Mobei to Xixia.

The detour to Mobei is both good and bad for the Mongolian army. The advantage is that it is beneficial to the cavalry, but the disadvantage is that supplies are not convenient enough.

Originally, they could get supplies from Shanxi, into Shaanxi, and to Xixia. However, they were afraid of being blocked by the Song army in Shaanxi, or afraid of being known by the Song army, so they decided to take a long way to Mobei.

The huge machine of the Great Mongolia has also begun to operate. This time, more than 20 troops were mobilized. Half of the Mongolian elite left the Hebei area. If the Song court knew about this, Wo Kuotai was afraid that the Song army would take the opportunity to attack, so the Western Expedition also Well, whether it's supporting Xixia, it's all done quietly.
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The temperature in Jiangnan in July is relatively high.

The eighth day of July, Dinghai County.

It was early this morning, around eight o'clock in the morning.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, gongs and drums were blasting on the street, and the sound was deafening.

Many people in the city left their homes and crowded into the streets.

In the middle of the road, I saw a few Song soldiers wearing Zhajia and wearing big red flowers on their chests. They were surrounded by county government officials beating gongs and drums.

Several of the yamen servants were holding big bags in their hands, and they would swing them hard every time they walked.

With a crash, a large number of candies were thrown to the ground.

"Wow!" Many children on the surrounding streets rushed up, and adults also joined them.

This is the "military candy" specially made by the imperial court. It is wrapped in sugar paper and made of maltose and nuts inside. It is not available on the market, but it is quite delicious.

Of course, for most people, whether they have candy to eat is still a small matter. Whether the Song Dynasty can win the war is a big deal.

Dinghai County is the place where Zhao and Ruifa grew up. It has a city shipping department and has frequent trade with Korea and Japan. There are also sea ships from southeastern countries coming here for trade. There are quite a lot of foreigners in Dinghai County now.

At this time, a Korean businessman was standing blankly upstairs in a hotel, watching the people around him cheering non-stop. Wherever the Song soldiers and government officials went, the people cheered. They were quite puzzled.

It looks like a few Song soldiers are parading in the streets. Why are the people so happy?

Before they could recover, the waiter suddenly ran upstairs excitedly: "The shopkeeper said, this morning's buns are [-]% off."

"?" The Korean was picking up a bun and stuffing it into his mouth. Hearing this, he felt even more strange. He called the waiter at the shop and asked in half-baked Chinese: "What happened down there? Why are everyone so happy?"

"Our Song Dynasty destroyed the Kingdom of Jin." The waiter laughed and said, "We finally got our revenge. Your Majesty is really powerful."

As soon as the waiter opened his mouth, several waves of customers upstairs were also shouting.

"His Majesty has destroyed the Kingdom of Jin within a few years since he ascended the throne, and our Song Dynasty will return to the prosperous age of Han and Tang Dynasties."

"It is said that Your Majesty is the reincarnation of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty."

"I think he is the reincarnation of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty."

There was a lot of noise all around, everyone was talking about destroying gold.

The Korean people quickly asked: "When will gold be destroyed?"

Some people say that just last month, the news reached Dinghai in early July.

Another Korean thought for a while and suddenly asked: "Why does everyone seem so happy?"

Is this unreasonable?
What does the Song Dynasty’s extermination of gold have to do with ordinary people?But they saw that the whole Dinghai Street was full of joy. When the sergeants walked there, the people would cheer.

A businessman who looked like he heard this laughed and said, "You are Koreans, right?"

"It's a pity that it's not me, the Great Song Dynasty businessman."

"The imperial court has ordered that after the Jin Kingdom is conquered, the whole country will celebrate together. From July to the end of the year, the imperial court will reduce taxes by half."

"No matter how common people and businessmen farm and sell wine this year, their taxes will be reduced by half."

His Majesty said that we should celebrate with the people.

Only then did the Koreans suddenly realize.

The people were happy because this matter was closely related to them.

In addition to the autumn grain tax for ordinary people and the commercial tax for some businesses in the second half of the year, the tax is reduced by half. Some important materials controlled by the court, such as refined salt, sugar, and large ships with more than [-] ingredients, etc., are all discounted.

Ordinary people are usually reluctant to buy snow-white sugar. This time, from July to August, the court reduced the price by [-]% for a whole month, with a half discount, and each person was limited to purchasing five kilograms per month. This was a direct benefit to everyone.

The imperial court also cooperated with many larger merchants and required merchants to sell goods at discounts. The price difference was subsidized by the imperial court.

The whole of July is the National Day month of the Song Dynasty, and various goods are discounted to varying degrees in various places.

For example, the restaurant where the Koryo people are located is the property of the Yan family in Dinghai County. The Yan family followed Zhao Yurui when they started their business. Now they are already developed. After the Jin Kingdom was conquered this time, they immediately launched discounts and price cuts in various industries. events, enjoy it with the people, and let the people feel the benefits of victory in the war.

Zhao Yurui wanted to remind all the people of the Song Dynasty that as long as the imperial court wins the battle, you will all benefit.

Not to mention the officials of the Song Dynasty, from top to bottom, even the county government officials received bonuses.

In the process of conquering the Jin Kingdom, Zhao and Song plundered without calculation and their wealth increased dramatically. All the money could be used domestically.

At this time, someone said to the Korean people: "A new red building has opened in Dinghai County. It is full of stolen girls from the Jin Dynasty. The price is still cheap. You can go and have fun when you have time, but it is very popular now, so you have to queue up."

Hahaha, there was laughter all around.

"Bah!" There was a scholar who looked like he slapped the table hard: "Yes, bring glory to the Song Dynasty, and fuck the little girl from the Kingdom of Jin. Let's go and get in line early."

The Koreans looked at each other. The people of the Song Dynasty were all concerned about national affairs. This was not a good thing for other countries.

"What do those sergeants down there do?" someone asked again.

"Those are meritorious soldiers, all of whom were assigned overseas citizenship by me." Someone said proudly.

This is already the third group of meritorious soldiers touring since July. The people from the Song Dynasty nearby told the Korean people that at four o'clock in the afternoon, the sergeants would give speeches about their deeds at Dinghai Academy.

On-site tickets are ten cents each, but they are always crowded.

The Korean people are even more incredible. There are still deeds in this war?Are you still giving a lecture at the academy?

Wow, the people from the Song Dynasty nearby were very excited. They said that last time there was a sergeant with overseas registration who was extremely fierce. When fighting the Jin army, he was preparing to attack the Jin army at night.

That night, the Jin army sentry cavalry fired arrows around the camp to test whether there were any ambushes. The Song army who was ambushed was hit by several arrows without making a sound. Finally, they suddenly attacked and broke into the Jin army camp, winning a decisive victory.

Come on, Koreans, look at me and I look at you. I feel that what Song Jun said is too mysterious.

But the people of the Song Dynasty were very serious about what they said. They also said that the Dinghai sergeant was wounded by arrows and retired directly. However, when he came back, the court rewarded him with 100 taels of silver, ten acres of land, and a house.

After listening to it, the Korean people all found it interesting and decided immediately to go to Dinghai Academy to listen to it in the afternoon.

Dinghai Academy was originally the property of the Qin family, but was later transferred to the imperial court, which established a school here.

In the eighth year of Baoqing, that is, at the beginning of this year, the imperial court, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, prepared to build schools in various places, starting with Dinghai and Lin'an, where provincial departments were located, equivalent to the provincial capitals, as pilot projects.

Dinghai County was also chosen because it was the place where Zhao Yurui started his career.

Each student in the school has a total of six years of study from the age of eight to 13. The school only charges part of the food fee and a small amount of accommodation fee. The current enrollment direction is mainly for the descendants of all civil and military officials and all military personnel.

Before the Song Dynasty, counties also had county schools. These schools are still in operation today, but the courses taught are different from those in provincial schools.

It can be said that students recruited by the new school have more advantages in class examinations and are more likely to get high scores in the exam.

But because this school is relatively small, the number of students is limited.

Next, starting from next year, Zhao and Rui will gradually transform all counties and counties into schools. They plan to promote it nationwide in five to ten years, and the enrollment target will also be expanded to all people across the country.

Dinghai Academy also has winter and summer vacations. Normally, there are six days off and one day off. This July, it is the summer vacation, so the academy is empty.

In the afternoon, several Korean people came to the entrance of the academy and saw government officials guarding the entrance. Each person had to buy a ticket to enter, which cost ten cents each.

There are many local people gathered outside, as well as businessmen from outside. Some people will buy tickets to enter the venue, while others will wait outside, mainly to watch the excitement.

The ten cent ticket is not cheap, but there were quite a lot of people entering the venue today.

Entering through the gate is a courtyard. After walking through the courtyard, you arrive at another courtyard gate. When you exit the courtyard gate, you will see a huge playground.

There used to be buildings here, but they were demolished and turned into a playground.

A high platform has just been built to the north of the playground. Facing the high platform are lines drawn with lime. People who come in sit cross-legged in the middle of the lime line, which looks more orderly.

A few Koreans randomly found a place to sit on the ground. After a while, people came in one after another from all around. In less than two quarters of an hour, the playground was full.

But the Korean people found that many people seemed to be soldiers, and they were more disciplined after coming in, saying nothing and sitting on the spot.

If he knew that there was a kind of person in the world called Tuo, he would understand that these were extras hired by the Song Dynasty, and most of them were local guards and garrison troops.

When the playground was full, a few sergeants on the high platform began to tell their stories.

(End of this chapter)