Chinese Six "Because of the great etiquette, it is called Xia; because of the beauty of uniforms, it is called Hua."
Kublai Khan was no stranger to the word Huaxia.
In a memorial written by Kong Yingda, a famous scholar in the early Tang Dynasty, the origin of the word Huaxia was explained in detail.
However, the New China concept currently circulating in various places has obviously surpassed Kong Yingda's views.
In terms of the beauty of the uniforms and the magnificence of the architecture, Kublai Khan believed that the Yuan Empire would never be inferior to any previous dynasty in this land.
The capital city can bear witness to the glory of the empire in this regard.
It is much grander than the capital cities of the Song and Tang dynasties that had deep twists and turns, green tiles and white walls, small-minded Han family courtyards, and red walls and yellow tiles.
Just judging from the time, labor and masonry materials it took to build such a big city, Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty, combined, could not compare to a corner of Dadu.
The complexity of the costumes of the officials of the Yuan Empire was far beyond that of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
The pearls, agates, and jade used in the court robes of a fourth-grade minister could be enough to replace the official robes of five prime ministers of the Song Dynasty.
Not to mention the robes of the emperor, prime minister, Nayan and other princes and nobles.
If these are not enough to satisfy a Chinese character, in terms of etiquette, the Yuan Dynasty was far ahead of other dynasties.
During the Song Dynasty, ministers would wave their sleeves and stare at the emperor at every turn.
In the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng dared to scare Emperor Taizong to muffle a falcon to death.
Can this be called etiquette?
In Dayuan, any courtier who dared to be so arrogant would have been thrown out by the guards and fed to the dogs.
At present, the distinction between superiority and inferiority, defense between superiors and inferiors, and hierarchy in the Great Yuan Dynasty far exceed that in the Remaining Song Dynasty.
Wen Tianxiang dared to oust the Song Emperor and move the civil and military departments of the entire dynasty to his own governor's palace for official business.
In the Yuan Dynasty, that powerful minister dared to be so rude and discuss rules and regulations.
All the rules for the Han people in the court were written by famous Neo-Confucianists. , a hundred times more rigorous than the system established for the Song Dynasty by Zhao Pu, a half-hearted scholar, and more in line with the essence of "Confucianism" In this way, when every item is measured, the Great Yuan Dynasty, where people were divided into noble and lowly, ethnic groups were divided into Mongols and Han, and the order was clearly more Chinese than the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty, where no distinction was made between superiority and inferiority, and no matter whether old or young, was more like a legend at this time.
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However, the rebellious bandits did not understand this truth.
They all said: All Chinese people are born equal.
Regardless of nationality or official position, everyone has the same blue sky above their head.
Those who are not willing to be enslaved by others and are willing to treat others as equals are the Chinese people.
Those who like strict hierarchy, like to be born as masters or born as slaves, feel free to leave this land and go to Mobei to continue their order."
These rumors annoyed Kublai Khan, but he could find no talent to deal with them.
The great sage Dong Wenbing has been dead for many years, and Ye Li, the only one who could compete with Chen Longfu in writing at the beginning of the year, was frightened to death by his few words at the beginning of the year.
Nowadays, the Han ministers Liu Mengyan, Zhao Mengfu and others under his account have no other talents except reciting poems and painting.
The newly rising Li Guida did have some talents, but now that the enemy and we were facing a decisive battle, Kublai Khan did not dare to distract Li Guida with other things.
During his military life, Kublai Khan personally participated in no less than a hundred battles.
He has tasted all kinds of victories, including offensive battles, pursuit and escape battles, roundabout battles, and counterattacks.
He has been through many frontal breakthroughs, outflanked, cut off from food routes, and depleted his morale by being defended against the city.
He has experienced many kinds of defeats.
Later, no matter whether he won or failed, it would be difficult for him to feel too much emotion.
However, the battle before him was beyond his previous experience and exhausted his patience.
It can be said that for a month and a half, the 300,000-strong army fought an inexplicable and confusing battle.
After repeated battles and victories, the harvest is nothing.
A month and a half ago, riding on the momentum of the Liaodong victory, Kublai Khan led his army to attack Shandong East Road.
They took Clay State, took Deng State, and went down to Ninghai.
Their momentum was as strong as a broken bamboo.
As expected, the defenders continued to harass along the way and put up a desperate resistance in the capital city.
However, the huge disparity in strength between the two sides made it impossible for them to stop the army.
The resistance in almost every state did not last more than ten days.
The fiercest battles mostly occurred during the march.
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When the Yuan soldiers and horses attacked the city and lined up hundreds of cannons, the outcome of the battle immediately disappeared. .
Only the easternmost Ninghai Prefecture held on for half a month with the support of Du Hu's fleet, and finally had to abandon the city.
When the army stood on the seaside and prepared to cheer for victory, those who were careful suddenly discovered that a tiny place was left behind.
And this tiny place is right on the waist of Shandong East Road.
If it is not taken down, there is always the possibility of Laizhou, Dengzhou, Ninghai, and even Weizhou and Mizhou being subverted again.
"Chen Thief Diaoyan should be hiding near Jiao County."
Yue Chi Che'er pointed to the neglected corner on the map and deduced a well-known answer.
Kublai Khan nodded in agreement, and immediately sent someone to ask He Wei, the Han general responsible for mopping up the remnant bandits along the way, why he had not wiped out the bullet-sized Jiao County for so many days.
The soldiers held his hand and flew away, but the next day, they brought back the sad news that He Wei had been shot and killed.
Kublai Khan was furious after hearing the news, and immediately ordered soldiers and horses from various states to gather near Jiao County, vowing to fill this small area with horse dung.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses fought under the city wall of the suburban county, only to find that Chen Diaoyan had already abandoned the city and hid in a group of newly built fortresses by the sea.
The enemy's strange behavior made Kublai Khan suspicious.
While waiting for the army to assemble, he found out through the mouths of the prisoners that he had been deceived.
Chen Diao's eyes were not vulnerable.
For more than a month, they had not had a formal battle with the Yuan army.
Those who previously defended the city under the banner of Chen Diaoyan in various states and counties were all rogue bandits he recruited along the way and new auxiliary troops who were captured.
The real main force of the Polu army has been hiding at the foot of Laoshan Mountain to watch the excitement.
During the more than half a year of occupying Shandong East Road, Chen Diaoyan, a great bandit, evacuated all the prefectures and counties under his rule.
Under his "temptation" and "force", except for those extremely remote places, the people of the Yuan Dynasty on the entire peninsula had to carry out a great migration.
With the support of the Huangshuiyang bandits and the Fang and Su pirates, all the wealth and most of the young people were sent to Zhejiang and Fujian by ships.
Then, Chen Zei used the bandits he recruited along the way and the newly captured vassal troops as cannon fodder to guard several empty state capitals.
"You mean, you are not a Polu army.
Those states and prefectures are guarded by you people."
Kublai Khan couldn't believe his ears, stood up, and looked into the eyes of the prisoner and asked.
"If you dare to deceive the Khan, you know the consequences," Ali Hague threatened loudly.
After withdrawing from the south, in order to shirk the responsibility for the defeat, he described the fighting power of the Polu army as very powerful.
For more than a month, every time a major prefecture or county was conquered, the Mongolian Han generals would come to him and loudly talk about the incompetence of the defenders, thereby implying that he had lied to the Great Khan.
"If the fighting power of the Polu army was so poor, Prime Minister Boyan would not have been able to attack Jiangxi for a long time.
General Dachun would not have died in the south."
Ali Hague, Arahan and others loudly defended themselves, which attracted unbridled ridicule every time. .
Except for the gloomy-looking Li Guida, almost no one in the 300,000-strong army believed their advice.
For this reason, Ali Hague thought a lot.
Finally, one of the few prisoners was found who was willing to confess, and he was escorted over to prove his honesty to Kublai Khan.
"Young one, how can you dare?
The young one is a new auxiliary of Lianghuai, and he used to serve under Lord Zhang Wang.
After Lord Zhang died in the battle, the young one was forced by the thief Chen to become a rebel.
Day after day, day after day I hope the army will come to rescue me."
The prisoner knelt on the ground and said with runny nose and tears.
"Then why didn't you come and report earlier?"
Kublai Khan was very cautious, fearing that this person was left to die by Chen Thief.
Deliberately capturing one's own people as prisoners of war, and then providing false information to deceive the enemy generals.
This tactic was discussed in depth in Sun Tzu's "Yong Jian" chapter in The Art of War.
"I want to come here, but no one believes me.
Tell me."
The prisoner raised his head, his face full of grievances.
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Since arriving at Shandong East Road, Chen Thief has no intention of guarding those counties.
He placed his troops outside a port more than ten miles northeast of Jiao County and recruited people to build a fortress there.
As for the big city, where the people had almost evacuated, it was "contracted" to various civilian armies, as well as the new auxiliary troops who were captured by him.
"Chen thief asked us to grow our own food and stipulate that we guard the state for ten days.
Various methods can be used.
After ten days, we can abandon the city and run to the seaside.
Du Hu left boats at each seaside, and then everyone went South,” the prisoner reported dejectedly.
If he hadn't been stunned by the artillery, he would have been sitting on a large ship heading south at this moment.
There was one clause that he did not dare to truthfully report to Kublai Khan, and that was Chen Diaoyan's promise to give them ten silver coins for every extra day they stayed.
Those who were alive were brought to the ship, while those who died in the war were sent by the southern bank to bring the silver coins to their families.
Therefore, the defenders of various state capitals tried their best to delay.
We couldn't hold it off any longer, so we started to evacuate.
The administrative offices of Laizhou, Dengzhou, and Ninghai are all on the seaside.
The Yuan army entered the city on this side, and the defenders entered the sea on the other side of the city at the same time.
"Your general is so stupid.
Chen Diaoyan is obviously asking him to die, but they are still willing to sacrifice their lives for him."
Kublai Khan's face turned livid with anger and he asked through his teeth.
He did not want to believe that he had been fooled by Chen Diaoyan for more than forty days.
Although the attacks on various cities went smoothly, the enemy's sneak attacks during the march also cost the Yuan army a heavy price.
If those who had been entangled with the army were just rogue bandits, then there was no telling what unexpected things would happen in the ensuing battle.
However, judging from the intensity of the siege, the final count of enemy corpses, and the geographical location of each state capital, it is clear that the prisoners were telling the truth.
"Chen, Mr.
Chen, no, Chen is in Jiaozhou Fort.
For more than half a year, he and Du, Du have been building a fort on the seaside.
He, Chen, promised us that he would never retreat south.
He would , want the Tatars, the Tatar leader, he can come and go, but he can't go."
I don't know whether he was frightened stupidly by Kublai Khan's power, or was stunned by the artillery, the prisoner reported stammering.
"Tatar leader" Kublai Khan heard this word very new, but he soon understood that the word referred to himself.
He was so angry that he kicked the prisoner to the ground, pulled out his sword and slashed downwards.
"Poof" red light flew out, and blood splashed all over Ali Hague's face.
Almost all the civil servants and generals were stunned on the spot.
Although Chen Diaoyan's cunning was beyond everyone's expectations, Kublai Khan's sudden gaffe was even more unbelievable.
Over the past six months, Dahan has changed.
He became more headstrong, more prone to anger, and even less concerned about his subjects' lives.
If it were two years ago, someone would still stand up and remind Kublai Khan not to get angry easily, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy.
Someone will also remind him that Shandong East Road is just an insignificant corner place, and the real strategic focus should be on Jiangnan.
But at this time, no one among the officials dared to step forward and stroke his beard.
"This thief Chen, I must cut him with my own hands."
Standing in a pool of blood of the deceased, Kublai Khan's face looked particularly ferocious.
"Tatar leader", this new term coined by Chen Diaoyan deeply hurt him.
Over the years, some people have called him the "Eternal King of Kings in the World, the Master of the Mountains and Rivers", while others have called him the "wise and wise Kublai Khan".
Even the rebels such as Naiyan and Haidu can only In the statement, he reprimanded him for violating Mongolian tradition and never used an insulting name.
However, Chen Diaoyan used the words "Tatar leader" to bring the superior emperor and himself, a bandit and bandit, into the same position.
In the dark, Kublai Khan seemed to see his opponent sneering and announcing that this battle was between "Tatar leader" and "mountain king", and no one on either side was nobler than the other.
Sang Ge, the Minister of Color and Eyes who had just been appointed to replace Lu Shirong in planning money and food, saw that the generals were unwilling to come forward.
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He gathered up his courage and tentatively stepped forward to comfort him: "Your Majesty is entrusted with orders from heaven, why do you need to be like a bandit?"
"Go away" Kublai Khan only used one word to repay Sang Ge's kindness.
His blue-black face and twisted nose frightened Sang Ge so much that the hairs on his back stood up.
Kneeling down and kowtow, this important minister of the color and eyes department who was once very popular in front of Kublai Khan walked backwards out of the golden tent.
His mind was confused and he had no idea why he had touched Kublai Khan's reverse scale.
"Sir, please do not mention the destiny of heaven these days, and try not to mention the word Immortality."
The kind-hearted leader Qie Xue and the chief minister of Guanglu Temple, Yue Chiche'er, caught up and whispered in Sang Ge's ear.
"Don't mention destiny."
Monk Sang Ge Zhang Er was confused.
Looking at Yue Chiche'er's friendly smile, she quickly took out a few gold coins from her pocket and stuffed them.
"Thank you for your advice, sir.
I would like to spend the money to treat the Qie Xue brothers to a drink.
You are working the hardest to protect your majesty day and night."
"Well, how can this cost you money?"
Yue Chiche'er declined with a smile.
After several exchanges, he couldn't resist Sang Ge's enthusiasm and stuffed the gold coins into his sleeve.
Then he pulled Sang Ge to a place where no one noticed, and pointed in a low voice: "Don't you read the newspaper, sir?
Destiny, Immortality, these words have been changed by the literary thieves."
"Oh, look at my memory," Sang Ge said to himself in annoyance.
Ever since Wen Tianxiang regrouped, the literati in the south have been fighting against God.
Confucian scholars in the north said that Kublai Khan was ordered by heaven, while newspapers in the south retorted: "If it is God's will to make everyone serve as a slave to a single man, then God must be crazy.
Such a destiny , it’s okay if you don’t listen.”
At the same time as the word destiny was ruined on the streets, there was also the sentence "The Immortal God bless the Mongols."
Since the eastward march, soldiers often saw the banners painted by Chen Thief on the broken walls of Shandong East Road: "Immortal God bless the Mongols."
God bless the Mongols, and every time he bless the Mongols, other peoples bleed and die."
"My lord, please remember that in extraordinary times, try not to make His Majesty angry."
Yue Chiche'er took Sang Ge's arm and stopped his self-humiliating behavior.
"We only hope that the soldiers will use their lives to finish off these more than ten thousand thieves as soon as possible."
Brother Sang could hear that there was a hint of anxiety in the other person's words.
After the army marched eastward, many generals expressed this anxiety on different occasions.
As the war dragged on, many belatedly realized that given the current situation, the Eastern Expedition was not the best strategic arrangement.
If he and Boyan could echo each other and quickly eliminate Wen Tianxiang, Chen Diaoyan would be a tree without roots and would not be able to survive for a long time.
But now hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses have already made a big circle on Shandong East Road, and it is too late to say anything.
The strategy of the Eastern Expedition was proposed by the Great Khan himself.
Who would dare to refute it?
Moreover, Chen Diaoyan humiliated the Great Khan so much.
Even if Kublai Khan realized that his previous actions were wrong, he would have to kill Chen Diaoyan first to save face.
"You are all the bravest warriors and the wisest counselors under my command.
However, Chen Zei is worried, but he is trying to resist my 300,000-strong army with a few thousand troops.
Do you think I can tolerate his arrogance?"
In the golden tent, Kublai Khan's voice came out far away.
Yue Chiche'er bowed her hands to Brother Sang, turned around and ran towards the tent.
Along the way, he heard the generals shouting like a tsunami.
"He built a group of fortresses along the seaside, trying to hide his head like a turtle.
When we go to attack the criminal thieves, he will block our retreat from behind.
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Do you think we can allow him to do this?"
"Can't" Mongolian, Khitan, Chinese, Jurchen, different languages express the same anger.
"I want to capture him alive and put him in a prison car to watch how we attack the city.
Watch helplessly as we burn down the houses built by the thieves in the past few years and steal all the money that the thieves have accumulated in the past few years."
"Burn them all, rob them all, kill them all," the generals shouted intoxicatedly.
Since Dong Wenbing's death, Kublai Khan had not allowed them to rob Han cities for a long time.
"This time when I go south, I only want two thieves, Chen and Wen.
The rest, including women, land, and houses, will all be given to you.
Do you dare to follow me and get them?"
"Follow the Great Khan to the death", hundreds of thousands of people are just around the corner, performing the final act of madness.
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